Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 [...] > > I have been able to *treat* and > control all of it simply by becoming > *normal* - by thinking, day-dreaming, > imagining, worrying, stressing that I > *normally* used to do! > > Strange, but True... > > > ... > > If you visit following site, you might > see that none of the above are > particularly difficult to understand: > > http://www.epilepsy.com.au/epilepsy_exp > lained2.asp#3 > > It seems, somehow my brain has started > working in the ways that are not normal > and it has been partially shutting down > and resuming different regions and I > have been able to experience these > partial 'shutdowns' [or 'suspensions']! > > Frontal lobe > -------------- > > It is responsible for concentration, > memory, decision making, judgement, > emotional response, impulse control, > language, voluntary movement. > > It is also responsible for how we know > what we are doing within our > environment (consciousness). > > Thus, when frontal lobe gets suspended > for a while, I experience a condition > similar to epilepsy in which I seem to > have had no awareness and have no later > memory or recollection. > > Parietal lobe > ---------------- > > It is responsible for touch, temperature and pain > perception (sensation), awareness of > body and where it is in space. > > This has been suspended most of the > times thus giving me feeling of having > *no body* or feeling like SPACE or > Infinite, Void or nothing as I have had > no awareness of *where it is in space*! > > This 'condition' is also experienced > under many drugs as well as by many > meditators during meditations! > > Temporal lobe > -------------------- > > It is responsible for hearing ability, > memory, interpreting language, some > visual perceptions, behavior. > > So, when this has been partially > suspended, I have felt very silent > internally but I also have not > understood what someone has been talking! > > Interestingly, I seem to be able to > produce it on *will* [i think most of > us can] i.e. I seem to able to *totally > tune out* whatever I hear without > losing any awareness and without having > to think *something else*! In fact, > *thinking* is the only thing that seems > to keep this 'capacity' engaged. > Anytime, you focus completely on > 'listening' alone, you will discover > that you *heard* but, you didn't > *interpret* it in the language terms. > Later, when required, you can run what > you heard in your mind again and > interpret and understand it! > Those working with body have observed that parts that get used regularly - develop more strength! parts that get used less get weaker! Parts that get exposed to sudden high pressure beyond their current 'stamina' - break but, part that slowly get exposed to increasing pressure - learn to endure and build more strength and stamina! Muscle and stamina building uses these principles to slowly build muscled and develop strength by exposing these parts to increasing loads and thus building strength, stamina and endurance! It has been known for long that brain when exposed to sudden great dose of grief or anxiety can get insane or mad! The scans of brains of long time meditators have revealed that with practice not only they were able to focus and 'stay present' much more than what is *usual* in fact, their brain even changed in *structure* to enable increased focus and sustained Awareness! Perhaps, the same *use it or... lose it* phenomenon that happens at the level of body, takes place at the level of brain too! The parts of the brain that get *exercised* regularly and systematically sharpen; develop more strength, stamina and endurance whereas parts that remain unused for a while start getting weaker! .... The exercise of FOCUS, Concentration and Attention might *exercise* the capacity of frontal lobe thus, making it stronger! Whereas, total surrender, " letting go " , " no me " ... or, 'let it be', 'just be', 'be at ease', 'surrender of *will*', 'not my will...but, thy will be done'... might stop using it [the part responsible for the *conscious will*] and thus, make it weaker! With continued practice of such *not using* of *conscious will* one might even *literally* " lose his mind " ! .... The same phenomenon might apply to other part of the brain too! .... Listening can happen without *thinking* but, interpretation of the language surely requires both *thinking* as well as *memory*! This habit of thinking becomes so all pervasive that you start *thinking* and interpreting even that which might require none of it - such as sound of a bird, mountain stream or... just Silence! As you 're-learn' to capacity to listen without *thinking*, the capacity to stay *Silent* within while listening to external sound... first it happens only with *natural* non-human, non- language sounds. But, later, you can also apply it to human speech... when internal silence is preferred! But, as you do so... your brain is learning to 'listen without interpretation'! And, soon it might happen even without your decision to so! Someone might speak... and, it might pass just like the sound of a mountain stream or passing airplane - no meaning, no interpretation required! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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