There is a world wide trend pulling human kind to wholelistic living and development . Readings which I have completed all share a common thread indicating a heightened awareness mankind is awakening to as the new millenium unfolds.
Our brain is a holistic control center of our lives. From voluntary to involuntary motor movements to chemical production of Adrenaline for our fight or flight reaction we are existing nano-second to nano-second with our command center(brain) coordinating and offering choices as well as deciding on reactions without our thought initiated command. Perspiration is an example with a second example being the male/ female physical excitement or arrousal occuring without the individual issuing a brain command to "begin" to excite the individuals body. My thumbnail research project herein questions how humans may seek out and perform voluntary actions to provide harmony and complete trust in a LEARNING environment.
According the the Merriam Webster Dictionary holistic is the following:
Pronunciation: hO-'lis-tik
Function: adjective
Date: 1926
1 : of or relating to holism
2 : relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts
Main Entry: ho·lis·tic
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1. Brain :Definition according to Britannica.
2. Mind, Emotion,Social environment , and Spirit. Quote:"The human being, and the whole of society and nature for that matter, was viewed as being intelligent, conscious and ordered. ... The physical world was believed to be underpinnned by the mental world, and the mental world by the spiritual. As these 'worlds' move 'inwards' they become more subtle and difficult to measure."..."Consciosness gives life to mind and body....Thought they are difficerent they are intimately related....If ...all are connected then there is harmony. If not there is discord, which is none other than discrepancy between the various parts. "
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