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  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Contemplative Studies

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  • Classifying meditation techniques is vital for advancing meditation research and developing effective interventions.
  • Current classification systems face challenges in defining meditation and specific techniques comprehensively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the challenges in defining meditation and its techniques.
  • To propose an integrated model for classifying meditation techniques.
  • To lay the foundation for an overarching system to guide future research and practice.

Main Methods:

  • Drawing on classical, contemporary, and holistic classification systems.
  • Analyzing various meditation techniques to identify core underlying activities.
  • Proposing a model based on specific activities (focusing, releasing, imagining, moving) and their unification in awareness.

Main Results:

  • All meditation techniques can be understood as combinations of focusing, releasing, imagining, and moving activities.
  • Meditative activities are unified through observing, producing, and being aware, culminating in awareness of awareness.
  • Defining techniques involves specifying the activities and objects of meditation.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed integrated model offers a framework for classifying diverse meditation techniques.
  • This approach can encompass existing classification systems and guide future research.
  • A standardized classification system will enhance the efficacy of meditation-based training and clinical interventions.