Topic
Spirituality
A collection of 241 articles
My Thoughts On “Spiritual Narcissism”
Narcissism, in a nutshell, is self-absorption to the extent that it will adopt any set of rationale to protect the ego which often includes a degree of self-deception.
Extraordinary Cases of Children Remembering Their Past Lives
Reincarnation is a fascinating subject that has remained on the fringe of scientific study for too long.Fortunately, it has recently begun to attract serious interest from the scientific community.
Unconscious learning underlies belief in God, study suggests
Their research, reported in the journal Nature Communications, is the first to use implicit pattern learning to investigate religious belief.
Our reality isn’t physical. It’s Spiritual Mental & Immaterial
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University Richard Conn Henry published a paper in the journal Nature titled "The Mental Universe" emphasizing how metaphysics plays a central role in understanding the nature of our reality. Are we metaphysical beings? What impact does our collective consciousness have on our
The Dream of God: How Do Religions See Lucid Dreaming?
Lucid dreaming (LD) only began to be scientifically studied in the last century, but various religions have highlighted the importance of LD in their doctrines for a much longer period.
Court Rules NSA’s Bulk Phone Data Collection Was Illegal
A National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program has been ruled unlawful, seven years after it was exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Dynamics of the Sphere Model of Consciousness: Silence, space, and self
The Sphere Model of Consciousness (SMC) delineates a sphere-shaped matrix that aims to describe the phenomenology of experience using geometric coordinates.
Immersion, Absorption, and Spiritual Experience: Some Preliminary Findings
Many traditions have utilized silent environments to induce altered states of consciousness and spiritual experiences.
Understanding the nature of oneness experience in meditators using collective intelligence methods
Research on meditation and mindfulness practice has flourished in recent years.
Book review: Stress Less, Accomplish More: Meditation for Extraordinary Performance
While browsing through the Internet, the authors tried to find a brief meditation technique to practice during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nondual Awareness and Minimal Phenomenal Experience
Numerous authors have marshaled evidence for a consciousness devoid of content, during which perspectival structure itself is nearly or entirely dissolved (e.g., Baars, 2013;Forman, 1998;Josipovic, 2019;Metzinger, 2018;Millière, 2018;Miskovic, 2019;Windt, 2014). Such states offer a singular opportunity for isolating the most minimal structure
Molecules of Silence. Effects of meditation on gene expression and epigenetics
Many studies have consistently demonstrated an epigenetic link between environmental stimuli and physiological as well as cognitive responses.
The hitchhiker’s guide to neurophenomenology – The case of studying self boundaries with meditators
This paper is a practical guide to neurophenomenology.
Neuroscience Reveals How You Can Help Make Your Brain Decades Younger
Multiple studies have shown that meditation literally alters the structure of various parts of the brain.