Evidence shows that Meditation alters your Brain

Some neuroscientists got together with some Buddhist monks at the Dalai Lama’s house for some experimentats. ( ) This article tells us that the study shows that meditation, specifically thought alone, like any other activity, can change the structure of the brain. Findings also show that seasoned monks (mmm…) are able to achieve higher levels …

We aren’t really dead yet?

I read this article which describes how when someone is clinically dead that they aren’t really dead yet because all their cells are still alive. What kills the cells is not the deprivation of oxygen but the sudden reinfusion of oxygen. Something about how the body treats cancer cells kicks off cells that are suddenly …

Honors Project: Purpose of Religion

This was a hairy project and to be honest I bit off more than I could chew for this semester. Any other semester and I would have put gold trim on this bad boy but as life would have it I did not devote enough time to the project. The outcome of it is enlightening. …