532: The Brain and Learning--Cellular Memory

1. 532: The Brain and Learning--Cellular Memory

2. PresentsThe Brain and Learning – Cellular Memory Arlene Taylor PhD www.arlenetaylor.org Additional Resources: Brain Body Communication URL: http://www.arlenetaylor.org/selected_brain_facts/index.htm

3. The Way in Which You “Learn”Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Is as unique as your brain, which is as unique as your thumbprint • Your brain’s uniqueness is influenced by your innate brain function in at least four key areas • “Learning” typically involves expectations related to memory, which is intrinsic to being human

4. When Thinking of MemoryArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Many people tend to think primarily of verbal memory Explicit or declarative - an ability to recall information at a conscious level and be able to declare it using words • Semantic - deals with factual information (e.g., name, age, address, phone number, counting, birthdate). Is believed to be within the capacity of many animals (e.g., counting). • Episodic - deals with autobiographical memory (e.g., recall of specific personal experiences including emotions that were present during the event or experience). Is thought to be characteristic of human beings.

5. The Other Type of Memory Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Fewer think of non-verbal memory Implicit or nondeclarative - behavioral, emotional, and perceptual memories that are reflected in behaviors more than in what is known consciously or that can be declared • Somatosensory (bodily) – the organization of memory on an iconic level (relating to pictures and images rather than words). Includes somatic sensations, behavioral enactments, nightmares, and flashbacks • Cellular – a form of information-energy stored at a cellular level in various parts of the body that is immensely powerful and impacts every aspect of life

6. Cellular MemoryArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Is stored information energy Knowledge and understanding changes over time: • E = MC2 (energy equals matter times speed of light squared) – Albert Einstein, 1905 • E = I (energy is interchangeable with information) – Paul Pearsall, 1998 • E = I = M (Energy, information, and matter may all be interchangeable – the same “quantum stuff”) – 21st Century, field of cardio-energetics

7. Energy ProductionArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • All cells contain micro-energy factories • known as mitochondria • Their job is to generate energy and they burn oxygen in the process • By products (free radicals) are created in the process (some are oxygen free radicals) • CQ10 molecules are the workers within the micro-energy factories and they do double duty. They are: • The spark of cell energy • Potent antioxidants that neutralize undesirable oxygen free radicals

8. Free RadicalsArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Some free radicals are necessary for successful molecular interactions • Some are not needed and/or are harmful unless neutralized Molecule • Unless neutralized by antioxidants, free radicals can accumulate in the body and: • Slow energy production • Trigger wrinkling of skin • Accelerate the process of aging • Kill brain cells • Contribute most disease and illness (e.g., cancer (e.g., cancer is a disease involving cells that reproduce at an abnormally fast rate because the DNA blueprint has been altered by free radical damage) Free Radical

9. Everything that Exists has Energy!Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Caveats: • Energy contains information • All cells have energy • All cells store information-energetic memories • Molecular interactions are involved in cellular memory • Every molecular interaction in the body is an information-energetic event—and can create cellular memory!

10. Donated Cellular MemoryArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Egg and Sperm -Human beings typically start life with two donated live cells • Use development directions that initially come these cells, complete with genes, chromosomes, and information- energy (cellular) memories • Egg and sperm may carry cellular memory forward or backward for 3-4 generations. • This may help to explain the reason that specific types of behaviors (e.g., strengths, weaknesses) and disease patterns show up rather frequently – albeit inconsistently -- in specific generational lines

11. Donated Cellular MemoryArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Transplantation -Donor tissue cells carry memories that can be released when the tissue cells are placed in a recipient’s body • Transplant recipients (especially heart, liver, and kidney) can begin to participate in very specific cellular memories from the donor - surprisingly accurate dreams about the donor (e.g., heart transplants) and alteration in food tastes or new food preferences (e.g., kidney transplants) • Some cellular memory may be lost when cells are removed from the body surgically. General anesthesia and conscious (but likely not subconscious) loss of sensation during surgery may influence cellular memory, as may specific life-saving procedures (e.g., cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

