Falling and Catching Yourself Part 2

Continued from Part 1 on Walking

Much of our science and philosophy revolves around thinking about thinking. But under the gaze of this particular study on walking, it appears that the navel shouldn't be left behind in our understanding of ourselves as a whole. After all, it is where we were first linked with sustaining life, where we are most vulnerable, and where we experience many emotional sensations. Our brains formed upside down, within our mother's pelvis, we heard the juices of her organs, and our feet learned to kick as they pointed toward her heart. Her own navel inverted while we set our emergence into motion, and her body responded in surrender to our will. Someone is there to catch our very first fall. None of this interplay of development and movement can be explained by any one part of us.

Knowing where we're headed before we think we know. Photo image credit: Shutterstock

While our brains lay its plans, our bodies push us onward and the rest of us figures out what to do, think, feel, see and understand about where we are going, and what we are moving away from. If we want to move forward, science proves that we must start with "tiny falls". The body proves with each step that it will have the wisdom to catch us.

For further consideration, from someone who knows the brain from bupkis:

Jon Lieff, MD (I could spend years exploring this website.)

The most advanced studies in brain science show that a region called the pre supplementary motor area, the preSME, is relevant to decision making.  It is a region, which appears to be related to “intending to act” and “controlling action.”  This area is located between the cognitive regions in the frontal lobe and the motor regions in the primary motor cortex.

Stimulation of this area produces 'conscious urge to move' and high current causes muscular movement itself.  In other studies stimulating the posterior parietal cortex, causes a similar feeling of “wanting to move.” This area seems to be a bridge from visual information and motor movements.

Unfortunately, these do not prove that that is how human beings make decisions.  Also, there are probably other areas that are involved in translating other data into 'wanting to move'”.

Note to self: Interestingly, these "other areas" of study are limited only to the brain, and presuppose that the brain is the sole and rightful origin of intentions and actions.

But before our heads begin to hurt, let us recall that after chakra charts and before scientific readouts, the good doctor, Sam Cooke, could diagnose both what ails and wails:

Go to link "That's Where It's At" from Keep Movin' On

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