명상과 바이오피드백에 대한 동서 심리학적 고찰

Considerations about Meditation and Biofeedback from the viewpoint of Eastern and Western Viewpoints

This paper purports to consider from the viewpoint of psychology of consciousness established by R. Ornstein about the aspects of meditation and biofeedback. Following this viewpoint, human mind consists of the intuitive mode of consciousness as well as the analytical one traditionally emphasized in the West. So the harmony between these two modes are very important for the adaptation. The disharmony between them is considered to be the cause of maladaptation. The characteristics of Eastern esoteric traditions, i.e. meditation are sustained concentration, passive attitude, etc. The effects of meditation are the emergence of intuition, and these intuitive experiences enhance the adaptation of the practitioner, ine. produce the psychotherapeutic effect. The biofeedback training is so called the western electronic meditation. The similarities between them are considered from both the eastern, esoteric viewpoint and the western consciousness-psychology viewpoints.