Is Seriousness too Sticky ? Can we lighten the seriousness of someone’s self-expression by appreciating the importance of what is said? Appreciation and importance, however, are not the same as seriousness. Seriousness carries emotions such as fear, anger, etc. It is like glue that fixes attention. Appreciation plus Soft Focus Attention dissolves this glue and…
Awesome Attention Awesome Attention or ‘Valued Appreciation’ is more than gratitude. It is an act of deliberately valuing some-thing or some-one, that transforms gratitude from an after-the-fact expression of feeling to a before-the-fact deliberate engaging of energy. That is the energy of appreciation! Appreciation is a wave of Attention-energy that carries a special quality of…
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Somatic Release Processes Imagine a lifelong accumulation of minor and major traumas. What will that do to your more than 650 muscles and joints, and overall health? Is it any wonder why we feel seemingly incurable aches & pains many days of our lives? There are various ways to address individual healing. Most cognitive and…
PART VI THE MEMORY NETWORK Physical Memories Physical memory is about trauma. It is about biology-based, non-conscious action patterns that humans and animals execute when they are exposed to stress, threat, or injury. They dodge, fight, flee, freeze, submit, or surrender, etc. The body draws from a library of possible motor responses supported by adjustments…
I was born in Canada, the country where the Vikings visited New-Found-land in 1021: I spent my teenage years on the traditional livestock breeding and cash crop farm of my parents in the province of Ontario. Although locally educated in Arts and Philosophy, I studied French in France. My early career path took me through…
Our young family left Europe in 1977 for the USA in order to establish a base for the sales and service of European packaging automation equipment, to replace dehumanizing labor. This was done by observing manufacturing operations, and suggesting efficiency and automation improvements. These activities led to the realization in 1987 of the Emigrant’s Dream…
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER What are the symptoms? After going through a traumatic event, you may: * Feel anxious, jittery, or angry. * Feel that you are always in danger. * Feel upset by things that remind you of what happened. * Have nightmares, vivid memories, or event flashbacks. * Avoid places or things that…
Until recently neuroscientists have been unable to see how the brain works in precise detail. Basic genetic researchers have brought in the solution in the form of micro-organisms that rely on light-responsive “opsin” proteins to survive. Instead of electrodes or liquids, researchers insert opsin proteins into specific braincells of freely moving animals through a virus….
Are the ‘Islanders’ psychic ? The ‘Islanders’ are also involved in imagining the emotional states of others in order to understand, predict and manipulate their behavior. This also applies to interpreting their mental states, dispositions, intentions and motivations. When data processing between the ‘Islanders’ and the neo cortex cannot be completed, because we resist completing…
Are our Somatic Markers Islanders ? Somatic markers are mostly located on the Insular Cortex (insula = island). This region integrates information from nearly every emotional and body state, like laughter, lust, pride, humiliation, etc. This is then sent to higher-order cognitive and emotional regions. This cortex reads body states such as fear, hunger and…
Somatic Markers = my emotions ? Somatic markers are not primary emotions, but secondary emotions that are filtered through your beliefs, judgments, fears, and opinions. These markers connect to a possible future outcome, based on memories of past experiences. Thus they influence thoughts, sensations, and behavior in a covert manner. A negative somatic marker projected…
