The Zen of Pain
Can pain elevate us to a higher state of conscious? Can we find peace and forgiveness with self-inflicted cuts and lashes? Join Robert and Julie as they raise the lantern of science to the humanity's longstanding quest for liberation through physical suffering.
Image Caption: An Afghan Shiite Muslim man beats himself with chains and knives during Ashura at a Shiite mosque in Kabul on December 27, 2009. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in a battle in Karbala in Iraq, in 680 AD. (MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Related Content:
10 Human Rituals of Pain (companion image gallery)
Self-Flagellation: Justice, Forgiveness and Pain
Pain, Sentience and the Crucifixion
Artatomical: Matthias Grünewald's Diseased Christ
Transcendence on the Rack: The Yoga of Pain
The Placebo Effect: Brain Over Pain (podcast)
The Future of Pain (podcast)
Martyrdom: Transcendence on the Rack
Topics in this Podcast: neuroscience, pain, psychology, religion
Follow us
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
RSS