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This paper extends Vibrational Theory (VT) to include a sixth sensory function-Integrative Awareness-that unifies all sensory information into coherent perception. Within VT, the universe is composed of Dynamic Consciousness (DC) Dynamic Energy (DE) and Dynamic Matter (DM), oscillating across an infinite frequency continuum. The five classical senses are specialized detectors that sample narrow bands of this spectrum. Awareness, the sixth sense, acts as the broadband integrator that perceives the relationships, harmonics, and coherence among all vibrations. Without it, perception would remain fragmentary and devoid of meaning. The sixth sense provides the recursive feedback through which consciousness interprets, learns, and restores the original stillness of the universe.

Recent neuroscience suggests that consciousness may not originate solely in the brain but emerges from the body's recursive signals, heartbeat, breathing, gut, and sensory flows. In Fractal Theory (FT), this aligns with a broader framework: consciousness is not housed in one scale but emerges from nested coherence across recursive shells. The body provides the basal rhythms, the brain organizes predictive models, and the self emerges as Drift across shells of memory. This paper positions FT as a unifying model of consciousness, extending beyond neuroscience to show how body, brain, culture, and cosmos participate in a single recursive weave.

This paper reframes conflict resolution through a trauma-informed, salutogenic lens. Drawing on neurobiology and NeuroAffective Coherence, it argues that regulation and safety are prerequisites for problem-solving. The 15 Pillars operationalize predictability, meaning, strengths, and justice into facilitator practice. Practical protocols before, during, and after sessions emphasize titration, co-regulation, and safeguards to prevent power imbalance and retraumatization. Applications span family, workplace, community, and legal contexts, with guidance for adaptation and evaluation. Rather than promising perfect settlements, the approach prioritizes humane, effective processes that manage most conflicts while building capacity and dignity for all participants.

Objectives This study aims to investigate the relationship of the sense of coherence and e-health literacy with health anxiety in older women. Methods & Materials This is a cross-sectional study on 350 older women from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, who were selected using a convenience sampling method. The health anxiety inventory (HAI), the sense of coherence scale (SOCS), and the eHEALS were employed to collect data. Data analysis was done using the Pearson correlation test (to evaluate the relationships between variables) and multiple linear regression (to identify predictors of health anxiety), conducted in SPSS software, version 27. Results The participants' mean age was 71.43±5.62 years. The sense of coherence (r=-0.35, P<0.001) and e-health literacy (r=-0.42, P<0.001) had a significant negative correlation with health anxiety. Regression analysis showed that both sense of coherence and e-health literacy significantly predicted the health anxiety, with e-health literacy having a stronger impact (β=-0.42, t=-7.89, P<0.001) compared to the sense of coherence (β=-0.43, t=-7.00, P<0.001). The model explained 22% of the variance in health anxiety (R²=0.20, F=4.89, P=0.003). Conclusion The sense of coherence and e-health literacy are significantly associated with health anxiety in older women. Enhancing the sense of coherence and e-health literacy may be effective in mitigating the health-related anxiety in older women.

Objectives. The notion of intrapsychic conflict has been present in psychopathology for more than a century within different theoretical orientations. However, internal conflicts have not received enough empirical attention, nor has their importance in depression been fully elaborated. This study is based on the notion of cognitive conflict, understood as implicative dilemma (ID), and on a new way of identifying these conflicts by means of the Repertory Grid Technique. Our aim was to explore the relevance of cognitive conflicts among depressive patients. Methods. A total of 161 patients with major depression and 110 non-depressed participants were assessed for presence of IDs and level of symptom severity. The content of these cognitive conflicts was also analysed. Results. Repertory grid analysis indicated conflict (presence of ID/s) in a greater proportion of depressive patients than in controls. Taking only those grids with conflict, the average number of IDs per person was higher in the depression group.In addition, participants with cognitive conflicts displayed higher symptom severity. Within the clinical This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

