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- Sat Aug 13, 2022 10:58 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Requesting help understanding Buddhism proof regarding existence of consciousness outside brain
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1439
Requesting help understanding Buddhism proof regarding existence of consciousness outside brain
Hi, I am a student of metaphysics and I have been debating the issue of consciousness with friends and a lot of other people. Esoteric view: Brain is only an organ for the subtle bodies where consciousness actually reside to experience the physical world Materialist view: There is no observable ...
- Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:53 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Scientific study on brain activity of practitioners in tukdam
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4087
Scientific study on brain activity of practitioners in tukdam
... In brief, 13 deceased study subjects supposedly in a tukdam state did not show the slightest sign of brain activity. Hence, if there exists such a thing as tukdam other than in Buddhist lore and myth it does not show in post-mortem brain activity - ...
- Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:34 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The mind, the brain, and the body?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 827
The mind, the brain, and the body?
Hi, I’m curious about the topic of mind-body dualism, and different conceptualisations of the mind, the brain, and the body according to Buddhism as well as from the perspectives of psychology and neuroscience. I have many questions and much confusion. Please can anyone help ...
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:42 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Regular Caffeine Consumption Affects Brain Structure
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8869
Regular Caffeine Consumption Affects Brain Structure
Regular Caffeine Consumption Affects Brain Structure Frequent caffeine consumption reduces gray matter volume in areas of the right medial temporal lobe, including the hippocampus. Ten days of “caffeine abstinence” helps regenerate gray matter. ...
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:50 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: In what sense is the brain and consciousness not just biochemicals
- Replies: 102
- Views: 9333
In what sense is the brain and consciousness not just biochemicals
In the movie below, Johnny Depp spooks his partner by assessing her emotions through the levels of biochemicals in her brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_(2014_film) According to my psychiatrist, the meds he is prescribing me for my OCD balances the chemicals in my ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2019 7:51 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Perceptual Prediction Paradox OR Brain activity is biased by prior knowledge and expectations
- Replies: 2
- Views: 810
The Perceptual Prediction Paradox OR Brain activity is biased by prior knowledge and expectations
Science continues to validate budda although this is seemingly common sense and something mention previously by me using wording like experiential imprint and paradigms of the mind. Article Highlights From streams of noisy sensory information, we must generate perceptual experiences that are broadly...
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Contemporary Buddhist Brain Candy...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 570
Contemporary Buddhist Brain Candy...
Try these in your pipe. https://bobthurman.com/btp-0005-the-buddha-einstein-and-wittgenstein-the-royal-reason-of-relativity/ https://bobthurman.com/btp-0006-bob-thurman-transcendence-in-the-universal-vehicle/ http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2018/01/china-creates-a-laser-of-mind-boggling-power-c...
- Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:24 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Prajna: As if the Buddha Were Talking in Your Brain -Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
- Replies: 0
- Views: 703
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:29 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhist Brain Surgery
- Replies: 67
- Views: 12485
Buddhist Brain Surgery
... your help. at times reading folks advise one another what to practice/do/read, casually and definitively, is somewhat akin to reading a forum for brain surgery fans in which the members have decided to start telling one another how to do it. Obviously a lot of advise is offered at this forum, ...
- Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:36 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Mental Continuums, Rebirth, and the Brain
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4652
Mental Continuums, Rebirth, and the Brain
Looking into the nature of external objects, I came across the idea of mental and physical continuums from Prof Berzin. I've heard of this before, but never had it explained so clearly. The basic idea is that physical phenomenon never become mental phenomenon in the sense that a piece of wood might ...
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:50 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Dissection of a human brain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 848
Dissection of a human brain
Here is it. The organ that allows us to think, conceptualize and for all acounts makes us who we are. Amazing that it's just a chunk of meat, haha. It does make you think though, how are these chunks of meat and fat capable of so much? Warning, it's pretty graphic so precede with caution if your squ...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:27 am
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: Brain Tumor
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2930
Brain Tumor
Please pray for little Manuela, aged nine, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor recently. She stays in a hospital in Hamburg awaiting a treatment by the specialists there. May the healing process go well. :namaste: OM NAMO BHAGAWATE BEKANDZE GURUR BENDURJA ...
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:10 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Human brain "hard-wired for rural tranquillity"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1244
Human brain "hard-wired for rural tranquillity"
... even if they were born and raised in an urban area. According to preliminary results of a study by scientists at Exeter University, an area of the brain associated with being in a calm, meditative state lit up when people were shown pictures of rural settings. But images of urban environments resulted ...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:18 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: the brain and the bardos, or, blindness and the third eye
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1453
the brain and the bardos, or, blindness and the third eye
I have a highly specific question that's been on my mind. Hopefully someone here might have some interesting input. I am not a materialist and I am inclined to believe in the reality of rebirth, mind beyond death (or more pointedly, beyond the physical body). I am compelled to think this way based o...
- Mon May 19, 2014 5:06 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Contemplating the consequences of split brain theory
- Replies: 74
- Views: 14196
Contemplating the consequences of split brain theory
Discussion split from here.
I've posted it few times already, but here it goes again:
Contemplate the consequences.
I've posted it few times already, but here it goes again:
Contemplate the consequences.
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:11 am
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Family of brain-dead pregnant woman will sue
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5271
Family of brain-dead pregnant woman will sue
... over Texas law requiring life support until fetus can be delivered. Her parents and husband say they want to unhook the machines keeping her brain-dead body alive. Read more here Opinions?
- Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:18 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Procrastination -> brain fog & depression
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3092
Procrastination -> brain fog & depression
... so it stands to reason my outlook wouldn't always be great, but I do joke around constantly every day. I also get bored easily and this leads to brain fog. If I am not actively pursuing something, I get brain fog. It's tough to get out of it, too, because I feel like I'm in a natural "brain ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Persinger's Helmet - "God" and the brain
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1565
Persinger's Helmet - "God" and the brain
I still judge people by their appearance, so naturally I thought this guy was a new ager / acid casualty at first, but I am about 15 minutes into this talk and it seems pretty interesting. He self-published a book, which didn't impress me for obvious reasons, and it only has 2 reviews on Amazon, but...
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:40 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Dhyana and the brain.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4075
Dhyana and the brain.
Does anyone know if there is brain ativity during deep dhyana states?
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:26 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Mind Is Brain!! Is Mind Is Brain??
- Replies: 101
- Views: 21581
Mind Is Brain!! Is Mind Is Brain??
One of the more difficult concepts in Buddhism for me is the formal dichotomy of mind vs brain. It is posited that the two are substantively different and that they have a different basis and are composed of different 'substances'. I remember hearing the Dalai Lama ...