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Cyborg Buddha: Science and Spirit


Mike LaTorra


h+ Magazine

September 24, 2009

Science and spirituality in Western civilization began to go their separate ways centuries ago, when astronomy, biology and other observational and experimental disciplines showed in no uncertain terms that the religious world-view inherited from the Bronze Age religions of the Middle East did not correspond to the world that could be measured. The Earth most definitely revolves around the Sun, and not the other way round.


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Posted by Abraham  on  09/24  at  11:01 PM

It’s frustrating that part of LaTorra’s first paragraph is refuted by wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism





Posted by Tom_B  on  09/28  at  03:03 PM

“Learning to meditate your way to bliss takes longer but is more controllable, yet it also takes a toll on one’s brain chemistry with consequent after-effects.”

Can you explain? What side-effects did you have in mind?





Posted by Marzio Balducci  on  10/12  at  01:53 AM

In searching of a Lost Eden





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