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Scientists have long found an association between relaxation and health. Now, there is new evidence that meditation and other spiritual practices have a beneficial and measurable effect on the brain. In a new book, “How God Changes Your Brain,” Andrew Newberg reports that meditation improves memory and reduces stress and that the kind of God you worship can affect the structure of your brain. Lucky Severson has the story.
If we believe in a loving God it can have a positive effect, even prolong our lives. But believing in a judgmental, authoritarian God can produce fear, anger, and stress, and that’s not healthy.
I’m not arguing that people need to change their beliefs per se. I mean if they feel that their perspective on God is right, I mean then that’s terrific. But I think that what we have to all be careful about is the anger and the hatred. That’s what has detrimental effects both on the individual as well as on society as a whole.
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VINCENT FEDOR (meditating and reciting mantra): Sa, ta, na, ma…
Hey Athiests you should meditate and pray really
the kind of God you worship can affect the structure of your brain.
Originally posted by zaiger
reply to post by finemanm
Well if something is good or bad is subjective. Athiests can call god horrible and mean but christians think that god is well... God. Now if you were to ask Siddhārtha Gautama's wife and child that he walked out on if they thought the buddah was a great guy that could be trusted they would probably tell you no.
Every being in existence knows the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, positive and negative.
Originally posted by zaiger
reply to post by lagnar
Every being in existence knows the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, positive and negative.
If that was true we would probably not have war and crime. Do you really think that in a war that one side thinks they are the bad guy? Even the Nazis thought they were doing a good thing throught their camps. Right and wrong is very subjective and depends on the observer. An exterminator is a good guy for the home owner but the Ants do not share the same feelings.
I can actually argue this point with you friend. I lab studies of serial killers, they set them up on monitors to see what kind of brain waves were being projected. They said words like cat, dog, tool, plane, and the brainwaves were normal, then they said things like murder, rape, insanity, and the brainwaves remained the same. They did the test with normal folk, who upon hearing murder, and rape, the brainwaves went irradic, changing constantly in a mess. This proves that some people think eating and killing are the same thing, and therefore do not know the difference between right and wrong. ~Keeper
Every being in existence knows the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, positive and negative. And it has NEVER been subjective...EVER.
Originally posted by lagnar
How hard is it to do unto others the way you'd have done to you? Very...but it's well worth it.
Originally posted by jd140
I think the whole "treat others as you want to be treated" thing is about respect.
But thats just what I had been taught it means.