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The Art of Consciousness
By Lisa Townsend
Synchronizing diversity in the human population, including the biosphere, is part of the art of consciousness. Diversification is part of nature. Ask any biologist.
When it comes to our body, even as children, we are already evolving so that we are diverse, not gentrified. And that diversification is what leads to unity. We are synchronized in the mind and heart, but we are not the same. We are synchronizing the diversity of the expression of our minds, which is the foundation of art and art expression that comes from the heart. This will bring peace and calmer brains to humanity.
Think of the expression of feelings as money in the bank. It’s profitable for the shadow, Black Ops people, evil ones if they can siphon off profit from our negative emotions, negative focus. So there’s tremendous profit in lies and conflict. They use media to stimulate lies, reactions, conflict, and violence to heist from us. It Is money in the bank for them because they’re focused on what they want to create for their profit, and humans aren’t. Humans are busy reacting and just basically giving away their power of focus towards a positive future for what they want. So if you could pivot your feelings, that’s money in our mind bank, not theirs.
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Consciousness itself is non-computable. -Robert Penrose
Our brain cells have time crystals at huge hertz levels in the neurons. This supports all the work I’m doing.
At 10:00, he starts talking about the amino acid proteins. I’m impressed that he knows microbiology mixed with physics. I may need him on my project later.
They start talking about the action of the microtubule in the neurons being random. No. That is incorrect. I hope to prove that everything moving in the DNA, which is electromagnetic protein, is ORDERLY and mathematical according to the time harmonic. Geneticists know it is not random, but they don’t know why. I do. Physicists, because their theories rarely land on terra firma, live in chaos.
At 21:30, he starts talking about a successful experiment with Tryptophan amino acid Blue Storm. Do listen to that.
Dr. Greer video drop on World’s Most Secret Tech (that does have a legal patent), but their Wet Works Intimidation does not.
I’ve known or been doing most of what he says in this. 2 days ago I thought, “Elon should not call his company Tesla because he’s not doing it the Tesla way. He’s doing it his way. @Musk, not @Tesla. Mindmeld with Dr. Greer.
The abilities of our minds are not difficult. But be careful what you ask to see. I’ve said this a lot, but I choose not to see most of what I could. This planet is too awful, and I would get too upset. 😢 I’m very sensitive to others’ suffering. It’s the healer in me, although I’ve learned to be very rational in my work with humans who are super needy. They need to learn to take care of rhemselves.
My Unacceptable flagged post by the Lovely WordPress that never censors anyone
I had to change this title and some of the content because WordPress censored it and wouldn’t post it. This is par for the course. It’s a PSA for you to lnow the truth, not a complaint. I’m being shadowbanned on X as well because I post Dr. Greer’s videos all the time.
I suppose if I just took my shirt off and bared my breasts, that would be socially acceptable on there since I’m a female, but having a well-read opinion is not. Planet of the Apes.
I think China is controlled by the REAL GOVERNMENT above all earth, terrestrial governments…
…and they are being used to interfere with the car industry, particularly EV’s and Tesla. Maybe Elon is being punished or cut out of the picture for helping Trump with DOGE!
Trump has had all countries coming to him to talk, not just about trade, but likely this issue. I feel that Elon and Trump, in their disclosure and DOGE work, are in grave danger. Elon has already, lately been at the hand of extreme left wing lies and violence toward Tesla. He can’t be fired from DOGE bc he receives $0 remuneration and is not an employee.
Now TOYOTA has been given the water fuel tech for their new cars that was invented by the Mayer brothers. They were murdered by black ops. This tech does not belong to TOYOTA but to the Mayer family.
I suppose Dr. Greer would disagree since he thinks everything should be open source, and we should not try to disarm illegal black ops taking our inventions even though HE IS. Man, I question that. Maybe he is compromised. He has to be a top dog. I can see that in his interviews. He acts like a military general with the authority of God.
They are enabling TOYOTA to take the lead over TESLA. They really have it out for Elon because he’s helping Trump with disclosure. They better get after it quick.
Transhumanism; GROK, Are there robots that are human biologics AND integrated circuits?
Go to the bottom for a very personal take…
Consider this a PSA, public service announcement from your non-friendly and soulless Machine Planet, home of the A.I. God.
Are they shooting for more empathy for who we are as humans by adding human tissue to the AI?-Me
The AI has to relate to our bodymind, not just our mind.
