S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 5 - 2 Fa l l 2 0 1 9 1 EDITORIAL Issue content Editorial 1 Martin Dojčár An Interview with Ajahn Jotipālo: Meditation Leads to Experiential Understanding That What We Think of As Ourselves is Actually Stressful, Unstable & not Really Ourselves 2 Martin Dojčár “Ethics of Three Persons” and Transcendence 12 Andrej Rajský The Influence of Emotions on Spiritual Life in the Discernment of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Saint John of the Cross 24 Radovan Šoltés Cognitive Science and Spirituality 36 Michal Kutáš Islamic Reproductive Bioethics Knowledge Among University Students in the Czech Republic 44 Monika Záviš The Way of Heavenly Knight 54 Petr Pavlík Ignorance 78 Sandó Kaisen Editorial There is only one function that characterizes consciousness – reflecting or mirroring as Māhāyana sūtras typically describe it. Consciousness reflects what is as it is. It does so both in regard to what appears as an object in an intentional act, as well as regarding the very condition of every intentional act – the consciousness itself or non-intentional consciousness. However, the mirroring function of consciousness is limited as far as it is reduced to “ordinary” human consciousness, which we usually experience as dim and impermanent. That is why numerous methods and tools have been developed throughout the history aiming at “purification” of consciousness – restoration of its authentic function that, at the same time, refers to authenticity of human being as such: one is fully authentic only when “his” or “her” consciousness functions in the above mentioned sense as the Latin notion of aut-ens suggests – distinguished (Lat. aut) from beings (Lat. ens). 2019 Fall edition of Spirituality Studies thematizes a few of these methods and tools – such as ethics and moral education, discernment of spirits in Christian spirituality, or objectless contemplation in Zen Buddhism – elaborated in their specific contexts with regard to the specific objectives of the particular research studies, articles and essays. All together they provide a reader with a multidisciplinary look at the vast landscape of spirituality in its multiple forms and expressions. Neither aspects of lived spirituality nor interfaith dialogue are omitted in the current edition of the journal. They are represented mainly by the introductory interview with Ajahn Jotipālo, a Buddhist monk, interfaith promoter and an icon writer. These aspects are also depicted on his icons, which accompany the interview and point to the idea of building “bridges” between spiritualities and religions not primarily through the doctrinal approach, but rather through lived spirituality. ←← Cover: Icon of Ajahn Chah by Ajahn Jotipālo Copyright © Ajahn Jotipālo 2019 Spirituality Studies 5-2 Fall 2019 Publisher: The Society for Spirituality Studies Published in partnership with Monastic Interreligious Dialogue and European Union of Yoga Available online: www.spirituality-studies.org Editor-in-Chief: Doc. Dr. Martin Dojčár PhD. Graphic Design: Martin Hynek Contact: editor@spirituality-studies.org ISSN 1339-9578 Cordially Martin Dojčár
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