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Is the brain hardwired for God? Neuroscientists have found and measured chemical changes in the brain when a person is going through religious or spiritual experiences and keep coming back for more. It turns out religion makes us feel the same way we do when we meditate — the evolutionary explaination is these practices help us improve our mental state, so in a sense, we all believe in the same thing… only our vision of what “it” is comes in different forms…. Read more
A known issue which plagues almost every individual is the mental, emotional and physical tension known as stress. We do all kinds of things to be relieved of the Stress Monster: Turn to alcohol and drugs, watch television, exercise, eat comfort food, spend time with loved ones… You get the idea. People make a living off studying stress and creating ways for us to escape from it. As it turns out, I have an easy way to eliminate your stress… Read more
If you are a fan of Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” homage, check this video out and explore humankind’s place in the cosmos. If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of questions and by the depth of our answers. — Carl Sagan (via The Thinking Atheist) Read more
