Introduction
1. Global Union of Scientists for Peace, “Defusing World Crises: A Scientific Approach,” https://www.gusp.org/defusing-world-crises/scientific-research/.
2. F. A. Popp, W. Nagl, K. H. Li, et al., “Biophoton Emission: New Evidence for Coherence and DNA as Source,” Cell Biophysics, vol. 6, no. 1: pp. 33–52 (1984).
Chapter 1
1. R. M. Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers (New York: Times Books, 2004). In addition, emotional addiction is a concept taught at Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment; see JZK Publishing, a division of JZK, Inc., the publishing house for RSE, at http://jzkpublishing.com or http://www.ramtha.com.
Chapter 2
1. Also known as Hebb’s Rule or Hebb’s Law; see D. O. Hebb, The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1949).
2. L. Song, G. Schwartz, and L. Russek, “Heart-Focused Attention and Heart-Brain Synchronization: Energetic and Physiological Mechanisms,” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, vol. 4, no. 5: pp. 44–52, 54–60, 62 (1998); D. L. Childre, H. Martin, and D. Beech, The HeartMath Solution: The Institute of HeartMath’s Revolutionary Program for Engaging the Power of the Heart’s Intelligence (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999), p. 33.
3. A. Pascual-Leone, D. Nguyet, L. G. Cohen, et al., “Modulation of Muscle Responses Evoked by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation During the Acquisition of New Fine Motor Skills,” Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 74, no. 3: pp. 1037–1045 (1995).
4. P. Cohen, “Mental Gymnastics Increase Bicep Strength,” New Scientist, vol. 172, no. 2318: p. 17 (2001), http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1591-mental-gymnastics-increase-bicep-strength.html#.Ui03PLzk_Vk.
5. W. X. Yao, V. K. Ranganathan, D. Allexandre, et al., “Kinesthetic Imagery Training of Forceful Muscle Contractions Increases Brain Signal and Muscle Strength,” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, vol. 7: p. 561 (2013).
6. B. C. Clark, N. Mahato, M. Nakazawa, et al., “The Power of the Mind: The Cortex as a Critical Determinant of Muscle Strength/Weakness,” Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 112, no. 12: pp. 3219–3226 (2014).
7. D. Church, A. Yang, J. Fannin, et al., “The Biological Dimensions of Transcendent States: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” presented at French Energy Psychology Conference, Lyon, France, March 18, 2017.
Chapter 3
1. N. Bohr, “On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules,” Philosophical Magazine, vol. 26, no. 151: pp. 1–25 (1913).
2. Church, Yang, Fannin, et al., “The Biological Dimensions of Transcendent States: A Randomized Controlled Trial.”
3. Childre, Martin, and Beech, The HeartMath Solution.
4. “Mind Over Matter,” Wired (April 1, 1995), https://www.wired.com/1995/04/pear.
Chapter 4
1. Popp, Nagl, Li, et al., “Biophoton Emission: New Evidence for Coherence and DNA as Source.”
2. L. Fehmi and J. Robbins, The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body (Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2007).
3. A. Hadhazy, “Think Twice: How the Gut’s ‘Second Brain’ Influences Mood and Well-Being,” Scientific American Global RSS (February 12, 2010), http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-second-brain/.
4. C. B. Pert, Molecules of Emotion (New York: Scribner, 1997).
5. F. A. Popp, “Biophotons and Their Regulatory Role in Cells,” Frontier Perspectives (The Center for Frontier Sciences at Temple University, Philadelphia), vol. 7, no. 2: pp. 13–22 (1988).
6. C. Sylvia with W. Novak, A Change of Heart: A Memoir (New York: Warner Books, 1997).
7. P. Pearsall, The Heart’s Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy (New York: Broadway Books, 1998), p. 7.
Chapter 5
1. M. Szegedy-Maszak, “Mysteries of the Mind: Your Unconscious Is Making Your Everyday Decisions,” U.S. News & World Report (February 28, 2005).
