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[cbi]

Do you know anyone who spoke about this light phenomenon that I mentioned?

I don't know if we're on the “same track.” I've read Gopi Krishna books while I was practicing Hesychasm. He spoke about a light phenomenon when Kundalini reached his sinciput (I translate the Spanish edition of Kundalini):

The constant presence of the luminous radiance in my head and its close connection with my thought processes was not a subject that caused as much bewilderment as its incessant intrusion into the normal functioning of my vital organs. I could distinctly feel and perceive its passage through the spine and other nerves to the heart, liver, stomach, or other organs of the body, whose activity it seemed to regulate in a mysterious manner. When it penetrated my heart, my pulse beat more and more strongly, proving beyond doubt that some kind of tonic radiation was pouring into it through the connecting nerves. From this I deduced that its penetration into the other organs had the same vivifying and stimulating effect and that the purpose of its coursing through the nerves to reach them was to pour its tonic substance into the tissues and cells through the narrow nerve filaments, stimulating or modifying their action.

 

[Persej]

I don't know if we're on the “same track.”

Obviously, we are not on the same track. I am talking about the real light from the Sun, which seems to be a part of external alchemy.

 

[cbi]

Obviously, we are not on the same track.

Same song, different “tempo.” In The Dwellings of the Philosophers the plural author Fulcanelli cites Philalethes: «[he] writes, of “the union of superior virtues in inferior things.” You will obtain confirmation of it by discovering, in the midst of the igneous water, or of this earthly heaven, according to the typical expression of Wenceslaus Lavinus of Moravia, the hermetic sun, centric and radiant, made manifest, visible, and obvious.»

You see: The glow of a hidden sun is the secret fire of alchemy, the gold that cannot be mined but must be awakened within. You may be interested in search the “First Regime of the Mercury of the Sages,” where it is explained Gurdjieff' Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, focusing on the harnelmiatznel process: “The upper part is connected to the lower part, and it joins together in the middle.”

I am talking about the real light from the Sun, which seems to be a part of external alchemy.

According to my investigation, the mastering of external alchemy is based on Our Gold (the Sun) and Our Silver (the Moon); kindly ponder this quote from Fulcanelli (The Dwellings of the Philosophers, Archive Press & Communications (1999), § The Salamander of Lisieux V, p. 69): «Catch a ray of sun, condense it into a substantial form, nourish this corporified spiritual fire with elemental fire, and you will possess the greatest treasure of this world.» You may find interesting this post which explains the role of inert gases in alchemy.

Also, you may find interesting this large exchange with Senhor @Ricardo where it is introduced the myroblytes (μνροβλντης: the bearers of the smell of myrrh) and the probable connection of external alchemy with the internal one.

 

[Persej]

There is another factor that can increase dopamine in our brain:

Mental workout alters brain biochemistry

Actively training the working memory leads to demonstrable changes in the number of dopamine receptors in the brain, new Swedish research reveals. The study, published in the journal Science, is the first to demonstrate how mental activity can affect brain biochemistry in humans. The findings have implications for the treatment of conditions such as stroke and chronic fatigue syndrome, in which working memory is impaired.

Working memory refers to the ability to retain information for short periods of time, for example when problem solving. The messenger molecule dopamine plays a key role in this type of memory. As a neurotransmitter, dopamine's role is to ferry messages from one nerve cell to another. Disruptions to the dopamine system can damage the working memory. Impaired working memory is associated with a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders as well as normal ageing.

This latest study was led by Professor Torkel Klingberg of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He and his team had previously demonstrated that intensive training can lead to improvements in the working memory in just a few weeks.

Professor Klingberg and his colleagues used Positron Emission Tomography (PET scans) to measure changes in the number of dopamine receptors in the brains of the test subjects. Over a five-week period, the participants in the study carried out working memory tasks that pushed them to the limit of their working memory's ability. The volunteers worked on the tasks for just over half an hour per day.

The working memory of all participants improved significantly during the experiment. Furthermore, the PET scans revealed that the intensive 'brain training' led to clear changes in the number of dopamine receptors in the brain's cortex.

The researchers note that their findings underline the interplay between behaviour and brain biochemistry. 'Brain biochemistry doesn't just underpin our mental activity; our mental activity and thinking process can also affect the biochemistry,' commented Professor Torkel. 'This hasn't been demonstrated in humans before, and opens up a floodgate of fascinating questions.'

One question which remains unanswered for now is the nature of the mechanisms responsible for the brain's ability to alter the number of dopamine receptors in response to the mental training.

'Changes in the number of dopamine receptors in a person [don't] give us the key to poor memory,' explained Professor Lars Farde of the Karolinska Institute and AstraZeneca. 'We also have to ask if the differences could have been caused by a lack of memory training or other environmental factors.'

Meanwhile the researchers are optimistic that their findings could eventually lead to new treatments for people with impaired working memory resulting from ageing or conditions such as ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), stroke and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Professor Farde noted: 'Maybe we'll be able to find new, more effective treatments that combine medication and cognitive training, in which case we're in extremely interesting territory.'

Mental workout alters brain biochemistry

Actively training the working memory leads to demonstrable changes in the number of dopamine receptors in the brain, new Swedish research...

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Changes in cortical dopamine D1 receptor binding associated with cognitive training - PubMed

Working memory is a key function for human cognition, dependent on adequate dopamine neurotransmission. Here we show that the training of working memory, which improves working memory capacity, is associated with changes in the density of cortical dopamine D1 receptors. Fourteen hours of...

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This could be the reason why ancient people liked to memorize things:

There has been a lot of nonsense written about why the Celts didn't write things down, and the most nonsensical, considering what we do know about their culture, is that this was how the Druids "kept their power" or that they believed something silly like: "if the sacred myths were revealed, they would become profaned and thus lose their mystic virtues."

What Caesar said was that the reason for the ban on writing was that the Druids were concerned that their pupils should not neglect the training of their memories, i.e. the Frontal Cortex, by relying on written texts. I discussed the production of ligands and their potential for unlocking DNA in my book Secret History of the World. It seems to be very interesting that the very things that we have learned from the Cassiopaeans, from alchemical texts, from our own experiences, and from research - that "thinking with a hammer" is the key to transformation - was noted as an integral part of the Druidic initiation.

It is worth noting that, in the nineteenth century, it was observed that the illiterate Yugoslav bards, who were able to recite interminable poems, actually lost their ability to memorize once they had learned to rely on reading and writing. Although the Druids prohibited certain things from being written down, it's clear that they did write. Celtic writings in Ogamic script have been found on many ancient stones. Caesar tells us that the Celts were using the Greek alphabet when the Romans arrived in Gaul in the first century BC.

However, the knowledge of the initiates was transmitted entirely orally, and with the information about ligands and receptors, we are beginning to understand why.

 

[Gaby]

This could be the reason why ancient people liked to memorize things:

I just read about it last night in "Where Troy Once Stood". Wilkens says:

It is worth noting here that in the nineteenth century it was observed that the illiterate Yugoslav bards, who used to recite interminable
poems relating their wars against the Turks, sadly had lost their incredible ability to memorize once they had learned to read and write.

The equivalent of today is the misuse of AI, which will be the end of the already crippled capability of "thinking with a hammer" in our age.

Very interesting study!

 

[Persej]

The equivalent of today is the misuse of AI, which will be the end of the already crippled capability of "thinking with a hammer" in our age.

Yes, unfortunately, most of the scientists would rather work on further improving the reasoning of computers than of human beings. And our society will actively promote the use of AI instead of human brain. Luckily, there are still a few who do believe in human potential. And with their help, perhaps we can figure out what can we do to improve our brain, while we still can.