By Dr. Kheti A. Sahure, D.D., Msc.D.
ABSTRACT: With all of the stressors weighing upon so many people within everyday life along with the daily and mindless mundane factors pinging at all of us in today’s world, there is no wonder why so many human beings are at their wits end. You have your work environment, your children, your family, your in-laws, your friends, you co-workers, your bosses at work (and at home and during your so-called off-time from work or just plain old personal time at home or wherever), and colleagues pinging at you constantly at you for your attention all of the time—and in no certain order, this just happens. What a balancing act! What a daily, nonstop balancing act for the single parent both male and female let alone two or more parent household. For the average adult female or male, this IS NOT your fault entirely. Yes, this essay is about American society of today and what you can do in order to help soothe your Active Brain or what the Antiquus Research Group has termed—“The Active Brain” or "T.A.B."
In order to help and keep your mental faculties and neuro synapses (i.e., brain cell connectivity and networking) healthy and attuned within your physical body or framework, you will want to include mental activities and exercises which will complement your current daily physical, mental, and or spiritual exercises. If you have not started any of these—no problem. It is never too late to begin this process slowly and at your own pace within you level of comfort or comfort zone. The purpose here IS NOT to beat up anyone ever about her or his stage of their own personal Life Cycle. This essay is all about helping you to on your own level to bring about the best in you based upon YOUR OWN abilities. This essay is not about rewarding mediocrity let alone judging folks from their prenatal through their elderhood rites or stages of passages because everyone’s experiences are valid! Lastly, there is nothing to sell you…or for you to pay for.
Let us begin here.
Since many people throughout history do not or have not had the opportunity to use their God or Goddess given brain matter "ever" or at least for themselves, everyone should consider keeping their brain active. The mental stimuli you receive from your external and internal environments are an eclectic mixture of positive, negative, and pure chaotic madness for many people daily. You get a chance to go to bed and then, hopefully, get some rest from the machinations of the mundane world. Most of us do not get an adequate number of hours of rest and this does include our children. There is no real scientific evidence that any human can "catch up" on the loss of significant "REM Sleep" (i.e., Deep Sleep1) during the weekends or during our time off from the work schedule. Yes, there are studies which have been conducted on humans but nothing has prevailed from theses studies as being conclusive. Sleep research does cost a great deal of money to conduct as any modality of research.
Please take a very close look at who was selected to participate in any research study. And you will agree that it is very challenging to obtain a very serious cross-section of people for any type of research study. But for some reason in the United States of America, the judicial system does not seem to have this problem of finding "a jury of one’s own peers"…. Taking nothing away from the Doctors of Jurisprudence (i.e., J.D. degree), these folks are just doing their job or it’s just "legal" business as usual within the chaotic judicial system of America.
Not to go off on a geometric tangent either. The above contribute to our topic about the "The Active Brain".
Here are at least twelve ways you may be able to help your brain continue and increase its Active Memory Capacity let alone help your brain continue to be very active toward your later years of your Life Cycle. Since this is very personal for everyone, you will be the one who decides or defines what you are interested in learning and what you will want to do in order to keep your brain cells actively growing as your move onward during your life:
1. Continuous learning.
2. Everyday learning including musical and fine art endeavors.
3. Learn a new language (e.g., a foreign language and or a computer language).
4. Work with challenging to very difficult puzzles.
5. Exercise you mind with mathematics (e.g., from simple math through calculus).
6. Teach yourself how-to do something new that you have always wanted to learn.
7. Go to or back to school.
8. Engage in or play challenging sports and games.
9. Participate in activities with your family and friends outdoor.
10. Travel locally often (i.e., even if it is to a park near your home).
11. Daily meditation.
12. Bring your own form of "spirituality" into whatever you do daily.
The above are not in any particular order so that you can begin at any point or create your own path to actively engage your brain.
Your brain does require a positive blood supply (flow) which includes a very adequate amount of oxygen in order for it to function properly. The Active Brain must continue to create active connections between neighboring brain cells. Brain cells are a network of neurons and neural activities. The more you increase brain activity, the more you develop new brain cells and increase the usage of neighboring brains cells that are less used. Think about Shamanism, Divination, Astral Projection, Cosmology, Astrology, etc. You can increase your brain power and memory by attuning and then exercising your four types of brainwaves: Alpha, Beta, Theta, and Delta in conjunction with your Chakras (all 88,000 of them—most folks work with the seven main or chakras or "energy centers" of the human body). Please do not forget about or ignore the energy centers of your animals and or pets because you can work with them in order to heal yourself as well as them (e.g., Reiki).
Stimulate your mind (brain) with open-mindedness and positive influences (such as, images) and challenging materials daily. Investing in your own mental enhancement will, hopefully, bring about increased cognitive vitality and many excellent cumulative effects throughout you life experiential within our planet Earth.
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Footnote:
1. Reference the following concerning REM Sleep, Deep Sleep, and Sleep Cycles:http://www.sleepdisorderchannel.com/stages/index.shtml
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-101
http://longevity.about.com/od/sleep/a/sleep_stages.htm
http://www.sleepydust.net/stages-sleep.html
