Namaste Pietro Impagliazzo,
I'm not sure that your analogy is correct as to light and darkness toward materialists and spiritualists; There is light and darkness in both materialism and spiritualism. To see this as a black and white affair is a somewhat dual view, an easy state of thought to slide into yet not a very productive one.
I should stipulate that our heart and lungs get more use than our brains, that our brains are driven afterwards, by prana which starts by entering our body as breath. So from the mind we can detach a little sometimes and it does us no harm at all, au contraire
The view of neuro science is founded heavily in physical theory, based in extremely complexed models derived from maths and not biological material; as we are often lead to believe. It is interesting, as sm78 has already heighlighted, we have tantric models of the neuro endocrine system which have been derived from inner reflection, which are to my mind, much more advanced than the western model, which is still only just realising the wisdom of this ancient science of thought and feeling.
We must be careful when we speak of "our" memory's as neuro epigenetic would suggest that memory's are transferred somehow between generations via some as yet unexplained processes. So the traditional material view that science holds is now crumbling failing.
Yes it is a fine line, a fine line between the concious act and the subconscious deed.
If we do not respect the material nature of our body's we can not expect to have a balanced mind either as all is interconnected as one. A calm steady mind is reflected upon the physical body in ways which are extremely good for the biological body of both the practitioner and those that they interact social.
Again it is all about the balance.
There is no problem with having doubts, they keep us in check somewhat, this is the perfect place to voice them.
I wish you well Pietro, I hope that your doubt subsides to reveal new and greater glories. Some times the tide washes up the most beautiful realisations.
praNAma
mana
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