Meditation Hindrances and Breakthroughs: A Multilevel First-Person Phenomenological Analysis
Religions July 18, 2024 T. Sparby, Philip Eilinghoff-Ehlers, Nuri Lewandovski et al. 3 citations
Meditation hindrances—phenomena that counteract meditation—can also become grounds for breakthroughs. In a six-day retreat with five participants, a multilevel phenomenological method (biographical exploration, daily notetaking, and micro-phenomenology) revealed that negative effects, often called challenging or adverse, may dissolve into positive outcomes. The concept of hindrances is developed, showing how difficulties can be part of a process leading to breakthroughs.