Today science is validating the principles found in ancient contemplative practices. The Buddha and other teachers, and philosophers, have known and taught others that the human mind is powerful and how we use it and for what we use it defines who we are. The modern branches for the study of the brain are: neurology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and psychology. All these sciences have taken a recent quantum leap in understanding how our brain works. Imaging the brain is now a tool that allows scientists actually see how the brain reacts to stimuli, both positive and negative; natural and induced.
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