Background. Research on consciousness has long been dominated by the cortical paradigm, which associates awareness primarily with neuronal activity in the frontal and parietal cortices. This perspective marginalizes other rhythmic systems that may play equally central roles in shaping subjective experience. Aim. This paper proposes a model of the heart as the "womb of existence," understood as a biological, physical, and symbolic oscillator. By integrating embryology, physiology, quantum models of coherence, and spiritual traditions, the study situates the heart as an organizing center of life and consciousness. Methods. The theoretical-research framework combines (1) embryological analysis of cardiac looping as a bipolar spiral movement, (2) imaging studies of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) with 4D-flow MRI, (3) magnetocardiography (MCG) and heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEP) as correlates of interoception, and (4) physical modeling inspired by Orch OR and twistor theory. Results. The hypotheses predict that (a) cardiac looping reflects the archetypal 6-9 spiral of descent and return, (b) RVOT directs blood flow toward the sternal center, enhancing cardiac field coherence, (c) heart-cerebellum coupling functions as a subcortical oscillatory network beyond visual cortical representation, and (d) effects persist under VR-flip conditions, confirming a somatic-interoceptive rather than visual origin. Discussion. These findings support the thesis that the heart functions not merely as a pump but as an oscillatory center integrating biology, physics, and spirituality. Clinically, modulation of heart rhythms through breath and attention may influence arrhythmogenesis and autonomic regulation. Epistemologically, the model places the heart at the crossroads of science and symbolism, offering a new paradigm for the study of rhythm and consciousness. Conclusions. The heart emerges as the biological womb of existence where physiology, embryology, and spirituality converge. Its spiral architecture and electromagnetic coherence embody the Serpens Duplex archetype (6-9)-a universal rhythm of incarnation and transcendence. Future research on consciousness may therefore require shifting focus from cortex-centered models toward the heart as a biological, quantum, and spiritual center of embodied awareness.

The problem of consciousness remains one of the most profound puzzles in philosophy of mind and neuroscience. The gap between the brain's processing of physical data and the emergence of subjective experience (qualia) has left leading theories-such as IIT, Orch OR, and GWTunable to provide a comprehensive account. This paper introduces the Resonance Frequency Coding Principle (RFCP) as a unifying framework built on three principles: consciousness as a fundamental field, the brain as a receiver-decoder, and frequency as the universal language of information. By presenting a five-layer spectrum of consciousness and three computational models (brain, digital processor, and communication channel), RFCP resolves the categorization crisis and reframes consciousness as a frequency-coded informational phenomenon. The framework is further operationalized through empirical pathways-including the proposed Consciousness Frequency Index (CFI)-to make the "hard problem" a scientifically testable challenge. Ultimately, RFCP integrates prior achievements without discarding them, offering a roadmap that unites physics, neuroscience, and philosophy. It reframes consciousness not as a by-product of the brain but as the organizing principle of the cosmos, providing both explanatory depth and practical testability.

De Finetti&#x27;s (1974) theory of coherent 2-sided previsions serves as the basis for numerous IP generalizations. His 2-person, zero-sum prevision-game uses a class of bounded random variables X measurable with respect to some common space {Ω , B}. One player, the bookie, is required to post a &quot;fair&quot; 2-sided prevision P(X) for each X ∈ X. The bookie&#x27;s opponent, the gambler, may choose finitely many non-zero real numbers{α i} where, when the state ω∈Ω obtains, the payoff to the bookie is Σ i α i( Xi(ω ) - P(Xi) ), and the opposite payoff, -Σ i α i( Xi(ω ) - P(Xi) ), is for the gambler. That is, the bookie is obliged either to buy (when α &gt; 0), or to sell (when α &lt; 0) |α |- many units of X at the price, P(X). Hence, the previsions are 2-sided or fair. The bookie&#x27;s previsions are incoherent if the gambler has a strategy that insures a uniformly negative payoff for the bookie. Otherwise, the bookie&#x27;s previsions are coherent. De Finetti&#x27;s Fundamental...

To elucidate the mechanism through which internalized stigma reduces the quality of life (QoL) of people with mental illness by exploring the mediating roles of self-esteem and sense of coherence (SOC). A cross-sectional analysis of 229 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or affective disorders was undertaken to test a sequential mediation model assuming that more severe internalized stigma is related to lower self-esteem, which is associated with weaker SOC, which in turn relates to worse QoL. The proposed model was supported by the data. A sequential indirect effect from internalized stigma to QoL via self-esteem and SOC turned out to be significant [beta = -0.06, SE = 0.02; 95% CI (-0.11, -0.03)]. Support was also found for simple mediation models with either self-esteem or SOC as single mediators between internalized stigma and QoL. Self-esteem and SOC are personal resources that should be considered as potential targets of interventions aiming to prevent the harmful consequen...