2. M. B. DeJarnette, “Cornerstone,” The American Chiropractor, pp. 22, 23, 28, 34 (July/August 1982).
3. Ibid.
4. D. Church, G. Yount, S. Marohn, et al., “The Epigenetic and Psychological Dimensions of Meditation,” presented at Omega Institute, August 26, 2017. Submitted for publication.
Chapter 6
1. “Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health: Electromagnetic Sensitivity,” World Health Organization backgrounder (December 2005), http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/facts/fs296/en/; WHO workshop on electromagnetic hypersensitivity (October 25–27, 2004), Prague, Czech Republic, http://www.who.int/peh-emf/meetings/hypersensitivity_prague2004/en/.
Chapter 7
1. D. Mozzaffarian, E. Benjamin, A. S. Go, et al. on behalf of the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update: A Report from the American Heart Association,” Circulation, 133:e38–e360 (2016).
2. Childre, Martin, and Beech, The HeartMath Solution.
3. HeartMath Institute, “The Heart’s Intuitive Intelligence: A Path to Personal, Social and Global Coherence,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdneZ4fIIHE (April 2002).
4. Church, Yang, Fannin, et al., “The Biological Dimensions of Transcendent States: A Randomized Controlled Trial.”; Church, Yount, Marohn, et al., “The Epigenetic and Psychological Dimensions of Meditation.”
5. R. McCraty, M. Atkinson, D. Tomasino, et al., “The Coherent Heart: Heart-Brain Interactions, Psychophysiological Coherence, and the Emergence of System-Wide Order,” Integral Review, vol. 5, no. 2: pp.10–115 (2009).
6. T. Allison, D. Williams, T. Miller, et al., “Medical and Economic Costs of Psychologic Distress in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease,” Mayo Clinic Proceedings, vol. 70, no. 8: pp. 734–742 (August 1995).
7. R. McCraty and M. Atkinson, “Resilience Training Program Reduces Physiological and Psychological Stress in Police Officers,” Global Advances in Health and Medicine, vol. 1, no. 5: pp. 44–66 (2012).
8. M. Gazzaniga, “The Ethical Brain,” The New York Times (June 19, 2005), http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/books/chapters/the-ethical-brain.html.
9. R. McCraty, “Advanced Workshop with Dr. Joe Dispenza,” Carefree Resort and Conference Center, Carefree, Arizona (February 23, 2014).
10. W. Tiller, R. McCraty, and M. Atkinson, “Cardiac Coherence: A New, Noninvasive Measure of Autonomic Nervous System Order,” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, vol. 2, no. 1: pp. 52–65 (1996).
11. McCraty, Atkinson, Tomasino, et al., “The Coherent Heart: Heart-Brain Interactions, Psychophysiological Coherence, and the Emergence of System-Wide Order.”
12. R. McCraty and F. Shaffer, “Heart Rate Variability: New Perspectives on Physiological Mechanisms, Assessment of Self-Regulatory Capacity, and Health Risk,” Global Advances in Health and Medicine, vol. 4, no. 1: pp. 46–61 (2015); S. Segerstrom and L. Nes, “Heart Rate Variability Reflects Self-Regulatory Strength, Effort, and Fatigue,” Psychological Science, vol. 18, no. 3: pp. 275–281 (2007); R. McCraty and M. Zayas, “Cardiac Coherence, Self-Regulation, Autonomic Stability, and Psychosocial Well-Being,” Frontiers in Psychology; vol. 5: pp. 1–13 (September 2014).
13. K. Umetani, D. Singer, R. McCraty, et al., “Twenty-Four Hour Time Domain Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate: Relations to Age and Gender over Nine Decades,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 31, no. 3: pp. 593–601 (March 1, 1998).
14. D. Childre, H. Martin, D. Rozman, and R. McCraty, Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart (Waterfront Digital Press, 2016), p. 76.
