~* It's Just a Synapse *~

Memories, thoughts... reflections.  We think all day and all night.  When do we get a break?  Unless we meditate... never!  Even in dreams ~ our brains are still 'going'!

When I paint or create a piece of artwork, I find I do get into a non-thinking space.  I find a 'zone' where nothing else exists except what I am creating and focusing on.  It is really very nice... :o) ~~~

Our brains are made up of tiny neurons which are constantly sparking off of each other.  There are tiny brain nerve endings, if you will, called synapses which connect and disconnect with each other depending on what we are focusing on.  Experiences and feelings create stronger synapse bonds.  After a while, if we have not used a synapse bond in a while it disconnects, but if we are reminded of something that relates to that memory or feeling, the synapse can reconnect.   Ignored synapses release... the longer a synapse is ignored; the less likely it is to reconnect.

That is why sometimes we cannot remember people from our past ~ say from high school ~ who we haven't see in a long time.  The brain synapse is disconnected.   If we reconnect with them, say on spacebook ;o) ~ then that synapse reconnects... There is more on this in the film ~ "What the Bleep do we Know?".  It is related to the theory of quantum physics and is quite an amazing phenomenon.  Please do check out that film if you have not already... [Also, "The Secret" and "The Living Matrix" ~ I highly recommend viewing]

With drug and alcohol addiction it is a similar deal.  Even cigarettes show us that we have a 3 fold addictive process, one of which is in our mental workings and this relates directly to the synapses.  We 'think' we need a drink, a drug or a cigarette... but that's just our brain firing a memory...  We had it before... we think we want it again... hence "habits".

Our amazing brains and bodies even create more receptor sites to accommodate the extra influx of a chemical ~ when we inundate oursleves with toxins.   Sugar addicts and sex addicts have the same phenomena.  The pleasure center gets expanded so to speak and we 'crave' more more more to accommodate and fill the void.

So? The solution...?  Is to replace the deficit with something else positive.  New healthy energy, positive new ideas, healthy positive activities...like:  Hope.... Surrender... Prayer... being and remaining open to newness. 

But we have to be sure to remove all surrounding triggers for that synapse to be reignited.  Any possibility of 'reminding' the synapse to fire again and reconnect that unwanted 'thing' ~ be it a person, a drug/drink or just an idea...  has to be quelled by mindfulness and rigorous authenticity to ones own path, self fulfillment and empowerment through this new freedom.

You can ask yourself:  "Is this in my best interest?  Is this for my highest good?  Is this the road to my higher self?"  If you answer YES then go for it!  And remember... anything that is not a YES... is a NO.  [Thanks Jacqueline for that one! ;o)]

So... don't sweat it if you think you will NEVER get this 'whatever it is or whoever it is' out of your head...  The less you think of it/them and the more you replace that thought with something else... a redirection of sorts... that synapse will 'forget' and die ~ wither off ~ and when it is not firing and is ignored ~ it will cease to be.  

There always is a possibility for 'raising the dead'  but really... who wants to do that?  We are here to evolve and he are programmed for that... so lets evolve already ;o)

Movin' on ... *~*~*  into the Light *~*~*

Namaste *

Janzee