SCIENCE AND SPIRIT ABOUT ENLIGHTENMENT


Science is only talking about brains when studying Enlightenment but don't pay attention to Spirit



How enlightenment permanently alters your brain | Dr. Andrew Newberg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PIQj7Fxk30


Enlightenment is a traditionally mystical and slippery concept, but when it is subjected to the rigors of empirical analysis, there is a lot to be learned about our brains and ourselves.


Dr. Andrew Newberg says that there are two kinds of enlightenment: enlightenment with a "lowercase e," which changes our opinions about the world, and Enlightenment with a "capital E," which changes our essence — that is, how we think about life, death, and God.


Capital-E Enlightenment is notable because of how people report the experience anecdotally, as well as how it changes the brain. If there is a sensation associated with this type of Enlightenment — such as seeing a light or color or hearing a sound — it is described as one of the most intense experiences that a person has ever had. And this intensity is reflected in the brain’s limbic system, which processes emotion, and in its parietal lobe, which organizes our sensory information to create sensations of time, space, and self.


When people experience Enlightenment, they frequently report losing their sense of self, and scientific analysis confirms that brain activity is driving this sensation. Though Enlightenment is typically associated with fervently religious or spiritual individuals like Mother Teresa or the Buddha, people from all walks of life can experience essence-changing events — sometimes just walking down the street, Dr. Newberg tells us. Similar experiences can be purposefully induced through the use of pharmacological substances like LSD or hallucinogenic mushrooms. 


Philosophically, what does Enlightenment mean? According to Dr. Newberg, perhaps Enlightenment is like a pair of glasses: We are born into the world with bad vision until we experience corrective lenses. In this case, the "lenses" are being applied to our brain rather than our eyes.


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Spiritual side of Enlightenment


The Paradoxical TRUTH in the GREATEST Spiritual Story Ever Told


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rfwJ-GFs2U



There is a paradoxical truth at the core of our body, mind, and ego that we encounter on the spiritual path. This is a truth many hard to accept and so they find it hard to progress further than this paradox. In this episode of The Sacred Word, I will explain an important verse from the Ashtavakra Gita, a text one is ready to assimilate after enlightenment. The Ashtavakra Gita is for those who want to absorb themselves in the presence of the Ultimate Reality after awakening.


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