The Dalai Lama recently gave a speech to the 14,000 attendees of the Society for Neuroscience's annual conference regarding some interesting connections between buddhism and the self-manipulation of one's brain.
This, to me, is a trip. Here is proof that one can alter their physical being via their mental self. While Wired only brushes on some of the implications of this study, they touch on the key elements, enough so to warrant further investigation.
I just don't understand why so many are against such a pursuit. Don't agree with it, that's your right, but why protest it? Oh, cause half the protestors are Chinese and they have a bone to pick with Tibet. Right. Silly me, here I thought scientist would be above such petty crap.



