Great post. It repeatedly rebooted some states of consciousness that I previously experienced during certain...er, pharmaceutical experiments in the lat '60s and early '70s.
I'm a scientist. Science is no more or less a path to an experience of the "absolute oneness" than any other path that leads there, but it does provide some unique perspectives that complement other approaches.
One of those is complexity. It's still a nascent science, but it has already unlocked some "secrets"...at least for me. One of them is the fact that the universe is constantly evolving dynamic between...
(pause for new realization, and some note-taking)
...OK, I'm back. I need to write a post about this! 😎
Thanks, looking forward to your post. From the heart’s awakening, everything unfolds naturally, allowing you to expand into the spirit of who you truly are. You begin to see that the “world” has no control over you if you no longer believe in its illusions. More and more, I realize that true solutions arise from the heart, not the mind.
I’m not sure there’s a difference between what folks refer to as “heart” and “mind”, my Ferryman friend. Aren’t they just aspects of self-image that we create in an effort to understand ourselves, and how we relate to the rest of the universe?
For that matter, aren’t they artifices—part of the same tendency toward dualism that you mentioned, the top level of which is the fundamental dualism wherein we separate ourselves from the rest of the universe? It starts with, “I am me, and everything else is other than me.” Aren’t “heart” and “mind” just another level of differentiation within?
Don’t get me wrong; if it’s a useful concept for anyone, they should use it. For my part, I try to think of myself as an integrated being, without “parts”. I have an ulterior motive in doing so. If the thing I call “me” is part of a larger interconnected whole (and it is), then my awareness of that whole, of that interconnectedness, is not served by fractionating myself into parts. I want all of me along for the ride on the road to higher consciousness.
Nevertheless, I do see the utility in paying attention to my feelings, which is what I believe people generally use the term “heart” to represent. There is information in feelings. I just don’t think that the part of consciousness that resides in the heart is separate from that which resides in the brain.
There is profound recent research supporting this view. It was heretofore presumed that consciousness cannot be a quantum phenomenon because the hot, wet environment in neurons would cause quantum waves to decohere far too rapidly to support even perception and awareness, let alone coherent thought.
But as it turns out, we’ve been looking in the wrong place; the frequencies that give rise to consciousness do not occur in the neurons at all. Rather, neurons are the interface between consciousness and the senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—and motor functions. They’re the medium through which the intangible process we call consciousness connects to the instrument of sensory and physical experience and activity.
The structures that give rise to consciousness exist throughout the human body. They are most densely organized in the brain, but they’re distributed in lower concentrations everywhere, in muscles bones, and other organs. They’re also concentrated in the heart. Oh jeez…I should write a post about that too. It’s connected to my own work in complexity theory, and it has humongous implications in the evolution of consciousness—stuff that most likely is right up your alley, Ferryman!
Anyhow, the research shows that it is actually (by which I mean physiologically) correct to say that we think with the heart; it’s all part of the same interconnected quantum-based consciousness. But it is all ONE mind, ONE awareness, not fractionated into separate parts.
At least, that’s the way I have come to see it as I have learned more about the most recent research. I used to think that phrases like “thinking with your heart” were romanticized nonsense—metaphors for processes that actually occur in the brain. Nope. I have expanded my understanding of what “the mind” is. It is the totality of my consciousness, the resonant chamber of my awareness, and the repository of my understanding.
It is no different for anyone else. When I step back and grok what that means about my existence, and my relationship to the rest of the universe of which I am a part—especially my relationship to my fellow humanoids—I see my humanity, OUR humanity, in a completely different light. It’s the light of a truth so profound, so awesome, so humbling, and yet so all-embracing and inviting that at times it leaves me speechless, wondering how anyone who perceives that truth can ever feel disconnected, or worthless, or joyless, or could ever even conceive of harming another sentient soul.
This is why I suspect that I am a mutant. (heh) I’m here to find other mutants who know the same truth. 😎
Beautiful said and very special when you know that human means being of light. We only have to live it and be conscious, be in nature and within yourself. Read books about it and be wise...
