Now here’s an interesting piece. “The Neural Buddhists” is an opinion piece in the New York Times, which caught my attention and I have to say I find myself in agreement with the author.
I’ve long felt that hardcore materialism doesn’t have all the answers, but at the same time neither does hardcore bible thumping theism. My focus has always been in the direction of a flexible positive spirituality, not restrictive guilt mongering or the complete denial of our spiritual side, neither fear nor denial seem particularly useful to me.
We have had scientific evidence backing the positive effect of meditation, and after reading the NYT piece above, I’ve got a definite feeling that this is going to get very interesting!
