Cardiac Nervous System – Center Seat at the Table: The heart has its own intrinsic nervous system.
The heart sends and receives nerve signals to and from the brain.
Thereby, the heart interacts with the external world.
The heart sends and receives nerve signals to and from the autonomic nervous system.
Thereby, the heart interacts with the internal world.
The heart’s nervous system sits, therefore, at the center of the external and internal perceiving worlds.
The heart sends and receives nerve signals to and from the externally-oriented voluntary self, the striated muscle self.
Thereby, the heart interacts with the conscious self world.
The heart sends and receives nerve signals to and from the internally-oriented invountary self, the smooth muscle self.
Thereby, the heart interacts with the subconscious self world.
The heart’s nervous system, therefore, sits with the conscious and subconscious selves.
The heart contains sensory and motor neurons.
The heart contains neurons forming local circuits.
Therefore, the heart’s nervous system ponders.
Therefore, the heart decides within itself.
From a subconscious self point of view, the heart listens to the internal and external.
From a traumatized subconscious self point of view, the heart is pitted alternately against the external and internal.
From a traumatized subconscious self point of view, the psyche is compelled to war rather than seek peace.
From a traumatized subconscious self point of view, inquiry is not tolerated in the psyche.
When the subconscious self is empty, there is no war in the psyche.
When the subconscious self is empty, the heart beats quietly.
