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Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

that of a stimulated neuron since it lacks the addition-al ions (ionic code) possessed
by the latter. In other words, external stimuli always lead to the appearance of
surplus ions in the neuron.

What, then, actually happens in a neuron when its ionic balance is disturbed?
An understanding of this process will enable us to fathom one of living nature's
deepest secrets -the mystery of human memory and consciousness...

When surplus ions within a neuron upset the ionic balance, new chemical
bonds are created between the neuron's constituent molecules. New bonds,
previously not present, develop between molecules; or old bonds, formerly
present, become severed. Do such changes seem insignificant -the appearance of
new and disappearance of old molecular bonds? What kind of radical changes could
they yield?

However, it is precisely the creation of these surplus molecular bonds that give
rise to new qualities when present in DNA molecules. The reason for this peculiarity
lies in the qualitative difference between the molecules themselves, or, more
precisely, in the extent of their impact upon the dimensionality level of the

surrounding microspace. That is because each and every molecule has its own
particular self-dimensionality level which reflects the degree of its impact upon its
microcosm.

Surplus atoms adhering to every molecule increase the molecular
dimensionality: this is particularly notable in the case of organic molecules. DNA
molecules, by virtue of their huge molecular weight and spatial configuration
combined, create qualitative conditions that ensure the rupture of the qualitative
barrier between the physical and etheric levels of the planet (see Fig. 25). Thus, first
on the etheric, and then on the astral plane, exact replicas of the physically solid cell
are formed: this marks the appearance of the so-called etheric and astral bodies of the
cell.

That is why electrochemical reactions occur in a nerve that is transmitting a
signal (the ionic code) to the brain cells. It is precisely thanks to these reactions that

we possess memory and the potential for developing consciousness. But how does
the adhesion of surplus atoms to the DNA molecular spiral give birth to
memory? Let us try to fathom this miracle of nature.

What, after all, is memory and why does it appear? How is it that when we
remember some-thing, so that a little later or even much later — perhaps decades —
the sought-for information appears on our mental screen in all its original precision
and clarity?! Why do some things stick in our memory forever, while others disappear
— vanishing into thin air like a morning fog touched by the rays of the rising sun -no
matter how hard we try to recall them? What capricious genie and what laws of
nature dictate what should stay and what should vanish completely?

In order to clear this up, let us take an imaginary journey to a single brain cell
and try to peep into the magic laboratory of memory. For a start, we shall try to
understand what transpires in the brain cell when short-term memory is taking
shape.

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