SOCRATES,
THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER, SAID, “TRUE WISDOM, IS TO KNOW,
THAT WE KNOW NOTHING. THIS QUOTE ALWAYS HAD A STRONG IMPACT
ON THE WAY I THINK ABOUT LIFE. AS I HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN
THE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES. MY IMAGINATION HAS ALWAYS HAD
A TIGHT GRIP ON THE WAY THAT I LIVE MY LIFE, SOME PEOPLE
MAY SAY TOO TIGHT, BUT I AM PROUD OF THE PERSON THAT I HAVE
BECOME. IN HAVING THE IMAGINATION AND PASSION FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE
THAT I DO. “TRULY BELIEVING THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.”
WE MAY NOT HAVE FOUND OUT HOW SUCH THINGS MAY BE POSSIBLE
YET IN OUR REALITY, BUT THE SECOND WE START LIMITING OURSELVES,
IS THE DAY WE STOP GROWING AS HUMAN BEINGS. THINGS THAT
WE “KNEW” TO BE FACT IN THE PAST, SUCH AS THE
WORLD BEING FLAT, WE NOW KNOW TO BE DIFFERENT. WHY? BECAUSE
SOMEONE BEGGED TO QUESTION WHAT WAS “KNOWN”
AT THAT TIME. IT IS MY JOB TO QUESTION THESE THINGS, AND
I HAVE COME TO SOME PRETTY AMAZING CONCLUSIONS.
I AM
SURE THE FIRST TIME STAR TREK AIRED IN THE 60’S, PEOPLE
NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THE
TECHNOLOGY ORIGINALLY SEEN IN SUCH SCIENCE FICTION THAT
WE NOW HAVE TODAY. A COMMUNICATOR MUST HAVE SEEMED LIKE
SUCH A HUGE LEAP TO THEM, NOW, HAVING SMART PHONES WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE IN THE WORLD, AND
SO MUCH MORE. IF I SHOWED ONE OF OUR SMART PHONES TO SOMEONE
200 YEARS AGO THEY WOULD TRULY BELIEVE IT WAS REAL MAGIC,
OR EVEN WITCHCRAFT. BUT NOW WE KNOW IT TO BE FACT, AND NOT
SOME SUPERNATUAL OCCURANCE. DID YOU KNOW THAT SCIENTISTS
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO TRANSPORTED LIVING ORGANIC MOLECULES?
IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO BE ONE PLACE ONE SECOND, AND IN A
FEW MOMENTS YOU ARE SOMEWHERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. NOW,
THAT IS A DISAPEARING ACT! THE AMOUNT OF MEMORY IT WOULD
TAKE TO BE ABLE TO STORE EVERY MOLECULE OR EVERY ATOM OF
A HUMAN BODY WOULD TAKE SO MUCH MEMORY TO STORE IN A COMPUTER
THAT RIGHT NOW IT’S OUT OF OUR REACH, BUT THE POINT
IS THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. IMAGINE, YOU HAVE THE NEWEST
PHONE DEVICE 50 YEARS FROM NOW, AND YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE
WITH AN OLDER MODEL. YOU SAY, “OH, IS THAT AN OLD
MODEL?” HE NODS HIS HEAD AWKWARDLY. THE FIRST MAN
RESPONDS, “OH… SO, YOUR PHONE CAN’T TELEPORT
YOU WHEREVER YOU WANT? WELL THAT MUST SUCK.” IMAGINE
HAVING THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY. IMAGINE HOW MAGICAL THAT
SOUNDS. NOW IMAGINE THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. EVERYTHING
I DO IN MY ACT IS NOT SUPERNATURAL, BUT ONE OR A COMBINATION
OF THESE 5 DIFFERENT ASPECTS: VERBAL COMUNICATION, NON-VERBAL
COMUNICATION, MAGIC OR ILLUSION, PSYCHOLOGY, OR IT IS COMPLETELY
REAL.
NOW,
OUR BRAINS THINKS IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS, (OR WAVES) THE
4 MAIN WAVE SIGNITURES ARE ALPHA, WHICH WE AS ADULTS THINK
IN. ALPHA IS THE FREQUENCY RANGE FROM 8 HZ TO 12 HZ. IT
IS OUR DOMINENT PATTERN. THE ONE WE ARE PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS
THINKING IN. DELTA IS THE FREQUENCY RANGE UP TO 4 HZ. IT
TENDS TO BE THE HIGHEST IN AMPLITUDE AND THE SLOWEST WAVES.
IT IS SEEN NORMALLY IN ADULTS IN DEEP REM SLEEP. BETA IS
THE FREQUENCY RANGE FROM 12 HZ TO ABOUT 30 HZ. IT IS SEEN
USUALLY ON BOTH SIDES IN SYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION AND IS
MOST EVIDENT FRONTALLY. BETA ACTIVITY IS CLOSELY LINKED
TO MOTOR BEHAVIOR AND IS GENERALLY ATTENUATED DURING ACTIVE
MOVEMENTS. THETA, HOWEVER, IS THE FREQUENCY RANGE FROM 4
HZ TO 7 HZ. THETA IS SEEN NORMALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN. IT
IS AT THIS AGE WHEN OUR BRAINS ARE ABLE TO ABSORB THE MOST
INFORMATION, AND THEREFORE CREATES A HIGHER UNDERSTANDING
AS IT WERE. IT IS ALSO QUITE FREQUENTLY SEEN IN MEDITATION.
SO, TO THINK LIKE A CHILD, TO EMBRACE OUR IMAGINATION, AND
NOT DISCOUNT ANYTHING AS AN IMPOSSIBLITY. THAT IS KEY TO
INTEGRAL THINKING, AND EVOLVING AS A PERSON. I TRY TO TRAIN
MY BRAIN TO THINK IN THETA MOST OF THE TIME TO KEEP MY SENSES
SHARP. IT ALLOWS ME TO OBSERVE THINGS THAT MAY SLIP BY UNNOTICED
TO THE UNTRAINED PERSON, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER KEY TO BEING
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE FEATS THAT I PERFORM.
IF
I WANT ANYTHING, I WANT TO LEAVE PONDERING THIS. “WHETHER
YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN, OR WHETHER YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN’T,
YOU ARE ALWAYS RIGHT.” SO GO FOR YOUR DREAMS, DON’T
LIMIT THEM, AND HAVE FUN DOING IT. LIFE IS A JOURNEY, AND
I WANT EVERYONE TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT, AND BEG TO ASK THE
QUESTION “WHAT IF”. THAT IS THE QUESTION I WANT
YOU TO ASK YOURSELF…. WHAT IF?
BRANDON
DUFFIN
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