RE: "Second brain"
I am not sure I have this right so feel free to correct me if I am wrong - I am unable to find the link on this but I once saw a pic of a group of nerves (i think) around the solar plexus chakra - that formed a shape of 2 fish and 5 quadrangles - someone said that the parable jesus told about the 2 fish and the 5 loaves of bread feeding 5000 people was actually reference to these nerves feeding the cells in the rest of our body. Is this anything to do with the second brain they are talking about?
L&L,
SIg xxxx
RE: "Second brain"
yes thats the solar plexus related to chakra system. messages with emotions, feelings, etc are processed here & runs up to the brain - its old news.
Was mentioned in the Anatomy series showing those live dissections not so long back also refering to the second brain. Ancient wisdom unfolding into the modern world slowly.
RE: "Second brain"
I think I follow Leo's thinking. Other places are frankly nothing like a "brain" in the physical sense. I believe and "know" chakras are real and they do have collections of nerve cells - but present physical science cannot quite view that unless by Kirlian photography of the authentic sort.
The brain is indeed unique and we do not have 2 or 5 IMHO.
What I do find fascinating is that it turns out that the heart is about 1000 times more important in terms of its electrical field, and much though present science will disagree, I reckon our consciousness is based in the heart, but not quite at the gross physical level such as the brain is.
The brain IMHO is a very successful abacus which the heart uses, and the heart is not just a "pump".
That's a "paradigm" which will see its day.
Venetian
Edit to add: that we have to divide thinking in such discussion between the totally physical anatomy and the more subtle such as chakras and chi. Sure, I believe in the latter, but it is just not yet a part of accepted science.
My similar thread is at:
http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=243337