Abstract
Transpersonal emotions as a new proposed theoretical category encompass such phenomena as joy, compassion, forgiveness, awe, gratitude, and humility. Those transpersonal emotions with their sensory-feeling and cognitive-evaluative components are often reported as concomitants, antecedents, or results of nondual states of awareness. The goal of this mixed-method dissertation study is to examine the correlations between nonduality and these transpersonal affects, which, with time and cumulatively, transform from states to traits (i.e., virtues). The additional purpose of this study is to ascertain the level of synergy and correlation (correlational matrix; possible causality) that exists among them. Thus, the quantitative part consists of administering questionnaires for each transpersonal emotion and for nondual awareness (mostly in their trait form), to establish their mutual correlations. The heuristic inquiry part compares the researcher’s personal experience to her quantitative findings. The goal of this research is to confirm that transpersonal emotion-virtues strongly correlate with states and stages of nonduality as the highest possible spiritual being-in-the-world. One of the important aspects of this research investigates the comparative role that each of the six outlined emotions plays in the outlined spiritual-religious traditions. It examines its developmental-transformational and psychotherapeutic-healing dimensions. The role of religious traditions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Hinduism is considered in their historical and transformational contexts.
Presenters
Milica ZegaracStudent, PhD candidate - Integral and Transpersonal Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, California, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Awe, Compassion, Emotion, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Humility, Joy, Religious, Spiritual, Transpersonal
