Two Theories of the Brain

Biochemicals can't think. Children will figure that out, if we allow them.

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Recently I came across a Note to Self:

‘I prefer common sense to neural gibberish.’

I probably don’t need a reminder. On a weekly basis, I’m appalled by multisyllabic pronunciations from experts who claim to know how people ‘think’.

That extends to search results on Google. Try this search response, for example:

Essentially, thinking is a dynamic, interconnected process involving the interplay of neurons, neurotransmitters, brain regions, and past experiences, all within a constantly evolving neural network.

No blame to Google. It’s just a database that lifts its conclusion from thousands of neuroscientific research articles proclaiming—essentially—humans are a collection of biochemicals that somehow learned to question the soul, probe their universe, and verify their existence. Not to mention feeling depths of sorrow when a loved one passes, or the immense joy of holding a newborn.

But biochemicals can’t possibly think. That’s my objection.

Instead of Google, perhaps consult your inner self. If you took the statement on ‘thinking’ and put it through your human intelligence apparatus, would your soul detect fraud? Would you feel a shiver of doubt?

Would you wonder, “Wait, I’m just a collection of chemicals in a test tube called a body? Really?”

As it turns out, I owe machine intelligence an apology. After some deep breathing, I prompted ChatGPT with a deeper probe on consciousness. It returned unexpected skepticism about the entire edifice of neuroscience. I enjoyed the conversation:

Consciousness, creativity, and subjective experience remain deeply mysterious. We can trace the flow of information and identify correlates of thought, but we still don’t fully grasp how those electrical and chemical signals translate into the rich inner world of ideas and awareness.

So, we understand the architecture of thinking fairly well—but the essence of thought? That’s still one of science’s most tantalizing frontiers.

I’m beginning to appreciate an unrecognized benefit of AI. It’s honest.

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I’ve been wanting to write about prodigies for a long time.

Prodigies display capacities and powers unexplainable by current scientific models, so I consider them to be on my side of the argument over neuroscientific claims. They pose questions that science can’t answer.

Plus, I consider them forerunners. The world is on the verge of discovering the brain (in conjunction with the heart, which I term the heart-mind) is a quantum connector to the universal field of information rather than a mini-machine encased in a skull. This is the ultimate source of genius.

You might object. “Well, there have always been prodigies. What about Mozart?”

That’s true. But I predict an explosion, along the lines of confirming that over 20% of the global population qualifies as neurodiverse. ADHD and autism remain mysterious, but they challenge our models of the brain. There is much more to be revealed.

Consider recent examples of ‘odd’ brains:

• The newest male member of Mensa has been admitted to that exclusive society after a mere 2 years and 182 days on the planet, surpassing the record of 2 years and 195 days held by a girl from Kentucky. By 2 ¼ years, he could read out loud fluently for 10 minutes at time, count to ten in five languages, count backwards and forwards to over 100, and learned the Greek alphabet.

• Adhara Perez Sanchez of Mexico City has an IQ higher than Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. She’s currently a student at the Technological University of Mexico, earning a master’s degree in mathematics so she can follow her dream to become a NASA astronaut and help colonize Mars. She was diagnosed with autism when she was 3. She’s now 11.

• Here’s a nice little math problem for you: What is the square root of 81, times 10, divided by 2, times 3, minus 20, plus 15, minus 30, times 10, divided by 2? No problem for a ‘numbers kid” who easily tackled the math. His answer: 500.

How long did it take him to answer: 44 seconds. His age: 6.

Rethinking the brain

How does science explain these ‘freaks of Nature?’ It can’t, but continues to wedge the anomalies into current theory. The best guess is that savants, geniuses, and prodigies have some kind of off the charts ‘working memory’.

That particular brain function enables most of us to memorize a telephone number with 7 digits (at least for a few minutes). The prodigies seem to have infinite capacity, available on demand across multiple domains.

Only about 1 in 5 or 10 million people show these capabilities right now. So, it’s easy to read and dismiss the stories. This is one of society’s biggest mistakes. Exceptions are the rule, as the saying goes.