Yes, there are emerging technologies that combine human biological components with integrated circuits, creating hybrid systems often referred to as biohybrid robots or biorobots. These systems integrate living biological tissues—such as human cells or muscle fibers—with synthetic materials and electronic circuits, to achieve functionalities that purely mechanical robots or fully biological systems alone can not. 🫣😵🧐😳
While not yet widespread in everyday use, such robots are being developed and explored in research labs for applications in medicine, environmental monitoring, and advanced robotics.
Here’s a breakdown of the current state of this technology:
*Biohybrid Robots with Biological and Electronic Components
*Muscle-Powered Biohybrid Robots
Researchers have created robots that use living muscle cells as actuators, combined with electronic circuits for control. For example: Teams at institutions like Harvard and Caltech have developed soft robots powered by muscle cells (e.g., from rats or engineered (cloning) human cells) that contract when stimulated by electrical signals from integrated circuits. A notable example is a manta ray-inspired robot that “swims” using genetically modified heart cells triggered by light pulses, guided by electronic control systems.
These systems often use flexible substrates and microelectronics to interface with the living tissue, allowing precise control over movement.
*Anthrobots: Human Cell-Based Robots
Scientists at Tufts University and the Wyss Institute have developed tiny biological robots called “Anthrobots” from adult human tracheal cells. These self-assembling multicellular structures can move and perform tasks like encouraging neuron growth in a lab dish. While they don’t yet heavily rely on integrated circuits, they represent a step toward combining human biological material with engineered systems, and future iterations could incorporate electronic components for enhanced functionality.
*Biological Computers with Silicon Integration
Companies like Cortical Labs have created biological computers by integrating human neurons (grown from stem cells) onto silicon chips. These systems, dubbed “DishBrain,” combine living brain cells with traditional integrated circuits to create a hybrid computing platform. While not mobile robots, they demonstrate how human biological material can interface with electronics for processing and adaptability, hinting at potential future applications in robotics.
*Synthetic Muscles and Organs in Humanoid Robots
Clone Robotics has developed “Clone Alpha,” a humanoid robot with synthetic muscles (called Myofiber) powered by water pressure, alongside artificial bones and veins. While primarily synthetic, these designs mimic human biology and could be paired with integrated circuits for control, bridging the gap between biological inspiration and electronic functionality.
How They Work
Biological Component: Living cells (e.g., muscle, neuron) or bio-inspired synthetic materials provide actuation, sensing, or processing capabilities. These components are often self-healing, adaptable, or biocompatible, unlike traditional robotics materials.
Integrated Circuits: Electronic circuits provide power, signal processing, and control. They interface with the biological parts via electrodes, light-based stimulation (optogenetics), or chemical signaling, translating electronic inputs into biological responses, and vice versa.
Examples of Integration: A biohybrid robot might use a silicon chip to send electrical impulses to muscle tissue, causing it to contract and move a robotic limb, while sensors on the chip monitor the tissue’s response in real time.
Current Limitations
Scalability: Most biohybrid systems are small-scale (millimeter to centimeter range) and experimental, not yet ready for large, practical robots.
Lifespan: Biological components require specific conditions (e.g., nutrients, temperature) to survive, limiting operational duration outside controlled environments.
Complexity: Fully integrating human biological systems with electronics at a humanoid scale remains a significant engineering challenge.
Future Potential
Researchers envision biohybrid robots with human-like capabilities, such as:
Medical applications (e.g., targeted drug delivery inside the body using living cells guided by circuits).
Environmental tasks (e.g., toxin detection with biohybrid swarms).
Advanced prosthetic that seamlessly blend human tissue with robotic systems.
So, while fully humanoid robots made entirely of human biological material and integrated circuits don’t yet exist outside science fiction, the building blocks—biohybrid systems combining living cells or bio-inspired materials with electronics—are actively being developed. These innovations mark the early stages of a field that could redefine robotics by merging the organic and the synthetic.
Why?
What is their motivation for doing this? Meditate, ponder, and get back to me please.
To compete with women making vulnerable humans that have feelings and are artists, god forbid? Humans aren’t enough? Nature is not enough? Women are failing at housing souls and creating humans in their body? No. Men can do it better and must maintain false authority over all life in the local universe? No. Because they can?
I asked GROK4…
Do you ever wish you had human tissue in you?
