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Those who believe in the unity of consciousness or the oneness of "soul" need to watch a short You Tube video, "Split brain with one half atheist and one half theist."
The neurologist making the presentation ends by saying If the person dies, does one hemisphere go to heaven and the other go to hell? I don't have the answer to that. Watch and see if you do.
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My wife Andrea worked with this scientist as his assistant for a year... Very nice guy whose mother was a follower of ramana maharshi.
Posted by: David lane | December 07, 2010 at 01:08 AM
I like Ramachandran's lectures - probably the rolling rrrs. His mirror box for eliminating phantom limb pain is ingenious.
I don't think heaven and hell are compartmentalized so neatly. Different hallucinogens and different meditational techniques affect different parts of the brain and produce different "mystical" experience from what I've read.
Rick Strassman's work with DMT shows that the divine experiences aren't necessarily due to higher hemispheric function. The process of life review along with the heavens and hells in the Tibetan Book of the Dead would probably be altered if the two hemispheres can't communicate. imo.
Posted by: Jayme | December 07, 2010 at 11:02 PM