How much of our 'states' and 'feelings' are... simply biology and chemistry?

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> > Is Enlightenment too similarly Mental and Physical...

Physical and Mental?

 

 

 

Fear can be said to be a mental state, but...

 

 

 

http://www.reuniting.info/science/oxytocin_cortisol_love_fear

 

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Various spiritual teachings, such as A Course in Miracles,[1] say that there are

only two fundamental emotions: love and fear.

 

 

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Numerous activities produce more oxytocin: meditation, yoga, exercise, massage,

caring for a pet, joining a support group, worshiping, and so forth. Yet one of

the most important avenues for decreasing stress and increasing levels of

oxytocin lies in our intimate relationships.

 

....

 

 

 

 

 

http://anxietypanichealth.com/2008/09/09/social-phobia-fear-inhibited-by-hormone\

-oxytocin/

 

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In two different studies scientists have shown that the hormone oxytocin can

inhibit the feelings of Anxiety in people with Social Phobia. These people were

able to socially interact much more effectively and showed greatly reduced

fears, as well. These discovery may lead to a better understanding and treatment

of psychiatric conditions such as Social Phobia, in which people feel distressed

when meeting and interacting with others.

 

....

 

 

 

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20051107221302data_trunc_sys.shtml

 

A brain imaging study at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has

discovered that the fear-processing circuitry in the human brain appears to be

short-circuited by the brain chemical oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the

" trust " hormone.

 

 

....

 

 

http://io9.com/5325238/should-scientists-synthesize-a-hormone-that-causes-fear

 

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A group of US neuroscientists have been studying why the scent of sweat from

terrified people causes other people go into the hyper-alert fight-or-flight

mode. People smelling this " stress sweat " in fMRI brain scanners show activity

in the emotion-processing amygdala, and are 43 percent more accurate at

identifying whether a face was " threatening. " Now those researchers want to

synthesize vats of the fear-inducing sweat chemicals.

 

....

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " ac " <adithya_comming wrote:

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> > > Is Enlightenment too similarly Mental and Physical...

> Physical and Mental?

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> Fear can be said to be a mental state, but...

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> http://www.reuniting.info/science/oxytocin_cortisol_love_fear

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> Various spiritual teachings, such as A Course in Miracles,[1] say that there

are only two fundamental emotions: love and fear. For the body, this is true.

All mammals, including humans, have two opposing hormonal responses to stimuli.

Threatening stimuli cause an increase of stress hormones - adrenaline and

cortisol. Soothing or reassuring stimuli cause an increase in oxytocin.

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> A sudden threat triggers the fight-or-flight response associated with

adrenaline. Adrenaline steps up heart rate, increases respiration, activates

muscles, and promotes hyper-alertness. Longer-term stress (from a few minutes to

days and weeks) increases a different stress hormone: cortisol. Cortisol, too,

makes us hyper-vigilant, but its evolutionary functions are quite different than

the temporary jolt of adrenaline designed to propel us out of danger.

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> As you can see from the chart above, nearly all the negative effects of

continued stress on the body and mind are related to elevated levels of

cortisol. These include: chronic anxiety and depression, emotional

over-reaction, negativity, weight gain, heart disease, high blood pressure, and

weakened immunity. Oxytocin, by countering cortisol, can ameliorate all of these

conditions - as well as some others (see list of recent discoveries at end of

article).

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> Numerous activities produce more oxytocin: meditation, yoga, exercise,

massage, caring for a pet, joining a support group, worshiping, and so forth.

Yet one of the most important avenues for decreasing stress and increasing

levels of oxytocin lies in our intimate relationships. In Love & Survival, Dr.

Dean Ornish points out that love and intimacy are such powerful determinants of

health that if they were produced in pill form, doctors who failed to prescribe

them for unhealthy patients would be guilty of malpractice.

 

 

does this kind of bullshit interest people at NDS or Sarlo's Joint?

 

or your own dipstick site?

 

tell toombaru he should be ashamed then.

 

..b b.b.

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " ac " <adithya_comming wrote:

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> [...]

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> > > Is Enlightenment too similarly Mental and Physical...

