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God or Just Your Brain? - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 10 min

Whether deep meditative experience is only a manipulation of the brain and nervous system, or contact with the divine. Compares the yogi's disillusionment to science's clash with religion, asks who set up natural law, and presents the left amygdala and right hippocampus as an antenna to the higher self, with awe as its testament.

In this video

Teaches
Higher Self
Discusses
FaithAwe
Mentions
Don AngierNeuro-linguistic programming (NLP)Myers-BriggsChakrasParamahansa YoganandaLeft amygdalaLeft and right brainRight hippocampus

Key moments

00:00Is it all just a manipulation of the nervous system and brain?01:00Science versus religion and Don Angier's clock question01:58NLP and Myers-Briggs make the mystery of people evaporate03:38The yogi finds chakras and deep brain centers explainable03:58Who made the laws? Natural law as the foundation of science05:27Yogananda's antenna: the left amygdala and right hippocampus06:08Heisenberg: at the bottom of the glass God is waiting07:07Look for the awe of life in sunsets, sunrises and cute babies08:57Don't get hung up on the label for the divine