Dr Paul Pearsall and Hearts Code

[Sacredstar]

This is in response to anther thread where this subject came up.

Dr. Paul Pearsall

Psychologist Pearsall had a personal experience with "energy cardiology" when he had hip cancer. He went on to study heart transplants and how the background of a new heart could affect its recipient; for example, one man began to yearn for spicy foods and to study Spanish before he knew that his donor had been Hispanic. He finds evidence in the experiences of heart transplant recipients to support his claim that the heart thinks and the cells remember.

He has gone to study and work with a research team with other organs too since the release of his book 'Hearts Code' in 1998. This book includes true stories of organ transplant patients and what they reveal about where we store our memories. It states that the heart thinks, feels, remembers, loves, and hates. It communicates the information and memory stored throughout its life to every cell in the human body. This is the astonishing theory being drawn from current research on cellular memory. It states that 'Hearts Code' presents one of the most important medical, social and spiritual discoveries of our time - that the heart, not the brain, is the very essence of our being.

But I recommend if you are interested in this subject, that you also view the scientific papers at www.heartmath.org.

New Electrophysiological Correlates Associated with Intentional Heart Focus
Rollin McCraty, M.A., Mike Atkinson, and William A. Tiller, Ph.D.
Published in Subtle Energies.

The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Compassion and Anger
Part 1 of 2
Glen Rein*, Ph.D., Mike Atkinson and Rollin McCraty, M.A. Journal of Advancement in Medicine, 1995:8(2): 87-105. Reprinted by permission.



http://www.heartmath.org/research/sc...rt/soh_20.html


More on the heart

Anger “biggest predictor of heart disease”
18/11/2002 15:59:00

Hostility levels may be a better predictor than high cholesterol or smoking for predicting heart disease, say US researchers. The findings suggest that health providers should examine the effectiveness of providing psychological interventions for individuals with high hostility levels, say authors of the new study published in the journal Health Psychology.

Previous studies have suggested that anger is linked to the development of heart disease. In this study, researchers sought to determine whether hostility was an independent influence or a contributing factor to disease development.

The team, led by Dr Raymond Niaura of Brown Medical School in Rhode Island, used a sample of 774 men whose average age was 60. The men’s hostility levels, blood fats, fasting insulin, blood pressure, body measurement index, weight-hip ratio, diet, alcohol intake, smoking and education attainment were assessed over a three-year period beginning in 1986. Results showed that incidences of heart disease were more common in men with higher levels of hostility than in men who had other known risk factors such as high cholesterol or alcohol intake, or who smoked tobacco.

being love

Sacredstar

[Vajradhara]

Namaste all,

gosh, SacredStar, i hope it doesn't seem like i'm picking on you

for i certainly am not and i really don't mean to be so negative regarding your posts...

from the heartmath site:

"Our present hypothesis is that a strong and sustained increase in baroreceptor system activity leads to greatly increased coupling between the heart (HRV) and the brain (EEG) via nerve conducted signals and increased coherence in the vascular system."

now.. this is a very specific type of thing in science and is rather different than a theory.

in any case, it's interesting research. i can't wait to read the theory when it's put forth.

thank you for the links.

[Sacredstar]

Did you view this link below and are you confusing the intent of the research between Paul Pearsall and Heartmath because they are very different but complementary which is why I added it to the thread.

Head-Heart Interactions

Traditionally, the study of communication pathways between the "head" and heart has been approached from a rather one-sided perspective, with scientists focusing primarily on the heart's responses to the brain's commands. However, we have now learned that communication between the heart and brain is actually a dynamic, ongoing, two-way dialogue, (wrote a about this back in the mid 90's) with each organ continuously influencing the other's function. Research has shown that the heart communicates to the brain in four major ways: neurologically (through the transmission of nerve impulses), biochemically (via hormones and neurotransmitters), biophysically (through pressure waves) and energetically (through electromagnetic field interactions). Communication along all these conduits significantly affects the brain's activity. Moreover, our research shows that messages the heart sends the brain can also affect performance.


http://www.heartmath.org/research/sc...rt/soh_20.html

being love

Sacredstar

[Sacredstar]

"The process of change from one paradigm to its replacement does not occur easily and quickly because entrenched mindsets cause humans to reject what they don't understand (from their viewpoint) even in the face of abundant experimental data. It is psychologically easier to reject existence/validity of such data then to go through the difficult process of changing "hardwired" mental patterns concerning reality"

"Conscious Arts of Creation"
The Emergence of New Physics

William A Tiller
Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
www.tillerfoundation.com

[Vajradhara]

hehe... i'm not sure...

it's from here:

http://www.heartmath.org/research/sc...rt/soh_24.html

[Sacredstar]

Dear Vajradhara

Well I feel your quote was taken out of context, there is plenty of evidence based research on the website which is accepted by the medical profession when presented. We are not in Rome!

