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The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper

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The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper
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RE: The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper
January 6, 2024 at 1:00 am
(January 5, 2024 at 11:56 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
Quote:Does Marrs also conclude that spiritual experiences are brain tricks like this?

I don't know who Marrs is

The OP mentions two books. One of them is The Rule by Secrecy: Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids, by Jim Marrs. It doesn't look like the kind of thing I'm interested in, so I didn't look beyond the title. 

Quote:but they're brain tricks. One hundred percent. They can seem so convincingly real, while they're happening, that after it's over, you will have no idea how that happened, or why. But it isn't real. None of it is. Your brain is quite literally playing tricks on you.

You may be right. The brain is an amazing and puzzling thing.
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The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper - by neil - January 5, 2024 at 1:34 pm
RE: The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper - by Belacqua - January 6, 2024 at 1:00 am

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