044 - Current Openings #4: The Brain/Body Conundrum

Portals of Perception

Perhaps the most serious predicament facing the human race may be easy to spot by its toxic and destructive effects on our life and the planet, but why is its core cause so hard to see?

It’s a critical puzzle to ponder, which means it’s also an excellent topic for our special series “Current Openings — What the W orld Doesn’t Quite Get Yet.” This collaboration with David Price Francis, author, spiritual teacher, and co-founder of Energy Worlds, explores what’s appearing in the flow of newly emerging intelligence and evoluti onary possibility.

The predicament: environmental and cultural crises that seriously threaten life on this planet; a level of disharmony, discord, and disconnect that would have been hard to imagine even a few years ago.

In this conversation, David and Avi v Shahar explore the predicament’s origins in what is known as the brain/body conundrum. Our brain, a marvel of engineering and power, continually seeks stimulation and excitement, often in the extreme. And often to the detriment of our bodies, which by de sign are naturally tuned to the regenerative rhythms and energies of the planet.

Imagine the predicament when human lives governed by the brain’s drive for constant stimulation — rather than the body’s natural connection to planetary regeneration — are mul tiplied on a global scale.

But... there is a promise in the predicament, and a way out of the conundrum, as David and Aviv reveal. Among their insights:

• There is a way out of our predicament because we have the superpower of conscious choice
• There's nothing wrong with our brain; our brain is not to blame. It's the programs that have gotten into it
• The myth of the Selfish Gene, which is a fallacy, because we are wired to survive individually through collective survival. We were sold on the theology of self-interest, which is not true
• How did we get to a situation where the most profitable industry on the planet is weapons of war, the second is drugs, and only the third is food?

This conversation is part of the continuing Portals discovery into what is emerging on the frontiers of human experience in this time of profound change. Information about upcoming special events can be found on the Events page. Also visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

TWEETABLE QUOTES

“Well, the human race is in a predicament. There's a lot to add up about that and then to come alongside it, as we discussed in our bridging conversat ion with the human proposition, because if we only stay with the predicament, then we are caught up in a kind of potentially circling argument.” ( David )

“If we don't bring humility, we're going to have a rude awakening because the picture of life and livi ng is a shape-shifting , dynamic, evolving story, and we're likely to wake up tomorrow morning surprised, unless we bring humility. But if we refuse to be confident in stepping forward to engage with life fully, we may already be frozen and petrified by the challenges of living. So there is that ambidextrous dance of being true and authentic to the challenge the way we embrace it and at the same time being light about it.” ( David )

“So I think of that in terms of the human’s predicament now is how governed we are by precedent and what has been, looking to the future and how not to be entirely governed by past precedents.” ( David )

“So, even if we look at our brain, part of our brain is in harmony because it's automatically working with our systems. But then we have our, I like to call it, "voluntary brain" that is busily doing other things.” ( David )

“It all takes the time that it takes according to the planet's laws, and there are actual planetary laws that govern behavior here, and part of being in harmony is knowing about timing and things, so we might want to have an instant result. But any farmer can say... any person who works with the land can say, “No, it doesn't work that way,” and it's the same with working with our brain and working with our body. If we've had years of having certain programs put in place, we can't expect to just change the programming overnight. We need to then say, "Oh, this is like a serious, lighthearted but serious endeavor, and that means multiple applications.” It's not just a one-off.” ( David )

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