Plug It in and Turn on Your Brain: Evolution and History of Our Brain from 35,000 Years to Our Modern Era – hinnat ja saatavuus

"Man is a being of nature but, at the same time, he transcends it, and shares with other natural beings all that refers to his material being, but can distinguish himself from them because he has spiritual dimensions that make him a person. " --George Romero "Man is a unity: he is someone who is one with himself, but in this unity, there is a duality, and the Holy Scripture presents both the unity (the person) and the duality (the soul and the body)" Brain - Mind - Consciousness The brain is the physical support through which the functions of the mind are objectified, and different degrees and depths of consciousness are expressed, as the case may be. The mind is the ability to think, reason, order ideas, create relationships between them, conceive things, see with and beyond feelings. Consciousness is the broad field of action in which the mind moves, although physical impressions and perceptions, emotions, intuitions, the world of imagination and mystical experiences also intervene. It is a whole universe that rests on the matter but expands to inconceivable levels. The three concepts are united as much as is the matter to the idea and the spirit, or in other words, the matter to the energy and the soul, relating in different degrees of subtlety and amplitude of action. There are endless important relationships to point out because we are facing an inseparable triad. Perhaps the most interesting scientific level should rely on the brain, because of this organ so specific to humans, although shared in part with the animal kingdom, currently offers explanations that would not have even dreamed a century ago. The awakening of spiritual consciousness gives birth to the discovery of the true meaning of our life, generating a joy of living consciously. This knowledge develops when we find ourselves, through an individual introspection and self-knowledge. Spiritual knowledge gives us the ability to be in harmony with the whole, having an individual sense to live. The concentration and liberation produced by the song, the dance, the music in general, lead to a mystical ecstasy to those who can reach such situations after long exercises of mental concentration to master their respective arts. See, on the other hand, the relationship that exists between prayer and meditation with brain physiology, since the great therapeutic effect that they cause has been discovered. To this kind of experiences, they have been given innumerable denominations, such as Satori, Samadhi, Nirvana, Luminosity (Bardo Todhol), Awakening (Buddhism), Absolute Tao, Divine Spirit (Plotinus), Light that surpasses Understanding (Saint Paul), Llama Viva (Saint John of the Cross), Ecstasy (Saint Teresa); in short, elevated and enlarged states of consciousness. All these and more denominations refer to the same thing: an activity of the brain, in part, generates that infinite sensation of union with Nature, with the sacred and with the Cosmic Energy. Although according to different traditions, these states can be reached in different ways, they are always accompanied by an elevated sense of liberation, unspeakable joy, and peace. It is an experience of union between the subject and the Divine Object. This mystical union is considered the supreme state of this experience whose maximum aspiration is the overcoming of all types of dualism and the prison of time.