Religion (and other things) Without Fear
The world’s religions are based on fear. Fear is as necessary to being a Muslim or Christian as water is to fish. All of which prevents much forward motion in the religions of the world. And that’s what makes the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet’s Buddhists, such a cool guy. He’s absolutely fearless and leads his practitioners with none of the usual guilt trips of fear-based beliefs. That fearlessness spills over into science, which has always had a tenuous relationship with religion.
Marc Kaufman’s Washington Post article talks about Richard Davidson’s research at the University of Wisconsin on how mental discipline and meditation actually juice up the brain’s ability to function. The Dalai Lama saw something about Davidson’s work thirteen or fourteen years ago and invited him to his home in India.
Is that cool? Can you imagine getting a call from the Dalai Lama? C’mon over and let’s discuss what you’re working on.
So, the two of them have been collaborating since 1992 on how bra…