> Physical and Mental?

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> Fear can be said to be a mental state, but...

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>

>

> http://www.reuniting.info/science/oxytocin_cortisol_love_fear

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> ...

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> Various spiritual teachings, such as A Course in Miracles,[1] say that there

are only two fundamental emotions: love and fear.

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>

> ...

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> Numerous activities produce more oxytocin: meditation, yoga, exercise,

massage, caring for a pet, joining a support group, worshiping, and so forth.

Yet one of the most important avenues for decreasing stress and increasing

levels of oxytocin lies in our intimate relationships.

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> ...

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http://anxietypanichealth.com/2008/09/09/social-phobia-fear-inhibited-by-hormone\

-oxytocin/

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> ...

>

> In two different studies scientists have shown that the hormone oxytocin can

inhibit the feelings of Anxiety in people with Social Phobia. These people were

able to socially interact much more effectively and showed greatly reduced

fears, as well. These discovery may lead to a better understanding and treatment

of psychiatric conditions such as Social Phobia, in which people feel distressed

when meeting and interacting with others.

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> ...

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> http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20051107221302data_trunc_sys.shtml

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> A brain imaging study at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has

discovered that the fear-processing circuitry in the human brain appears to be

short-circuited by the brain chemical oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the

" trust " hormone.

>

>

> ...

>

>

> http://io9.com/5325238/should-scientists-synthesize-a-hormone-that-causes-fear

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> ...

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> A group of US neuroscientists have been studying why the scent of sweat from

terrified people causes other people go into the hyper-alert fight-or-flight

mode. People smelling this " stress sweat " in fMRI brain scanners show activity

in the emotion-processing amygdala, and are 43 percent more accurate at

identifying whether a face was " threatening. " Now those researchers want to

synthesize vats of the fear-inducing sweat chemicals.

 

 

OK now i know you're not being serious.

 

but this crap is bad joke material as well.

 

no sweat.

 

..b b.b.

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " BobN " <Roberibus111 wrote:

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> Nisargadatta , " ac " <adithya_comming@> wrote:

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> > > > Is Enlightenment too similarly Mental and Physical...

> > Physical and Mental?

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> > Fear can be said to be a mental state, but...

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> > http://www.reuniting.info/science/oxytocin_cortisol_love_fear

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> > Various spiritual teachings, such as A Course in Miracles,[1] say that there

are only two fundamental emotions: love and fear.

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> > ...

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> > Numerous activities produce more oxytocin: meditation, yoga, exercise,

massage, caring for a pet, joining a support group, worshiping, and so forth.

Yet one of the most important avenues for decreasing stress and increasing

levels of oxytocin lies in our intimate relationships.

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http://anxietypanichealth.com/2008/09/09/social-phobia-fear-inhibited-by-hormone\

-oxytocin/

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> > ...

> >

> > In two different studies scientists have shown that the hormone oxytocin can

inhibit the feelings of Anxiety in people with Social Phobia. These people were

able to socially interact much more effectively and showed greatly reduced

fears, as well. These discovery may lead to a better understanding and treatment

of psychiatric conditions such as Social Phobia, in which people feel distressed

when meeting and interacting with others.

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> > ...

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> > http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20051107221302data_trunc_sys.shtml

> >

> > A brain imaging study at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has

discovered that the fear-processing circuitry in the human brain appears to be

short-circuited by the brain chemical oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the

" trust " hormone.

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> > ...

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http://io9.com/5325238/should-scientists-synthesize-a-hormone-that-causes-fear

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> > ...

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> > A group of US neuroscientists have been studying why the scent of sweat from

terrified people causes other people go into the hyper-alert fight-or-flight

mode. People smelling this " stress sweat " in fMRI brain scanners show activity

in the emotion-processing amygdala, and are 43 percent more accurate at

identifying whether a face was " threatening. " Now those researchers want to

synthesize vats of the fear-inducing sweat chemicals.

>

>

> OK now i know you're not being serious.

>

> but this crap is bad joke material as well.

>

> no sweat.

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> .b b.b.

 

 

 

Agreed.

 

-Lene