“You are at once a beating heart and a single heartbeat in the body called humanity.”
“You’ll See It When You Believe It.” Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
The Beating Heart.
Our psyche consists of 3 primary parts – conscious self, mind, and brain.
We all experience consciousness, yet it remains unexplained. It seems to be working quite well. It is also very consistent. We all seem to be affected in the same manner by optical illusions. One of the best of these is the Ames Distorted Room of which there are many examples om YouTube, where a person appears to grow taller then shrink back to normal size as they walk across a room then back again. And we continue to see the same illusion even after we are shown how it works. Our ability to consciously see something different to the image detected by our eyes, and all see the same thing, implies consciousness is working correctly but under control of forces we do not understand. So how reliable is an eye-witness?
The mind is the second non physical part of our self. It is a mental user interface, a tool by which from consciousness we can start and stop processes running on the brain, and examine those processes while they run. Mystics show that we can consciously control bodily functions such as heart rate and breathing from consciousness using the mind. It is also seen as a helpfull tool fighting of many medical complaints. Once again it seems to be working correctly.
The brain is the processing centre of all of our thoughts and ideas. For a comparison to man made computers it could be described as a dual cluster multi thread system with extensive multi tasking capability. If we consider neurons as single function micro computers, which link together as clusters to make a process, we can run multiple processes – programs – at the same time. Once again, with the exception of a small number of people with physically damage, our brains seem to work correctly. The two halves of our brains are connected by a massive data network, and testing of people who have had that network severed by medical process or accident show either half of the brain can run the body.
The brain operates in two modes. For normal day to day thought both halves work as a single unit maximising our mental ability. However, when confronted by a dangerous situation, each side takes up a different role – one side flight and the other side fight. They effectively operate in mirror image to each other – if we flee the fight side maintains a preparation to defend ourselve if we are cornered. If we chose fight the flight side constantly assesses our situation seeking to maintain a viable flight route.
As our other processes keep running at the same time we can have both ordered and disordered processes – parallell and mirror image processes, running at the same time.
The Single Heartbeat.
“A computer of such infinite and subtle complexity that organic life itself shall form part of its operational matrix. And it shall be called…the Earth.”
From the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
The corpus callosum, the data network connecting the two halves of the brain is the primary pathway for communication between the brain’s hemispheres. It is also our network interface for the “head net” – the virtual computer that is the human race as a collective. Hence the concept of the third eye – an invisible eye that provides perception beyond ordinary sight.
To be continued.