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*Cognition: The BRAIN Documents Response To The Non Physical

*Cognition: The BRAIN Documents Response To The Non Physical

Q: I was [[reading]] in [http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/proof-of-heaven-a-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife.html Newsweek] about [[research]] on spiritual [[experience]] and the [[brain]] looking at how certain areas of the brain are activated when people [[meditate]] or [[pray]]. How important is this research and can you help me understand its significance?

Q: I was [[reading]] in [https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/proof-of-heaven-a-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife.html Newsweek] about [[research]] on spiritual [[experience]] and the [[brain]] looking at how certain areas of the brain are activated when people [[meditate]] or [[pray]]. How important is this research and can you help me understand its significance?

Ham: The [[body]] is a [[temple]] of the [[spirit]]. It is the spirit which [[animates]] and gives life to that which, without the spirit, is a collection of [[chemicals]]. The body is like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_fork tuning fork] that [[gradually]] is [[adjusted]] and becomes more and more [[attuned]] to the spirit and in the [[process]] the [[mind]], the mortal mind, is more spirit conscious. When your [[scientists]] measure [[electrical]] activity in the brain, they are in a sense documenting the bodily response to that which is nonphysical. The mind is more than the brain, and the [[spirit]] more than the mind. It is unfortunate that some scientists wish to reduce spiritual experience to [[electrochemical]] changes in the brain. The tip of the iceberg that is described is not the iceberg. It is only that part which is seen. Is this helping.

Ham: The [[body]] is a [[temple]] of the [[spirit]]. It is the spirit which [[animates]] and gives life to that which, without the spirit, is a collection of [[chemicals]]. The body is like a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_fork tuning fork] that [[gradually]] is [[adjusted]] and becomes more and more [[attuned]] to the spirit and in the [[process]] the [[mind]], the mortal mind, is more spirit conscious. When your [[scientists]] measure [[electrical]] activity in the brain, they are in a sense documenting the bodily response to that which is nonphysical. The mind is more than the brain, and the [[spirit]] more than the mind. It is unfortunate that some scientists wish to reduce spiritual experience to [[electrochemical]] changes in the brain. The tip of the iceberg that is described is not the iceberg. It is only that part which is seen. Is this helping.

Q: Understanding the [[physical]] response to the [[spiritual]] [[experience]], will this help us [[tune]] the tuning fork better?

Q: Understanding the [[physical]] response to the [[spiritual]] [[experience]], will this help us [[tune]] the tuning fork better?