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― John F. Kennedy, Uncommon Wisdom of John F. Kennedy: A Portrait in His Own Words NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-37259449554413163332016-12-28T19:46:00.002-08:002016-12-28T19:46:58.597-08:00Being Hyper-Empathic<br />
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An Empath is a person that is extremely sensitive to the emotions and energy of other people, animals and places. They have the ability to physically feel the energy field of others and their surrounding. They often feel everything, sometimes to an extreme, and are less likely to intellectualise feelings. This empathic skills, in their extremity, can even seem mystical: “if you can read and understand emotions, you can look exactly like a psychic.”</div>
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Empathy is broadly defined as the way we react to one another (Davis, 1983), and it defines how we conduct ourselves in this world. An Empath is extremely sensitive to the emotions and energy of other people, animals and places (Orloff, 2011). Although the term ‘Empath’ has not been used very much within the academia, psychologists have extensively studied what it is like to have high empathy, and they have found the following phenomenon:<br />
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<li>Individual differences in empathy level affect the way people recognise facial expressions (Besel and Yuille, 2010) and react to social cues (Eisenberg and Miller, 1987). </li>
<li>People with high empathy are better at recognising emotions in others. However, they also have a ‘bias’ towards negative emotional expressions, meaning that they are more sensitive and alert to negative feelings in others. Perhaps due to these propensities, they are also more likely to experience ‘empathic distress’ (Chikovani, Babuadze, Tamar Gvalia, Surguladze, 2015). </li>
<li>Interestingly, it was found that women with high empathy are better than their male counterparts in noticing and recognising sadness.</li>
<li>Excessive empathy— an intense sharing of other’s negative emotions— is linked to emotional disorders in health professionals and caregivers. Their empathic distress is often framed as compassion fatigue or burnout. (Batson et al., 1987, Eisenberg et al., 1989, Gleichgerrcht and Decety, 2012). </li>
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It is important that naturally empathic people learn to hone their empathic skills, such as emotional regulation, perspective taking, empathic accuracy(the ability to accurately identify and understand emotional states and intentions in yourself and others) (McLaren, 2013). Without these skills, many Empaths ended up ‘absorbing’ the emotions of others to the point of being burned out.<br />
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If you are an empath, you might have been born with this ability, or that your senses were developed through living in an unsafe and unpredictable childhood environment, or by having unavailable, abusive or inconsistent parents. Your highly attuned intuitive skills were at some point vital for your survival- as it allowed you to very rapidly assess, through picking up the body language of others, the level of your own safety.<br />
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Empaths are naturally highly intuitive. They have a strong sense of ‘knowing’ that there is more to a story than what meets the eyes. However, some empaths may intentionally or unintentionally ‘dull their senses’ due to the chaos and pain that comes from their abilities.<br />
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As an empath, you are naturally gifted to make instant connection with others’ emotions, and this would happen automatically and unconsciously. However, if you do not realise this and have not managed to distinguish your own feelings from that of others, you will absorb the impact of stress and pain around you, and suffer from being overwhelmed. This can result in things like unexplainable mood swings, and unpredictable energy levels. It also triggers physical symptoms such as headaches and fatigue. In order to evade the pain, many empaths have thrown their babies out of the bath water, and lost the ability to trust their natural intuitive gifts.<br />
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Another reason you might have subconsciously chosen to cut off from your intuition maybe that your early caregivers were blinded to, or even rejected or denied your emotions. If you grew up being punished for being sensitive, feeling intensely, or for expressing feelings, you eventually learned to reject your own senses. The message that you were given was that not only your feelings, but also your beliefs, values and opinions were ‘wrong’ . As an adult, this translates into an internal belief that says ‘ I cannot be trusted’.<br />
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Recognising that you’re an empath is the first step in taking charge of your emotions instead of constantly drowning in them. <br />
Getting back in touch with your true self and your intuitive gifts would require your courage to face up to your true feelings, including the negative ones. <br />
However, once you have owned your gifts fully, and re-united with your intuitive voice, it is a powerful ally that you can always count on. <br />
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<strong>AM I AN EMPATH? </strong><br />
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<li>If a friend is distraught, do I start feeling it too?</li>
<li>Are my feelings easily hurt?</li>
<li>Am I emotionally drained by crowds, require time alone to revive?</li>
<li>Do my nerves get frayed by noise, smells, or excessive talk?</li>
<li>Do I prefer taking my own car places so that I can leave when I please?</li>
<li>Do I overeat to cope with emotional stress?</li>
<li>Am I afraid of becoming engulfed by intimate relationships?</li>
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A related topic that some of you may find interesting is the mirror neuron system.<br /><br />Basically, mirror neurons are neurons which activate when a person either performs an action, or observes the same action being performed by another. The whole idea behind this is that the group of mirror neurons do not differentiate between <i>your </i>action or <i>their </i>action - They respond nearly identically regardless of whether you are doing something, or whether you are watching someone else do the same thing.<br /><br />This is one possible explanation as to why many feel mild effects when observing others on various <a class="vw-link autolink" href="https://drugs-forum.com/forum/showwiki.php?title=Drugs" id="autolink_177729_1376159_1" style="color: #22229c;" target="_blank" title="Drugs">drugs</a>, although it is also still just a speculative hypothesis which has not yet been proven.<br /><br />So, do people experience 'contact highs' only when being around others on drugs that they have personally experienced themselves?<br /><br />This paper is a pretty interesting read, if anyone is interested.<br /><div style="margin: 5px 20px 20px;">
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Subsequent studies have shown that they are present also in the monkey inferior parietal lobule (Rizzolatti et al. 2001).<br /><br />In the human brain, evidence for mirror neurons is indirect, but, although there is no single-neuron study showing the existence of mirror neurons, functional imaging studies revealed activation of the likely homologue of monkey area F5 (area 44 and the adjacent ventral area 6) during action observation (see Rizzolatti and Craighero 2004). Furthermore, magnetoencephalography (Hari et al. 1998) and EEG (Cochin et al. 1999) have shown activation of motor cortex during observation of finger movements. Very recently, alpha rhythm desynchronization in functionally delimited language and hand motor areas was demonstrated during execution and observation of finger movements in a patient with implanted subdural electrodes (Tremblay et al. 2004).<br /><br />What is the functional role of the mirror neurons? Various hypotheses have advanced: action understanding, imitation, intention understanding, and empathy (see Rizzolatti and Craighero 2004; Gallese et al. 2004). In addition, it has been suggested that mirror-neuron system is the basic neural mechanism from which language developed (Rizzolatti and Arbib 1998).<br /><br />It is my opinion that the question of which is the function of the mirror neurons or of the mirror-neuron system is ill posed. Mirror neurons do not have a specific functional role. The properties of mirror neurons indicate that primate brain is endowed with a mechanism mapping the pictorial description of actions, carried out in the higher order visual areas onto their motor counterpart. This matching mechanism may underlie a variety of functions, depending on what aspect of the observed action is coded, the species considered, the circuit in which mirror neurons are included, and the connectivity of the mirror-neuron system with other systems.<br /><br />Let us examine first action understanding, the original hypothesis that has been proposed for explaining the functional role of the mirror system (Gallese et al. 1996; Rizzolatti et al. 1996). It might sound bizarre that in order to recognize an action, one should activate the motor system. As a matter of fact, this is not so strange. A mere visual perception, without involvement of the motor system would only provide a description of the visible aspects of the movements of the agent. It would not give, however, information on the intrinsic components of the observed action, on what means doing it, and of the links of the observed actions with other actions related to it. To put the observed action into a motor semantic network is simply a necessity, if one has to understanding what the observed action is really about.<br /><br />Thus, the activation of the parieto-premotor mirror circuit is fundamental to provide the observer with a real comprehension of the observed action. This ‘‘real’’ action understanding is present in both monkeys and humans. On the top of it, other functions can be built, some of which are present only in humans. One of them is imitation.<br /><br />Mirror-neuron system provides a motor copy of the observed actions. Thus, it appears to be the ideal mechanism for imitation. Yet, the monkeys that have a mirror system possess this capacity in a very limited form, if they have it at all (Visalberghi and Fragaszy 2001). So is the mirror system involved in imitation and, if this is the case, why monkeys do not use it for imitation? The answer to the first question is yes. There is clear evidence that, in humans, mirror-neuron system is involved in immediate repetition of actions done by others (Iacoboni et al. 1999), as well as in imitation learning (Buccino et al. 2004; Nishitani and Hari 2000). As far as the lack of imitation in monkeys is concerned, a possible explanation can be found in the properties of the mirror neuron system in the two species. In monkeys, mirror neurons respond during the observation of goal directed actions; in humans, mirror system is also activated by intransitive, meaningless movements (Fadiga et al. 1995). Thus, the monkey mirror system appears to be tuned to describe the goal of actions, but not to code the way in which this goal is achieved. Monkeys understand the goal of the observed action and can emulate it (i.e., reach its goal), but have a mirror machinery too primitive to code the details of the observed action. They cannot therefore replicate the observed action (Rizzolatti and Craighero 2004).<br /><br />Recent brain imaging experiments showed that an important role in imitation learning is played by the prefrontal lobe (Buccino et al. 2004). This lobe and area 46, in particular, appears to be the structure that combines elementary motor acts (e.g., specific finger movements) into more complex motor patterns. Considering the large expansion of the frontal lobe in humans, it is possible that the monkey frontal lobe does not possess a machinery sufficient to perform this combinatory activity on the mirror-neuron system.<br /><br />There are two distinct information that one can get observing an action done by another individual. One is ‘‘what’’ the actor is doing; the other is ‘‘why’’ the actor is doing it. If we see, e.g., a girl grasping an apple, we understand that she is grasping an object. Often, we can also understand, in addition, why she is doing it, i.e., we can understand her intention. We can infer if she is grasping the apple for eating it, or for putting it into a basket. The hypothesis that mirror neurons are involved in intention understanding has been proposed some years ago (Gallese and Goldman 1998). Only recently, however, this hypothesis has been experimentally tested. In an fMRI experiment, normal volunteers watched three types of stimuli: grasping hand actions without a context, context only (scenes containing objects), and grasping hand actions executed in different contexts. In the latter condition, the context allowed the subject to infer the intention of the grasping action. Actions embedded in contexts, compared with the other two conditions, yielded selective activation of area 44 and the adjacent sector of the ventral premotor cortex. This indicates that mirror areas, in addition to action understanding, also mediate the understanding of others’ intention (Iacoboni et al. 2005).<br /><br />The functions mediated by the mirror neurons depend on the anatomy and physiological properties of the circuit in which these neurons are located. Actions studied in the early mirror-neuron studies were actions devoid of emotional content. Accordingly, activations were found in circuits related to motor action control (parieto-premotor circuits). Recently, evidence has been found that the mirror mechanism is also involved in empathy, i.e., in the capacity of feeling the same emotions that others feel. In an fMRI experiment, participants were exposed, in one condition, to disgusting odorants and, in another, presented with short movie clips showing individuals displaying a facial expression of disgust. Activations produced by disgusting stimuli were contrasted with activation obtained with neutral<br />stimuli. It was found that the exposure to disgusting odorants specifically activates the anterior insula and the anterior cingulate. Most interestingly, the observation of the facial expression of disgust activated the same sector of the anterior insula (Wicker et al. 2003). In close agreement with these findings are the data obtained in another fMRI experiment that showed activation of the anterior insula during the observation and imitation of facial expressions of basic emotions (Carr et al. 2003).<br /><br />These data strongly suggest that the insula contains a neural population active both when an individual directly experiences disgust and when this emotion is triggered by the observation of the facial expression of others. It has been proposed, in analogy with action understanding, that feeling emotions is due to the activation of circuits that mediate the corresponding response, and namely, in this case, viscero-motor responses (Gallese et al. 2004).<br /><br />Finally, the hypothesis has been advanced that the mirror mechanism represents the basic mechanism from which language evolved (Rizzolatti and Arbib 1998). Conceptually, the view that speech evolved from gestural communication is not new (see for modern versions of this idea, Armstrong et al. 1995; Corballis 2002). The theory of Rizzolatti and Arbib (1998) has, however, a fundamental asset. It is the first theory that indicates a neurophysiological mechanism that may create a common, non-arbitrary link between communicating individuals (parity requirement).<br /><br />It is obvious that mirror mechanism does not explain by itself the enormous complexity of speech. Yet, it solves one of the fundamental difficulties for understanding language evolution that is how what is valid for the sender of a message become valid also for the receiver. Hypotheses and speculations on the various steps that have led from monkey mirror system to language have been advanced recently both Arbib (2002), and Rizzolatti and Craighero (2004). The interested reader is referred to these articles for information on this topic.<br /><br />Acknowledgements The study was supported by EU Contract<br />QLG3-CT-2002-00746, Mirror, by EU Contract IST 2004- 001917,<br />by the Italian Ministero dell’Universita` e Ricerca, Cofin 2002, and<br />FIRB n. RBNE01SZB4.<br /><br />References:<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Arbib MA (2002) Beyond the mirror system: imitation and evolution of langauge. In: Nehaniv C, Dautenhan K (eds) Imitation in animals and artifacts. 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<b>”If you think you are enlightened, go home for Thanksgiving.” ~ Ram Dass</b></div>
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We sometimes say that some people are enlightened, but do we really know what that means? We might say that because they are kind, loving, and insightful. While these may indeed be qualities of an enlightened person, it’s hard to be sure unless we ourselves are enlightened.</div>
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I’ve been on a spiritual path most of my life, and in my experience I’ve seen how people are transformed through spiritual practices. Here is a list of qualities that most of them attain. This is not a comprehensive list, but I think it contains some of their most prominent qualities.</div>
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Keep in mind that there are varying degrees of enlightenment. That is, everyone is at a different point in his spiritual development, and some may be more enlightened than others. Also, these qualities can be possessed by both men and women. Enlightenment is not exclusive to either sex.</div>
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1. Happiness</h3>
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The enlightened person is happy and joyful. He has a cheerful disposition most of the time, and is willing to share that joy with others. He is always optimistic that all challenges have a resolution. Even though the resolution may not be the most desirable, he is confident that he is capable of being at peace with it.</div>
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2. Peaceful and Serene</h3>
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The enlightened person is peaceful and serene, because he is free of fear and other unwholesome emotions. He can see that the human condition reaches beyond this physical existence, so he no longer has a fear of the unknown. He is free of worry because he understands that freedom from suffering comes from within, and not from material possessions.</div>
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3. Loving, Kind, and Compassionate</h3>
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The enlightened person is loving, kind, and compassionate for two main reasons: 1) he genuinely cares about other people, regardless of whether they care about him, and 2) he knows that other people provide him with the spiritual nourishment he needs to grow, therefore, he remains spiritually open to everyone.</div>
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4. Not Self-Centered</h3>
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The enlightened person is not self-centered, because he has lost the sense of a separate self. He can see the interconnected nature of our existence. To him, this is a reality, and not just a concept. He realizes that all physical manifestations (humans, animals, plants, etc.) depend on each other for their survival.</div>
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5. Emotionally Stable</h3>
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The enlightened person is emotionally stable because he no longer has an ego that needs validation for its existence. He is not hurt because there is no ego to hurt. He does not get angry because he is understanding and compassionate toward those who are not as far along the spiritual path.</div>
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6. Patient and Understanding</h3>
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The enlightened person is patient and understanding because he appreciates how our ignorance creates our own suffering. He understands the challenge of becoming enlightened, so he doesn’t condemn people for their missteps.</div>
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7. Humble</h3>
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The enlightened person is humble. Since he knows his place in the universe, he doesn’t need validation from others. Therefore, he has nothing to prove to anyone, including himself. His humble nature allows him to be kind and gentle, and be open to everyone he encounters.</div>
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8. Insightful and Open-Minded</h3>
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The enlightened person is insightful and open-minded. He is able to see the world with great clarity, without attachment to preconceived ideas about people, places, and things. This enables him to observe the world without jumping to conclusions. Belief and intuition are replaced with clarity of vision and understanding.</div>
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9. Inner Strength</h3>
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The enlightened person has great inner strength. He has learned healthy ways of connecting with the sources of mindfulness energy—through healthy interactions with people, and within. He no longer has a need for the power struggles that most of us engage in.</div>
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10. Leadership</h3>
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The enlightened person is a leader. Having awakened to the point of understanding the nature of suffering, he realizes his duty to help other people find freedom from suffering. He leads by example, rather than control. People follow him because of who he is and what he stands for. They want to be more like him.</div>
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11. Mindful of His Health</h3>
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The enlightened person is mindful of his health—physical, mental, and emotional. He knows that his mind, body, and spirit must be in harmony in order to maintain his spiritual condition. He has developed an understanding of physical and mental health, and doesn’t blindly depend on others for his health. He is mindful of the nutrients and substances he puts into his body.</div>
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12. Committed to his Spiritual Practice</h3>
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The enlightened person never forgets how he achieved enlightenment. He is also aware that it takes continuous effort to remain that way. It takes a great deal of mindfulness energy to help others along their path, so he’s aware that he needs to replenish his spiritual strength on a daily basis. Otherwise, he’ll lose his effectiveness as a spiritual messenger.</div>
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Overall, the enlightened person is mindful of himself, and the world around him. Furthermore, he is curious and willing to continue learning. He is aware that even though he can see with great clarity, developing an understanding of the true nature of our existence takes time to observe and investigate.</div>
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This is not a comprehensive list of the qualities of an enlightened person. But I think these are the most prominent. My purpose for examining these qualities is to give us a compass to guide us in our spiritual journey—a vision of the path that lies ahead.</div>
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From this list, it seems clear that enlightened people live rich and fulfilling lives. Those who achieve any measure of enlightenment do so through some form of daily meditation practice, a willingness to let go of old views, and a commitment to helping others find peace. It takes work and dedication, but it is well worth it.</div>
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Best wishes on your spiritual journey!</div>
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NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-38463195389814631142016-11-19T19:33:00.000-08:002016-11-19T19:44:48.965-08:00The Super Psychic Children<br />
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last category, the Super Psychic Children, is the most amazing of all.
Some people believe that this group and the Indigo Children are the
same. Even Jan Tober expressed this belief. But I am not convinced. In
fact I see a tremendous difference between them. Only the Super Psychic
Children can see with parts of their bodies other than their eyes. This
seems to be their most consistent trait, and one which Indigo Children
are not able to demonstrate. On the other hand, many children are
actually in training programs where they are successfully learning
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<span style="color: #675623; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In this issue we will have an interview with
19-year-old Inge Bardor, a Super Psychic who, besides her total
clairvoyance, can move objects through the air with her mind, see with
her hands and feet, and know the future at will. She tells us what it is
it like to be a Super Psychic Child growing up in an ordinary world --
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<span style="color: #675623; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Also we present new information about the Super Psychics of China. In their recent book, <i>China's Super Psychics,</i>
Paul Dong and Thomas Raffill, recorded the events in as the Chinese
government watched the unfoldment of these gifted children from 1974
until about 1990. The authors now share with our readers some of the new
discoveries and research facts that have been documented during the
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<span style="color: #675623; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Finally, I will tell you something I've learned about
an Inner TV Screen the psychic children have, and its relationship to
clairvoyance and remote viewing. This information is my experience only,
but perhaps others will choose to take up the challenge and perform
research on this intriguing mental phenomenon.
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Arthur C. Clarke, in his book <i>Childhood's End,</i>
foretold the birth of a new race of super-psychic children. Through a
worldwide mindlink with each other, these children were able to make
planetwide alterations in all physical systems. That book was the
conceptual basis for the film <i>2001!</i> Coincidence? Fiction? We'll let you decide.
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<b>The superpsychic children are perhaps the most unusual and
charismatic race being born today. Their dramatic abilities distinguish
them from the other two races with their sensational demonstrations.
These children are able to do things that most people thought could be
done only in movies with computer graphics. What is so amazing of all is
that it is real. If these children don't change our world, nothing
will. Notice how some of the abilities of these children resemble the
manifestations of consciousness we talked about in chapter 18, during
the dimensional shift. What you think is what you get! These children
are able to demonstrate that whatever they think becomes reality.</b></span></span><br />
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It reports what has been transpiring in China around these new psychic
children who have begun to emerge since 1974 with the young boy who
could see with his ears. Actually, the Chinese government claims that
these children, when blindfolded, could see either with their ears,
nose, mouth, tongue, armpits, hands or feet. Each child was different
and their vision from these unheard-of areas was perfect. These tests
were not just a percentage right some of the time; they were flawless.</b></span></span><br />
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I first spoke about these children in 1985 when I mentioned the article about them in <i>Omni</i> magazine. <i>Omni</i> was invited to come to China to observe some of these children and write an article about them. <i>Omni</i>
assumed that there might be cheating involved, so when they were given
some of these children to test, they conducted their examinations in a
way that ruled out any possible cheating. They left nothing to chance.<br />
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One of the tests began this way: With the children present, <i>Omni</i>
took a stack of books and at random selected one of them, then opened
the book at random and ripped out a page, crumpling it up into a small
ball. <i>Omni</i> then placed it in the armpit of one of these children
-- and this child could read every word on the page perfectly! After
many varied test, <i>Omni</i> became convinced that the phenomenon was
real, but they could not explain how these kids were doing it. Their
report was released in their January 1985 issue.<br />
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But <i>Omni</i> was not the only one to send
researchers to observe these children. Several other world magazines and
also papers in respected journals such as <i>Nature</i>, a prestigious science magazine, have also agreed that this phenomenon is real.<br />
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In Mexico City we found exactly the same new human
traits emerging in the children there. There may be more, but we found
over 1000 children able to see with various parts of their bodies. What
is noticeable is that these Mexican children can see with the very same
parts of the body as the Chinese children do. It sounds like this DNA
mutation has jumped across the ocean just as in the hundredth-monkey
phenomenon. Soon I will come back to one of these children, now
nineteen, to give my direct experience of the abilities she demonstrated
to us.<br />
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According to Paul Dong in China's Super Psychics,
seeing with various parts of the body was the psychic ability that
caught the attention of the Chinese government, but this ability was
quickly understood to be only the tip of the iceberg. These children
began to demonstrate other psychic abilities that are truly difficult to
accept inside this ''normal'' reality.<br />
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Mr. Dong reports how several times a large audience
of a thousand people or more would enter the auditorium and be handed a
live rosebud. When everyone was seated and quiet, the demonstration
would begin with a young Chinese girl, about six years old, who would
come on stage all by herself and stand in the center facing the
audience. Then with a silent wave of her hand, the thousand rosebuds
would slowly open into full-blown, beautiful roses before the eyes of
the astonished audience.<br />
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Mr. Dong also speaks of how over 5000 young children
have demonstrated in public another amazing feat. Realize here that the
Chinese government has carefully tested these children to see if what I
am about to say is real or not. The government is convinced it is true.<br />
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One child would take a sealed bottle of pills off a
shelf at random, like vitamin pills, for example. The bottle would be
sealed with the original plastic wrap and have a tightly screwed metal
or plastic top. The bottle would then be placed in the center of a large
bare table. Then a video camera would observe what happened next.<br />
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The child would say to the audience that he/she was
beginning, but nothing was visible to the audience. Suddenly, the pills
inside the sealed bottle would pass right through the glass and appear
on the table. In many cases, the child would then take another object,
such as a coin, set it on the table, and it would pass into the sealed
bottle. This demonstration and others like it are definitely approaching
what I would call fourth-dimensional consciousness. <i>What you think and what happens are connected.</i><br />
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There are several other psychic abilities that have
been demonstrated in China, according to this book. If you are
interested, read what has been reported. You may think that this is just
magic tricks, but when you see these things in person, it is very hard
to explain. For the first ten years the Chinese government would not
believe it either, until the number of these children who could do these
things kept growing. By the time China's Super Psychics was released in
1997, the Chinese government had identified over 100,000 of these
children. In fact, by about 1985, the government and the Chinese
scientific community simply had to admit it was true.<br />
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Because they realized what this could mean, the
government set up training schools to assist these children in their
psychic abilities. Whenever a psychic child is found now, he or she is
sent to one of these schools. Important is the fact that they have found
that they can even take children who are not known to be psychics and
in the presence of the naturally psychic kids, the trained children can
perform the same wonderful feats.<br />
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This brings forth the memory of Uri Geller, the
famous psychic from Israel who could bend metal objects just by looking
at them. In his book, <i>Uri Geller, My Story</i>, he talks about when
he demonstrated his psychic abilities on television throughout Europe.
He went on TV and asked people to get knives, spoons and forks and place
them in front of the television set. With millions of witnesses, he
then bent tableware before their eyes and tableware in the homes in
Europe who were watching the show. This single act had an interesting
side effect. From the phone calls immediately after the show and the
following days, it was discovered that over 1500 children were able to
do the same thing just by seeing it happen one time. They could all bend
the metal tableware with their minds.<br />
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People, especially scientists, were convinced that
Mr. Geller was a magician and that everything he did was a trick of some
kind. Stanford Research Institute asked if he would submit his magic to
scientific scrutiny. Mr. Geller agreed. For a period of time Mr. Geller
did whatever Stanford asked him to do to prove once and for all that
his psychic ability was not a trick.<br />
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Just to give you an idea of how tight the testing at
Stanford was, one of the tests placed Mr. Geller in a sealed steel room,
which was also a Faraday cage (a room where electromagnetic fields,
such as radio waves and even brain waves or thoughts, could not pass
through the walls). He was sealed in physically as well as energywise.
The Stanford researchers placed outside the test chamber a sealed,
hand-blown glass tube that was twisted on each end so that it could not
be opened without breaking it. Inside it was a piece of the hardest
metal known to man. Then they told Mr. Geller to bend it. With all their
scientific instruments recording the test, Stanford scientists watched
in total amazement as the piece of superhard metal bent as if it were
Jell-O. Mr. Geller could in no way have cheated.<br />
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What is so impressive is that besides Mr. Geller,
there were about 15 children from Europe who could also do these things,
and they were tested along with him. Everything that Stanford did to
test Mr. Geller they also did with the children, and these kids could do
everything he could do. So if this was a trick, then 15 children were
also ''advanced magicians,'' and Stanford Research Institute, with all
their scientific magic, could not detect fraud.<br />
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This test and the rest of the research from Stanford was printed in <i>Nature</i> magazine in its October 1974 issue. The New York <i>Times</i>
immediately came out with an editorial that said: ''The scientific
community has been put on notice 'that there is something worthy of
their attention and scrutiny' in the possibilities of extrasensory
perception.'' Yet here we are in the next millennium, and science still
will not seriously admit that the human potential for psychic abilities
is real. I believe that these new children appearing around the world
will soon force science into accepting what has always been true. The
old pagadigm has nowhere to go and must dissolve.<br />
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In Denver, Colorado, in July 1999, I spoke about
these new children to a large audience. I asked a young woman named Inge
Bardor from Mexico to demonstrate directly to this audience her ability
to see with her hands and feet. At that time she was eighteen years
old. For about an hour, Inge placed a blindfold around her eyes and
accepted photographs at random from the audience. She would hold the
photograph and lightly touch it with the fingertips of her other hand.<br />
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First she would describe the picture perfectly, as
though she was looking at it, but then she would become more specific,
giving information that would be impossible for her to know even from a
photo. She could tell everything about the people or place in the photo.
She could tell exactly where the photo was taken and what was around
the area outside the view, such as a lake or buildings.<br />
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Inge could even describe the person who took the
photograph and what he/she was wearing that day. She could tell you what
everyone in the photo was thinking at the moment the picture was taken.
In one photo of the inside of a house, Inge went into the house
psychically and described exactly what was down the hallway. She even
described what was on the bedside table.<br />
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Finally someone placed a newspaper under Inge's feet,
and with her high-heeled shoes on, she was able to read the paper as if
it was in her hands and she wasn't blindfolded. (If you are interested
in this video, please call Lightworks Video at 1-800-795-TAPE and ask
for <i>Through the Eyes of a Child.</i>)<br />
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Under the strict discipline of scientific research,
the Chinese government has observed these children changing the human
DNA molecule in a petri dish before cameras and scientific equipment
necessary to record this supposedly impossible feat. If this is true,
which the Chinese government claims, would we not be able to change our
own DNA with just the right understanding? I think so. Just follow the
children.<br />
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How is it possible that 60 million people in the
world have already changed their DNA to drastically improve their immune
systems against HIV infection through spontaneous genetic mutation, if
not through a process similar to what our new children of China have
demonstrated? This is a grand time in the history of the Earth -- and
you are alive to experience this extraordinary world change!</div>
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by Thomas E. Rafill</h3>
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In <i>The Four Major Mysteries of Mainland China</i> (Prentice-Hall, 1984, now out of print) and <i>China's Super Psychics</i>
(Marlowe, 1997), Paul Dong examined China's activities in the field of
psychic children during the 1980s. This year, China Books has published
his <i>China's Major Mysteries</i>, an updated look at the same field as <i>The Four Major Mysteries of Mainland China</i>. In this article I briefly review a few of the new developments in China in psychic research.</b></span></div>
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<b>Research continued throughout the period in the field of training
psychic abilities in children. In March, 1992, seven Hangzhou University
researchers did a six-month experimental study of training
schoolchildren to ''read with the ear'' (develop visual perception
through body parts other than the eye). This project, led by Tian
Weishun and Zhu Huizhong, involved 1222 students from elementary through
high school, of which 623 were boys and 599 were girls. The training
method involved introducing the concept of reading with the ear and
instructing them to clear their heads and concentrate. They then checked
the children's abilities in tests proctored by their schoolteachers.
Their results were that 12.35 percent of children aged seven to thirteen
had the power, but only one female aged 17 had the power among the
students from ages 14 to 18. The best age for training the ability was
found to be nine, at which age the success rate was around 20 percent.</b></span></span></div>
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We cite the Chinese source <i>My Research on EHF</i>
by Prof. Tang Jianmin. He also mentions a similar experimental study by
Xu Baoyi of China's Bangbu Medical Institute. This study worked with
1388 teenagers and found that 180 of them were able to see without their
eyes. The largest number of successful subjects was found at age 12,
while the fewest were over 16.</div>
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A report by Shao Laisheng and the well-known Zhu Yiyi (editor for China's <i>Nature Magazine</i>)
described work in training young adults aged 18 to 20. They found it
was still possible to train them, but they had greater success with less
educated working people than with university students. They hypothesize
that the university students are busier and less able to achieve the
relaxation and concentration required for successful psychic training. </div>
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One group that has continued working on research in
training psychic children is the ''Human Body Informatics'' group in the
electrical engineering department of Shanghai's Fudan University. In
experiments from 1986 to 1993, they trained 46 children (18 male, 28
female). They reported that almost all of the children developed both
extrasensory perception and psychokinetic abilities. However, the
subjects suffered from dizziness, head throbbing and fatigue when
exercising these abilities.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">X-Ray Vision Studies</span></h3>
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A popular research target in the 1990s has been
see-through vision. This has a good application as a tool for medical
diagnosis. Xinjiang People's Liberation Army Hospital did 117 tests of
children's abilities to perform such medical diagnoses. In 22 cases of
examining for diseases in the head, the children were correct 17 times,
partly correct four times and wrong one time. In 53 cases examining the
liver, the results were: 43 correct, 5 partly correct, four wrong, and
one couldn't see clearly. In 19 trials of viewing fetal position, they
were correct 16 times and wrong 3 times. These results were reported in
''Preliminary Investigation of Modern Medical Verification of EHF'' by
Yang Junpeng, assistant director of the hospital.</div>
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Professor Tang Jianmin published an interesting study
of the factors contributing to see-through vision. He reviews the known
results that the power is prevalent more in females than in males, more
in youths than adults, more in rural areas than in cities, more among
American children than Chinese children, and more among Chinese adults
than American adults. He hypothesizes that the development of
see-through vision is affected by the same factors that affect ordinary
vision: relaxation, and spending less time on activities that focus the
vision strongly like reading, watching television, driving, and doing
stressful work. This theory could explain some of the differences
observed. For example, children in China spend more time reading and
studying than children in America, so this could affect both their
vision and their see-through vision.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Chinese Government Shifts Stance</span></h3>
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As the 1990s drew to a close, psychic research became a center of controversy, as many masters of <i>chi gong</i>
meditation promoted their practices as a path to mysterious spiritual
powers. The Chinese government took a negative view of some of these
activities, especially those that rejected the use of conventional
medicine. In 1999, the Chinese government banned one of these chi gong
practices, Falun Gong, and issued an arrest warrant for its leader, Li
Hongzhi, who has been living in New York. Many newspaper and magazine
articles in China attacked their mysterious beliefs as superstition.
