I was going through the Higher Balance Nav site and reading my bio – and I thought that it was probably a good idea to change what was written there  as I hadn’t updated it in a while .. and I found myself in an interesting conundrum; when the person you are becoming is a constantly evolving and changing reality, and the only thing that seems constant in your personality is a drive to evolve and develop and the challenges and hang-ups you are working to overcome – how do you define yourself?

I think part of the problem is something that many people face when trying to describe themselves – we are all multi-faceted organisms that  are made up of the combined interactions of many smaller organisms – even our personalities.

That and all the data I really have is about the personalities and feelings of this organic body I am current in – this being called Pete. It is one thing to be able to understand the concepts that ‘you are not your body’ and that ‘your body is really made up of billions of microorganisms’, but it is another to be able to describe who – or rather what – you are.  Eric teaches that often is it simpler to discover what you are by determining what you are not – and I can see and intuitively feel the wisdom in that. It does make it difficult to share the concept with another though.

I wonder how personalities are stored in the brain … is it simply a set of neural pathways that are created through habit and absorption of the world around us? Is there a limit to the amount of chemicals a brain can be programmed to generate? Like, with people who are always happy or always depressed – it would make sense that seeing as these two varying emotions are chemical based by their nature that it would take a certain amount of the particular chemicals (I believe serotonin is the primary contributor)  to be released (or blocked) for the feeling to be maintained – can this have a negative effect of brain chemistry (or even biochemistry)?

There have been many studies done that show how a depressed persons immune system is weaker and there are many physiological responses to a person being either ‘happy’ or ‘depressed’; but these are more reactions of the body to either the chemicals being released (or blocked) to trigger the emotion in  the first place; or, a reaction to the psychological state the chemical release creates within the brain.

But is there any limit to the amount of chemical that can be generated? If someone is always happy – is it possible that over time the chemical receptors responsible for the chemical absorbtion in the brain become less sensitive? Or is the latter possible; ie – if someone is often depressed; do the receptors get starved for the chemical release and thus produce more of an effect is any of the particular chemical gets through?

Another question that has been building on my mind lately that is related to this is as follows; if studies indicate that spiritual states of mind are caused by chemicals released from the pineal gland – what effect does this have on the pineal gland? Is part of the spiritual journey a ‘training’ of the correct gland’s in the organic body to be able to synthesize the required amount of chemicals to allow for deeper and deeper states of conciousness to be acheived on a much regular basis?

I was surfing the web today and found this video that I found very interesting; it’s about a development process that is currently occurring for something called the ‘sixth sense’ which is basically emulates some of what one could achieve with a finely tuned sixth sense into technology.

How amazing is that?! Technology that essentially integrates the collective consciousness of global ideas with our external reality.

I imagine that in the  not too distant future the trend towards smaller portable PCs designed for simple tasks and portable interaction with the web (for instance the netbook, IEE PCs) will merge with the smart phone and devices like these will essentially gives users an always on and un-encumbering interface to share and retrieve information about the world around them with other users in real-time.

It has the potential to become a faux sixth sense for the general populace (hence the name I guess).

It could potentially be dangerous for people who seek spiritual growth however; as if we come to rely on technology such as this then any natural sixth sense development we may have throughout the course of our lives could be extremely limited which may make it more difficult for our Navigators / higher conciousness to communicate with us and lead us towards awakening.

None the less; the geek in me is still very excited about the potential of this technology; and the white cell in me sees this as part of the next step in the evolution of the planetary conciousness.

If you would like to find out more about the development of the product and the developer check out their website here – http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/.

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting and observation of the nuances of (my) organic body.

It is amazing to me how subtle you can go with careful observation – I have been able to feel the different chemical / electrical combinations from certain elements in this reality that have an effect on my brain and then navigate my conciousness to that segment and somehow neutralize the chemical / electrical reactions.

To better understand the way that the brain works – especially how habits and personality traits are formed in the neo-cortex – I decided to find a good book on neuroscience and the biology of personality. Having learned from Eric for a while now, in which time I have absorbed and reflected on a lot of information on the I’s and how our personalities interact from a higher level, I was shocked to find out how little information was out there related to patterns in brain chemistry / brain state symmetry.

I had (stupidly it seems) assumed that science was closer to reaching a higher understanding in line with Eric’s teachings than it was – as in the realm of M-theory and quantum mechanics.

There is some interesting research on the interactions of chemicals released naturally in the brain and spiritual experiences (eg – DMT) and the relationship between the two. I think it would be very interesting to take some blood samples and brainwave scans of someone who is deep in-between; but at the same time the thought of being in-between and having a needle stuck in my arm or having electrodes taped to my head just doesn’t feel like something I would like to experience. lol.