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it's usually the followers of the prophet that royally screw a religion up...
tibetan monks have had their brainwaves observed through EEG technology & their brain chemistry does change in unique, heretofore undocumented ways when they engage in deep meditation. Mahayana Buddhism is a fascinating religion although I believe it does mistakenly ascribe a corporeal form to metaphysical truths. (for instance, the Law of Conservation of Matter & Energy maintains that all the energy in the Universe equals exactly zero.) I do not believe in reincarnation personally. To me, it smacks of a literal form being placed upon a spiritual (because aspects are unknown) occurence.
Each religion refracts its own manifestation out of the archetypal unconscious. So the true test of rastafarianism's mettle would lie not with a criticism of their dogma, but with actually studying them medically & scientifically.
as for rastafaris, as far as i am aware no one has studied their brain chemistry. By the way, the picture of the brain waves of someone on pot that the partnership for a drug free america pac airs was proven to be propaganda. the psa actually shows the brain waves of someone in a coma, not on marijuana.
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