This is a brilliant idea amy green. It's good to follow how the cracks in the system are letting some light in.
Do spiritual people need so-called scientific breakthroughs - or ways to fight the oppression of Western, white male dominated Cartesian science?!
Deepak Chopra has a recent book out called The War of the Worldviews - I love this and the direction it takes us because we need a paradigm shift before the whole human race goes down the toilet!
Here is a wonderful site bringing together academia and community partners working to break the ice of scientific dogma:
http://tlc.oise.utoronto.ca/
Have a look at the kinds of conferences they are hosting.
United Nations is also a centre of light, and Amnesty International.
The Dalai Lama has opened the doors to all these Western expropriators who extract "mindfulness" out of the 8-fold path and ignore the rest....because at least they are sharing a piece of Buddhism.
http://www.dalailama.com/messages/bu...e-and-religion
But the colonized and exploited are fighting back using research as a weapon. See also
www.ipi.org.in/
The Indian Psychology Institute in Pondicheri
Thanks Amy for opening the door for these sharings!
p.s. Almost forgot - the most important one:
www.blue-star.org