--- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > [...] > Maskedzebra mentioned Aquinas. At the end of Aquinas' life he appeared to > have an experience that silenced him. He saw through the metaphysical > claptrap, and saw that all his efforts were as 'straw'. He spoke very little > after that. Thus I believe Aquinas finally had the revelation of seeing > through the veil of maya. I do not think this kind of experience has ever > been observed in a scientific environment because it happens without any > warning. Someone would have to be being scanned in an fMRI machine just at > that moment to catch some physical correlate of the mental event. >
The mental event may be happening on a regular basis in merely enlightened people, but just not long enough for them to make note of it. Look at figure 2 of this paper: http://brainresearchinstitute.org/research/totalbrain/TM&synch_SignalProc05_Hebert.pdf L
