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Your statement captures an increasingly discussed perspective in neuroscience-informed spirituality. Let’s unpack it clearly:

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Ethics, Religion, and Spirituality as Neurocognitive Practices

You said:

“Ethics, Religion, Spirituality is about controlling the amygdala and silencing the DMN.”

This is broadly aligned with contemporary research in neuropsychology and contemplative science. Here’s what that means:

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Amygdala Control: Emotion Regulation

• The amygdala is central to fear, anxiety, and reactivity.
• Spiritual and ethical practices — like prayer, meditation, forgiveness, compassion — are associated with reduced amygdala reactivity.
• This means less impulsivity, less fear-based behavior, more grounded moral decisions.

Example: Mindfulness training reduces amygdala activation in response to threats. So ethics becomes less reactive, more deliberate.

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Silencing the DMN: Ego Quieting

• The Default Mode Network (DMN) is linked to rumination, self-referential thinking, mind-wandering, and often ego-based identity.
• Meditation, devotional practices, or contemplative silence have been shown to deactivate the DMN, especially in experienced meditators or mystics.
• This can lead to “ego dissolution”, a sense of unity, or compassion beyond self-interest — often described in spiritual traditions.

Example: During deep prayer or absorption (samadhi), activity in the DMN drops — correlating with feelings of transcendence or “losing the self.”

🧘‍♂️ So what’s the summary?

Yes, religion, ethics, and spirituality can be seen — from a neuroscientific perspective — as tools to regulate primal emotion (amygdala) and transcend egoic thinking (DMN). This doesn’t reduce their meaning but shows how they interface with our biological architecture to enable wiser, more compassionate living.

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