12. Developed Cellular Memory Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc 1. Prenatal experiences -Parts of the body seem able to hold and express memory patterns behaviorally (beginning with gestation) • Fear generated by actual events (trauma, pain) or imaginary • worries in the mother’s mind. • Malnutrition from lack of sufficient amounts of food or due • to poor quality of food • Substances ingested by the mother during pregnancy • (e.g., caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, drugs) • Gestational learning (e.g., self-esteem, music harmony, • fear, anxiety, anger, emotional tone) • Exposure to viruses (envelope proteins bind to receptor • molecules). Some viruses may be connected with birth • defects (e.g., autism, schizophrenia)

13. Developed Cellular Memory Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc 2. Life Experiences after birth - Especially if emotion is involved • Happy, pleasant, positive, exciting events • Actual or vicarious types of abuse • Unhealed woundedness (e.g., emotional and/or physical pain of • childhood) that can trigger overreactions in the present • Unfinished business (e.g., generational) • Traumas. Note: old traumas may be stored in the body as • cellular memory and may be sensed as a color, or look like • shapes or images, especially if experienced prior to development • of spoken language

14. Developed Cellular Memory Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc 3. Thinking Patterns -Every cell is aware of what you think and feel • Mind over matter - allergies and pain come and go, walk across • live coals without being burned • Placebo effect - up to 70% of the effects from treatment is • thought to be due to the person’s belief in the treatment • Conscious thoughts (perceptions, ideas, emotional tone) can • become chronic due to frequent use, as can patterns in the • subconscious as it interprets information from environment • Alteration in behavior when re-entering a familiar system - • cellular memory stored during an altered state may be • more readily activated in a similar altered state (e.g., family • gatherings, substances, environments)

15. Developed Cellular Memory Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc 4. Lifestyle choices -Every cell is aware of what you do and how you move • Behaviors and actions can become chronic due to frequent use, • and the patterns can be loaded as cellular memories. • Habitual posture and movement • Exposure to sound / music (every cell is influenced by energy • reflected in sound waves) • Mind set (positive or negative) can influence the progression of • disease. Estimates are that over 80% of all illness may originate • in the mind. The subconscious portion of the psychosomatic • network is the source of all psychosomatic illness. You Can’t • Afford the Luxury of a Single Negative (Peter McWilliams).

16. Developed Cellular Memory Arlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc 5. Lifestyle choices -Every cell is aware of your response to stressors • Subconscious memories are particularly likely to be formed • during stressful events because the hormones/neurotransmitters • released make amygdalae more excitable. If stress/trauma is • severe, damage to the hippocampus may result in any conscious • memories being fragmented or incomplete • Other examples of potential contributors: • Living an unbalanced lifestyle • Repeated exposure to substances (e.g., caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, medications, refined sugar, chemicals…) • Ingesting raw seafood • Chronic or unmanaged pain

17. Implications for Everyday LivingArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc #1 Behaviors Cellular memory may push you to repeat behaviors in the present that were learned in previous environments (e.g., childhood) even when those behaviors may be currently undesirable or inappropriate Generally, people tend to feel “safe”when they believe themselves competent to handle basic developmental tasks in each area of life—commensurate with their age, education, experience, maturity levels, and etc. When people feel unsafe they may develop reactive behaviors such as phobias. . .

18. Implications for Everyday LivingArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc #2 Health and wellness Disease-related stress may be an overwhelm of unprocessed sensory input at the cellular level (e.g., suppressed trauma, undigested emotions, lack of awareness) The brain is usually the first body system to recognize a stressor. It reacts with split-second timing and can stimulate the “stress reaction” for as long as 72 hours after a traumatic incident. If chronic stress, the brain may be directing a chronic stress response that can destroy brain cells.

19. Implications for Everyday LivingArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc #3 Adaption (living inauthentically) Forcing yourself to be someone you are not, or stuffing down who you really are innately, is incredibly taxing and can shorten your life (by 14-25 years according to some estimates). #4 Relationships Can impacts relationships via likes and dislikes even when you are unable to recall reasons consciously. This can be especially problematic in areas related to intimacy and/or sexual activity, especially if traumatic cellular memory exists from previous relationships.

