How God changes your brain : breakthrough findings from a leading neuroscientist /
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New York, NY :
Ballantine Books,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Author's note
- Part 1: Religion and the human brain
- 1: Who cares about God?
- Prelude to a neurological and spiritual revolution
- 2: Do you even need God when you pray?
- Meditation, memory, and the aging brain
- 3: What does God do to your brain?
- Neural varieties of spiritual practice
- Part 2: Neural evolution and God
- 4: What does God feel like?
- Varieties of spiritual experience
- 5: What does God look like?
- Imagination, creativity, and the visual representation of spirituality
- 6: Does God have a heart?
- Compassion, mysticism, and the spiritual personalities of the brain
- 7: What happens when God gets mad?
- Anger, fear, and the fundamentalist in our brain
- Part 3: Transforming Your Inner Reality
- 8: Exercising your brain
- Eight ways to enhance your physical, mental, and spiritual health
- 9: Finding serenity
- Meditation, intention, relaxation, and awareness
- 10: Compassionate communication
- Dialogue, intimacy, and conflict transformation
- Epilogue: Is God real?
- Personal reflection
- Appendix A: Compassionate communication
- CDs, workshops, and online research
- Appendix B: How to participate in our research studies
- Appendix C: Meditation and mindfulness
- Books, CDs, and resources
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes.