Who's Driving the Bus

We are not conscious of what we are not conscious of. If you pick any start time and call it zero, you will not be conscious of that "zero time" event for ½ second. That is the lesson of the 1/2 second delay.

That being said and taking my little straw through which to see and flashlight to light my way, I went to look behind Oz’s curtain.

One of the human anatomy lab classes I had required me to dissect, with three lab partners, a human body. That experience was one of Dr. Phil’s “life changing moments” for me. I was in the lab every extra minute I had. I don’t think I did very well in that 8:00 am anatomy lecture; but, I got an "A" in that lab.

She was a 96 year old woman who passed from heart/lung issues. She gave her physical remains so I could learn of what stuff we are made. This was one of the most serious and formative educational experiences I ever experienced. She was from LA and smoked 80 of those 96 years. With respect and great care we located and evaluated each of her parts down to the smallest detail. All of her parts were there. Why did she stop working? Hell, why did she work in the first place?  

Life brings a quality to the matter it manifests; a quality that is greater than the sum of its parts. It is a capability to resist decaying into equilibrium.

What is it that resists? The living cell is the seat of life. We see the effects of life; but, where is the life itself? Is it the DNA? Well, no, it isn’t. DNA doesn’t think. DNA is the cells parts store; and, an automated parts store at that. If not the DNA, where are the “brains” of the cell? Where else in the cell could the controller be? The work of Dr. Bruce Lipton has shown the brain of the cell is actually the membrane (cell wall), within which the living cell contains its components. There are resources, structures and molecular machines within. No sign of a choice maker, only choice implementers.

Epigenetic:

As it turns out, control is not in any living cell at all. Control comes from the context within which the cell resides. It's the environment that directs the mechanism that is the cell.

I've loved physics all my life. Was a member of a national award winning physics club in high school. I remember Uncle Al once said:

The influence of the field, the environment or context is not just the water in which we swim, it is the determining agent in every action we do, all the way down to the cellular level and beyond. This is true on every scale. Now, a touch of humor.

There are tons of tools in this post.

Just Say No.

Just Say No. Literally, our only conscious choice, Really!

This has nothing to do with former first lady Nancy Regan.

What? Conscious participation in creation of the moment boils down to NO? 

In the moment of now, we are not conscious. 

That takes at least a half second to occur. Last post established this fact. When the light bulb lit up and I got how this works, WOW!

Sub-consciousness is the 50,000,000 bit/sec gorilla in the room. Little 50 bits/sec consciousness is not able to cause any action to happen. Does this surprise you? It did me!

The only tool consciousness has, in expressing any action, is the veto.

Again, the proof of this is illuminated by it's timing. "Readiness Potential" is an expanding energy expression presented by the brain, resulting in the potential for a continuum of action. This expansion in amplitude, if not vetoed, will lead to action. Whether it's a simple or complex action, it begins before we are aware we’re going to do or perceive anything at all. The only influence we have to alter the act, occurs .02 of a second before said act. That is the afore mentioned power to VETO.

At 50 bits/sec, the amount of information consciously available to the actor in the moment is limited at best. I once heard consciousness described as a person standing in the middle of the Dallas Cowboy football stadium, in the pitch black dark. This person has one eye closed and is looking through a straw with the other eye to find his way. The only light he has is a flashlight. Everything he would ever need is right there, he just has to find it and then remember where it is if he or she ever needs that information again.

What the sub-consciousness does and can be trained to do is the gift within this. The limitation of bone makes it possible for the miracle of skeletal muscle to perform its miraculous act. The fact that limitations are an asset must be considered as each limitation's primary function. Limitations are all a form of a tool.

If you're struggling with your limitations, look first at how they serve you.