Labelling a product as good or bad is only done by people. In nature there is no good or bad, there is an action and from that action comes a reaction. To start an action you have to make a choice. But how do we make our choices? Therefore we need to go back to how our emotions work.
Emotions are ‘designed’ to chemically save something in our long-term memory. They are self-encoded chemical substances. In our brains we have the Hypothalamus, this part makes chemical connections which correspond to certain emotions. These substances are called peptides, small sequences of amino acids. Our brain uses twenty different amino acids of which the body is constructed. These different series of peptides form emotions. As soon as something happens our brain gets an impulse and immediately starts making peptides. These peptides then rush through our veins in a split second and find their way in your body.
Emotions are ‘designed’ to chemically save something in our long-term memory. They are self-encoded chemical substances. In our brains we have the Hypothalamus, this part makes chemical connections which correspond to certain emotions. These substances are called peptides, small sequences of amino acids. Our brain uses twenty different amino acids of which the body is constructed. These different series of peptides form emotions. As soon as something happens our brain gets an impulse and immediately starts making peptides. These peptides then rush through our veins in a split second and find their way in your body.
Every cell in the body has receptors on the outside that ask for specific peptides. When a peptide lands on a cell it acts like a key on a lock. A signal goes into the cell. Peptides can literally change the core of a cell. A cell is the smallest consciousness in a human and there can be all kinds of conscious cells in your body, it depends on the emotions you have; being in love, suffering, love eating food, prevailing etc.
These cells want to be fed and they give search commands. These commands make you do things to feed them. Take for example the ‘suffering’ cell; If you are at a party and someone spills his drink over you, you can act like a drama queen and say; ‘This always happens to me, how come it never goes right, I knew this was going to happen’. Then you feed your ‘suffering’ cell. While you could also say; ‘That’s a pity, I am going to try to get the stain out’, and walk to the nearest tap.
‘If you cannot control your emotional state, you must be addicted.’
The sensitivity of receptors can change. If a receptor for a certain drug or certain peptide is heavily bombarded for a long time it will literally shrink. The receptors on that specific cell reduce in amount or get less sensitive for the provided substance. The result is that with the same amount of drugs or peptides the effect will be less. Think about people who love to eat, they need more and more to get the same satisfaction to enjoy it.
On the other hand, if we give our cells more peptides than it can handle on a daily basis, it will split and produce sister- or daughter cells with much more receptors for that specific peptide and less for vitamins, minerals, nutrients or even for the transport of toxins. Then you need even more of that specific emotion to satisfy your cells!
Are emotions bad? No, they colour our experiences. Our addiction is the problem. Most people do not realize they are addicted to emotions. An addiction isn’t only psychical, but also biochemical. Think about this; Heroin works on the same receptors as peptides do. If you can be addicted to heroin you can be addicted to every peptide and every emotion.
Luckily we do have influence on our emotions and we do not have to feed our cells. This causes the receptors to decrease and we are less craving for certain emotions.
The brain exists of nerve cells which are called neurons. These neurons have branches and form a neural network. Where the neurons touch each other there raises a thought or a memory. Concepts (for example your perception of love) are formed by associative memories. Ideas, thoughts and emotions are connected in this neural network and they are each possibly connected to each other.
We know that neurons that light up together also work together. The more you use the neurons, the stronger they are connected and get a long-term relation. For example if you get angry or frustrated daily, you will feed your neural network and the relations get stronger every day. The neural network has a long-term relation with all the nerve cells which define your personality, you can imagine what this means…
But we also know that neurons that do not work together anymore will lose their connection. If we interrupt the process, observe what is happening and not automatically react without thinking, but look at what the effect is, then we are no longer an emotional person who unconsciously responds on his surroundings.
For every action there is a reaction.
These cells want to be fed and they give search commands. These commands make you do things to feed them. Take for example the ‘suffering’ cell; If you are at a party and someone spills his drink over you, you can act like a drama queen and say; ‘This always happens to me, how come it never goes right, I knew this was going to happen’. Then you feed your ‘suffering’ cell. While you could also say; ‘That’s a pity, I am going to try to get the stain out’, and walk to the nearest tap.
‘If you cannot control your emotional state, you must be addicted.’
The sensitivity of receptors can change. If a receptor for a certain drug or certain peptide is heavily bombarded for a long time it will literally shrink. The receptors on that specific cell reduce in amount or get less sensitive for the provided substance. The result is that with the same amount of drugs or peptides the effect will be less. Think about people who love to eat, they need more and more to get the same satisfaction to enjoy it.
On the other hand, if we give our cells more peptides than it can handle on a daily basis, it will split and produce sister- or daughter cells with much more receptors for that specific peptide and less for vitamins, minerals, nutrients or even for the transport of toxins. Then you need even more of that specific emotion to satisfy your cells!
Are emotions bad? No, they colour our experiences. Our addiction is the problem. Most people do not realize they are addicted to emotions. An addiction isn’t only psychical, but also biochemical. Think about this; Heroin works on the same receptors as peptides do. If you can be addicted to heroin you can be addicted to every peptide and every emotion.
Luckily we do have influence on our emotions and we do not have to feed our cells. This causes the receptors to decrease and we are less craving for certain emotions.
The brain exists of nerve cells which are called neurons. These neurons have branches and form a neural network. Where the neurons touch each other there raises a thought or a memory. Concepts (for example your perception of love) are formed by associative memories. Ideas, thoughts and emotions are connected in this neural network and they are each possibly connected to each other.
We know that neurons that light up together also work together. The more you use the neurons, the stronger they are connected and get a long-term relation. For example if you get angry or frustrated daily, you will feed your neural network and the relations get stronger every day. The neural network has a long-term relation with all the nerve cells which define your personality, you can imagine what this means…
But we also know that neurons that do not work together anymore will lose their connection. If we interrupt the process, observe what is happening and not automatically react without thinking, but look at what the effect is, then we are no longer an emotional person who unconsciously responds on his surroundings.
For every action there is a reaction.
After writing this article I had to revise my article on “Ingredients for a product”
Summarized from:
Wiliam Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente, Movie; What the bleep do we know, http://www.whatthebleep.com, 2004
Extra sources:
Summarized from:
Wiliam Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente, Movie; What the bleep do we know, http://www.whatthebleep.com, 2004
Extra sources:
- Natuurinformatie, Naturalis, Het neuron, bouwsteen van de hersenen, http://www.natuurinformatie.nl/nnm.dossiers/natuurdatabase.nl/i003267.html, Augustus 2005
- Smits&Beerends, reader emoties, gedrag en stress, http://www.smitsenbeerends.nl/attachments/170/Emotieleer.pdf, 2012
- Anatol Kuschpèta, Emoties zijn verslavend…zijn we junkies?, http://www.anatol.nl/index.php?id=131
- Zo werkt het lichaam, Inleiding in de fysiologie van het zenwustelsel, http://www.zowerkthetlichaam.nl/1747/inleiding-in-de-fysiologie-van-het-zenuwstelsel/, 23 sept 2011
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