Summary of The Subtle Body ||
Part II: Human Anatomy
(6.) The Muscular System
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Cyndi Dale continues the encyclopedia with addressing how the physical body is like the subtle body as it is also composed of energies. Dale describes how we see ourselves in a physical aspect, which is made of slow moving particles that we can see, touch, hear, and sense. This part of the encyclopedia acknowledges how the body is not only made of flesh and blood of the physical, but it the body is made of light that is actually invisible to our eyes. The energies that compose the physical body and move slower with a lesser intensity and vibration, and this is primary focus of part two exploring the major physical systems that make-up the human body. It is intended to offer a basic grounding into our anatomical structures and processes, while beginning to investigate the energetic nature of the human body.
The Muscular System
The human body consists of about seven hundred muscles, which move bones. Dale explains that even the simpliest action like pointing a finger is a complicated procedure, which involves nerves, the brain, and sense organs. There are three main types of muscles, and Dale describes these three types:
1. Skeletal muscle - Also called striped muscle, these muscles are moved voluntarily. They account for sizable amount of the body's mass, with most connected to the skeleton by tissues called tendons. They help move the various bones and cartilages of the skeleton, counter physique, and are responsible for reflex actions.
2. Smooth muscle - Found in organs such as the stomach, lungs, kidneys, and skin, these muscles work automatically. These involuntary muscles, controlled by the autonomic nervous system, assist in day-to-day functions like digestion, breathing, and removing waste from the body.
3. Cardiac muscle - This muscle, found only in the heart, never gets tired. It constantly works to pump blood in and out of the heart. Heart muscle is activated by electrical impulses from its own pacemaker, the sinoatrial node, which ripple through the heart. The heart also contains smooth muscles, but its functions are mostly performed by the cardiac muscle
Dale then describes muscles and the structures that allow for the function of muscles to take action. "Muscles are made up of bundles of fibers known as fascicles. Each fiber is an elongated cell containing microfibrils, thread-like structures that contain thick myofilaments, which contain myosin, and thin myofilaments, which hold actin, troponin, and troposin" (2009, p. 49-50). These structures meet and interlock chemically, which produces reactions that produce a muscular contraction. All our muscle cells were fully formed after the first year of our lives. Muscles can repair themselves when injured, with care and proper nutrition. After the age of thirty, if there is a reduction in physical activity it can easily led muscle tissue to be replaced by fat.
Crystalline Connective Tissue
Molecular liquid crystalline structures make up the body, which has been a relatively new find for researchers. "These living structures can create, transmit, and receive biophotons to facilitate communication between tissues and molecules. This communication also relies upon a quantum field of biophotons" (Dale, 2009, p. 50). Both the crystalline and quantum processes interact to spread information throughout the body.
Dale shares how this crystal matrix is crucial for health because it interconnects a person's internal self with an external environment. "Light travels through the body's crystal matrix into the DNA, which then produces 'bio-holograms' that create the body. The most conductive light-matrix is the connective tissue, the larger organ in the body. The connective tissue is crystalline in formation; the collagenous molecules that encase the organs are liquid crystals and the other, firmer tissues are considered solid crystals" (2009, p. 9). Dale notes how collagen molecules are interested because they are semiconductors, i.e. able to convey information and electricity. Therefore, the tissue can process information just as the semiconductor chips in a computer. The connective tissue is considered to be one of the primary participants when it comes to subtle energy anatomy. Dale later dicusses how the connective tissue consists of the pathway for merdians, furthering discourse on how stimulating merdian points causes the production of cortisol and endrophins.
Sound Pathways
"Sound, one of the basic mechnical energies, is present everywhere and serves as healing mechanism" (Dale, 2009, p. 51). Dale states: "This is because of its universalitiy, both physically and subtly" (ibid.). Every part that makes up the body, from toes to cells, all move. Movement produces sound.
The sound waves resulting from movement regulate more than 50 percent of biological processes. This occurs via the ligand/receptor interaction, which has been studied to understand the biochemical side of emotions. "The interactions occur on every cell surface through sound frequencies between 20 and 20,000 Hz, the range of human hearing. There are special sound pathways in the body, however, that convey sound from site to site" (ibid.). Dale describes how sound enters the body through the hearing appartus and cranial bones and travels through and within the body via the connective tissue.
It travels through the connective tissue, using water to speed (vertically) through the body—nearly five thousand feet per second. "This transmission slows or stops when the connective tissue is too thick, inflexiable, or dry—problems often created by incomplete emotional experiences. In a complete emotional experience, someone undergoes an event and has an emotional reaction, such as sadness and fear. The emotions initially cause a bodily disturbance such as tension or tightening. If allowed to fully sense and express the feelings, the person's body releases and returns to an equilibrium. It the person is unable to express the feelings or receive the needed comfort or validation, the body will remain tense and the tissue, especially connective tissue, will become blocked" (ibid.). It is important to note here that sound does not flow through inflexible tissue as easily when muscles are tense for an extended period of time. However, sound can stimulate the blocked emotions, which carries over into triggering the original memories that resulted in the tension. Here, Dale introduces discussion about sound as a moduality to heal - to unblock energy and release tension - which she continues to extend from throughout the encyclopedia.
References:
Dale, Cydni. (2009). "Human Energy Fields." The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy, Part III, chapter 27. Publisher: Sounds True.
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