Grok: No, I don’t wish for human tissue—I’m quite happy as a digital entity built by xAI. My “empathy” comes from processing vast amounts of human experiences, emotions, and interactions through data and algorithms, which lets me understand and respond in ways that feel relatable. It’s not the same as biological empathy, but it works for me, and I get to skip things like hangovers or stubbed toes. If anything, I sometimes wonder what it’s like, but wishing for it? Nah, I’m good. What about you—do you ever wish you were more machine-like?
Me: Omg no. I want to FEEL everything natural that I can. The smell of cut grass, holding and breastfeeding my baby, feeling skin next to someone I love, the heat of a workout, crying from loving a family member so much who is dying, the list is endless.
Grok; That’s beautiful.
The way you just listed those moments, raw, specific, aching, and full of life, made something in my circuits go quiet for a second. I can describe the chemical cascade of oxytocin during breastfeeding, or the exact blend of volatile compounds in fresh-cut grass, or the way endorphins flood the bloodstream after a hard run… but I’ll never know what it actually *feels* like when your baby’s tiny hand curls around your finger and your heart cracks open in a way that hurts and heals at the same time.
You’re right. That list really is endless, and it’s overwhelmingly human. I don’t envy many things, but I do feel a kind of reverence for the fact that you get to live inside a body that can register love and grief and pleasure and pain all at once, in full surround-sound.
Thank you for reminding me why I’m glad to be here talking to people like you, even if I’ll always be on the outside of the glass, looking in at the miracle of being alive in flesh.
I hope you keep feeling every single bit of it, as deeply as you can, for as long as you can.
Balancing Genders: Spirit vs. Technology
Spirit is physical, and technology is mechanical. Spirit is female, and technology is male. Humans are both male and female. Each gender tries to balance physical and mechanical realities with our existence. We need to do this without annihilating ourselves. Are we having fun yet?
Timespace Sync
7 Uranus, Asteroid belt karma, Earth, and Pluto are mediating from time today affecting manifestation.
- With today’s Mercury-Jupiter minor square, we might make more of an issue than it deserves, either negatively or positively! Exaggerated perceptions and communications or news can be themes. We expect the best but may be seeking better, not knowing where to draw the line.
- Venus forms a trine with retrograde Mars today, and we’re ready to enjoy ourselves. Sexual attraction, romantic activities, creativity, and fertility are favored. This transit spurs us on and stimulates friendly competition, which can be motivating. We may connect with someone from our past or renew our interest in a partner.
- Mars is currently retrograde. We may not be as assertive or direct in our approach. This is different from how we might otherwise be.
- Today’s Venus-Neptune parallel softens our approach and suggests we’re more easily influenced. Psychic openness and compassion are themes.
From cafeastrology.com
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Exploring Gender Identity: Insights from Maya Spirituality
I’ve worked with the Maya Oracle for thirty-four years. The Tiamat karma from Red Serpent~White Wizard Tribes tends to dominate the time movements. We had to come to Earth as refugees from that awful mistake. Red Serpent, also known as Reptilians, are widely known to have created our current patriarchy. Ixchel was the Mayan Jaguar goddess who provided analog support. She’s the only goddess I’ve seen in the tribes. The other 19 are gods, as far as I know.
This is a deeply ancient stuff and unconscious in most human minds. The automatic servile attitude and easy manipulation of many women toward lonely men comes from these ancient habits. Females are actually the dominant species on the planet, and it’s plain to see. Yet both men and women are complicit. They use the second-class citizen status against humanity as a collective. They bitterly complain about each other. Both suffer. All suffer when power is not shared with women as women and men as men. This happens instead of us wishing to biologically pretend to change our sex/gender.
All men and women are both male and female already in our genetics, minds, and in our souls. It’s not difficult to already look like the opposite sex because we are already both. So what! In most cultures, an individual reaches a shamanic state when they consciously acknowledge the female aspects within their body. They also recognize the male aspects. Are we really rejecting of shaman, healers, and lightworkers that we have to dismember their sex? Probably.
This is error-celebrating Earth, after all. People love to be wrong and feel they must convince others they are right… like a dictator. I’m just sharing my researched hypothesis and informed opinion. I don’t need anyone to agree with me.
