God gene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "According to this hypothesis, the God gene (VMAT2) is a physiological arrangement that produces the sensations associated, by some, with mystic experiences, including the presence of God or others, or more specifically spirituality as a state of mind (i.e. it does not encode or cause belief in God itself in spite of the 'God gene' moniker).
Based on research by psychologist Robert Cloninger, this tendency toward spirituality is quantified by the self-transcendence scale, which is composed of three sub-sets: 'self-forgetfulness' (as in the tendency to become totally absorbed in some activity, such as reading); 'transpersonal identification' (a feeling of connectedness to a larger universe); and 'mysticism' (an openness to believe things not literally provable, such as ESP). Cloninger suggests that taken together, these measurements are a reasonable way to quantify (make measurable) how spiritual someone is feeling."
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So Strong; yet so calm: Mary's Choice.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
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