Window Boxes

One of my favorite things about East Coast cities is window boxes. As I walked past them and on toward the bus stop, to catch the next M-5, I wondered about emotions, and memory, and the feeling of feeling like you feel too much.

Cyndi Dale, in her book, "The Subtle Body," writes that, on one level, emotions are not feelings; they are streams of biochemical properties that interact with the brain, producing feelings. She explains more here, through the work of Candace Pert, PhD, who did research on receptor cells.

Receptors are molecules made up of proteins that function as sensing molecules or scanners that hover in the membranes of cells. To operate, receptors need ligands, substances that bind to specific receptors on the surface of a cell. Dr. Pert uses the analogy of cells as the engine and receptors as the buttons on the control panel. Ligands act as fingers that push the button to start the engine.

Dr. Pert found that our emotions are carried around the body by peptide ligands that change cells' chemical properties by binding to the receptor sites located on the cells. Because they also carry an electrical charge, they change the cells' electrical frequency. According to Pert, we constantly transmit and receive electrical signals in the form of vibrations. Our experience of feelings is the "vibrational dance" that occurs as peptides bind to their receptors; the brain interprets different vibrations as different feelings.

That brought to mind this post. Interesting how seemingly unconnected things connect.