[quote author=pljames link=topic=2789.msg20278#msg20278 date=1338299299]
It is hard and futile to try to explain the spiritual side of man. pl[/quote]
I will venture to say that what people call "spiritual" (myself included at times) is no different than anything else we do with our minds, ie. thinking, conversation with others, remembering, etc.. "Spiritual" states are not supernatural at all. It's just that these things are so far removed from our day to day uses of the mind that one attaches special significance to them. It is much like an intense entheogenic experience which seems so much more meaningful than ordinary experience. From a neuroscientific point of view there is nothing extraordinary occurring at all, save for a few areas of the brain acting a little more hyper than normal (is that right Enigma?[I know it's glib]).