Mind and Spirit - Part 2

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.



I'm removing ratings not because I don't want to give you a chance to express your feelings about this video, but because it was not of my creation. I just wanted to share it and get it out to more people.

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[DeltaAtheism]

My comment reflects on the idea that this gave me. That idea is, "could a similar neurological event be the spark that started the first 'ethereal-style' religion?

[DeltaAtheism]

I'm not writing off what she said, especially because "it doesn't sit well with how you see the world". That wouldn't be a reason to write something off, nor is she saying anything to the end of supernatural entities.

Moreover, "once secular"? How do you know that she is not still secular?

The experiences she's describing are caused by failures in the brain, which is of course the hardware of the mind. Damage brain, damage mind. She of course knows this.

[Georgewarrior]

dude(I assume) did you ever consider that maybe there is another vast reality that religions have been trying to convey to us but our misinterpretations always botched up the message. Would you consider for just a moment that this once secular scientist had an almost mystical experience that others attained only through years of meditation. Don't write off what she's saying just because it doesn't sit well with how you see the world, namely that this is all there is.( I assume from your name)

[DeltaAtheism]

She sounds like she's describing religion. "Huge and expansive"? "Ethereal energy"?