Visualisation and The Flow State in Indian Philosophy and Applied Healing through Them: A Paper and A Workshop

Publication information:

Das, Rituparna. 2025. “Visualisation and The Flow State in Indian Philosophy and Applied Healing through Them: A Paper and A Workshop.” in Spirituality and the Arts. Harvard Divinity School: Program for the Evolution of Spirituality.

Abstract

Workshop: I will present a scholarly paper on how the concepts of visualisation, active imagination and the flow state play an integral part in the concepts of dhyāna, kalpanā and bhāvanā as discussed by select Indian philosophical schools of thought. The paper shall be followed by a workshop on how, by utilising the above-mentioned processes, we can bring out the hidden artist from within and thereby heal our wounds through artistic creations. 


Program for the Evolution of Spirituality

Rituparna Das completed PhD program in English with specialisation in South Asian Film and Literature and Postcolonial Studies under the University of Calcutta and has 13+ years of experience in teaching English language, literature and communication skill to students of Management and technical background, has delivered invited lectures and paper in various universities in India and abroad, such as university of Graz, Austria, Cambridge University, Montreal University, Timisoara University. After a spiritual awakening in 2022, Das has shifted to mission-oriented writing and teaching programs aiming at imparting hope, love and the message of peace to the world.