Our Body-Brains

“The number of specialized nervous system cells, namely neurons and glia, that live in a person’s gut is roughly equivalent to the number found in a cat’s brain.”article link

The father of Psychosynthesis, Roberto Assagioli had an insight about human’s relationship to their soul. Given as a visual representation of an Egg diagram. The soul is seen as the guiding light which we can perceive when we are well: centered physically, emotionally and mentally.

Modern neuro imaging has come a long way in explaining where our natural intelligence lives in our bodies. Not limited to the brain, neurons are found in the heart and gut.

In our brains the right brain is our connection capacity to the outside world. It is stimulated by opening to wonder, curiosity and joy for life. Where the left brain can be envisaged as a filling cabinet or wall of cupboards and predictability, the right brain is all wavy lines and organic shapes and spontaneity. If Left brain’s motto was “I know this, let me tell you”. Right brains motto could be “Hello world, what are we co-creating today?” When we encompass the Body Brain and look at our nervous system the impression dawns that we are indeed wired for connection, and the wiring is exquisite.