SCIENCE IS JUST BEGINNING TO UNRAVEL ITS MYSTERIES, BUT SINCE ANTIQUITY, THIS GLAND HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SPIRITUALITY AND THE PROCESS OF HUMAN ILLUMINATION AND EVOLUTION. BY CAMILLE DE OLIVEIRA
"ACCORDING TO SCIENCE, THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE PINEAL GLAND ARE ITS ROLE IN IMPROVING CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, WHICH ARE THE VITAL CYCLES (MAINLY SLEEP), AND IN CONTROLLING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES."
Moments of great transformations and changes that humanity is experiencing are believed by many to be associated with a spiritual evolution. An evolution of consciousness also supported by geological and biological changes, the study of the pineal gland seems to gain strength and importance from both a materialistic scientific perspective and a spiritualist perspective, as well as for those who seek to unite science and spirituality in a more holistic view.
It is not by chance that this illustrious unknown was considered by the philosopher René Descartes as "the place in the body where the soul is most intensely fixed." According to science, the main functions of the gland are its role in improving circadian rhythms, which are the vital cycles (mainly sleep), and in controlling sexual and reproductive activities. Some observations of its basic structure lead to the belief that the pineal gland is a kind of undeveloped eye, a "third eye" that evolved its function from a photoreceptive organ to a neuroendocrine organ.
The sensitivity of the pineal gland to electromagnetic radiation seems to be the mechanism behind the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle, as it reacts to the presence of sunlight by inhibiting the production of the hormone melatonin. Some researchers, such as Dr. Sérgio Felipe de Oliveira, a physician and researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of São Paulo, believe that this sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation makes the pineal gland a kind of mediator between the personal world (physical reality) and more subtle spectrums of reality, the spiritual realms, or the world of the soul.
Through technologies such as tomography, the presence of calcification in the pineal gland has been observed, leading to the hypothesis that there has been an involution of the gland. However, Dr. Sérgio suggests that the crystalline formations in the pineal gland are actually apatite crystals that are related to the reception of electromagnetic waves, functioning as true antennas, reinforcing the suggestion that the pineal gland has a very important role in relation to other more subtle dimensions.
The possibility of stimulating and activating the potentials of the pineal gland opens up fascinating possibilities and perspectives. The very idea that we, humans, are capable of activating and expanding our consciousness manifests through our actions, choices, and experimentation. We are now in an era of discoveries that expand the horizons of human understanding.
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