Zen and the Brain

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Zen enlightenment experiences have been shown to have some amount of neurophysiological explanations. These neurophysiological explanations are a new opposition for Zen Followers, but they still do not undermine their religion. Zen enlightenment experiences have often been described as taking place in a different state of mind. Followers of the Zen religion claim that they quiet almost all of the sensory input into their brain, and that they travel through different states of consciousness. Once …

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