Asaf Federman
\nSagol Center for Brain and Mind, Muda Institute, IDC Herzliya
\nOren Ergas
\nBeit Berl College, Israel<\/p>\n
In this paper, we discuss the issue of free will as it may be informed by an analysis of originally Buddhism-based meditative disciplines such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and related mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) that are deployed in a variety of therapeutic contexts. We analyze the mechanics of these forms of mindfulness meditation, paying particular attention to the ways in which they appear to enable individual practitioners to reduce a variety of otherwise unwholesome mental and behavioral factors, such as habituated or conditioned dispositions to reactivity, that are intuitively associated with increasingly ineffective agency or diminished free will, while increasing wholesome mental and behavioral tendencies, such as spontaneous responsiveness. We pay particular attention to a somewhat paradoxical way in which direct efforts at control are counter-productive, on the one hand, while meditative practices designed to cultivate \u201cchoiceless awareness,\u201d a sort of non-control associated with a non-judgmental acceptance of things beyond our control, tend to indirectly increase self-regulative abilities, on the other hand. ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 25, 2018 The Healing Paradox of Controlled Behavior: A Perspective from Mindfulness-Based Interventions Asaf Federman Sagol Center for Brain and Mind, Muda Institute, IDC Herzliya Oren Ergas Beit Berl College, Israel In this paper, we discuss the issue of free will as it may be informed by an analysis of originally Buddhism-based … Continue reading A Perspective on Free Will from Mindfulness-Based Interventions<\/span>
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