How can reports of contemplative experience coexist with standardized outcome measures?
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Situated experiential testimony
First-person report
Records how experience appeared to a participant.
Valid claim: The participant reported this experience at this time.
Direct answer
How can reports of contemplative experience coexist with standardized outcome measures?
Mechanism and method
Timestamp both streams.
Code reports independently of outcomes.
Analyze convergence and divergence without privileging one universally.
What is measured
Practice protocol
Time
Participant context
Comparison: First-person experience and clinical outcome
Intensity is not clinical benefit.
A scale score does not exhaust contemplative meaning.
Must not be read as: Do not diagnose from spiritual vocabulary or claim spiritual attainment from a clinical score.
Limitations
Intensity is not clinical benefit.
A scale score does not exhaust contemplative meaning.
What this does not establish
Do not diagnose from spiritual vocabulary or claim spiritual attainment from a clinical score.