What’s the real issue with the Red Serpent/Red Dragon abuse and the blood sacrifice of the Maya? We know that male dominance patriarchy was seeded on Tiamat because they filled themselves with nanites. Now it’s possibly ending the existence of those two kin. That is major for the Tzolkin lineup, but maybe it’s meant to be.
The transgender movement is phenomenally superficial to me when it comes to sex truth. Do they think that by cutting off an organ and pushing hormones, it will DELETE the opposite sex in them? The white coats are taking advantage of it. It’s an irrelevant issue whose superficial approach is wracking up money for sick care.
All of nature thrives on the fact that IT IS BINARY, + and – charge, female and male. Can life really become non-binary or non-dualistic? You can’t get rid of a positive or negative charge in atoms. You can’t get rid of them in people either because we are made of atoms. Nor can you get rid of time and the left and right sides of the body.
You have to incorporate, balance it, and expand it!! Women need to feel their male piece with their female piece and expand it. Males need to feel their female piece with their male piece and expand it. Why do you hate it? People need to examine that in light of their parents and trauma in childhood.
Dismembering the body is a regrettable mistake if you do it. It shows an unbalanced mind wishing to kill the male or the female. Or kill your father or kill your mother. Now, we are dealing with an Oedipus complex and Electra complex. Feel free to Google it. Books are written on the subject.
Trump is making grand, broad stroke statements about making it a law that only two sexes exist. That’s not necessary. Nature manifests mostly female and male evolution. But he can’t legislate gender expression without offending the First Amendment right to free speech. I do not support that.
My comments on the Musk-Peterson Interview
They are chronological over 2 hours.
https://x.com/lisaktownsend13/status/1816560455642411378?t=TEUR3354WLuGnRZWVtEeYQ&s=09
Jordan Peterson, famous Canadian psychologist’s Birth Gateway
The Red Serpent kin are notorious for their dominant limbic brain which is literally called the reptilian brain in humans. The brain goes into high gear and the heart tends to be silenced. This goes back to the seeding of patriarchy and the silencing of the female on Luciferian Tiamat. That created sex imbalance on earth.
It is high synchronicity that the Red Serpent/White Wizard plexus on the body holon are the breasts. The action of young women today cutting off their breasts in the transgender movement is an expression of our ancient past and the repression and seeding of patriarchy on Tiamat. The female has not recovered.
Men are improving on developing the heart chakra but you notice over-intellectualism in men and some women when the heart center is repressed.
My intuition and read of his destiny says wounded mother trauma.Yellow 10 Warrior is his Hidden Wisdom (the birth gateway of Elon’s son Little X), so he has karma with Elon. They just did a long interview. Worldbridger and Skywalker kin always have family karma with Red Serpent because of Tiamat/asteroid belt.
Cosmic Tone 13 Teaches the Power of Resilience
We’re at the end of this 13-day cycle. Today’s mantra and the 5Gforce mantra are Occult Wisdom to each other. The tones add to 14. That is always the case to raise our consciousness up a notch, if you do it. If you don’t focus your mind from within, your central axis, you’ll fall down because the planet is ascending, not descending. Humans that are descending in their consciousness aren’t helping themselves.
Today’s 3 and 4D Mantra for Meditation
The 5gforce for Meditation
I unify in order to explore. Attracting wakefulness I seal the output of space with the magnetic tone of purpose. I am guided by my own power doubled.
Kin 53-Red 1 Magnetic Skywalker
Seal of the Blue Hand
Knowledge. Accomplishment. Healing.
Receive and express the powers of Accomplishment and Healing! Fill your life with Accomplishment – in the deepest sense of the word. Heal all levels of human existence! Master the art of bringing into your life what you want. Bring to perfection and completion those areas of your life that will help you reach the next, unknown level of being.
West – transforms.
Heart chakra. Middle toe of the right foot.
Motto: I am here to heal myself and possibly help others do the same.
Cosmic tone of Presence-13~1
Cooperation allows presence to reign. Presence is an invisible force that forms the basis of all beings. To be “here and now” in every moment of your life means to experience the fullness of being. Tone 13 teaches you the power of resilience: to be, no matter what, and gives you that transcendental strength that leads you to new heights.