However, psychic research in a scientific framework has continued to
receive the support of the Chinese government. Paul Dong discusses this
issue in our forthcoming book <i>The Allure of Falun Gong</i> (Welcome
Rain Publishers). It is noteworthy that in the 1980s, many high-ranking
Chinese government officials supported psychic research, but today most
of these have been replaced by a new generation of leaders who have
shown that either they aren't familiar with the research or they don't
believe in it. Thus, the future of psychic research in China is
uncertain, although the work continues today in many institutes in the
country.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "souvenir" , "palatino"; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">W</span>hen my mother was giving birth to me, she was in a great deal of pain. So much pain that the doctors sent her to have an ultrasound to find out why she was hurting so much. In the room with the ultrasound was an Indian girl who looked at my mother and said, ''This is not an ordinary baby. She is more curious than normal. But she doesn't want to be born.'' So my mom has known since I was born to expect a child that was different somehow.</span></b><br />
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When I was just a baby in my cradle, I used to float my stuffed animals to the other side of the room with my thoughts. Or I would ''grab'' my toys with my eyes, and throw them. When she saw this, my mother knew it was true that I was not an ordinary baby. And so, from the very beginning, she began to protect me.<br />
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I remember how my father loved to smoke cigars, and I used to tease him when I was little by making his cigar box lift up from the table to a vertical position. It was so much fun.</div>
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When I was older, my mother would tie my hair in braids, because she liked it that way. But I didn't like my hair in braids, so the moment she was done, my hair would dramatically spring back to the way it was before. She could hardly believe it when she saw this happen. No matter how firmly she tied them, my braids would always come undone immediately. I wasn't trying to do it on purpose -- but I knew that I was doing it.</div>
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Sometimes when I would get sad, or even depressed, I used to play with my psychic abilities in various ways. Doing this would cheer me up and make me feel happy and secure and full of joy.</div>
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In school, I was always in another world. When I would look up from a dream state, my teachers would look at me and ask what was wrong with me. Sometimes I used to fight with gremlins which my teachers insisted were ''not there.'' So why would I end up having bruises on my body? My teachers talked to my parents on several occasions because of my so-called imaginary states, and because I was doing stuff that other kids evidently don't do.</div>
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I also loved to talk to the trees and plants, or even to myself. When adults would ask me who I was talking to, I would tell them -- but they didn't seem to understand. Eventually, I found that I didn't like to have people around; it just felt so much better to be alone. And so I didn't have any friends as I grew up, and I never understood what was going on around me, since I was always somewhere else in my mind doing things that apparently were unusual.</div>
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It was very difficult for others, I know, but it was very difficult for me, as well. Thank God my parents always understood what was going on, that I had their full support. My grandparents also supported my way of being.</div>
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Since it was so difficult for me as I grew up, I started to get scared about this situation with my psychic abilities, so I began to pay more attention to the psychic happenings around me and what they meant. I always believed that there had to be something else beyond this material world. For instance, I could always know what was going to happen in the future. There had to be other worlds, other dimensions, other kinds of people. This just couldn't be all there was. Recently when my mother, Emma, saw the movie, <i>The 13th Floor</i>, she said to me, ''This is my daughter, this is you.''</div>
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Though there was great pressure on me to be normal and to stop using my psychic abilities, I definitely did not stop. They seemed too important to just give away.</div>
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Finally, I found a teacher who helped me. His name is Memo -- Se�or Guillermo Altamirano -- and he lives in Mexico. He had studied with an Indostan teacher since he was thirteen years old, and his teachings helped me to understand what I was going through. It was Memo who taught me to see with my hands and feet. He has taught over a thousand children to see in this same way.</div>
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He would blindfold us so that no light would come to us, and then he would have us see a TV screen inside our minds. This screen would let us see whatever it was that we needed to see. If a new student could not see the screen within a couple of weeks, he would have the child go back home. After a while, he would have us see little tiny screens around the outer edge, with the bigger screen in the middle. These little screens gave us more detailed information. I have found after doing this for many years that, in most cases, I don't need to use the screens anymore. I ''just know'' whatever it is that I need to know. The information just comes to me, and I feel it in my body like a chill and the hairs stand up on my skin, and I ''know.''</div>
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At this time in my life I am changing. Even when I read now, I no longer read in the normal way, and choose instead to read inwardly. If I am looking at a license plate on a car, I close my eyes and see it inside. It all seems so much more natural and easy. You can blindfold me and hand me a picture of your house, for example, and I can see it, and more, I can see throughout your house and tell you what I see. But there is more, and I want to go deeper, now, into what all this means. I want to be able to explore the idea of actually going into these spaces and making them real -- so real that I am actually there in my body. There is more to this, and I can't help being pulled in this direction.</div>
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I have always seen things from at least two points of view -- from the ordinary world, and from the world that I live within. And now I realize that being different, and seeing and knowing in this way, has helped me all my life to be secure, to have values, and to be more mature and a lot happier than many other children are.</div>
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There are explanations beyond modern medicine and science for how these psychic things can happen. There are ways of seeing and knowing that transcend everything that is known in modern physics. I can't explain this, but I ''know.''</div>
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And there are many, many children like me being born today. So if your own kids are doing something similar to what I have experienced, don't be afraid or worried about their behavior. They are okay. Just love them and support them. Let them know they are different, and honor this difference.</div>
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This difference is why we are here. This difference will be that which brings new life and hope to this old and tired world.</div>
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At this time, many things are changing in the world. We live a time of awakening and desire to change, never seen before. A lot of people become more conscious and aware of issues and practices that have lasted for too long and that must change. Many people now want to take their lives back into their own hands and escape the model imposed by society in order to really know happiness and live the life they truly want to live – not one dictated by television, magazines, movies, social identifications and all kinds of meaningless clichés many now want to get away from.</h5>
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The world also awakens in terms of nutrition. More and more documentaries now denounce our current food scandals (from animal genocide and cruelty in the food industry to the high toxicity of today’s chemical food, and to the destruction of our planet’s vital resources). More and more independent scientists, newspapers, bogs, and individuals, create their own groups and support of information, to spread the awareness about the truth of the various industries we’re living amongst, and offer new inspiring models. They all contribute, to their way, to a growing awareness in the world.</h5>
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On the other side, many people are ready to hear those truths, and to become themselves, the change they wish to see in the world. Their consciousness grows, their interests evolve, the meaning of life changes for them, and they have new aspirations and inspirations, coupled with the desire to change themselves in order to also for many, change the world. Do you recognize yourself in that? I’ve decided to reunite in this article 21 symptoms that show that you are experimenting / that you experimented a spiritual awakening; in other words, a raise in your level of consciousness about yourself and about the world.</h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em;">1) The feeling that something has changed inside of you</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">You can’t explain it but you feel different. You even have the sensation to have become a new person, which has nothing to do with the one you were before. You may even have already been different persons, but it continues. Each time you have the feeling that you are getting closer to your truth. This feeling fills you with deep happiness, as you get closer and closer to who you want to be (or should I say, who you really are). At the same time, it scares you, as you have escaped from your comfort zone, and escaped the cage in which society had put on, and sometimes you even think it was easier before, in the « known ». But now that you have escape the « illusion », that you have dropped the « mask », and that your blinders are gone forever, you feel you can see everything much clearer. You even wonder how you could live « like this » for so long. The world has now a new color and a new taste, simply because you now look at it with new eyes…</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></div>
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You become aware of everything that was not right in your « old life », in your old you. You realize all the things you used to do and don’t want to do anymore, and all the thinking patterns you don’t wish to keep. You are ready for a big change and you never want to go back, being so happy about what you have discovered. You feel a feeling of deep fulfillment and happiness, from getting closer to your truth, and deep joy to feel this new momentum and feeling of hope.</h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) To not feel good with your old entourage anymore and to feel the need to be alone or with new people, more alignment with who you have become</span></h2>
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Evolving spiritually can be a painful process, as not everyone around you will evolve at the same speed. Very often, we grow ourselves following a certain event or certain encounters, but it is not necessarily the case for our family and friends, that stay the same. We start, little by little, to feel « weird » to think all those things we think, and even guilty for not wanting to spend as much time with them as before. We certainly wish we could, but the « gap » we feel, between them and us, has become too big. Our vibration became higher, and as result, when we see them, we feel a feeling of discomfort, and the need to recharge our batteries after seeing them (we feel drained). Therefore, we then prefer solitude than being drained by negative people. We look for new people, more in alignment with who we really are and our new energy. Naturally, we are attracted to these new people, who make us feel good and energized. We connect with them directly, even virtually, as we are on the same « wave-length ». We often feel better with them than our own family or friends that we have known for 10 years. That’s because this time the connexion is from soul to soul. You « see » each other, and you are of the same vibration. It’s a heart and soul connexion which is less likely to be ruled by the ego.</h5>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4) To not stand superficiality and everything that is not authentic</span></h3>
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Lots of places or people that you were used to go or see before will not interest you anymore, or even make you feel depressed. You have become allergic to anything superficial and not « real », not authentic: people, places, activities, TV shows (if you even keep watching it). You are on a quest to authenticity, simplicity, real things, that would make your heart sing. You may think you have become antisocial, or « too difficult », but « it is no sign of health to be well adjusted to a sick society », always remember this. Always follow your heart. If your mind and your ego can dupe you and make you sink, your heart can never lie to you. The more you will grow spiritually, vibrationally, the more you will be attracted to authenticity and the less you will be attracted to lie, illusion, hypocrisy and sham.</h5>
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A spiritual awakening is not always the best feeling in the world. It can often be accompanied by strong feelings of despair and sadness when becoming more and more aware of all the suffering in the world, even depression for some people. Like I said in my previous article « <a href="http://lauramarietv.com/how-to-be-happy-when-we-are-aware-of-all-the-suffering-in-the-world/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c37cc6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="How to be Happy When we are Aware of all the Suffering in the World?">How to be Happy When we are Aware of all the Suffering in the World?</a>« , once we know, we can’t go back, and we suddenly feel responsible. What you feel is completely normal. You have to go through it. Don’t think you have a problem or that you are too weak. Once we suddenly « see » and « understand » things, it can sometimes be a shock. For example, when I discovered the horror of animal cruelty in the food industry and slaughterhouses and when I then decided to really investigate it for weeks and now months, I went through a depression for a few weeks, not wanting to see anybody and do anything, just cry all the tears of my heart. I let it pass, and as I explain it in the article, I then decided to act about it. Today, I don’t regret to know what I know, it makes me a stronger and an even more responsible person.</h5>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">Taking care of your own well-being is not enough for you. You want to also help others and have a positive impact on the world. You don’t understand the people that do nothing and that are selfish. You don’t understand how it is possible to hurt somebody or an animal. You feel more and more compassion and empathy for others and for animals. Your life only has a meaning when you do something for others. Even if you have impacted only one person or one animal, it makes you incredibly happy and makes you feel as if you didn’t come on earth for nothing. You can’t imagine yourself dying without having impacted this world positively. The only thought of it would make you sick. You feel « called » to make something bigger. You can’t go back, and if you sometimes find it hard to be « awaken », you would never want to be « asleep » again.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">A lot of things that you used to do before, are of no interest to you anymore. Old places or friends that you used to go or see, have not the same taste. You need meaning in your life now, otherwise you get bored, and that affects you psychologically (you can even get depressed). Like I explained in previous points, you simply can not find any interest anymore in doing anything that is not authentic and that doesn’t match your current values. You need to have a purpose, a goal when you wake up. You also need to do a job that is meaningful. You can’t imagine yourself doing a job that wouldn’t contribute to the well being of the world.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">8) Hypersensitivity</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">In addition to your 5 physical senses (Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch, and Smell) that become more and more developed, your spiritual senses also increase (intuition, emotions, imagination, conscience and inspiration) to a high speed. Your intuitions guide you more and more and you learn to listen to them. You understand more and more that your emotions are the « compass » your soul uses to guide you and indicate you the direction to take (negative emotion: wrong direction / wrong way of thinking; positive emotion: good direction / good way of thinking). To know more about</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;"> </span><a href="http://lauramarietv.com/how-to-live-in-this-world-being-hypersensitive/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c37cc6; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">hypersensitivity</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">, please read my full article on the subject</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;"> </span><a href="http://lauramarietv.com/how-to-live-in-this-world-being-hypersensitive/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c37cc6; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9) Creativity and increased inspiration, need to realize your dreams</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">You are bombarded with ideas all the time. You are receiving images, ideas, music, and other creative inspirations at an often overwhelming rate. A fire burns in your stomach when you think about doing some things that you want to accomplish, and your enthusiasm is on fire when you think about creating. You like to be inspired by people you admire. In your head, it’s like a computer with 30 open tabs at the same time. Life takes another meaning when you create, you feel alive. You feel called to realize your dreams and your mission on earth. It’s simply because your soul can finally express through your physical body, what she came here to do.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">You don’t want to be defined by society or others anymore. You are tired of wearing this mask you have been wearing for too long, in order to be what others expect from you. You finally want to know who you really are. You ask yourself questions about yourself, life’s purpose, the universe, and why not even other planets and civilizations. You don’t want to see through the filter of the illusion of society anymore, but through the filter of the heart and of the soul. You want to finally be who you really are, be happy, free, light in your heart and never again live for others’ expectations of you.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">You now understand your emotions’ purpose: to indicate you which vibration you hold. A negative emotion is the indicator of a negative vibration. You have understood that living in fear, in worry, is the worst thing to do as we create our reality based on our thoughts and we attract that which we give our attention to. You now want to make your decisions based on love and trust, and to be in gratitude and joy.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">Your inner peace has become sacred. All types of conflicts make you feel terribly uncomfortable as you now feel every energy change in your body. Your friends’s dramas or TV dramas don’t interest you. You want inner peace and deep serenity. You may even have, for this purpose, lost any interest in « being right » at all cost, in order to avoid conflict.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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17) Loss of interest towards any type of judgment towards others or yourself</h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">As you feel more and more that we are all connected and all more than our physical appearance, you have lost interest in judging others, and also want to apply it on yourself. You want to be lighter with yourself and others, as well as bringing more peace, love, compassion for others and in your life.</span></h3>
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19) Feeling of being connected to everything and everyone (humans, animals, nature, planet, universe)</h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.8em;">This connexion gets stronger and stronger. You feel you are one with all living beings and nature. You understand the impact of each and every one of your words, thoughts, and actions, on the rest of the world, and you feel deeply responsible for it. You now want to use your impact to the most positive way, having understood that you are part of this oneness.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;"> </span></h3>
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20) Strong connection to animals and nature</h2>
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All of this, makes you feel a deep feeling of bliss. You feel a burn in your chest, of love towards life, of gratitude, of joy, of enthusiasm for no reason. You feel like you couldn’t be happier than you are now, knowing what you now know. You get delighted by </span>nothing<span style="font-weight: 400;"> (in the eyes of most people) but to you, it is extraordinary (the perfection of an animal, its colors, traits, the perfection of the human body, of plants, flowers, the sun, the ocean…).</span></h5>
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Have you ever noticed how some people seem to get ahead in life easily and effortlessly no matter what is going on around them? These people are amazing entrepreneurs, artists, innovators, leaders and even motivators. What is more interesting is that they are often not the most talented, hard working or smart people around. Yet, somehow, they achieve much more than the rest of us. What is it that makes their life so extraordinary? How can someone’s life even be extraordinary all the time?</div>
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Khalil Gibran says, “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” The key to success isn’t complex. Rather, it is the cumulative effect of simple daily habits that bring success. If you are ready to live a truly extraordinary, you should follow the example of extraordinary people and do those simple things that perpetuate success and help make your own life extraordinary.</div>
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1. You must be more confident.</h2>
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Do away with shyness. You are an extraordinary person and you should know that. Confident people have a marked assurance about them that just gives them an edge. Understand your own competences and the value you provide. Be at ease with who you are in full knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses. Act in ways that convey that understanding to others without being arrogant to display confidence. Also, work out, dress better and use power poses like standing with arms outstretched to boost your confidence and appreciate yourself more. These are signs of confidence.</div>
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2. You need to watch who you allow into your life.</h2>
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Pay attention to who you allow into your life. Your energy levels grow or diminish based on what you are doing, who you are doing it with and or who you are surrounded with. If the people you allow into your life or surround yourself with zap your energy, deplete it and leave you exhausted, remove them from your life. However, if the people you allow into your life energize you and make you feel fired up and ready to go, cherish them and tap into their positive vibe to achieve more and live happier.</div>
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3. You must tell the truth.</h2>
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The truth can be scary and difficult. But, when you tell the truth you not only set yourself apart from the majority, but also set yourself free to live without worry of contradicting yourself. You don’t have to remember what you said to whom. You earn a reputation as an honest person and people pick up on that and follow your example. They become more truthful to you. Start telling the truth today and never stop. Tell the truth to yourself and to others. Tell the truth when it is easy to do so and when it is not. Tell the truth to underscore you are serious about living an honest, extraordinary life.</div>
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Mindfulness is about paying attention and staying aware of the world around you. In our fast-paced life, more people need to stop rushing through life, multi-tasking and start paying attention and noticing the world around us. Just slow down and appreciate your immediate surroundings. Focus on your responsibilities and experiences and respond to them with an objective, compassionate and non-judgmental attitude. You will find <a class="tracker-binded" href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/simpler-guide-mindfulness-for-beginners.html" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">mindfulness</a> helps you better respond to all of life’s experiences with calmness, sobriety and hope, even when those experiences are painful.</div>
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5. You need to allow change.</h2>
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Change is inevitable. From the day you are born to the day you die, you will encounter change severally. People marry, switch careers, re-locate to another city and even move overseas in the course of time. Give yourself permission to feel all of the emotions that come along with change. Deal with any signs of resistance that threaten to obstruct or hinder your progress, such as foot-dragging and inertia. Keep in mind the wise words of Anatole France, “…we must die to one life before we can enter another.”</div>
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This is probably the simplest and easiest one to add into your life right now. Truly extraordinary people seem so happy because they chose to be. They are optimists. They focus on the brighter side of life instead of wallowing in the negatives of life. Recognize that a well-led life is full of humor and humor is the flipside of tragedy. Laugh and smile more in life. Laughter not only makes you look younger and more attractive, but also has numerous health benefits like lowering your stress levels.<em> </em>Besides, smiling and laughter is contagious. It infects others and makes their lives brighter too.</div>
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7. You must forgive and move forward.</h2>
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We have all been hurt or offended at some point and will be hurt and offended in the future. Learn to forgive whenever you are hurt, otherwise the weight of unforgiveness will weigh you down. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting what happened. It also does not mean the other person will change her behavior. Rather, it means letting go of the anger and recognizing there is no point in allowing resentment to dominate your life. Forgive yourself and forgive others. Let go and move forward. Start from a clean slate and you will enjoy a truly happy and extraordinary life.</div>
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“Do what you love; Love what you do.” That was the unofficial work mantra of Steve Jobs. He preached and advocated love for your job passionately, attributing it in part to his success. He is quoted saying, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love.” If you can’t find what you love, at least start loving what you do. Focus on the little good things about your job like your workmates and do your best every time. You just might leave a notable mark in this world.</div>
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Nobody knows everything, which means you can’t do everything completely on your own. The sooner you learn this, the better. You will need help, advice, support and guidance along the way. People who lead extraordinary lives understand this fact and are not afraid to seek help. They are keen on learning new things and know seeking help is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of respect for other people’s skills and knowledge. Ask for help, advice or other information respectfully whenever you need it. Make sure you express your gratitude afterwards. You will be better off after it.</div>
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10. You need to sleep enough.</h2>
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You don’t need to work extra hard to lead a happy, successful life. Instead, you can just work smarter. That includes sleeping enough to give your body and mind enough time to rest and recover so that both can function optimally. Get enough sleep each night—seven to eight hours, at least. You will wake up the next day refreshed, energized and ready for the day ahead. If you don’t get enough sleep, you’re killing your productivity, killing brain cells and killing your chances of success without even knowing it.</div>
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11. You need to show unexpected kindness.</h2>
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A simple act of kindness (even to an animal) is a powerful force that can dramatically alter anyone’s perception and experience in life. Show kindness without expecting anything in return. Acts of kindness prove you care. When you care, people notice. And, when people notice, it is an opportunity to make a positive difference in this world that is mad-dogged with intolerance, impatience and aggression.</div>
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12. You should give genuine feedback and compliments.</h2>
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Give genuine feedback and compliments to others, even those you only interact in passing. Express your sincere appreciation for what they do. This simple habit has a ripple effect that opens doors for you to receive similar feedback, which helps you know how you are doing in your own life and areas you can improve. People instantly like those who like them and genuinely want to help and support them. Words like “thank you” and “good job,” therefore, can pay you back tenfold.</div>
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13. You must have fun.</h2>
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Just have fun, generally. Learn from Sir Richard Branson who believes that if you <a class="tracker-binded" href="http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/have-fun-do-good-success-will-come" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">have fun and do good</a> then success will come. We are only human. You need time off, fun and excitement in your life to blow off some steam and stir up your creative mind. Besides, success is not an overnight thing. You might as well enjoy your way to where you want to be.</div>
NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-7192846094672395612016-08-14T18:36:00.002-07:002016-08-14T18:36:20.846-07:0010 Things Extraordinary People Do Differently<h2>
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There are ordinary people and then there are extraordinary people. The cool thing is, there’s no limit to how many extraordinary people there can be. You have the power to leave ordinary behind and join the ranks of the extraordinary. While this isn’t an exhaustive list, these 10 things should give you a pretty good idea of what it takes to become an extraordinary person.</div>
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Think back to the best teacher(s) or mentor(s) you ever had. I’d be willing to bet they were genuinely interested in your success. That’s because extraordinary people want other people to become extraordinary as well. If you want to become extraordinary, make an extra effort to support the people around you.</div>
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<a class="tracker-binded" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Vaynerchuk" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gary Vaynerchuk</a> is one of my favorite examples of this. The man has a ton on his plate but he is constantly focused on the people in his life. For example, Gary has over a million followers on Twitter and often asks if there is anything (within reason) that he can do for them. What’s more impressive is that he actually follows through on a lot of the requests. The man is simply extraordinary in everything he does because he understands focusing on people is a worthwhile endeavor.</div>
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When ordinary people are wrong and find themselves at a dead end, they give up. They become frustrated and mad that they failed. Extraordinary people thrive in these situations. Why? Because every dead end eliminates a wrong path in their search for the road to success. They turn around from those dead ends and get busy exploring every other road until they find the right one. Failing just means they are one step closer to succeeding. It’s OK to be wrong.</div>
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How much does it cost to compliment someone? Absolutely nothing. Even though giving someone the credit they deserve is free, it does wonders for the recipient. Try it. You literally have nothing to lose.</div>
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It’s selfish to live your life without caring about those around you. We all have to share the same planet. Being considerate of others makes it enjoyable for everyone.</div>
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Life is the most precious gift you have. Extraordinary people understand they only get one life to live and it’s up to them to make it great. When you choose to love life, anything feels possible.</div>
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“We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It’s this self discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.”</div>
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Extraordinary people understand their potential because they are constantly pushing themselves to find it. We are the only ones who define our limits. If you push yourself, I promise you will be amazed at how much you can actually do. But you’ll never know until you try.</div>
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Your mind is a fascinating thing. When doubt enters your mind, it can have seriously damning effects. Extraordinary people will often have thoughts of doubt creep in, but they never entertain them. Pardon my nostalgia, but remember <em><a class="tracker-binded" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Engine_That_Could" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Little Engine That Could</a></em>? While it’s a fictitious children’s story, it illustrates the undeniable fact that when you believe in yourself, you can accomplish extraordinary things.</div>
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Whenever I think about finding purpose in life, I can’t help but think of<a class="tracker-binded" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Viktor Frankl</a>. Viktor survived three horrifying years in holocaust concentration camps. What kept him from committing suicide, as many of his camp mates did, was the idea that his suffering had to have meaning. His life had to have a purpose. Viktor truly was an extraordinary person because he understood his purpose in life. By the way, I highly suggest reading his book. It’s a life changer.</div>
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You have to <em>do</em> something! The Wright Brothers had an extraordinary idea that man could fly. Had they left it at that, who knows where we would be today. It’s because they busted their butts trying every possibility they could think of that the world today is so easily connected. They turned their thoughts into action, and in so doing, engraved their names on the wall of extraordinary people.</div>
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What traits have you observed in the extraordinary people around you? Help me add to this list by leaving a comment below!</div>
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<strong>You have probably heard the saying "<span style="font-style: italic;">We are spiritual beings having a human experience</span>". </strong><br />
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As children, most of us were aware of that truth as we played with invisible playmates and witnessed magic in our backyards. Unfortunately, growing up with other human beings who'd forgotten who they really are and therefore could not help us to know ourselves, trained us to forget, leading us to believe that we are limited beings with only one earthly life to live. Pressured to conform to this concept, we lost touch with our full potential.<br />
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It is through our connection to Light that we ‘see’ beyond our visible world and beyond what the physical world reveals. By accessing this wisdom, we <em style="position: relative;">remember</em> that we are not as limited as we have been taught. In fact, we are filled with divine grace and power. A daily practice of tuning into this vast potential [<em style="position: relative;">through meditation</em>] and conversing with it opens the door through which we can reclaim our true identity, answering the calling that the time has come to re-create paradise on earth.<br />
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We no longer live in a predictable world in which we can trust external authority figures. As we re-awaken to Truth during this time of great change in the world, we need to access our own inner Light to survive as we shift into a new consciousness. With rapid change around us, we must be able to trust our own ability to sense what is happening and how we can best respond.<br />
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Accessing the information that will help us navigate these uncertain waters resides in our own awareness of ourselves as Beings of Light. We must firmly trust our own inner discernment and not be led away from our own Truth.<br />
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Be patient with yourself as you grow. Follow the Divine spark within your heart and once you can feel and embrace your own Divinity, you will discover that you are here for far greater reasons than you may be currently aware of.<br />
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Take each step from your heart center and combine that with your deepest Truth. This will always keep you grounded, and no circumstance can disrupt your inner equilibrium where you always feel deep secure peace.<br />
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Trust what your heart tells you. Bring it out into your life, and express your Divine nature. This is your gift to humanity.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Beings of Light?</strong></span><br /><br />How often do we hear ‘We’re all Beings of Light’? Why is it then that we’re not all sitting here saying ‘well I can <em style="position: relative;">clearly </em>see that you, my friend, are a being of light!’? This is for a few very simple reasons to do with <em style="position: relative;">what light is </em>and <em style="position: relative;">how it works….</em><br /><br />The phrase ‘Beings of Light’ tends to be used casually. Its thrown into conversation as an agreement of something felt and known rather than something clearly seen with the naked eye. Most of us, despite making this statement, perceive each other as animate objects, clearly physical rather than clearly light. We may intellectually accept the idea that we are ‘light’, but often don’t have any experience to back it up.<br /><br />But what does the phrase actually mean? What is Light anyway?<br /><br /><em style="position: relative;">What is Light? </em><br />‘Light’ is a name for a part of a spectrum called the ‘electromagnetic spectrum’. This is shown below.</div>
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The diagram isn’t to scale because ‘visible light’, the light we see as colours, or as ‘white light’ (all the colours together), makes up only 0.0001% of the whole electromagnetic spectrum. That’s<em style="position: relative;">one thousandth of a percent. </em>That is truly astounding!<br /><br />So we actually cannot see, with the naked, undeveloped eye, 99.999% of what is in the world around us.<br /><br />The electromagnetic spectrum is really an energy spectrum, and is simply a ‘measuring stick’ for measuring waves of different lengths and frequencies.<br /><br />When we say ‘we are Beings of Light’ what we are really saying is ‘we are Beings of Energy’. The energy, or light, we usually perceive is in the range of physical vibrations. So we may perceive a person as a ‘physical object’, but even the substance of the physical body is energy, and therefore part of the same spectrum as light.<br /><br />We simply can’t perceive the ‘rest’ of the energy around us most of the time because it is outside our normal visible range and we haven’t been shown how to <em style="position: relative;">See This Light.</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><em style="font-weight: bold; position: relative;">The Peculiarity of Color </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 27px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We are trained from birth to look only at the light emanating from, or bouncing off, objects. We do not pay attention to the light that travels </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">in between</em><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> objects.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">What we see as colour is really just the frequencies of visible light that the object </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">did not </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">absorb. This is really very peculiar if you think about it. All we see is the fragments of light bouncing off the surface of objects, or emanating from them (like in the instance of red, or white hot metal), rarely, if ever, do we actually ‘See the Light’! or, for that matter, the things we are actually trying to See (instead, we are merely ‘looking’)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;"><em style="font-weight: bold; position: relative;">Why Can’t I See The Light? </em></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We are trained and brought up to look at the world in a particular way. This ‘everyday vision’ can also be called ‘Predator Vision’ because we ‘track’ objects like a predator tracks its prey. Our eyes and minds constantly assess the threat of objects, instantly categorising them in terms of distance, size, identity and whether it is a threat or not. Our conclusion of this near-instantaneous process determines whether we feel comfortable and at ease, or uneasy and insecure. This process and method leads us to look at the world as a world of objects arrayed in space around us, but dismisses what lies in between them.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">This ‘predator vision’ is only one way we can look at the world though. It is the most common by far, but it is not the only one.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Because we are so used to looking at the light ‘bouncing off’ or emitting from objects around us, the only way we can See The Light, which is the </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">actual </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">light and not a ‘refraction’ of it, is when we </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">stop looking at the objects in the world around us, and start to See what is </em><strong style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5;">between </strong><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">them. </em><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">If we only normally see 0.0001% of what is around us in the electromagnetic spectrum, and all the wonders and beauties of our world are within that thousandth of a percent, then think of the amazing beauty in the other 99.999% – if we can develop the capacity to perceive even one more thousandth of a percent, we double our perceptive ability, and we are still perceiving hardly anything at all! This increasing in perceptive capacity is called </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">en: lighten: ment,</span> </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">the state of </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">Seeing more light. </em><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;"><em style="font-weight: bold; position: relative;">Seeing, not Looking </em></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">When we systematically </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">stop </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">‘looking’ at the world with our ‘predator vision’ we start to allow our natural faculties which </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">can</em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">‘see the light’ to awaken. This seeing is not always visual, it can be a feeling, a knowing, a hearing, and even a smelling. This ‘seeing’ goes by many names, but I call it ‘Knight Vision’, as it is the ‘visual’ capacity of the Soul, the Knight within us all. It is also called thus because it is easier to cultivate at night when there is less natural light ‘bouncing off’ objects to distract us.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We all had both types of ‘vision’ from birth, it is simply the case that we were only ever trained in the use of one of them by our parents, teachers and peers. It is a very simple process to start to practise trying to develop our other ‘vision’ too.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;"><em style="font-weight: bold; position: relative;">The Importance of Sound </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 27px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Light, as we have already touched on, works in a peculiar way – if the vibratory rate of the molecules or substance it hits are either too low, too high, or too random to absorb or reflect the light, then it </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">passes straight through.</em><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The significance of this behaviour cannot be understated. If we agree that we </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">are </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Beings of Light, then the reason we cannot perceive certain parts of the light within and around us is because it’s </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">passing straight through the very molecules and susbtance of our lower awarenesses because our vibratory rate is too low or too random. </em><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">This means we can't absorb the light, and so can't perceive it, and thus </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">don’t get the benefit of that light, </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">which, in turn, is why we are generally unaware of it.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We can use Sound to increase our vibratory rate, since the frequency and vibration of sound can and does change the frequency of the vibratory rate of our body. This is why they use mantras such as ‘ OM ‘ in the East.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Sounds such as these are not sounds like everyday language, they are designed to be Sounds of Being and are used for working the very vibration of our bodies, so as to raise them, to enable them to </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">absorb higher frequencies of Light. </em><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">These types of sound can be called </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">vertical </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">when our ‘everyday communication language’ can be called </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">horizontal. </em><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Both types of sound can heal us, move us, and even change our very state of awareness and vibration. Using only music is beneficial, but it is only one ‘type’. To benefit from most </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">vertical Sounds of Being, </em><span style="line-height: 1.5;">we must make them ourselves.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">These Sounds raise our vibration in a real, cleansing and healing way, and naturally contribute to the process of helping us all to </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">see more light. </em><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px !important; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">We are more than </span><em style="font-size: 16px !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; position: relative;">just </em><span style="font-size: 16px !important; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Beings of Light – We are all truly Sound and Light shows!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #af5211; font-size: 16px !important; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.alternativeanswers.net/new/2008/10/beings-of-light/" style="color: #af5211; font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none;" title="">http://www.alternativeanswers.net/new/2008/10/beings-of-light/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">In addition to being a beautiful and serene place, Sedona has long been known as a spiritual power center. This is because the power that emanates from the vortexes produces some of the most remarkable energy on the planet. This energy is the reason Sedona is full of people that are "on the path", that is, people who have made a commitment to grow and become as much as they can spiritually. It is also the reason that such a large New Age community has sprung up in the Sedona area, bringing with it a variety of spiritual practices and alternative healing modalities, and it is the reason Sedona has sometimes been called a spiritual Disneyland.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">If you are at all sensitive to the more subtle things, the experience of standing at one of these vortexes, and letting the energy flow into you and through you, can be almost overwhelming. People come from all over the world to experience this.</span>
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<span style="color: #d55111; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is a Vortex?</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">A vortex is the funnel shape created by a whirling fluid or by the motion of spiraling energy. Familiar examples of vortex shapes are whirlwinds, tornadoes, and water going down a drain. A vortex can be made up of anything that flows, such as wind, water, or electricity.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The vortexes in Sedona are swirling centers of subtle energy coming out from the surface of the earth. The vortex energy is not exactly electricity or magnetism, although it does leave a slight measurable residual magnetism in the places where it is strongest.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">There are</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">four main energy vortexes</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">in Sedona. The subtle energy that exists at these locations interacts with who a person is inside. The energy resonates with and strengthens the Inner Being of each person that comes within about a quarter to a half mile of it. This resonance happens because the vortex energy is very similar to the subtle energy operating in the energy centers inside each person. If you are at all a sensitive person, it is easy to feel the energy at these vortexes.</span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: center;">The vortex is located behind the</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: center;"> saddle in the rocks near Airport Road</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">From the junction of Hwys 179 and 89A, go 1.1 mile west on 89A and turn left on Airport Rd. Go .5 mile up Airport Rd. to the parking area on the left. Walk up the trail to the saddle between the hills, where the Juniper trees are very twisted. You may also want to walk up to the top of the small hill on the left. From this vantage point you can see most of Sedona.</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The energy at this vortex strengthens the masculine side.</span>