20. Cellular Memory TheoryArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • May form a basis for understanding: • That a variety of therapeutic modalities have a potential to contribute to a healthier and more functional lifestyle • That some modalities are more effective with specific individuals than with others - as in different strokes for different folks • A plethora of therapeutic modalities exist

21. Therapeutic ModalitiesArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Visualization (active mental picturing) Giving the brain specific pictures to follow has been found to be helpful and effective in creating and sustaining long-term change. • Affirmation (a positive-mindset communication style) Affirmation is the mind’s preferred programming language. It can be perceived by all three brain layers and is the most effective way to program the subconscious mind.

22. Therapeutic Modalities, Cont’dArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Energy Medicine Changes in the life force of the body (e.g., electric and electromagnet) can promote healing. Energy medicine includes light therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, touch and movement therapies, cranial-sacral work, spiritual healing, therapeutic massage, neuromuscular reprogramming), music • Homeopathy (may be a form of energy medicine) Exogenous information substances provided by the homeopathy practitioner are designed to attach to receptor molecules in the brain/body and provide instructions to the cells toward healing.

23. Therapeutic Modalities, cont’dArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Music therapy Every cell in the body registers and is influenced by the energy reflected in sound waves. Sound vibrations that strike the skin as well as those that enter the ear impact cellular memory. The natural acoustical ability of cells allows them to remember the tones of one’s life. Different types of evocative and emotional music have been found to stimulate receptor molecules on cell surfaces into a dynamic vibrational state, unstick tissue and free up the flow of information, synchronize specific neuronal fields, and trigger specific emotional states.

24. Therapeutic ModalitiesArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Meditation (prayer is a form of meditation) Trying to prevent information from moving up into conscious awareness requires a great deal of energy. Meditation can help to dissipate repressed information and thus release energy. • Honing one’s Spirituality A pervading sense of inspiration and a personal vision about what has personal meaning in life can contribute to an energetic sense of wellness. This may include one’ connection with a Higher Power as well as meaningful rituals (e.g., religious, spiritual, traditional, social, educational).

25. Therapeutic ModalitiesArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc • Recovery work Memories stored in the psychosomatic network extending into the body can sometimes be made conscious (e.g., abuse recovery, grief recovery, family-of-origin work). You can manage what you can bring to conscious awareness. There is a close relationship between emotions and memory. Learned patterns include the information plus the emotions that were experienced while the learning took place. If pain and fear were present, for example, the individual may be reluctant to “recall” the information in later years to avoid remembering the pain and fear.” Thus, both recall and learning can be impaired.

26. PredictionsArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Researchers have predicted that high-level-wellness living in the 21st century will begin to revolve more around prevention than around the diagnosis of illness and its treatment with prescription drugs. Prevention strategies will take into account cellular memory in ways never before understood and/or in ways never before seen on such a large scale.

27. Prevention StrategiesArlene Taylor PhD Realizations Inc Will likely address specific behaviors that have been shown to impact cellular memory positively: • Affirmation • Visualization • Meditation (prayer) Create your own cellular memory recovery and/or prevention program -- NOW!

28. Speaker Information If you ask Arlene Taylor what she does in life that absolutely energizes her, she will likely reply, “I’m a brain-function specialist and I help people thrive!” She incorporates cutting-edge brain-function research into her empowering seminars, highlighting strategies that, when practically applied, can help people be more successfulby design. A recipient of the American Medal of Honor for Brain-Function Education (American Biographical Institute Inc, 2002), Taylor holds earned doctorates in Health and Human Services and in Clinical Pastoral Counseling. In 1989 the Loma Linda University Nursing Alumni Association selected Taylor as Alumna of the year. She has life membership in the National Registry of Who’s Who, 2000 edition. A member of the National Speakers Association, Taylor is listed with the Professional Speakers Bureau International. Access her web site (www.arlenetaylor.org) for descriptions of seminars, Taylor-on-the-Brain Bulletins, SynapSeznewsletter, Selected Brain Facts, Frequently Asked Questions, lecture schedules, and more.

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