Some people in Kinesiology claim you can measure the "truth" of a statement
by measuring the strength of your muscles when hearing it. No surprise
there's a lot of controversy about this. This is a discussion about what
manner of "true" might be the case.

I'm interested in finding out which permutation develops energy as not just
a solution to depression, but perhaps achieving higher levels of
"vibration" or inner freedom than recognized as normal.

I was meditating in Self-Enquiry recently, observing how various thoughts
trigger various changes in the flow of energy within my body, and noticing
how much of my thinking "sucks" or "denies" energy from my voluntary
muscles (I wonder if that's how the term "suck" came to be). One can see
how this connects to *behavioral shutdown*, depression, and low self-esteem.

Clearly the body will support some thoughts and actions and not others, and
I believe this has everything to do with the most interesting stories and
examples of human nature:
*how revenge is a bad idea,
*why some say those who *believe *the most will always win,
*how finding God and repentance provides new life,
*how talking to God or your self/subconscious/body in prayer causes subtle
feelings of change that could emerge later into radically different
behaviors.

I'm reminded to really check my intentions. I currently think that the
energy behind a simple intention, say to win a game of poker, can be
refracted into many other intentions based on how the poker game is played,
and very little is premeditated. A person can set out to play the game,
hoping to win, but in a manner that necessarily translates into other
intentions and emotions like anger, humiliation, etc.

Joe Rogan talked about how terrible it is to lose a big fight. Why MUST
that be the case? Is it not possible to invest just as much energy into
winning, without caring if you lose, in order to live wisely?

And if I try to live that way, peers will often presume and impose such
frames upon you, requiring some will of mind to resist the "curses".

Another question is: *can the body be wrong? Can emotions be wrong? * Can
trauma cause someone to feel shame for having thoughts that go against
abusers, or later, against genuine lies, that another might feel elated and
victorious as solutions to their problems? The former type of person should
be enraged at their peers for allowing them to be so duped! How is that
made right?

Life imposes all sorts of conflicts where people have to decide if they are
more deserving than another, and I don't think the answer is to put others
before yourself every time with anyone. But is it to love yourself before
all else?
Napolean once said, "I love nobody" and seems not to have been depressed
much at all.

Anyway, the body/subconscious clearly decide what you actually believe, and
while you can negotiate with them, they may require a certain logical
coherence - maybe a kind of logic yet to be written.

I'd like to see the experiments on epistemic kinesiology (if that's even
been coined). it fits with *behavioral investment theory BIT,* and the
concept of *body budget, and withdrawal. *

I look forward to connecting the dots further.


-- 
-Jamie

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