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<span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The Masculine Side</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">can be seen as being on a scale that has</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">strength</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">at the high end and weakness at the low end. People who have a strong masculine side are self-confident. They have the internal strength to take charge of their own lives, and to claim their rights in life. This make them good at standing up to people who try to take away their rights by force, intimidation or manipulation. Having a strong masculine side means being good at taking risks when appropriate, being decisive when necessary, and being able to focus or concentrate in order to get things done. It also means being good at figuring out how to get out of life what is desired; figuring out how to operate responsibly, and how to reason without distorting reality. Conversely, people who have a weak masculine side often doubt their abilities, and many things intimidate them.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The easiest access to this vortex, driving only on paved road, is to drive 4.3 miles west on 89A from the junction of Hwys 89A and 179, and turn left on Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. Then go 1.8 miles and turn left on Chavez Ranch Rd. Follow the pavement .8 mile and turn left into Crescent Moon Park (fee to enter). Drive as far into the park as possible, then walk to the creek. As you walk east along the creek toward Cathedral Rock, you will feel the energy getting stronger. The strongest energy is where the creek is closest to Cathedral Rock. At this point, the spires of Cathedral Rock are hidden behind the cliffs on the other side of the creek.</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The energy at this vortex strengthens the feminine side.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">This vortex can also be approached from the Village of Oak Creek by driving along Verde Valley School Road to the end, and then walking along the other side of Oak Creek. Also, if you enjoy hiking and climbing, there is a third route that will bring you close enough to this vortex to feel its energy: From Hwy 179, drive in Back-o-Beyond Rd .6 mile to the parking area at the base of Cathedral Rock, and then hike up the creek bed toward the center of Cathedral Rock.</span>
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<span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The Feminine Side</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">can be viewed as being on a scale that has</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">goodness</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">at the high end, and the opposite, which is badness or evil, at the low end. In contrast to the masculine side, which strengthens the ability to stand up for your own rights, the feminine side strengthens the ability to allow others their rights and not interfere with those rights. The energy at this vortex strengthens the things you normally think of as feminine, such as kindness, compassion, patience, and the ability to let others need you and depend on you. And it strengthens the ability to anticipate the impact of your actions before you act, which is what considerateness is all about.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">From the junction of Hwys. 179 and 89A, drive 3.2 miles west on 89A and turn right on Dry Creek Rd. Follow the signs for Boynton Canyon (this takes you along Dry Creek Road 2.9 miles to a "T" intersection where you turn left, then another 1.7 miles to another "T" where you turn right, then 0.1 mile to a parking area on the right). If you end up at the entrance to Enchantment Resort, turn around and go back 0.3 mile to the parking area. From the parking area, enter</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">Boynton Canyon Trail.</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;"> Go 250 yards, then take the left fork to stay on Boynton Canyon Trail. Go another 400 yards to the</span> <span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">Vista Trail</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">sign. Take the right fork and follow the Vista Trail up the hill. Follow the cairns (red rock trail markers in wire barrels) along this trail, and soon you arrive at a 30 foot high knoll. The energy is strongest around this knoll. Notice the very twisted Juniper trees all around this trail. The energy at this vortex strengthens the masculine/feminine or yin/yang balance.</span>
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<span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">The Balance</span> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">between the masculine and feminine side is almost as important as growth itself. Even a less evolved person, if he is balanced, at least treats others the same way he treats himself. And that is what balance is all about. If the masculine side strongly outweighs the feminine, you are too strong for the amount of goodness you have, and you tend to do harm to others because you can be pushy and take unfair advantage of others. On the other hand, if the feminine side greatly outweighs the masculine, you have more goodness than strength, and you tend to let others push you around and take advantage of you. Emotions are a good indication of this balance. If you feel anger more easily than fear, your masculine side is stronger, and if the opposite is true, your feminine side is stronger. Having a good masculine/feminine balance also helps relationships by strengthening the things that make relationships work well, such as intimacy, commitment, honesty and openness.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">Bell Rock is located on Hwy 179, just north of the Village of Oak Creek (5 miles south of the junction of Hwy 89A and 179). Its distinct shape makes it easy to spot, and parking and trails are clearly visible. You will notice that the energy is strong as soon as you get out of your car. You don't have to do any climbing to feel the energy at this vortex. Notice the twisted Juniper trees all over Bell Rock. The energy at this vortex is very powerful and strengthens</span><span style="color: #0e54be; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: bold;">all three parts: the masculine side, the feminine side, and the balance.</span>
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At the end of my previous post, <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cui-bono/201011/selective-shopping-in-the-cafeteria-life" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Selective Shopping in the Cafeteria of Life</a>, I promised to examine "Ancient Toltec <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/wisdom" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at Wisdom">Wisdom</a>" for ideas that might of value to the modern mind. Today I am making good on that promise.<br />
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Specifically, I want to write about a book by don Miguel Ruiz, <em>The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, a Toltec Wisdom Book</em>. A very long title for a very short book (138 5"x7" pages)! Despite the claim that the ideas in this book represent insights possessed by the Toltecs in what is now Mexico a thousand years ago, most of these ideas are highly similar to concepts used by modern humanistic psychologists, transactional analysts, and <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/cognition" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at cognitive">cognitive</a>-behavioral psychologists. For example, Ruiz says that all children are born perfectly loving, playful, and genuine.<br />
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However, <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/parenting" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at parents">parents</a> teach their children what Carl Rogers called <em>conditions of worth</em>–standards of behavior the children must follow to receive <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/relationships" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at love">love</a> and avoid criticism. Eventually these standards become internalized into what Eric Berne called <em>a life script</em>–an <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/unconscious" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at unconscious">unconscious</a> set of instructions for living life. According to Ruiz, most of these unconscious beliefs are perfectly arbitrary or downright false. Many of them are irrational and unnecessarily limiting. They key to freedom–pace cognitive therapists such as Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck–is to become aware of our irrational and limiting thoughts so that we can replace them with healthy thoughts. In short, this book could be a primer for <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at cognitive-behavioral therapy">cognitive-behavioral therapy</a>.</div>
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Ruiz says that children do not know any better than to agree with the adult realities into which they are indoctrinated. Children do not argue with the meanings of words or grammar as they are learning language. If my parents tell me I am smart and handsome, I believe them. If they tell me I am stupid and ugly, I believe them. Children have no choice but to agree. They are like Plato's prisoners in the cave, shackled and forced into believing that shadows of artificial objects are real. But as we mature, we can become warriors, breaking free from the shackles of agreements with our implanted, false ideas. We can accept healthier agreements. Ruiz presents four such healthier agreements in his book. Below is a Reader's Digest version; I have written more extensively on the agreements <a class="ext" href="http://www.helium.com/items/1704669-how-the-four-agreements-represent-good-cognitive-behavioral-psychology" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">elsewhere</a>.</div>
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<em><b>1. Be impeccable with your word.</b></em> In a sense, social constructivists are correct about words creating reality. We act on what we tell ourselves is real. Albert Ellis encouraged us to screen our self-talk for negative, irrational chatter. So, what kinds of words to you use when you describe reality? Do you lie and say hurtful and poisonous things about yourself and others? Not healthy! To be impeccable with your word is to be truthful and to say things that have a positive influence on yourself and others.</div>
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<b><em>2. Don't take anything personally.</em> </b>The first agreement suggests that we avoid treating others hurtfully. The second agreement provides us with a way of dealing with potentially hurtful treatment from others. Because each person sees the world in a unique way, the way that others treat us says as much about them as it does about us. To not take anything personally is to acknowledge the unique identities of other people. We respect their subjective realities, realizing that their views do not necessarily describe us accurately.</div>
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<em><b>3. Don't make assumptions</b>.</em> Assuming that you know what other people are thinking or feeling about you is a limiting thought that Aaron Beck called <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/mind-reading" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at Mind Reading">Mind Reading</a>. Obviously, none of us can read minds. When we try to engage in mind reading we will often be wrong, leading to undesirable consequences. The antidote to mind reading is to ask for evidence before concluding what people are thinking.</div>
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<em><b>4. Always do your best.</b></em> One obvious reason for doing your best is that we cannot achieve our <a class="inline-links topic-link" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/motivation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; padding-bottom: 2px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; word-wrap: break-word;" title="Psychology Today looks at goals">goals</a> by being lazy. If you do your best, not only are you are more likely to achieve goals, but you will also avoid criticism from what Ruiz calls your internal Judge. There are also more subtle issues about doing "your best." One is that you should not try to do better than your best. Pushing yourself too hard can cause pain, injury, and mistakes. More subtle still is the recognition that our "best" will vary from moment to moment, that, in a sense, you are always doing your best. Realize this, and your inner Judge can take a permanent vacation.</div>
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Do these four agreements actually derive from ancient Toltec wisdom? I will bet that many hard-nosed skeptics would have serious doubts about that. I am a skeptic myself. But to my fellow skeptics, I might mention that Ruiz's next book, <em>The Fifth Agreement</em>, suggests the following agreement:<br />
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NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-5204989842371210752016-06-09T20:07:00.002-07:002016-06-09T20:07:52.371-07:00HSP/HSS: Yes, you can be an HSP and score high on sensation seeking too.<br />
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In the last issue I was reporting on two new theoretical insights that bear on how science is beginning to understand high sensitivity. One theory was about the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), which may be stronger in HSPs. The BIS was originally associated with anxiety, but now it is understood to have three functions, one of which has nothing to do with sensing danger, but with simply attending to what's going on, including making the best of opportunities. As you know, this is something I have always argued about HSPs and have demonstrated with my own research that unless HSPs have had many bad experiences, so that they see danger everywhere, they are no more prone to anxiety than those with a less active BIS. But HSPs are more aware and attentive than those with a less strong BIS.</div>
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According to this theory, if an opportunity is sensed, the Behavioral Activation System (BAS) is alerted. It wants to send us out into the world immediately to get what we want or simply to explore. Those with a strong BAS are naturally more curious, eager to "go for it." This trait is called High Sensation Seeking (HSS, or sometimes it's called High Novelty Seeking). When it was first studied, the high sensation or novelty seeking aspect was confused with impulsivity and high risk taking. A desire for anything, including anything new, will always be a factor in how much one is willing to risk, even an HSP. But if there's too great of a risk involved, in an HSP the desire is easily countered by the strong BIS.</div>
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Hence I had to create a new sensation seeking scale. <b>The revised High Sensation Seeking Test is below.</b> This test is not backed up by as much research as the HSP test, but will give you a rough idea of your HSS tendencies. Compared to other HSS tests, this version does not have items that imply taking a serious risk, or very much risk of any kind.</div>
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For example, HSSs are known to enjoy trying "recreational drugs," since that leads to all sorts of novel experiences, and a question about this is on most HSS questionnaires. But not many HSPs would answer yes to that, even if they are an HSS too, unless the drug were safe and legal, which things called "recreational drugs" usually are not. So I worded it differently, so that it could include alcohol or even caffeine. I also included fewer items about physical risk, but even then found men scored higher than women. So I provide different norms for men and women. These also are not written in stone--perhaps in another community and certainly in another culture, different norms might apply.</div>
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Suppose you are an HSP who scores high on this test, too? What does that mean for you? As with your sensitivity, I can tell you what most HSP/HSSs are like and see if you recognize yourself. But nothing I say will be true of every HSP/HSS because each has so many other innate traits as well as a vast array of different experiences throughout their lives. But in general, again, HSP/HSSs have a strong desire for novelty and the "good stuff" in life, but are not willing to take high risks to get these. Since there's plenty of novelty and pleasure to be found without taking risks, HSPs who are also HSSs tend to do just that--enjoy safe novelty, eagerly go after pleasures that are not dangerous--and to do this pursuing more than HSPs who are not HSSs. However, it's amazing how safe an HSP can make a risky sport, for example. I know HSPs who have done hang gliding, and many like to ski, scuba dive, and ride horses. But they do these safely. They may be fire fighters or work in law enforcement, but they use their observational skills and low impulsivity to do their job as safely as possible, and hence more effectively in the long run. Obviously many people in these professions live to a ripe old age, so it's certainly possible to do.</div>
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Being an HSP/HSS almost sounds like the best of all possible worlds, doesn't it? And I think it can be. But most HSS/HSPs will tell you it's also rough going.</div>
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<b>The Trouble With Being An HSP/HSS</b></div>
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I have always used the analogy one HSP/HSS gave me, which was that she felt like she lived with one foot on the gas, one foot on the brake. But in fact, both parts are drivers, with human concerns and strategies for getting their way. Hence HSP/HSSs more often feel like two people in a constant argument. And the HSS part often wins because in this culture, at least, the combination of curiosity, competitiveness (more typical of HSSs), and risk taking are all admired more than the HSP combination of traits. Hence the HSP part often feels it has less power and is more often dominated by the HSS part.</div>
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These thoughts led me to comparing the HSP/HSS to a couple in which one is an HSP but not an HSS, the other is an HSS but not an HSP. As with such couples, the person with an HSP and an HSS inside has no problem with boredom, but a lot of trouble with conflict. So, as with such couples, the following points apply.</div>
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<strong>1. <i>Look at it as a package deal.</i></strong> What you don't like about the other is just the flip side of what you do like. Your HSP part is a spoilsport with all its worries? A hindrance to every plan? It's also prudent. It keeps you safe to enjoy more novelty another day. Is it indecisive, always wanting to wait and see? It's also a good strategist; it helps you win. Is it needing all of this down time, this boring doing nothing that keeps you from being able to join in when others are out doing new things? But as it processes, it discovers new insights and fresh aspects of every situation. It is finding novelty and satisfying your curiosity. It's just a kind of exploring that does not require going anywhere or taking any risks at all. Pretty neat, once you see it that way.</div>
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Now what would the HSP part of you say? Does it feel run ragged by the HSS part? Feel dragged into risky situations, rough new sports, travel to strange places where there's more disease and crime? Well, another way to look at that is that the more you, the HSP, tries these things and is successful, the less risky it will seem next time. And, you'll increasingly see yourself as very competent in all sorts of situations, as competent as any worldly non-HSP. You might even enjoy yourself.</div>
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Does the HSS never allow you a chance to rest? Well, at least your life very interesting and full of adventures, which many other HSPs might envy. Does the HSS seem to get its way too often, enjoying the support of everyone around you? At least it's keeping you, the HSP, safely hidden from those who would misunderstand you and wound your feelings.</div>
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However, you are a little right, in that since the culture supports the HSS more, you will have to learn to give it a firm NO when NO it needs to be.</div>
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In my experience, all of this is more difficult for those HSP/HSSs who have had difficult, stressful lives, so that they experience the world now as very threatening, which frustrates the HSS, and without meaning, which alarms the HSP. They feel more ashamed of whichever side of themselves they are showing, and more dominated by it, rather even imagining that the two parts can live together or even help each other. Often they use all the activity that the HSS part wants as a defense against their bad feelings, which are associated with the HSP part. The HSP part, in turn, is used to having a rough time of it ever since childhood, and even of being misused by others and powerless to stop it. So the HSP part is given little attention, which allows their HSS part to wear them out physically until they develop some illness or chronic syndrome, the only way the HSP can get its needs met, which is for rest, nurturing, less stimulation, and a chance to process. Unfortunately, that processing may lead to more bad feelings, so the troubled HSP/HSS is often out of bed as soon as possible, trying to escape the HSP part once again. If the HSP part is dominating, the person may not leave the bed after all, but the person's suffering may be more psychological--panic attacks, agoraphobia, and depression.</div>
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<strong>2. <i>Grieve what cannot be.</i></strong> As an HSS who is also an HSP, you will always be limited in how much novelty, risk, and stimulation you can manage. As an HSP who is also an HSS, you will often be right at the edge of feeling overstimulated. Overextended. Over aroused. You'll have to get used to the idea. Both of them. You won't find good solutions until you've accepted your predicament fully.</div>
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<strong>3. <i>Now, get creative.</i></strong> Having accepted what is, you can begin to plan ways to make both parts of you happy. You really can. Look at the happy couples in which one's an HSP, one's not. They find solutions. So can you. Does the HSS like big cities, the HSP find them overwhelming?</div>
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At regular intervals, let the HSS explore a new city--to find the most beautiful, quiet spots for the HSP to enjoy. Does the HSP want to go to the country? Let the HSS explore new places each time, those places that the HSP has a hunch will be good. Does the HSP want to just stay home? Bring in some variety. Try new foods. Watch a video the HSP would usually avoid, but fast forward through the upsetting parts. Get a pet who is just like you--a peppy pup who loves to roam with the HSS, but once worn out, will sleep contentedly beside the HSP.</div>
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<strong>4. <i>Use each part to bring YOU what you want.</i></strong> There's a you who is neither HSP or HSS. Did you ever think about that? This you has talents, values, and goals that are quite specific, not just those of all HSPs or all HSSs. The HSS in you wants to display those talents, live by those values, and achieve those goals as soon as possible. Just living this way, living fully, can be a special thrill to the HSS.</div>
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But the HSP in you really wants to be sure it is all done right. No mistakes due to impulsive decisions, and hence no deeply disappointing or humiliating failures. Now, what a winning combo, if the HSS uses the HSP to notice all the subtleties and only take action when success is as certain as anything can be by studying a situation, and the HSP lets the HSS make its move when the time is right. After all, even HSPs love success. But they can't succeed if they don't try. The HSS is the one who will make it happen. As someone once said about golf, "Every shot I don't take is a certain failure." So YOU choose your goal. Then let your HSS swing. After your HSP takes aim.</div>
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<b>The Other Problems With Being An HSP/HSS: Now That You Get Along With Yourself Better...</b></div>
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What about others? HSP/HSSs seem to have a harder time finding the right partner, because really they need another HSP/HSS, and those are relatively scarce. You can imagine the troubles otherwise, in both cases. Maybe the worst problem, at least for the other person, is that the inner conflict gets "projected." With another HSP, that person is blamed for too many of the problems that actually the inner HSP is causing the HSP/HSS. "You never want to do anything!" The same is true when the HSP/HSS is trying to live with an HSS. The HSS partner is the problem, as the HSP/HSS forgets about his or her own HSS part and complains, "You wear me out. Can't we stay home? You just don't understand me."</div>
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I recall a couple in which the husband was an HSS, the wife the blend of the two. They were two journalists, and they happened to be on a vacation in a remote locale when a terrible terrorist act was committed there. As newspaper reporters for the daily paper of a large city--and the only reporters who happened to be already on the scene--they had the chance and indeed the news journalist's duty to report the event to the world. The HSS husband was able to write his story about the catastrophe without too much distress, and was even glad he'd had this great career opportunity. The HSP/HSS wife could write nothing for days (although what she eventually wrote was deeply meaningful). She was too shocked, almost as if she'd been in the nightclub herself.</div>
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Talking with me, she realized that she had chosen a career in newspaper journalism because of her HSS side, but she was going to have to think twice about the kind of reporting she did in the future, given her HSP side. I am not sure how their relationship turned out, but they certainly learned something about whatever difficulties they were already having (and every couple has them).</div>
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This brings up the same difficulty with careers: HSP/HSSs find a hard time finding work that satisfies both sides of themselves. It may be the most important factor to consider when trying to find the right workplace, the right calling.</div>
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I know you would like advice on relationships and careers for HSP/HSSs, but it is truly a unique problem for each person. About careers, I have noticed that HSP/HSSs seem to make the ideal interviewers. They are very curious and like meeting new people, at least in this structured environment, and they can use their sensitivity to get into the other person's mind and ask the right question. Perhaps that observation of mine will spark thoughts of other situations in which there's some protection and structure that prevents being overwhelmed by constant change, yet new situations are always coming (new classes if you are a teacher, new patients if you are in the health professions, new customers if you are in sales or customer service, new products if you are in marketing, etc?)</div>
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<b>Don't Hide Either Side</b></div>
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HSP/HSSs are often able to hide their sensitive side from others, either potential partners or employers. But even if you don't bring it up initially, don't pretend it isn't there. Bring it up as soon as it could be an issue. This was something else I learned from an HSP/HSS. She'd found she was attracting mostly HSS men because she was hiding her HSP self, fairly easy to do when you are dating, at least at first. You're just busy when you're really needing time alone, or he wants you to do something your HSP side wouldn't like. She said she was just realizing that hiding her sensitivity was a waste of her time and the men's. She was going to bring it up, the combo, right away.</div>
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I also hope that she was able to convey pride about both of her temperament traits, and to teach others to appreciate them too. Don't fall into thinking of the HSP part as a limit and talking about it that way to HSSs: "It's a drag that I can't work all day and party all night." Your HSP part adds so much to the HSS, who would otherwise miss the subtleties, just plunge into everything, and have that much less to offer the world and that much less awareness, feeling, connection, and pleasure. One thing my research has found is that HSPs feel happiness more intensely than others. So, may the HSS in your life, both outside and in, show you new experiences to enjoy, and may the HSP in you give you the extra joy to be found in them.</div>
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Now that you've learned what it is to be a High Sensation Seeker (HSS), take the <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/HSStest.pdf">sensation seeking self-test</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://hsperson.com/test/high-sensation-seeking-test/" target="_blank">High Sensation Seeking Test</a></h1>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Are You a Sensation Seeker?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A Self-Test</h3>
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(<a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/HSStest.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #336666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank" title="Printable Version of HSS Test">Click here for the original printable version in PDF format.</a>)</div>
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Answer each question according to the way you feel. Check the box if it is at least somewhat true for you; leave unchecked if it is not very true or not at all true for you.</div>
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<tr bgcolor="#E6FDE6" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><td style="border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 232); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.6rem 0px 0.6rem 4px;" valign="“top"" width="“32""><input name="a" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-shadow: rgb(248, 248, 248) 0px 0px 5px inset; color: #777777; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;" type="checkbox" value="y" /></td><td style="border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 232); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 12px 0px 0.6rem 12px;" valign="top">I like substances that make me feel “high.”</td></tr>
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<tr bgcolor="#E6FDE6" style="box-sizing: border-box;" valign="top"><td style="border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 232); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0.6rem 0px 0.6rem 4px;" valign="“top"" width="“32""><input name="a" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); box-shadow: rgb(248, 248, 248) 0px 0px 5px inset; color: #777777; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.4rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;" type="checkbox" value="y" /></td><td style="border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 232); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 12px 0px 0.6rem 12px;" valign="top">I look forward to being in a place that is new and strange to me.</td></tr>
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FOR WOMEN<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />If you checked 11 or more of the items, you’re probably a sensation seeker. If you checked 7 or fewer of the items, you are probably not a sensation seeker. If you checked 8, 9, or 10 of the items, you are probably somewhere in between on sensation seeking.</div>
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FOR MEN<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />If you checked 13 or more of the items, you’re probably a sensation seeker. If you checked 9 or less of the items, you are probably not a sensation seeker. If you checked 10, 11, or 12 of the items, you are probably somewhere in between on sensation seeking.</div>
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Yes, you can be an HSP and score high on sensation seeking too.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The contents of this website and the self-tests it contains are not meant to diagnose or exclude the diagnosis of any condition.</span> <a href="http://hsperson.com/faq/how-do-i-know-for-sure/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #336666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">See more information on this subject in our FAQs.</a></div>
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NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-89089444222008267032016-06-04T15:55:00.000-07:002016-06-04T15:55:31.050-07:00The Highly Sensitive Person Who Is Also A High Sensation Seeker<br />
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<a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/com_zone.htm" style="font-size: 15px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img align="LEFT" alt="Back to Comfort Zone" border="0" height="65" src="http://www.hsperson.com/images/cz_icon.jpg" width="65" /></a><span style="font-size: 15px;">May 2006: </span><i style="font-size: 15px;">Comfort Zone ONLINE</i><br /><span class="big" style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Personality and Temperament: </b></span></div>
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<span class="big"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/1May06.htm" target="_blank">The Highly Sensitive Person Who Is </a></span></b></span></h2>
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<span class="big" style="font-size: 18px;">(Including at the end the High Sensation Seeking Scale for HSPs)</span><br />
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In the last issue I was reporting on two new theoretical insights that bear on how science is beginning to understand high sensitivity. One theory was about the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), which may be stronger in HSPs. The BIS was originally associated with anxiety, but now it is understood to have three functions, one of which has nothing to do with sensing danger, but with simply attending to what's going on, including making the best of opportunities. As you know, this is something I have always argued about HSPs and have demonstrated with my own research that unless HSPs have had many bad experiences, so that they see danger everywhere, they are no more prone to anxiety than those with a less active BIS. But HSPs are more aware and attentive than those with a less strong BIS.</div>
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According to this theory, if an opportunity is sensed, the Behavioral Activation System (BAS) is alerted. It wants to send us out into the world immediately to get what we want or simply to explore. Those with a strong BAS are naturally more curious, eager to "go for it." This trait is called High Sensation Seeking (HSS, or sometimes it's called High Novelty Seeking). When it was first studied, the high sensation or novelty seeking aspect was confused with impulsivity and high risk taking. A desire for anything, including anything new, will always be a factor in how much one is willing to risk, even an HSP. But if there's too great of a risk involved, in an HSP the desire is easily countered by the strong BIS.</div>
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Hence I had to create a new sensation seeking scale. <b>The revised High Sensation Seeking Test is below.</b> This test is not backed up by as much research as the HSP test, but will give you a rough idea of your HSS tendencies. Compared to other HSS tests, this version does not have items that imply taking a serious risk, or very much risk of any kind.</div>
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For example, HSSs are known to enjoy trying "recreational drugs," since that leads to all sorts of novel experiences, and a question about this is on most HSS questionnaires. But not many HSPs would answer yes to that, even if they are an HSS too, unless the drug were safe and legal, which things called "recreational drugs" usually are not. So I worded it differently, so that it could include alcohol or even caffeine. I also included fewer items about physical risk, but even then found men scored higher than women. So I provide different norms for men and women. These also are not written in stone--perhaps in another community and certainly in another culture, different norms might apply.</div>
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Suppose you are an HSP who scores high on this test, too? What does that mean for you? As with your sensitivity, I can tell you what most HSP/HSSs are like and see if you recognize yourself. But nothing I say will be true of every HSP/HSS because each has so many other innate traits as well as a vast array of different experiences throughout their lives. But in general, again, HSP/HSSs have a strong desire for novelty and the "good stuff" in life, but are not willing to take high risks to get these. Since there's plenty of novelty and pleasure to be found without taking risks, HSPs who are also HSSs tend to do just that--enjoy safe novelty, eagerly go after pleasures that are not dangerous--and to do this pursuing more than HSPs who are not HSSs. However, it's amazing how safe an HSP can make a risky sport, for example. I know HSPs who have done hang gliding, and many like to ski, scuba dive, and ride horses. But they do these safely. They may be fire fighters or work in law enforcement, but they use their observational skills and low impulsivity to do their job as safely as possible, and hence more effectively in the long run. Obviously many people in these professions live to a ripe old age, so it's certainly possible to do.</div>
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Being an HSP/HSS almost sounds like the best of all possible worlds, doesn't it? And I think it can be. But most HSS/HSPs will tell you it's also rough going.</div>
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I have always used the analogy one HSP/HSS gave me, which was that she felt like she lived with one foot on the gas, one foot on the brake. But in fact, both parts are drivers, with human concerns and strategies for getting their way. Hence HSP/HSSs more often feel like two people in a constant argument. And the HSS part often wins because in this culture, at least, the combination of curiosity, competitiveness (more typical of HSSs), and risk taking are all admired more than the HSP combination of traits. Hence the HSP part often feels it has less power and is more often dominated by the HSS part.</div>
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These thoughts led me to comparing the HSP/HSS to a couple in which one is an HSP but not an HSS, the other is an HSS but not an HSP. As with such couples, the person with an HSP and an HSS inside has no problem with boredom, but a lot of trouble with conflict. So, as with such couples, the following points apply.</div>
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<strong>1. <i>Look at it as a package deal.</i></strong> What you don't like about the other is just the flip side of what you do like. Your HSP part is a spoilsport with all its worries? A hindrance to every plan? It's also prudent. It keeps you safe to enjoy more novelty another day. Is it indecisive, always wanting to wait and see? It's also a good strategist; it helps you win. Is it needing all of this down time, this boring doing nothing that keeps you from being able to join in when others are out doing new things? But as it processes, it discovers new insights and fresh aspects of every situation. It is finding novelty and satisfying your curiosity. It's just a kind of exploring that does not require going anywhere or taking any risks at all. Pretty neat, once you see it that way.</div>
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Now what would the HSP part of you say? Does it feel run ragged by the HSS part? Feel dragged into risky situations, rough new sports, travel to strange places where there's more disease and crime? Well, another way to look at that is that the more you, the HSP, tries these things and is successful, the less risky it will seem next time. And, you'll increasingly see yourself as very competent in all sorts of situations, as competent as any worldly non-HSP. You might even enjoy yourself.</div>
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Does the HSS never allow you a chance to rest? Well, at least your life very interesting and full of adventures, which many other HSPs might envy. Does the HSS seem to get its way too often, enjoying the support of everyone around you? At least it's keeping you, the HSP, safely hidden from those who would misunderstand you and wound your feelings.</div>
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However, you are a little right, in that since the culture supports the HSS more, you will have to learn to give it a firm NO when NO it needs to be.</div>
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In my experience, all of this is more difficult for those HSP/HSSs who have had difficult, stressful lives, so that they experience the world now as very threatening, which frustrates the HSS, and without meaning, which alarms the HSP. They feel more ashamed of whichever side of themselves they are showing, and more dominated by it, rather even imagining that the two parts can live together or even help each other. Often they use all the activity that the HSS part wants as a defense against their bad feelings, which are associated with the HSP part. The HSP part, in turn, is used to having a rough time of it ever since childhood, and even of being misused by others and powerless to stop it. So the HSP part is given little attention, which allows their HSS part to wear them out physically until they develop some illness or chronic syndrome, the only way the HSP can get its needs met, which is for rest, nurturing, less stimulation, and a chance to process. Unfortunately, that processing may lead to more bad feelings, so the troubled HSP/HSS is often out of bed as soon as possible, trying to escape the HSP part once again. If the HSP part is dominating, the person may not leave the bed after all, but the person's suffering may be more psychological--panic attacks, agoraphobia, and depression.</div>
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<strong>2. <i>Grieve what cannot be.</i></strong> As an HSS who is also an HSP, you will always be limited in how much novelty, risk, and stimulation you can manage. As an HSP who is also an HSS, you will often be right at the edge of feeling overstimulated. Overextended. Over aroused. You'll have to get used to the idea. Both of them. You won't find good solutions until you've accepted your predicament fully.</div>
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<strong>3. <i>Now, get creative.</i></strong> Having accepted what is, you can begin to plan ways to make both parts of you happy. You really can. Look at the happy couples in which one's an HSP, one's not. They find solutions. So can you. Does the HSS like big cities, the HSP find them overwhelming?</div>
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At regular intervals, let the HSS explore a new city--to find the most beautiful, quiet spots for the HSP to enjoy. Does the HSP want to go to the country? Let the HSS explore new places each time, those places that the HSP has a hunch will be good. Does the HSP want to just stay home? Bring in some variety. Try new foods. Watch a video the HSP would usually avoid, but fast forward through the upsetting parts. Get a pet who is just like you--a peppy pup who loves to roam with the HSS, but once worn out, will sleep contentedly beside the HSP.</div>
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<strong>4. <i>Use each part to bring YOU what you want.</i></strong> There's a you who is neither HSP or HSS. Did you ever think about that? This you has talents, values, and goals that are quite specific, not just those of all HSPs or all HSSs. The HSS in you wants to display those talents, live by those values, and achieve those goals as soon as possible. Just living this way, living fully, can be a special thrill to the HSS.</div>
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But the HSP in you really wants to be sure it is all done right. No mistakes due to impulsive decisions, and hence no deeply disappointing or humiliating failures. Now, what a winning combo, if the HSS uses the HSP to notice all the subtleties and only take action when success is as certain as anything can be by studying a situation, and the HSP lets the HSS make its move when the time is right. After all, even HSPs love success. But they can't succeed if they don't try. The HSS is the one who will make it happen. As someone once said about golf, "Every shot I don't take is a certain failure." So YOU choose your goal. Then let your HSS swing. After your HSP takes aim.</div>
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<b>The Other Problems With Being An HSP/HSS: Now That You Get Along With Yourself Better...</b></div>
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What about others? HSP/HSSs seem to have a harder time finding the right partner, because really they need another HSP/HSS, and those are relatively scarce. You can imagine the troubles otherwise, in both cases. Maybe the worst problem, at least for the other person, is that the inner conflict gets "projected." With another HSP, that person is blamed for too many of the problems that actually the inner HSP is causing the HSP/HSS. "You never want to do anything!" The same is true when the HSP/HSS is trying to live with an HSS. The HSS partner is the problem, as the HSP/HSS forgets about his or her own HSS part and complains, "You wear me out. Can't we stay home? You just don't understand me."</div>
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I recall a couple in which the husband was an HSS, the wife the blend of the two. They were two journalists, and they happened to be on a vacation in a remote locale when a terrible terrorist act was committed there. As newspaper reporters for the daily paper of a large city--and the only reporters who happened to be already on the scene--they had the chance and indeed the news journalist's duty to report the event to the world. The HSS husband was able to write his story about the catastrophe without too much distress, and was even glad he'd had this great career opportunity. The HSP/HSS wife could write nothing for days (although what she eventually wrote was deeply meaningful). She was too shocked, almost as if she'd been in the nightclub herself.</div>
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Talking with me, she realized that she had chosen a career in newspaper journalism because of her HSS side, but she was going to have to think twice about the kind of reporting she did in the future, given her HSP side. I am not sure how their relationship turned out, but they certainly learned something about whatever difficulties they were already having (and every couple has them).</div>
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This brings up the same difficulty with careers: HSP/HSSs find a hard time finding work that satisfies both sides of themselves. It may be the most important factor to consider when trying to find the right workplace, the right calling.</div>
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I know you would like advice on relationships and careers for HSP/HSSs, but it is truly a unique problem for each person. About careers, I have noticed that HSP/HSSs seem to make the ideal interviewers. They are very curious and like meeting new people, at least in this structured environment, and they can use their sensitivity to get into the other person's mind and ask the right question. Perhaps that observation of mine will spark thoughts of other situations in which there's some protection and structure that prevents being overwhelmed by constant change, yet new situations are always coming (new classes if you are a teacher, new patients if you are in the health professions, new customers if you are in sales or customer service, new products if you are in marketing, etc?)</div>
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HSP/HSSs are often able to hide their sensitive side from others, either potential partners or employers. But even if you don't bring it up initially, don't pretend it isn't there. Bring it up as soon as it could be an issue. This was something else I learned from an HSP/HSS. She'd found she was attracting mostly HSS men because she was hiding her HSP self, fairly easy to do when you are dating, at least at first. You're just busy when you're really needing time alone, or he wants you to do something your HSP side wouldn't like. She said she was just realizing that hiding her sensitivity was a waste of her time and the men's. She was going to bring it up, the combo, right away.</div>
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I also hope that she was able to convey pride about both of her temperament traits, and to teach others to appreciate them too. Don't fall into thinking of the HSP part as a limit and talking about it that way to HSSs: "It's a drag that I can't work all day and party all night." Your HSP part adds so much to the HSS, who would otherwise miss the subtleties, just plunge into everything, and have that much less to offer the world and that much less awareness, feeling, connection, and pleasure. One thing my research has found is that HSPs feel happiness more intensely than others. So, may the HSS in your life, both outside and in, show you new experiences to enjoy, and may the HSP in you give you the extra joy to be found in them.</div>
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Now that you've learned what it is to be a High Sensation Seeker (HSS), take the <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/HSStest.pdf">sensation seeking self-test</a>.</div>
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<b>May 2006 Articles:</b><br /><a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/edMay06.htm">A Letter</a> from Elaine<br /><i>Personality and Temperament: </i><a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/1May06.htm">The Highly Sensitive Person Who Is Also A High Sensation Seeker</a><br /><i>Coping Corner: </i><a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/2May06.htm">Jet Travel And HSPs</a><br /><i>With Depth: </i><a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/3May06.htm">Good Grief</a></div>
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The Sensory Study Skills Mind Map breaks down the process of Accelerated Learning through multi-sensory study techniques.</div>
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The Mind Map presents a variety of visual, auditory and kinesthetic study techniques you can utilize throughout your study regime. Additionally, the Mind Map tackles the importance of asking effective questions and relates this back to developing smart study habits.</div>
