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Science
What studies show, with their limits stated.
Articles
ScienceQuantum physics and Vedanta: where the analogies help and where they misleadEntanglement, the observer and Maya are the most cited parallels between quantum physics and Vedanta; a close look shows what holds up and what is extrapolation.TraditionVedānta and quantum physics: what the observer has to do with realityA text compares Vedānta to quantum physics, both of which seem to put the observer at the center; the two views do not say the same thing, and the analogy is the writer's own.ScienceWas the Bible tampered with? What textual criticism and canon history showNo original of the Bible survived, and the copies carry variants; historical research documents them openly and finds no central plan of concealment.ScienceThe pineal gland: what science knows, and what “unblocking” it doesn't supportThe pineal regulates the body clock through melatonin; calcification is common with age, and claims of “decalcifying” the gland lack evidence.ScienceWhat the studies show about Ashtanga Yoga, from the heart to the bonesSmall studies point to gains in strength, flexibility and mood from Ashtanga, and clear limits on bone density and intense aerobic conditioning.AccountLife after death: what research and traditions say, and where doubt remainsAn overview of near-death experiences, past lives, mediumship, and psychedelics, alongside Spiritism, Buddhism, and Indigenous traditions, and what is disputed.
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AccountChildhood trauma and illness: what Gabor Maté argues, and what medicine establishesPhysician Gabor Maté argues that childhood trauma and repressed emotions lie behind many illnesses, a thesis medicine only partly confirms.TraditionWhat is consciousness? Vedanta faces off with neuroscience, physics, and AIIn a talk, the monk Swami Sarvapriyananda argues that consciousness is not an object, that science doesn't explain its origin, and that an AI wouldn't have it.