15. R. McCraty, M. Atkinson, W. A. Tiller, et al., “The Effects of Emotions on Short-Term Power Spectrum Analysis of Heart Rate Variability,” The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 76, no. 14 (1995): pp. 1089–1093.
16. Pert, Molecules of Emotion.
17. Ibid.
18. Song, Schwartz, and Russek, “Heart-Focused Attention and Heart-Brain Synchronization.”
19. Childre, Martin, and Beech, The HeartMath Solution, p. 33.
20. Song, Schwartz, and Russek, “Heart-Focused Attention and Heart-Brain Synchronization.”
21. Childre, Martin, and Beech, The HeartMath Solution.
22. J. A. Armour, “Anatomy and Function of the Intrathoracic Neurons Regulating the Mammalian Heart,” in I. H. Zucker and J. P. Gilmore, eds., Reflex Control of the Circulation (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998), pp. 1–37.
23. O. G. Cameron, Visceral Sensory Neuroscience: Interoception (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
24. McCraty and Shaffer, “Heart Rate Variability: New Perspectives on Physiological Mechanisms, Assessment of Self-Regulatory Capacity, and Health Risk.”
25. H. Martin, “TEDxSantaCruz: Engaging the Intelligence of the Heart,” Cabrillo College Music Recital Hall, Aptos, CA, June 11, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9kQBAH1nK4.
26. J. A. Armour, “Peripheral Autonomic Neuronal Interactions in Cardiac Regulation,” in J. A. Armour and J. L. Ardell, eds., Neurocardiology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), pp. 219–44; J. A. Armour, “Anatomy and Function of the Intrathoracic Neurons Regulating the Mammalian Heart,” in Zucker and Gilmore, eds., Reflex Control of the Circulation, pp. 1–37.
27. McCraty, Atkinson, Tomasino, et al., “The Coherent Heart.”
Chapter 8
1. E. Goldberg and L. D. Costa, “Hemisphere Differences in the Acquisition and Use of Descriptive Systems,” Brain Language, vol. 14, no. 1 (1981), pp. 144–73.
Chapter 11
1. A. Aspect, P. Grangier, and G Roger, “Experimental Realization of EinsteinPodolsky-Rosen-Bohm Gedankenexperiment: A New Violation of Bell’s Inequalities,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 49, no. 2 (1982): pp. 91–94; A. Aspect, J. Dalibard, and G. Roger, “Experimental Test of Bell’s Inequalities Using Time-Varying Analyzers,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 49, no. 25 (9182): pp. 1804–1807; A. Aspect, “Quantum Mechanics: To Be or Not to Be Local,” Nature, vol. 446, no. 7138 (April 19, 2007): pp. 866–867.
2. D. Bohm, Wholeness and the Implicate Order volume 135 (New York: Routledge, 2002).
3. I. Bentov, Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1977); Ramtha, A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Reality (Yelm, WA: JZK Publishing, 2005).
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2. S. Baconnier, S. B. Lang, and R. Seze, “New Crystal in the Pineal Gland: Characterization and Potential Role in Electromechano-Transduction,” URSI General Assembly, Maastricht, Netherlands, August 2002.
3. T. Kenyon and V. Essene, The Hathor Material: Messages from an Ascended Civilization (Santa Clara, CA: S.E.E. Publishing Co., 1996).
4. R. Hardeland, R. J. Reiter, B. Poeggeler, and D. X. Tan, “The Significance of the Metabolism of the Neurohormone Melatonin: Antioxidative Protection and Formation of Bioactive Substances,” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 17, no. 3: pp. 347–57 (Fall 1993); A. C. Rovescalli, N. Brunello, C. Franzetti, and G. Racagni, “Interaction of Putative Endogenous Tryptolines with the Hypothalamic Serotonergic System and Prolactin Secretion in Adult Male Rats,” Neuroendocrinology, vol. 43, no. 5: pp. 603–10 (1986); G. A. Smythe, M. W. Duncan, J. E. Bradshaw, and M. V. Nicholson, “Effects of 6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline and yohimbine on hypothalamic monoamine status and pituitary hormone release in the rat,” Australian Journal of Biological Sciences, vol. 36, no. 4: pp. 379–86 (1983).
