Hi,

Each man and woman born into this world is a being made of three (3) distinct components: The BODY, The SOUL and The SPIRIT.

You can writ upon these component as much as you like

Thanks

A human being is essentially two things —a body and a soul. There's a most intimate connection between the two.

Thanks for your answer. .Dear Gadallah

Spirits

1.Holy spirits,

2. Evil spirits,

3. Ordinary spirits

Do you want to talk about these spirits ?

Dear Pattanayak. .I am not interested in the classification of spirits...that's not the question I asked..

Invoking the idea of a 'spirit' at work when you are asleep - or indeed awake - is an unnecessary assumption about what is going on physiologically. All kinds of brain functions - whether you are conscious or not, or indeed conscious of *them* or not - quite clearly affect how the rest of the body functions. And vice versa! The complex systems that regulate so-called 'vegetative' functions such as heart rate, breathing, regional blood flow in different tissues., kidney function, digestion, growth and so on are largely coordinated in the brain. All this goes on (rather obviously) without any conscious 'active' (or volitional) involvement from the concious brain. All of this is increasingly well understood in terms of controls and influences by (and through) nerves, hormones, various blood and tissue chemical conditions and so on.

There is not the least sign or evidence that anything spirit-like needs to be added to the list of 'agents' involved in these subtle and life-long control and regulatory systems in order to understand them. Just be amazed at the fantastic complexity and reliability of these evolved systems, not just in us but in all living things. But don't add any 'ghosts to the machine' in order to enjoy that wonder: the real world is more than wonderful and magical enough without invoking spirits!

Miller...your explanations are acceptable but educate us further if you have any clue on the following question...why would ones heart beat increase or sweat up when he or she suddenly wakes up from sleep??? What is the chemistry behind it...or is it purely physiological as you claimed????

La mayor relación entre cuerpo y espiritu en mi campo de experiencia (cirugía cardiovascular) la he visto en la rápida recuperación postoperatoria de pacientes operados a corazón abierto que entran al salón espiritualmente convencidos en que lso resultados de la cirugía serán sartisfactorios. Aquellas que van a cirugía temerosos y en ocasiones "convencidos" de resultados negativos, muchas veces obtienen eso como "recompensa".

All the same ..Thanks...

Hello Stanley. To answer "why would one's heart beat increase or sweat up when he or she suddenly wakes up from sleep??? ". The direct cause of the increase in heart rate on waking is an increase in activity of the sympathetic nerve supply to the heart (and a correlated reduction in parasympathetic activity). This change increases heart rate and also increases the strength of each beat. It's like a mild version of what happens when you start to exercise - or more appropriately - begin even to anticipate starting to exercise. It also hapens even when you just move from lying or sitting to standing up. Sweat glands are largely under sympathtic nerve control too. These changes in the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are coordinated in the medulla oblongata at the base of the brain. Those changes are in turn influenced by nerve centres such as the reticular activation formation or system (RAF/RAS) which lies in the thalamus (another brain region). The RAF controls a number of physiological functions relating to sleeping and waking. Your question mentions 'suddenly wakes up'. In that circumstance of abrupt waking, it might well because of a loud noise or some other 'disturbance'. You will then see a stronger 'waking response' than merely waking up calmly and that would fit into the 'fight or flight' scenario that the textbooks and sports writers love to write about! Real life is not usually quite so exciting, but the subtle nervous (and hormonal) controls that are involved are fascinating. I hope this helps. There is lots more detail there, but these are the key features from the physiology.

From your answer, It seems the process has nothing to do with the subconscious. ..

And to Dr Yoandy López de la Cruz about 'positive' thoughts for the patients favouring better surgical outcomes for them, I surely agree. I think we are still finding out more and more about how hormonal and immune system responses to higher brain function are inter-related. These will be critical for patient outcomes. I'm sure the 'general disposition' of the patient can significantly alter how such important basic physiological systems react to surgery. But I'm sure it is even easier to understand why the same positive attitude amongst the surgeons also helps ensure a better outcome! At least you are conscious throughout the operation (we hope!) so we can understand the mechanisms at work there a little more easily. (Good luck with your great work).

To Stanley re the "subconscious". Oh no, I'm sure that the brain functions that we pull together under the lose term 'subconscious' are very much to do with all this. Think about how your alarm clock (or other loud noise) wakes you up. Obviously, your brain must 'hearing' all the time when you are asleep ... but at that time it works 'subconsciously'. The transition to consciousness that the alarm clock produces shows how the Reticular Activation Formation (together with other brain regions) is triggered by the unconscious monitoring of sounds that goes on all the time (whether you are awake or not). Higher or lower activity of any one part of the brain will thus modify the activity or inactivity of other parts. We put a lot of importance on what we do 'consciously', but nearly all of it - even when we're awake and alert - is the result of 'subconscious' or 'unconscious' processing. We can only put our conscious attention on a tiny fraction of what's going on in seeing, hearing, touch, taste, smell, pressure, pain, balance, proprioception etc etc all the time. Luckily, most of it is taken care of without us having to 'think' about it! (If it wasn't, we could not have survived long on the planet).

Sorry "lose" was meant to be 'loose' back there ...