Human life develops within a network of control structures that begin in early childhood and expand through family, education, culture, and social institutions. Initially, these structures serve a survival function, as they stabilize behavioral patterns and enable social coordination and collective continuity. However, these same mechanisms may gradually limit the direct experience of consciousness and … Read more

This paper presents a spiritual–ontological framework in which “truth” is understood not as a product of thought nor as an outcome of neural mechanisms, but as energetic consciousness itself in the form of the “soul.” Within this perspective, the universe operates in layers of different frequencies, and each layer possesses its own level of truth. … Read more

This article analyzes the distinction between “spiritual experience” and “religious structure” from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience. The central assumption is that spiritual experience is a dynamic state of expanded awareness and neural network flexibility, associated with reduced self-centered processing and increased functional integration across large-scale neural networks. In contrast, the institutionalization of this experience … Read more