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Editorial

This thematic area collects reflections on the physical and mental relationship through scientific research and contemplative practice.

MindScience Academy edits a series of articles with the aim of approaching and glossing the exchange between scientific research and contemplative tradition. Through such a production, we will try to expand the equipment available to the critical reader and researcher, without claiming to exhaust the scope of reflection but, on the contrary, multiplying and hybridizing its languages. In this sense, this editorial column resembles a laboratory; critical, enzymatic, open to surprise and transformative experience.

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MSA Robina Courtin Compassion
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“If you want to help others, practice compassion. If you want to help yourself, practice compassion” by Ven. Robina Courtin

When we hear about compassion and helping others, it feels like we’re excluding ourselves. Helping others: great. But what about me?
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MSA Robina Courtin Compassion
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“If you want to help others, practice compassion. If you want to help yourself, practice compassion” by Ven. Robina Courtin

When we hear about compassion and helping others, it feels like we’re excluding ourselves. Helping others: great. But what about me?
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MSA Robina Courtin Compassion
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“If you want to help others, practice compassion. If you want to help yourself, practice compassion” by Ven. Robina Courtin

When we hear about compassion and helping others, it feels like we’re excluding ourselves. Helping others: great. But what about me?
MSA Medicine and Spirituality Bruno Neri
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“Compassion and Spirituality in Medicine: Personal and Institutional Aspects” by Bruno Neri

Over the past 30 years, even in the medical/scientific field, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of protecting, during the therapeutic path of the patient, an intimate space in which he can concentrate on his inner life. This space should be dedicated to the exploration of the meaning and purpose of life and death, keeping open a window to the transcendent.
MSA Neff Pommier
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“The Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Other-Oriented Concern Among College Students, Community Adults, and Meditation Practitioners” by Neff and Pommier

Meditation emerges as a crucial factor in fostering both self-compassion and concern for others. Practices such as mindfulness meditation and compassion meditation appear to promote a deeper connection with oneself and others, increasing awareness of emotions and the ability to respond with kindness.
MSA LKM and CM
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“Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation: Potential for Psychological Interventions” by Various Authors

Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) and Compassion Meditation (CM) represent innovative and promising tools in the field of clinical psychology and mindfulness-based therapies. These practices offer a unique approach to address contemporary psychological challenges, especially in a context of increasing social isolation and the rise of anxiety and depression-related disorders.
Msa video Ines Testoni
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"Overcoming the Anguish of Death" by Ines Testoni

We are necessarily already always saved in that we are eternal and eternal in that we are necessarily identical to ourselves, the being's self means that we cannot be anything other than ourselves, and in that we are identical to ourselves we are unable to be anything, that is that is, our death will not mean our annihilation.
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"ECEL, the Empathic Accompaniment of End-of-Life and Grief: Where Science, Buddhism, and Experience Meet" by Daniela Muggia

The tukdam has only recently been at the center of interest among neuroscientists, but I would say that we are faced with irrefutable evidence that consciousness is a non-local phenomenon, which changes everything, even from an ethical point of view. (…) death is not a switch, but a long and complex process.
MSA Lama Yeshe We should not be afraid of death
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"We Should Not Be Afraid of Death" by Lama Yeshe

Therefore it is very important to educate people and ourselves as to what happens during the death process so that we know what’s coming and can understand that it’s just a mental projection. In that way we can die without fear and confusion.
MSA Lama Zopa Euthanasia for animals
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"Euthanasia with a Good Heart" by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

When one kills with a true bodhicitta intention, with a heart filled with Dharma wisdom and compassion, the act becomes a case of “it is beneficial to kill.”
MSA coscienza artificiale e skandha Buddhismo
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"Reflections on Artificial Consciousness and the Five Skandhas in Buddhism" by Antonio Chella

We are on the verge of potentially creating conscious robots. Therefore, we must proceed with wisdom, compassion, and a deep consideration of the ethical implications. The Buddhist perspective reminds us of the interconnectedness of all beings and the importance of considering the welfare of all sentient entities, whether biological or artificial.
MSA liberta in era di IA_Schorlemmer
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"Embracing freedom in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)" by Marco Schorlemmer

Maybe we should orient our research in AI in a direction that promotes the creative freedom of human beings of all other beings of our environment of reality itself.
MSA intelligenza artificiale fondamenti e prospettive
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"Artificial Intelligence: foundations and perspectives" by Mario Cimino

Precisely in order to preserve human society from a technocentric drift, subservient to professions that increasingly take human beings to the limit of their biological capabilities, artificial intelligence will enable the development of more human-centered professions and technologies.
MSA Prospettiva buddhista su ipotesi coscienza artificiale Tormen
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"A Buddhist Perspective on the Hypothesis of Artificial Consciousness" by Francesco Tormen

As of today, there is no basis for claiming that current forms of artificial intelligence possess a greater degree of consciousness than that which can be attributed to a toaster. Getting to the bottom of the mystery of consciousness is an extremely urgent and crucial task for humanity, and failing to do so would expose us to serious risks.
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