Yauwana Janam

என் இதயம் யாருக்குத் தெரியும்??

“இருதயத்தை” குறித்த பல வசனங்கள் வேதத்தில் இருப்பது நமக்குத் தெரியும். அதை நாம் நம் மூளையின் செயல்பாடான சிந்தனையை குறிப்பதாகத்தான் எடுத்துக் கொள்கிறோமேயல்லாமல், அதை இரத்தத்தை பம்ப் செய்யும் நம் இருதயத்தை குறிப்பதாக நாம் எடுத்துக் கொள்வதில்லை.

ஆனால், Dr Paul Pearsall என்ற மனிதர் மூளையில் மாத்திரமல்ல, இதயத்திலும் நினைவுகள் சேமித்து வைக்கப்படுகின்றன என்று சொல்கிறார். இது நான் புதிதாகக் கேள்விப்பட்ட விஷயம். இருதய மாற்று அறுவை சிகிச்சை செய்த நபர்களின் நினைவுகள், குணம் விருப்பங்கள் எல்லாம் இருதய தானம் கொடுத்த நபர் போல் மாறுவதாக பல உதாரணங்களை தன் புத்தகத்தில் எழுதியிருக்கிறாராம்.

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For centuries, scientists, philosophers, physicians, and poets have argued about the function of the heart. Is its sole purpose to move blood throughout our bodies? Or does it do something more? Theologians and doctors of ancient times saw the heart as the "thinking organ" of the body and the dwelling place of the soul. In recent years, particularly since the success of heart transplants, evidence has surfaced that perhaps these early inklings were more accurate than we thought.

Paul Pearsall is one of many researchers who has observed that transplant patients who receive an organ from another person's body may also receive much more -- what he calls their "cellular memories." Recipients have reported inheriting everything from the donor's food cravings to knowledge about his murderer -- information that in one case led to the killer's arrest. As a result of these and other researchers' findings, Pearsall is now convinced that the heart has its own form of intelligence, that we are only rarely aware of in modern life. In his view, the heart processes information about the body and the outside world through an "info-energetic code" -- a profuse network of blood vessels and cells that serves not only as our circulatory system but as an energy information gathering and distribution system, much like a complex telephone network. What's more, he believes that the soul, at least in part, is a set of cellular memories that is carried largely by our hearts. Predictably, such views have met with opposition in the medical world. But in his view, the implications of his theories -- that the heart "thinks," cells remember, and communication can therefore transcend the boundaries of time and space -- are too important for him to dismiss

http://www.paulpearsall.com/info/press/4.html

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Organ Transplants and Cellular Memories

According to this study of patients who have received transplanted organs, particularly hearts, it is not uncommon for memories, behaviours, preferences and habits associated with the donor to be transferred to the recipient

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In 1997, a book titled A Change of Heart was published that described the apparent personality changes experienced by Claire Sylvia.9 Sylvia received a heart and lung transplant at Yale–New Haven Hospital in 1988. She reported noticing that various attitudes, habits and tastes changed following her surgery. She had inexplicable cravings for foods she had previously disliked. For example, though she was a health-conscious dancer and choreographer, upon leaving the hospital she had an uncontrollable urge to go to a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and order chicken nuggets, a food she never ate. Sylvia found herself drawn toward cool colours and no longer dressed in the bright reds and oranges she used to prefer. She began behaving in an aggressive and impetuous manner that was uncharacteristic of her but turned out to be similar to the personality of her donor. Interestingly, uneaten Kentucky Fried Chicken nuggets were found in the jacket of the young man (her donor) when he was killed

http://www.paulpearsall.com/info/press/3.html

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