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Surprising connections between neuroscience and spiritual practices that can transform your life and relationships. Does religious experience come from god, or is it just the random firing of neurons in the brain. Much of the spiritual brain is an argument against materialist and evolutionary psychology, and the supposition that there is a gene or god spot in the brain responsible for mystical experiences. Childrens thoughts about god or other spiritual themes appear to be a natural part of human development, a search for some force in the universe that represents eternity and the absence of. The 10 most spiritual books of all time belinda davidson. Have you ever wondered what happens in the brain when you believe in god. When the first edition of teaching with the brain in mind was published in 1998, it quickly became an ascd bestseller, and it has gone on to inspire thousands of educators to apply brain. A neuroscientists case for the existence of the soul reprint by.
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