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<span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aristotle did some harm to the world of philosophy by proposing only five senses: vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell. How could he leave out balance?<br /><br />Consider that it is still sort of </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">daring</span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> to propose a sixth sense. Wu-hu, a sixth sense! Wake up, sleepwalkers, and check out </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">twenty senses</span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, more or less.<br /><br />As with so many things, it's astounding to realize that in thousands of years, so little actual empirical research has been done that finds its way into the common language. How about balance? Balance is a wonderful sense, ecstatic in its own way, with its own elaborate sensory structures in the inner ear, and its own pathways in the brain. Tilt your head to one side, and move it very slowly in some direction, and savor that sensation. Balance lets you walk with ease, and adds richness to every movement.<br /><br />There is also a joint position sense. We know, without looking, the angle of our joints. In class, i sometimes turn out the lights and ask people to move around slowly with their eyes closed. Then after a minute, I'll say, "Notice the position of your skeleton in space." Most people click into an inner knowing, an almost but not quite visual sense of how the limbs and joints are arrayed.<br /><br />And further, there is "muscle stretch" sense. We can feel the deep tissue in the body, the muscles. Of course.<br /><br />So if you close your eyes and tilt your head, three senses at least jump up: balance, joint position, and muscle stretch. These tell you the angle of your head and its position in space.<br /><br />There is even a fourth sense at play, which is the skin - when I tilt my head over, I can feel the skin stretching slightly, in addition to the other senses. Which brings us to the skin, a wonderful organ of life and a great invention.<br /><br />We could consider "skin senses" to be one sense – it's your call. But notice that light touch, which tickles the hairs, is a sense of its own. That is what you feel when a breeze blows over your arms or legs. Firm touch, which actually moves the skin, is what you feel when someone grabs you or massages you.<br /><br />Now breathe out and don't breathe in again until you are really hungry for air. Come on - check it out. So duh, we have an oxygen sense. Of course we have an oxygen sense. Do you think Life would wander around this planet for a billion years and NOT develop senses that inform you, instant-by-instant, of the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood?<br /><br />Each of these senses is delightful and a world to explore. So break out of this trap of "five-ness" and start adding senses, become intimate with more and more variety and range. The senses are a bit like dogs, they are </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">so grateful</span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> if you will just take them for a walk every day.<br /><br />In Meditation Made Easy somewhere, there is an exercise of scanning the senses, honoring the senses.<br /><br />What you can do as a daily practice is select a sense or a sensory </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.meditation24-7.com/page18/page19/page19.html" rel="self" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #81a727; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-property: color; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Sensory Submodalities">submodality</a></span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, and indulge it for a few minutes each day. Take it for a walk!<br /><br />For example, take a walk and consciously attend to your peripheral vision for a bit. It's a whole different way of seeing.<br /><br /></span><img alt="" class="imageStyle" height="1110" src="http://www.meditation24-7.com/page18/files/page18_1.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="362" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><br /><br />Now check out </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.meditation24-7.com/page18/page19/page19.html" rel="self" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #81a727; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition-duration: 300ms; transition-property: color; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Sensory Submodalities">submodalities</a></span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> of the senses. 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<br />NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-81557527269000994622016-06-02T09:11:00.002-07:002016-06-02T09:11:33.083-07:00On-Going Scientific Discovery of Sensory Receptors Which Account for Many Subtle Perceptions<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">[NOTE: The following is a reworked version of a paper I was invited to present on 21 March 1994 at the United Nations on behalf of the Society for Enlightenment and Transformation (SEAT).] SEAT is a reformulation and enlargement of the former unofficial UN Parapsychology Association. SEAT, however, has been granted Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status and now occupies a meaningful place within the greater U. N. system. </span><br />
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<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">Synopsis of a paper presented on 21 March 1994 at the United Nations</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">to members of the Society for Enlightenment and Transformation</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">Ingo Swann</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">How many of you here today would like to know you have at least SEVENTEEN senses rather than just five of them? How many think that seventeen would be better than just five? How many of you here already know that you have more than five senses?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">When Mohammed Ramadan and Clarence Robins asked me to come here and talk about something, we had a little difficulty deciding upon a topic worthy of your interest. Finally it dawned on me that there exists what we might call a Particular Situation regarding psychic or metaphysical perceptions and it was decided that the nature of this Situation should be presented.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">*</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">This Particular Situation consists of three aspects or parts.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">FIRST: During the modern past, the real existence of psi faculties was rejected within science, psychology and psychiatry. The rejection was based in a number of factors which seemed rational and logical in the scientific past and thus achieved wide acceptance in scientific, academic and media mainstreams of the twentieth century.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">SECOND: Those factors which seemed rational and logical in the past have now been superseded by significant scientific discoveries and advances which substantiate the real existence of at least certain psi faculties. Some of these discoveries are now fifty years old. These new discoveries absolutely require a swift and large-scale reevaluation not only regarding psi faculties in particular, but with regard to the larger scope and subtle functions and transformation of human consciousness.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">THIRD: However, in spite of the notable scientific advances which affirm the real existence of psi faculties, this necessary and advisable reevaluation is NOT underway in the three important mainstreams - and which mainstreams continue to support, adhere to, and proliferate the now out-dated concepts which, in a broad cultural sense, permitted the past, absolute rejection of psi faculties.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">*</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">There is one outcome of this Particular Situation, and which can be described by a term frequently used within United Nations parlance, a term familiar to me as a past employee of the Secretariat. It is used in many United Nations documents.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">The outcome referred to is that if the past rationales which permitted the rejection of psi continue to be proliferated by mainstream pressures, then the scientific advances which substantiate the real existence of certain psi faculties must be ignored or pushed into the shadow of unawareness. </span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">Thus, the discoveries CANNOT and WILL NOT be integrated into advancing scientific thought, academic tutoring and fair media representation. And in this suppressed or hidden state, the discoveries cannot be integrated into the overall goals of the Society for Enlightenment and Transformation which I have the honor of addressing today.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">The well-used, sometimes over-used United Nations term for this kind of situation is "deplorable" - and so the Particular Situation I have outlined above is, well, deplorable. After all, advances in scientific discovery are supposed to vitalize enlightenment and transformation if they are made openly accessible. But when such discoveries are ignored, they cannot contribute to much of anything.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">*</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">Because of the Particular Situation I've outlined above, most people are not aware that significant scientific advances HAVE been made regarding substantive support for the real existence of a number of psi faculties. </span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">Many scientific papers have been published regarding the discoveries. But because of the Particular Situation these remain ignominiously dispersed through the various literatures and their implications are not enthusiastically reviewed or endorsed in formal scientific, academic or media forums. </span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">*</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;">Messieurs Mohammad Ramadan and Clarence Robins, both indefatigable workers on behalf of enlightenment and transformation, agreed that I should attempt to present at least a nut-shell overview of the developments which have not at all yet been socially permitted to reach down into transformative social consciousness.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: 20.4px;" /><br />
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">*</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To enter into this overview, it is first necessary to set the stage as to why psi faculties were rejected in the scientific past. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />A historical review of the phenomena of rejection of psi shows that there were multiple reasons for it. In their modern sense, some of these reasons reach back at least three centuries. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Some of the reasons had to do with simple matters of tolerance and intolerance both at the individual and social levels. But others had to do with what was to be established as acceptable or unacceptable knowledge at politico-social levels. Others had to do with what was to be accepted as normal or abnormal social and mental behavior, especially as regards the first six decades of the twentieth century.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The larger historical overview of the rejection thus presents a fairly complicated picture, one which is difficult to negotiate.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In modern scientific terms, however, the major thrust of the rejection was early consolidated within the concepts of philosophical materialism which came to govern early modern scientific overviews and expectations. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As a philosophical commitment, then, the early modern sciences held that whatever constituted scientific reality had to have a physical basis in matter, in the material. And so the consolidation of the rejection of psi was straightforward and simple: That psi could not be accepted until a quantifiable, material-physical basis for it, or any part of it, was identified.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />What this meant in simple terms was that the human could ONLY access information for which physical receptors could be shown to exist. The five physical senses were based in the physical tactile mechanisms which resulted in the sensations of sight, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touch. But psychic information could not be attributed to any of these, since all of them functioned only within the local environments of the physical body.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As a general result, the existence of additional senses was denied, both scientifically and philosophically, and it was this denial which resulted in the Five-Senses-ONLY theory which was pervasively proliferated throughout modernist societies.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This scientific principle, for it indeed functioned as one, thus served as the rationale and logic for the rejection of psi faculties. I.e., no physical receptors for those faculties were expected to be scientifically discovered. So the on-going rejection of psi faculties was considered justified.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is worth pointing up something here which has dropped out of modernist thinking. Anthropologists have established that in general pre-modern societies did not think in terms of having SENSES. As we might put it in today's computer lingo, they thought more in terms of accessing information or knowledge and achieving perception appropriate to them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The conversion of the concept of accessing information to the concept of having senses appears to have occurred only AFTER the European Renaissance period. Indeed, it can quite easily be shown that most of the major thinkers of the Renaissance were profoundly preoccupied regarding HOW to increase and stimulate the accessing of information. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, the concept that we are dependent on our physical senses rather than dependent on accessing information dates from AFTER the seventeenth century - while the concept of accessing information is at least 6,000 years old. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this light, the idea that we access information only via our five physical senses IS modern. The concept that we are completely limited to what we perceive by the physical five dates from only about 1845, and was from the outset solely a scientific hypothesis which has never been demonstrated by conclusive scientific fact.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Nevertheless, the hypothesis that human awareness is limited to the five physical senses has been a very powerful one within modernist philosophical and scientific contexts. So powerful, indeed, that early modern scientists never expected to discover the existence of bio-physical receptors additional to the famous five.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Information derived from other than the physical five senses was thought to be impossible, at least in theory. And it was upon this theory that psychic information, so-called, was scientifically rejected. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, many leading scientists between 1845 and about 1960 let it be known that there was "one scientific demand" which would never be fulfilled: the discovery of bio-physical receptors which would account for psychic information. So, scientific brotherhoods united around the conviction that until physical receptors for psychic information were discovered, then the information should be considered as illusory or psychopathological in origin.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Early psychical researchers and later parapsychologists of course protested this rejection based solely on this "one demand" of science. They indicated that if psi faculties were purely psychological in origin and nature, then no bio-physical receptors would ever be found. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />However, by the same turn-around of the scientific argument against the real existence of psi, should physical receptors for accessing so-called psychic "information" be discovered, then science proper would be obliged to accept that its one demand was fulfilled. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">What has just been presented has long been characterized as the "conflict" between science and parapsychology. This conflict has often been distorted to include other factors. But the basic factor clearly and unambiguously hinged on the absence of bio-physical receptors which would account for the subtle kinds of information so-called "psychics" deal with. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In parapsychological parlance, this kind of information came to be called "extra-sensory" or "non-sensory." These two terms unambiguously demonstrate that psychical researchers and parapsychologists themselves did not consider that bio-physical receptors for psychic information would ever be discovered.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And it is from this context that the basic definition of "psychic" is derived: i.e., lying outside of matter, physicality, the physical sciences or knowledge of the physical universe. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There is now a very interesting aspect to this conflict which should be pointed out because it has great bearing on later developments.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If the conflict is dissected carefully, it reveals that scientists, psychical researchers, or parapsychologists expected that any bio-physical basis for psi faculties would be discovered. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, early psychical researchers looked for supernatural explanations outside of any materialistic basis. By their own name, paraPSYCHOLOGISTS clearly opted for a psychological explanation, not a bio-physical one. And there is no evidence at all in the parapsychological literature that parapsychologists invested any time either theorizing or researching for a bio-physical explanation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This is to say, that any possible bio-physical explanation was, and is, just as alien to parapsychology as it was to the material sciences proper.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Here matters rested - until the first electron-microscope was developed in Germany in 1932, and later evolved in the United States and Canada. After World WAR II, cellular biology underwent a great jump in importance because of the electron-microscope and even more penetrating and precise later technical advances. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now began the slow process of comprehending that biological cells were not the simplistic things once thought. Rather, they were composed of ultra-minute factors which functioned in very remarkable ways.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Also, during the 1930s another development occurred which was to have enormous importance and impact, an impact which is yet in progress today. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The fact that biological organisms have some kind of electromagnetic substrate was discovered about 300 years ago. But this substrate was considered weak and unimportant in the face of the chemical substrate which was thought to be very strong.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />During the 1930s, however, researchers in various parts of the world, and especially in the former Soviet Union, began to realize that although the electromagnetic substrate was "weak" it nonetheless played very important roles within the bio-chemical whole of ALL biological organisms. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Advances in bio-electromagnetism were somewhat delayed, however, until appropriate technology could be invented to deal more adequately with subtle bio-energy forms. The technology began to be available during the 1960s, and by the late 1970s the extraordinary importance of the bio-electromagnetic substrate could begin to be seen.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />A meaningful factor, somewhat amusing, now needs to be introduced, one with which most people are probably not familiar. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Science and technology are often thought of going hand in hand. But this is often not the case. The nearly invisible reason is that the technically-minded and the scientifically-minded don't appear to be the same kind of thinkers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Largely speaking, scientists are more likely to be theoreticians. But technicians are more likely to be engineers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Scientists theorize and try to test their theories. But technicians build things, often just to see what the things can do. Indeed, technical advances can often be several generations AHEAD of scientific thinking. This is certainly the case with the computer industry evolved largely by technician-types, not by scientists. Indeed, many technological advances have been achieved by technologists who possessed little in the way of legitimate or conventional scientific backgrounds.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The bottom line of all these developments is that during the last forty years a very large series of new research disciplines have come into existence. These new disciplines constitute an intermixing of science, technology, microscopy, subtle chemical exchanging, and electromagnetic and bio-electromagnetic expertise. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Ahead I give a partial list of these new disciplines. But the punch line here is that it was left to these NEW disciplines to increasingly discover (much to their surprise!) the expanding bio-organic basis for many faculties once merely thought questionably "psychic."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There is only one impediment regarding an integration of these new disciplines with psychical and parapsychological research. This involves the new nomenclature being evolved with these new disciplines. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The new nomenclature is as alien to science as it is to parapsychology, and at present both these venerable institutions are having difficulty integrating it both conceptually and contextually. I will show many examples of this ahead.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But beyond this little difficulty, there is no doubt that many of the advances being made in those new disciplines can be "married" to many otherwise well-known psychic faculties - as I will demonstrate at the end of this paper.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />At this point, I can't resist making one sardonic comment. Earlier in this paper I have complained about the lack of scientific and popular integration of the implications of these new discoveries. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there is one group that has taken adequate and accurate interest in these astonishing discoveries and which seems to be more or less up to date regarding them. This group consists of the producers and scriptwriters of the TV series STAR TREK and similar offshoots. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The new and now on-going discoveries of biological bases for many psi faculties is now best expressed, perhaps, as PARABIOLOGY, meaning "beyond" past conventional concepts of biology. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Or, perhaps, the term PARAPSYCHOBIOLOGY is convenient - which, if translated into Russian, would become the term translated back into English as bio-communications or bio-information transfer.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />So far, the new discoveries regarding the biological bases for psi faculties roughly fall into five categories. I have to get a little technical here, but I'll simplify just ahead. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These five general categories are:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Minute chemical receptors and sensors<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Minute chemico-electro receptors and sensors<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Neural-network exchanges of information in the bio-internal body substrates<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Bio-electromagnetic information receptors and sensors<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Bio-information transfer networks at the atomic, molecular, and neurological levels<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If these new terms are somewhat confusing, well don't worry too much. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />They simply mean that we are FAR BEYOND the five-senses-only fallacy and that our bio-mind bodies have multitudes of exceptional senses by way of delicate systems of receptors and sensors at the cellular, nervous, chemical and bio-electromagnetic levels and their interfaces.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />A nice way to conceive the whole of this is to comprehend that every cell, possibly every atom, in our bio-physicality is a receptor or sensor of some kind. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, we are walking, talking, eating, defecating ARRAYS of exquisitely elegant and sophisticated receptors and sensors. ALL of these receptors and sensors are busy ACCESSING information - and knowledge, IF what is accessed can be organized into recognizable thinking patterns. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />By extended meaning, these delicate systems of receptors can also integrate with our normal five - and, given adaptive learning regarding them, can also integrate with our mental cognitive powers - to result in, yes, what have otherwise generally been called "psi faculties."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />At this point, I could adumbrate upon more than a thousand scientific papers about these discoveries published in the science literature, even in the esteemed leading science periodicals such as NATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and DISCOVER.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The authors of those papers, though, never use the terms psi, psychic, or parapsychology, etc., since the mere introduction of them would cause their papers to be rejected. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The editors and peer-review systems of such publications apparently don't realize, for example, that "bioinformation transfer over distance" means about the same thing as "telepathy" and/or "clairvoyance," or "remote viewing." But this is merely part of the Particular Situation I referred to at the beginning of this talk.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I now hold up in my hand before you, so you can see that it really exists, a book published in 1984 via Simon & Schuster, by Robert Rivlan and Karen Gravelle. This book is complete with bibliography of scientific sources, but is easy to read. It's entitled, somewhat misleadingly, as DECIPHERING THE SENSES: THE EXPANDING WORLD OF HUMAN PERCEPTION.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Well, the world of human perception is NOT expanding. Rather, ignorance of that world is shrinking a little.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The book might have been called something like THE DISCOVERY OF THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR PSI AND OTHER ANOMALOUS PERCEPTIONS.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The discoveries brought together and presented in this book, although in popular style, are based on hard scientific discoveries that have been achieved in other disciplines outside and independent of parapsychology.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, as such, the sum of them clearly fulfills - at least regarding certain forms of psi - the earlier scientific demand that a bio-organic basis for psi be discovered.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I'll quote from the book's fly-leaf; "For centuries we have used an oversimplified and inaccurate model to explain the human senses. Even now, high school biology classes still teach the `five senses'. But recent scientific research has discovered that there are many more than five senses, and these discoveries have radically changed our understanding of what the senses are and how they work. Rivlan and Gravelle redefine for the general reader the spectrum of human perceptions from the normal to the newly discovered to the extra-sensory." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As chapter one indicates, the book discusses "The seventeen senses" additional to our usual five ones, and then goes on to place the newly-discovered senses in context with the usual five. The authors consume eight chapters to prepare the reader - before they reach chapter 9, entitled "Extra-sensory perception." Probably because of this chapter, the book was now well-received and is now out of print. But it's well worth tracking down a copy of it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, lest there be some misunderstanding here, the two authors are NOT describing psychological or mental functions. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />They are discussing the actual existence within our biology of minute physical-chemical-bioelectromagnetic "receptors" and "sensors" that interact within networks of the "information-processing resources of the organism."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is quite easy to ascertain that five senses are obviously NOT ENOUGH to account for the huge range of sensory possibilities of which the human species is capable, while seventeen senses is probably a more accurate count, with more probably yet to be discovered.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />No one can survive very well on just five senses. Just ask any seafarer, mountain climber, football or basketball player, explorer or inventor, martial arts exert, or even someone seeking sex. The moment "automatic reflexes" or "intuitive" stuff enters into their talk, know that you have departed the realm of the physical five and entered into the realms of additional senses.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As to what these seventeen new senses are. The seventeen new senses interact with each other to provide a rather extensive list, many of which have in the past been referred to as "psychic." Since we don't have time here to go through them, I've brought a few copies of that list to hand out, along with some copies of this lecture, and all of which you are free to duplicate.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But, for example, the bio-body is now known to have a functioning vomeronasal system containing receptors enabling, at the bio-subliminal level, the detection of minute amounts of chemical signals that tell us about anther's sexual receptivity, fear, anger, and other emotions - an aptitude more commonly referred to as "psychic vibe-sensing."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In another category, through the use of a newly invented device called the SQUID, scientists can and have measured and begun to classify the brain's electrical activity outside of the scalp -<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Which in turn has led to discoveries that bio-electric activity extends to some distance beyond the skin - <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Which in turn has led to the discovery of bio-electric sensors not only in the skin, but in the neuropeptide activity that transmits all kinds of subtle senses information through the immune system and into the brain - and back again into the body's extremities and all its internal organs, including into its surrounding bio-electromagnetic field.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, discovered bio-electromagnetic fields extending outside the scalp and outside of the skin clearly equate to the "auras" that many clairvoyants have specialized in "seeing." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Drawing on authoritative scientific sources, Rivlan and Gravelle even hypothesize that, and I quote, "thoughts may, indeed, have wings, and some of us may have the ability to sense what others are thinking" via these newly discovered bio-electromagnetic receptor-sensing networks. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The two authors wonder: "Do some psychics and mystics have this ability, vastly magnified, so they can sense the electricity from considerable distances?" Well, there would have been no question of this in antiquity - or even among Arabian or Mongolian nomads today, as well as "street-smart" New Yorkers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Actually, this is the same question that those researching electromagnetism and bio-electromagnetism have been wondering about for over fifty years. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />So it's worth pointing up here that the existence of extensive bio-electromagnetism essentially was demonstrated late during the last century, but its existence has not figured very much either into scientific psychology or in scientific parapsychology - both of these two field having managed mutually to ignore it altogether.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Did you know that in addition to yourself being a bio-meat body with eyes, livers, hearts, and appetites of various kinds, you are also a bio-electronic one? Have you ever thought of yourself as such? If you begin to, well, something interesting might begin to happen. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Dr. Robert O. Becker is one of the leading researchers in the United States regarding electromagnetism and bio-electromagnetism. With Gary Selden, he published, in 1985, a book entitled THE BODY ELECTRIC: ELECTROMAGNETISM AND THE FOUNDATION OF LIFE (William Morrow, New York), and which "tells the story of our bioelectric selves." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />A companion book is Harold Saxton Burr's BLUEPRINT FOR IMMORTALITY: THE ELECTRIC PATTERNS OF LIFE (Neville Spearman, London, 1973, republished 1988). Burr, by the way, is an American researcher but could not find an American publisher for this seminal book.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Bob Becker has made many unequivocal statements regarding the psi implications of bio-electromagnetism. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For example, he published in PSYCHOENERGETIC SYSTEMS, 1977, Vol. 2, pp. 189-196, an article entitled "An Application of Direct Current Neural Systems to Psychic Phenomena." He stated that "The concept of a primitive electronic communication system in all living things can be a useful tool in understanding both `normal' and `paranormal' phenomena that have lacked a rational biological explanation. Indeed, it appears that human beings are tied to the universe in a web of electromagnetic energy."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />At this point, I believe I've now presented for you consideration the rudiments of the Particular Situation I referred to at the beginning. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The Particular Situation consists of three factors: <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />(1) science demanded that a bio-organic explanation for psi faculties be found before it could accept them as real; <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />(2) bio-organic explanations have been found for many kinds of psi faculties; and <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />(3) everyone seems to be ignoring both the facts and the implications of (2) as just stated. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As to more of what our additional senses are: <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Did you know that the soles of your feet and the palms of your hands contain minute magnetic receptors and sensors that "recognize" minute and gross changes in local magnetism? <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Here are the rudiments of dowsing, healing, and various rough forms of psychometry which means psyching-out what something is by merely holding it. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Alas, though. If you haven't built neural pathways linking these sensors to your cognitive faculties, you probably won't be able to sense what the receptors in the soles of your feet picking up.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In bringing this talk to a conclusion, recall that earlier I mentioned the problem of the nomenclature which is acting as a barrier between the new discoveries and more recognizable concepts of psychical and parapsychological research. This same nomenclature is also acting as a barrier between the new research and the problems of enlightenment and transformation which are the objectives of this Society for Enlightenment and Transformation. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To help begin the nomenclature bridge, I'd now like to give some examples by which the two nomenclatures can be compared.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Recently Discovered Bioorganic Basis<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />for the Following Additional Senses<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />1. Receptors in the nose sensing systems that "smell" emotions, and that can identify motives, sexual receptivity, antagonism, benevolence, etc. (All these are formats of what are commonly referred to as psychic vibe-sensing.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />2. Receptors in the ear sensing systems that detect and identify differences in pressure and electromagnetic frequencies (formats of ESP.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />3. Skin receptors that detect balance and imbalance regarding what is external to the bio-body, even external at some astonishing distances (formats of remote-sensing, a mixed form of ESP and clairvoyance.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />4. Skin receptors that detect motion outside of the body, even when the body is asleep (a format of subliminal ESP.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />5. Directional finding and locating receptors in the endocrine and neuropeptide systems (formats of dowsing, intermixed with formats of cognitive ESP or intuition.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />6. Whole-body receptors, including hair, that identify fluidic motions of horizontal, vertical, diagonal, even if not visually perceived (as, for example, in the "psychic" portion of the martial art of Akhido.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />7. Skin receptors that "recognize" the temperament of other biological organisms (a format of psi "reading".)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />8. Subliminal sensory systems which locate and identify pitch of sound, a sense of heat across great distances, a sense of frequencies and waves, either mechanical or energetic (all being formats of ESP and vibe-sensing, sometimes also referred to as "shaman perceiving.")<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />9. Receptors that identify positive and negative charged particles at the atomic level. (The term utilized for this in psychical research is "micro-psi" but which is rare. However, it has been convincingly demonstrated, especially in the case of C. W. Leadbeater who published Occult Chemistry (1908). Thirty years before the invention of the electron-microscope he correctly described sub-atomic particles, many undiscovered at the time, but discovered since. Micro-psi faculties are mentioned as one of the ancient Sidhis of ancient India (see, for example, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali).)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />10. Microsystem transducing of various forms of mechanical, chemical, and electromagnetic energy into meaningful nerve impulses (all commonly thought of as FORMS OF ESP.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />11. Receptors that sense gravitational changes (a form of PSYCHIC DOWSING.)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">12. Neurological senses for interpreting modulated electronic information by converting it into analog signals for mental storage, interpretation, and cognition (one of the bio-mind bases for TELEPATHY.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />13. Bio-electronic receptors for sensing radiation, including X-rays, cosmic rays, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet light, all of these receptors being found in the retina of the eye (part of the basis for various forms of CLAIRVOYANCE.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />14. Receptors that respond to exterior electrical fields and systems (producing forms of CLAIRVOYANCE and AURA "READING.")<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Today, the following highly specialized sensing systems are referred to in the new sciences as HUMAN SEMAPHORE CAPACITIES.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />15. Skin receptors for sensing perceptions of bonding or antagonism (thought of as forms of INTUITION.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />16. Senses for non-verbal "language" communicating (thought as a form of TELEPATHY or VIBE-SENSING.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />17. Combined sensing systems (neural networks) for making meaning out of at least 130 identified nonverbal physical gestures and twenty basic kinds of nonverbal messages (thought of as INTUITIONAL CHARACTER ASSESSMENT or a particular form of CLAIRVOYANCE.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />18. Receptors that trigger alarm and apprehension before their sources are directly perceived (a particularly valuable type of PSYCHIC FORESIGHT, FORESEEING, INTUITION.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />19. Sensing systems for registering and identifying nonverbal emotional waves (a form of INTUITION and/or TELEPATHY or CLAIRVOYANCE.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The following are now known to be associated with the PINEAL GLAND if it is healthy and in good working order.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />20. Senses and memory-stores cycles of light and darkness, anticipating them with accuracy as the daily motions of the sun and moon change (a kind of PSYCHIC FORECASTING or FUTURE SEEING.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />21. Senses and responds to solar and lunar rhythms, solar disruptions (flares, sunspots) and moon-caused tidal changes (water or geophysical ones), and can sense "coming" earthquakes and storms (a form of PREDICTIVE ESP especially noted in sailors, farmers, but also in cows, dogs, cats, and snakes.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />22. If the pineal gland is fully functional, it acts as a nonvisual photo-receptor (the psychic equivalent being "X-RAY VISION.")<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The following senses or sensing systems are similar to some already mentioned, but they appear to function upon a completely different basis and are additional those senses already mentioned.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is now thought that this basis is almost certainly the WATER contained in the bio-body, in the physical components of the nerve systems, and the physical part of the brain.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is not yet understood how WATER is used this way to create a fluidic but elaborate series of interconnected sensing systems. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the best guesses, yet to be established, is that the vibrations of the water molecules link together throughout the entire bio-body and form the equivalent of radar or sonar antennae.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These liquid antenna sensing systems appear to detect the following categories. Divided by categories, they can be thought of as individualized and highly refined sensing systems. All of these categories have been thought of as PSYCHIC, ESP, CLAIRVOYANT, or INTUITIVE - which is to say, been thought of as unexplainable and hence impossible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />23. Sense of non-visual wave motions.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />24. Sense of non-visual oscillating patterns.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />25. Sense of magnetic fields.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />26. Sense of infrared radiation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />27. Sense of electrical energy.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />28. Sense receptors for local AND distant sources of heat. (This is an unnamed PSI faculty, but one familiar to Amerindians.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />29. Sense of geo-electromagnetic pulses, magnetic fields, especially biological ones (psychic equivalents unidentified and unnamed.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />30. Although the mechanisms are not at all understood, the liquidic sensing detectors apparently are somehow involved in the remote sensing of anything at a distance, however great. The results, of course, are remote viewing, remote hearing, remote tasting, and so forth. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Finally (although there is no "finally" here), we come to sensory systems' receptors spread throughout the entire bio-body, and which apparently feed information into the mind-body interface (if "interface" would be the correct concept.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />31. Whole-body receptors (millions of them) to detect pheromones, sexual receptivity, fear, love, admiration, danger, pain in others, intentions in others, etc., (all formerly thought of as inexplicable forms of ESP or so-called VIBE-SENSING and/or PSYCHIC `READING".)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Please note that the list aboveis not complete and is presently in processof being extended.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />With the invention of the electron microscope in the early 1930s, large amounts of data had accumulated by the 1950s which irrevocably substantiated that the human being possessed very many more senses than only the infamous physical five.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As of the late 1950s, then, there was no longer any justifiable reason to continue teaching and emphasizing the five physical senses. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, as well, there was no longer any justifiable reason to continue the mainstream debunking of so-called psychic perceptions - because bio-mind receptors have been located and confirmed for a lot of them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />During the 1960s and 1970s, the scientific information pool of this kind of discovery had increased enormously - the sum of which brought a complete end to the concept of the five physical senses only.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />A "complete end" at least in a scientific sense. But not in a cultural sense - because the meaning of these sensory discoveries is still being completely ignored in the cultural and ideological milieus, even though technical and popular books became available.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the better, more easy-to-read technical books was SENSATION AND PERCEPTION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH, by H.R. Schiffman, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1976. This book is still invaluable today, and provides an extensive bibliography of sources.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As already noted, perhaps the best popular book, certainly very easy to read, was DECIPHERING THE SENSES: THE EXPANDING WORLD OF HUMAN PERCEPTION, by Robert Rivlan and Karen Gravelle, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1984. The first chapter of this book identifies and discusses SEVENTEEN SENSES, and also has a competent bibliography updating the one found in the Schiffman book.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Both of these books, as well as others, were almost completely ignored, and the conviction that we possess only five physical senses continues to hold sway today.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />You see, it is possible to conclude that these books were ignored because they tended toward encouraging people to take justified interest in their extended sensory systems, and perhaps to begin unfolding them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Today there is no justification at all for the continuation of anti-psychic belief systems. There is no justification to teach that we have ONLY five physical senses, and there is every justification to teach that we have very many others. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There is also no justification to continue suggesting that there is a difference between sensory and extra-sensory perceptions and information. The discoveries regarding our numerous senses and sensing systems obliterated the boundaries which, in the uninformed past, tended to artificially separate them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Instead, we need to think more basically in terms of INFORMATION. It is information that is important, regardless of the manner in which it is acquired, or via which sensory systems are utilized to do so.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To help more fully integrate the information presented in this paper, I'm obliged to point up something which, to my knowledge, has not been considered elsewhere.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If we think only in terms of senses and/or sensing systems, then in very subtle ways we may be distinguishing between them and ourselves. It is true that we do "have" or "possess" senses and sensing systems. But something else is also true, and it is very important that it should be grasped.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We ARE our sensing systems. And what we call "WE" or "US" or "SELF" is in some full part neither no more nor no less than our sensing systems are acknowledged, developed, and utilized. Since we ARE our sensing systems, the full nature and realization of them must in some direct sense be completely meaningful to the overall goals of this important Society for Enlightenment and Transformation. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In closing here, please note that all of the books I have mentioned contain extensive and excellent bibliographies of published scientific papers. 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Before NASA discovered it and before scientists had the slightest clue, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Swann" rel="shadowbox" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c3bbf; text-decoration: none;">Ingo Swann</a></strong> viewed a ring around Jupiter. This wasn’t done in a special spacecraft or even in a dream. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ingo Swann viewed the ring around Jupiter from the remote location of earth, and this was no regular vision.</strong> Ingo was practicing <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">remote viewing</strong>, a phenomenon that many think does, in fact, exist.</div>
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The news of Ingo Swann is old news. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">This remote viewing idea is no modern thing.</strong> In 1972, NASA’s Pioneer 10 Spacecraft set out to find evidence of many things in the solar system. Before the mission, Ingo suggested to scientists that<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"> a ring existed around Jupiter</strong>, and after the mission, evidence from the spacecraft proved that Ingo was right. This news was<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">proof of Ingo’s ability to conduct remote viewing</strong>, a very strange and Science fiction way to thinking.</div>
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This incident wasn’t the only way that <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">this man proved his abilities</strong>. Before he suggested the idea of a ring being around Jupiter, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ingo was able to describe pictures, numbers and letters that were hidden away inside envelopes.</strong> His amazing abilities were noted and remembered during the time of the space discoveries in 1972, before the Jupiter incident. Old news, maybe – but this incident was so powerful that the government decided to close the case in fear that we, the people might gain more understanding on the hidden things of space. It didn’t matter and it doesn’t matter today. We are forever searching and imagining the limits of what this man could do.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What Ingo did or did not really see is left in a mysterious haze of thought.</strong> It seems that some of us may be satisfied by the idea of remote viewing, but this isn’t true for all. Remote viewing is seen as just the start of something unthinkable. If certain ones of us can see so very far into space, then some of us may be able to see even farther.</div>
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Sherrie is a freelance writer and artist with over 10 years of experience. She spends most of her time giving life to the renegade thoughts. As the words erupt and form new life, she knows that she is yet again free from the nagging persistence of her muse. She is a mother of three and a lifetime fan of the thought-provoking and questionable aspects of the universe.</div>
