When brain shouted and gut whispered!

Past few months, something’s been bothering me. A small fight not with anyone else, but between my brain and my gut. My brain has been making plans, solving things, analyzing every step. But my gut? It just quietly says, No or Yes. No drama. Just a feeling of calmness or anxiety. Sometimes, that gut feeling was right. Sometimes, my brain saved me. Not sure whether should let one ride over the other or just collab.

Out of dumb scrolling, read a Tesla quote

If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.

I didn’t really get it back then. But now? I’m trying to understand what he meant. I am a science person more of into biology then physics. So, its quite new.

Like, sometimes I walk into a room or meet someone, and suddenly feel either calm or my energy lifts up or totally restless. At first, I thought I was imagining it. But it kept happening. Around some people, I feel grounded. Around others, I feel like I’m carrying their storm. Like I’m tuning into their radio frequency without even realizing.

Even yesterday, while watching The Bear, I saw the same thing. One of the characters (Richie?), he walks in and the whole room changes. Everyone gets stressed. He doesn’t even have to say much. That’s when I randomly started reading about this thing called the heart’s electromagnetic field. Noticing the dots.

Turns out, our heart actually sends out energy. The HeartMath Institute says our heart creates a field that goes about 1 to 3 meters outside the body. And people around us can actually pick up on that even if they don’t know it. Adding a second layer which is gut brain axis. Basically, our gut and brain are always talking. That’s why when you’re nervous, your stomach flips. Or when you meet someone off, your stomach feels tight before your PFC even figures it out.

But evolution made things tricky. The amygdala, the brain’s panic button or the alarm system can hijack everything. It can mask down the part of your brain that sees the full picture. So even if your gut knows, your brain might ignore it. That’s why we miss the signs our body gives.

Interestingly, monks and yogis knew all this way before science. Maybe this is what they’ve been trying to teach all along to slow down, breathe, and listen to the body. Because when you breathe deeply and slowly, the vagus nerve gets activated, which connects your brain to your gut. It tells your body that you’re safe, calms your system down, and lets your gut handle both food and feelings better. They always spoke about lowering the mental noise, entering that peaceful state (like theta or even gamma), and letting the body speak again.

Right now, I’m not saying I have all the answers. My mind still runs in loops. But I’m starting to feel that my gut isn’t just reacting randomly. It’s wise. It’s picking up signals. It remembers what my brain forgets.

Not sure yet. I might be wrong. Maybe I’m just starting to notice the dots and someday, they’ll connect into something clearer.

Ending this with Einstein quote,

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Cheers

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