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theory of mind… evolving spirituality

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Culture, Faith, Happiness, Inner peace, Meditation, Mindful, Prayer, Religion, Self-improvement

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Gospel of Matthew, Neurotheology, science of spirituality, spiritual scientific evidence, spirituality and science

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I have an article and some video to share on the progress of spiritual practices and on the evolution of spirituality… Let’s look first at spirituality practices. There are two examples today.

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Prayer Changes Things
Preacher: John Piper, Teaching Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church

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The research and the evidence is clear that the Christianity so many of us grew up with, the Christianity of the 20th century and earlier, is changing. In place of dogma, Christians are seeking connections in prayerful joyous worship experiences. We want to sharpen our spiritual practices. We just know that inspiration is an important part of our fellowship.

Not sure about how prayer works? Here is a sample Christian prayer.

Prayer is one method of spirituality that has been evolving for at least 3000 years. Here is more information on how mindfulness and prayerful healing is being scientifically demonstrated as healthy.

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Life is Now… using meditation and mindfulness
PRESENT MOMENT: Eckhart Tolle

“The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp. When you no longer believe everything you think, you step out of thought and see clearly that the thinker is not who you are.”

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BeTheRiverFor two years, a small man sits quietly on a park bench. People walk by, lost in their thoughts. One day someone asks him a question. In the weeks that follow there are more people and more questions. Word spreads that the man is a “mystic,” and has discovered something that brings peace and meaning into our lives. It sounds like fiction, but today that man, Eckhart Tolle, is known worldwide for his teachings on spiritual enlightenment through the power of the present moment.

The UnCourse provides you with free resources to work towards a deeper level of consciousness. There are nine units of teachings and exercises in the UnCourse. As you finish each unit, your progress forward will be visible. You can return to the UnCourse site at any time; record your feelings and ideas as you progress.

For more information on how meditation evolves healthy spiritual and physical changes, see developing better brains and meditation changes brains.

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Additionally today, I have a short video and an article presenting some scientific evidence that spiritual practices change our physiology — so we continue to evolve these experiences — we want to because its beneficial.

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Andrew Newberg:
What is the evolutionary reason for our capability to achieve spiritual states?

Evidence of biological basis for religion in human evolution

Date: January 17, 2014
Source: Auburn University

An Auburn University researcher teamed up with the National Institutes of Health to study how brain networks shape an individual’s religious belief, finding that brain interactions were different between religious and non-religious subjects.

Gopikrishna Deshpande, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, and the NIH researchers recently published their results in the journal, “Brain Connectivity.”

The group found differences in brain interactions that involved the theory of mind, or ToM, brain network, which underlies the ability to relate between one’s personal beliefs, intents and desires with those of others. Individuals with stronger ToM activity were found to be more religious. Deshpande says this supports the hypothesis that development of ToM abilities in humans during evolution may have given rise to religion in human societies.

“Religious belief is a unique human attribute observed across different cultures in the world, even in those cultures which evolved independently, such as Mayans in Central America and aboriginals in Australia,” said Deshpande, who is also a researcher at Auburn’s Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center. “This has led scientists to speculate that there must be a biological basis for the evolution of religion in human societies.”

Deshpande and the NIH scientists were following up a study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to scan the brains of both self-declared religious and non-religious individuals as they contemplated three psychological dimensions of religious beliefs.

The fMRI — which allows researchers to infer specific brain regions and networks that become active when a person performs a certain mental or physical task — showed that different brain networks were activated by the three psychological dimensions; however, the amount of activation was not different in religious as compared to non-religious subjects.

Story Source:
The above story is based on
materials provided by Auburn University. The original article was written by Morgan Stashick. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.

Journal Reference:
Dimitrios Kapogiannis, Gopikrishna Deshpande, Frank Krueger, Matthew P Thornburg, Jordan Henry Grafman. Brain Networks Shaping Religious Belief. Brain Connectivity, 2013; 131126141800007 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2013.0172

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Thanks for learning with me.

 Eric

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See also:

    • Is the brain spirituality wired?
    • Only one Word was on my mind
      A place called Heaven
      morning Meditation
      Do you have a need to change the world?
    • Sacred Technology?
    • Scientist debunks Hawking’s ‘no God needed’ theory
      How the Universe Works (in 25 minutes)
      Hawking: ‘Heaven is a place for people afraid to die’
    • C. S. Lewis – why he still matters so much today
      C. S. Lewis: The Magician’s Twin

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Auburn University. “Evidence of biological basis for religion in human evolution.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17 January 2014.
[www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140117153635.htm]

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commandments

17 Sunday Nov 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Faith, Lessons, Music, Religion, Spirituality

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God, Gospel of Matthew, Great Commandment, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prophets, Religion and Spirituality, spirituality

I started the day thinking about:

Matthew 22
The Greatest Commandment

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

The first speaks for itself… the greatest and most important thing we can do is love God — love GOD — with all your soul and with all your mind. Of the second, there is much in daily living that tends to steer us of course. However, reviewing of some additional verses is usually helpful.

Jesus is quoted also in John 13:34-35 saying “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

In Matthew 5:14-16, we are told (by Jesus): “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Careful reading of Chapter 5 of Matthew brings clearly an awareness that how I live among my neighbors is something that is of great importance.

Other verse give specific reference to this way of life that Jesus commanded.

Romans 13:8–10
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Clearly we are to move away from our selfishness and worldliness. This loving a neighbor as we love ourselves is not something I can do entirely on my own. I find that I need a spirit of peace and serenity and that this awakening requires daily renewal. I must do a bit of reading and reflecting — I am to keep my person in order for doing what is good. I am to love others impartially.

Holy Spirit
I look to Jesus — my strength is nothing without God’s Will and Holy Spirit.

I find that I am best able to act by love and impartiality as I am directed by the Holy Spirit.

I pray you to enjoy Sunday!

Thanks for visiting,

 Eric

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looking into the future…

09 Monday Sep 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Consciousness, Faith, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality

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God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Journey -- Look Into The Future, Matthew, Noah, Religion and Spirituality

Matthew 24:36-39

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”

Journey — Look Into The Future

Look into the future where would it be Space between the lives whatever will I see yah How long will I wander before I really know What I’m here to do and where I have to go

Yes I’m coming home Yes you know I’m coming home someday You know I’m coming home I’m coming home some way

There you are my shining start Can you remember who you are The role that you play from day to dayayayay You know it’s not know it’s not the only way

Still I’m coming home Yes you know know I’m coming home someday The futures brighter now it’s not so far away Dodododododododododo Yes I’m coming home I’m coming home some way

Guitar/piano fill

But still I’m coming home, Yes you know I’m coming home someday The futures brighter now it’s not so far away

Guitar solo

It’s right around the corner Just around the corner, oh no Just around the corner, oh no no no ho Just around the corner, oh no no

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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." https://hunt4truth.wordpress.com/ Absolute Truth is whole, complete and perfect. Absolute Truth is just beyond words, mental concepts, and form; Non-being, yet in everything and yet beyond thought forms. Prayer and meditation fashion in our hearts further honesty, openness, and willingness and thus, we may glimpse guidance and truth to rightly think and act. Any glimpse of truth is not Absolute Truth. It may be sufficient until we renew our commitment to serve God. Life is thus best navigated during mindfulness of prayer and meditation by an inner peace. "For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse." Romans 1:20

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