The Earth Just May Be Sentient
The collective activity of life—all of the microbes, plants, and animals—have changed planet Earth. Take, for example, plants: Plants "invented" a way of undergoing photosynthesis to enhance their own survival, but in so doing, released oxygen that changed the entire function of our planet. This is just one example of individual lifeforms performing their own tasks, but collectively having an impact on a planetary scale.
If the collective activity of life—known as the biosphere—can change the world, could the collective activity of cognition, and action based on this cognition, also change a planet? Once the biosphere evolved, Earth took on a life of its own. If a planet with life has a life of its own, can it also have a mind of its own? These are questions posed by Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester, and his colleagues David Grinspoon at the Planetary Science Institute and Sara Walker at Arizona State University, in a paper published in the International Journal of Astrobiology. Their self-described "thought experiment" combines current scientific understanding about the Earth with broader questions about how life alters a planet. In the paper, the researchers discuss what they call "planetary intelligence"--the idea of cognitive activity operating on a planetary scale--to raise new ideas about the ways in which humans might tackle global issues such as climate change. Frank, Grinspoon, and Walker draw from ideas such as the Gaia hypothesis—which proposes that the biosphere interacts strongly with the non-living geological systems of air, water, and land to maintain Earth's habitable state—to explain that even a non-technologically capable species can display planetary Intelligence. The key is that the collective activity of life creates a system that is self-maintaining. For example, Frank says, many recent studies have shown how the roots of the trees in a forest connect via underground networks of fungi known as mycorrhizal networks. If one part of the forest needs nutrients, the other parts send the stressed portions the nutrients they need to survive, via the mycorrhizal network. In this way, the forest maintains its own viability. Right now, our civilization is what the researchers call an "immature technosphere," a conglomeration of human-generated systems and technology that directly affects the planet but is not self-maintaining. For instance, the majority of our energy usage involves consuming fossil fuels that degrade Earth's oceans and atmosphere. The technology and energy we consume to survive are destroying our home planet, which will, in turn, destroy our species. To survive as a species, then, we need to collectively work in the best interest of the planet. "The biosphere figured out how to host life by itself billions of years ago by creating systems for moving around nitrogen and transporting carbon," Frank says. "Now we have to figure out how to have the same kind of self-maintaining characteristics with the technosphere." QUANTUM HEALTH TIP: Tune in to the bioresonance of Earth, the Schumann Resonance, with the Vital Force Schumann Resonance Crystal. Greater levels of wellness are created by this resonance, as one is brought into harmony with the intelligence of the planet. |
A Glimpse Into An After Death
"My whole life flashed before my eyes" is a phrase we often hear regarding near-death experiences--and there just might be some truth to it. Scientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain for the first time ever, revealing brain wave patterns related to processes like dreaming and memory recall.
The study wasn't specifically designed to measure the brain's activity around the time of death--it was just a matter of happenstance. The researchers were continuously monitoring the brain waves of an 87-year-old epilepsy patient using EEG, to watch for seizures. However, during the treatment the patient suddenly had a heart attack and died.
As such, the researchers managed to record 15 minutes of brain activity around the time of death. They focused in on the 30 seconds either side of when the heart stopped beating, and detected increased activity in types of brain waves known as gamma oscillations. These are involved in processes such as dreaming, meditation and memory retrieval, giving a glimpse into what a person may be experiencing during their final moments. "Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences," said Dr. Ajmal Zemmar, lead author of the study. "These findings challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends and generate important subsequent questions, such as those related to the timing of organ donation." The team says that the observations indicate the brain is capable of coordinated activity even after blood stops flowing through it. Similar changes in gamma waves around the time of death had previously been detected in rats, but this marks the first time that such activity have been detected in humans. "Something we may learn from this research is: although our loved ones have their eyes closed and are ready to leave us to rest, their brains may be replaying some of the nicest moments they experienced in their lives," said Zemmar. ALSO READ: Death Is Obsolete |
Calling Stem Cells With Sound
Regrowing or replacing bone lost to disease is tricky and often painful. In a new study Australian researchers have found a relatively simple way to induce stem cells to turn into bone cells quickly and efficiently, using high-frequency sound waves.
