The extraordinary intelligence of Albert Einstein has fascinated scientists and the general public alike. One of the most quoted expressions of that intelligence is, “No problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it.” Are you facing a problem? March can get you on the road to a solution with walking and a rainbow.
March is the month of St. Patrick’s Day. Rainbows, leprechauns, and pots of gold have become synonymous with the celebration in Ireland and around the world. In Celtic culture, the rainbow symbolizes hope and goals. As Einstein advised, a new outcome requires a new frame of mind; a change in consciousness that allows for an expanded version of you that can see the solution to your problem. The rainbow will lead you to your own pot of gold, the realization of your hopes and the resolutions of your problems.
“Human” consists of two words. “Hue” and “man”. Hue refers to colour. Man relates to mind. Human is a coloured mind. What does that mean!?! A rainbow contains the visual wavelengths of light that run from red at the lowest and slowest vibration up to the colour violet, the fastest and highest vibration of light. Your nervous system is a network of electrical wires. These wires come together in different bundles in your head and spine called plexi. Each plexi functions at a different frequency based on the speed of electrical impulses along that group of nerves. This creates an internal rainbow from your tailbone to the crown of your head known as the chakra system.
Nerves are the basis of your awareness. They allow you to perceive, process and interact with your environment. Nerves form your mind. The seven nerve bundles or chakras that exist from your tailbone to your crown are seven levels of your mind. They create a rainbow that leads not only to overcoming your present obstacles but an evolving state of mind fit to continually solve encountered problems and accomplish future goals.
Einstein found his pot of gold.
The highest nerve centres correspond to chakras six, indigo, and seven, violet, in the brain. When the lower five nerve centres or chakras from the base of the spine to the throat are balanced and integrated, the mind becomes relaxed and alert. This state of mind is incongruent with the stress-induced fight and flight behaviour because the process of mental balance shifts neural control from the fight and flight centre of the amygdala to the calm, cool, responsive rulership of the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is your highest cognitive centre related to the sixth chakra. This shift to prefrontal cortex control is synonymous with an integration of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. They are connected through a structure called the corpus collosum which is under the direction of the seventh chakra.
Einstein’s brain has been the subject of many studies trying to identify the reason for his genius. Falk et al wrote in, Brain: A Journal of Neurology (Volume 136, Issue 4, April 2013) that Einstein’s brain had an extraordinary prefrontal cortex. A year later, the same journal (Volume 137, Issue 4, April 2014) reported further research that indicated Einstein’s intellectual gifts were a product of the greater connectivity and communication between his left and right brain, indicated by the thickness in the corpus collosum. Einstein had markedly different sixth and seventh chakras than the average human, resulting in his higher level of consciousness. A consciousness that could solve problems too difficult for most of us.
The good news is the brain is trainable. You can get your brain in Einstein-shape, developing the higher performance power that, Einstein said, is required to overcome the problems you face.
Walking has a long association with mental superiority. Ancient Greek philosopher, scientist and teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle, taught and philosophized with his followers while putting one foot in front of the other. The habit of step by step thinking lead to them being known as the peripatetics, meaning walking up and down. Nietzsche claimed, “All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” Kierkegaard agreed stating, “I have walked myself into my best thoughts.” A street on Immanuel Kant’s regular route was named “The Philosopher’s Walk” in his honour. Last, what Charles Darwin coined his “thinking path” was a staple of his daily schedule for close to forty years (Johnson, Brian. Optimize +1, #505).
On the other hand, decreasing your step count has been scientifically proven to lower your mental mojo. Stanford University Health psychologist and lecturer, Kelly McGonigal, shares cutting-edge research in her book, The Joy of Movement, showing when active adults were randomly assigned to reduce their step count, they became anxious and lost life satisfaction when their steps dropped below 5,649.
The rhythmic march of left, left, left, right, left, stimulates the right and left hemispheres of the brain in a coordinated motion. The left foot is wired to the right brain. The right to the left brain. Walking involves the two working together in coordinated communication. This repetitive action helps to balance and tone all the neural centres of your rainbow mind, empowering your prefrontal cortex and thickening your corpus collosum, to produce Einsteinian inspiration and problem-solving power. This is your pot of gold.
Train your brain to solve your problems. Get on the rainbow march to higher intelligence. Target 6,000 steps a day. 5,649 is likely enough, but champions do more.