The Brain in the Gut The Enteric Nervous System (ENS) Whereas the ANS is designed to help us process the actions from everyday’s life events and experiences, our digestive system is designed to digest the foods we take in. We don’t have to think about HOW to digest the salad, soup or sandwich. Our body’s…
The Limbic Brain The Limbic Brain evolved about 150 million years ago in birds and mammals, and houses primary centers of emotion. Together, their parts form a cap or limbus around the R-brain. Hence the name “limbic” brain. Since it links emotions with behavior, it suppresses the R-brain with its habitual ways of responding. It…
Reptilian Brain The Reptilian or R-brain is activated when the organism perceives a threat. As long as that survival threat is there, it will try to suppress feelings of joy and peace. Primitive aspects of the R-brain, like the "will to power", cannot be domesticated. Its very nature will not allow it. Does this colorful…
CONSCIOUSNESS, MIND, & SELF A dictionary definition of consciousness: an organism’s awareness of its own self and its surroundings. Awareness is without form, limit or restriction. It is a potential that neither lacks nor contains. When Awareness creates within a span of time it becomes consciousness. Thus, Awareness is the primal source of all creation,…
SNS & PSNS SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: The SNS actions prepare the organism for physical or mental activity. When facing a major stressor, the SNS orchestrates the response. It dilates the bronchi and the pupils, accelerates the heart rate and the respiration, and increases perspiration and arterial blood pressure, but reduces digestive activity. Two neurotransmitters are…
THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (PNS) This system consists of nerves, some of which gather information while others transmit orders. The facial nerves enter and leave the brain directly through the skull. The rest reach the brain via the spinal cord and the atlas. The PNS is divided into 3 sub-systems: The SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (SNS)….
THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Henri Laborit, a French neuro-surgeon and philosopher, raised in Vietnam, wrote the following in one of his books: "How are we to hope that, one day, the ‘man or woman’ that we all carry within us might free himself from the destructive behavior of the animal that we also carry within…
REHABILITATION It is EZ to learn to tune into and transmit attention energy signals to a vibratory pattern created somewhere in the body that’s expressing itself as a sensation. This sensation was caused by the emotional pattern that was originally imprinted as a somatic marker in the region of the Insular Cortex. A somatic marker…
PHI in Virus ? Rhinovirus 3 This virus causes most common colds, with no known cure. The name comes from the Greek rhin- which means nose. The three surface viral proteins are differentiated by color: blue, yellow, pink. This special rendering is along the 5-fold or pentagonal icosahedral symmetry axis. The small spheres are the…
Infections An infection is the colonization of a host organism by a foreign organism. The infecting organism seeks to utilize the host’s resources to multiply. The infecting organism, or pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning of the host. The host’s response to infection is inflammation. Rhinovirus 3 Many individuals develop a variety of infections but…
The Basic Elements Is the Universe’s dark energy expanding time/space from zero? Atoms are the smallest parts of an element that still contain their particular chemical properties. Their nucleus consists of protons which have a positive electrical charge and neutrons that have no charge. Seven million atoms joined together in a straight line would be…
Ultimate Alchemy ? However, the highest layers of each society depend for their smooth functioning upon the smooth functioning of the lowest layers of society. The “most positive” cannot function well without a well-functioning “most negative”. Those living in the social strata in between, have very little appreciation for this world, and fear it, because…