--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On May 28, 2009, at 5:52 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > >> > >> http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/brain/ > >> > >> The <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? > >> storyId=104257486> Science Of Spirituality > >> > >> > >> Is This Your Brain On God? > >> > >> More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual > >> experience that changed their lives. Now, scientists from > >> universities likeHarvard,Pennsylvaniaand Johns Hopkins are using > >> new technologies to analyze the brains of people who claim they > >> have touched the spiritual -- from Christians who speak in tongues > >> to Buddhist monks to people who claim to have had near-death > >> experiences. Hear what they have discovered in this controversial > >> field, as the science of spirituality continues to evolve. > >> <http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/brain/#email> > > > > As I've pointed out before, the specific areas of hte brain that TM > > activates/deactivates generally don't coincide with ANY of the > > "spiritual centers" > > that are mentioned. > > > TM activates the areas of the brain for mentation on a vague sound. > What's big deal about that?
Er, are you sure that that is all that is going on? > > Didn't they steal their thalamic gating theory straight out of Zen and > the Brain? > They may have gotten it from that book, or they may have come up with the idea independently. Does it matter? Which studies on other meditation techniques show this state besides the preliminary study on the TM researchers? Lawon
