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Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:19:25 +0000

[...] fascinate me, and not only the ones that mediate sexual attraction. Several months ago I wrote a post about a study that suggests that airborne chemical signals also mediate stress and fear. Known as [...]

By: jenapincott

jenapincott — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:00:38 +0000

Beautifully said — I agree, and I think we’re only at the cusp of figuring out all our unconscious emotional feedback mechanisms…Maybe in 100 years we’ll be closer and more emotionally attuned. Well, it’s a nice thought.

By: ginger

ginger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:50:44 +0000

I am pretty sure that – despite the fact we think we know everything – we actually know very little about what is really happening around us. We come up with new explanations and new findings all the time, but in the end all we do is to try and explain the world to ourselves, instinctively knowing that -so far- we only scratched the surface of our recollection of existence. I am a writer too, and like you am very sensitive and receptive to my emotional environment, also to the same extent as you described. As ‘trust giving’ as this nature is to my friends, it can be a real burden when working amongst crowds of people, all residing in their different states of mind (ie. a University). To me the worst ’soul interference’ is dealing with those who try to (or need to) pretend they feel good, even so they don’t. I can see and feel their discomfort, but still I cannot act upon it, cannot be straightforward with them, and that ‘thought bending’ takes up huge amounts of my energy. So yes I 100% believe that our senses pick up stuff from which our minds are still light years away of being able to explain. We unconsciously pick up and our bodies react, and we hardly get the chance and/or take the time to reflect or even become aware of the occurrence. I often think that a 100 years from now the folks will look back and consider us barbaric and ruthless, because today we so much do not care about what one day will be of the utmost essence.

By: Ducker

Ducker — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:57:59 +0000

Back when I was a kid someone told me that you dont show fear to dogs because they can smell it and therefore bite you in the butt…..

Now im thinking that its the fear sweat….totally makes sense to me, so therefore the dog attacks on the basis that it feels threatened by me…just like when you walk inside a penitentiary or something creepy you feel the mood is dangerous

By: sospokesaroj

sospokesaroj — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:06:37 +0000

In the case of sex pheromones, it’s curious to note that the level of response depends MHC (major histocompatibility complex) similarity. The more similar it is to a woman’s own MHC, the less likely a woman is to be “turned on” so to speak, because it unconsciously reminds her too much of herself or her own family members. At the same time, if it’s too different, that is also a bit of a turn off. So it’s about finding the perfect balance, most of the time.

Fear pheromones are interesting…probably explains the whole theory that animals can “smell fear.”

By: Phillip

Phillip — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:34:59 +0000

Vibes.. This is a question I’ve had for a long time, I understand that humans and many other species put off pheromones that our subconscious mind detects, but what about “vibes” or levels in the ray scale that most humans can’t see with their “normal” conscious? The reason I ask is because in my specific body make-up, I have a very dominant right hemisphere. My mom does also, I’m a freelance artist and she is a photographer. Anyway, under the influence of somewhat large mushroom trips before I’ve seen auras I guess you could call them, depending on the persons mood I saw a different sorrounding, similar to the way you can see rythms while on LSD, but I honestly feel that I saw/felt the way people were thinking (no telekenisis mumbo-jumbo), as in thoughts and moods. I’m fully open to the fact that this may have been 100% in my head, but also open to it being something else, I’d like to hear any experiences you may have.

Good vibes and Godspeed