Breakthrough cognitive research plus a recent survey reveal a new bridge between the secular and the sacred: the emotion of awe. Nearly everyone experiences it.
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Prestigious study: Oneness of universe may be real, not illusion
The sense that we are separate from the world may be an illusion upheld by the brain, while the sense of oneness attained when using psychedelics may be “a glimpse of a bigger picture”, say researchers behind a Nature study.
