This interview is actually quite fascinating...
Wow, the interview with Diana Pasulka was fantastic!
As mentioned by Laura,
so worth watching and reflecting on, so many amazing topics and particularly interesting given the information offered through this network and the way this community has evolved.
I felt to offer a few observations - there is too much to comment on in one post.
The interview was easy to listen to, I liked Diana's openness and demeanour.
I struggled uncomfortably with the information about the
Secret Space Program, the fact that it seems to be having a residual 'generational effect', that the children do not grow up having 'normal' lives, that the information she obtained from her friend who is part of the secret program seems to have changed her mind about the way she views this, made her 'ok' with what is going on (even though nobody is allowed to talk about it). Also, the
AI topic / 'Moon Girl' - whose direct involvement and 'eloquent' views about AI, seem to have had a direct influence on Diana's own perspective. Diana's book certainly sounds interesting.
The mention of the person she referred to as 'Tyler' and his 'deeply transformational experience' at the Vatican was interesting. It seems he changed quite dramatically; but more importantly, the connection between himself and Diana dissipated. I can't help but feel there was good reason for that. She seemed to have quite a 'bond' with him when she spoke of him generally. Perhaps a little 'awestruck' in some ways?
Discussion about those
living and connecting through
monastic traditions most certainly
mirrored aspects of this Fellowship.
- history of monks and nuns living in communities with each other
- working on spiritual growth, doing a lot of praying and studying
- healthy simple
protocols they adopted and lived by
- their protocols (+conscious intentional focus?) made it possible for some to develop an ability to receive 'downloads'
- support was offered by more senior members to others who were 'receiving' to identify the source / process the information
There was discussion about the '
Human Being as a bridge' (as transmitters/receivers) between 'realities':
'What if we are these bridges, and, you know, part of our job is to keep our ability to maintain and cultivate this ability - to be this bridge - to create things".
Discussion about how this is being done by people using 'plant medicine' was touched on; but also mention that through the Space Program the 'downloading' is occurring
without any substances used to facilitate that connection. Diana at least notes that if this kind of 'download' is going to happen (generally technology related), the information needs to be used for the 'greater good' of all, that it should not be weaponised. She observes in connection to this concept of being a 'transmitter' that she feels that, spirituality is a neglected part of Humanity.
In terms of the
discussion about brain structure/receivership, I looked up the
Caudate Putamen in Wiki:
(red is my emphasis)
The word "putamen" is from
Latin, referring to that which "falls off in pruning", from "putare", meaning "to prune,
to think, or to consider".
The putamen is a structure in the
forebrain. Along with the
caudate nucleus it forms the
dorsal striatum. The caudate and putamen contain the same types of neurons and circuits – many neuroanatomists consider the dorsal striatum to be a single structure, divided into two parts by a large fiber tract, the
internal capsule, passing through the middle. The putamen, together with the
globus pallidus, makes up the
lentiform nucleus. The putamen is the outermost portion of the
basal ganglia. These are a group of nuclei in the brain that are interconnected with the
cerebral cortex,
thalamus, and
brainstem. Basal ganglia include the
dorsal striatum,
substantia nigra,
nucleus accumbens, and the
subthalamic nucleus.
In
mammals, the basal ganglia are associated with
motor control,
cognition,
emotions,
learning, and domain-general functions important for executive functioning as well as support for domain-specific languages. The basal ganglia are located bilaterally, and have
rostral and
caudal divisions. The putamen is located in the rostral division as part of the
striatum. The basal ganglia receive input from the cerebral cortex, via the striatum.
Caudate nucleus
The caudate works with the putamen to receive the input from
cerebral cortex. Collectively, they can be considered the "
entrance" to the basal ganglia. Projections from the putamen reach the caudate directly via the caudolenticular grey bridges. The putamen and caudate are jointly connected with the
substantia nigra, however the caudate outputs more densely to the
substantia nigra pars reticulata while the putamen sends more afferents to the internal
globus pallidus.
Other neurotransmitters
The putamen also plays a role in
modulation of other neurotransmitters. It releases GABA, enkephalin,
substance P, and
acetylcholine. It receives
serotonin and
glutamate.
Role in "hate circuit"
Tentative studies have suggested that the putamen may play a role in the so-called "
hate circuit" of the brain. A recent study was done in
London by the department of cell and developmental biology at
University College London. An
fMRI was done on patients while they viewed a picture of people they hated and people who were "neutral". During the experiment, a "hate score" was recorded for each picture. The activity in sub-cortical areas of the brain implied that the "hate circuit" involves the putamen and the
insula. It has been theorized that the "putamen plays a role in the perception of
contempt and
disgust, and may be part of the
motor system that's mobilized to take action." It was also found that the amount of activity in the hate circuit correlates with the amount of hate a person declares, which could have legal implications concerning malicious crimes.
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Role in transgender individuals
The putamen was found to have
significantly larger amounts of grey matter in male to female transgender individuals compared to the putamen of a typical cisgender man. This possibly suggests that a
fundamental difference in brain composition may exist between
trans women and cisgender men.
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Diana spoke about those who have a
highly developed connection to a '
network' where they 'download' information from:
"A lot of the people that I found that interface with this phenomena - they... they don't have big platforms - and even if they did, I don't think a lot of people would be able to understand what they're saying, because they're so, really - a lot of them are so intelligent and 'out there', you know, and they are talking sometimes in mathematical terms. Who's gonna get that, who's gonna understand it, in popular culture?"
That comment above made me think of
this forum, to some degree. However, I do feel that this forum strikes a really good balance of 'out there' in many ways but also provides loads of incredible, well thought out, very detailed information that 'breaks things down' helps to make the 'out there' easier to understand (and digest on a conscious level). I feel that if you are a member of this forum and do your best to follow suggested guidelines, protocols and make a concerted effort to apply yourself as much as you are able, your brain continues to develop, stretch and evolve, you get those 'neurons firing', and it becomes easier to grasp (at least some) concepts that perhaps earlier, you might initially have struggled with... OSIT.
I found the whole interview really interesting and right from the start, I saw in my mind a lovely image of Laura and Diana and other members of the Fellowship surrounded by stacks of books, sitting together, deep in discussion, talking for hours....
and hours...
and hours.