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He is upfront about the fact that he “went into neuroscience in part because [he] knew experientially that such things [religious, spiritual, and mystical experiences (RSME)] can indeed happen.” Driven by his curiosity about what is happening to the brain during RSME, Beauregard and his colleague studied the spiritual experiences of Carmelite nuns, coming to the conclusion that it is more likely that these mystics are directly experiencing a reality outside of themselves.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://99mind.com/2007/09/27/the-spiritual-brain-an-argument-against-materialism-and-neuro-determinism/"><P>There is so much evidence, if you choose to approach it with a sincere and open mind, that consciousness and mind are able to function apart from the brain. <SPAN id="more-113"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://99mind.com/2007/09/27/the-spiritual-brain-an-argument-against-materialism-and-neuro-determinism/"><P><A href="http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/09/the_spiritual_brain_an_argumen.html">Evolution News & Views: The Spiritual Brain: An Argument Against Materialism<IMG width="400" height="300" align="right" alt="Brain" title="Brain" src="http://newton.typepad.com/content/images/brain_revenge_1.jpg" /></A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1283E459-2EFC-4C31-A208-85265837648C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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