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The pulsing rriay be organised by PUEEKS leg. iralhe
lrghisl, and resulrs in wuvss, or nmlrfmnls, or
paneeles on Find seheduies siren puisers lrigure uzi
are loeared in our bodies as ehemieal or
physio—(hemlcal spirals in sheers or sells ihar swirl in
sequzme ro ereaie a pulsrng rnoyerneni in our heari,
orgam, and viscera nilsers ran srari, run lore piesei
um, and srop TI“: is how we grow, and why we
evenurally die All nummals have an slloried number
in hnarrbears in relaiiori ro iherrbody size, and when
ihese run oul, we die m lriend also rheonses nhar we
have a sei auora 0! words. and when rhey are said, we
diei
FIEURE HZ
PULSENS
Purging. hm mun wirrireer 'dnptd chimera rriry rare iheioim ol
spirals revoinnyavviiia locus n ms nu uhiiiml vi mm hire a
law nrlssull who our Pillar-v is regular in lhrse ehernissl minis.
as in Mme]! or NW phenom:
rulsers plus pairerns aeeounr ror shapes They
deiersnine ihar a me will smp ai being a roe, and mu
grow mm a monslrous appendage or flay as a midgei
roe, Thus, all living evenis earry rheir eharaoisrishe
rinse—shape memories, and (I! would appear; so do
rivers, yoleanoes, and rhe sun irsell The sun "pulses“
Every n years or so, alreering our omne and olimaiie
reelors sueh as r * lail. Our own pulses have
eharaeierisiie or normal resiing rnres, as do our
pensraliie or yiseeral movemenrs
rulsers nor in eoneerr io ereaie pensialrie or hears
eaniiseiions. bu| ii rhey ge| rhe wrong signals, ean
move our oi phase and send rhe organ inro seizure.
This spasm may eause damage or dearh (a hears
arraekr The pulses dnve fluids or pariieles ihrough
vessels or arierres in eiries and in bodies, and these
men braneh io seevespeeilieeellsprgsns, or regions
rigure an is a quiie enrraordrnary spiral pattern
whreh arises (mm rhe pulsing reaeiions ol organie
aeids seeded wiin ionie lirun, eeriurnr esialysls The
pulses aieq regular, -ai uiiervnls olahoui a manure,
bui ihese may vary up re s minules in living sysrerns
sueh as nerve rissue and a single layer al a social
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amoeba“ (winlreo, lm, "Chemxnl cloels, A clue io
Blolng eul Rhylhm" New Serenrrsr, 5 0n 78L The
sysrein is one ol spirals roiaimg aboui a prvos pomr
winch is noi a souree bur an invariable lonls around
whieh a spiral wave is generared lr is sequences 0!
sueh phenomena ihsi ereare a perisialire sysiem
spirals ol ihrs nanire (1n revolve in rwo senses. eirher
organising rrulei-ial io ihe pivoi, or (revolving in she
opposrie sense: dispersing rnaredal no she periphery We
ean envisage eounrererorarmg sprrals dcmg boih as
rhey do in rhe eireuiaiion oi rhe armosphere as high or
low pressure rells
The phenomena is shared by nerve, hears, and brain
iissne; organir and inorganic oxxdaliun nn rwo.
dirnensronal rurlaees, and in ihin iissue subieer io
exerrlng sumuii, Venii-ieular ribnlarion la poreniially
laral quivering olrhe hum rnaydei-ive lvvm rhe spasm
elled dm-nbmed over hean or nerve rrssue, causing an
-inelleeiual rhurmng lWinlree. rlndr li may also
aeeouni lor involunrary spasru in musele Spasrris ean
damage rhe eells a! blood vessels, and rause a
build—up ol sear nssue or eholesierol sr ihe myury sue,
or in musele fissuFan area ol rurol wasre pmdum
The slxlal arnoeha Dittyosldmm uses rhe pariern re
more rewards ihe pivoi poinr where my oonsiruei a
multiwguulal organism whieh ihen crawls away in
eomplele rhe lire cycle' lWinlree, lbidJ. a process
resembling rhe precursor ol hormonal eonrrol in ihe
nervous rysiem. Some such proeess may assemble
more complex rnulri—speeies organisms like ourselves
The ryeling spirals ean be round in biologieal eloelo,
sueh as ihose which govern rhe 2e—hoor merabalism o1
llowers and InnHlles, srrrnulaied by oeygen or lighi
pulses
Wiihin a sptdilc organism, speeirie pulsers errsr, uie
244m" rhyihin (CARCADMN) ol birds is sonrrolled
by ihe al gland mew seieriiisi, II on w whieh
seereies a regular nosrurnal pulse or rhe hormone
MELAmNm «he changing levels ol rnelaronrn rrrgger
ihe annual eyeles oi breeding and neskbnildxng in
birdsr. Visual pereeprlori o! lighi ehanger and day
lengrhs regulare rhe produerson oi meiaronrn in rhe
pineal gland. Even small pieses or ihe gland in
rsolarion will respond lo iighi, and an be disrsipied by
flashes n! lighi (as rn lighlmng) ai mghi Thus, we see
ihai nai only expansion, bur DISCHARGE
PHENOMENA rush as lrghuiing «or sudden shock in
peopler disrsipl or fliggu iniirarory reunion: in lile
rhyihrna, and iniroduoe irregularrries in eyeles or
pulsers. rusi as expansion or shack rnrrodsrees
irregulariry in Vixrd (oi-ins, The quesrion arises as so
whesher ihedisrurbanre produeed by shock or sudden
srimulus is iespo ale lorespansions,eyelie ehanges,
or shape delonrurions on a more general seale
Speeies and rndividual organisms need horh
SHAPERS (DNA? and mm ibiologiosl rltxks) io
aeriieve a spediie size and shape. The two musr work
synchmnaunly io aehieye rhe eorreer pmporiions oi
para sueh as lingers and (ms, biri boih are ei-iural ro
ihe organism.