Our brains are getting wired differently in the world of digital technology, information revolution, and the inter-cultural world of global society. Think of the new vocabulary: Global brain, collective intelligence, global village, and cyberspace. That should tell us something about the neural rewiring that is taking place inside of our brains, whether or not we are aware of it.

The fact that the human brain changes throughout a person’s life in response to intellectual stimulation, physical exercise, and exposure to new cultural environments, learning opportunities and challenges is a revolutionary discovery. Till twenty years ago, neuroscientists believed in the conventional theory that the brain’s ability at making new neural connections stopped before a child entered the adolescence. That is the old dogma.

There is a “Second Copernican Revolution” taking place inside of our brains, writes the author, quoting Carl Zimmer. Some experts are suggesting that we are already living in what Richard Restack calls the “neurosociety.” Ray Kurzweil, the futurist, is predicting that by 2045 A.D., human beings would be living in an era of “singularity,” when non biological machines invented by human brains and human ingenuity are going to outsmart human intelligence billions of times.

What is going to be the fate of the human spirit, human spirituality, the feeling of connection to a force and power that is greater than us (God), and our ability to use spiritual imagination and our intelligence? Are we progressively moving away from religion and community-based spirituality into the “spirituality of different strokes for different folks ?” 

In his new book, Spiritual Intelligence and The Neuroplastic Brain, Charles W. Mark takes the reader on a journey through modern history and shows the glimpse of what is to come.

• Gain insights into how the modern brain has achieved its level of sophistication through evolutionary and revolutionary changes, especially after the invention of the printing press in 1450 A.D.

•  Discover if the spiritual journey of monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) is predominantly the left brain journey and the spiritual journey of eastern religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism) predominantly the right brain journey.