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mediates our spiritual lives

English translation: provides a conduit and control for our spiritual lives

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English term or phrase:mediates our spiritual lives
Selected answer:provides a conduit and control for our spiritual lives
Entered by: B D Finch

06:12 Jan 12, 2017
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English term or phrase: mediates our spiritual lives
Hello everyone,

The brain is the most complex organ in the body—perhaps the most complex structure in the known universe. The brain somehow produces or transmits the mystery of conscious mind, our awareness of ourselves, others, and the world. It generates and structures our thoughts, enables us to have emotions, and somehow ***mediates our spiritual lives***—our sense of meaning and value. The brain gives us touch, sight, smell, and language. It controls the beating of our hearts, the rate at which we sweat, the pace of our breathing, and countless other bodily functions.

Does "mediates our spiritual lives" mean "bring peace to our spiritual lives"?

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 03:15
provides a conduit and control for our spiritual lives
Explanation:
"Mediates" here means that it provides a conduit between the outside world (including divinity) and the person as well as controlling the interaction between them.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:15
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, B D Finch.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +1provides a conduit and control for our spiritual lives
B D Finch
3 +1form a link with our spiritual lives
JohnMcDove
3 +1enables us to have spiritual lives
danya
3 +1harmonizes/balances/connecting the dots of our spiritual lives
Lingua 5B
3 +1it is the way/mean to connect us with our soul/spirit
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
form a link with our spiritual lives


Explanation:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mediate

Definition 2 or 2.2, may apply here.

Spirit - mind - (brain) body...

I'd say.

Greetings!

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 17:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  acetran
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thank you very much, acetran. :-)
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
enables us to have spiritual lives


Explanation:
enables our spiritual lives
is a vehicle of our spiritual life

danya
Local time: 03:15
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  acetran
1 day 5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
provides a conduit and control for our spiritual lives


Explanation:
"Mediates" here means that it provides a conduit between the outside world (including divinity) and the person as well as controlling the interaction between them.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 192
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, B D Finch.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: the only one that hits the nail here.
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Thanks Gallagy
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
harmonizes/balances/connecting the dots of our spiritual lives


Explanation:
another option that would fit here

Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in CroatianCroatian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  acetran
1 day 9 mins
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
it is the way/mean to connect us with our soul/spirit


Explanation:
My proposal.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 19:15
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  acetran
20 hrs
  -> Gracias Acetran!
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