Understanding Cerebrospinal Fluid and Its Role in Meningitis

Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear, watery substance that runs along the surface of the spinal cord and coats the brain, cushioning it from impact.

Any diminishment in clarity of Cerebrospinal fluid means an infection or hemorrhage has occurred. Such an infection is called mengeinaintes : Swelling of meningitis lining that is in direct contact with the spinal fluid. In 4 of the 5 cases a virus causes this infection. Its only fatal in 1% of the cases.

In 1 of the 5 cases however it is caused by a bacteria. Bacteria, being more primitive than virus, can be a more dangerous foe. The bacteria that causes this is called E.Coli. It is about 3-4 Billions years old. The organism has no nucleus. 

E.Coli. are also highly promiscuous. They can trade genes with other bacterial species called bacterial conjugation that enables it to pick up new traits(like resistance to new antibiotics) when needed. We all have this bacteria in our GI tract but they become aggressive after acquiring DNA from others.

In case of bacterial meningitis, the bacteria attacks the outer layer of the brain or the cortex first. The cortex is responsible for memory, language, emotions, visual and auditory awareness.

The cerebrospinal fluid glucose level of a normal person is around 80 mg per deciliter.

There is not one universe but many. At the center of all of them is love. Evil is present in all the worlds, but in the tiniest trace amounts, Evil is necessary because with out it, because without free will was impossible, and without free will there is no growth, no forward movement. These higher dimensions cannot be understood by lower dimensional space.

Process information of higher dimension with limited physical body and brain. 

We have the ability to recover our connections with the idyllic realm. We just forget that we do, because during the brain based, physical portion of our existence, our brain blocks out or veils that larger cosmic background. As sunlight blocks stars during day time. We can only see what brain filters allow us to see. Especially the left part which is the linguistic logical part that generates our rationality and the feeling of being sharply defined ego or self – a barrier to our higher knowledge and experience.

Argument and Consciousness – It is nothing more than a very complex computer program. These arguments suggest that the 10 billion neurons firing constantly within our brain are capable of producing life of consciousness and memory.

The very fabric of alternate dimension is love and acceptance. Small particles of evil spread across the universe, but the sum total of all evil is a sand grain on the beach compared to goodness, abundance, hope and unconditional love.

Humans are built to adapt. Something goes wrong for long enough, and your brain learns to ignore it, and just treat it as normal.

THe process of memory takes an enormous brain power.

ICU Psychosis – Patients whose brains are coming online after being inactive for a long period.

Consciousness – It is so close to our home yet forever away from a grasp(mechanism of consciousness)

Reboot Phenomenon – A random dump of bizarre disjointed memories in the damaged neocortex, which might soccer on restarting the cortex into consciousness after prolonged system wide failure. 

Source : Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander

Goodreads : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15851746-proof-of-heaven

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