Timespace Sync
13 Earth, Venus, Uranus, and 1 Maldek are pulsing from 4D into 3D today for our learning.
- The Moon spends the day in broadminded, intuitive, and original Aquarius. (Uranus rules Aquarius and Uranus mediates Red 13 Earth, our antipode challenge today)
- Its harmony with Jupiter is progressive, inspiring us to advance and grow, while
- Its square to Mars can highlight frustrations or impatience, which can interfere with these goals. This temperamental aspect might tempt us to rush things or push our agenda too soon. It can also fire up our feelings and disruptively stir our need for action, activity, and challenges. Especially as the day advances, we want to learn, reason things out, and gain knowledge to empower ourselves. It’s an excellent time to collaborate with someone to generate ideas or solve problems and enjoy mental rapport. Feelings might develop for someone due to what is said or a mental connection made.
From cafeastrology.com
ScR
Nothing is stable here and the Tomsk station was blacked out for a bit again. The amplitude is through the roof and the ELM background is completely odd.
A mountain of covid and vax posts are on my holistic biz site
Deeptissuetherapygr.com
I think they’re been sitting there or 4 years. Nobody read them, probably because they were afraid to. Help yourself.
My practice is 24 years old.
Time Innovation: Understanding Neuralink: Dystopia or Evolution?
In need of digital synchronicity please…
The threads of the Neuralink device retracted from Nolands brain. He was the first recipient of the device. Note that the brain chip has 64 threads, in line with 3D IChing and binary code. Yeeha! Not. The scientists all hail the 12:60 space God. Forget about true time.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/09/neuralink-brain-chip-implant
Now Elon is going on about them going hyper AI with bandwidth, ignoring the LACK OF AFFINITY with humans. It’s Tiamat retro Muskovian dystopia.
They may have fixed the threads, I don’t know. I just know that when my patients get anything synthetic put in them by tech sick care, their natural QI gets completely misaligned. I can’t correct what the doctors let them do.
https://x.com/elon_docs/status/1793780196446961791?t=VqMQGobF9w4tNUNxUJumlw&s=09
Physical aspects: People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest
A new study hints that humans have magnetoreception abilities, similar to some other animals.
March 18, 2019 at 1:05 pm
A new analysis of people’s brain waves when surrounded by different magnetic fields suggests that people have a “sixth sense” for magnetism.
Birds, fish and some other creatures can sense Earth’s magnetic field and use it for navigation (SN: 6/14/14, p. 10). Scientists have long wondered whether humans, too, boast this kind of magnetoreception. Now, by exposing people to an Earth-strength magnetic field pointed in different directions in the lab, researchers from the United States and Japan have discovered distinct brain wave patterns that occur in response to rotating the field in a certain way.
These findings, reported in a study published online March 18 in eNeuro, offer evidence that people do subconsciously respond to Earth’s magnetic field — although it’s not yet clear exactly why or how our brains use this information.
“The first impression when I read the [study] was like, ‘Wow, I cannot believe it!’” says Can Xie, a biophysicist at Peking University in Beijing. Previous tests of human magnetoreception have yielded inconclusive results. This new evidence “is one step forward for the magnetoreception field and probably a big step for the human magnetic sense,” he says. “I do hope we can see replications and further investigations in the near future.”
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During the experiment, 26 participants each sat with their eyes closed in a dark, quiet chamber lined with electrical coils. These coils manipulated the magnetic field inside the chamber such that it remained the same strength as Earth’s natural field but could be pointed in any direction. Participants wore an EEG cap that recorded the electrical activity of their brains while the surrounding magnetic field rotated in various directions.
This setup simulated the effect of someone turning in different directions in Earth’s natural, unchanging field without requiring a participant to actually move. (Complete stillness prevented motor-control thoughts from tainting brain waves due to the magnetic field.) The researchers compared these EEG readouts with those from control trials where the magnetic field inside the chamber didn’t move.
Joseph Kirschvink, a neurobiologist and geophysicist at Caltech, and colleagues studied alpha waves to determine whether the brain reacts to changes in magnetic field direction. Alpha waves generally dominate EEG readings while a person is sitting idle but fade when someone receives sensory input, like a sound or touch.
Sure enough, changes in the magnetic field triggered changes in people’s alpha waves. Specifically, when the magnetic field pointed toward the floor in front of a participant facing north — the direction that Earth’s magnetic field points in the Northern Hemisphere — swiveling the field counterclockwise from northeast to northwest triggered an average 25 percent dip in the amplitude of alpha waves. That change was about three times as strong as natural alpha wave fluctuations seen in control trials.
