Science and Spirituality: How are your Heart and Brain connected to God?By Virginia Essene
Before
exploring the brain’s unique role in connecting a human being to what many call
God, it is essential to honor new scientific information about the human heart
that identifies it as the very first connection point between the physical body
and its Creator source.
Amazing recent evidence indicates that
the heart begins to beat in the unborn fetus even before the brain is formed so
it appears that the heart truly holds primary status as the initiator of human
life. Even so, scientists have yet to discover what causes the human heart to
automatically begin this essential
“auto-rhythmic” beating function that grants us physical existence.
Although previously unknown,
neuroscientists have now discovered that there are over 40,000 nerve cells
(neurons) in the heart alone, indicating that the heart has its own independent
nervous system sometimes called “the brain in the heart.” In addition, the heart has an
electromagnetic energy field 5,000 times greater than that of the brain and this
field can be measured with magnetometers up to 10 feet beyond the physical
body. This
provides support for the spiritual teachings that indicate we humans have energy
fields that constantly intermingle with each other, enabling healing (or
negative) thoughts to be extended and exchanged.
Since the heart’s energy field is
greater than that of the brain’s, we presume that feelings and information sent
from the heart to the brain can have a profound effect on the brain’s functions,
introducing heightened intuitive clarity and increased feelings of well being.
Gratefully, this welcomed state of balance or coherence between the heart and
the brain eliminates stress and permits the personal condition we have called
creativity as well as peace of mind!
Because this powerful coherence starts in
each individual’s heart rhythms, the heart may be considered the conduit or
vessel through which soulfulness, higher consciousness, or spiritual energies
enter the human being at birth. This scientifically identified condition of
heart coherence supports the teachings of many world religions that state the
human heart is the seat of the soul. Spiritual teachings also suggest that it is
humanity’s task to join together their individual coherent heart energies into
one unified peaceful heart, one spiritually inspired healing intention.
To begin appreciating more about
the brain’s role in supporting the heart energy intentions of love, imagine you
are standing in a laboratory where scientists are showing you pictures of a
human brain flashing on and off with speeding neuron impulses lighting up its
many regions and innumerable activities. As you actually observe those
uncountable neural light activities in the various brain areas are you wondering
how this human brain was designed to function? Can you imagine that this brain
cooperates with the heart in providing a light link with your Creator?
How do you feel as you watch this
mysterious light activity in the brain? Is any part of you wanting to deny and
disbelieve what you are seeing? Or do you feel a growing curiosity to know more
about this brain and how it really works?
Do
you feel willing to explore the idea that both the heart and the brain were
actually created so humans could always know “their Maker?” Would you want your
loving heart and fantastic brain to be healthy and connected with your Creator
during physical life for essential spiritual guidance and
support?
Fortunately, among the many scientific
and technical discoveries recently made, there are several which have helped us
identify the major purpose of the brain as a spiritual receptor of light, of God
energy. Newly developing medical
fields such as neurobiology, neurochemistry, and neuropsychology are using
technical “imaging” equipment such as PET (positive emission tomography) and
SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) to identify various regions
of the brain, their activities, and especially those frontal parts of the brain
which must develop “God capacity.” And must immediately develop that spiritual
capacity during the first critical months and years of childhood growth! At last science can join spiritual
teachings in proving that humans have the capacity through coherent hearts and
proper brain development to attain the mystical expression of feeling love, of
knowing God.
What is absolutely vital to remember is
that the soul’s energy connection with physical life is not fully formed at
birth and is not fully accessible during the first few years thereafter. When a
baby is born, its brain has just about 50% of the neurological connections it
must have as an adult, and this rapid growth must occur in the next several
years. This spiritual capacity must be developed by the constant infusion of
light (heart love) from the mother and family if the brain’s normal physical
growth is to be attained. Should this essential “growth fuel” be missing during
its early months and years, the infant’s brain development will likely be
curtailed by lack of this essential light, or love energy, causing a variety of
serious repercussions.
Scientific
reports are announcing that if the frontal lobes of a person’s brain are not
properly developed by light and love at a young age then the resulting lack of
light will probably cause a dysfunctional brain with a variety of possible
physical, emotional and behaviour al problems. This apparently occurs because
the brain contains both more primitive regions from earlier evolutionary
development and more modern additions in the frontal lobes and cortex regions
designed to operate on light. Indeed it is this lack of light that causes
disruptions and imbalances in one or many regions of brain area activity. In recent years, newly created PET
and SPECT brain scan equipment have helped those enlightened doctors dedicated
to healing the brain assist individuals with epilepsy, Attention Deficit Disorder, injuries,
innumerable emotional conditions and much more. Their work also discourages
alcohol and drug abuse in teens and adults by showing images of their negative
effects on the brain.
It is also believed that an increased
amount of stress, from the chaotic nature of modern living, creates a toxic
brain hormone called cortisol. It
is deduced that if high cortisol levels are maintained in the brain over an
extended period, certain critical brain areas can become totally devoid of
neural activity. When neural activity falters, the brain’s light activity
darkens in the frontal lobes and there is a decreased ability by the person to
control aggression and regulate negative thoughts and
feelings.
It is vital to grasp that the
purpose of learning this information about the heart and human brain’s needs for
light & love is not to focus on blaming mothers and families whose children
are exhibiting negative behaviour and suffering from a lack of connection
to their higher consciousness. Rather it is to finally understand that both the
heart and the brain require light & love to attain spiritual connection to
God. This is critically true during a human’s infancy phase of physical growth –
but also throughout its adult years thereafter.