A elaboração de uma tese de doutoramento constitui uma experiência de vida única, rica em desafios e vitórias, incertezas e surpresas, deceções e alegrias. Ao recordar este longo e duro percurso compreendo melhor as palavras do poeta "Caminhante, não há caminho, faz-se o caminho ao andar" (António Machado y Ruiz) e compreendo também que, sendo um exercício solitário, o mesmo não teria sido possível sem os os múltiplos contributos de natureza diversa que não quero deixar de assinalar. Desejo assim expressar os meus sinceros agradecimentos: Aos meus orientadores, Professora Doutora Maria de Fátima Reis e Professor Doutor José Pereira Miguel, com quem aprendi muito mais do que questões científicas e a quem agradeço a confiança que em mim e neste projeto depositaram.

Myocardial infarction has pronounced effects on an individual that demand changes in lifestyle. Health is influenced by whether the individual experiences the world as comprehensible, meaningful, and manageable, that is, has a sense of coherence (SOC). High SOC scores indicate that the individual probably manages the situation by understanding the context and connections: action and effect. The study objective was to identify the SOC, assess the quality of life (Short Form-12 Health Survey Questionnaire), assess the symptoms using the Seattle Angina Questionnaire, and create health curves from a baseline for patients with a first myocardial infarction. A longitudinal and predictive study of 100 participants in the heart care unit of a county hospital in southern Sweden was performed. Women score lower on SOC than men. Persons with high SOC scores have fewer angina attacks, are more physically active, drink more alcohol, are more satisfied with their treatments, and have better disease perception. By following SOC scores, a trend emerges that suggests it may be a useful tool for identifying those who will need extra support. (Heart Lung® 2009;38:129 -140.) C ardiovascular disease is responsible for ap- proximately 10% of disability-adjusted life years in low-and middle-income countries and 18% in high income countries. Disability-adjusted life years indicate the total burden of a disease, not only a negative result-death. Coronary heart disease is now the leading cause of mortality worldwide and accounts for the death of 3.8 million men and 3.4 million women each year. 1 Registries in From the

Background Chronic pain is a common complaint having distressing consequences for those that suffer from it. Pain and depression concur within the context of comorbidity, and both share underlying stress conditions. Sense of coherence (SOC) is a factor that determines how well an individual manages stress and stays healthy. Its relationship with depression has been frequently reported in the literature. Our objective was to assess the amount of evidence available regarding the association between SOC and depression in patients suffering from chronic pain. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed. Searches were conducted between November 01 and December 31, 2020 in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Psy-cINFO, Psicodoc, ScienceDirect and Dialnet. There were no restrictions regarding the date of publication of the study. Evidence related to the relationship between SOC and depression in patients with chronic pain was summarized and compared.

Background: Job stress is associated with adverse health effects. The present study was conducted to examine the association between sense of coherence (SOC), as advocated by Antonovsky, and psychological responses to job stressors among Japanese workers. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire containing a Japanese version of the 13-item SOC scale, the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire, and a self-rated health item were distributed to 1968 workers in X Prefecture. Anonymous responses were recovered by postal mail. Results: Complete responses were received from 299 workers (response rate 15.2%, 191 males and 108 females) who consented to participate in the study. Participants were 186 office clerks, 38 sales representatives, 22 technical engineers, 16 service trade workers, eight information processing workers, eight technical experts, and 21 other workers of various types. SOC scores were associated with age, self-rated health, job title, and marriage status. According to regression analyses stratified by gender, SOC was inversely associated with tension, fatigue, anxiety, depression and subjective symptoms in males, and tension, depression and subjective symptoms in females. SOC was positively associated with vigor in both males and females. Conclusions: Having a strong SOC may reduce worker's negative job stress responses and increase their vigor. Longitudinal studies are required to confirm this finding.

