10 Delhi Psychiatry Journal 2007; 10:(1) © Delhi Psychiatric Society Consciousness from Physiology to Spiritual Experience

The many researches on the effects of meditation on brain, physiology and psychology have yielded results. Interaction between traditional mediators and neuroscientists have become frequent. Pr D’Aquino speaks of mystical experience as an inhibition of the Orientation Association Area allowing experiences of pure space..Moreover,”slow” experiences like rituals stimulates the parasympathetic system.”quick ” experiences like trance through dance excites the sympathetic, and the deeper experiences of mystical union seems to stimulate both systems at the same time. The topic of the December 2006 conference of the DPS in Mussoorie was Emerging demand in the Delivery of Mental Health Services. One of these demands is a more explicit consideration of the spiritual and its force in the inner life of the patients and their families. Forty years of research on brain and conscious-ness. One can date the development of studies on brain and consciousness from 60’s about. Before o