Where do I look for clues about the true capacity of the brain? To scientists who know the anatomy of humans better than human scientists. These are the Messengers, who speak intimately about the brain’s true function and an alternative model of ‘thinking.’ I’ll rely on quotes from my book on Welcoming 2012:

Your brain is a grand receiver of electrical thought frequencies, with different parts designed to receive, house, and amplify the different frequencies of thought. The different parts have different potentials to house and electrify thought, depending on the density of the water in its cellular walls.

Some parts are capable of housing and amplifying only the higher thought frequencies; other parts house and amplify only the lower frequencies of thought…. Your brain does not create thought, contrary to popular belief. It simply allows thought to enter into it from consciousness flow.

Deciphering the mystery of prodigies and decoding the deeper mystery of the brain begins with a new premise: Thought does not originate within us. Rather, the brain is an organ of reception. Thought results from the brain’s ability to act as an antenna attuned to the myriad of information-laden electromagnetic vibrations that wash through it from the universal field of energy.

Ultimately, that will explain how prodigies—or any of us—experience creative insight, powerful inspiration, sudden revelation, or unusual talents.

The dispute over brain function matters because it frames the debate over who we are as a species. The two competing visions of the brain—either as a machine or as a conduit to the universe—represent two different versions of the human past and the trajectory ahead.

We won’t have the privilege of arguing this forever; the divide over the origins of human existence must be crossed if humanity hopes to enter a fifth dimensional existence in the future.

That is one goal of the new children born onto Earth. But the bridge to be crossed to make us whole—and to provide the ecosystem where prodigal activity flourishes—begins with us, the adults. And we have about two generations to do this.

How do we help children lead us?

Ahead lies more than an intellectual choice about good parenting or educational systems. Freedom to find the true reaches of the brain begins with the heart.

Ultimately, intelligence is a function of the flow of light into the brain. A coherent flow of light through the brain speeds up the computing power of the brain, just as a better operating system speeds up information flow in a computer.

But light energy gains coherence and power through the heart. The most direct way to explain the heart and brain partnership is to say that the brain’s receptivity to the universal field of thought is governed by the heart’s emanations.

The heart and brain work together in concert with liquid crystal structures throughout our body to increase our resonance with the field as measured by the energies of love and appreciation. The more love we feel, the broader the band of frequencies that the brain can decode, and that the heart can then distribute to the body to help us benefit from the heightened receptivity to the universal flow.

In the deepest sense, intelligence should be seen as a function of love. The complex of energies we identify as a body act as a giant tuning fork, and the heart-mind is key to choosing the resonant qualities of the fork through our openness to unconditional love. The more we love, the more we ‘know’.

There now exists a deep synergy between children and a welcoming ecosystem designed to increase resonance with the universe. Children born recently arrive with quickened energy fields that mesh with the accelerated energies enveloping life on the planet. They are prepared by virtue of experience to ‘open the flow’ of knowledge in all its diverse forms.

And as the energies continue to increase exponentially, their accompishments, talents, insights, and expertise will stand out even further. IQ as a measure will be replaced by creative inspiration. At some point in Earth’s future, Mensa will be ‘normal’.

This is where our children live now. Our goal as adults should be to encourage the prodigal strengths in every human. It is a matter, frankly, of four simple shifts in adult thinking that offer children the necessary space to grow their talents and impact the planet:

Allow the freedom to grow. Love and freeedom are intertwined. The soul seeks freedom to grow, expand, and master.

Remove trauma that leads to blockage of energy. Light is blocked by trauma and emotional energies that retard growth and awakening. Love overcomes trauma.

Create learning systems based on love, acceptance, and appreciation. Control is a hallmark of educational systems that mold rather than liberate. Love and light canot be molded.

Offer the most powerful message: Your brain can connect you to the universe. A message of truth is a message of love. It will awaken children.

These simple shifts would change our world. Can you imagine a global surge of prodigies, and what they could accomplish as a collective?

I can. Imagination is a form of love, too.

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Someone served me lunch this week and said, “y’all” a lot. Such a friendly term. (Mom was from Texas, the server told me when I complimented her).

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