is cut-off from the Muse/Eros itself or is operating at a mere fraction of its potential.
Coupled with that when the stress hormones cause damage to the prefrontal lobes
it means even less communication with the limbic-emotional brain and motor
coordination—this interferes with the transfer/translation of the artistic impulse
and with the dexterity and ability to execute the art itself. Thus the perpetually
stressed brain is not Integral it’s “divided” and the only art that can come from this
is copied material, symbol juggling, realist, and prefrontal cleverness dressed up as
“cool.” It is not real art in terms of being relevant to cultural progress...but it is a
sign of the deprived state of our contemporary cerebral condition.
Kundalini with its amplified metabolism and nerve activity, and increased
oxidation, will tend to down-regulate neural and hormonal receptors and rewire
the nervous system. However even if we are in the between-slump, when the
hyper-functioning has backed off, but our receptors have not yet regrown, we
cannot really consider kundalini as being “brain damaging.” We must see all phases
of metamorphosis as necessary allostatic changes in the transformation of our
organism and the human collective. The atrophying effects on synapses, dendrites
and receptors of prolonged perpetual stress chemistry on the body, coupled with
excessive perpetual endorphin production is probably why we tend to loose our
psychic powers that were so very vivid and pronounced during the peak. Fasting
may be one of the main methods for us to recover our higher capacities. Since
the senses go dead in anhedonia it makes sense that we can help cut through
this condition through applied sensory deprivation and sensory maximization
methods.
Undoing Depression by Richard O’Connor (1999) and Undoing Perpetual Stress:
The Missing Connection Between Depression, Anxiety and 21st Century Illness
(2005). http://www.undoingdepression.com
Robert Sapolsky’s book Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition (2004). is I
think the best book to understand the subject of stress-damage.
For receptor recovery see Ward Dean’s articles Neuroendocrine Theory of Aging
Chapter 7: Restoring Receptor Sensitivity Parts 1-V at http://vrp.com
Also for receptor recovery see Neuroendocrine Theory of Aging in this book, and
Choline, Hyperzine in the Supplements List for dendrite regrowth. And Receptor
Recovery plus Nerve Regrowth in the Exhaustion Phase BOK-2.