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Chapter 46

           Butafteraparticularlytranscendentmeditativeexperience,hecameawaywithanewunderstandingofit.Hesaid,"Justasthereexistsinwritingaliteraltruthandapoetictruth,therealsoexistsinahumanbeingaliteralanatomyandapoeticanatomy.One,youcansee;one,youcannot.Oneismadeofbonesandteethandflesh;theotherismadeofenergyandmemoryandfaith.Buttheyarebothequallytrue."

           Ilikeitwhenscienceanddevotionfindplacesofintersection.IfoundanarticleinTheNewYorkTimesrecentlyaboutateamofneurologistswhohadwiredupavolunteerTibetanmonkforexperimentalbrain-scanning.Theywantedtoseewhathappenstoatranscendentmind,scientificallyspeaking,duringmomentsofenlightenment.Inthemindofanormalthinkingperson,anelectricalstormofthoughtsandimpulseswhirlsconstantly,registeringonabrainscanasyellowandredflashes.Themoreangryorimpassionedthesubjectbecomes,thehotteranddeeperthoseredflashesburn.Butmysticsacrosstimeandcultureshavealldescribedastillingofthebrainduringmeditation,andsaythattheultimateunionwithGodisabluelightwhichtheycanfeelradiatingfromthecenteroftheirskulls.InYogictradition,thisiscalled"thebluepearl,"anditisthegoalofeveryseekertofindit.Sureenough,thisTibetanmonk,monitoredduringmeditation,wasabletoquiethismindsocompletelythatnoredoryellowflashescouldbeseen.

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