<br />NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-27876676635796256142016-06-02T08:12:00.000-07:002016-06-02T08:14:42.917-07:00Mental Information Processing Grids and Meaning Transducers<span style="background-color: white; color: #272625; font-family: "anton" , sans-serif; font-size: 72px; line-height: 72px; text-transform: uppercase;">INGO SWANN</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For here, finally, we depart from theories about what the senses ARE, what our species and its individual specimens ARE -- and we come to the topic of how and why the specimens think and believe as they do in any given way and in any given time and place or situation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Almost everyone believes that what they think (about things) is the proper way to think about them, and some believe that it is the only way. So, discussions as to why human specimens (sometimes called "human beings") think as they do can sometimes achieve volcanic dimensions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is quite probable that the products of one's thinking processes are based exclusively in whatever sensory transducers have been formatted -- or NOT been formatted.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The processes are therefore invisible and, usually intangible. For example, the topic of deduction or deducing was briefly discussed in the preceding essay regarding sensory transducers. One is usually aware of the products of deduction -- but hardly ever aware of the invisible processes which produce them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, various so-called "human beings" can deduce a wide variety of conclusions or opinions regarding the SAME things -- and then sometimes even go to war over their deductions which they tend to value as enormously important.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I can now suggest, but ONLY suggest, that individual specimens of our species format only a limited number of sensory transducers -- and which leaves them "blind" to those signals which need special sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />On the other hand, it is quite well accepted that the subconscious, for example, receives many kinds of signals. But the information of such signals is not forwarded to the cognitive intellect because the intellect has not formatted the appropriate sensory transducers IT needs to assign meaning to such signals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Many of the avoided signals involve subtle kinds of information, some of which can be categorized as belonging to the superpowers of the human biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />On the other hand, such signal-information often "leaks through" into cognitive awareness -- especially if the specimen is undergoing some kind of altered state. Then the specimen might experience a "spontaneous" manifestation of the signals -- probably stemming directly from the rudimentary faculties in the biomind's hard drive.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Our dream-making processes are but one example of this. We dream during sleep, but the meanings of the dreams are often unintelligible to the intellect when it is awake. Which is to say, we perceive the dreams -- but often find it difficult or impossible to assign meanings to them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But in a certain sense, dreams are a type of deducing which is processed from other sensory receptors and transducers than those which characterize the awake intellect -- and the processes are outside of the arenas of awake intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Various rudiments of one's indwelling superpower faculties usually appear in dreams -- for the dream content often has the appearance of dealing in non-time, non-space dimensions.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Like deducing and intuition, dreaming is a constituent of our species which is universally shared by all of our individual specimens. The topics and content of dreams can widely vary, of course. But the biomind faculties for dreaming are apparently the same in every born specimen of our species.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />However, even in the case of dreams, the perception of them within the biomind awareness systems is the end-product of the processes which produced them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Nothing just happens, you know. Everything that "happens" is preceded by the processes which result in the happening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To get into the larger topic of this essay, it seems advisable to establish the formal definitions for the term PROCESS.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />1. Something going on;<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />2. A natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result;<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />3. A series of actions or operations conducing, or transducing, to an end;<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />4. Treated or made by a special process, especially when involving synthesis or artificial modification.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />By far and large, people tend to deal only with the end-products of biomind processes -- because on average the processes which produce the end-products are so rapid that they do not enter awareness as discrete sensations. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The speed we would be talking about here is "instantaneous," especially regarding the basic five physical senses. Our responses to the end-products are also quite fast -- mostly so, at any rate. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, our biomind systems can, in a split second, processes from signals, through signal (sense) receptors, thence through a large number of information transducers -- and do all of this between eye-blinks with time to spare.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />None of this astonishing processing is either felt or sensed by the awake intellect, which operates on a much slower basis.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Most usually, the intellect processes perceived information by "considering" it -- this a format of information processing which can take some time, and which is not all that dependable regarding ITS end-products.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the better areas to take note of process speed is to consider those who, without any intellectual comprehension at all, automatically jump out of the way of danger just milliseconds before the danger manifests and would have clobbered them if they had not jumped.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Literature and records are stuffed full of such accounts. This kind of phenomenology is usually attributed to intuition or gut feelings -- and this kind of "explaining" is usually let go at that.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />However, intuition and gut feelings can be shown to be the result of much slower processes, relatively speaking -- and which always tend to involve the "considering" factor, anyway.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In any event, intellect is not involved in this jumping thing, for if it were then the clobbering would have taken place.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If one dissects the jumping thing, a number of items are found to be necessary. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Some aspect of ourselves, possessed with acute sensory receptors, FORESEES imminent danger. In a flash, this aspect commandeers the autonomic responses of the nervous system, stimulates the muscular and bone mechanisms, and the jump takes place.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But this indicates that something other than our intellect can process incoming signals, can think and make deductions and decisions.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And indeed, those who have studied such phenomena beneath their surface apparencies are obliged to attribute this kind of activity to the autonomic nervous systems of the biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The autonomic nervous systems are deemed entirely physical in nature -- but as such, they apparently can ACCURATELY process information-signals with a rapidity and elegance not entirely characteristic of the intellect itself.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Biologically speaking, the autonomic nervous system is relatively well understood, except when it comes to something such as the jumping thing. For it is not understood at all how the autonomic systems can FORESEE. And, furthermore, not only foresee, but assign meaning to what is foreseen.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Hence, an entire category of very specialized phenomena is missing here, or at least is submerged beneath the collective terms of intuition and gut feeling and which themselves are not inspected very deeply.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But the jumping thing vividly demonstrates that our biomind organisms possess subtle superpower sensory receptors and sensory transducers which our intellects are not at all aware of.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And I, for one, am completely comfortable in calling anything a biomind superpower which gets me automatically out of the way of being clobbered.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I have attempted to utilize the jumping thing as an example of subtle biomind information processing which takes place in a fraction of a second, and which is independent of the awake intellect processes.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This was done to help illuminate the fact that the human biomind is apparently possessed of various levels of information processing -- not just ONE -- and which is usually attributed to the awake intellect in which the whole of one's thinking, cognitive phenomena and decision-making are supposed to be isolated.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The jumping thing, if attributed only to the physical autonomic nervous system, shows that the bio-body itself is capable of thinking and making split-second decisions -- and which is to say that the bio-body itself has a "mind" independent of the "mind" of the intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If this would be the case, then the focus of our interests should shift from what we think about things within the scope of our awake intellects -- shift to identifying sensory receptors and sensory transducers in general.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there is a great difficulty here.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />With the exception of the autonomic processes, nothing is valued by an individual specimen of our species except what has meaning within the precincts of its information-processing intellect. Indeed, on average nothing will be valued or acquire reality unless it takes on such meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Aside from our bio-bodies themselves, there is nothing so clearly existing as our species rudimentary faculties of intellect -- and which, during the modern-age epoch, was discriminated as being separate from the bio-body as "the mind."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Under the modern-age conceptions, now in decline, it was held that the functions of body and mind were different -- and many of us who are now advancing in years were actually taught that the bio-body was mindless.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This peculiar teaching, however, is not true.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I'll not bother to debate whether this was a right or wrong teaching -- because the actual issue is neither body nor mind, but how information is processed by either or both.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, indeed, regardless of how body-mind is interfaced or not interfaced, it is still the blatant fact that how and what information is processed that is of superior importance to any and all biomind organisms.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is extremely clear, as it always was, that our species is an information-processing one collectively speaking. And it is equally clear that each born human specimen is MEANT TO BE an information-processing organism -- completely and naturally equipped with vast arrays of biomind sensory receptors and transducers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And these range along a spectrum from the gross physical five systems to increasingly refined ones entirely capable of dealing with exceedingly subtle information contexts.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And indeed, if all of the facts were put on the table, our species is actually and vividly super-endowed along such lines.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is not unusual, however, to find this actuality not considered in its actual sense, but rather held up as an ideal one.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But in turning the actuality into only an idealizing one, we are admitting to our information defaults at the individual and social levels.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There are two subtle facets about information which seems to escape many.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />1. Information is not information if it does not take on meaning relative to other information factors which have ALREADY taken on meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />2. By itself, information is not information unless it corresponds to and integrates with factors already established as having meaning -- and thus even if information exists everywhere, it will not enter into information systems which cannot accommodate it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus the problem becomes one not so much dealing with "new" information, but with "old" information already acquired and accepted as meaningful by this or that individual biomind organism or collective social organism.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And old information, perhaps composed of millions of data bytes, needs to be held in some kind of a biomind meaning system(s) established precisely for that purpose. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />New information would need to find a home or place within the meanings of the old information.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If the new information cannot find such a home or place, it will be rejected as information.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The question before us, though, doesn't concern old or new information, or even what kinds of information we process. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The question involves not WHAT the information consists of, but HOW we process information in the first place.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />During the middle earlier part of the modern age, scientific knowledge held that information was processed in the physical brain and the brain's anatomy took on increasing definition -- at least regarding its major lobes.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />After the invention of electron microscopes in the 1930s, it could be seen that the brain was composed of a vast variety of features among which were neurons and synapses. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These were interconnected by pathways -- and the concept of "neural networks" or "nets" came into existence.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Although there has never been complete agreement as to how the brain functions, it was generally accepted that information "must" be processed by and within the brain. Various portions of the neural nets become stimulated or active when information is being processed -- while the activity is thought to be caused by electro-chemical exciting.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, artificial stimulating by electrodes of various synapses and neurons produces sensations, feelings, sounds and images as if the senses were themselves actually experiencing them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This was considered desirable evidence for the functional physicality of the brain, and this evidence was acceptable.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But electrode stimulation of certain parts of the brain sometimes produced "evidence" which was not acceptable -- and so this kind of "evidence" is hardly to be found in official scientific reports and papers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*As but one example, under artificial electrode stimulation, the experiencers sometimes reported vivid visual images and sensations which they interpreted as past-life memories. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These are reasonably similar to past-life regressions under light or deep hypnosis -- and are also somewhat similar to what has been called déjà vu, or at least one variety of it (the "I've been here before" kind of thing).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Some people who were undergoing open brain stimulation also reported certain kinds of experiencing which had something to do with clairvoyance or telepathic faculties (some of the subtle "senses.")<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Since there is no place to fit these peculiar perceptual phenomena in the modern scientific paradigm, they were of course set aside and very little in the way of official reference has ever been made to them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Beginning somewhere before the 1970s, various researchers began to understand that the not only the neural nets of the brain process information. It increasingly became understood that the neurological networks throughout the whole bio-body itself also process information. And since the 1970s it has become understood that certain kinds of information are processed at the cellular level throughout the surface and internal organs of the bio-body.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />How information is processed within the human biomind has thus become a vastly more complex picture than was earlier conceptualized -- and, it might as well be put, conceptualized as THE explanation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It has long been conceived that memory is the key to information storage and thus to information processing. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And for many of the modernist decades it was firmly believed that memory and its storage vehicles would be found in the brain.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But to date, the brain has been exhausted as the explanation for memory -- and no one anywhere knows how, why or where memory occurs. It doesn't even appear to be a basic function of any neuro- or neurological nets, and neither does it appear to consist of electro-chemical processes -- although such processes do become active when memory is present, so to speak.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, indeed, this situation is contrary to "what we expected to find" -- as scientists like to say when they are "surprised" by evidence which differs from their major hypotheses or assumptions.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The whole of this situation regarding memory is a somewhat amusing story. Those who might want to follow up on it might read IN THE PALACES OF MEMORY by George Johnson (Vintage Books, Random House, 1992.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Our present official sciences do not accept clairvoyance as a suitable format of information gathering -- although achieved clairvoyants have said many things which appear as having to do with information processing not only within the bio-body but within the various kinds of energy fields which surround and extend out from it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There are several kinds of these fields (commonly referred to as "auras.") The one extending a couple of inches just outside of the bio-skin covering may be electromagnetic in nature. But others farther outward may not fit into bio-electromagnetic realities.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Good clairvoyants often see what they call "thought forms" everywhere within the bio-body itself and in the auras, but often especially around the head and shoulders and just over the top of the head. Some of these seem somewhat permanent, but others emerge and vanish with great rapidity. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These "findings" give the impression that memory and information processing is a whole-body phenomenology -- but in this case, the "whole body" would consist of its auras as well.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The clairvoyantly seen thought forms and other phenomena seem to resemble holograms since they are perceived as being three-dimensional. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And which, if true, would indicate that both gross and subtle energy-produced holograms are significant not only to memory but how energy (or signal) is processed as information exchanges.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If this would be the case, then it is possible that the neural-synapse nets of the brain and body are composed of information transducers which convert thought form information into what the bio-body can respond to and with. In other words, memory is a function of energy wave forms -- wave forms being one generic kind of signal.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For those who might wish to read deeper regarding the "holographic mind" concepts, I recommend THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE by Michael Talbot (HarperCollins, NY, 1991.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I must point out that scientists who believe there is a physical explanation for all things have never made the effort to collect clairvoyant reports -- dating, say, from the late 1700s to the present. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It takes a little work to make this collection, as I have found out. But it is not impossible. If enough of the reports are compared and analyzed, similar patterns become distinctly visible -- as if the clairvoyants have seen the same things from differing viewpoint, but are reporting on the same phenomena nonetheless.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There are a number of different kinds or formats of clairvoyance, all of them of course being various superpowers of the human biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the contexts of all of the foregoing, I would have liked to use the terms "net" or "networks" via which to enter into a discussion as to how information is processed.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But these two terms are firmly ensconced in connection with synapses and neurons -- and in any event "net" or "networks" are somewhat passive in character and in themselves give no hint of what they DO.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Especially, they do not explain the meaning thing with regard to information -- and no biological explanation has been discovered as to how the human biomind assigns meaning to signals which are transduced into identifiable information and thence transduced into meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The word which seems most suitable here is "grid," for in the case of electrical grids it is understood that they distribute electrical power energy to users -- and that parts of the grids can change the amps and wattage of the energy.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, I have opted to utilize the phrase "mental information processing grids," since "mental" implies the meaning thing -- in that we consider meanings via our mental faculties.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is important to point out, though, that this phrase is only a metaphor selected to make discussion possible -- but it has proven to be a very functional one regarding all of the superpowers of the human biomind. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Controlled remote viewing, for example, is in part an exercise in formatting specialized sensory transducers. But in another way, it is also a series of exercises involving mental information processing grids -- an exercise of assigning correct meaning to in-put signals via the whole biomind sensorium (the topic of a forthcoming essay).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Most dictionaries define GRID first as a grating, which in turn is defined as a frame of parallel bars or a lattice of crossed ones blocking a passage. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And in this sense, it is understood through common experience that certain mental information processing grids can block the passage or integration of certain kinds of information signals -- especially, but not only, of the subtle type.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Second, a GRID might be a perforated or ridged metal plate used as a conductor in a storage battery. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Again through common experience, we know that memory is stored and conducted from somewhere -- since it often takes an amount of time to recall certain things.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Third, a GRID may be a network of uniformly spaced horizontal and perpendicular lines for locating points by means of coordinates. This definition is a little more complex when transliterating it into the contexts of information and meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Basically speaking, a coordinate is a precise point at which specific information will be found. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We utilize geographical coordinates to specify a precise place on Earth's surface, and the precise information characteristics of that place will differ from all others. Likewise, although on a much grander scale, star-system coordinates will enable the astronomer to quickly locate a precise star or galaxy.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, where the horizontal and perpendicular lines intersect will be found a specific thing, or a specific category of information. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />With a little leeway we could consider the intersections as "information points."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Metaphorically speaking, in-coming information could be processed through a series of grids composed of information points until one is found which is compatible with the in-coming information -- if there is meaning already installed in the existing information point within this or that grid.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If there is no already-installed meaning point, then the chances are that the in-coming information will not be recognized as meaningful. Grid-like gratings might altogether block the in-coming information if it is extensively incompatible with various of the mental information processing grids.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Here it seems necessary to remind that information is not considered information unless it is meaningful -- at which time it is considered to be information. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We can say, as advanced information theorists do, that information is available everywhere and all of the time. Technically speaking, then, meaning would also be available all of the time.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But in the case of meaning, it seems that our species has to deduce meaning within the terms and limits of their experience and interests.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />That our species has the fundamental faculties to deduce meaning is unambiguous. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But WHICH meanings become incorporated as information points in an individual specimen's mental information processing grids appears to be an entirely different matter.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there is a further glitch in this. For meanings assigned may not be correct meanings, or the meanings may not be consistent with the real information inherent in the in-coming signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To discuss this further, it is almost certain that we have consider the real existence of meaning transducers -- and which transform the products of sensory transducers into meanings.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, our sensory receptors input signals into the biomind systems. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The signals are then converted by sensory transducers into energy forms the various systems can deal with. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The various systems then transduce the sensory signals into information formats which can be utilized by various systems within the whole biomind apparatus -- technically referred to as the Sensorium (see forthcoming essay).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But unless information is further rendered into meaning by meaning transducers then the information will not interact with our installed meaning points and our cognitive transducers will be unable to produce meaning to the intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />IF, and only IF, the incoming information is rendered into meaning, will the signals take on what is commonly referred to as "understanding" -- whose literal meaning, believe it or not, is to "stand UNDER information so as to grasp the meaning of something.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this sense, then, information transducers MUST be accompanied or surrounded by collections of meaning transducers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And if so, then this arrangement would be what grid information points consist of -- while the end product would approximate what we mean when we refer to mental understanding when the intellect is in its awake and dynamic state.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Actually speaking, though, the whole of this is probably far more complex than the simple characteristics given above -- even if we are speaking of the awake intellect alone. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />You see, it is quite certain by now that the biomind also possesses a vast number of subconscious information and meaning transducers -- hardly any of which are accessible to the awake intellect except under certain circumstances. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And beneath, so to speak, the subconscious exist a vast number of signal-information-meaning transducers having to do only with cellular matters -- i.e., which nutrients an organ or cellular system need or do not need, and which either are "sent" to the destinations, or excreted as waste nutrients.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, the overall picture here becomes inordinately complex.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But it also becomes inordinately majestic and full of wonder -- if one thinks of the born biomind as a system of arrays of sensory receptors followed by arrays of sensory information transducers, and then by arrays of meaning transducers at all levels of its existing whether consciously perceptible or not.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But I digress -- as I'm always tempted to do when I contemplate the remarkable, astonishing and exquisite nature of our biomind species.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We now must come to the definition of MEANING, and in doing so to the NATURE of meaning. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And if there has ever been a philosophical swamp, outback or cesspool, trying philosophically to determine the nature of meaning is certainly one of the most prominent contenders.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And as an aside here, it is probably advisable to point up that the modern sciences AVOID this issue ALTOGETHER -- because there is not even a theory available which hypothesizes that the nature of meaning will be found in the realms of physicality and the tangible. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />You see, meaning is entirely INTANGIBLE -- and yet everyone deals with meaning all of the time (or at least they try to do so).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this sense, then, if one needs to be psychic in order to perceive the intangible, then everyone is psychic every time they deal with meanings.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, indeed, if the FULL SPECTRUM of the superpowers of the human biomind was delineated and made visual as a chart, the perception of meanings would constitute one of the superpowers -- and have its place in the spectrum BEFORE the several types of intuition. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There can be little doubt that intuition itself is built out of or upon perceived meanings. If we would permit the perception of meanings, always invisible and intangible, to be called a psychic power, then every specimen of our species would in some sense be a PSYCHIC.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, through the years I've read my brain and mind into bits by consuming every philosophical excursions I could find on the nature of meaning. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />With a few notable exceptions, most of these excursions end up in the same swamp -- but for only one reason.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And this reason has to do with relevancy -- i.e., WHICH meanings are meaningful and which are not, or which meanings are more important than other ones. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this way, the nature of meaning descends out of the universal stratospheres into the pits of meaning preferences and debates arising because of them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Naturally, EACH philosopher would like his or her meanings to take precedence so that his or her philosophical speculations or theories will take on more social, political, religious or economic relevance and other whatnot relevancy.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This is to say that philosophers (and anyone else who desires to fall into this particular pit of no return) argue not about the nature of meaning, but for or against preferred meanings. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And as we shall see just ahead, this is also the "nature" of individual mental information processing grids.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In spite of all the debates, polemics and hubris which go on over the philosophical "nature" of MEANING, meaning itself is simple and usually simply defined in most dictionaries as: THAT WHICH IS CONVEYED. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Most dictionaries, however, specify "that which is conveyed, especially by language."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As it is, though, that which is conveyed can also be conveyed by music, visual images, intimations of the weather, sounds, tactile sensations, sexual awareness, body language, sensations or feelings of love or hate -- and on and on until we find we live in one gigantic environment of things that are conveyed all of the time and everywhere. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And in demonstrable fact, language of and in itself cannot convey meanings unless one has formatted the sensory and meaning transducers to stand under its particular words and vocabulary. Otherwise a given language will be heard merely as meaningless sonics.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, if we comprehend that our biomind organisms and their sensoriums exist within information signals of every and all kinds, but have not developed meaning transducers regarding them, then nothing is CONVEYED by the information signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We consider the printed word as the principal carrier of information and meaning. But indeed, even if the printed words are in one's own language, but one cannot transduce their meaning anyway, then nothing is conveyed. The common phrase "I don't understand what I've read" means that nothing was conveyed.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And here by now in this essay we should be able to accept, at least for hypothetical purposes, that information points installed in our mental information processing grids MUST have meaning transducers -- or the information points probably will not form.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But this is practically the same as saying that everything we experience is experienced not only as sensation, but also must be experienced as meaningful in some kind of way. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Otherwise the billions of signals inundating our arrays of sensory receptors might go unnoticed as meaningless -- and it is rather standard practice NOT to notice what is meaningless.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We will also not notice recorded information which is meaningless to us, even if others do value it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the bottom lines here is that our mental information processing grids must have information points consisting not only of sensory transducers, but also consisting of meaning transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If it is a case of becoming aware of gross and subtle signals, then appropriate meaning transducers must be established to cope with both kinds. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And it must follow that the LACK of such meaning transducers will leave what might be called "experiential holes or pits" in one's mental information processing grids. I prefer to call these "meaning defaults," though.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The lack of appropriate meaning transducers implies meaning defaults -- which is the same as saying that nothing exists in one's mental information processing grids though which to process incoming information into that stuff which is of extraordinary value to everyone and anyone: meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It has been commonly taught that our senses rule our lives. But this can be true only in a limited way -- for our lives are more ruled by the meanings we assign to our incoming sensory loads. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is meaning which governs our understanding. And when we experience something we don't understand we find ourselves staring into the face of a meaning default somewhere within our grids.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And meaning defaults will "mean" that we will not know or understand what has been experienced -- or we will either not experience it or perhaps know that we have. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Or if the experience is vivid enough, the lack of adequate meaning traducers will render our grids into that state commonly referred to as "confused." And it is not unusual to find this or that grid in such a state.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The whole of this, of course, is tremendously complex with nuances which can go on forever. And I, for one, certainly do not know the full extent of it all. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But the basis and justification for entering into this tremendous complexity exists in the fact that if one wishes to activate one's latent faculties regarding any of the superpowers, it would be obvious that one's grids cannot continue to have meaning defaults regarding the many aspects of the superpowers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Further, one must install ACCURATE information points, for inaccurate ones equate to meaning defaults also. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It would be obvious that inaccurate meaning transducers would distort signal-information being input into our sensing systems. Such distortions equate to noise in the signal lines -- as any radio, TV, radar or sonar expert knows.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Due to the enormous complexities involving mental information processing grids, it would be impossible in a mini-essay to consider all of their nuances. And such an attempt would probably be boring anyway.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there are a few major sources regarding information and meaning defaults which might be pointed out for anyone who chances to have the interest and patience in noting what they are.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I, as well as others writing in other contexts, have already pointed out that the modern West is conceptually impoverished when it comes to information about our species superpowers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even the few glitzy, stereotyped concepts descending out of psychical and parapsychological research are neither enough or accurate enough.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />All of which is to say that our modern West is possessed of a high degree of information and meaning defaults along these lines.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Where meaning defaults exist, one can be relatively sure that information and meaning confusions exist, although one might not understand what is being confused.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But the fact exists that although many how-to books exist regarding ostensible development of one's superpower faculties, few of them really do very much along those lines. Otherwise we would already have witnessed the emergence of many superpsychics.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As it happens, and as perhaps the first of the major factors involved, most human specimens do not tolerate the state of confusion very well -- or more exactly put, do not tolerate matters which induce such confusion.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And indeed, since the state of confusion is not at all desirable, about the only way to protect one's self from experiencing it is to construct very strong grids which reject all incoming information-signals except those which fit with one's already installed information-meaning points.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It's worth noting that modern psychology does recognize this, and refers to such mental structures as "psychological defense mechanisms." The line-up of typical defense mechanisms is a rather amusing read. The defense mechanisms were earlier referred to as "psychological and emotional armor" which encapsulated the mental awareness and prevented the intrusion of unwanted signal-information.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There are two very interesting factors regarding defense mechanisms, in that one possesses them without knowing that one does, and that they work automatically at some information-meaning level external to the awareness of the awake intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The source of cause of the formation of defense mechanisms is not understood. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But it is understood that one of their principal functions is to reject awareness of information and meanings which are not consistent with what in psychology has been identified as the "realities" of the psychological ego.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Another principle function is to prevent the intrusion of signal-information which would restimulate past memories of physical and mental anguish or fear.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There are many aspects regarding defense mechanisms which pertain to mundane, everyday matters of living (the "gross" matters referred to by the ancient Yogins).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But regarding the superpowers of the biomind, it is easy enough to see why defense mechanisms against them might get dynamically set up within the grids of given individuals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We in the cultural West tend to idealize the superpowers as highly desirable. But, for example, the superpowers of intuition and future-seeing can easily inform one of dreadful things as well as benign things.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For instance, I recoil from psychically sighting, as it were, stuff like cruelty, murders, locating dead and decomposing bodies, and other forms of carnage -- because contacting and reliving those events wrecks not only my emotions but even impacts on my physiology. Thus I don't make for a very good psychic crime detective in the way other more stalwart psychics do.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I don't have grid defense mechanisms against such "seeing." But there is another way of avoiding the psychic reliving of the horrors -- just not do it, and which, I suppose, is one form of defense mechanisms anyway.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One way of NOT looping into the horrors is to close down the superpower sense receptors and signal channels altogether, and this is a well-known function of defense mechanisms.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this sense, we can picture a mental information processing grid as a grating which permits only certain signals through it, and prevents the intrusion of others.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In any event, if one becomes psychic, one WILL "see" horrors, and it is this aspect which is never mentioned in how-to psychic development books. In this sense, many achieved psychics realize that psychic superpowers are both a blessing and an agony as well.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Another major factor having to do with grids and meaning transducers is a little more complex.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the true, and exact, but unfortunate aspects of the superpowers is their all-seeing nature -- seeing the terrible as well as the benign. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One defensive way of avoiding this is to construct information points based not on real reality, as it were, but based on meaning grids and transducers which do not include real reality in the first place.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is not unusual, however, to find grids set up this way regarding almost everything.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, at this point we might benefit from identifying the difference between primary and secondary meaning transducers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Secondary meaning transducers consist of those meanings established by some other source as meaningful, and which we emulate in our own mental information processing grids.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Primary meaning transducers are derived from direct experience of signals, and their responding sensory and meaning transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One can say that secondary meaning transducers are artificial ones, in that we have imbibed, absorbed or sucked them in from other sources. Such secondary meaning transducers can range along a spectrum from correct to wildly in error. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But, all things considered, they tend to focus only on what makes us feel good about things as considered by the society in which we live.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />However, it is important to consider that secondary meaning transducers may not be directly linked to sensory transducers or to sensory receptors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Primary meaning transducers, being formatted because of direct experience, are probably linked directly to sensory transducers and sensory receptors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, we must admit that most societies insist that secondary meaning transducers must take precedence over primary ones, and this, as it is often advertised, is best for the society. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And it could easily be demonstrated that the educational practices of most societies prime and pump secondary meaning transducers so that their educated recipients will better fit into the social needs and demands -- and also lest one be in "conflict" with the society.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It's worth mentioning here that secondary meaning transducers can equate to one kind of mind control -- albeit sometimes only indirectly so.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As it is, most social organisms like their individuals to emulate and share specific secondary meaning transducers so that all of them will work as a whole or as a team. The success rate, however, varies.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In any event, one's information points within one's mental information processing grids have to do with how "one's head is wired," as put into one of today's language metaphors and as was mentioned in the introductory materials of this series of mini-essays.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this sense, we can visualize that the bio-body you see is, at one level, a walking, talking series of sensory receptor systems.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />At another level, it is a walking, talking series of sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But at the ultimately visible level, it is a walking, talking series of mental information processing grids, equipped with installed primary or secondary meaning points -- with the latter probably predominating in most cases.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, direct, raw experience is replaced with secondary, predigested forms of experience.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the problems here is that secondary meaning transducers usually do not result in the vivid lucidity provided by primary ones, so much so that individuals whose meaning systems are dominated by secondary meaning transducers often demonstrate the appearance of being secondary meaning androids -- sometimes unkindly referred to as replicas of the faith. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This kind of thing can only mean that direct access to primary meaning transducers has been cut back, or perhaps terminated altogether -- and this would mean, as well, that their cognitive connections to their own sensory receptors and sensory transducers can only be wobbly at best.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Excepting, of course, for piecemeal sensory connections to the basic five senses, but which anyway are controlled by the autonomic nervous system more than the awake intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, it is desirable to mention at this point that when we use the metaphor of MENTAL information processing grids, we would be referring, of course, to the awake state of the intellect -- the intellect being the factor or sector of the biomind which mentally analyses information and ostensible meanings of it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is an oddity of the modern Western culture to envision only the awake intellect mind as capable of analyzing information and meaning. It thus follows that none of the other analyzing phenomena which go on within us at other levels and in other states of awareness are MENTAL in nature. Our dreams and intuitions, for example, are not considered of mental origin because they are not products of the logic and reason of the awake intellect mind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This kind of situation of course induces confusions into one's mental information processing grids in the event that one directly experiences some kind of sensory inputs which cannot at all be fitted into the extent, scope, limits or narrow corridors of one's intellect reality.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This situation is made even more confusing in that philosophers and scientists of the modern era concluded that the awake intellect, and ONLY the awake intellect, was the seat of logic and reason in their purest sense.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I have tried to trace the origins of this particular conviction, to little avail -- with the possible exception that it was somehow derived from the ancient Greek philosopher named Aristotle.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The attribution to Aristotle, however, is terribly wobbly -- for even he recognized that logic and reason were variable and closely tied to relative environmental, educational and secondary meaning transducers (although the famous philosopher, of course, did not utilize that particular phrase).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />By "relative" is meant that what is accepted as logic and reason (the rational) closely conforms to what one ALREADY assumes to be logical and rational -- and this is based on information points already installed in one's grids.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But as I recently heard in a recent TV movie, "Assumptions are the Mother of all F _ _ _ -ups." You can insert the four-letter word.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The point is that what is accepted as logic and reason is relative to what has already been assumed to consist of them. And this is always relative not only to individuals and social pressures, but characteristic of the various epochs of our historical past.