Scientists investigating the effect of the meditative state on Buddhist monks brains have found that portions of the organ previously active become quiet, whilst pacified areas become stimulated. "Perhaps that [spiritual] sense of reality is more accurate than our scientific everyday sense of reality" Andrew Newberg, a radiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, US, told BBC World Services Discovery programme: "I think we are poised at a wonderful time in our history to be able to explore religion and spirituality in a way which was never thought possible."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1847000/1847442.stm
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