The ability to regulate our behavior is central to many spiritual belief systems and spiritual disciplines. Using the information you have learned about the physiological influences of regulation and behavior,

1. Discuss how physical findings are congruent or incongruent with your existing spiritual or cultural beliefs on self-regulation and behavior. Don't approach the physical findings as analogies or metaphors for spiritual processes, but discuss how physiological processes impact our ability to choose behaviors.

2. How can you integrate this new information into your spiritual (christian point of view) understanding?