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6. Hardeland, Reiter, Poeggeler, and Tan, “The Significance of the Metabolism of the Neurohormone Melatonin.”
7. David R. Hamilton, Why Kindness Is Good for You (London: Hay House UK, 2010), pp. 62–67.
8. R. Acher and J. Chauvet, “The Neurohypophysial Endocrine Regulatory Cascade: Precursors, Mediators, Receptors, and Effectors,” Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, vol. 16: pp. 237–289 (July 1995).
9. D. Wilcox, “Understanding Sacred Geometry & the Pineal Gland Consciousness,” lecture available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2S_m8AqJKs8?list=PLxAVg8IHlsUwwkHcg5MopMjrec7Pxqzhi.
Chapter 13
1. Global Union of Scientists for Peace, “Defusing World Crises: A Scientific Approach.”
2. Ibid.
3. D. W. Orme-Johnson, C. N. Alexander, J. L. Davies, et al., “International Peace Project in the Middle East: The Effects of the Maharishi Technology of the Unified Field,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 32, no. 4 (December 4, 1988).
4. D. W. Orme-Johnson, M. C. Dillbeck, and C. N. Alexander, “Preventing Terrorism and International Conflict: Effects of Large Assemblies of Participants in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs,” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, vol. 36, no.1–4: pp. 283–302 (2003).
5. “Global Peace—End of the Cold War,” Global Peace Initiative, http://globalpeaceproject.net/proven-results/case-studies/global-peace-end-of-the-cold-war/.
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7. R. D. Nelson, “Coherent Consciousness and Reduced Randomness: Correlations on September 11, 2001,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 16, no. 4: pp. 549–70 (2002).
8. “What Are Sunspots?” Space.com, http://www.space.com/14736-sunspotssun-spots-explained.html (February 29, 2012).
9. A. L. Tchijevsky (V. P. de Smitt trans.), “Physical Factors of the Historical Process,” Cycles, vol. 22: pp. 11–27 (January 1971).
10. S. Ertel, “Cosmophysical Correlations of Creative Activity in Cultural History,” Biophysics, vol. 43, no. 4: pp. 696–702 (1998).
11. C. W. Adams, The Science of Truth (Wilmington, DE: Sacred Earth Publishing, 2012), p. 241.
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14. Iona Miller, “Schumann Resonance,” Nexus Magazine, vol. 10, no. 3 (April–May 2003).
15. Childre, Martin, Rozman, and McCraty, Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart.
16. R. McCraty, “The Energetic Heart: Bioelectromagnetic Communication Within and Between People, in Bioelectromagnetic and Subtle Energy Medicine,” in P. J. Rosch and M. S. Markov, eds., Clinical Applications of Bioelectromagnetic Medicine (New York: Marcel Dekker, 2004).
17. Childre, Martin, Rozman, and McCraty, Heart Intelligence: Connecting with the Intuitive Guidance of the Heart.
18. R. McCraty, “The Global Coherence Initiative: Measuring Human-Earth Energetic Interactions,” Heart as King of Organs Conference, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia (2010); R. McCraty, A. Deyhle, and D. Childre, “The Global Coherence Initiative: Creating a Coherent Planetary Standing Wave,” Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 1(1): pp. 64–77 (2012); R. McCraty, “The Energetic Heart,” in Clinical Applications of Bioelectromagnetic Medicine.
19. HeartMath Institute, “Global Coherence Research,” https://www.heartmath.org/research/global-coherence/.
20. S. M. Morris, “Facilitating Collective Coherence: Group Effects on Heart Rate Variability Coherence and Heart Rhythm Synchronization,” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, vol. 16, no. 4: pp. 62–72 (July–August 2010).
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