Love beyond measure

Sacredstar

[I, Brian]

Originally Posted by Sacredstar

"The process of change from one paradigm to its replacement does not occur easily and quickly because entrenched mindsets cause humans to reject what they don't understand (from their viewpoint) even in the face of abundant experimental data.

Indeed - it's a door that swings both ways, though!

I haven't had time to look at the website - I'm very rushed at the moment - but just because an idea doesn't fit within an existing paradigm, doesn't mean that the idea actually holds any empirical value! The notion of challenging paradigms is something that "fringe science" sometimes throws quite unfairly about, implying that it is simply other people being closed-minded. Science is a lot more dynamic than that - but I'm sure the article will make interesting reading anyway.

[Sacredstar]

Dear Brian

Well the body of evidence that is building now is very exciting indeed and I feel that the Human Genome project has helped to put weight behind all the leading scientists in the field.

The Human Genome project cost millions to the US government investigating genetics. They discovered that in the last 50 years scientists had been removing the proteins which accounts for 50% of the DNA, so once they began to research with the proteins back in, old beliefs were reviewed and they came to some startling conclusions.

“Cellular Biologists now recognize that the environment and our perception of the environment, directly controls the activity of our genes. The role of nature-nurture must be reconsidered in the light of the Human Genome Project” - Dr Bruce Lipton.

This was all fantastic news for me because it backs up many things that Jesus was trying to convey about the importance of self mastery and of course the wisdom of the east too.

In their discoveries they found that the cells cannot go into two directions at once, the cells that live in a community choose either love or fear (this is just one example) and if they choose fear the cells separate, leaving the community and this is when disease begins. Cancer was given as an example on Bruce Lipton's video.

enJOY

Sacredstar

[Vajradhara]

Namaste sacredstar,


thank you for the post.

perhaps i am.

here's the entire paragraph, so that it's contextual:

"The results of this study support the hypothesis that the changes in brain activity that occur during states of increased psychophysiological coherence lead to changes in the brain's information processing capabilities. Results suggest that by using heart-based interventions to self-generate coherent states, individuals can significantly enhance cognitive performance."

the scientists themselves still refer to this as an hypothesis.

though, i've still not found anything in Pubmed...

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

[Sacredstar]

Dear Vajradhara

But you are quoting from only one of many research papers on this website.

That's OK I see your intent.

Love beyond measure

Sacredstar

[Blue]

It seems to me we get confused when genetics are discussed by those with apparently no expert knowledge.
My son is bio-geneticist involved in the Human Genome project, so - if you like - I have my own pet authority to fall back on.

'Sacred' has stated a view of the behaviour and perception of genes that is inaccurate.

Genes seek only one thing... survival at any cost, be it towards a favoured trait or not from human perceptions, or even environmental influences over successive generations.

Genes only seek to reproduce themselves and continue in existence, generation to generation - full stop.
The changes can only be observed, so far, as random outside of radiological or bacteriological influences. The discovery of which gene is, or genes, are responsible for trait x or y, is the way we are proceeding. By knowing what effects are caused by individual genetic patterns we can seek to alter them in some way to produce desired mutations. (As a diabetic, I am looking forward to the day when a genetic answer can be found for the condition and therefore a possible treatment.)

(Memes incidentally are understood to do the same)

Sometimes the changes which occur are favourable to the host creature, sometimes they are not. If the 'new' arrangement proves to not fit the environment of the creature, it is a bad 'mutation'... it is a change that inhibits the continued 'life' of the specie. This has happened millions of time throughout evolution.
The gene is a selfish entity... just as humankind can be considered a fundamentally selfish organism. Genes can and have produced horrendous mistakes that ensure the death of a specie as proven in geological records over and over again.

[Blue]

I should make it clear that genetic combinations and re-combinations are at the heart of the research, as well as identifying the function of any particular 'switched' on gene in a specific combination.

[Blue]

Re: the Thread title and one of the original postings:

<<It states that the heart thinks, feels, remembers, loves, and hates. It communicates the information and memory stored throughout its life to every cell in the human body. This is the astonishing theory being drawn from current research on cellular memory. It states that 'Hearts Code' presents one of the most important medical, social and spiritual discoveries of our time - that the heart, not the brain, is the very essence of our being. >>

This is pure theory that has so far gained little credence through lack of evidence for hypothesising such wild concepts as "It communicates the information and memory stored throughout its life to every cell in the human body." which remains without any empirical and repeatable evidence.

[Blue]

The latter is not a denial of the interdependence of all material and measureable aspects within the human body.

[Sacredstar]

Dear Blue

'Sacred' has stated a view of the behaviour and perception of genes that is inaccurate."

I recommend you check out the research of Professor Bruce Lipton from Stanford University and look at the evidence on video. It is amazing.
www.brucelipton.com

Until anyone has seen the evidence for themselves they cannot judge it for themselves.

Love beyond measure

Sacredstar