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Mind - The energy and intelligence that animates all life, both in its physical form and in the formless. The Universal Mind, often referred to as "wisdom" or the "impersonal" mind, is constant and unchanging, acting as the source of innate health and well-being. In contrast, the personal mind is in a continuous state of flux.
The mind, according to Descartes, was a "thinking thing" (Latin: res cogitans), and an immaterial substance. This "thing" was the essence of himself, that which doubts, believes, hopes, and thinks. The body, "the thing that exists" (res extensa), regulates normal bodily functions (such as heart and liver). According to Descartes, animals only ...
[8] It conveys the notion that all things exist in a state of interconnected being, a state of being interwoven and mutually dependent. [9] The English term is predated by its use in French and Vietnamese. Interbeing is a direct translation of the French word "Interêtre". It is structurally identical as a combination of the two: "Inter" and ...
The practice of zazen (seated meditation) and the use of kōans are methods to transcend dualistic thinking and realize one's true nature, which is the "true mind" (真心) or the "Buddha-mind" i.e. buddha-nature. In Zen, awakening is often described as a direct realization of the true heart-mind, free from delusions. [5]
The mind's innermost nature is described among various schools as pure luminosity or "clear light" and is often compared to a crystal ball or a mirror. Sogyal Rinpoche speaks of mind thus: "Imagine a sky, empty, spacious, and pure from the beginning; its essence is like this. Imagine a sun, luminous, clear, unobstructed, and spontaneously ...
The central connectionist principle is that mental phenomena can be described by interconnected networks of simple and often uniform units. The form of the connections and the units can vary from model to model. For example, units in the network could represent neurons and the connections could represent synapses, as in the human brain.
The Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) is an integrative approach to individual psychotherapy developed by Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. [1] [2] It combines systems thinking with the view that the mind is made up of relatively discrete subpersonalities, each with its own unique viewpoint and qualities.