The influence of the spiritual dimension as a complementary therapeutic dynamic in meditation practices and in the field of mental health |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Université de Lorraine, 43, rue des graminées, 57100 Thionville, France;2. Ehpad le Village, 26, rue Schabis, 68120 Richwiller, France;1. Psychiatrie B, CH Abbeville, 43, rue de l’Isle, 80142 Abbeville, France;2. Université Rennes, RPPsy (recherches en psychopathologie et psychanalyse), université Rennes 2, UFR sciences humaines, place Recteur-Henri-Le-Moal, 35000 Rennes, France;1. Laboratoire Psychopathologie et Processus de Changement (LPPC, UR 2027), Université Paris 8, 2, rue de la Liberté, 93526 Saint-denis, France;2. Laboratoire Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition et l’Apprentissage (CeRCA, UMR CNRS 7295), Université de Poitiers, 5, rue T. Lefebvre, 86073 Poitiers, France;1. Pôle de psychiatrie, centre hospitalier universitaire, Lille, France;2. Établissement public de santé mentale Lille Métropole, Armentières, France;3. Établissement public de santé mentale Val-de-Lys Artois, Saint-Venant, France;4. Fédération régionale de recherche en psychiatrie et santé mentale Hauts-de-France (F2RSM Psy), Saint-André-Lez-Lille, France;5. Centre national de ressources et de résilience Lille-Paris (CN2R), 59000 Lille, France;6. U1172 - LilNCog - Lille Neuroscience & Cognition, Inserm, CHU Lille, University Lille, 59000 Lille, France;7. Psychologie-criminologie-victimologie (PCV), 33000 Bordeaux, France;8. Statistics and Population Studies Department, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535 Cape-Town, Afrique du Sud |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesThe purpose of this article is to reinstate the framework of the notion of spirituality in the therapeutic field and to underline the potential link between meditation and spirituality, in order to question the potential hindrance to therapeutic effects caused the dissociation of meditation and spirituality. We explore the possible spiritual dimensions of meditation, and, lastly, discuss whether a spiritual dimension is relevant to meditative practice.MethodWe carried out a literature review, selecting the main research dealing with the link between spirituality and meditation.ResultsIt appears that the spiritual dimension has not been taken into account in the therapeutic applications of mindfulness meditation; it would be beneficial for spirituality to be integrated into the meditative process as a complementary tool for the adaptation and the stimulation of practice.DiscussionThe question of the link between spirituality and meditation questions the fact of meditation's having been cut off from its cultural substratum. We suggest that it would be appropriate in certain cases to reactivate this tradition, as well as the role of the psychotherapist in this dynamic.ConclusionThe dimension of spirituality could be a fecund tool in therapeutic accompaniment; integrating spirituality into therapeutic meditation could have positive impacts in terms of patients’ wellbeing and mental health. |
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| Keywords: | Meditation Spirituality Complementary and alternative therapies Mental health Méditation Spiritualité Thérapie complémentaire et alternative Santé mentale |
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