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Being present: experiential connections between Zen Buddhist practices and the grieving process

M Edwards1

  • 1University Support Centre, University of Western Australia, Australia. medwards@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Disability and Rehabilitation
|November 22, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Zen Buddhist practices offer profound insights into grief and loss, emphasizing embodied awareness, relational healing, and acceptance of emptiness. These contemplative techniques can support individuals navigating the grieving process.

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Area of Science:

  • Contemplative Studies
  • Psychology of Grief
  • Buddhist Philosophy

Background:

  • The Zen Buddhist tradition offers meditation and instructional techniques.
  • These techniques show strong phenomenological and theoretical links to loss and grief.
  • Previous research has not fully explored these connections in grief counseling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify connections between Zen Buddhist practices and the experience of grief.
  • To explore the implications of these connections for grief support.
  • To analyze findings within Ken Wilber's full-spectrum model of human development.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of personal encounters in a grief counseling setting.
  • Focus on individuals experiencing loss, including those with disabilities.

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  • Identification of phenomenological and theoretical connections.

    • Main Results:

    • Heightened awareness of embodied experience.
    • Importance of dialogue, relationship, and process over outcome.
    • Confrontation with absence/emptiness and being present to experience.

    Conclusions:

    • Zen Buddhist contemplative practices offer valuable frameworks for understanding and navigating grief.
    • Findings have significant implications for professional and non-professional grief support.
    • Integration of contemplative approaches can enhance healing and transformation in grief.