Thank you, your passion and interest in discovery is deeply felt by me.
I start from some assumptions.
- We are human animals.
- We are herd animals.
- We are more than what we’ve historically considered “animalistic.”
When you hear me talk about the primitive brain, it’s I hope in a way that honors that there is a core intelligence in us that is more primal and survival oriented than other parts. And that we’ve evolved into a partnership with parts of us so that our cognitive brain is getting more and more influence (but not necessarily CONTROL) over how we react to situations… and with training and development, we can grow into being remarkably calm and confident.
So viewed as One Human Being, there is SO MUCH empowerment in what you describe. We are not hapless. We’re not lizards. We have options that our primate cousins don’t possess.
We want to fully embrace the empowerment possible in developing real emotional skills – meaning, an energy is present within AND without, and we feel we can respond in a way that feels… free. Like ourselves. Human and humane, and more.
Here’s what seems to me observable, too. If we take a buddhist monk who has camaraderie and connection through shared community and practices, and that community turns on them – with ostracism, contempt, anger, resentment – what happens inside their emotional body?
My guess is that most even highly trained meditators would be activated by that treatment.
You remind me of how much I really do not like the term triggered even though it is oft-used in this context. The term activated for me says that the emotional ecosystem I’m connected with can and does influence me… in ways that are not necessarily easy/possible (?) to filter out.
For me that is why the me-space work we do to hone our emotional skills is absolutely fruitful! The more I personally do to tend to being more responsive than reactive, the fewer situations activate me in a primitive brain way.
For me it is also crucial to acknowledge that certain we-spaces make things more easeful. Yes, I can meditate in a crowded airport. Yes, I find it a lot easier with sound isolation or in nature… unless there are flies and mosquitos, in which case I prefer an airport. 
Sensitives like myself seem to have sensors that are, well, more sensitive! Just like there are microphones that pick up more signal as well as background noise, so too the sensors throughout my whole body and extended energy field pick up vibrations and process them, amplify and filter and try to make sense of them.
To me there is a realness to the ways we humans are connected that even defies “space-time.” I’ve had enough real-world examples of this, especially with loves ones, where I can know and feel in my body – and be influenced by that.
It will be fascinating to explore how non-localized our emotional / energetic bodies are as we develop technologies that make that more reveal-able. Until then, I do believe that when one suffers, there is an influencing energy that radiates. When one wants to attack, defend, hide, run, or die… it’s not just “in the air” (although I believe it is), my assertion is that it is felt.
Felt sense. Felt sense activates feelings. Some feelings are, for some people at some moments… too much (?). Oh heck, I’ll just say triggering.
YES! We’re co-creating. We’re not in-animate. We have agency, even if impaired by trauma or lack of development or system overwhelm.
), this makes it clear that if it is important, then the information can come to me as an apple without the shit. Perhaps one with Heart.