This qualitative study explores the interlinkage of Sense of Coherence (SOC) and technological adaptability among managers in the banking sector during the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand the interplay between SOC principles and technological adaptability through the lived experiences of managers. Motivation for the study: As organisations increasingly adopt digital tools, understanding the psychological factors that enhance or hinder technological adaptability becomes crucial. This study addresses the limited exploration of SOC within the context of technological transformation in organisations. Research approach/design and method: A qualitative, interpretive research design was adopted. Semi-structured interviews with 10 managers from diverse professional and demographic backgrounds were analysed thematically. Main findings: A high SOC significantly enhances technological adaptability by fostering problem-solving and a sense of purpose. Comprehensibility aids in understanding and navigating new systems, manageability is supported by collaboration and organisational resources, and meaningfulness motivates individuals to embrace change despite challenges. However, systemic inefficiencies and insufficient guidance emerged as sources of dissatisfaction. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations can enhance technological adaptability by implementing targeted training programmes, strengthening communication channels and fostering a collaborative culture. Contribution/value-add: The findings offer actionable insights for managers, practitioners and policymakers seeking to navigate technological transformation effectively.

Aim To validate the Slovenian version (SOC-13-SVN) of Sense of Coherence 13-item instrument (SOC-13) in Slovenian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods A consecutive 134 Slovenian MS patients were enrolled in a cross-sectional study in 2013. The reliability of the SOC-13-SVN was assessed for internal consistency by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α), dimensionality by the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and criterion validity by Pearson correlation coefficient (r) between SOC-13-SVN global score and MSQOL-54 composite scores – Mental Health Composite score (MHC) and Physical Health Composite score (PHC). Results For the SOC-13-SVN instrument as a whole, internal consistency was high (αtotal=0.88) while it was low for three subscales (αcomprehensibility=0.79; αmanageability=0.66; αmeaningfulness=0.69). The results of the CFA confirmed a three-factor structure with good fit (RMSEA=0.059, CFI=0.953, SRMR=0.065), however, the correlations between the factors were very high (rcompr...

This groundbreaking experimental study explores the relationship between human consciousness and measurable physiological and energetic changes during deep meditative states. Conducted in controlled conditions in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the study involved 37 participants who underwent guided meditation or prayer while being continuously monitored using electroencephalography (EEG), high-precision digital weighing instruments, and New Energy Vision (NEV) imaging-a biofield visualization system developed by the late Dr. Harry Oldfield. Significant alterations in brainwave activity were observed, particularly elevated alpha and theta patterns consistent with deep meditative absorption. Unexpectedly, numerous participants also exhibited short-term reductions in body weight-ranging from ten to over 68 grams-despite no visible movement or external influence. These results echo and expand upon the controversial 1907 experiments of Dr. Duncan MacDougall, who hypothesized a measurable (21 grams) mass loss at the moment of death. In contrast, our study demonstrates similar weight fluctuations during deep states of conscious awareness, not death, under more advanced and controlled conditions. Further, NEV biofield imaging revealed pronounced shifts in energy patterns, especially around the head and chest areas, following meditation. Brighter and more coherent energetic emissions suggest a potential enhancement of the bioenergetic field, possibly indicative of healing or regenerative effects. Together, these convergent findings from EEG, weight data, and biofield imaging propose a measurable interface between consciousness, physiological change, and subtle energy expression. This study offers robust support for the scientific investigation of consciousness and challenges materialist assumptions that exclude the mind's influence on physical reality.

This paper proposes the Principle of Causal Transitions, a unifying theoretical construct that explains the emergence of complex systems-from the formation of stars and planets to the appearance of life, consciousness, social institutions, and advanced civilizations. Drawing from thermodynamic asymmetries, information compression fields, and recursive causal topology, the principle postulates that all such phenomena are governed by scale-invariant transitions in systemic coherence. We define "causal transitions" as non-linear transformations in the structural regime of a system, catalyzed by the internal reorganization of entropic gradients and the recursive self-binding of information flows. This framework allows for a new scientific ontology where stars, minds, and civilizations are seen as different phases in a cosmic compression field. Ultimately, we aim to establish a lawlike account of emergence grounded in causal geometry, entropy modulation, and symbolic recursion.

experiences in the United States. Phenomenology is "the systematic attempt to uncover and describe…the internal meaning structures, of lived experience [by studying the] particulars or instances as they are encountered" (Van Manen, 1990, p. 10). Criterion and snowball sampling were used to recruit 15 participants. A semistructured interview guide was used to gather data and Creswell's ( ) simplified version of Moustakas's (1994) Modification of the Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen Method of Analysis of Phenomenological Data was used to analyze the data. Three themes emerged: (a) "Sitting at the feet of gurus" taught protégés how to accept guidance, (b) Guru-Shishya: Learning and Discipleship, ways that protégés perceived mentors' guidance related to work, skill acquisition, and social or emotional support, and (c) Samavartan sanskar: Building Coherence, helped protégés understand, manage and find meaning. Protégés' goals and professional expectations determined what they wanted from cross-cultural mentoring relationships and what they were willing to endure within those relationships. Since participants valued achievement and continuous improvement, mentor support was integral to making meaning and developing a sense of coherence in their lives. Implications regarding cross-cultural mentoring relationships together with recommendations for future research conclude the study.

