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Exploring tranquility: Eastern and Western perspectives
Vincent Ringgaard Christoffersen1, Borut Škodlar2,3, Mads Gram Henriksen4,5
1Independent Researcher, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Frontiers in Psychology
|August 18, 2022
Summary
This study explores the elusive nature of tranquility, finding common experiential features across diverse traditions. Key elements include presence, inner peace, detachment, and absorption in tranquil states.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
Background:
- Tranquility is a fundamental human experience, yet its subjective nature remains poorly understood.
- Eastern and Western traditions offer diverse manuals for achieving tranquil states, but comparative analysis is lacking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the experiential nature of tranquility.
- To identify commonalities across diverse tranquility experiences from various traditions.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical study analyzing central tranquility experiences from Eastern and Western traditions.
- Categorization of experiences based on focus: body, emotions, mind, and mysticism.
Main Results:
- Identified shared experiential features in tranquility across traditions.
- Proposed commonalities include a sense of presence and inner peace (content/quality).
- Structural commonalities involve detachment and absorption.
Conclusions:
- Tranquility, despite diverse expressions, shares core experiential qualities and structures.
- Understanding these commonalities can enhance the study and practice of achieving inner peace.
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