The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life by Lisa Miller, PhD
Imagine there was a secret ingredient guaranteed to make you happier and to protect you from depression at a rate far greater than any other known factor! Lisa Miller and her colleagues have discovered that secret – living in a spiritually connected way. It’s not about beliefs, but about perception. It means experiencing the universe as a loving presence, regardless of how other humans are behaving, and finding all humans worthy, regardless of status. This spiritual factor can be traced to specific areas of the brain, which are often ‘switched on’ in adulthood, after depression has plagued a person’s early years. In this readable volume, Lisa Miller recounts her own story of discovering spirituality whilst also tracing its effects in the depression statistics and confirming her findings with neurological brain scans.
