Pamene tikupemphera, kuimba mu kwaya ya tchalitchi kapena kubwereza mawu, kodi kwenikweni chikuchitika ndi chiyani kwa ife mwakuthupi, m'maganizo? Kafukufuku wasayansi akusonyeza kuti kuchita zauzimu koteroko kumakhudza ubongo wa munthu.
M’buku lakuti Mmene Mulungu Amasinthira Ubongo Wanu, Dr. Andrew Newberg, katswiri wa zamaganizo pa yunivesite ya Pennsylvania State University, akupereka umboni wosonyeza mmene kupemphera ndi kutumikira Mulungu kumakhudzira ubongo. Nyimbo za tchalitchi, kuyimba mu Sikh Gurudwaras, kuyimba mantras m'makachisi kumapanga zotsatira zogwirizanitsa wina ndi mzake, kugwirizananso ndi Mulungu ndikukhulupirira kuti mphamvu yaumulungu ndi yodabwitsa.
Monga momwe Davil ankayimbira nyimbo Sauli (nkhani ya m’Baibulo), nyimbo za mpingo “zimachotsa” mdima m’miyoyo yathu, kutipangitsa ife kukhala auzimu kwambiri, omasuka ndi oyamikira kwa Akuluakulu Anzeru. Ngakhale asayansi amakono a zachipatala aganiziranso zimenezi. Newberg anafotokoza kuti kukhulupirira Mulungu amene amatikonda kungatalikitse moyo, kuwongolera moyo wake, kuchepetsa kupsinjika maganizo, nkhaŵa ndi chisoni, ndi kupangitsa moyo kukhala waphindu.
Kafukufuku waubongo akuwonetsa kuti mphindi 15 zopemphera kapena kusinkhasinkha tsiku lililonse zimalimbitsa (PPC), zomwe zimagwira ntchito zodziyimira pawokha monga kuwongolera kuthamanga kwa magazi ndi kugunda kwa mtima. Kuphatikiza apo, amatenga nawo gawo pakuchita ntchito zachidziwitso:. ACC yathanzi, kukhazika mtima pansi kwa ubongo amygdala (pakati pa limbic system), mantha ndi nkhawa zomwe munthu amakhala nazo zimachepa.
Pemphero, kutumikira Mulungu si ulemu ndi kukwezeka kokha, komanso kudzikundikira mphamvu. Kumatithandiza kukulitsa khalidwe logwirizana ndi malamulo. Timakhala ngati anthu amene timawasirira ndi kuwatumikira. "Timakonzanso" malingaliro athu, kuyeretsa ku machimo ndi chilichonse chosafunika, timadzitsegulira tokha ku chisangalalo, chikondi ndi kuwala. Timakulitsa mwa ife mikhalidwe yosangalatsa monga.