How much can we rely on casts from fossil skulls when the relationship between the mind and the brain is unclear even in currently living human beings?
Tag: meditation
At Mind Matters News: Researchers: Buddhist monks’ bodies decay very slowly at death
According to traditional meditation lore, they are in a meditative state (thukdam) until their consciousness is clear; only then does the body begins to decay. Neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson. saw it for himself, then organized a study of the phenomenon.