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When we say that something comes from the heart, what do we really mean?
Usually, it has something to do with emotion, which is, in itself, a movement (out of oneself, inner motion).
When something comes from the heart, it does not come from the head. It is less thought, more action. Something direct, perhaps even from the soul.
“That’s what I feel like”.
But what do I feel like?
Suppose we want to transmit this feeling to as many different life forms as possible; what is the language and representation we’d use?
Human language is too specific. Sound requires ears. Visuals require eyes. Sculptures and objects require touch.
Among all the various methods of expression, vibration appears to be the most universal language.
Vibration can be transmitted through all the different modalities available for human perception. But it can also be transmitted to earth, air, water, wood, metal, and fire. It can also be transmitted through waves, radio waves, and frequencies. This implies that it has the ability to traverse vast distances, even beyond our planet.
What is the heart’s vibration?
A heart that is alive is beating. The beat in itself is a vibration. When a person is calm, their heart is beating at about 60 beats per minute. However, it’s not a steady rhythmical beat. There is variability between the beats — heart rate variability (HRV).
There is an emotion already hidden inside, and it can be transmitted.
The variability between the heartbeats is caused by the interplay of the parasympathetic (rest and recover) and sympathetic (fight or flight, alertness) nervous systems.
When we breathe in, the sympathetic nervous system is activated, so the distance between the heartbeats decreases (tension).
When we breathe out, the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, so the distance between the heartbeats increases (release).
This interplay between tension and release conveys an emotion.
Breath variability will be affected by the emotional state we’re in. And breath variability will, in turn, affect the heart rate variability.
For instance, in stressful situations, breathing tends to become faster and less variable, which will be reflected in the heart. HRV will decrease and exhibit clearly defined states with multiple average values, indicating that the body is strongly influenced by external factors and trends. Fear, exhaustion, effort, excitement, and thrill.
In calm, restful situations, breathing becomes slower and deeper. The body enters regenerative mode, so the HRV will become higher, and its variability pattern will have cyclical patterns and an average value. This means the body is focused on its internal state; it is relaxed, but it’s not so sensitive to the outside.
Then there is an intermediary state, where both HRV is high and its variability is irregular, fractal in its essence. Fractal variability in time simply means that while there’s no clearly defined average value throughout the observation, the pattern of change itself repeats itself across different scales. If we observe the heartbeat for a short period of time, they will have short deviations (e.g. slow, fast, slow, fast). If we observe it for longer, these deviations will resurface with a bigger amplitude (slow, slow, fast, fast, slow slow, fast, fast).
It’s almost like there is a certain logic that will be present both in the smallest perturbations and in the biggest mood swings.
Fractal variability of heartbeat indicates that the nervous system is listening both to the inside and outside. The body-system is sensitive across multiple scales. It can adapt to the smallest impulses and to the big impacts. Fractal HRV indicates a highly adaptive system that is at rest but alert at the same time. According to medical research, fractal variability has multiple health benefits.
Interestingly, many natural systems exhibit the same dynamics. This is because being self-similar across different time scales allows a living system to be responsive to both the smallest nuances and to the bigger environmental trends and adapt in the most efficient way possible. It is an evolutionary choice that makes sense because it ensures a living system’s survival.
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This rhythm, based on the healthy, adaptive heartbeat, also happens to be the rhythm of nature.
It sounds like raindrops, leaves rustled by wind, or swirling water. There is something really organic about it. It has a consistency that is full of nuance. It listens, but it also speaks.
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What if we transfer this back to the elements we are made of? Amplifying the feedback loop of natural adaptability, exploring emotional states that go beyond definitions and into the analogous organic realm that extends our understanding of lifeforms.
This biodiverse translatability offers compelling avenues for exploring interspecies empathy and environmental connection—an echo of shared living essence bridging vast communicative divides. In doing so, it elevates our understanding of ‘language’ from something purely anthropocentric to a broader realization that involves sensory perceptions unbound by specific biological configurations yet accessible through shared planetary elements like vibration itself.
