Word: lightness
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...punishments suited to our sins, we don't read Darwin because what he says is what scientists now believe - much of it isn't. We read him because a book of eloquent argument and well-ordered evidence...reminds us of the powers of the human mind to bring light to darkness, make a clearing in the wood of confusion...
...closely than most at how our spiritual data-processing center works, conducting various types of brain scans on more than 100 people, all of them in different kinds of worshipful or contemplative states. Over time, Newberg and his team have come to recognize just which parts of the brain light up during just which experiences...
...very real changes that occur in the body very rapidly that might explain the clarity during fasting," says Dr. Catherine Gordon, an endocrinologist at Children's Hospital in Boston. "The brain is in a different state even during a short-term fast." Biologically, that's not good, but the light-headed sense of peace, albeit brief, that comes with it reinforces the fast and rewards you for engaging in it all the same. (See pictures of the end of Ramadan...
...Villié-Morgon vineyard to "make a wine that was simple and natural." That meant rejecting the common thermovinification technique (which he says homogenizes wines) in favor of a cold carbonic maceration that preserves freshness without added sulfites. His Beaujolais-Villages, with their ample red fruit flavors and light, tickling tannins, epitomize the French word for silky gulpability - gouleyant...
With his residence coming to a close later this month, Tricky hopes that the bridges he's helped build between the community and 104 remain. And that, maybe, he'll have brought some good to light. "I've seen some really beautiful things with these guys, how they respect and look after each other," he says. "I haven't seen any crack, any guns. I've only seen a lot of talent...