Shadow People

[Nugget]

A great deal gets programmed into the subconscious as a child. There are some theories that as babies start developing, they selectively work on the neural pathways that offer feedback to the five senses rather than any 6th sense. It's a survival thing, but aversion to the topic is also socially enforced in most Western cultures if you retain it long enough to express the experience to others. At some point in early development dreams are probably indistinguishable from the rest of reality because there is no frame of reference. That could mean we're all little shamans when we pop out of the womb, neither dreaming nor awake.

Our ancestors relied on all of the senses we have now, that were more highly developed. 'If you don't use it you'll lose it' comes to mind.

I read once (long before the internet) we have all of the olafactory aparatus that would allow us to smell as well as a wolf does but most have become inactive due to not being used. Same with cones in our vision and hearing; unsed they atrophied. I don't know if any of that's true or not, I just found it something interesting to consider.

I do know it's been scientificly proven babies are born relying on senses that they lose growing up in a secure environment onece they become moblie.They know their mothers' voice and smell from the moment they're born and can sense the emotions of others. Babies always cry when someone like 'Aunt Gurty' holds them-and 'Aunt Gurty' never met a baby she liked.

It's been my observation that often when an infant isn't raised in a secure, lvoving environment the reliance on their emotional sense often becomes hieghtened, as does their ability to 'read the room' via facial expressions, body language, etc. I think these are the children that are most likely to grow into adults who embrace the paranormal aspect of the world we live in.

I find myself wondering if newborn's live in two worlds the first tow or three months of likfe. You'll often see them intently watching something only they can see, often with smiles, laughter and excitement. All my life infants have looke at something above the top of my head that only they can see. They 'coo', wave their arms and kick their feet with the biggest smiles on their face. I've no idea what they see, but it's started many a conversation with total strangers when out in public. 

One of my favorite off the wall theories to consider is how we possibly have some sort of 'firewall' in our brains, for lack of a better term. Our brains-our entire physology so closely mirrors some sort of super computer, imagine what would happen if all 'programs' could be accessed? 
A PC has basic programs running silently behind the scenes to keep things flowing smoothly. If they weren't seperated into layers I don't think things would work smoothly. If one program were to get crossed with another you could end up with information overload and a big crash.

Maybe we're not capable of integrating all the secrets of life in our brains-until we connect with a maiframe we've yet to discover.

Or maybe my imagination is just glitching again....