Stem cells have enormous medical potential in helping to regenerate various tissues in the body, but bone has proven particularly hard to work with. Bone originates from what are known as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which mostly reside in the bone marrow. Collecting these is a painful procedure, then converting them into bone cells is difficult to scale up to useful levels.
But researchers from RMIT have now found a faster and simpler way to induce MSCs to turn into bone cells. Previous studies have suggested that the vibrations from sound waves can induce cell differentiation, but it typically took over a week with mixed results. These experiments have been limited to low frequencies, and it was thought that higher frequencies would have little benefit. So for the new study, the RMIT team investigated these higher frequencies. The team used a microchip that produced sound waves in the MHz range, and directed it at MSCs in silicon oil on a culture plate. They found the optimal setup was to expose these cells to 10-MHz signals for 10 minutes a day for five days, which boosted the levels of certain markers that indicated they were converting into bone cells. "We can use the sound waves to apply just the right amount of pressure in the right places to the stem cells, to trigger the change process," said Leslie Yeo, co-lead researcher on the study. "Our device is cheap and simple to use, so could easily be upscaled for treating large numbers of cells simultaneously – vital for effective tissue engineering." Once the stem cells have begun to differentiate into bone, they can be injected into the body at the site of an injury or disease, or coated onto an implant, ready to grow new bone. The team says this process removes the need for drugs that coax stem cells down this path, and makes the whole thing much faster and more efficient. Importantly, the MSCs can be obtained from other parts of the patient's body, such as fat tissue, which is less invasive than from bone marrow. QUANTUM HEALTH TIP: Healing with sound is is yet another drug-free approach to healing, just as is healing with subtle energies. Observe the changes and improvements in the body by using our Life Energy Pack. |
Health & Healing Hack of the Week
Heart Coherence
Doc Childre, founder of the Hearth Math Institute, has done extensive research on the power of the heart to regulate the brain and the body. The heart emits an electromagnetic field many times more powerful than the brain's. Research has also shown that the brain responds to commands from the heart as its top priority, basically meaning that the heart runs things when it comes to the body. The Heart Math Institute came up with the concept of "Heart Coherence", meaning the heart is "coherent" or in step with the highest aspirations of the mind, and is creating a coherent, or single, vibration that can then be transmitted throughout the brain and body. You can easily create a state of coherence in about 60 seconds by releasing stress and stopping draining emotions such as frustration, irritation, anxiety and anger. When you are in a coherent state, your thoughts and emotions are balanced and you experience ease and inner harmony: The "Quick Coherence Technique". The first part of this exercise is moving the attention down from the head to the heart. This alone creates a certain degree of coherence because you are centering yourself where the main commands to the brain are coming from, thus you are more able to use the body's intelligence. -- From 25 No Cost Health & Healing Hacks by Boyd Martin) |
Quantum Healer of the Week
Grace Hom
Grace's Mission: To weave Grace, Light and Joy into the fabric of the world for the expansion of consciousness and amplify the expression of all that is Divine about being human. About Grace: Grace Geokyin Hom, Light Medicine Woman and Light Language Activator, has over 21 years of combined experience in health care and alternative healing. She incorporates science, spirituality, and intuition to facilitate her clients to transform health, financial and relationship issues. Her gentle presence, profound intuition and powerful activations often awaken the intuitive gifts and light language abilities in others, making her a much sought-after mentor and teacher to lightworkers and way-showers. Grace is internationally known for her innovative energy work with eyesight, teeth, body pain, meridian imbalances and re-imprinting states of resourcefulness that activates generative energy in the body. She works with one's Light Body to facilitate the body to remember its own natural state of health and wholeness. Her clients often laugh and yawn to release lifetimes of traumas during their sessions. They also feel lighter and more joyous. While Grace has always been interested in exploring human potential, it was through her own struggles with an autoimmune disorder and depression that she learned to access her own magic with energy alchemy to heal herself. These personal struggles helped Grace to realize that we are here to be wildly alive and shine our light. Her group healing sessions are an opportunity for many to experience being both the healer and the healing. She invites everyone to co-create a New Earth where everyone enjoys sovereignty, health and wild aliveness while contributing to the expansion of consciousness on the planet. WEBSITE |
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