Spirituality is a Whole Brain Phenomenon
Non-Self and Spiritual Experience are a Natural Result of Shifting Brain Function
It’s my opinion, based on my experience, that an increase in capacity for non-dogmatic spiritual experience is concomitant with a decrease in self-centredness, and that this is a completely natural process, based on brain functioning, that all humans are capable of.
I believe that what the Buddha taught was a completely natural way to shift brain functioning that increases a capacity for spiritual experience and concomitantly decreases a sense of “self.” Other studies (below) show that mystical experiences are associated with an altered “spatial awareness”. And that spiritual experience triggers the reward centres of the brain just like love, sex, gambling, drugs and music. All three articles were originally published in Science Daily.
Date: April 19, 2012
- Source: University of Missouri-Columbia
- Summary:
- Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” one distinct area of the brain…
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