Paul J Mills

2 papers in the library · 41 citations · publishing 2018-2020

Papers

Change in Sense of Nondual Awareness and Spiritual Awakening in Response to a Multidimensional Well-Being Program.

Journal of alternative and complementary medicine April 1, 2018 Paul J Mills, Christine Tara Peterson, Meredith A Pung et al. 23 citations

A 6-day Ayurveda-based mind-body program significantly increased nondual awareness, a shift in self-perception that was sustained one month later. The study compared 69 healthy adults (average age 53.9) who participated in the intensive program against a control group. The program addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual domains. Participants showed a significant increase in scores on the Nondual Embodiment Thematic Inventory after the program and at a one-month follow-up. The findings suggest that holistic mind-body instruction can produce lasting changes in awareness that may benefit well-being.

DOI: 10.1089/acm.2017.0160 Full text Ayurveda Awareness Consciousness Mind–body +2

Nondual Awareness and the Whole Person.

Glob Adv Health Med May 21, 2020 Paul J Mills, Tiffany J Barsotti, Judith Blackstone et al. 18 citations

Integrative Health aims to treat the whole person within whole systems and practices. The authors question what constitutes the whole person and propose that transcendent aspects of human awareness, the goal of many meditative traditions, must be accounted for. Nondual awareness, characterized by nonseparation, compassion, and love, is described as a state where well-being is an innate attribute of living in nonduality, independent of experiences. Thus, nondual awareness is considered foundational to realizing the whole person and achieving optimal well-being.

DOI: 10.1177/2164956120914600 Full text