SLEEP : Why is it so important for us? (Part 5)

Busy, busy, busy. I have been bombarded with tons of programs, tasks, work and holiday season too. Today, I will try to squeeze in a short post as I have some free time. In Malaysia, during this period, it is holiday season, especially for Chinese population. I'm trying not to fall sick, as weather is hot and lack of sleep, as well as eating too much 'heaty' festive foods and snacks. Just did my TRX workout and finished shower. Felt great, feel like writing another post today.

Well, this post might not be super interesting, more of how we actually evolved and how the earth and nature influence our body and energy system. We are interconnected physiologically with every other life on earth. Life is a quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement are what physicists call a problem of 'perfect order'. Perfect order, is the theory that all matter is alive and connected through a continuous flow of energy. Everything is one. All of us together are then further connected to the sun, moon and stars by biophysics. That means that our biology is a product of photons, magnetism and gravity.

There are light sensitivity monitors built into the cells of our eyes, skin, blood and bones. We have always way back to the primordial ooze, registered the spinning of the earth as it circles the sun. Mammoths, man eaters, mice and microbes, all from the same humble beginnings, evolved physiologic controls based on light and dark. The plants and we are one. The molecule heme, that structures the fraction of our blood called hemoglobin, is the same molecule that structures the blood of plants, chlorophyll. We really are all one.

The energy the sun puts out, supports the biochemistry that is the foundation of the biological systems that are all of the life her on earth. Hence, biophysics. The energy of sunlight, as photons, the heat photons produce, and electromagnetic gravity we are subject to, controls every bit of energy metabolism and reproduction, on the molecular level here on the earth. The light, no matter what form it takes, a particle of wave, sparks massive cascading biochemical reactions, globally in all life, except at night, when all things rest from the light.

The big problem with canceling the night and winter is one of duality, yin and yang, up and down, here and there, left and right. Day needs night to exist. The first half of any equation rests in  the existence of the other half. In the universe, symmetry is all there is. Summer or winter, spring or fall, light or dark, black or white, hot or cold, man or woman, dead or alive, all have each other to thank for their existence. Cutting edge quantum physicists believe the universe is constructed out of energy in patterns that conform to an 'order of symmetry'. Come to think of it, it does make sense. 

All life as we know it rests on principles of biology that rest on the principles of biochemistry. In any biochemical reaction, the way molecules bond to other molecules or the way cells display polarity inside and outside all chemical reactions abide by rules of electrical attraction. The bonding and polarized reactions that are the hallmark of biochemistry are defined by the principles of the physics that they employ.

All that we are pointing out in our theories of energy metabolism is that in this hierarchy the sun is the generator of all basic energy and life. The sun is the principal controller of all life simply because of the structure of matter. Now, there are two main branches of physics, Newtonian and Quantum. Newtonian physics is concerned with mechanics, the falling apple always hits Newton on the head, and if you close your fist and punch something, there's an equation to measure the force of the thrust.

Quantum physics is more likely to explain Qi and telepathy. The theoretical difference between the mechanical predictions of Newtonian physics and the predictions in quantum mechanics is that the same experimental conditions can lead to a variety of very different final outcome in a quantum world, but never in a Newtonian world. Anyone who study physics will realize that. 

In string theory, all life emanates from the same fundamental structure, an extended string. Well, since we are part and parcel, down to our bones, just a small piece of this universe, which exists within a framework of laws like chaos and symmetry, our physiology and spirits must abide by them, too. This duality or symmetry exists for us as balance.

Harmonically, we are part of a larger song. The tune we sing is written by the natural rhythms in our environment. The only way to stay in the game or remain or remain stable is to be able to roll with the punches. All of the systems now in place to perform the constant compensatory actions necessary to survive were developed by adaptive 'intelligence' in response to environmental pressures over millennia. Living and staying alive is like standing on a board on a log. In this case, if you lose your balance, it's a long fall. And guess what? There are no survivors at the bottom.

Our viability as a life form means that our responsiveness to the seasons in terms of food supply and reproduction are really all there is on regard to ending up on top. That's why our genes have 'on and off' switches, controlled by hormones, that respond to environmental cues. We are finely tuned to survive by responding event to event, because the only sure thing in nature is changing circumstances. Life is a dance, sort of. We listen to the music and sway. 

The vibrations from the environment are picked up by the hormonal interface that we call the endocrine system.  This endocrine system is acting as 'software' that runs an organic computer we call the body or brain. the amount of light and gravity you are exposed to is the program that runs the software. Through the auspices of this hormonal software program, which throws switches on genes that control the machine nanosecond by nanosecond, you balance on the board on the log. 

This whole human sub machine is an integrated part of the larger machine of the environment or biosphere. Every living thing is an interactive machine or biocomputer programmed for adaptive intelligence. That means, the definition of life is the ability to learn and change in response to experience. The experience-based decision system allows each life form to change in response to every other life form, because hormones control your behavior and your genes. 

The elements in the environment control the hormonal processes in your body that program your brain to control your behavior and actions. So, a brain without a body is mindless, but a body without an environment is brainless. The fluctuating fat base on that body is really an immune response that protects and makes you viable in all seasons. Your behavior with regard to food cravings and appetite is simply an immune response too.