Your God Spot: How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith

"Your God Spot" is based on scientific findings about God, spirit, and religion. Spiritual hardwiring in the brain is the source of all deity and belief, from whichthe mind projects all forms of faith everywhere.

This new view sheds light on the most basic and perplexing questions about belief. Subtitled "How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith," this book consists of three tight fitting parts. Part I, "In the Mirror of Spirit" directs your attention to the God Spot within. Part I, "Through a Prism of Religion,"describes the forms of faith projected by the mind, including their pros and cons. And Part III, "Out the Window of Belief," focuses on some faiths that measures up, and how you can fulfill your spirituality, no matter your state of belief.

Seven chaptersbrimwith reader-friendly information and application. There are opening questions and closingstatements.emphasized text, table highlights, quotes from experts, and a "Mirror into Me" vignette from theauthor's clinical experience.

"Your God Spot" addsa new choice--free-ist--to the old categories of atheist, atheist, and agnostic. This means that we are now free to tailor make our own belief, and to alter it to fit as wegrow.

An extensive bibliography anchorsthis new view, and guides the reader who wants to dive deeper yet.

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Your God Spot: How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith

"Your God Spot" is based on scientific findings about God, spirit, and religion. Spiritual hardwiring in the brain is the source of all deity and belief, from whichthe mind projects all forms of faith everywhere.

This new view sheds light on the most basic and perplexing questions about belief. Subtitled "How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith," this book consists of three tight fitting parts. Part I, "In the Mirror of Spirit" directs your attention to the God Spot within. Part I, "Through a Prism of Religion,"describes the forms of faith projected by the mind, including their pros and cons. And Part III, "Out the Window of Belief," focuses on some faiths that measures up, and how you can fulfill your spirituality, no matter your state of belief.

Seven chaptersbrimwith reader-friendly information and application. There are opening questions and closingstatements.emphasized text, table highlights, quotes from experts, and a "Mirror into Me" vignette from theauthor's clinical experience.

"Your God Spot" addsa new choice--free-ist--to the old categories of atheist, atheist, and agnostic. This means that we are now free to tailor make our own belief, and to alter it to fit as wegrow.

An extensive bibliography anchorsthis new view, and guides the reader who wants to dive deeper yet.

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Your God Spot: How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith

Your God Spot: How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith

by GERALD SCHMELING PH.D
Your God Spot: How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith

Your God Spot: How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith

by GERALD SCHMELING PH.D

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"Your God Spot" is based on scientific findings about God, spirit, and religion. Spiritual hardwiring in the brain is the source of all deity and belief, from whichthe mind projects all forms of faith everywhere.

This new view sheds light on the most basic and perplexing questions about belief. Subtitled "How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith," this book consists of three tight fitting parts. Part I, "In the Mirror of Spirit" directs your attention to the God Spot within. Part I, "Through a Prism of Religion,"describes the forms of faith projected by the mind, including their pros and cons. And Part III, "Out the Window of Belief," focuses on some faiths that measures up, and how you can fulfill your spirituality, no matter your state of belief.

Seven chaptersbrimwith reader-friendly information and application. There are opening questions and closingstatements.emphasized text, table highlights, quotes from experts, and a "Mirror into Me" vignette from theauthor's clinical experience.

"Your God Spot" addsa new choice--free-ist--to the old categories of atheist, atheist, and agnostic. This means that we are now free to tailor make our own belief, and to alter it to fit as wegrow.

An extensive bibliography anchorsthis new view, and guides the reader who wants to dive deeper yet.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467052689
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication date: 05/22/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 1
File size: 360 KB

About the Author

Dr. Gerald Schmeling is a retired clinical psychologist who has helped patients fulfill spiritual potential, in and outof organized belief. But always in the context of sound mentalhealth and relating.

Dr. Schmeling's history and quest has been quite a trip: North African and Near Eastern roots in Islam and Judaism. Baptism as a Roman Catholic. Shinto and Buddhist playmates in Hawaii. Protestant chapels on military bases. Agnosticism in college. Lutheran Church member with family. Unitarian-Universalismin retirement.

The discovery of God Spot hardwiring is thefinal pageof Dr. Schmeling's spiritual history, the destination of his lifelong quest.

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