Preksha Meditation

Author(s): Jethalal S Zaveri
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Interaction of Feeling and Behaviour
Nervous and endocrine systems are not as divergent as was formerly supposed. Function of both these systems is to integrate the organism. Both synthesize and release special chemical agents. The remarkable collaboration between the two systems helps govern behaviour under stress, when danger, anxiety or a difficult decision demands action. The intimate relationship between the two systems clearly reflected in the secretions they use; the same substance is released by the gland as well as the nerves. The functional interlocking between nervous and endocrine elements qualify them to be regarded as constituting a neuro-endocrine system. Acuteness of perception, memory, logical thought, imagination, conception, emotional expression or inhibition and entire content of consciousness are influenced by the internal secretions of the neuro-endocrine system.
There are forces more subtle than the endocrines as the endocrines are more subtle than the physique. If we accept the continuity of life, the cause we start now will be the effects of the future. Conversely the past which is fully recorded in the Karma Sharira (microbody associated with the soul), activate the subtle forces determining the nature of the secretions of the neuro-endocrine system.
In other words, this system receives its orders from the imperceptible spiritual forces via the intangible codes recorded in the past. These are translated into instructions which can be understood by the grosser physical constituents of the body in the form of electrical impulses and
1. The intimate reciprocal relationship between the two systems can be
illustrated as under:--The visual stimulus of the beauty of a pretty girl causes electric nerve impulses to activate the anterior pituitary of a young male, within the hypothalamus (that part of the brain which is attached to the pituitary by vascular and neural pathway) as a probable intermediary. The pituitary, in turn, produces and delivers the gonadotrophic hormone to the sexual glands. The nerve and hormone signals make his nerve beat faster, increase blood-pressure tense muscles and causo sexual arousal.