Then,
with this knowledge that we human beings were created to live with the constant
fuel of light/love during physical life in both our hearts and our brains, we
must educate ourselves and do everything in our power to fulfill our heart’s and
brains’ ability to function properly. Health will be seen in a different way
once scans of the brain’s interior condition and functioning reveal any damaged
or unbalanced areas, and new approaches for rehabilitation can be applied. The
long-standing question about whether heredity or environment is the most
essential ingredient in human behaviour can be better understood through use of
recent discoveries about the heart as well as new tomography scans and available
brain imaging information not known in earlier decades.
Now is the time to profoundly understand
what causes the human species to maintain heartfelt ethical attitudes and
positive emotional behaviours and to discern what vital role both play in
humanity’s spiritual development. We need to know the pattern from which we
human beings were created, our present evolutionary status, and how we can best
express that pattern in physical life. This may be the designated moment when we
can be empowered to improve our loving behaviour toward all people, but
especially babies and children. Many creative hearts and minds are needed to
discover how we can correct our present negative personal and societal problems
and develop a brighter future in which every person gains expression of the
spiritual nature that is the human hallmark.
In the meantime, those of us with
relationships to babies and children can read broadly about the heart and brain
connection, discuss ways of parenting and teaching based on love and on what PET
and SPECT photographs reveal about the brain’s incredible design. We can agree
to implement deliberate changes for the good of all. Parents, day care
individuals and centers, educators of public and private schools, home teachers,
and every adult who relates to a child, represent an important link in the
sharing of 21st century information about the heart and brain in
human life.
We will also be drawn to explore the
ways adults who have not had a light enriched heart and brain experience,
themselves, can recover from various neural and electrical imbalances and even
the stress-induced cortisol damage they may have endured. Surely this is the
exciting threshold of a new era in natural healing, at the least, and an
enormous spiritual expansion of human consciousness as we birth new generations
of heart centered and brain-healthy children with telepathic and other unusual
abilities.
Yes,
this is an incredibly hopeful time! For we already have tools such as meditation
and prayer, music and sound, nature and her innumerable health-giving products
from the earth, and the current positive scientific and technical equipment to
assist us. Our challenge now is not merely to stay informed about these many
developments that can aid us, but to use them! And to implement them both
individually and in our local and global community relationships. Peace is the
prize. The challenge is whether we will accept our responsibility and earn this
heart-sought prize both for ourselves and for our children.
As names like the Indigo children, the
Crystal children, the children of Oz, etc., suggest, our human evolution is
being upgraded by wise and loving souls returning to earth. While heart and
brain exploration continues to enrich our understanding of ourselves as
creations of God’s design, perhaps we will finally understand how identical we
humans really are in our basic essence and then begin applying our extraordinary
hearts and brains to accept each other as one family.
RECOMMENDED
HEART/BRAIN READING LIST by Virginia Essene
Association
for Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health. http://www.birthpsychology.com/ has
many books, videos and teaching materials explaining how the baby’s brain forms
in its early years in response to the quality of interaction with the mother and
other caregivers.
The
Biology of Transcendence. Joseph Chilton Pearce, Park Street Press, 2002. (also other titles such as Crack
in the Cosmic Egg and The Magical Child)
Brain
Respiration. Dr. Ilchi Lee, Hamptons Road Pub., 2001(?). (peacemaker has 17 books including Healing Society; online
Brain Respiration class, www.Healingplaza.com
EMDR:
The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma. Francine
Shapiro, Ph.D. and Margaret Silk Forrest, Basic Books,
1997.
The
Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness.
Antonio Damasio, Harcourt, 1999.
The
First Three Years of Life. Nina R. Lief
and others, Southmark Publ., 1997. (Early Childhood Development Center –
N.Y. University - College of Medicine.)
Healing
the Hardware of the Soul. Daniel Amen, M.D., Free Press, 2002. … also Healing
ADD, the Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of
Attention Deficit Disorders, Putnam, 2001.
…also Change Your Brain,
Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression,
Obsessiveness, Anger and Impulsiveness, Random House, 1998. *** see www.amenclinic.com
for an online video introduction ….. also www.brainplace.com
The
Healing Mind: The Vital Links Between Brain & Behaviour , Immunity and
Disease. Paul Martin, Ph.D., St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
The
HeartMath Solution. Doc Childre, Howard Martin, et al, Harper, S.F., CA,
1999.
How
to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries. Deepak Chopra,
M.D., Random House, 2000. (&
many other titles about spiritual topics.)
Molecules
of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel. Candace B. Pert, Ph.D. Scribner,
1997. Pioneering research on how chemicals inside our body link
mind/body.
The
Power of Light. Joel Achenbach & photographer Joe McNally, National
Geographic Magazine, October, 2001, pages 7-29.
The
Soul of the Child: Nurturing the Divine Identity of Our Children. Michael
Gurian, Atria Books, 2002. (&
other titles.)
A
Symphony in the Brain: The Evolution of the New Brainwave Biofeedback. Jim
Robbins, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000.
What’s
Going on in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of
Life. Lise Eliot, Ph.D., Bantam
Books, 1999.
Why
God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science & the Biology of Belief. Andrew Newberg,
M.D., Eugene D’Aquili, M.D., and Vince Rause, Ballentine Publishing Co.,
2001.
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