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Consciousness, Brain, and Spirit

November 20, 2014 by Brock Haussamen

Our consciousness may be less mysterious than we think – but this doesn’t invalidate our spiritual experiences.

Categories Free Tags consciousness, mind, neuroscience, soul, spirit 2 Comments

Spirituality and the Meaning Crisis Part 3: The Cognitive Science of meaning and why that meaning is spiritual

July 6, 2015March 20, 2014 by John Vervaeke

Relevance realization is an inherently spiritual process … it is so fundamental to our agency and identity, it is something in which we participate, and it is foundational to how we connect to ourselves, each other, and the world.

Categories Free Tags cognition, meaning, mind, science 1 Comment
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