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We can bypass, at least in part, this particular situation by wondering if logic and reason are, in themselves, ever directly experienced via the biomind's sensory receptors and sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If logic and reason can be directly experienced within the contexts of primary signals and sensory transducers, then one would think that there would never be the problems which have arisen around logic and reason.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />About the only thing that might be true here is that logic can be deduced, and so the essential nature of logic is in properly organizing REAL information and attributing EXACT meanings to it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But doing as much would probably require the omission of secondary meaning transducers -- which tend to be error prone.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The problems regarding reason, however, are more complicated -- for reason seems to be a function of meanings alone rather than one of primary signals and sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, within overall human experiencing, it is difficult to present a "logic" which is illogical, for many are ready to point up its flaws.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But it is rather easy to present reason as rational, for this is an excursion in meanings only and such excursion need not be founded on even one iota of fact -- and meanings can be looped together so that they form a closed loop which will not admit the perception of flaws.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This at least regarding various mental information processing grids which are closed loop-like in structure.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />By way of beginning to end this mini-essay, it is within mental information processing grids that information-meaning points become lodged and fixed. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />When sensory transducers convey perceptual information from the various sensory receptors and then into the biomind organism, that information is thence processed through the individual's meaning transducers -- and produce the outputs noted.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If the grids do not possess proper information points relevant to the input sensory information, or if the information points are inadequate for accurate processing of the information, then widely variable outputs are manufactured. These outputs are often referred to as "interpretations."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the most notable quirks regarding information is that unless it has meaning then it doesn't exist -- or at least is uninteresting and disregarded or ignored.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One of the quirks of our species is that only that which appears to be meaningful is considered important, and meaning-transducers are probably built only along some kind of priority in this regard. Certainly all have to quickly build language sonic-recognition transducers, and then additional meaning transducers which more or less give exact meaning to our tangible sonic environments.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The next most probable set of meaning-transducers, in so far as I have been able to study the matter, is the need for, of all things, STATUS meaning-transducers -- in order that we should be aware of who's who and why so in our environmental, psychological and social surrounds.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Beyond these principal three sets of meaning-transducers, it seems that much of anything else is left to what locally passes for education and knowledge among this or that society -- and to the enormously variable secondary meaning transducers formed by "students" regarding what is taught as education and knowledge.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the end, though, almost everyone interprets what they encounter and/or experience through whatever meaning-transducers they have managed to format. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is our species, however, which has the faculties to format meaning transducers. Beyond that, whatever is formatted in the way of meaning transducers usually has relevance only to local societies and cultures -- and sometimes only to this or that individual specimen.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If we accept, at least hypothetically, that we live in environments fundamentally made up of information-signals, all of these will be found as waves, frequencies and vibrations -- and perhaps in some undiscovered forms. These will include both gross and subtle signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The arrays of our signal receptors will input these signals into the biomind systems. But the signals will be useless unless the signals are separated into categories by sensory transducers and there after transduced into meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, if we should receive a set of signals and have no idea of what they mean, then the signals represent only so much noise or "silence."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, the categories of signals have to be forwarded by the sensory transducers to the meaning transducers in which the signals are converted into categories of meaning.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This is to say that via the arrays of receptors the signals are input into the biomind as waves, frequencies and vibrations. But ultimately the output into cognitive consciousness has to be in the form of meanings -- at which point, as we usually say, the signals can be recognized.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The assignment, as it were, of meaning to signals appears to be a very complicated process -- and is something which is not successful all of the time and/or regarding certain categories of signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Much seems to depend on what kind of signals the biomind has been in some way prepared to recognize -- or has been prepared to reject as meaningless.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Such preparation can be the result of experience and/or social programming -- with the latter usually dominating.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Every specimen of our species is born with a wide array of sensory receptors, and with faculties commensurate to them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />On the other hand, each specimen of our species is also born into specific environments -- natural and social -- which emphasize certain meanings and de-emphasize other ones. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And most specimens will adapt their meaning-making transducers so that they accord with the demands of their natural, social and even artificial environments.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Emphasized meanings will result in high recognition thresholds. De-emphasized meanings will result in low recognition thresholds -- or perhaps no recognition thresholds at all. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If the meaning-recognition thresholds are low or non-existent, then the biomind specimen will be functionally "blind" to the signals being input via his or her own signal receptor arrays -- "blind" at least in the intellect cognitive sense.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the case of low-threshold recognition of those signals our superpower faculties can deal with, then traces of the superpower's activity will not be found in logical, rational intellect cognition, but in dreams, altered states of awareness, inexplicable hunches and deductions, spontaneous intuitions and etc.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, except for the rare occurrences of highly skilled natural psychics, it is exactly in these other areas of sensory reception where we in the modern West have historically found our species-wide traces of the superpowers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To end off now, in all of the foregoing mini-essays, plus the introductory materials, I have introduced the major concepts and nomenclature which seem necessary for a deeper consideration of the nature of the superpowers themselves in Part Five forthcoming. </span></div>
NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926588676304658627.post-45262194004673939732016-06-01T21:15:00.000-07:002016-06-01T21:51:29.013-07:00Sensory Transducers<br />
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<a href="http://www.ingoswann.com/super-powers-of-the-human-biomind.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Superpowers of the Human Biomind</span></a></h3>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><span style="font-size: 12px;">Ingo Swann (15May96)</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Part Three<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Based on the extent of my accumulated understanding so far, there is little doubt that the topic of SENSORY TRANSDUCERS constitutes about 70 percent of what one needs to know about all or any of the superpowers of the human biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />An additional 20 percent is involved with the topic of mental information processing grids, and which more or less equate to our mental "software" programs or networks. This topic will be partially considered in Part Four of this mini-series of essays.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This leaves about 10 percent which involves special knowledge concerning the nature and structure of the "hard drives" of our species biomind and the fundamental faculties inherent in them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The "accumulated understanding" referred to above is drawn from over thirty years of research, eighteen of which were spent in laboratory work, testing and strict oversight confirmation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For the most part, the laboratory work was conducted at Stanford Research Institute (SRI), funded by the intelligence community upon instructions to do so by congressional committees. The whole of the eighteen years of research then proceeded under the direct auspices of many thorough-minded scientific oversight committees.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The SRI project was the most extensive, intensive and longest in duration ever mounted to inquire into the nature and functions of the so-called "paranormal" aptitudes.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even so, in this present essay the resulting information can only be offered for what it's worth to those who chance to read it. For in the absence of tutored exercises it can only be theoretically considered.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The only real problem (among many lesser ones) is that the three topics noted above have not been identified before. And so they have never heretofore taken on a broad reality basis -- at least within the concepts utilized by the cultures of the modern West.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />When cast against the enormous amount of popular and professional literature of all kinds which has accumulated on the general topic of "psychic abilities," the reduction of what is involved to only three major topics will at first seem unreasonable.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I will therefore depend on the old axiom that it is what is NOT understood which seems complex and complicated, perhaps even unsolvable. But when it is finally understood it becomes easy and people wonder why they hadn't understood it before.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To help launch into this essay, and to help make it as internally complete as possible, it seems advisable to remind of the working definition of the superpowers -- and which has already been presented in other essays in this database.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Generally speaking, the usual powers can be seen to involve the physical and tangible which our basic five physical senses inform us of. These powers are not considered "psychic" ones because it is thought that they can be "explained" within the terms of physicality -- even though a number of the usual powers actually belong in the superpower category.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The superpowers of the biomind involve sensory and perceptual faculties which transcend the extent and limits of physicality and inform us of factors by ways which cannot be explained by its known "laws." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />SOME of these aptitudes have been identified, and are grouped together under the generic term "psychic."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the modern West, psychic aptitudes are considered "paranormal" or "parapsychological." But other and earlier cultures did not make this strange and unfortunate distinction -- and which led to the Western mainstream condemnation of the paranormal as abnormal and irrational.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is much more profitable to consider that specimens of the human species possess arrays of sensory receptors. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We should also consider that the sensory receptors detect "signals" and enter the signals into the biomind identifying mechanisms which convert them into feelings, perceptions, impressions and etc., and which ultimately interact within the individual's intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In Western technical concepts and jargon, mechanisms which convert one form of input energy to another form which can be utilized by different systems are referred to as TRANSDUCERS.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If we extend the concept of transducers to include biomind situations, then we can very easily arrive at the concept of SENSORY TRANSDUCERS (a term which has been coined by others than myself.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the case of the human biomind, the enormous number of sensory receptors function in various ways which input various signals (forms of energy information) into the vast complex of the sensory systems. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But the input signals need to be transduced into other forms in order to be utilized by the various biomind systems.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The following is exceedingly important.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It would appear that the human biomind sensorium possesses the inherent hard drive faculties TO CONSTRUCT an enormous variety of sensory transducers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But it also appears that beyond the inherent hard drive faculties, the transducers are constructed only as a result of repeated exposure to the signals in some kind of cognitive way.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This is to say that although the biomind systems are bombarded, as it were, with signals of all kinds, sensory transducers appear to form only if the intellect in some fashion recognizes a need or usefulness for them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Since perceptions of needs or usefulness are usually determined by environmental and social factors, human specimens will usually elect to form only those sensory transducers which integrate them with those factors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And it is at this point that the concept of sensory transducers becomes immeasurably complicated -- and for the following reasons.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For the most part, those sensory transducers which are typically constructed, more or less follow the lines of local environmental, social and educational influences.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As but three examples, people who spend their lives in the high mountains have no need of the sensory transducers formed by those who spend their lives majorly on water or the oceans -- and vice versa.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Urban dwellers have no need of the particular sensory transducers needed by farmers -- and vice versa.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Intellectuals have no need of the sensory transducers formed by those who depart from the intellectual armchair and go out into the "field" to work within hands-on situations.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This is to say that our species, and very probably every specimen born of it, possesses the inherent faculties for sensory transducer formatting. But the general, overall result is the formatting of a wide variety of sensory transducers in given individual and socio-educational groupings.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This is the same as saying that different people format different sets of sensory transducers -- meaning that some form sensory transducers which others do not.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is now necessary to introduce the concept that there are differences between what might be called the "gross" and the "subtle" sensory receptors. I don't particularly like those two terms, but they are about the only ones we have in order to convey the ideas of the concept.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The gross sensory receptors inform us of the tangible. The subtle ones inform us of the intangible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there is an added distinction which is enormously important.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For the tangible can only be experienced locally and regards the physical vicinity which the individual biomind is most accustomed to.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But the intangible can be experienced non-locally and will concern matters not dependent on the physical vicinity of the biomind specimen.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I will extend consideration of these concepts ahead. But in this way we can distinguish between the gross physical sensory receptors and the subtle refined sensory receptors. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It's worth while, here, to point out that most human specimens build a lot of sensory transducers regarding the tangible sensory receptors (i.e., the famous five so-called physical senses.) <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />What forms in the way of intangible sensory transducers is open for wondering about.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In order to get deeper into the topic of this essay, sensory transducers, it is necessary to undertake some background discussions so as to establish a broader information basis which will ultimately aid in comprehension.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To get into this, I will begin by giving the formal technical definitions of TRANSDUCER taken from a reasonably authoritative source -- VAN NOSTRAND'S SCIENTIFIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, Fifth Edition.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The exact definitions are very important, for the concepts of transducers not only underlie the entirety of the human biomind sensorium, but ALL of the superpowers of the biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />You may bear in mind, however, that the definitions refer to physical mechanisms and equipment -- and that we will be converting the definitions so that they refer to the human biomind sensorium.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I will help elucidate and simplify after the definitions have been given.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"TRANSDUCER: 1. A device by means of which energy can flow from one or more transmission systems to one or more other transmission systems. The energy transmitted by these systems may be of any form (for example, it may be electric, mechanical, or acoustical), and it may be of the same form or different forms in the various input and output systems.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"2. For some purposes the transducer is defined (more narrowly) as a device capable of being actuated by waves from one or more transmission systems or media, and of supplying related waves to one or more other transmission systems or media. It is sometimes implied that the input and output energies shall be of different forms. For example, an electroacoustic transducer accepts electrical waves and delivers acousting waves.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"Among the types of transducers in addition to those designated by nature of energy change, such as electroacoustic or electromechanical transducers, are:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"The ACTIVE TRANSDUCER, whose output waves are dependent upon sources of power, apart from that supplied by any of the actuating waves, which power is controlled by one or ore of these waves.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"The CONVERSION TRANSDUCER, an electric transducer in which the input and the output frequencies are different. If the frequency-changing property of a conversion transducer depends upon a generator of frequency different from that of the input or output frequencies, the frequency and voltage or power of this generator are parameters of the conversion transducer.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"The HARMONIC TRANSDUCER, a conversion transducer in which the useful output frequency is a multiple or a sub-multiple of the input frequency. Either a frequency multiplier or a frequency divider is a special case of harmonic conversion transducer.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"The HETERODYNE CONVERSION TRANSDUCER, a conversion transducer in which the useful output frequency is the sum or difference of the input frequency and an integral multiple of the frequency of another wave.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"The PASSIVE TRANSDUCER, whose output waves are independent of any sources of power which is controlled by the actuating waves.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"The IDEAL TRANSDUCER, a hypothetical passive transducer which transfers the maximum possible power from a specified source to a load. In linear electric circuits and analogous cases, this is equivalent to a transducer which (a) dissipates no energy and (b) when connected to the specified source and load, presents to each its compliance."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I trust you understood all of the above.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But now to elucidate and simplify a little, first by saying that I've given the entire definitions in order to show that there are different kinds of transducers. If we apply the concept of transducers to the human biomind, it is quite probable that hundreds or thousands of different kinds of sensory transducers can be formed.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />More simply speaking regarding the basic definition, a transducer is a device that is actuated by power from one system and supplies power in some other form to a second system.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Another way of putting this is that a transducer converts power or energy of one system into a different form so that it can be utilized by a second system which can't utilize the first form of the energy or power.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">All of this might seem alien to you -- unless it is pointed up that the telephones we use every day are transducers -- actually two of them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The speaking end of the telephone converts our voice sounds into electromagnetic signals which can travel through wires or the atmospheres. These signals are then received at the listening end, but are reconverted by another kind of transducer into the sound vibrations we hear and recognize as words.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The same can be said of radio and television broadcasting. What is to be broadcast is converted into electromagnetic signals which travel (i.e., are propagated) along various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum -- and which signals are received by the reception transducers in radios and TVs and which convert the EM-signals into the sounds and images we see and hear.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The only reason we are unfamiliar with the existence and functions of the transducers is that we experience only the end-products of the transduced information by our radios and TVs. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We usually have no knowledge that broadcast information is first converted into EM-signals which are what are broadcast, and then reconverted by the receiving transducers into the sounds and images we hear and see.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But almost exactly the same things go on when we speak words and our ears receive them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Our voice box and larynx produce not words, but sonic vibrations which are modulated in various ways by our tongues, lips and jaws. The sonic vibrations have meanings to those who "speak" the sonic vibrations.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The spoken sonic vibrations propagate across a distance and are received by our ear mechanisms not as words but as sonic vibrations, i.e., sonic signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If we have not formed biomind transducers which reconvert the sonic signals into word meanings, then the sonics will not take on the form of words -- and we will not understand the sound vibrations and they will seem like garbled language or meaningless noise.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Here is the essential problem of languages. In different languages the same thing can be sonically rendered via a vast number of sonic signals. But those who have not formed specific transducers to render them into meaning will not understand them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this precise sense, then, sonic vibrations are information-signals which need to be recognized (transduced) as having particular meaning -- and obviously it takes a vast array of sensory transducers to result in this.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Our species, and every specimen born of it, has the universal hard-drive faculties to emit and receive sonic vibrations. But the meanings to be attached to them reside within the formative influences of the environments, social groupings and cultures each specimen lives within. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Again the reason why we are unfamiliar with the sonic signal processes is that we do not perceive the vibrations themselves. The sonic vibrations are so quickly converted by our biomind transducers into meanings and/or noise that we are aware only of experiencing the end products.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There can be no doubt that words, as emitted and received sonic vibrations ARE vibrations (signals) because our species has invented mechanical equipment to display the characteristics of the vibrations.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The sense receptors we collectively refer to as eyesight are quite similar regarding vibrations. We do not literally or actually see what is out there. Rather light causes light frequencies (another form of vibrations) to bounce off of what is illuminated.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Our eye mechanisms do not receive pictures of the things themselves, but receive the bounced light frequencies instead. These frequencies are recombined into images by some undiscovered transducer function, and it is these images we perceive in our heads -- and with the astonishing adjunct that we feel we are directly seeing what is out there.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We have no sense at all of experiencing that what we are looking at is a reconstituted image in our own heads, not really something "out there."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Again, light frequencies are information signals propagating along a particularly narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum -- referred to as the visual light spectrum. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These signals are received by the eye-brain mechanisms as a spectrum of information signals. They are not received as images. Another step is required. The signals need to be transduced into the images which the biomind perceives.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Now, it is generally thought and taught that we are receiving visual images. This is not true. What the visualizing parts of our biominds are receiving, via our eye systems, is not visual images but light frequencies -- while the images are reconstituted by some kind of transducers into the images we see. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The problem here is that the whole of this takes place in a micro-fraction of a second -- so fast indeed that the images which appear in our heads seem simultaneous with what our visual sense receptors are sensing "out there." So we think we are seeing what is out there. We have no conscious awareness of the existence of the mysterious transducers involved.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As an added situation, it is well known that people see things differently, and that some see tangible things completely missed by others. And here is the situation regarding which and what kind of sensory transducers have or have not been formatted at the individual level.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There is an enormous complexity involved here. As has often been said, scientists today know everything there is to know about our physical eyesight mechanisms. But with one exception: How the light frequencies which travel through the eye mechanisms "register" somewhere unknown within the biomind and result in transduced images.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For those who might want to read in more detail of what I have summarized just above, I refer you to a particular book, probably hard to find but well worth the effort: BEYOND ALL BELIEF, by Peter Lemesurier (Element Books, Great Britain, 1983).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In common parlance we refer to hearing and seeing as two of the major physical senses.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I suppose this is OK -- as long as one does not look into the mechanisms and processes involved. But in fact, such looking into was not possible before the modern sciences invented refined equipment to do so. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />After the invention of such equipment, and the applying of it to the dissecting of the physical senses, the definitions of the senses really ought to have radically changed -- because by now the earlier concepts of the senses are almost completely antiquated.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, it is quite possible today to say that we do not have SENSES at all -- unless we utilize the term "sense" as "to make sense of something."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />What we actually have are vast arrays of SENSORY RECEPTORS of all kinds quite busy receiving an even vaster array of information-signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We also have vast arrays of EMITTERS, equally busy sending out all kinds of information-signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Various problems concerning concepts and nomenclature about remote viewing and the other superpowers were discussed in Part One of this series of essays. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The general point was made that once the concepts and nomenclature have become established, they also enter into our mental information processing grids -- and thereafter we think of the superpowers only within those terms. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As a result, our sensory load inputs and subsequent thinking processes and their extent can become trapped within the limits of the concepts and nomenclature.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Some few researchers have agreed that the modern West has only a very limited number of concepts regarding the superpowers and the paranormal, some of which are quite superficial while others are not correct and therefore are misleading.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For example, the fabled out-of-body experience appears to have a number of different states or gradients, some of which are not completely independent of the biobody. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Yet we tend to think of the OOBE only within one context having to do with the two-part division typical of Western philosophical dualism. Dualism divides the human biomind entity into only two parts, the biological part and another part commonly thought of as The Spirit and/or the Mind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If one digs deeper into this two-part simplicity, it becomes quite clear that the human biomind is multi-aspected, multi-dimensional, and capable of many gradient sensory states and conditions that can find no home or reality within the Western two-part concept of dualism.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In Part Two, an attempt was made to discuss the SIDHIS of ancient India -- and this topic must now be expanded a little since it leads directly into the topic of sensory transducers and the superpowers of the human biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Descriptions of the sidhis will definitely identify them as superpowers of the human biomind. However, although descriptions of the various sidhis have been recounted in many sources published in the modern West, what they actually consisted of in their ancient terms past remains foggy in modern terms.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But it is clearly implied in the ancient Yoga texts that the sidhis are the products of learning and deliberate development. It would appear that one cannot develop or enhance any of the sidhis merely by reading about them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the context of this essay, obviously would have been needed is the development and strengthening of specific kinds of sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />However, what additionally would be involved in developing them is not explained in the ancient Yoga texts -- apparently because the Yogins felt that the superpowers should be developed only by those who had attained certain moral and ethical levels.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The Yoga literature of the past, however, does, with some certainty, distinguish between the "gross" and the "subtle" senses. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We in the modern West would distinguish between the physical and the psychic senses -- and assume that our distinction exactly corresponds with what was meant in the ancient Yoga tradition.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But within my many years of experience and research, the Western division can only be an approximate one at best. Our modern distinction carries the overtones of Western dualism, and which makes our enormously limiting two-part distinction possible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there is hardly any evidence that the ancient Yogins leaned on any format of dualism. Good translations (there ARE bad ones) of the Yoga Sutras seem to indicate the ancient presence of an overall formative philosophy focused not on TWO aspects but on the many different multi-levels and multi-channels of the human biomind potentials.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It would seem that it was this overall philosophy of multi-aspects which released the ancient Yogins from our present modern dichotomy of material versus non-material.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If anything, the ancient Yogins might have assigned a good part of what we call "psychic" to the physical senses, since they identified many more than five physical senses. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And indeed, recent research in neurophysiology has located the sensory receptors for at least seventeen physical senses, a number of which we would call psychic, such as magnetic directional sensing. [See, for example, DECIPHERING THE SENSES, THE EXPANDING WORLD OF HUMAN PERCEPTION, Robert Rivlin and Karen Gravelle, Simon & Schuster, 1984.]<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />One Western error of interpretation that has probably been made is in exclusively associating the Yoga "gross senses" with the physical senses. And with this, the distinction between gross and subtle senses begins -- and which we today would identify as the physical and psychic senses.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Yet many of the physical senses of biobody can qualify as subtle ones. The Yoga texts show that the ancient Yogins were completely aware of this in that they advocated the development, refinement, extending and honing of many of the physical senses.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There is only one possible conclusion here -- that "gross" and "subtle" must have meant something else in those ancient times. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is my conclusion that the two terms referred not to the senses at all, but referred to how any or all of the senses were USED -- which is to say, to what ends they were used.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Within this context, and as IS stated in the Yoga texts, the most fundamental "gross" aspect was to utilize one's senses only to gratify physical passions, lusts or even physical needs. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Any number of what we would call "telepathic" senses can be used to those ends, and which powers we Westerners would certainly view as subtle ones in nature. {In a forthcoming essay I will discuss the telepathic capabilities of the astonishing biobody itself.]<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Likewise, the ancient Yoga meaning of "subtle" must have meant something different.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The ancient Yogins understood that there was an immediacy in physical affairs, a direct immediacy which trapped or at least focused the awareness of people in it -- leading to the gross usage of all of their manifold senses for physical end.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Yet the Yogins also understood that there were intangible matters (influences?)which impacted upon physical affairs, and were even interwoven among them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Such intangible influences certainly qualify as subtle ones, while the USAGE of the combined biomind senses to perceive THEM would certainly be of a different order than merely perceiving anything strictly physical.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It thus follows that the Yoga distinction was at least more between the USAGE of the senses in regard to gross and subtle GOALS than between a strict division of tangible and intangible -- or, as we would say, exclusively between the physical and the psychic sensory receptors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />That the USAGE of the senses, whatever they were, was the principal focus of the Yogins is inordinately pronounced if one studies the discursive passages in the ancient texts. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The Yogins clearly indicate that a focus of the senses exclusively into physicality permits gross and familiar formats of behavior, sometimes quite disgusting and heinous. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But they also held that the introduction of perceptions of the subtle intangibles brought about beneficial changes in behavior based in the principle that humans behave according to the limits or extents of what they perceive.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even in bad Western translations of the Yoga texts, this basic "message" is quite clearly put, and there is little way around it. We today, of course, might transliterate this as "lifting one's consciousness into higher realms." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But we would do so on the basic dualistic assumption of more departing from the physical and entering more into the spiritual -- in other words distinguishing, rather unforgivingly, between the physical and spiritual life which we dualistically see as diametrically and permanently opposed to each other.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But there is hardly a trace of such diametric opposition in the Yoga texts -- and in this the general Western and Eastern foci differ completely. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The ancient Yogins clearly valued the physical as the embodiment of the enduring Life Principle -- and which, to them, was perhaps the most intangible, but the most sustaining Principle of all.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It was the reduction or collapse of the biomind sensory equipment and mechanisms into the limits of the purely physical purposes which disturbed them, and which collapse could be seen only by restoring the sensory subtle faculties into functioning efficacy.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We in the modern West today do not have a very good picture of this -- and for a very surprising reason.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />You see, we tend to judge the efficacy of psychic functioning mostly in regard to physical parameters.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For example, parapsychologists use only physical targets in testing for psi. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Psychics are used to solve physical crimes and find lost or dead bio-bodies. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Psychic readers, sometimes very good, are required to address physical situations for their clients -- sex or matrimonial partners, money, when physical circumstances will get better.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even foreseeing the future has no real importance unless its outcomes can be judged against future, but quite physical manifestations. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Our concepts of telepathy exclusively involve physical situations, most specifically minds in bio-bodies. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even spiritualistic mediums are expected to be in touch with departed bio-BODIES, and other remarkable seance phenomena have to be very near to being physical in order to be appreciated.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, we in the modern West SAY that psychic faculties are non-material and non-material in origin. But we test and utilize them against physicality aspects. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even when psychic faculties are used, hypothetically speaking, to spot extraterrestrials, the result is that we assume that the ETs are somewhere in physicality and themselves are physical entities of some kind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this sense, then, we are trapped within the "gross usage" which the ancient Yogins most likely were referring to.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And even the development of controlled remote viewing, of which I was a full part, it was exclusively designed to spy on foreign "hard targets" -- physical facilities of physical military importance.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, we view psychic perceptions as subtle and intangible in nature -- but if and when we attempt to use them it is in regard to mundane physical situations.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The ancient Yoga texts can be interpreted in many ways, and as they have been. But one of the ways seems to hinge on the modern Western assumption that the Yogins taught that an increase in psychic powers (as we would call them in the modern West) was the goal.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But this was not the case at all. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The Yogins unambiguously taught that an overall INCREASE or EXPANSION of sensory awareness was the principal goal -- and that as increases of sensory awareness took place, various sensory mechanisms equivalent to some of our conceptualized Western psychic powers could automatically become activated or reactivated.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But here we again trip across a Western conceptual inadequacy -- for we habitually refer to "awareness" without prefixing it with "sensory." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And this is very important regarding the development of sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This inadequacy us to the false assumption that awareness is something of and in itself, something sort of independent of sensory inputs. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, within the contexts of this inadequacy one can easily say that one is an aware person -- while at the same time being completely unaware of a great deal.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I'm sure you might see the larger overall situation in this regard -- the one composed of aware people who are not aware of a whole lot.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In its most basic Western definition, "aware" means alert, and so "awareness" means having or possessing the state of alertness. Most dictionaries let it go at that. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But "alert" means alert to some kinds of input, and all of which have to consist of sensory somethings (and which "somethings" are in these essays being referred to as "signals.") <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />After all, it does defy logic to say that one is aware of something which has not been sensed in some kind of fashion.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In any event, the Yoga texts advocate an OVERALL increase of SENSORY AWARENESS -- while such an increase obviously must be the result of finding out what one is NOT sensing so as to become aware of it. And finding this out obviously would involve a series of processes of some kind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And here we encounter a real snarl, one both delicate and gross, and which could use several essays to discuss. I will therefore postpone entering too deeply into it here, reserving extended discussion to the forthcoming Part Five of these mini-essays -- REMOTE VIEWING AND THE HUMAN SUPERPOWERS OF MIND.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The reason for the postponement is that one should have the prerequisite information regarding both sensory transducers AND mental information processing grids (the topic of Part Four.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />So we will consider only the distinction (in Western terms) between the gross and the subtle sensory receptors. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And here, for the first time, we encounter certain subtle sensory (psychic) factors which, by definition, ARE subtle ones, but which are not called "psychic" here in the West -- in that they are considered normal, not non-normal.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Since the conventional concepts of the basic five senses are usually focused only on the physical and tangible, they also tend to focus the intellect on the psychical and tangible, and sometimes exclusively so. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In such a case, it might be concluded that the full extent and entirety of the human biomind perceptions regard only what is physical and tangible -- and which is the general case within the major Western philosophies of materialism and the physical sciences.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But intellect has a certain number of powers which are never exclusively based in perceiving only what is physical and tangible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For example, intellect can perceive connections or relationships between physical and tangible aspects, even though the connections and relationships are nowhere directly visible or identifiable exclusively via the basic five senses.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In such a case, intellect has transcended the parameters and limits of the physical and tangible, and has perceived something for which there is no DIRECT physical or tangible evidence.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, and well within the ancient Yoga formats, the intellect has perceived a subtle factor. This relationship factor may indeed be "suggested" by the physical, but of and in itself it is not tangible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In such a case, the intellect, not normally thought of as psychic, has performed a function which we in the West would call psychic -- for if the term "psychic" refers to perceiving what is tangibly invisible, then this simple process of perceiving relationships certainly should be entered into the lexicon of things psychic.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If this concept bumps around in one's mental information processing grids, not to worry -- for the perception of relationships is a full beginning part of that endemic superpower called intuition.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is true that the connections and relationships can be confirmed in tangible and physical ways. But the impetus for undertaking the confirmation has arisen from this particular transcendental faculty of intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the cultural West this particular faculty of intellect is majorly referred to as the DEDUCTIVE faculty, and sometimes as INDUCTIVE. But since it involves something not perceptible to the physical five, it involves something invisible -- at least within the contexts of telling the difference between the visible and invisible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, one is left to wonder about where ARE the senses of intellect which obviously must underlie the perception of something which is invisible to the physical five -- and which perception transcends the limits and parameters of the physical and tangible. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For, you see, deduction itself must be based in some kind of sensory equipment in that deductions don't exist of and in themselves, but are always sensed and constructed by the individual biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The term used in the cultural West for this kind of thing is deduction. But it could quite as easily be referred to as intuition, since the several forms of intuition are all based in some kind of deduction.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In the West, intuition is generally taken to mean "direct perception, cognition or knowledge of something which is not physically or tangibly available or in evidence." But a deduction is also the same thing. The perceptions of relationships are not tangibly in direct evidence -- unless one deduces them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />To try to ensure complete understanding here, the things between which the invisible or not obvious connections and relationships are perceived may well be physical and tangible. But the perceived connections and relationships themselves are not of physical and tangible origin. They are "contributed" by the biomind systems.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And furthermore, they reside only in the intellects which do perceive them -- while they may not at all be perceived by or reside in the intellects of others.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />By way of example here, inventors proceed by the intellect power of "logical" deduction of invisible relationships and meanings -- but many inventors will insist that they were more inspired by episodes of intuition and the products of which at first seemed entirely illogical.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In any event, if the intellect powers of deduction and intuition are not the same thing, there is at least a linked and very close connection between them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If, however, the full spectrum of the different kinds of intuition was identified, it would be quite difficult not to include deduction as perhaps the first and most basic form of it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And every specimen of our species is born with the hard drive rudiments of deductive faculties. Whether they are developed and enhanced, though, is a different matter. But this matter (or problem) has very little to do with the fact that our species as a whole certainly does possess the biomind hardware of the deductive faculties.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In fact, it can be offered that deductions are EXTENSIONS and ENHANCEMENTS of the physical senses -- almost exactly as advocated in the ancient Yoga texts.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But we need to be very precise here in order to ensure understanding.