Hi everyone. Thought you might be interested in this story via Yahoo news:
What makes us feel spiritual? It could be the quieting of a small area in our brains, a new study suggests...Among the more spiritual of the 26 subjects, the researchers pinpointed a less functional right parietal lobe, a physical state which may translate psychologically as decreased self-awareness and self-focus.
The finding suggests that one core tenant of spiritual experience is selflessness, said Johnstone, adding that he hopes the study "will help people think about spirituality in more specific ways."
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These are the conditions, the fact that we have these pathways in our brain. We also have pathways in our brain that lead us to assume roles we see in movies so that we play a part in the movie. This can lead to both good and bad depending on the movie, but they are all conditions.