Evidence Against Breathlessness and Samadhi No basis for yogi meditator’s claims of breathless and deathless states First, let’s try to define what samadhi is, as that is often claimed to be the goal of breathlessness. Continue Reading →
“Unusual experiences” of mindfulness Kornfield revealed that, “Unusual experiences, visual and auditory aberrations, “hallucinations”, unusual somatic experiences, and so on, are the norm among practiced meditation students”.1 Jack Kornfield, Insight Meditation Society co-founder published his 1977 PhD dissertaion “The Psychology of Mindfulness Meditation”. Continue Reading →
Everyday Belief and Delusion The gap between delusion and our everyday beliefs is narrow, say psychiatrists and philosophers of neuroscience. Continue Reading →
God in a Seizure: Epilepsy & Mysticism Mystics throughout history have claimed to experience visions and trance-like states they say come directly from God. Continue Reading →
Natural Causes of the Spiritual Eye Holy Jim in Trabuco is a 6 mile singletrack trail that climbs relentlessly to its 4,500 foot peak. Continue Reading →
