Dr. Candace B. Pert, Ph.D. neuropeptides
research scientist, in her book MOLECULES OF EMOTION:
on page 121, stated "(In) my lab, I had a personal preference for
hiring Italian graduate students and postdocs. I felt that their
warmth, spontaneity, and lust for life infused an element of fun as well
as creativity into the lab atmosphere. They liked to come into the
lab around two in the afternoon and work all night, often peaking in rhythm
around the time the evening news came on."
OK, you Soprano Lovers, you have your concept of what reflects Italian
Culture,
Bob Miriani was the source for this observation, and the following information
that may be a little deep, but you have already enjoyed the crux.
A great discovery which basically dissolved the Cartesian model of the mind and body being separate entities. The implications are mind boggling: that our brain/mind can influence our body via these messengers (neuropeptides) and our brain/mind receives the bio(body)feedback message loop from the body peptides. The Indian Yogis have a couple of proverbs regarding this phenomenon, that are interesting, in that they were not discovered in the laboratory, but were discovered by them centuries ago: "Everything in the body is in the mind, but not everything in the mind is in the body." and, "The mind and the body make excellent slaves but very poor masters." So who dictates to the "slaves?" And what in the mind is not present in the body? If Dr. Pert's research is correct (and there is no reason to doubt her
fine research), the Spirit or a Soul can override the mind and body, and
this "Spirit/Soul" is/are has/have a connection to our minds and is really
the "ghost in the machine."
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