Great post. It repeatedly rebooted some states of consciousness that I previously experienced during certain...er, pharmaceutical experiments in the lat '60s and early '70s.
I'm a scientist. Science is no more or less a path to an experience of the "absolute oneness" than any other path that leads there, but it does provide some unique perspectives that complement other approaches.
One of those is complexity. It's still a nascent science, but it has already unlocked some "secrets"...at least for me. One of them is the fact that the universe is constantly evolving dynamic between...
(pause for new realization, and some note-taking)
...OK, I'm back. I need to write a post about this! 😎
Thanks, looking forward to your post. From the heart’s awakening, everything unfolds naturally, allowing you to expand into the spirit of who you truly are. You begin to see that the “world” has no control over you if you no longer believe in its illusions. More and more, I realize that true solutions arise from the heart, not the mind.
I’m not sure there’s a difference between what folks refer to as “heart” and “mind”, my Ferryman friend. Aren’t they just aspects of self-image that we create in an effort to understand ourselves, and how we relate to the rest of the universe?
For that matter, aren’t they artifices—part of the same tendency toward dualism that you mentioned, the top level of which is the fundamental dualism wherein we separate ourselves from the rest of the universe? It starts with, “I am me, and everything else is other than me.” Aren’t “heart” and “mind” just another level of differentiation within?
Don’t get me wrong; if it’s a useful concept for anyone, they should use it. For my part, I try to think of myself as an integrated being, without “parts”. I have an ulterior motive in doing so. If the thing I call “me” is part of a larger interconnected whole (and it is), then my awareness of that whole, of that interconnectedness, is not served by fractionating myself into parts. I want all of me along for the ride on the road to higher consciousness.
Nevertheless, I do see the utility in paying attention to my feelings, which is what I believe people generally use the term “heart” to represent. There is information in feelings. I just don’t think that the part of consciousness that resides in the heart is separate from that which resides in the brain.
There is profound recent research supporting this view. It was heretofore presumed that consciousness cannot be a quantum phenomenon because the hot, wet environment in neurons would cause quantum waves to decohere far too rapidly to support even perception and awareness, let alone coherent thought.
But as it turns out, we’ve been looking in the wrong place; the frequencies that give rise to consciousness do not occur in the neurons at all. Rather, neurons are the interface between consciousness and the senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—and motor functions. They’re the medium through which the intangible process we call consciousness connects to the instrument of sensory and physical experience and activity.
The structures that give rise to consciousness exist throughout the human body. They are most densely organized in the brain, but they’re distributed in lower concentrations everywhere, in muscles bones, and other organs. They’re also concentrated in the heart. Oh jeez…I should write a post about that too. It’s connected to my own work in complexity theory, and it has humongous implications in the evolution of consciousness—stuff that most likely is right up your alley, Ferryman!
Anyhow, the research shows that it is actually (by which I mean physiologically) correct to say that we think with the heart; it’s all part of the same interconnected quantum-based consciousness. But it is all ONE mind, ONE awareness, not fractionated into separate parts.
At least, that’s the way I have come to see it as I have learned more about the most recent research. I used to think that phrases like “thinking with your heart” were romanticized nonsense—metaphors for processes that actually occur in the brain. Nope. I have expanded my understanding of what “the mind” is. It is the totality of my consciousness, the resonant chamber of my awareness, and the repository of my understanding.
It is no different for anyone else. When I step back and grok what that means about my existence, and my relationship to the rest of the universe of which I am a part—especially my relationship to my fellow humanoids—I see my humanity, OUR humanity, in a completely different light. It’s the light of a truth so profound, so awesome, so humbling, and yet so all-embracing and inviting that at times it leaves me speechless, wondering how anyone who perceives that truth can ever feel disconnected, or worthless, or joyless, or could ever even conceive of harming another sentient soul.
This is why I suspect that I am a mutant. (heh) I’m here to find other mutants who know the same truth. 😎
Beautiful said and very special when you know that human means being of light. We only have to live it and be conscious, be in nature and within yourself. Read books about it and be wise...