This study describes the prevalence of religious and/or spiritual (R/S) struggle in long-term young adult (YA) survivors following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) as well as existential concerns (EC), social support, and demographic, medical, and emotional correlates of R/S struggle. Data were collected as part of an annual survey of survivors of HCT aged 18-39 years at survey completion; age at HCT was 1-39 years. Study measures included measures of R/S struggle (defined as any non-zero response on the negative religious coping subscale from Brief RCOPE), quality of life (QOL), and depression. Factors associated with R/S struggle were identified using multivariable logistic regression models. Fifty-two of the 172 respondents (30%), who ranged from less than a year to 33 years after HCT, had some R/S struggle. In bivariate analysis, depression was associated with R/S struggle. In a multivariable logistic regression model, individuals with greater EC were nearly five times m...

Differentiated instruction addresses diverse learning modalities in classrooms, requiring teachers to be responsive to the different needs of students and design learning opportunities that benefit all types of learners. Teachers must understand student interest, assess, lesson planning, content, process, and product to create engaging and effective learning experiences. Incorporating individual student culture, expectations, aspirations, cultural backgrounds, and learning disabilities into lessons helps students relate to the content and establish connection. This study explored the relationship between differentiated instruction and students' sense of coherence. Differentiated instruction is crucial for helping students manage stress and find solutions to academic problems by providing varied activities that fit their abilities. Factors that can stimulate students' sense of coherence include differentiated instruction, assessment, lesson planning, content, process, and product. The study hypothesizes that there is no significant relationship between differentiated instruction strategy and students' sense of coherence, and that there is no domain of differentiated instruction that best influences students' sense of coherence. The study supports the proposition that differentiated instruction leads students to become active and responsible explorers of lessons, mastering competencies and developing a good sense of coherence. School leaders are encouraged to uphold a sense of coherence in learning tasks, while students benefit from differentiated instruction. The study evaluated students' sense of coherence using Antonovsky's indicators of comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness. A five-point Likert Scale was used to assess this sense of coherence. The study included Grade 10 students from Jose Abad Santos National High School, regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity. Participants were informed that their participation was voluntary and non-pecuniary, with no physical or biological harm. Confidentiality was maintained throughout the study, and plagiarism was avoided through the use of Plagiarism Detector software. The study found high levels of differentiated instruction among teachers and students, with a mean of 3.59 and a standard deviation of 0.34. The correlation between differentiated instruction and students' sense of coherence was significant, with 56.5% of variance attributed to differentiated instruction. Assessment was the only indicator of differentiated instruction that significantly influenced students' sense of coherence. The Department of Education should strengthen differentiated instruction utilization.

The possibility that DNA interacts with scalar fields leads naturally to the hypothesis that consciousness itself may arise through such scalar couplings. While conventional neuroscience confines consciousness to neurochemical activity, alternative models explore the role of quantum coherence and informational resonance. DNA, with its fractal, helical, and electromagnetic properties, may function as a biological antenna for nonlocal awareness. 8.1. DNA and Quantum-Coherent Structures Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose proposed the Orch-OR model, suggesting consciousness originates in quantum coherence within microtubules. Others, like Gariaev, extend this to DNA, suggesting its structure supports wave-based information storage and emission. These theories converge on the idea that consciousness is scalar-resonant, not purely computational. Hameroff, S., & Penrose, R. (1996). "Conscious events as orchestrated spacetime selections." Journal of Consciousness Studies, 3(1), 36-53. Gariaev, P. P., et al. (1994). "Wave Genome and DNA Resonance Bio-Computer." 8.2. Scalar Coupling as a Consciousness Gateway DNA's coupling with scalar fields could modulate: The density and clarity of conscious awareness, the frequency of insight, intuition, and vision, individual resistance or openness to misinformation These effects are reported by individuals with heightened sensitivity to environmental fields, suggesting scalar "filters" that reject incoherent or nonresonant inputs. This aligns with theories of consciousness as a resonance-dependent phenomenon. 9. Epigenetics and Scalar Resonance Epigenetics describes how gene expression can be altered without changing the DNA sequence, often through environmental signals. This includes stress, light, nutrition, and increasingly, informational input.

