Most people respond to real or perceived threats, by tensing their body, increasing their arousal, and narrowing their gaze. The human body has, all together, more than 650 muscles. Many muscles tense so as to prevent you from feeling stress or fear when you are in an emergency or survival mode. Some of these muscles…
Many Eye Muscles Chronic stress leads to a chronically narrowed visual field, impacting eyesight. Eyes are extremely susceptible to stress: 3 muscles appear to be the most sensitive. Since these 3 are vital for survival and safety in life, most of the pain residue of past events appears to reside there. This distorts the eyeball,…
EEG’s show brain wave frequencies (1 – 50 Hz). They reflect the electrical rhythms of all the brain cells’ activities: δ = Delta waves [1/2 – 4 Hz] produced during sleep, ζ = Theta waves [4+ – 7 Hz] produced during day dreaming or falling asleep, α = Alpha waves [8 – 12 Hz] produced…
Neurofeedback EEG research over the past 40 years has found that when the focus of someone’s Attention is very narrow, the feedback from the object observed can cause the brain to function in the fight, flight, or freeze mode. This resulted in tense muscles, leading to oxygen deprivation in muscle cells everywhere, but especially in…
Focus Attention with our Gut ? Shifting the focus from wide to narrow changes the feedback of what we observe. This then changes the electrical patterns and chemical actions in our brains, causing system-wide effects, like increased muscle tension, respiratory rate, and a higher flow of neurotransmitters and hormones. All of these influence our perception,…
We seem to direct our Attention through energy radiation; always from the body, and when conscious, also from our consciousness. The way we attend impacts the brain’s chemistry and electrical rhythms in a way that can be measured and shown in an Electro-Encephalo-Gram or EEG. Attention is NOT a function of the brain. It is…
Are You the Center of Your Attention ? Should the focus of your Intent be on the object only? Should your Attention also be on the space surrounding the object? Does Attention translate into Action if Resistance or Fear is felt? Does Resistance change feelings into verbal interpretations? read more …
Throughout evolution, competition for survival has been only one side of the story. Mutual aid has been the other side. Mitochondria evolved from a symbiotic relationship in which the earliest cells contributed raw materials, and bacteria contributed energy. Later on, early humans cooperated in hunting, migration, and child care. Language can also build bridges among…
As human beings are extremely inter-dependent, the power goes to who’s best at manipulating other’s dependence. What could be better for this purpose than language, the specifically human tool that is used to justify anything? Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is an approach to change based on the bond between neuro-logical processes and bio- mechanical/behavioral patterns as…
We see how aggressive competition gives rise to dominance hierarchies that then define as social classes. However, in today’s complex societies, we can be “dominant” in some areas and “subordinate” in others. Power varies with the alliances and associations that we may form. Studies have shown that rank in the dominance hierarchy is often transmitted…
Limited resources lead to two kinds of competition: If resources are scattered and cannot be defended, people compete through speed, trying to take the resources before someone else does, But if resources are close enough to be defended, then people compete through confrontation + aggression. Because these struggles demand so much energy from both the…
The diagram shows how the distribution of resources affects the emergence of certain social behaviors: primates and people form alliances and engage in behaviors to reduce the tension among them, or to reconcile after conflicts: read more …
