Reddy J Shashi Kiran, Roy Sisir
Research Scholar, Bangalore, India.
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Campus, Bangalore, India.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2019 Feb 13;13:48. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00048. eCollection 2019.
No individual exists without exhibiting prosociality in one or another situation during their lifetime. The argument however, is to what extent? Does it arise spontaneously, out of true empathy and compassion for others, or it is goal-oriented with some hidden motive? Here, our primary intention is to convey that, though various meditation-based interventions can be utilized for different purposes like cultivating prosocial behaviors such as compassion, empathy etc., one's underlying motive and intent seems to play a crucial role in an individual's development. Most of the studies exploring prosociality, in the context of meditation, usually do not consider the role of hidden or underlying motivation in one's prosocial expression. By considering an example of how mindfulness may sometimes lead to the wrong consequences, we try to analyze why it is important to include the aspect of inner motivation in future studies exploring the effects of meditation on prosociality. We also propose that while practicing meditation one may need traditional assistance and ethical/moral teachings in addition to those merely isolated techniques.
没有一个人在其一生中不会在某种情况下表现出亲社会行为。然而，问题在于程度如何？它是出于对他人真正的同理心和同情心而自发产生的，还是带有某种隐藏动机的目标导向型行为？在这里，我们的主要意图是传达这样一个观点，即尽管各种基于冥想的干预措施可用于不同目的，如培养同情心、同理心等亲社会行为，但一个人的潜在动机和意图似乎在个人发展中起着至关重要的作用。大多数在冥想背景下探索亲社会行为的研究通常没有考虑隐藏或潜在动机在个人亲社会表达中的作用。通过举一个正念有时可能导致错误后果的例子，我们试图分析为什么在未来探索冥想对亲社会行为影响的研究中纳入内在动机这一方面很重要。我们还提出，在练习冥想时，除了那些仅仅孤立的技巧之外，人们可能还需要传统的帮助以及伦理/道德教导。
