Triggerring the scruffy-gene

Smoking appears to inhibit natural needs for corporal hygiene and cleanness of habitat. The more they smoke, the scruffier they are the happier they seem and the more they want to come socialise.
To a lesser extend, but still, this is true for dog owners.

NEVER get a smoking dog owner as landlord, lodger, neighbour etc.

The rise and fall of Gurus and alikes

The lives of Guru's and other holy men (woman less so!) are similar to great empires. There's a frugal growth period of energetic frank drive and search towards the goal; then a grand period of achievement and accumulation of followers and power; and finally the inexorable decadence and fall for fame, power, money and sex.
ecce huMAN nature (woman seem to be doing much better!).

choose your guru young and honest, or simply choose her.

Neuronal inhibition of God

From Neuron, Volume 65, Issue 3, 309-319, 11 February 2010 


The predisposition of human beings toward spiritual feeling, thinking, and behaviors is measured by a supposedly stable personality trait called self-transcendence. Although a few neuroimaging studies suggest that neural activation of a large fronto-parieto-temporal network may underpin a variety of spiritual experiences, information on the causative link between such a network and spirituality is lacking. Combining pre- and post-neurosurgery personality assessment with advanced brain-lesion mapping techniques, we found that selective damage to left and right inferior posterior parietal regions induced a specific increase of self-transcendence. Therefore, modifications of neural activity in temporoparietal areas may induce unusually fast modulations of a stable personality trait related to transcendental self-referential awareness. These results hint at the active, crucial role of left and right parietal systems in determining self-transcendence and cast new light on the neurobiological bases of altered spiritual and religious attitudes and behaviors in neurological and mental disorders.

Long term enlightenment

Becoming enlightened is not a problem; in fact I become enlightened typically about 3-5 times a week. The problem is to stay enlightened for more than 5 seconds!