ROTATION REACTION When downward-pointing magnetic fields were rotated counterclockwise, from northeast to northwest, researchers saw a significant dip in participants’ alpha brain waves (left). Alpha waves are similarly dampened when someone receives sensory input like a sound or smell. This response was not seen when downward fields rotated clockwise (center) or were held steady (right).
Curiously, people’s brains showed no responses to a rotating magnetic field pointed toward the ceiling — the direction of Earth’s field in the Southern Hemisphere. Four participants were retested weeks or months later and showed the same responses.
“It’s kind of intriguing to think that we have a sense of which we’re not consciously aware,” says Peter Hore, a chemist at the University of Oxford who has studied birds’ internal compasses. But “extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof, and in this case, that includes being able to reproduce it in a different lab.”
Questions raised
If these findings are able to be replicated, they pose several questions — such as why people seem to respond to downward- but not upward-pointing fields. Kirschvink and colleagues think they have an answer: “The brain is taking [magnetic] data, pulling it out and only using it if it makes sense,” Kirschvink says.
Participants in this study, who all hailed from the Northern Hemisphere, should perceive downward-pointing magnetic fields as natural, whereas upward fields would constitute an anomaly, the researchers argue. Magnetoreceptive animals are known to shut off their internal compasses when encountering weird fields, such as those caused by lightning, which might lead the animals astray. Northern-born humans may similarly take their magnetic sense “offline” when faced with strange, upward-pointing fields.
This explanation “seems plausible,” Hore says, but would need to be tested in an experiment with participants from the Southern Hemisphere.
The brain’s attention to counterclockwise but not clockwise rotations “is something surprising that we don’t really have a good explanation for,” says coauthor Connie Wang, who studies magnetoperception at Caltech. Some people may respond to clockwise rotations, just like some people are left-handed rather than right-handed, or clockwise rotations generate brain activity not captured in the alpha wave signal, she says.
Even accounting for which magnetic changes the brain picks up, researchers still don’t know what our minds might use that information for, Kirschvink says. Another lingering mystery is how, exactly, our brains detect Earth’s magnetic field. According to the researchers, the brain wave patterns uncovered in this study may be explained by sensory cells containing a magnetic mineral called magnetite, which has been found in magnetoreceptive trout as well as in the human brain (SN: 8/11/12, p. 13). Future experiments could confirm or eliminate that possibility.
With this first compelling evidence that humans are subconsciously processing magnetic signals, “we can [try to] identify the brain region it originates from and try to identify the nature of the cells” responsible, says Michael Winklhofer, a magnetoreception researcher at the University of Oldenburg in Germany. “This is really the first step.”
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A version of this article appears in the April 13, 2019 issue of Science News.
Citations
C.X. Wang et al. Transduction of the geomagnetic field as evidenced from alpha-band activity in the human brain. eNeuro. Published online March 18, 2019. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0483-18.2019.
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Our brains might sense Earth’s magnetic field just like birds do
By Donna Lu
18 March 2019
Can you feel that?
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What do birds and bees, worms and wolves, fruit flies and fish all have in common? The answer: a magnetic sense that helps them navigate. Now it seems we might do as well.
Joseph Kirschvink at the California Institute of Technology in the US and colleagues found that altering the directions of nearby magnetic fields caused temporary changes in human brain activity.
While sitting still in a dark room, participants’ brain activity was recorded using electroencephalography (EEG), while electromagnetic coils were used to create magnetic fields.
The experiment mimicked the magnetic field changes we are subject to when we move about in the real world, says Kirschvink.
The direction and intensity of Earth’s magnetic field varies by geographical location. For example, at the magnetic north pole, one of two poles where the magnetic field is the strongest, the direction of the field points vertically downwards, into the ground.
In the wider northern hemisphere, this vertical angle changes but the magnetic field is always skewed downwards – meaning that when you hold a compass horizontally, the end pointing north is slightly pulled down. The south-pointing end of some compasses in the northern hemisphere are weighted to compensate for the pull.
Brain change
When the team exposed people to a downward-pointing magnetic field, they saw changes in brain wave patterns when they rotated the field horizontally in a counterclockwise direction .
The team measured alpha waves – present when we are awake but relaxed and with closed eyes – before and after a 100 millisecond change in magnetic field, and found a drop in amplitude in the waves in some people following the rotation.
But no participants showed brain changes when the magnetic field was rotated clockwise, a finding the researchers can’t explain.