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Step-like functions are involved between perception of physical objects and deducting relationships between them. As has already been stated, even our five physical senses do not themselves perceive things as they are. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />What is perceived are sensory recreations of what is input via the sensory receptors -- and then only if sufficient sensory transducers have been erected to process information from the absolutely physical gross to increasing levels of subtly and which increasing levels at some depart from complete dependence on the physical gross.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We are now in a position to consider the following three factors:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />1. The physical senses are made up of arrays of sensory receptors which, in the first instance, receive some kind of signals. These signals are converted into the sensations we experience, and which sensations are then converted into what we see, hear and etc. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />2. Then further conversions take place until the process comes to include information loads resulting in intellect understanding. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />3. Then, in the case of deducting, further conversions must take place dealing with information loads that are invisible to the five physical sense receptors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, we are looking at arrays of increasingly specialized sensory transducers -- and which include transducers which can deal with information which is not drawn from contact with one's local environment of physicality.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Each conversion requires a series of SENSORY TRANSDUCERS which convert something to something else -- such as signal into information. Thus what begins as sensory signals can be converted into a number of outputs, of which deducting is one.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The whole of this passage will be enlarged upon just ahead.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />All sensations received as inputs by the biomind are signals in their first form -- while the conversion from signal state to the meaning condition would require sensory transformation of the signal into sensed information the biomind could comprehend.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In other words, the biomind might be equipped with the rudimentary sidhi sense receptors. But in the case of the sidhis the biobody sensing arrays alone will not suffice except insofar as spontaneous manifestations might occur.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But in the ancient Yoga texts, the sidhis are NOT identified as spontaneous manifestations. Rather, they are identified as highly developed skills under the volitional control of their possessors. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, as is well known, such development requires the cognitive cooperation of the intellect part of the biomind -- and which part obviously would have to erect sensory transducers of its own in order to deal with sidhi development.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />This can only mean that although the biomind specimen possesses rudiments for constructing refined sensory transducers, such transducers have to be constructed by repeated cognitive exposure to the precise subtle signals.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The only modern Western concept which fills the bill here is that involving the TRANSDUCER -- and, in the case of the developed sidhis, a series of them beginning with signal-sensing receptors ending up with the cognitive transducers. This consists of a series of transducing processes which convert signal into recognizable information which can be accurately understood.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The reason I've gone on at such length regarding the sidhis is that through the long-duration of the research work at SRI, the functional discoveries made there increasingly seemed to emulate the meanings and contexts of the ancient Yoga Sutras in which the sidhis are discussed in ways which equate with the superpowers. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, there was every reason to assess the ancient Yoga texts in light of our own work -- and in this sense the ancient texts became a treasure trove of additional information.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this sense, the old axiom that there is nothing new takes on renewed meaning. If one discovers or rediscovers what is already there -- well, what else can ever be discovered except what it already there?<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The controlled, volitional form of remote viewing is clearly comparable to the ancient volitional and controlled sidhi described as distant-seeing. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The remote-viewing discovery work uncovered very delicate sense receptors which, when properly transduced into accurate intellect meaning resulted in controlled remote viewing. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Thus, if perhaps not exactly so, the discoveries of the delicate sense receptors and proper sensory transducers must closely resemble the knowledge of the ancient Yogins and their concepts of the distant-seeing sidhi.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The concept involving proper sensory transducers, however, is not unique to the controlled remote viewing processes.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, the need for sensory transducers is not only an individual biomind necessity, but clearly underlies the whole of all our species powers and superpowers of the human biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The question now emerges as to which subtle signals need to be recognized so as to erect suitable sensory transducers for them. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The answer to this belongs in the 10 percent special knowledge category indicated at the beginning of this mini-essay. And one could be told what the signals consist of. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But, as indicated in the Yoga texts, it would be repeated, precise exposure to them which would cause the necessary transducers to format. And this is only possible by precise tutoring -- again as indicated in the ancient Yoga texts.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We will now leave the discussion of the sidhis and enter into a preliminary discussion which will aid in making visible the importance of sensory transducers. This discussion is needed largely because few will ever have heard of sensory transducers.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Largely speaking, even the basic five senses are useless unless their sensory inputs are mitigated and analyzed by the intellect or some other analyzing part of the biomind -- after which a great deal seems to depend on the loads of information accumulated and actively contained in the intellect at the individual level and via which the sensory inputs are analyzed.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Be pleased to read the above rather long sentence with great care and attention. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The meaning here is that one's sensory receptors may indeed be receiving certain kinds of signals. But if one's intellect is not prepared to deal with their information loads, then the signals will remain invisible -- at least to one's non-sensitized, unaware cognitive intellect.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />I will expand upon the "loads of information" in the contexts of the following mini-essay dealing specifically with the mental information processing grids, or networks, if you prefer.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />During the modern epoch (roughly from about 1845 to about 1970), it was thought and taught that the five physical senses must correspond exactly to the known laws of the physical and tangible. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It was also thought that the basic five were themselves exclusively of physical and tangible origin, and their ultimate "explanations" would eventually be discovered to be physical in nature.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is only during the post-Modern period to the present that the answer here has been found to be both Yes and No -- in that the bio-organic functions of the five physical senses have been mapped. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But what is still missing is how, or even why, the physical or any of the sensory signal receptors result in the TRANSFER from biomind sensations into information.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But rather than get brainlocked into this mystery, we should consider what happens from another viewpoint.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The most obvious and perhaps the only purpose and function of any or all of the sensory receptors is to deal with information -- to INFORM us of the various aspects of the physical and tangible. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And INFORMATION is always invisible until it is transduced into some "hard" form such as words, codes, mathematics, voice, printed or computer formats, deduction, and, last of all, into intellect cognition.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />How and why this was not earlier noticed is something of a complete mystery.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But here is the incredibly important distinction between what our senses ARE and what they DO. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Indeed, debates and polemics about what our senses ARE can go on indefinitely.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But when it comes to the matter of what they DO... well, here we encounter an entirely different perspective -- one which opens onto quite wide panoramas and unambiguously comes to include the subtle extensions of a wide variety of sensory receptors pointed up by the ancient Yogins.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />For starters, if our senses, no matter what they are, did nothing for us, then they would be quite useless.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is extremely difficult to consider that the essence of information is exclusively physical and tangible in its basic nature.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is true that information can be conveyed via physical means -- the most common forms consisting of sonics, images and linguistic and mathematical codes which make it intelligible to those who can hear, look, or comprehend.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But information itself has to be converted into human thoughts and concepts in order that one can perceive what it consists of.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Information theorists now hold that information is always available, and all the time available, whether human specimens perceive it or not.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />"Always available" clearly implies the essential invisibility of information -- until it becomes "visible" within the deductive/intuitive cognitive powers of the intellect in the form of "perceptions," and then in thoughts and concepts.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is exceedingly difficult to consider that thoughts and concepts are exclusively physical or tangible in nature.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is true that thoughts and concepts can be stimulated into existence because of physical and tangible sensations. But it can easily be shown that the thoughts and concepts are not the stimulations themselves, but only this or that consideration of them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Furthermore, this or that consideration can produce, as they automatically tend to do, entire chains of additional considerations -- until a point might be reached which is far removed from anything physical or tangible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />On the other hand, though, the human biomind can produce considerations, thoughts and concepts which have no origin in anything physical or tangible at all -- but which rather have their origin in matters for which there is no "explanation" within the on-going tangible factors of time, space, matter and energy.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The most omnipresent type of this is often called intuitive foresight -- and which deals with information, or deduced information, which is not derivable from any existing situations regarding the physical and tangible.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And, indeed, whether intuition be of deduction, insight or foresight, it defies the "laws" of the physical and tangible -- so much so that it easily and unambiguously can be said to transcend them.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />And it is at this point that we must consider that our species does possess senses and cognitive faculties the information function of which is to transcend the parameters and limits of the physical and tangible -- and, so to speak, plug us into the information which is available all of the time.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />It is almost completely certain that all of the superpowers are based in two principal factors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These are SYSTEMS of SENSORY RECEPTORS and systems of SENSORY TRANSDUCERS (both gross and subtle), which result in information which is meaningful to the experiencer -- IF (here a BIG word) proper sensory transducers have been formatted.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />A third important factor is found in MENTAL INFORMATION PROCESSING GRIDS, the central topic of the next mini-essay.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />We will be quick here to define between "the senses," as they are commonly referred to, and sensing SYSTEMS which are far more complex than "senses." <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Even our common five physical senses are not "senses." If we get beyond the simplistic use of the term "senses" and deeper into the anatomy and dynamics of the physical five, then we find that what we call a "physical sense" is actually made up of extraordinarily complex interactions among a vast number of sensory receptors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />These interactions involve the electromagnetic level, the behavior of atoms which comprise our molecules and cells, the functions of our bio-organic materials and the synapses and chemical electrons comprising our nervous systems and brains, as well as our biomind energy fields and our sensoriums.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Upon inspection of the sensing systems and their extensive arrays, it is their apparent major duty to detect and input and process information -- and this arouses considerations as to how and in what ways information is processed.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />If we persist in utilizing the term "a sense," then we are reducing all of our wondrous and fantastic sensing SYSTEMS to a simplistic concept -- one which defeats a comprehension of the larger factors of our biomind sensing systems.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />Every specimen of our species is a walking, talking array of sensing systems -- and these are so wonderful and astonishing as to boggle even those who study them scientifically.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />The idea that our biominds process only physical information is foolish, and thus the concept that born specimens of our species have only five physical senses serves only to reduce one's awareness of one's OWN vast arrays of sensing systems.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As it is, even those who believe and teach that we have only five physical senses are themselves always utilizing extended arrays of sensing systems which cannot be confined into or explained by the physical five.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />There is no doubt that we DO have sensing systems which principally process information relevant to the physical factors around us or wherever we go. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But even the most average person knows and experiences that we process various kinds of sensed information which is not physical in origin or source and which cannot even be deduced from physical factors.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />As it has transpired during the last three decades, roughly beginning in the late 1960s, cutting-edge research scientists have come to accept that we possess many more than the five physical senses, and that the human biomind deals with various categories of information which cannot be fitted into the normal five-senses explanation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this context, I again refer you to the book I've already mentioned: DECIPHERING THE SENSES: THE EXPANDING WORLD OF HUMAN PERCEPTION (Robert Rivlin and Karen Gravelle, Simon & Schuster.)<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In this book the arcane complexities of many scientific papers were clarified for the popular reader -- and who would be surprised to find SEVENTEEN senses cogently described in it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />*<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />In Part Five of these mini-essays, I'll begin an extended but preliminary listing of various of the additionally identified senses and compare them to various superpowers of the human biomind.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);" />But at this point, in Part Four we need to turn our attention to those complicated factors called, in this database, the mental information processing grids. 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In a fascinating discovery that counters a common theory that human evolution has slowed to a crawl or even stopped in modern humans, a new study examining data from an international genomics project describes the past 40,000 years as a time of supercharged evolutionary change, driven by exponential population growth and cultural shifts.</div>
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The findings may lead to a very broad rethinking of human evolution, especially in the view that modern culture has essentially relaxed the need for physical genetic changes in humans to improve survival.</div>
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A team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison anthropologist John Hawks estimates that positive selection just in the past 5,000 years alone -dating back to the Stone Age - has occurred at a rate roughly 100 times higher than any other period of human evolution. Many of the new genetic adjustments are occurring around changes in the human diet brought on by the advent of agriculture, and resistance to epidemic diseases that became major killers after the growth of human civilizations.</div>
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"In evolutionary terms, cultures that grow slowly are at a disadvantage, but the massive growth of human populations has led to far more genetic mutations," says Hawks. "And every mutation that is advantageous to people has a chance of being selected and driven toward fixation. What we are catching is an exceptional time."</div>
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While the correlation between population size and natural selection is nothing new - it was a core premise of Charles Darwin, Hawks says - the ability to bring quantifiable evidence to the table is a new and exciting outgrowth of the Human Genome Project.</div>
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In the hunt for recent genetic variation in the genome map the project has cataloged the individual differences in DNA called single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The project has mapped roughly 4 million of the estimated 10 million SNPs in the human genome. Hawks' research focuses on a phenomenon called linkage disequilibrium (LD). These are places on the genome where genetic variations are occurring more often than can be accounted for by chance, usually because these changes are affording some kind of selection advantage.</div>
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The researchers identify recent genetic change by finding long blocks of DNA base pairs that are connected. Because human DNA is constantly being reshuffled through recombination, a long, uninterrupted segment of LD is usually evidence of positive selection. Linkage disequilibrium decays quickly as recombination occurs across many generations, so finding these uninterrupted segments is strong evidence of recent adaptation, Hawks says.</div>
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Employing this test, the researchers found evidence of recent selection on approximately 1,800 genes, or 7 percent of all human genes.</div>
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This finding runs counter to conventional wisdom in many ways, Hawks says. For example, there's a strong record of skeletal changes that clearly show people became physically smaller, and their brains and teeth are also smaller. This is generally seen as a sign of relaxed selection - that size and strength are no longer key to survival.</div>
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But other pathways for evolution have opened, Hawks says, and genetic changes are now being driven by major changes in human culture. One good example is lactase, the gene that helps people digest milk. This gene normally declines and stops activity about the time one becomes a teenager, Hawks says. But northern Europeans developed a variation of the gene that allowed them to drink milk their whole lives - a relatively new adaptation that is directly tied to the advance of domestic farming and use of milk as an agricultural product.</div>
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The biggest new pathway for selection relates to disease resistance, Hawks says. As people starting living in much larger groups and settling in one place roughly 10,000 years ago, epidemic diseases such as malaria, smallpox and cholera began to dramatically shift mortality patterns in people. Malaria is one of the clearest examples, Hawks says, given that there are now more than two dozen identified genetic adaptations that relate to malaria resistance, including an entirely new blood type known as the Duffy blood type.</div>
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Another recently discovered gene, CCR5, originated about 4,000 years ago and now exists in about 10 percent of the European population. It was discovered recently because it makes people resistant to HIV/AIDS. But its original value might have come from obstructing the pathway for smallpox.</div>
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"There are many things under selection that are making it harder for pathogens to kill us," Hawks says.</div>
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Population growth is making all of this change occur much faster, Hawks says, giving a tribute to Charles Darwin. When Darwin wrote in "Origin of the Species" about challenges in animal breeding, he always emphasized that herd size "is of the highest importance for success" because large populations have more genetic variation, Hawks says.</div>
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The parallel to humans is obvious: The human population has grown from a few million people 10,000 years ago to about 200 million people at A.D. 0, to 600 million people in the year 1700, to more than 6.5 billion today. Prior to these times, the population was so small for so long that positive selection occurred at a glacial pace, Hawks says.</div>
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"Five thousand years is such a small sliver of time - it's 100 to 200 generations ago. That's how long it's been since some of these genes originated, and today they are in 30 or 40 percent of people because they've had such an advantage. It's like 'invasion of the body snatchers.'"</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1971 biologists moved 5 adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their island home of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, and introduced them to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now, an international team of researchers has discovered that introducing these small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo shockingly fast and large-scale evolutionary changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Researchers returned to the islands twice a year for three years, in the spring and summer of 2004, 2005 and 2006. Captured lizards were transported to a field laboratory and measured for snout-vent length, head dimensions and body mass. Tail clips taken for DNA analysis confirmed that the Pod Mrcaru lizards were genetically identical to the source population on Pod Kopiste. In other words, there is no doubt that these lizards are the offspring of the 1971 transplant. The results of the study were recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lizards evolved entirely new digestive system features to cope with dietary changes, evolved bigger heads and also ceased to defend territories—an instinct once very integral to the species behavior back on their original home territory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Striking differences in head size and shape, increased bite strength and the development of new structures in the lizard’s digestive tracts were noted after only 36 years, which is an extremely short time scale,” remarks Duncan Irschick, a professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Observed changes in head morphology were caused by adaptation to a different food source explains Irschick. The lizards on the barren island of Pod Kopiste were well-suited to catching mobile prey, feasting mainly on insects. Life on Pod Mrcaru, where they had never lived before, offered them an abundant supply of plant foods, including the leaves and stems from native shrubs. Analysis of the stomach contents of lizards on Pod Mrcaru showed that their diet included up to two-thirds plants, depending on the season, a large increase over the population of Pod Kopiste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“As a result, individuals on Pod Mrcaru have heads that are longer, wider and taller than those on Pod Kopiste, which translates into a big increase in bite force,” says Irschick. “Because plants are tough and fibrous, high bite forces allow the lizards to crop smaller pieces from plants, which can help them break down the indigestible cell walls.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Examination of the lizard’s digestive tracts revealed something even more surprising. Eating more plants caused the development of new structures called cecal valves, designed to slow the passage of food by creating fermentation chambers in the gut, where microbes can break down the difficult to digest portion of plants. Cecal valves, which were found in hatchlings, juveniles and adults on Pod Mrcaru, have never been reported for this species, including the source population on Pod Kopiste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“These structures actually occur in less than 1 percent of all known species of scaled reptiles,” says Irschick. “Our data shows that evolution of novel structures can occur on extremely short time scales. Cecal valve evolution probably went hand-in-hand with a novel association between the lizards on Pod Mrcaru and microorganisms called nematodes that break down cellulose, which were found in their hindguts.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Change in diet also affected the population density and social structure of the Pod Mrcaru population. Because plants provide a larger and more predictable food supply, there were more lizards in a given area on Pod Mrcaru. Food was obtained through browsing rather than the active pursuit of prey, and the lizards had given up defending territories.</span><br />
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<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">H</strong>ighly sensitive people and politics. It’s an unlikely blog post isn’t it? But I felt compelled to sit behind my computer after reading a thread in a highly sensitive people (HSP) group this morning.</div>
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A video prompted a suggestion that Bernie Sanders may be highly sensitive. He shows a tremendous amount of empathy and instinctively ran to help. Can we spot politicians who are HSPs? Does it make them more likely to get the vote of a fellow HSP?</div>
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It’s an interesting thread. *Please note that this is not a debate on the nitty gritty politics, rather observations on the people and their traits behind the politics – I have seen some Facebook threads get ugly when politics are discussed and that isn’t happening here!*</div>
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It was suggested that UK politician Jeremy Corbyn is also a HSP. And maybe even President Obama too. Are highly sensitive people drawn to certain politicians because they show a sensitive side, may even be HSPs themselves? Obama certainly feels authentic to me; when he speaks he shows emotion and it feels like he cares. Or are good politicians good actors too?</div>
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It makes sense to me that a HSP can feel when a politician is genuine. HSPs like authentic. HSPs like truth. We see through fake, which let’s face it, is the essence of many a politician. If we feel something real and authentic when a politician speaks then it figures that they become an attractive option. Maybe there has been a time when a politician appeals to you and you’re not sure why (aside from policies and ideology of course) – or the other way around and a politician makes your skin crawl but you can’t quite put your finger on why. A politician can certainly be likeable because of their traits even though their politics are not your flavour.</div>
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So, what do you think? Do HSPs make great politicians? My initial thought (having spent many an hour watching House of Cards recently) is that sensitivity and politics do not mix. There is no place for sensitive people at the politicians’ table. But actually that is not true. There are a number of HS traits that are just perfect traits for a politician:</div>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a desire to make the world a better place</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">an innate sense of justice and fairness</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a desire for equality</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">an awareness for subtleties</li>
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sniffs out liars</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">creative and imaginative</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">great listener</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">processes things deeply – a great basis for cultivating ideas</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">prefers meaningful discussion over chit chat</li>
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There are, of course, also many HS traits which make politics a difficult career choice…….but for sure the politicians who show a sensitive side are great role models for our highly sensitive children.</div>
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For those who are new to the term, "highly sensitive person," it was
coined by psychologist and personality researcher Elaine Aron to
describe a trait found in up to 20 percent of the population. People in
this group react distinctly to their environments, both inner and
outer. They tend to have a heightened awareness of emotions and respond
more intensely to loud noises and other sensory stimuli. They also
exhibit distinct patterns in the way they think and work. They are
especially imaginative and have a tendency toward what Aron calls “deep
processing” of information. HSPs tend to be conscientious, loyal, good
at catching mistakes, and committed to high performance. (Take the <a href="http://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/">online test</a> to find out if you are an HSP.)<br />
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The
good news is that HSPs are extremely valuable workers, contributing
their intuition, wise counsel, conscientiousness, and creativity across a
broad range of industries and professions. The bad new is that today’s
typical office setup is completely at odds with their working and
thinking styles. HSPs typically need quiet and calm, and do their best
work when they can plunge into a task without interruption. They tend to
be uncomfortable being watched and don’t like being drawn into office
politics. They need downtime and they can become especially distracted
if they are physically uncomfortable at work.<br />
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Unfortunately, in
today's work environment, employees are expected to tolerate noise, be
good at multi-tasking, enjoy meetings, excel in networking, tolerate
long hours under florescent lights, and thrive working in teams that sit
face to face much of the day. The International Management Facility
Association estimates that 70 percent of American employees work in
open-plan environments — what used to be called “bullpens.” These
layouts are designed to maximize space, minimize cost and reduce or even
eliminate private spaces or offices. Basically, it’s goodbye doors and
walls. Hello cubicle and group workstation.<br />
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Research
shows that open-plan offices carry a number of risks that cost both
employers and employees, including more bickering and conflict, high
blood pressure, stress, plummeting productivity, and high turnover. The
noise alone is a huge challenge: As a Cornell University study has
pointed out, noise is the <a href="http://www.human.cornell.edu/dea/outreach/upload/FPM-Notes_Vol1_Number11.pdf">number one complaint</a> of office workers, and numerous researchers have shown that the sound levels in open-plan offices can reduce productivity by <a href="http://www.thesoundagency.com/2011/sound-news/more-damaging-evidence-on-open-plan-offices/">as much as 66 percent</a>.<br />
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It
doesn’t take much. Even a conversation at normal decibels is enough to
short-circuit the attention. Many workers in open-plan offices feel
surveilled, unsatisfied, unable to concentrate, and constantly
distracted.<br />
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Undoubtedly there are some people who thrive and feel
energized by open floorplans — lucky them! But many people find them
difficult, and for HSPs, they are close to intolerable. The noise
problem alone, which Aron calls the “<a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/cz_art2.htm">bane of the HSP’s existence</a>,”
is often enough to seriously impact their performance. The stress of
these office spaces, which combined with long hours and the need to be
“on” and available outside of work hours, can create a state of constant
overstimulation, as if their bodies and minds are set on a single
fight-or-flight channel.<br />
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If 70 percent of people work in open
floorplans, and one out of five of those people is an HSP, what you’ve
got is a recipe for skyrocketing anxiety, productivity ground to a
screeching halt, and a host of other problems that can be quite
dangerous. Feeling helpless to change their office environment, HSPs
with jangled nerves may find themselves heading to the psychiatrist’s
office, seeking to alter their internal state, which, in the case of an
innate trait that is <a href="http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/are-you-highly-sensitive-person-what-you-need-know-about-science-personality-type">likely genetically coded</a>,
can be a fool’s errand. Muscles tense and head pounding from
over-arousal, some HSPs may reach for something — anything — that seems
soothing, like a cocktail or prescription pain medication.<br />
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There
are probably deep cultural roots in the expectations of American office
behavior and performance so contrary to HSP needs. As Aron notes in her
book, <em>The Highly Sensitive Person</em>, Western cultures tends to
divide people into two classes, “the tough warriors and kings on the one
hand and the more thoughtful, learned priests, judges, and royal
advisors on the other.” HSPs, as you might guess, are overrepresented in
the latter class, but American work culture tends to favor the first
sort. Societies need a balance between these two types, and so do work
communities, but this point is lost on employers who insist on a
one-size-fits-all office environment that penalizes HSPs for their
natural tendencies—and gifts.<br />
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A conflict with an employer over the
work environment can be especially daunting for an HSP. Many are
people-pleasers, and it can be a struggle to recognize, much less
defend, their own needs. They may not like to ask for things, and when
the larger culture’s prejudices enforce the notion that an employee
should behave and work a certain way, it’s very difficult for HSPs not
to see themselves as flawed when they don’t fit that mold. Ideas about
how employees should operate also play into gender prejudices.
Sensitivity is coded female in a negative way, so when a woman acts like
an HSP, she is dismissed as typically female, or worse, hormonal. Men
with the trait are seen as abnormal and “sissies.”<br />
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I’m an HSP, and
I’ll never forget the awful day when a new manager at the organization
where I was employed called me into his office to announce certain
changes. I would be removed from the small office with a door where I
did my writing and editing work. Our entire office would be turned into
an open floorplan with rows of desks arranged without dividers to
“facilitate teamwork and innovation.” That news hit me like a sock in
the gut. I could imagine exactly how it would be: the sounds of phones
ringing, constant interruptions, trying to blot out the cacophony with
noise-canceling headphones. I had experienced this type of work
environment before and I knew the result for me: blinding headaches,
stress and declining performance.<br />
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Not only was this new manager
completely set with his plan, dismissive of any objections, and
uninterested in options like working from home or organizing the space
differently, I could also see he was going to penalize me for not
complying. Because I was a valuable employee with a high performance
record, I was able to take the risk of fighting back. In the end, I took
a gamble and I reminded this manager that he might have liability
exposure if he forced me to work under conditions that would cause
serious stress (don’t do this without consulting a lawyer!). Luckily for
me, it worked. I got to keep my office, but the manager resented it
deeply, so it was hardly an ideal outcome. If I had been lower on the
totem pole in my office, I might have fared worse.<br />
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Now that I have
more information about HSPs and have seen research on the negative
impacts of open floorplans and cubicles, I make my case differently
today. I try to avoid getting into an “I’m right, you’re wrong” kind of
debate that will cause an employer to lose face if I am accommodated. I
seek instead to present information that opens up as many possibilities
and options as I can. I try to state my case in a way that is both
self-assured and respectful. I aim to convey that I want to do excellent
work for my employer, and seek to set up conditions that are mutually
beneficial. Sometimes that means a trial period of working from home, a
part-time contract, or a schedule that brings me to the office only at
certain times. None of this is easy, and the process of getting the
point across can be maddeningly slow and difficult. You really have to
demonstrate top-notch work and extra commitment to the job. Sometimes
you have to find a different employer or take the risk of being
self-employed. When you have rent to pay and mouths to feed, such a
dilemma can feel insurmountable. But when you think about the risks, you
have to consider the impact on your health, and to your performance,
which, if it declines, may well send you packing anyway.<br />
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If you’re
not able to get out of the open floorplan for the entire day, see if
you can negotiate a private space for a couple of dedicated hours a day.
For another option, sound consultant Julian Treasure recommends wearing
headphones with sounds like birdsong playing. That doesn’t work for me,
as I find even the birdsong piped into my ears distracting. But it may
help others. I can find some improvement wearing earplugs, although if
the conversations and phones are too close, earplugs may not do the job.
Plus, they can be uncomfortable for long periods of time, day after
day.<br />
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To
improve work life in America, we often focus our energies on things
like raising the minimum wage. This is certainly important, but it’s not
just the compensation for our work that matters. The quality and
conditions of our workplaces allow us to thrive as human beings. The
individual solutions will probably only go so far, and many of the
cultural trends seem to be moving in the wrong direction for HSPs, which
will end up hurting everyone. As Aron writes, “As the world becomes
more difficult and stimulating, it is natural for the non-HSPs to
thrive, at least at first. But they will not thrive long without us.”<br />
There are signs of pushback. Lindsey Kaufman’s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/30/google-got-it-wrong-the-open-office-trend-is-destroying-the-workplace/">recent article</a> in the <em>Washington Post</em>,
“Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the
workplace,” was widely shared on social media. Kaufman, who works in the
advertising industry, described her reaction to her boss’s announcement
of an open floorplan in a way HSPs everywhere can relate to: “After
nine years as a senior writer, I was forced to trade in my private
office for a seat at a long, shared table. It felt like my boss had
ripped off my clothes and left me standing in my skivvies.”<br />
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In a <em><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-trap">New Yorker</a></em> piece
from January 2014, Maria Konnikova gave a stinging indictment of the
harm inflicted by open floorplans and their tendency to destroy the very
things they have been touted to foster — teamwork and innovation, while
promoting absenteeism and dissatisfaction. Her article surfaces
research showing that the idea that younger people better tolerate open
floorplan conditions is mostly bunk.<br />
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One thing is certain: our
well being, both economically and socially, depends on an outcome in
which at least one fifth of the American office population is not
consigned to hell. HSPs of the world, unite!<br />
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In observing and talking with many HSPs, I have learned how much our sensitivity helps us know what is happening in those who can not speak in words--animals, infants, those speaking in languages foreign to us, the elderly with dementia, the human body itself, and even plants. Because we can notice the subtle signs they give, we understand them better than others and that puts us in a unique position to help them.</div>
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But I also think that we gain from these interactions, not just in the usual ways of gaining a friend or being able to feel helpful, but also by being effective. Using our trait makes us enjoy and take pride in it. Reading nonverbal signs well also gives us a window into other realms of being. Again, all of this can make our sensitivity a great pleasure, something we always need to notice.</div>
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Sensitive as we are, practicing our nonverbal skills can also develop them even further, as when a person skilled at learning languages still has to study one in order to become fluent. And nonverbal skills are important. For example, a medical professor at the University of Arizona gives a course called "Medicine & Horsemanship: An Introduction to Human Nonverbal Interaction at the Bedside" just in order to make doctors more sensitive to the feelings of cancer patients and their families. He chose horses because they have especially strong emotional reactions. (It also must help that they are big enough to be threatening to a doctor behaving like a non-sensitive oaf!)</div>
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The instructor, Dr. Hamilton, said "Horsemanship requires the understanding of body language and sensitivity. There is no endeavor that will more quickly and effectively teach you awareness of your own body language and energy level than learning the principles of working with horses. You learn patience, gentleness and a method of physically relating to patients that is nonverbal, effective and powerful."</div>
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Of course most doctors are not highly sensitive, and I doubt they can be trained to be in the way that HSPs are. But there is also something learnable here, even for us. I am sure sensitive health care providers, gardeners, translators, and many others could tell you not only the benefits of being highly sensitive in general, but also of developing your sensitivity in your specific line of work. Indeed, I can't imagine any kind of work that could not be done better with both innate and attentively developed sensitivity. But I'd like to focus on animals and infants because everyone is or could be around them. They are the "line of work" of the human race.</div>
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You might wonder if I really meant that animals as well as infants are the "line of work" of humans. I do include animals, because we humans share the planet with millions of other animal species, so humans have had to evolve innate knowledge about animals. We also must come with an innate ability to learn additionally by reading nonverbal cues about those animals and animal species that happen to be around us, whether they are predators, prey, pets, livestock, or nasty insects. And I'm sure HSPs have always been the leaders in this.</div>
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Looking to the future, however, I am thinking this is our species' line of work because of something I read once--that we should think of other animal species as other nations or nationalities. As with human nations, we must learn to get along because we share the earth. It is the work of all humans to be good world citizens, but you might say that when thinking of animal nations, HSPs are naturals for working in the diplomatic corps!</div>
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Thinking of other species as their own nations helps us keep our own borders or boundaries, as when ants, ticks, flies, or cougars would like to feed on our bodies or our food. But more important these days, seeing these species as nations helps us respect their borders, letting them live where they have chosen or where they need to be. Since they are independent nations, we don't have to feed them, give them health care, or otherwise do what they can do for themselves, unless we have disturbed their "national life." It's like the "prime directive" in Star Trek: You can visit other societies, but leave them unaltered when you depart.</div>
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The fact is, however, that we have long ago passed the point where we live on the planet as if animals were our "national equals." Even wild animals have become our responsibilities because of our impact on them. I suspect that someday we will have on computer every individual of every species of the larger wild animals. Given the pressures on their habitats, we will decide which DNA should be preserved, which can die out. And I think many HSPs will choose to be involved in the fate of wild animals, as many are already.</div>
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Still it makes sense to think of animal species as independent nations in the sense that we can visit them, try to communicate with them in their language or ours, and grow from this contact. But we must be mindful of whether they want to communicate. In some cases it can be very rewarding for both, as when you "introduce yourself" to a bird in the wild and the bird responds and hangs around as if enjoying it. Or it can be dangerous for both. For example, in getting to know each other's eating habits--very often the main topic of conversation among all of us animals--we may unwittingly cause harm to one or both, as when bears start to eat our food or we become their food.</div>
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If you are like me, you often notice wild animals before others do. You like to be quiet out in the wilds and wait until they feel safe enough in your presence to begin to speak to each other again. If there is an opportunity, you like to try to communicate with them. You are also concerned about their habitats, because you hate to hear about extinct or endangered species. You want them to be out there, whether you are there or not. It expands who you are.</div>
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For good or ill, our ancestors bred many animals to be dependent on us. Further, in each generation a few wild animals are captured and made dependent on someone's care. Some can and do return to the wild, but as long as they are "ours," we are responsible for their welfare. I don't have to tell that to HSPs, but sometimes we have to tell it to others. We see an animal's discomfort more clearly than others do, or care more. Intervening is difficult, but often it's the suffering of animals (or infants) that forces us HSPs to be our most heroic.</div>
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Many HSPs speak of having a special relationship with one domesticated species--dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, potbellied pigs--or with their own particular "companion animal." Of course anyone can love animals, love their pets in particular, and feel they can communicate with them. But as I said, although I have no research comparing HSPs and non-HSPs on this, I think both the love and ability to communicate with them are much more common with us.</div>
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I also realize that many animal psychics and animal trainers have weighed in on the subject of communication with animals and the importance of sensitivity for success, so I apologize in advance if I am missing aspects of this subject that are important or obvious to you. But I have my own perspective, as I do find that I am able to communicate very well with animals--even a dog passing by on a leash, if our eyes meet. We acknowledge each other and I know the dog's general state of mind. Does the dog know mine? It seems to. I do not think of this very often as psychic, but rather as nonverbal, often unconscious or preconscious. It is intuition, in that I know some things about an animal without knowing how I know it. And many HSPs say the same.</div>
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As I said before, there is a give and get in this. Being sensitive to the animals around us can benefit them--not just their physical well being but their mental health, too. And it benefits us by connecting us with individuals who are generally sensitive, subtle, discriminating, and loyal to their friends--like most of us.</div>
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HSPs are often thought to attribute more to animals than is there--more intelligence, insight, intentional communication, emotion, suffering, and all the rest. Well, it is there. For example, I think most HSPs appreciate that each species has its particular forms of intelligence. Some can read scents especially well, others see (and understand what they see) better than we do. Some can even read the meaning in the vibrations of the earth or its magnetic fields.</div>
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The horse I ride finds my intelligence very low when it comes to dangers that might be around the next curve in the trail. I am oblivious until she "says" with her rigid and trembling body that has refused to move forward, "There could be a cougar waiting for us, stupid. What about that sound you don't even hear?" And later she may also want to say, "And while we are on the subject of your lack of intelligence, you sure can't do much with your muzzle. Hardly have one. I can tell everything about a person with a few nuzzles, lip feels, and whiffs."</div>
