Neuro

Over the last year or two, as my involvement with one church has ended and I have yet to find a new one, I have thought some about what religious tradition (if any) I want to participate in. Tonight I was talking to my father in law and he brought up a David Brooks column in the Times on neuroscience and religious belief. Brooks summarizes what facts neuroscientists are excavating about the human brain and religious experience.
"First, the self is not a fixed entity but a dynamic process of relationships. Second, underneath the patina of different religions, people around the world have common moral intuitions. Third, people are equipped to experience the sacred, to have moments of elevated experience when they transcend boundaries and overflow with love. Fourth, God can best be conceived as the nature one experiences at those moments, the unknowable total of all there is."

I am working on getting a handle on how I feel about my personal beliefs, but so far I am not really able to articulate very much. I so enjoy reading about my peers and their beliefs, I hope some day to participate more. I know that enlightment may take awhile - especially considering the complete lack of contemplation time in my day to day life.