Measuring the Immeasurable

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ISBN: 9781591796541 | 1591796547
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/1/2008

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The scientific evidence continues to mount to support and question spirituality. An essential collection of new essays and research from today's most compelling pioneers of frontier science.

Introduction	p. ix
The Science of Intention, Enhancing Quality of Life, Health, Emotional Well-Being, and Consciousness: Gratitude, Compassion, Emotional Awareness, Consciousness, and Transformation
Exploring the Deep Mind	p. 1
The Science of Emotions and Consciousness	p. 15
Effects of a Fourteen-Day Healthy Longevity Lifestyle Program on Cognition and Brain Function	p. 35
Compassion and Healing	p. 47
Reflections on The Mindful Brain	p. 61
Trauma and Spirituality	p. 85
Doing Optimism: Optimists, Pessimists, and Their Potential for Change	p. 101
Gratitude: The Science and Spirit of Thankfulness	p. 121
Nature and Spirit	p. 135
Medicine for the Earth	p. 157
The Power and Promise of Spiritually Based Science	p. 167
Biology, Psychology, the Brain, and Quantum Physics: Neuroscience, Epigenetics, Energy Psychology, Quantum Physics, Eudaimonics, Buddhism, and the Brain
Revealing the Wizard Behind the Curtain: The "New" Biology and Epigenetics	p. 185
The Brain's Melody	p. 201
Selfless Insight-Wisdom: A Thalamic Gateway	p. 211
Sweet Surrender: Discovering the Benefits of Synchronous Alpha Brain Waves	p. 231
Weird Stuff: Low-Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS)	p. 243
Psychological Clearing as Prelude to Soul Emergence	p. 255
Seven Facts about the Brain That Incline the Mind to Joy	p. 269
Toward a Reliable Bridge of Understanding Between Traditional Science and Spiritual Science	p. 287
Consciousness: A Psychological, Transpersonal, and Parapsychological Approach	p. 313
The Meditating Monk and Neurophenomenology	p. 327
Investigating the Science of Spiritual Practices: Meditation, Prayer, Distant Healing, Qigong, Reiki, and Other Practices
Entering Hyperspace	p. 343
Spirituality, the Brain, and Health	p. 349
Not All Meditation Is the Same: A Brief Overview of Perspectives, Techniques, and Outcomes	p. 373
Prayer and Intention in Distant Healing: Assessing the Evidence	p. 387
Evidence for Correlations Between Distant Intentionality and Brain Function in Recipients: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis	p. 405
Evaluating Biofield Treatments in the Laboratory	p. 415
Absorption and Dissociation in Spiritistic Brazilian Mediums	p. 425
Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life	p. 439
Notes	p. 459
Credits	p. 503
Index	p. 507
About the Authors	p. 537
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Measuring the Immeasurable

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