INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 606 Amsterdam, March 6th, 2016 DOES YOUR BRAIN HAVE AN ENLIGHTENED TWIN? - The Alchemical Marriage of Freud and Buddha - BARCLAY POWERS One of the most interesting aspects of both neurotheology and contemplative neuroscience is the question of the origin of the religious impulse, and the parts of the brain, which influence theistic certainty and alleged communication with a supernatural agent. Religion itself, outside of the contemplative traditions, can often be described as a belief system and series of practices, which enable communication with one or more supernatural agents. Contemplative neuroscience itself almost represents a renegade branch of science although it seeks to conceal its acceptance of an Asian religious agenda at all costs. The integration of Buddhism and science is one of the most interesting aspects of combining secular scientific research with a Buddhist religious agenda. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/powers20.html ANEKANTAVADA - The Jain Version of Multiple World Views - ANDREA DIEM-LANE Anekantavada (literally “not one sided”) is one of the most profound and insightful concepts ever developed in the history of ideas and traces its origin back some 2600 years ago to the ancient religion of Jainism in India. Anekantavada, though sometimes postulated as an intellectual extension of the Jain concept of ahimsa, or non-violence, is perhaps best understood as a process of seeing any person or event from multiple angles and not closing one’s self off from contrarian perspectives. Some have even argued that anekantavada is a philosophical talisman to ward off dogmatic thinking or myopic fundamentalism. A beautiful illustration of the concept is captured in Jain literature by the story of six blind men and an elephant. By accessing different parts of the elephant’s body, each blind man tries to deduce what he is touching. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/diem-lane20.html