The present longitudinal study was designed to scrutinize how adolescents perceive their life in upper secondary schools in general, and how central aspects of their perceived classroom climate predicted their coping beliefs and experience of school stress in particular. The participants were 1215 students in upper secondary schools (grades 2 and 3) from one county in Norway. The data were analysed by means of structural equation modelling, and the findings reveal gender differences that need further investigation in future research. Our study indicates that a performance-oriented goal structure and social support from peers and teachers seem to be a potential risk factor and/or protective factor when it comes to adolescents’ development of coping beliefs and experiences of school stress, especially among girls.

Aim To explore the relationship between visuospatial memory, weak central coherence, and eating disorder (ED) symptoms in anorexia nervosa (AN) inpatients. Sample 31 female AN inpatients. Methods Rey complex figure test (RCFT) was used to assess both visuospatial memory and central coherence. RCFT consisted of copy and recall trials. ED symptoms were assessed by The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and The Clinical and Research Inventory for Eating Disorders (CR-EAT). Results We found a statistically significant negative correlation between recall accuracy and the total EDE-Q score. Furthermore, recall accuracy and recall central coherence significantly negatively correlate with several EDE-Q and CR-EAT scales. Conclusions These findings may contribute to a better understanding of cognitive impairments specifically in ED, and to refining interventions aiming at their improvement.

The increasing use of technology by older persons and their preferences for living at home and being independent have created an avenue for self-care and care delivery using mobile technologies and health communication. This study aimed to explain how older persons with cognitive impairment experienced technology-based health communication through the use of a mobile application to facilitate a sense of coherence. Individual, semi-structured interviews with 16 participants in the SMART4MD project were conducted. The interviews were transcribed then coded deductively and thematically, creating themes that corresponded to the central components of the sense of coherence model: comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness. The findings produced an overall theme: a challenging technology that can provide support, based on the three identified themes: making sense of mobile technologies, mastering mobile technologies, and the potential added value to use mobile technologies. The ...

This paper explores a unified model of childhood consciousness through the lens of resonance, field theory, and symbolic cognition. Drawing from developmental neuroscience, morphic field theory, and the emerging Lipa-Valov Unified Theory (LVUT), it proposes that young children do more than perceive the world, they resonate with it Early cognition is framed as field-based awareness mediated by intention (Ī ̂), symbolic coherence (ψs), and internal resonance (∫C). Tools such as ChildSigils and the theremin are presented as entry points for studying and restoring this resonance, particularly in neurodiverse children (ASD, ADHD, SPD), where perception may reflect hyper-coherence or waveform dyssynchrony. The essay integrates theoretical, symbolic, and practical perspectives, offering exercises in hemispheric integration, rhythmic play, and transgenerational field mapping. Throughout, the spiral is proposed as a unifying symbol, a geometry of memory, learning, and coherence. By returning to the child's way of knowing we may uncover new pathways for healing, education, and the science of awareness.

This paper presents an original theory of consciousness blending spiritual insight with conceptual neuroscience. It introduces the concept of the Mirror Field-a present-moment field of awareness centered on the Sudarshan Chakra as a source of pure observation and reflective presence.

This paper presents an original theory of consciousness blending spiritual insight with conceptual neuroscience. It introduces the concept of the Mirror Field-a present-moment field of awareness centered on the Sudarshan Chakra as a source of pure observation and reflective presence.

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This paper introduces a novel model of consciousness based on nested resonance and phase coherence across multiple temporal and spatial scales. Departing from brain-centric and computation-based frameworks, we propose that awareness emerges wherever self-referential loops achieve harmonic closure. The Spiral of Awareness—a logarithmic geometric model—maps coherent interactions between systems such as neurons, heartbeats, breath, circadian rhythms, and cosmic cycles. Consciousness is thus redefined as an emergent property of phase synchronization, not limited to neural substrates but applicable to any dynamically coupled system. By integrating insights from neuroscience, chronobiology, cosmology, and systems theory, this model offers a scale-invariant, resonance-based ontology of consciousness. It expands the field's conceptual boundaries and proposes new testable predictions about the structure and nature of awareness across living and non-living systems.

