Science Explains Intuition
![]() So, what exactly is intuition? A good way to describe it is a gut feeling, a sense, or a feeling about something. It's arriving to some sort of truth about something, an event or experience without using any type of analytic reasoning. Intuition has been measured, which is why the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) admitted to developing methods to develop and measure this phenomenon for their soldiers. We have to understand what gives rise to this so-called "sixth sense", says Peter Squire, a program officer in ONR's Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism department. Today's Navy scientists place less emphasis on trying to understand the phenomena theoretically and more on using technology to examine the mysterious process, which Navy scientists assure the public is not based on superstition. "If the researchers understand the process, there may be ways to accelerate it — and possibly spread the powers of intuition throughout military units," says Dr. Squire. The Pentagon's focus is to maximize the power of the sixth sense for operational use. The body is truly an amazing puzzle, and we probably haven't moved beyond the tip of the iceberg when it comes to discovering what we are actually capable of. For example, a study (meta analysis) in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience titled "Predicting the unpredictable: critical analysis and practical implications of predictive anticipatory activity" examined a number of experiments regarding precognition. These experiments indicate that the human body can actually detect randomly delivered stimuli that occur 1-10 seconds in advance. In other words, the human body seems to know of an event and reacts to an event that has yet to occur. What occurs in the human body before these events are physiological changes that are measured in the cardiopulmonary, the skin, and the nervous system. The Institute of HeartMath alongside Radin conducted an interesting experiment a few years ago. They explain, "Twenty-six adults experienced in using HeartMath techniques and who could sustain a heart-coherent state completed two rounds of study protocols approximately two weeks apart. Half of the participants completed the protocols after they intentionally achieved a heart-coherent state for 10 minutes. The other half completed the same procedures without first achieving heart coherence. Then they reversed the process for the second round of monitoring, with the first group not becoming heart-coherent before completing the protocols and the second group becoming heart-coherent before. The point was to test whether heart coherence affected the results of the experiment." Participants were told the study's purpose was to test stress reactions and were unaware of its actual purpose. (This practice meets institutional-review-board standards.) Each participant sat at a computer and was instructed to click a mouse when ready to begin. The screen stayed blank for six seconds. The participant's physiological data was recorded by a special software program, and then, one by one, a series of 45 pictures was displayed on the screen. Each picture, displayed for 3 seconds, evoked either a strong emotional reaction or a calm state. After each picture, the screen went blank for 10 seconds. Participants repeated this process for all 45 pictures, 30 of which were known to evoke a calm response and 15 a strong emotional response. The results of the experiment were fascinating to say the least. The participants' brains and hearts responded to information about the emotional quality of the pictures before the computer flashed them (random selection). This means that the heart and brain were both responding to future events. The results indicated that the responses happened, on average, 4.8 seconds before the computer selected the pictures. Even more profound, perhaps, was data showing the heart received information before the brain. "It is first registered from the heart," Rollin McCraty Ph.D. explained, "then up to the brain (emotional and pre-frontal cortex), where we can logically relate what we are intuiting, then finally down to the gut (or where something stirs)." QUANTUM HEALTH TIP: Use our Cosmic Eye Meditation Elixir to enhance intuition, improve memory, and focus attention. |
Using Sound for a Sound Mind
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Psychoacoustics is the scientific study of the perception of sound, and it has fueled researchers paths to better understand how it can be used as medicine. For instance, in 1973, Dr. Gerald Oster, a medical doctor and biophysicist, proved, in his research paper, "Auditory Beats in the Brain"--how sound affects how the brain absorbs new information, controls mood, sleep patterns, healing responses, and more, and how quickly. Thus, specific frequencies of sound and music can be used to generate neurotransmitters such as serotonin. According to Dr. Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D., a speech-language pathologist: "Research shows that different frequencies presented to each ear through stereo headphones create a difference tone (or binaural beat) as the brain puts together the two tones it actually hears. Through EEG monitoring the difference tone is identified by a change in the electrical pattern produced by the brain. For example, frequencies of 200 Hz and 210 Hz produce a binaural beat frequency of 10 Hz (The difference in 210 Hz and 200 Hz is 10 Hz). Monitoring of the brain's electricity (EEG) shows that the brain produces increased 10 Hz activity with equal frequency and amplitude of the wave form in both hemispheres of the brain (left and right hemisphere)." A series of experiments conducted by neuro-electric therapy engineer Dr. Margaret Patterson and Dr. Ifor Capel, revealed how alpha brainwaves boosted the production of serotonin. Dr. Capel explained: "As far as we can tell, each brain center generates impulses at a specific frequency based on the predominant neurotransmitter it secretes. In other words, the brain's internal communication system--its language, is based on frequency… Presumably, when we send in waves of electrical energy at, say, 10 Hz, certain cells in the lower brain stem will respond because they normally fire within that frequency range." If your mental health is of concern, try listening to a binaural beat to generate alpha waves between 8 and 14 Hz to produce more serotonin. Another option is to take advantage of music that promotes a relaxed alpha state in the brain such as classical music. QUANTUM HEALTH TIP: The Vital Force Chakra Cleansing and Protection Crystal harmonizes chaotic frequencies bombarding the body from the environment. This harmonizing allows for positive effets, much like binaural beats. |
Snapping Back After Trauma
![]() Many people, however, don't have nervous systems that return to a balanced state after being challenged. One analogy Wallace uses is to think of the effect of stress on some nervous systems as like drawing a line in concrete before it hardens. In those situations, he says, the stressful events leave a lasting mark. He compares this to a more adaptable nervous system, which he says is "like drawing a line in water where there is no lasting impression." His article cites earlier research to show that "Transcendental Meditation leads to a more effective ability to meet the challenges of stressful situations without harming the body." Wallace says, "Part of the cause of the grudges people hold onto and the traumatic experiences they can't get over are due to the inadaptability of their nervous systems. Without good neuroadaptability, experiences leave a deep mark like drawing that line in concrete." A complementary approach Wallace refers to in his Medicina article is Ayurveda, an ancient medical science becoming popular today. Ayurveda and yoga are derived from the same body of knowledge (the Vedic literature of India), and many yoga enthusiasts also follow the Ayurveda diet and lifestyle guidelines. These guidelines are different for different people, which Wallace says fits well with integrative medicine's recognition that health approaches need to be "personalized." Wallace says, "Just as not all medicines are right for all people, food and exercise routines also need to vary based on the mind-body type of the individual as classified by the Ayurvedic system." QUANTUM HEALTH TIP: Our Formula E-1 "resets" the parasympathetic nervous system after a trauma, or fight-or-fight response. This de-stresses all body systems, harmonizing and normalizing responses to the environment. |
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