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Spirituality and the Brain
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RE: Spirituality and the Brain
February 13, 2010 at 12:16 pm (This post was last modified: February 13, 2010 at 12:21 pm by Purple Rabbit.)
(February 13, 2010 at 11:56 am)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: "Self-transcendence" seems like a bad thing to me; and to think that the trancendental meditation movement was aimed at increasing these feelings.
Why?

Matrhematics is also all in the head. Does that make it a bad thing?
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Spirituality and the Brain

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Spirituality and the Brain - by Rhizomorph13 - February 13, 2010 at 11:56 am
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Purple Rabbit - February 13, 2010 at 12:16 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Rhizomorph13 - February 13, 2010 at 1:17 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Purple Rabbit - February 13, 2010 at 3:04 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Rhizomorph13 - February 13, 2010 at 3:15 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Tiberius - February 13, 2010 at 3:24 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Purple Rabbit - February 13, 2010 at 4:19 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Tiberius - February 13, 2010 at 4:44 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Rhizomorph13 - February 13, 2010 at 3:28 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by Purple Rabbit - February 13, 2010 at 5:17 pm
RE: Spirituality and the Brain - by tavarish - February 14, 2010 at 8:01 pm

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