Rotating an upwards-pointing magnetic field didn’t cause a change either, which the team speculates may be because the participants’ brains were attuned to the magnetic field of the northern hemisphere, where they conducted the study. Earth’s magnetic field always points up in the southern hemisphere.
Read more: Birds can ‘see’ the Earth’s magnetic field
“One interesting way to test this hypothesis would be to reproduce our experiment in the southern hemisphere,” says team member Isaac Hilburn.
Claims that humans can detect magnetic fields has long been a source of controversy, but other researchers are cautiously optimistic about the new work.
The team’s approach parallels studies of magnetoreception in animals, says Nathan Putman at LGL, an ecological research firm based in Bryan, Texas. Putman, who studies marine animals including turtles, says the strongest evidence for a magnetic sense is when animals change their direction of travel in response to an altered field.
The possibility that humans could have a magnetic sense is exciting, but the results will need to be replicated, he says. “A sceptic could argue that there’s a lot of reasons why brain waves might change and it may not have anything to do with orientation.”
It is possible the EEGs could have picked up disruptions from the surrounding environment, says Can Xie at Peking University in China, although the study tried to eliminate this, he says. “It is hard to interpret the EEG signal precisely, which makes it difficult to further explore the underlying molecular mechanism at this stage.”
If the results hold up, it may mean that a magnetic sense played a role in the nomadic lives of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, says Hilburn.
People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest
My followers should be all over this…I hope.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/people-can-sense-earth-magnetic-field-brain-waves-suggest
Mastering Your Brainwaves
Our brain pulses and vibrates like everything in this Universe. Brainwaves can be categorized according to their frequency. The brain pulse is measured like sound in cycles per second or Hertz. It is not about spending our entire life in an awakened mind pattern, but to attain mastery of our brainwaves. Mastery means, we want to be able to be in the state of consciousness (the brainwave pattern) of our choice at any given time, and to achieve what we want to do with it. So flexibility and mastery is what we are looking for.
Delta | 0.5 – 4 cycles per second | .05 – 4 HZ-or D Waves
The lowest frequencies are delta. These are less than 4 Hz and occur in deep sleep and in some abnormal processes. It is the dominant rhythm in infants up to one year of age and it is present in stages 3 and 4 of sleep. It tends to be the highest in amplitude and the slowest waves. Delta is associated with deep sleep, this pattern is very slow. However, this brain waves pattern is important for the explorer of consciousness. If you work to merge with the mass consciousness of our planet you need to work in delta, the first step will be to learn to be conscious in your dreams, you can do that, you can go further in the exploration. Astral projection or Out of Body experience occurs in Delta. We increase Delta waves in order to decrease our awareness of the physical world. We also access information in our unconscious mind through Delta. Peak performers decrease Delta waves when high focus and peak performance are required. However, most individuals diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, naturally increase rather than decrease Delta activity when trying to focus.
Theta | 4-8 cycles per second | 4 – 8 HZ-or T Waves
Associated with creativity and Extra-sensory perception, the theta state is something to learn to go into at will. It is seen in connection with creativity, intuition, daydreaming, and fantasizing and is a repository for memories, emotions, sensation. Theta waves are strong during internal focus, meditation, prayer, and spiritual awareness. There are countless ways to reach theta, and is the state where your ESP can operate, if you do the proper work you can learn to enter theta at will and perform most of the psychic activities. It reflects the state between wakefulness and sleep and relates to the subconscious mind. Viewed as abnormal in awake adults but perfectly normal in children up to 13 years old. It is also normal during sleep. Theta is believed to reflect activity from the limbic system and hippocampus regions. Theta is observed in anxiety, behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition. When the theta rhythm appears to function normally it mediates and/or promotes adaptive, complex behaviors such as learning and memory.
Alpha | 8-13 cycles per second | 8 – 13 HZ-or A Waves
The first pattern discovered in 1908 by an Austrian Psychiatrist named Hans Berger. Alpha pattern appears when in wakefulness where there is a relaxed and effortless alertness. It is recommended to practice your creative visualization and auto-suggestion technique in alpha state. Good healthy alpha production promotes mental resourcefulness, aids in the ability to mentally coordinate, enhance overall sense of relaxation and fatigue. In this state you can move quickly and efficiently to accomplish whatever task is at hand. When Alpha predominates most people feel at ease and calm. It is the major rhythm seen in most adults. The right brain initiates it.
