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The Pre/Trans Fallacy: Why Spirituality and Reg...
The pre/trans fallacy is Ken Wilber's concept that pre-rational states (infantile fusion, magical thinking) and trans-rational states (genuine mystical experience, non-dual awareness) are confused because both are non-rational. Freud committed...
Mono No Aware: The Japanese Sensitivity to the ...
Mono no aware (物の哀れ, "the pathos of things") is the Japanese aesthetic concept of a gentle, bittersweet awareness of impermanence. It is not sadness but a heightened sensitivity to the...
Ken Wilber and Integral Theory: Mapping All of ...
Integral Theory is Ken Wilber's comprehensive framework for understanding reality, organised through the AQAL model: All Quadrants (interior/exterior, individual/collective), All Levels (developmental stages), All Lines (multiple intelligences), All States (waking,...
Ikigai: The Japanese Concept of Purpose and a L...
Ikigai (生き甲斐) is the Japanese concept of "a reason for being," referring to the sources of meaning that make life feel worth living. Contrary to the popular Venn diagram, ikigai...
Positive Psychology: The Science of Flourishing...
Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life worth living, founded by Martin Seligman in 1998. Its PERMA model identifies five elements of well-being: Positive Emotion, Engagement (flow),...
Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese Philosophy of Imperfect...
Wabi-sabi is the Japanese aesthetic and philosophical concept that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness. Rooted in Zen Buddhism and the tea ceremony tradition, it stands as the direct...