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We humans can get awfully huffy ourselves about intelligence, even with our fellow humans, with all our obsessing about IQ. In our culture intelligence means abstract thinking--using symbols and testing hypotheses. But other animals, and other human individuals and cultures, do not specialize in that kind of intelligence. What about intelligence regarding spatial relationships or tool use, and what about intelligence in the form of sensitivity and intuition?</div>
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What about teamwork? Look at how well dogs can work with humans. But it is not just the human being who is so smart. Predators that work as teams are able to read each other's signals and devise strategies, such as when to circle and close in, or where to position themselves over miles in order to tire prey with a fresh pursuer. Sheep dogs simply trade the alpha male for a shepherd, showing the same ability to grasp the lead "dog's" plans.</div>
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Yes, abstract thinking allows us to test out ideas in our minds and choose the best one, and it certainly seems like in domains important to them, wild canines (to stay with my example) can formulate abstract plans, test alternatives, and apply them in new ways. That's pretty good. But we think of most other complex, adaptive animal behaviors--such as knowing how to build a good nest or navigate by the stars--as merely innate, instinctual knowledge. It's not "real" intelligence because it isn't conscious and flexible. Yet either way, knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. Humans would not be very smart if they had to learn everything new in every generation. Our information is simply passed down through culture and language more than through DNA.</div>
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On the other hand, we are learning that other primates have remarkably more of our idealized form of intelligence than we first thought. They can apply an idea to a new situation, take another's perspective, "lie," understand fairness, remember highly complex social relationships for years, communicate complex ideas to each other and to us when we teach them a language, and of course the big one, they can invent tools.</div>
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Dolphins and whales also show remarkable intelligence of the human sort. Indeed, there is evidence that dolphins may have a more complicated language-intelligence than we do. They have more space in the brain for it. And it has been impossible for us to learn their language because they talk about objects without the object being present, just as we do—a sign of abstraction. And they cease to have an emotional reaction to it being mentioned after they realize the object is absent, just as we do. That is the complicated message in the saying "never cry 'wolf.'" We humans can and do say wolf when one is not around, and if that is what you are doing, after awhile others will not respond.</div>
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Most people do not know that certain species of birds, especially those in the raven family (e.g. ravens, crows, and blue jays) and the various parrots, also display intelligence much like that of primates. Interestingly, their brains are quite different, so their abstract, human-like intelligence evolved along a separate line. Intelligence really is not the special domain of the great apes.</div>
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I suggest you learn more about animal intelligence and communication for your own enrichment. It also will help if you have to defend these other nations. You probably don’t want to be categorized as an animal rights' "extremist," but I always point out that we are not talking only about animal rights. Anything cruel we do to an animal seems to mean we are never far from doing it to those humans whom someone has declared to be "less than human." Think of "horse whipping," cattle prods, and cattle cars.</div>
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<strong>Emotional Communication</strong></div>
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HSPs have stronger emotional reactions than others, and also are affected more by others' moods. This makes us more like other animals and better able to communicate on their channel, which is mainly emotional. We sense what pleases, scares, or angers them, and we notice when they have sensed our emotions. A highly sensitive rider, for example, knows all too well how quickly fear passes back and forth between horse and rider.</div>
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Emotions are automatic responses that get us moving in circumstances that have been judged--often very quickly and usually by evolutionarily older parts of our brain--to require a strong response of a particular type. So we can rather automatically do everything involved in being angry, afraid, or whatever. The judgments to display that emotion are often as built in as the response. Something in us just knows, "Be careful, you're on a cliff." "Watch out for that snake." "Don't you dare hurt my baby." "What's that? Let's go see." "Don't cross that line or you're lunch." "Relax, the others are back." Emotions really are a form of intelligence, and a form much older than abstract-frontal-cortex intelligence.</div>
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Emotional life took a great leap forward with mammals (and birds, along a separate evolutionary line), probably because mammals raise their young in such an intimate way, and they usually live in groups. So not only do mammals show fear, anger, sadness, curiosity, contentment, disgust, and joy, but also the social emotions of pride, shame, guilt, grief, compassion, fear of abandonment, dread of banishment, joy at reunion, and so forth. They also have a wide range of built-in emotional reactions that arise in their various social bonds--as parent and child, mating or child-rearing partners, and friends. For example, when very young mammals are separated from their parents, they react with several strong, automatic emotions. In humans there's a loud protest, hopefully bringing the parent, followed by deep despair that amounts to giving up, which saves their energy. And romantic love can give rise to all the emotions--fear, anger, elation, sadness--and yes, animals do fall in love and can suffer as we do when that longing for the other is thwarted.</div>
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Emotions do more than energize an individual. They also energize and communicate to others, sometimes intentionally and sometimes not. Animals, including humans, are designed to be sensitive to the emotions of others. There's information there, but also an urge to feel the same. We look down on this, calling it giving into "mass hysteria." But look at it as prey animals do, or domesticated animals that were once prey. Zebra, antelope, and horses, as examples, evolved to be extremely sensitive to emotional communication from others. If one of them is afraid and starting to run, it is wise for the others to do the same. Or if one is angry and ready to fight back when cornered by a predator, it helps if they all feel the same. Horses much prefer to go out on a trail ride without another horse. Otherwise, they are stuck relying on the emotional reactions of their rider for additional information.</div>
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Predators also have to know the emotions of their prey as well as of each other. Humans, who have been both prey and predators, tend to have all of these characteristics.</div>
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Alas, many people mistake the quick emotional responses of animals for stupidity. But we are not receiving all the information that they have, or are not processing it through the same innate concerns. Very few dogs are born randomly vicious, but being predators, they can quickly lunge and bite something they should not. They do it because some sort of cue was there that told them to make their move.</div>
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Cats are not "lazy" because they sleep so much (so do lions) or "scaredy cats" when they hide themselves. These behaviors evolved--they are a form of very old intelligence.</div>
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Horses are very often scorned as stupid because they are very afraid of anything new, of walking close to anything such as the fence around a riding ring, of flapping things that brush their bodies (it might be prey leaping at them), of having their feet not on solid ground, and so much more. But they can plan rather nicely--when my horse sees me coming, she does her elimination in the pasture so she does not have to in the stable area or on the trail. These animals are NOT dumb and are not making stupid responses. They just have different concerns.</div>
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<strong>Facial Expression and Speech</strong></div>
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Darwin showed that the same facial expression is seen for the same emotion in many species, especially primates. It's easy to see fear, anger, pain, curiosity, surprise, and so forth being expressed in some way by most animals. And it's true of social emotions too, although maybe only HSPs can see when an animal is ashamed--for example, a dog or cat in a silly costume. Or see them glow with pride, when a dog is freshly groomed or a cat brings in a mouse. Then there's their disgust when you make the same mistake over and over--I can see that in the raised head and glowering eye of my horse friend when I do something clumsy around her. And she expresses disagreement with a vigorous shake of her head, should I choose a route not to her liking. We who are sensitive are not imagining these communications, even if most people do not notice.</div>
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Of course animals do communicate through sounds, but rarely through words found in any human language. We have to translate those sounds. When annoyed my horse snorts; when pleased she blows loudly through her lips, making that sound children try to imitate when playing horse. Again, I suspect HSPs are able to notice more of these meaningful sounds and also can make more and better sounds that communicate back.</div>
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<strong>You and Animals</strong></div>
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HSPs with any fondness of animals should get to know as many as possible, as intimately as they can safely do. Perhaps the first signs to learn, and the easiest for HSPs, are those that signal that an animal wants nothing to do with you right now. We know all about needing to be left alone, and we are also sensitive to signs of rejection. The rest the animal will help you with.</div>
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Still, each animal species has unique communication signs. You can learn these from keen observation, chatting with someone familiar with the species, books, or DVDs. You will also need to know the species' evolutionary history and details of how they lived in the wild. Above all, you will want to observe the personalities of the various individuals (they vary considerably) whom you meet. You will be drawn to some more than others--often to the sensitive ones.</div>
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As you know better than anyone, in every species some animals are more sensitive than others. The sensitive ones are slower to approach you and are very sensitive to touch. As a horse trainer showed me about sensitive horses, their skin is actually about five inches out from their bodies. (How far out is yours?) You'll know by how the horse behaves when your hand has approached that invisible outer skin. Reach inside that without warning the horse and you'll see a strong reaction.</div>
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Sensitivity in each species may look a little different, but you want to be able to recognize it as a trait, and to distinguish it from fear due to past abuse. At first meeting, sensitive animals hang back but look curious and meet your eyes as an equal. When they get to know you, the two of you are friends for life. An abused animal will look afraid, avoid your eyes, and slink up, looking submissive. And you have to go through this over and over. It is surprising how many people cannot see the difference and call sensitive animals fearful. There's a familiar story.</div>
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One other point, so you aren't surprised: If two or more social animals live together, they will have a hierarchy. When it is forming or shifting, they squabble a lot. When it is settled, the top animal may insist on taking whatever you have to offer, be it food or attention, and not allow the others to have any. Do not be disillusioned if you see what looks like "selfish" behavior. It's perfectly normal. These hierarchies serve many important functions. You can deal with it in various ways, but one of the easiest is to accept it as it is. You can still greet them all. And you can arrange to interact with an animal when others in their group are not around. Trying to feed the "poor beast" not getting anything may lead to it getting far too much in the way of aggression.</div>
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<strong>Potential Friends are all Around You</strong></div>
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<em>You do not have to have a pet to get to know animals.</em> Neighbors often have pets that they would love to have walked or watched when they are away, or you can just visit when you pass them. Cats are often all over the neighborhood and quite sociable when you know their language. (I draw the line at city rats, although when I saw one in a Manhattan health food store, my husband was surprised that I was not more pleased at discovering some wild life in my neighborhood.) I know people who have developed interesting acquaintanceships with squirrels and ravens as well.</div>
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If you are in the suburbs or country, animals are often in nearby pastures. Horses usually love attention and a chance to communicate (except the cynical ones kept in stables too much or rented out to strangers). If you bring them apples and carrots or pick them better grass than they have inside the fence, they will come right to you of course. But I prefer to wait for them to come to me without bribes. Animals are curious (if they have not become fearful), so that is often enough to bring them to you. Then the "conversation" can be a little more far ranging than "do you have any more of that or if you don't would you please get some?"</div>
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How do you introduce yourself? Begin by thinking about the mood you are in, because animals will sense it. Usually you want to be in a good mood, although some animals love to comfort troubled humans. Most like to be talked to, in our speech or theirs. They also like to be touched--it is part of their language-- if you obtain their permission and know how to do it in ways that please them. Touch communicates a great deal to animals about your feelings. They especially like certain places scratched or rubbed. Most also like to be groomed if you take the trouble to learn how they like it done. And they like to play--the young ones or the young-at-heart sorts especially. But you probably know all of this.</div>
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Don't be limited to pets. Livestock are equally interesting and smart. For example, pigs being raised for meat are often kept in indoor group pens with heaters they can turn on themselves when cold by leaning on a lever. So the pigs take shifts during the night, each doing it for the others for a while. I'm sure a pig would enjoy meeting you. I became familiar with an entire herd of beef cattle--the personalities of each and what each wanted me to know about them. I would talk to them as a group, and then chat with my particular friends. They seemed to enjoy my visits. Of course they were gone one day...</div>
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The point is, animals are all around us. They do not know if you do not own them. They may have their first loyalty and strongest bond with someone else, but we all like to have other friends as well as our best friends, and animals like it, too. The only exceptions are those who have grown cynical about humans because of having seen too many come and go, are afraid of strange humans because they usually arrive only to hurt them, are furious with our entire species, or very busy with their other animal friends.</div>
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In sum, animals are worth knowing. And equally important, if you take the time to observe and communicate, your sensitivity will be sharpened in this important domain.</div>
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<strong>HSPS and Babies</strong></div>
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Much of what goes for HSPs and animals goes for babies as well. They have their rights to their own boundaries, which HSPs can especially appreciate. As with animals, we can sense their extraordinary intelligence and nonverbal ways of communicating. They want to make friends, and we are innately interested in them, too. They like to be touched and they like to play--easy for an HSP to do well. Each has a unique personality, so that you are bound to hit it off with some better than others, the sensitive ones in particular.</div>
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All humans are designed to communicate with babies--to be interested and responsive, to coo and make baby talk. Humans do the same silly things with babies all over the world. It helps babies and adults bond and prepares the babies to learn their home language. But I am certain HSPs, men as well as women, are better at this communication. You will be surprised how quickly it comes to you, especially if you are not feeling self-conscious because of those around you. And don't try to imitate the non-HSPs' loud baby play. We do it differently. For example, babies sitting on the floor and playing love humans who are doing loud and crazy things. But they seem to like just as well someone quietly watching them, giving them something new to do when they are bored, but not interrupting or over stimulating them.</div>
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<strong>A Very Short Course on Babies</strong></div>
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Learning just a little about babies makes you a far more effective friend. Tiny babies are newborns, and you'll find them either asleep; having a brief, quiet, alert time; nursing; or crying their lungs out. They cry so much because they are really in their "fourth trimester." They ought to still be in the womb, but because we humans come with such big heads (in more ways than one), we have to be born before we are fully ready.</div>
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Even before you know you will be meeting a newborn, watch the video by Harvey Karp called "The Happiest Baby on the Block." Don't try to read about this. You must see the video, which is probably found at most libraries. This doctor has figured out nonverbal communication in his line of work, and his video has revolutionized the parenting of newborns. I am not exaggerating. The first three months can be agony for parents and infants. But this video could turn even a not-at-all-sensitive bachelor truck driver into an expert at soothing crying infants. As for HSPs, it can make us into parenting Einsteins. But the point is, there are still things to learn about how to communicate nonverbally, even for the highly sensitive.</div>
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More information: Some human emotions "come on line" later than others. An infant's general negative emotion, expressed by crying, does not divide into anger and fear until about two months. A cry is a cry. Most babies are smiling and communicative by three months. They can sit up on their own around then too. At about six months they begin to want only certain familiar people to hold them. Even if you were holding the baby a month earlier, you may find you are not on the list any more until you are around and trying to communicate for a few days.</div>
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Real locomotion arrives around eight, when they start to crawl. Imagine how it must feel to be able to go where you go, more or less, for the first time. At about a year, they walk or are trying to walk. This is when they are the most trouble, in a way. They sleep less. They are into everything. They want to walk but are too slow. You pick them up and they are too heavy. This is an age when you can really help a parent just by entertaining a child in the grocery line for a moment when he or she is on the verge of fussing out of sheer boredom, or offering to carry a bag so the parent can carry the child.</div>
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They do not start to really talk until they are two years. But they understand quite a bit before then, so it is best to assume they do know what you are saying. And at every age they like to be talked to. It doesn't have to be silly talk. Babies also seem to like seriousness. My grandson will not take his eyes off Grandfather Art when he's on the phone giving a lengthy explanation about statistics to a student.</div>
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One value of knowing all of this is that when you see a baby in one of these stages, you can start to gain a mother's confidence by, for example, saying to one with a crawler, "Oh, must be about eight months, hey?" The more babies you see, the better you will become at guessing ages and other important baby miscellany that impress mothers. But try to avoid saying the baby's gender until you hear it. Some mothers can be insulted by a gender miscall--we humans are so touchy about gender.</div>
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<strong>Babies as Good Friends</strong></div>
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Do not be limited in your friendships with babies just because you are not a parent or a close relative of one. There are always babies around--on airplanes, in restaurants, or at your neighbor's. If they are awake, they generally make themselves known. And parents are often very glad to have someone to hand them off to, once they trust you. Next time you are seated near a mother on a plane with a nine month old crawling all over her and wanting to get down in the aisle, don't wish you could change seats. Consider this to be an opportunity. Make some funny facial expressions or play peek-a-boo. You will quickly have two friends.</div>
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I hope you have a baby whom you can expect to know over the years as well--one you particularly love. That way you can watch all the changes. In a year a newborn becomes a walking, sort-of-talking person. From there, it is only about ten years--only ten--until they are for conversational purposes adults. The effort you put in over the years will pay off. There may be a period during adolescence when you are just a dopey adult, but around twenty seven there's a dramatic change and age becomes far less relevant. If you meet an infant when you are thirty, in twenty-seven years, you'll be fifty-seven. A twenty-seven year old and a fifty-seven year old can easily be friends. So a baby is just a friend who has not grown up yet.</div>
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Clearly I'm writing mostly for HSPs who are not parents. I'm especially thinking as I write of sensitive <em>men</em>. Sensitive men make amazing caregivers of infants. Whether the child is sensitive or not, when the mother is not an HSP, it is often the sensitive father who can resolve situations just because he senses better what is going on at the moment. But any sensitive man can built a strong rapport with an infant, once he has gained the parent's trust and learned some rudimentary skills.</div>
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Gaining a close connection to a baby is a very rewarding enterprise, for you and the baby. For you, it will both develop your sensitivity and make good use of it. For the baby, you will be an adult who truly gets this little being. So start looking for a baby friend.</div>
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As for sensitive babies, often it requires a sensitive man or woman who is not a parent or even a relative to spot the sensitive ones and fully understand them. Sometimes by meddling just a little you can make a great difference in their futures. Maybe mention high sensitivity and that it's normal. You have it, as do many successful people. But it can be tricky raising a sensitive child unless you understand what's going on. Then maybe you give the parents <em>The Highly Sensitive Child</em>.</div>
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So I can't resist ending with "It takes a village--<em>with some HSPs in it</em>--to raise a child." Another reason we are here.</div>
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Psychologist Elaine Aron has pioneered the study of a category of human personality that is generating considerable buzz both in the media and in the scientific community: the highly sensitive person (HSP). People in this group look the same as everyone else, but they don’t respond to the world the same. The way they think, work, feel, and even love is distinctive. Tendencies like acute awareness of emotions, heightened response to loud noises and other stimuli, and the deep processing of information are all things that set HSPs apart.</div>
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Want to know if you’re an HSP? Take this <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/" style="color: #1c8585; text-decoration: none;">online test</a> developed by Aron and her husband, a fellow psychologist. Aron reckons that up to 20 percent of humans on the planet are highly sensitive, a trait that is found in animals, too. I spoke to Aron about what science has to say about HSPs, and how understanding how their brains are encoded may help society to better accommodate these people and make use of their considerable gifts.</div>
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<strong>Lynn Parramore: Research suggests that some people are genetically predisposed to high sensitivity. What scientific methods have been used to investigate?</strong></div>
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Elaine Aron: There are two studies. One used was the more common method of looking for an association between a genetic variation and a personality trait. That is to take one candidate gene that we think is important for the personality variable; in this case, sensitivity. The candidate gene was a variation in the serotonin transporter gene, what is called the short-short variation, which refers to two short alleles, as opposed to one short and one long, or two longs. The short-short variation had been inconsistently associated with depression and other problems. It was seen as creating vulnerability. But many people with this genetic variation are not depressed, so researchers began to question their understanding of it, and found in numerous studies that it actually bestows many advantages. It only caused trouble when carriers had had a stressful or unsupportive childhood, or else, in some cases, were immersed in stressful life events.</div>
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This led, along with some other studies, to the whole subject of what is called <em>differential susceptibility</em>. People with this gene, or with certain behaviors, such as cautiousness or physical or emotional reactivity —all signs of sensitivity — do better than others in good environments and worse than others in bad ones. That’s an important concept for us. It’s mostly been studied in children, and if they have grown up in a supportive environment or there’s an intervention to help their parents raise them, they actually turn out better than other children in social competence, academic performance, health — all kinds of variables have been looked at. It’s becoming a very popular thing to study. If children don’t have that supportive environment, then there’s depression, anxiety, and shyness and all of that. So sensitivity does not lead to vulnerability. It leads to differential susceptibility.</div>
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In the meantime, in China, some researchers were looking at sensitivity that other way, by looking at many genes at once to see which ones if any are associated with the variable of interest, in this case sensitivity. They chose high sensitivity because until then studies were finding unexpectedly low associations between genes and personality traits, such as introversion or neuroticism. That was surprising, because we know that a large percentage of personality overall is contributed by genes. We know that from comparing fraternal and identical twins. But we didn’t have a name for what those traits were that were encoded in the genes.</div>
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So these people in China looked at my Highly Sensitive Person scale and said, well, this seems to be deeply rooted in the nervous system. So they did the entire genome mapping of anything to do with dopamine. There are quite a few different dopamine genes, and they boiled it down to seven. And these gave a result more like what one would expect, given that we think personality is partly encoded in the genes. So what we are describing as high sensitivity is probably close to describing something that is actually genetically coded, in this case in seven variations of genes affecting the creation and transportation of dopamine.</div>
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We don’t know yet how those dopamine genes affect behavior. They’ve never come up before as being important for personality. These genes may reduce dopamine, or use it in a particular way that’s unusual. So the point is sensitivity is probably created by a number of genes, perhaps tending to be inherited together as a group. Or it may be that sensitivity has evolved along different routes, because if it’s a survival strategy — and it’s been found in over 100 species and probably exists in more —it may have landed in our species through several routes. Or there may be slightly different kinds of sensitivity, but not so different that the HSP scale [the test developed by Aron and her husband] doesn’t tap it.</div>
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<strong>LP: What evolutionary benefits might be associated with having this trait?</strong></div>
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EA: Max Wolf, a scientist in Europe, did a computer simulation that did a very nice job of explaining why sensitivity had an evolutionary advantage. We knew that it had to because it’s found in such a large minority of people, 20 percent. It would have been eliminated long ago, or it would have been found in only a very small percentage of people, if it had no advantage.</div>
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Wolf did a computer simulation, kind of like a game, in which you had the choice of either noticing everything in every situation you encounter and using that information in the next situation you encounter, or basically assuming that your next encounter will be nothing like this one and not bothering to notice anything at all. In many situations, the next situation has nothing to do with the previous one at all. Other times there <em>is</em> a relationship. The simulation also assumes, rightly, that there’s a certain cost to having the more complicated nervous system of a sensitive person or a cost to using energy for paying attention to things. </div>
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So there has to be a payoff at the other end. Manipulating the payoffs and the costs in various ways demonstrated that it didn’t require much to make it pay to be highly sensitive.</div>
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But Wolf also made the interesting observation that the game doesn’t work if everyone is sensitive. His analogy is if there’s a patch of good grass, and every animal noticed it or smelled it or however they find it, then it wouldn’t be any advantage to any individual to carry this genetic variation. I joke that if I’m in a traffic jam and I notice a shortcut, it’s only useful to me as long as nobody else takes it. If all the other cars notice me turning and they follow me, then there’s no advantage to my noticing another way. There is now just as much traffic on my route as the other routes. The point is that we [HSPs] are invisible for a reason. All of us aren’t skinny. All of us don’t have curly hair or we’re not all left-handed or something that would make it easier to identify us.</div>
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Many people have thought about how it’s helpful to a particular species to have this trait. I think it’s kind of obvious in humans that some people spend more time reflecting — I use the term DOES: these people exhibit depth of processing (D), they are easily overstimulated (O), emotionally reactive and empathic (E), and sensitive to subtle stimuli (S). The only disadvantage is being overstimulated, which is the cost to us of being highly sensitive. But the rest of it has benefits. Yes, being emotionally reactive can be difficult, but it actually helps to motivate a person to think more!</div>
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<strong>LP: What implications does the science have for people who are highly sensitive?</strong></div>
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EA: In the short run, HSPs need to see the research in order to believe the trait is real. Believing it is real can be difficult, because it is invisible and because the majority don’t have it, so we often grow up thinking, well, I should be behaving like everybody else. Or I shouldn’t be overstimulated right now. No one else is. I don’t know why I’m so tired. Why do I notice these things that other people don’t? Gee, I really have this great idea but nobody else really gets it. I’m pretty sure we should do this but nobody else seems to see why. Should I insist? No, I won’t, because I don’t want to make people mad. Now it turned out to be a mistake, and I knew it would be a mistake. So all of that self-talk makes us squash our sensitivity, especially men (there are equal numbers of highly sensitive men and women), and maybe not even think we have the trait.</div>
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Then when you also look at the research on the brain functioning, where we find that sensitive people have more activity in the neurons that have to do with empathy and just general consciousness, then we say, oh well, that’s not a bad thing to have.</div>
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The research also helps in a larger way, to help the rest of the world appreciate that the trait is real and has value. Most HSPs really do blend in, but a few with more problems—depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, health issues—are often the ones others notice, so that they think this is all there is to sensitivity. In fact, the majority is doing very well. I’m hoping that the research empowers sensitive people to be more themselves so that everyone can benefit from that — employers, spouses — everyone.</div>
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I’m also hoping that the research will help parents and teachers and pediatricians and also employers and policy-makers to create conditions that bring out the best in sensitive people because we see their differential susceptibility and we see how unusually well they can function in a good environment, and not so well in a bad one.</div>
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<strong>LP: What further research is needed for scientists to understand more about highly sensitive people?</strong></div>
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EA: Well, with the children there has been considerable physiological research, but less of that has been done with adults. It might be interesting to see how sensitive people react in certain situations. Certainly we want to study the kinds of interventions that work for best for them. If they’ve had an unsupportive childhood, how can we alter the effects of that — in adolescence or whenever we can apply an intervention?</div>
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In terms of the brain studies, anatomical studies aren’t that helpful — looking at whether HSPs’ brains look different. What brain researchers look for is how do brains look different when they are doing a particular task. So we’ve given sensitive people and non-sensitive people a few tasks while having a brain scan (this is called functional magnetic imaging), but there are quite a few more that we could do.</div>
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Another interesting study would be would be to look at rejection or shame. We know the part of the brain that reacts to rejection or shame. We know that it’s the same part of the brain that reacts to pain. When we say someone has “hurt” feelings, we are literally talking about how it hurts in the brain. I’d like to see if that area is more easily stimulated in sensitive people, by subtle indicators. That would probably be helpful for seeing that this is normal for HSPs. Because when we do studies like this, we control for negative affect like depression or anxiety. So even if a person had a bad childhood, we’re sort of saying, OK, we’re going to take that piece out of your scoring on the test and then the brain scan and we’re going to see if you’re still that way in spite of taking that piece out.</div>
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If all sensitive people are more easily shamed than others, and I think they are, it would make evolutionary sense. We wouldn’t bother to study for a test if we weren’t afraid of being shamed for failing. So shame is another motivator. I want to do it right so that I’m not embarrassed or I don’t look stupid. Again, it makes sense that for a person to think deeply or notice subtleties, they would have to have emotional motivation of some kind to process things more carefully.</div>
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There are many other studies that could be done. I think it would be interesting to explore more how sensitivity is viewed in different cultures and different subcultures. Some has been done about this for men, but in general. The possibilities are vast, because this trait seems to affect almost all aspects of behavior in some way. I even did a survey study of HSPs and non-HSP regarding their sexuality, and of course there were differences in what they liked and didn’t like, what life experiences they had had in this realm. The trait affects every sort of attitude and behavior.</div>
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Lynn Parramore is contributing editor at AlterNet. She is cofounder of Recessionwire, founding editor of New Deal 2.0, and author of "Reading the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture." She received her Ph.D. in English and cultural theory from NYU. Follow her on Twitter @LynnParramore.</div>
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There are many different theories about how our senses actually work.
Initially, that may seem surprising: surely our senses just communicate
what’s out there, be it an image, a sound, or a smell, to the brain? But
of course, the process is far more complicated than that, and the
variables that are involved means that there is room for debate over
what exactly happens. Moreover, just a quick glance at the perceptive
abilities of animals quickly reveals just how limited our senses are: in
terms of our eyes, for example, our lenses are not capable of dealing
with objects at long distance, the twin images they then project onto
the retina are tiny and upside-down, and the retina itself is pretty
much colour-blind. The optical abilities of human beings, then, are very
poor. So how do we see with any certainty? Where there is uncertainty,
there are theories…<br />
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Herman Grid Illusion</div>
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Hermann von Helmholtz’s ideas</h3>
The first serious study into how the eye works was done by Hermann
von Helmholtz (1821-1894). He was a German physician and physicist who
investigated an unfeasibly large number of subjects, one of them being,
the eye. Having decided that vision should be, physiologically speaking,
all but impossible, Helmholtz ventured the theory that we construct
images in our minds by inferring the whole based on past experience. In
other words, we convert the shaky and rather inaccurate pictures
generated by our eyes into something that makes sense based on our
understanding of the world.<br />
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Verifying Helmholtz’s ideas</h3>
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Scintillating Grid Illusion</div>
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These two optical illusions are probably familiar. The images show two
different grids on top of a black background. The first, known as the
Hermann grid illusion after its nineteenth century ‘discoverer’, Ludimar
Hermann, shows a series of white lines on top of the background.
Except, that’s not what you see. You see white lines with black blobs at
their intersecting points. The second one, which is even more
arresting, is known as the scintillating grid illusion, and was created
in 1994 by Lingelbach. This has intersecting grey lines on top of the
background with white spots at the meeting points of the lines. Except
when you are not focusing on these spots, they turn black.<br />
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The precise way in which these illusions work is very complex, and
certainly not worth going into. For our purposes, it is enough to say
that we have trouble perceiving the true image because of the frailties
of our optical sense. Our minds try to put a picture together for us to
comprehend, but is unable to do so because of conflicting models of
comparison. This makes more sense when we consider the theory that
advanced the ideas of Helmholtz.<br />
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Gestalt Theory</h3>
The German word ‘gestalt’ means “form”, “figure”, or “shape”, and is
the label given to a group of psychologists based in Berlin who were
working during the 1920s – 40s. They agreed with the idea that we make a
‘best fit’ of images created by our eyes, and added that we do so by
perceiving the whole, rather than little bits of the object we are
looking at individually. We do this unconsciously and very quickly. The
phrase stating that, ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ is
associated with Gestalt psychology.<br />
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The simplest example of this is how we perceive words: we do not base
our understanding of words by individual letters, but by perceiving
words, phrases and sentences. It is only when you come across a word
that you have not encountered before do you have problems with
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If you glance at the sentence above, you don’t initially notice the
extra word, and you certainly don’t have any problem understanding what
its meaning is.<br />
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A more complex example is the picture on the right. If you look at its
individual parts, it is very hard to make sense of. However, if you
allow your eyes to take in the whole of the image at once, you are able
to determine what its subject is.<br />
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It is, of course, a Dalmatian dog sniffing around underneath a tree whose leaves have dropped onto the ground.<br />
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Latest theories</h3>
The weakness of the ideas of the Gestalt psychologists is that they
generally describe, rather than explain, how our senses work. Modern
theories are based on the ideas of computational neuroscience, which
uses computers to build up models of how the senses work, and allows
scientists much more scope to come up with explanations of how the brain
functions.<br />
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However, what the ideas do provide us with is a way of understanding how
we do not receive an objective picture of the world, and how our vision
of the world – even at the basic level of sense perception – is often
varied and subjective, and dependent on our powers of reason and
emotion, which is where we are going next.<br />
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Beau Lotto on sense perception</h3>
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Beau Lotto’s ‘<a href="http://www.lottolab.org/" target="_blank">Lotto Lab</a>’
is dedicated to exploring how and why we perceive the world through our
senses in the way we do. Lotto’s ideas are founded on the principle
that we have evolved a way of seeing the world that suits us best, and
that we are very selective in the way we view the world. He argues that
context is everything: our minds often trick us into seeing things based
on previous experience.<br />
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Lotto’s inspiring TED talk can be seen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5otGNbkuc" target="_blank">here</a>. Watch it, and you will literally not be able to believe what you are seeing.<br />
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Implications</h3>
The implications of these illusions should not be underestimated, and
the ‘fun’ side of them shouldn’t overshadow the what their
significance is. As Lotto explains, our brains only see what they want
to see – conditioned by evolutionary instincts of survival – no matter
what our reason tries to impose on our minds. In other words, what we
see may not match up to reality at all.<br />
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Here are some more extraordinary illusions which our brains simply cannot cope with.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amitgoswami.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><em>Quantum Activism is the idea of changing ourselves and our societies in accordance with the principles of quantum physics.</em></span></span></a></h2>
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Meet Amit Goswami</h5>
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Theoretical Quantum Physicist Dr. Amit Goswami is a revolutionary
amongst a growing body of renegade scientists who, in recent years, has
ventured into the domain of the spiritual in an attempt both to
interpret the seemingly inexplicable findings of curious experiments and
to validate intuitions about the existence of a spiritual dimension of
life. <span style="color: #666666;">A prolific writer, teacher, and visionary, Dr. Goswami has appeared in the movies</span><em><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/team/amit-goswami/" target="_blank">What the Bleep do we know!?</a>, <a href="http://www.dalailamafilm.com/" target="_blank">Dalai Lama Renaissance</a>, </span></em><span style="color: #666666;">as well as the award winning documentary,</span><em><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.quantumactivist.com/" target="_blank">The Quantum Activist</a> (</span><a href="http://173.254.101.139/about" style="color: #dd542a;">read more</a><span style="color: #666666;">)</span></em><br />
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<b>Ancient Wisdom Event Welcomes <br />Dr. Amit Goswami</b><br /><br />
The Conference on Precession and Ancient Knowledge (CPAK) brings
together the leading scientists and explorers on the topic of "Ancient
Wisdom in Pre-Dark Age Cultures." This year, the 9th Annual CPAK
(October 17 - 19) will study the archeology, anthropology, language,
science and spiritual practices of these cultures with the goal of
better understanding consciousness in the higher ages.
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Materialist Science</h5>
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<strong>Materialist Science Isn’t The Whole Picture!</strong>
What do we mean by materialist science? Materialist science takes it as
its basic axiom that everything is matter. We have literally managed to
train a whole generation of students on the idea that everything is
material, but this Newtonian world view that has shaped our
understanding for centuries is now giving way to the revelations of
quantum physics which goes beyond materialism; to show that
consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all being.<br />
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It's Objective and It's Scientific</h5>
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can call it God if you want, but you don’t have to. Quantum
consciousness will do. Nonlocality, tangled hierarchy, and
discontinuity: these signatures of quantum consciousness have been
independently verified by leading researchers worldwide. This
experimental data and its conclusions inform us that it is the mistaken
materialist view that is at the center of most of our worlds problems
today. To address these problems, we now have a science of spirituality
that is fully verifiable and objective.<br />
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What is Amit Thinking About?</h4>
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<br /><b>Manifest Your Dreams</b><br />
When we think about cosmic ordering, we consider it to be the act
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placing an order with the universe and waiting to receive it. But, what
is the key to unlocking its potential, and is it as simple as giving out
good vibes and attracting them back – in a boomerang-like fashion? (<a href="http://www.amitgoswami.org/2014/08/29/manifest-dreams//">read more</a>)
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<br /><b>Quantum Optimism</b><br />
The metaphysics on which we base our perception of the world today is
pessimistic. The metaphysics of scientific materialism that is now the
foundation of all our sciences and social systems recognizes only the
existence of matter, which necessarily limits our choices and therefore
our ability to solve the planetary crises facing the human race... (<a href="http://www.amitgoswami.org/quantum-optimism/">read more</a>)
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It's Time to Walk Our Talk</h5>
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More
than just theory, quantum activism is the moral compass of quantum
physics that helps us to actually transform our lives and society.<br />
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’So let’s walk our talk, and make brain circuits of positive
emotions. We just do it. We practice. Let some of us be good, do good.
Be with God some of the time, be in the ego some of the time, and let
the dance generate creative acts of transformation. With this
resolution, with this objective in mind, I invite you to become Quantum
Activists.’<br />
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What is Amit Talking About?</h4>
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<br /><a href="http://youtu.be/gOJJfMJOXVw" target="_blank">Dr. Amit Goswami on Cosmic Truth with Janine Regan-Sinclair (April 30, 2014)
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<a href="http://www.webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2012/04/16/conversations-beyond-science-and-religion-creative-evolution/" target="_blank">Dr. Amit Goswami on Conversations Beyond Science and Religion with Philip Mereton (April 16, 2012)</a>
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<a href="http://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2012/04/09/conversations-beyond-science-and-religion-is-a-worldview-revolution-on-the-horizon" target="_blank">Dr. Amit Goswami on Conversations Beyond Science and Religion with Philip Mereton (April 9, 2012)</a>
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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/soul_talk/2013/07/21/soul-talk-with-amit-goswami-phd" target="_blank">Dr. Amit Goswami on Soul Talk Radio with Jeremy McDonald (July 21, 2013)</a>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-weight: 500;"><a href="http://www.amitgoswami.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/qa-logo.png"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-252 size-full" height="145" src="http://www.amitgoswami.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/qa-logo.png" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 6px;" width="388" /></a>A
genuine paradigm shift. While mainstream science remains materialist, a
substantial number of scientists are supporting and developing a
paradigm based on the primacy of consciousness. <strong style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Amit Goswami, Ph.D</strong>,
a pioneer of this revolutionary new perspective within science shares
with us his vision of the unlimited potential of consciousness as the
ground of all being and how this revelation can actually help us to live
better.</span>NOTES FROM THE WILDSIDEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499454400310101800noreply@blogger.com0