Alcohol problems represent a classic example of a complex behavioral outcome that is likely influenced by many genes of small effect. A polygenic approach, which examines aggregate measured genetic effects, can have predictive power in cases where individual genes or genetic variants do not. In the current study, we first tested whether polygenic risk for alcohol problems-derived from genome-wide association estimates of an alcohol problems factor score from the age 18 assessment of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; n = 4304 individuals of European descent; 57% female)-predicted alcohol problems earlier in development (age 14) in an independent sample (FinnTwin12; n = 1162; 53% female). We then tested whether environmental factors (parental knowledge and peer deviance) moderated polygenic risk to predict alcohol problems in the FinnTwin12 sample. We found evidence for both polygenic association and for additive polygene-environment interaction. Higher polygenic scores predicted a greater number of alcohol problems (range of Pearson partial correlations 0.07-0.08, all p-values ≤ 0.01). Moreover, genetic influences were significantly more pronounced under conditions of low parental knowledge or high peer deviance (unstandardized regression coefficients (b), p-values (p), and percent of variance (R 2 ) accounted for by interaction terms: b = 1.54, p = 0.02, R 2 = 0.33%; b = 0.94, p = 0.04, R 2 = 0.30%, respectively). Supplementary set-based analyses indicated that the individual top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) contributing to the polygenic scores were not individually enriched for gene-environment interaction. Although the magnitude of the observed effects are small, this study illustrates the usefulness of polygenic approaches for understanding the pathways by which measured genetic predispositions come together with environmental factors to predict complex behavioral outcomes.

Quantitative (N = 130) and qualitative (N = 30) data were collected to explore the experiences of nonprofessional trauma counselors in the workplace. Counselors, on average, did not experience symptoms of secondary traumatic stress (STS) requiring clinical intervention. Changes to cognitive schemata regarding counselors&#39; world views were found to be present 6 weeks after their last trauma counseling incident. Counselors reported experiencing considerable role satisfaction. Factors related to the nature of the trauma counseling task and counselors&#39; exposure to work and nonwork related trauma were not significantly associated with counselors&#39; STS or role satisfaction scores. Program coordination, self‐efficacy, stakeholder commitment, sense of coherence, and perceived social support were significantly related to counselors&#39; experiences of STS and role satisfaction.

Interstitialism: A Recursive Metaphysical Framework of the Space Between This dissertation introduces Interstitialism, a new ontological and metaphysical theory that positions the generative space between polarities as the fundamental medium through which consciousness, identity, and reality are formed and recursively transformed. Distinct from dualistic or linear paradigms, Interstitialism is founded upon a trinary structure-where the moment a singular point bifurcates into opposing forces, a third interstitial field simultaneously emerges. This third force is not supplemental, but constitutive: it is the recursive engine of becoming, encoding all experience, perception, and transformation through its spiral geometry.

This essay explores consciousness through the lens of resonance, coherence, and spiral geometry. It is not a detached academic treatise but a personal, intuitive journey shaped by lived experience, deep reflection, and interdisciplinary curiosity. From trauma theory and neuroplasticity to ancient symbolism and quantum biology, the work traces how frequency and pattern shape our memory, perception, and healing. By weaving together insights from physics, biology, and philosophy, alongside original contributions and collaborations this essay proposes that consciousness is not a static property of the brain but a dynamic field of resonance we can learn to tune into. At its core, this is a call for coherence, in our bodies, our relationships, and our ways of knowing.

Below is an integrated, complete draft that weaves together the sweeping cosmic evolution narrative of The Grand Story of the Universe, the dynamic duality of Alpha Between Light and Dark, the process of Alpha Alignment, and the resonant patterns of Alpha Harmonics. Titled "Cosmic Harmony: Integrating Cosmic Evolution, Duality, Alpha Alignment, and Alpha Harmonics", this paper not only offers a poetic vision of our universe but also grounds its ideas in quantitative models. These models help translate visionary insights into actionable strategies for addressing today's global challenges.

