Neuroplasticity & Our Experiences

by Kirsten DeMelo

What are we?

How do we retain knowledge?
How can we turn our experiences into learning
tools?
How do we obtain new knowledge and use this
knowledge for our benefit/progress?

23. What is spirit?

"The intelligent principle of
the universe."
We are a spirit
With a perispirit

- What is the essential nature of spirit?

"It is not possible to explain the nature of spirit in your
language. For you it is not a thing,
because it is not palpable; but for us it is a thing."

Utilizing a physical
body
24. Is

spirit synonymous with intelligence?

"Intelligence is an essential attribute of spirit, but both merge in a unitary principle, so that,
for you, they may be said to be the same thing."

25. Is spirit independent of matter, or is it only one of the

properties of matter, as colors are a property of light, and

as sound is a property of the air?

"Spirit and matter are distinct from one

another; but the union of spirit and matter is
necessary to give intelligent activity to matter."

- Is this union equally necessary to the manifestation of spirit?

(We refer, in this question, to
the principle of intelligence, abstractly considered, without
reference to the individualities
designated by that term.)

"It is necessary for you, because you are not organized

for perceiving spirit apart from matter.
Your senses are not formed for that order of perception."

UNIVERSAL
TRINITY

GOD
Universe matter
(part of

the material element

&

intermediary between spirit and matter)

Spirit

Q.# 27

Your experience is an asset

you acquire over time, living
the lessons of daily life in the
process of your evolution
from Happy Life by Joanna de Angelis,
Psychographed by Divaldo P. Franco ,pg 75

The brains ability to act and react in ever-changing ways is known, in

the scientific community, as neuroplasticity. This special

characteristic allows the brains estimated 100 billion nerve cells, also
called neurons (aka gray matter), to constantly lay down new
pathways for neural communication and to rearrange existing ones
throughout life, thereby aiding the processes of learning, memory,
and adaptation through experience

Source:http://www.memoryzine
.com/neuroplasticity.htm

Neuroplasticity is not a trait

found in a single brain structure,
nor does it consist of just one
simple type of physical or chemical
event. Rather, the brains ability
to be molded its plasticity is
the result of many different,
complex processes that occur in
our brains throughout our
lifetime

Source:http://www.memoryzine.com/ne
uroplasticity.htm

Cant

teach an old dog new tricks

Because of the brains neuroplasticity, old dogs, so

to speak, regularly learn new tricks of every
conceivable kind.

Source:http://www.memoryzine.com/neuroplasti
city.htm

research has shown that for a child to see well, it

is important not only to have healthy eyes, but also
that the parts of the brain important for vision are
tuned by early visual experience
..development is strongly
affected by stimuli in the first
years of childhood, and it
continues to evolve throughout
life..

The occipital lobe processes visual

information. It is responsible for
visual reception and contains
association areas that help in the
visual recognition of shapes and
colors

Source: Childrens experiences shape

development of their brains
By Eric Pakulak, Jessica Fanning, Scott Klein
and Helen Neville, PhD

"You know not the secrets hidden under the seeming

innocence of children. You know
neither what they are, nor what they have been, nor
what they will be; and nevertheless you
love and cherish them as though they were a part of
yourselves, and to such a degree, that the
love of a mother for her children is reputed to be the
greatest love that one being can have for
another.

Q#385

Is the spirit who animates the body of a

child as developed as that of an adult?
379.

"He may be more so, if. before reincarnating himself, he bad progressed farther; it
is only the
imperfection of his organs that prevents him from manifesting himself. He acts
according to
the state of the instrument by which alone, when incarnated, he can manifest
himself."

380.

During the infancy of his body, and without

reference to the obstacle opposed to his free
manifestation by the imperfection of his
organs, does a spirit think as a child, or as an
adult?
"While he remains a child, it is evident that his

organs of thought, not being developed,

cannot give him all the intuition of an adult; his
range of intellect is therefore only narrow, until
increasing age has ripened his reason. The
confusion which accompanies incarnation does not
cease, all at once, at the moment of birth; it its
only dissipated gradually with the development of
the bodily organs."

INFANT
CHILD
ADULT
How do we make good use of our experiences here on earth to
expedite our progress?

Progression of Spirits
114. Are

spirits good or bad by nature, or are they

the same spirits made better through their
own efforts?

"The same spirits made better through their own

efforts. In growing better they pass from a
lower to a higher order."

The road traveled is the road known. You discover that there is a
great distance between theory and practice.

Meditate more before you act. Take calm and encouraging

decisions.

When you act on impulse, you are subject to grave

errors.
There are events that occur in their own time. However,
it is the wise man who establishes the proper time for
higher accomplishments.
from Happy Life by
Joanna de Angelis,
Psychographed by Divaldo
P. Franco ,pg 75

Spiritist Lecture

Understanding Some Aspects of Spiritism

and Mediumship Through Laws of the
Physical Science
by Prof. Alvaro Vanucci
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
8pm 9:15pm
Emmanuel Spiritist Center
6151 North franklin street
Philadelphia,Pa 19120

* Prof. Alvaro Vanucci, PhD.

For more information please see his website below
http://www.fap.if.usp.br/~vannucci/welcome_In.htm
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More info. Tel.: 267-257-6914

THANKS!!!!!

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