--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
> wrote:
> > The path of enlightenment that each comes to think of when
> > embarking on a spiritual path usually begins with a
> > metaphysical explanation of some sor
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote:
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snip So the big question remains as to whether the brain experiences and that
style of brain functioning that feels spiritual just is what it is, or if
The description below, and the link to the paper, a really cool experience.
This capacity for such experience is built into us, and as long as we can
access it, it does not seem to matter much how.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.co
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
> wrote:
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> > Maskedzebra mentioned Aquinas. At the end of Aquinas' life he appeared to
> > have an experience that silenced him. He saw through the metaphysical
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
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> > It is OK if a scientist says something like TM, or some other
> > form of meditation, like mindfulness, seems to result in more
> > of a 'good' neurotrans
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
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> 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
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" wrote:
> I am always in the process of processing what we know so far about the brain.
> Wish I were 20 so I could be around another 80 years to see what happens -
> altho it is already clear that just about all the experiences we think are
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
wrote:
> It is OK if a scientist says something like TM, or some other
> form of meditation, like mindfulness, seems to result in more
> of a 'good' neurotransmitter in the brain. But if a scientist
> says that certain specific func
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> It probably does have some relevance to what goes on on FFL. The
> relationship of what goes on in the human brain to spirituality seems to
> be a subject that is handled in a very circumspect manner in spiritual
> circles. Science is impinging on spiritual experience more and more
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