Here are some excerpts from what I think is one of David Brook’s most compelling columns. I find it particularly interesting to see a conservative writer address the issue of mindfulness, neuroscience, and the sacred.

David Brooks, New York Times column, May 13, 2008 The Neural Buddhists

“Researchers now spend a lot of time trying to understand universal moral intuitions. Genes are not merely selfish, it appears. Instead, people seem to have deep instincts for fairness, empathy and attachment.