It’s
called magnetoreception, and it refers to the ability to perceive magnetic
fields. Several animals use it to find their way over long distances by aligning
themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field. Sea turtles. honeybees, spiny
lobsters, dolphins, migratory birds, and more all have a magnetic compass which
allows them to use the information that’s coded into magnetic fields. We know
little beyond that, however. How they use them, how they sense them, and what
information they are getting from them remains up for speculation. For all we
know, these magnetic fields could be used for much more than navigation for
certain species.
According
to Joe Kirschvink, the geophysicist at the California Institute of Technology
who is currently testing humans for a magnetic sense, “it’s part of our
evolutionary history. Magnetoreception
may be the primal sense.” (source)
A
recent study published by Kirschvink in the journal Nature Communications
suggests that a protein in the human retina, when placed into fruit flies, has
the ability to detect magnetic fields. The research claims that it can serve as
a magneto sensor, but whether or not humans actually use it in this way is
unknown.
“It
poses the question, ‘maybe we should rethink about this sixth sense,’”
University of Massachusetts Medical School researcher Steven Reppert told
LiveScience. “It is thought to be very important for how animals migrate.
Perhaps this protein is also fulfilling an important function for sensing
magnetic fields in humans.”
In
one of Kirschvink’s recent experiment, a rotating magnetic field was passed
through study participants while their brainwaves were measured. He discovered
that when the magnetic field was rotated counterclockwise, certain neutrons
responded to this change which, in turn, generated a spike in electrical
activity. This suggests a possible magnetic sense in humans.
Yet
multiple questions still remain. For example, was this neural activity evidence
of a magnetic sense or something else? Even if the human brain responds to
these fields in some way, that doesn’t mean that information is being processed
by the brain. There is still the question of what mechanisms are in place
within the brain or body that receive these signals. If the body does indeed
have magneto receptors, where are they? The next step for researchers is to
identify them.
Kirschvink’s
study is one of many publications delving into the mysteries of magnetic fields
and what impact they have on human beings. The leaders in this area of research
will most likely be found at the HeartMath institute. An internationally
recognized nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to helping
people reduce stress, self-regulate emotions, and build energy and resilience
for healthy, happy lives, HeartMath tools, technology, and training teach
people to rely on the intelligence of their hearts in concert with that of
their minds at home, school, work, and play.
Researchers
at HeartMath have begun what’s called the The Global Coherence Initiative
(GCI), an international cooperative effort to help activate the heart of
humanity and facilitate a shift in global consciousness. It aims primarily to
invite people to participate by actively adding more heart-coherent love, care,
and compassion into the planetary field. The second focus is scientific
research into how we are all energetically connected with each other and the
planet, and how we can utilize this interconnectivity to raise our personal
vibration and thereby help create a better world.
The
hypotheses of the researchers and scientists behind this project are as
follows:
The
Earth’s magnetic field is a carrier of biologically relevant information that
connects all living systems.
Every
person affects this global information field.
Collective
human consciousness affects the global information field. Therefore, large
numbers of people creating heart-centered states of care, love and compassion
will generate a more coherent field environment that can benefit others and
help offset the current planetary discord and incoherence.
There
is a feedback loop between human beings and Earth’s energetic/magnetic systems
The
Earth has several sources of magnetic fields that affect us all. Two of them
are the geomagnetic field that emanates from the core of the Earth and the
fields that exist between Earth and the ionosphere. These fields surround the
entire planet and act as protective shields blocking out the harmful effects of
solar radiation, cosmic rays, sand, and other forms of space weather. Without
these fields, ice as we know it could not exist on Earth. They are part of the
dynamic ecosystem of our planet.
OTHER EVIDENCE THAT HUMANS CAN SENSE THESE FIELDS
These
energetic fields are known to scientists, and the notion that solar activity
and the rhythms taking place on Earth’s magnetic fields have an impact on
health and behaviour has been firmly established in scientific literature.
(source)(source)
Scientific
literature is also clear on the fact that several physiological rhythms and
global collective behaviours are not only synchronized with solar and
geomagnetic activity, but also that disruptions in these fields can create
adverse effects on human health and behaviour
When
the Earth’s magnetic field environment is distributed it can cause sleep
problems, mental confusion, usual lack of energy or a feeling of being on edge
or overwhelmed for no apparent reason. At other times, when the Earth’s fields
are stable and certain measures of solar activity are increased, people report
increased positive feelings and more creativity and inspiration. This is likely
due to a coupling between the human brain, cardiovascular and nervous system
with resonating geomagnetic frequencies. (source)(source)(source)
The
Earth and ionosphere generate frequencies that range from 0.01 hertz to 300
hertz, some of which are in the exact same frequency range as the one happening
in our brain, cardiovascular system, and autonomic nervous system. This offers
one way to explain how fluctuations in the Earth’s and Sun’s magnetic fields
can influence us. Changes in these fields have also been shown to affect our
brainwaves, heart rhythms, memory, athletics performance, and overall health.
Changes
in the Earth’s fields from extreme solar activity have been linked to some of
humanity’s greatest creations of art, as well as some of its most tragic
events. (source)
We
know how these fields affect us, but what about how we affect these fields?
That’s the real question here. GCI scientists believe that because brain wave
and heart rhythm frequencies overlap the Earth’s field resonance, we are not
just receivers of biologically relevant information, but also senders of it. We
feed information into the global field, thus creating a feedback loop with the
Earth’s magnetic fields.
Human emotions and consciousness interact with and encode
information into the geomagnetic field and this information is distributed
globally. . . . We are suggesting in essence that this encoded information is communicated
nonlocally between people at a subconscious level, in effect linking all living
systems. Magnetic fields act as carrier waves for this information, which can
influence all living systems – positively or negatively – within the field
environment as well as our collective consciousness.
If
we look at the heart, for example, it emits electromagnetic fields which change
according to our emotions, and these can actually be measured up to several
feet away from the human body.
These
fields have been shown to affect not only ourselves, but those around us. You
can read more about that here.
Source
: Collective-Evolution
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