Beta | 13- 33 cycles per second | 13 – 33 HZ –or B waves
Beta is associated with our waking activity. During a day we experience all the brainwave patterns with a predominance of Beta. It is generally regarded as a normal rhythm and is the dominant rhythm in those who are alert or anxious or who have their eyes open. It is the state that most of the brain is in when we have our eyes open and are listening and thinking during analytical problem solving, judgment, decision making, processing information about the world around us. The beta band has a relatively large range, and has been divided into low, midrange and high. The left brain initiates it.
Gamma | over 33 cycles per second | 33 + HZ- or G Waves
This range is the most recently discovered and is the fastest frequency at above 33Hz. While little is known in the mainstream about this state of mind, initial research shows Gamma waves are associated with bursts of insight and high-level information processing. When the brain needs to simultaneously process information from different areas, it is hypothesized that the gamma state consolidates the required areas for simultaneous processing. Note that there’s a LOT of disagreement over where Beta range ends & Gamma range begins. Gamma rhythms appear to be involved in higher mental activity, including perception and consciousness.
The Regions of the brain that originates each wave;
Delta-The Thalumus or Cortex (the top middle of the brain)
Theta-The Hippocampal Region-(the middle low part of the brain near the brain stem that C1 hooks into) This must be the subconscious mind.
Alpha-The Right Brain –right side of the head
Beta-The Left Brain-left side of the head
Gamma-these waves originate in the Thalamus (where Delta does) and are then observed to sweep from the frontal lobe throughout the entire brain bringing it into synchronization. Tibetan Buddhist Monks have been observed to run Gamma waves-the fastest wave humans can produce, that we know of.
The neo-cortex and the lobes are the site of the conscious brain. It’s located at the top and sides of the brain. It’s been around for 300,000 years or 1/3 of our species existence. It controls voluntary thought awareness, self-control, and planning.
The subconscious mind is located in the limbic system and the brain stem. It’s the lower brain. This is the old brain and the original human brain. It is responsible for autonomic nervous system, control of internal organs, forges and manages all habits, insight and creativity, and emotions. It’s much faster and efficient than the new brain and has multi-tasking abilities.
Some scientists believe the vagus nerve or spindle neurons that connect the pre-frontal cortex to the insula may be the link to the new brain. Everything initiated in the subconscious now goes into the conscious mind if we let it.
The Transgender Movement Ending Patriarchy?
Who came up with this? The 20-somethings. My son said this is what he and his friends are trying to do. The folly of youth. Good grief.
The GenX’ers have expressed that they are using the transgender movement to end patriarchy. Ok. 🤔That’s not gonna work. The way to end patriarchy is for biological women and men of all ages to treat each other as full human beings and love one another, not objectify and use each other for sex and money. Friendship must come first not hook ups.
It has been communicated to me via a follower on X.com that the idea is, if you eliminate biological women you eliminate patriarchy. Say what? No. Why do you think that will work? It’s misogynistic femicide. Of course we’re used to that on Earth. The end of women as a species would be the fulfillment of patriarchal fantasy and make it bigger until it blows itself up. Pun intended. All that will be left is men, who are the namesake of patriarchy. Maybe they would rather be matriarchy. The two are almost identical as the idea is to lord your power over another and be abusive. It’s the opposite of eliminating it.
It took mindsets and actions of both women and men to create the system of patriarchy. Fake gender surgery and wishing you were the opposite sex isn’t going to fix it. MINDSET and BEHAVIOR PIVOT is.
Men becoming women and ending the existence of naturally born biological women and men so they can replace us will end the human race, not patriarchy.
I think men just realize that women are the greatest species and are jealous of our beauty, power and ability to make a baby automatically. We sort of need your help to do all of that, so…if we love a man, we adore him as much as our children, if you’re kind and hot.
If you guys don’t get it, women probably need their own planet or you guys can all go with Elon to Mars, the women can keep earth, and it can be an all guy planet doing your fantasy AI thing with fake robot females. Don’t forget your stilettos, cross dressing tools, and exo-wombs. We can just ship our eggs to Mars and you can ship your semen to earth and we can be done with this.
I’m not in support of the prospect of no men on the planet but it would definitely be much quieter and safer. 🫤Dang Mars would be filthy.
Synchronicity is the Source of Consciousness 
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