For those ready to rewire the mind, reshape their fate, or launch into the unknown— this is your invitation. For those standing at the threshold of a career change, contemplating a leap into entrepreneurship, or sensing a deep urge to alter the trajectory of their life and fate—know this: the most powerful tool at your disposal is not a résumé, a business plan, or even a network. It is your mind. Not the mind as a memory bank or logic engine—but as a simulator, a tuner, a reality-shaper. This book is for those who are ready to stop outsourcing their direction to algorithms and external scripts, and instead engage their mind as a co-creator of their future. The game is not out there. It’s within you.

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This thesis is about how management can lead up to reduce absenteeism among employees. The data that the task is based on the depth interviews with four employees and a manager at a health institution. The thesis is based on research previously conducted in this area. They interviewed all have a nursing background and have different age and experience from working life. Poor management support, many people believe is the cause of some of the high an absence in Norway. Absence Of course, many facets, but we are studying how managers can help reduce this. The fiscal space to the leader and how directors should stand for motivated and loyal employees are key. We wanted to look at the size of the staff themselves believe is important in order to thrive and be motivated for the job they do, and how the leader should emerge to accommodate this. Themes such as conflict management, morale, motivation and emotional skills are somewhat affected in the exercise. If an applicant in this area, for example, google will get many hits such as "poor management". This is an issue that concerns many, but is somewhat difficult to talk about. The most critical items that mean the boss is to blame for the high absence we have in Norway. We choose to see something more nuanced about this. All those we interviewed apart from the leader goes shifts. This also guards every 3 weekend. They have the-clock care and therefore required staffing 24 hours a day year round. Sickness absence in this ward was 15.2% in 2009. It is well above the national average, but not unusual for this type of activity. In this type of business will be challenged to changing conditions. This will depend on which patients get into one. To achieve this it will be important that the leadership skills to have a relationship with the employees so that they are positively ready to meet the changing and dynamic conditions.

Technological developments and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) make employability more important than employment. The youth are forced to adopt a protean career and constantly adjust their skills, knowledge and behaviour to maintain their employability and skills relevance. Psychosocial career resources assist them in coping with career challenges and setbacks through career adaptability and remaining employable. The study investigated the relationship between employability, career adaptability, and psychological capital amongst non-degreed youth at an educational institution. To cope with contemporary work environment demands, the youth must be equipped with the competencies and know-how to flex their careers appropriately. At the time of the study, no research had examined the relationship between employability, career adaptability and psychological capital. The study used a cross-sectional, quantitative, non-experimental research approach to explore the interrelatedness of the variables. The results demonstrated a strong, positive and significant relationship between employability and career adaptability; employability and psychological capital; and career adaptability and psychological capital. The relationship between employability and career adaptability was more conspicuous than the relationship between employability and psychological capital. Cultivating employability attributes, career adaptability, and psychological support may strengthen the youths' self-perceived employability and improve how they adjust their careers according to work environment demands. The study explains how employability, career adaptability, and psychological capital relate. Its findings can be used to advance youth employability.

This essay reflects on a unique interdisciplinary collaboration that bridges symbolic neuroscience, intuitive healing, and vibrational consciousness. It explores how two seemingly different approaches, mathematical braid theory and resonance-based trauma work have converged to reveal a shared language of coherence, memory, and transformation. Through personal experience and reflective insight, the text traces connections between ancient wisdom, brain frequency, symbolic loops, and the emerging possibility of mapping personal coherence. It considers the implications of recursive consciousness, the role of the pineal gland, and the ethical tension around artificial intelligence and emotional autonomy.

Abstract: Power relationships between mentors and protégés within formal mentoring relationships are largely ignored in research and literature concerning mentoring. The purpose of this research is to expose the imbedded power relationships within a teacher education mentoring program to better understand whose interests were really served by this program.

Sense of Coherence (SOC) is defined as a tendency to perceive life experiences as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful. The construct is split in three major domains: Comprehensibility, Manageability, and Meaningfulness. SOC has been associated with successful coping strategies in the face of illness and traumatic events and is a predictor of self-reported and objective health in a variety of contexts. In the present study we aim to evaluate the association of SOC with disability and dependence in Spanish elders. A total of 377 participants aged 75 years or over from nine locations across Spain participated in the study (Mean age: 80.9 years; 65.3% women). SOC levels were considered independent variables in two ordinal logistic models on disability and dependence, respectively. Disability was established with the World health Organization-Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (36-item version), while dependence was measured with the Extended Katz Index on personal and instrumental...