By: Arjun Walia
It’s called magnetoreception, and it refers
to the ability to perceive magnetic fields. Several animals use it to find
their way over long distances by aligning themselves with the Earth’s magnetic
field. Sea turtles. honeybees, spiny lobsters, dolphins, migratory birds, and
more all have a magnetic compass which allows them to use the information
that’s coded into magnetic fields. We know little beyond that, however. How
they use them, how they sense them, and what information they are getting from
them remains up for speculation. For all we know, these magnetic fields could
be used for much more than navigation for certain species.
According to Joe Kirschvink, the geophysicist
at the California Institute of Technology who is currently testing humans for a
magnetic sense, “it’s part of our evolutionary history. Magnetoreception may be the primal sense.” (source)
A recent study published by Kirschvink in the
journal Nature Communications suggests that a protein in the human retina, when
placed into fruit flies, has the ability to detect magnetic fields. The
research claims that it can serve as a magneto sensor, but whether or not
humans actually use it in this way is unknown.
“It poses the question, ‘maybe we should
rethink about this sixth sense,’” University of Massachusetts Medical School
researcher Steven Reppert told LiveScience. “It is thought to be very important
for how animals migrate. Perhaps this protein is also fulfilling an important
function for sensing magnetic fields in humans.”
In one of Kirschvink’s recent experiment, a
rotating magnetic field was passed through study participants while their
brainwaves were measured. He discovered that when the magnetic field was
rotated counterclockwise, certain neutrons responded to this change which, in
turn, generated a spike in electrical activity. This suggests a possible
magnetic sense in humans.
Yet multiple questions still remain. For
example, was this neural activity evidence of a magnetic sense or something
else? Even if the human brain responds to these fields in some way, that
doesn’t mean that information is being processed by the brain. There is still
the question of what mechanisms are in place within the brain or body that
receive these signals. If the body does indeed have magneto receptors, where
are they? The next step for researchers is to identify them.
Kirschvink’s study is one of many
publications delving into the mysteries of magnetic fields and what impact they
have on human beings. The leaders in this area of research will most likely be
found at the HeartMath institute. An internationally recognized nonprofit
research and education organization dedicated to helping people reduce stress,
self-regulate emotions, and build energy and resilience for healthy, happy
lives, HeartMath tools, technology, and training teach people to rely on the
intelligence of their hearts in concert with that of their minds at home,
school, work, and play.
Researchers at HeartMath have begun what’s
called the The Global Coherence Initiative (GCI), an international cooperative
effort to help activate the heart of humanity and facilitate a shift in global
consciousness. It aims primarily to invite people to participate by actively
adding more heart-coherent love, care, and compassion into the planetary field.
The second focus is scientific research into how we are all energetically
connected with each other and the planet, and how we can utilize this
interconnectivity to raise our personal vibration and thereby help create a
better world.
The hypotheses of the researchers and
scientists behind this project are as follows:
.The Earth’s magnetic field is a carrier of
biologically relevant information that connects all living systems.
.Every person affects this global information
field.
.Collective human consciousness affects the
global information field. Therefore, large numbers of people creating
heart-centered states of care, love and compassion will generate a more
coherent field environment that can benefit others and help offset the current
planetary discord and incoherence.
.There is a feedback loop between human beings
and Earth’s energetic/magnetic systems
.The Earth has several sources of magnetic
fields that affect us all. Two of them are the geomagnetic field that emanates
from the core of the Earth and the fields that exist between Earth and the
ionosphere. These fields surround the entire planet and act as protective
shields blocking out the harmful effects of solar radiation, cosmic rays, sand,
and other forms of space weather. Without these fields, ice as we know it could
not exist on Earth. They are part of the dynamic ecosystem of our planet.
These energetic fields are known to
scientists, and the notion that solar activity and the rhythms taking place on
Earth’s magnetic fields have an impact on health and behavior has been firmly
established in scientific literature. (source) (source)
Scientific literature is also clear on the
fact that several physiological rhythms and global collective behaviours are
not only synchronized with solar and geomagnetic activity, but also that
disruptions in these fields can create adverse effects on human health and
behaviour
When the Earth’s magnetic field environment
is distributed it can cause sleep problems, mental confusion, usual lack of
energy or a feeling of being on edge or overwhelmed for no apparent reason. At
other times, when the Earth’s fields are stable and certain measures of solar
activity are increased, people report increased positive feelings and more
creativity and inspiration. This is likely due to a coupling between the human
brain, cardiovascular and nervous system with resonating geomagnetic
frequencies. (source) (source) (source)
The Earth and ionosphere generate frequencies
that range from 0.01 hertz to 300 hertz, some of which are in the exact same
frequency range as the one happening in our brain, cardiovascular system, and
autonomic nervous system. This offers one way to explain how fluctuations in
the Earth’s and Sun’s magnetic fields can influence us. Changes in these fields
have also been shown to affect our brainwaves, heart rhythms, memory, athletics
performance, and overall health.
Changes in the Earth’s fields from extreme
solar activity have been linked to some of humanity’s greatest creations of
art, as well as some of its most tragic events. (source)
We know how these fields affect us, but what
about how we affect these fields? That’s the real question here. GCI scientists believe that because brain wave and heart rhythm frequencies overlap the
Earth’s field resonance, we are not just receivers of biologically relevant
information, but also senders of it. We feed information into the global field,
thus creating a feedback loop with the Earth’s magnetic fields.
Human emotions and consciousness interact
with and encode information into the geomagnetic field and this information is
distributed globally. . . . We are suggesting in essence that this encoded
information is communicated nonlocally between people at a subconscious level,
in effect linking all living systems. Magnetic fields act as carrier waves for
this information, which can influence all living systems – positively or
negatively – within the field environment as well as our collective
consciousness.
If we look at the heart, for example, it
emits electromagnetic fields which change according to our emotions, and these
can actually be measured up to several feet away from the human body.
These fields have been shown to affect not
only ourselves, but those around us!
This research on this topic, which is still
in its infancy, has immense ramifications for our world. It will further prove
and highlight the great extent to which our attitudes, emotions, and intentions
matter, and that these factors within the realm of non-material science can
affect all life on Earth. Coherent, cooperative intention could impact global
events and improve the quality of life on Earth. Practicing love, gratitude,
and appreciation, as well as bettering ourselves as individuals, are some of
the many crucial action steps towards changing our planet for the better.
Please SHARE This With
Your Friends & Family..
