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The Source of All Things

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by Reinhard Friedl

Alexander, Eben (Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife)

  American Heart Association

  amygdala

  anesthetic

  anesthetist

  Anahata (Sanskrit)

  angina pectoris

  antibiotic treatment

  anticoagulants

  antidepressants

  antiseptic

  aorta

  aorta descendens (descending aorta)

  aortic arch

  aortic clamp

  aortic valve

  aphrodisiacs

  apoplexy

  Aristotle

  arrhythmia

  arteria subclavia (subclavian artery)

  arteries see also brain arteries; coronary arteries; lung arteries

  arteriosclerosis

  artery calcification (plaque)

  artificial heart see also heart transplants; “total artificial heart”; ventricular assist device (VAD)

  artificial heart valve

  artificial intelligence

  artificial respiration

  assistant doctor

  atherosclerosis

  atrial auricles (“heart ears”)

  atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)

  atrium see also sinoatrial node; sinus node right atrium

  Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade)

  auscultation

  automated external defibrillator (AED)

  autonomic nervous system

  autonomous information processing

  autonomous stimulation

  autopsy table

  Aztecs of Central America

  baby (newborn)

  an emergency birth

  and heart surgery

  “kangaroo care” (skin-to-skin)

  premature birth

  synchronous heartbeat with mother

  baby (unborn)

  and the brain

  synchronous heartbeat with mother

  beta blockers

  Big Bang

  biochemical processes

  biocodes

  biological perception function (sensor system)

  biological systems (oscillating)

  biological systems (swinging)

  biological systems (trembling)

  biomagnetic fields

  biophysics

  blood see also oxygen; plasma; platelets

  blood cells

  blood circulation

  blood flow

  blood flow disturbance

  blood lipids

  blood pressure see also high blood pressure; systolic blood pressure

  blood vessel system

  blood vessels

  blood-brain barrier

  blood-thinning medication

  body

  artificial parts

  energy requirements

  and genes

  and neutrinos (electron, muon, tau)

  our awareness of

  and sensations

  sensor system

  and the spirit

  and temperature

  body cells

  body language

  body temperature

  body-oriented therapy

  Bojowald, Martin (German physicist)

  bowel

  brain

  autonomous information processing

  autonomous stimulation

  biocodes

  biocomputer

  brain rhythm disturbances

  brainwaves

  coherence (heart brain balance)

  computed tomography (CT) scans

  electric shock treatment

  “head brain”

  “head person”

  and the heart

  impulse conduction system

  insular cortex

  and mirror neurons

  and neuroplasticity

  pulse

  synapses

  transcranial magnetic stimulation

  the weight of

  brain arteries

  brain cells

  brain cortex

  brain death

  brain electrochemistry

  brain fluid

  brain hemorrhage

  brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)

  brain stem

  brain stroke

  breathing

  broken heart syndrome (“takotsubo syndrome”)

  Buddhism

  bulimia

  calcium deposits see also arteriosclerosis; artery calcification (plaque)

  carbon

  carbon dioxide

  cardiac arrest

  cardiac death

  cardiac insufficiency

  cardiac neurosis

  cardiac psychology

  cardiac tamponade

  cardio technicians

  cardio-cognitive experience (“heart consciousness”)

  cardiogenic shock (heart shock)

  cardiologists

  cardiophobia attacks

  cardioplegia

  cardiovascular arrest

  cardiovascular disease

  cardiovascular navigation systems

  cardiovascular system

  catheter ablation

  cattle tissue

  cells see also blood cells; body cells; brain cells; muscle cells; nerve cells; stem cells

  central nervous system

  cerebral circulation

  cerebral cortex

  cerebral fluid

  cerebral hemorrhage

  cerebral hemispheres

  cerebrum

  Chargaff, Erwin (biochemist)

  chest

  chest pain

  Chinese medicine

  cholesterol

  circulation see also blood circulation; cerebral circulation

  circulatory system

  coherence (heart–brain balance)

  compassion

  computed tomography (CT) scans

  consciousness

  and the brain

  development of

  and electrical stimulation

  and the heart

  “heart consciousness” (cardio-cognitive experience)

  and neurocentralism

  and the thalamus

  the topography of

  Consciousness Beyond Life (Pim van Lommel)

  constrictive pericarditis (“armored heart”)

  Copernicus, Nicolaus

  coronary arteries

  coronary heart disease

  coronary vessels

  craniosacral therapist

  C-tactile afferents

  da Vinci, Leonardo

  de Waal, Frans (primatologist)

  death see also brain death; cardiac death; livor mortis; “love death”; near-death experience; rigor mortis

  dementia

  depression

  Descartes, René

  diabetes

  diazepam

  disinfectant

  DNA (genetic material)

  dopamine (happiness hormone)

  Doty, James R. (American neurosurgeon)

  ductus arteriosus (ductus Botalli)

  Dürr, Hans-Peter (quantum physicist)

  Earth, the

  Earth magnetic field

  echocardiography

  Eddington, Sir Arthur (astrophysicist)

  Einstein, Albert see also theory of relativity

  electrocardiogram (ECG)

  electroencephalography (EEG)

  electromagnetic fields

  electromagnetic waves

  electrophysiological processes

  eleven-dimensional entity

  embodiment see also Thomas Fuchs (psychiatrist)

  emergency coordination center

  emotions

  endogenic opiates

  endothelium

  epigenetics

  epilepsy (convulsive fits)

  erectile dysfunction

  extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

  fibrillation

  atrial

  ventricu
lar

  fluoroscopic imaging

  Fuchs, Thomas (psychiatrist)

  Galen (Roman physician)

  general physician

  German Heart Center, Berlin

  German Organ Transplantation Foundation

  Gershon, Michael D. (American neuroscientist)

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (writer)

  gut nervous system

  gyrus (left-dorsolateral-middle frontal)

  gyrus (right supramarginal)

  Hameroff, Stuart (Canadian biologist and anesthetist)

  Harvard Medical School

  Harvard University

  Harvey, William (English doctor and scientist)

  Hawking, Stephen

  headache

  heart see also compassion; emotions; wisdom

  autonomous information processing

  autonomous stimulation

  biocodes

  and the brain

  clock of life

  coherence (heart brain balance)

  first organ to develop

  a flexible heart

  “heart person”

  heart rhythm disturbances

  the impulse conduction system

  its memory

  muscular and neuronal remodeling of

  pulse

  pump

  secrets of

  source of life

  string theory for heart cells

  voice of

  weight of

  heart attack

  heart bypass operation

  heart chambers see also atrium; heart valves; ventricle

  “heart consciousness” (cardio-cognitive experience)

  heart contractions

  “heart information”

  heart muscle cells

  heart muscles

  heart procedures see also catheter ablation; fluoroscopic imaging

  heart qualities

  heart radar

  heart rate

  heart rate monitor

  heart rate variability

  heart researchers

  heart sac (pericardium)

  heart septums

  heart surgeon

  challenges

  emergency doctor

  and national quality assurance statistics

  and patients

  preparation for surgery

  role

  ship’s doctor

  and the whole heart

  heart surgery see also artificial heart; heart procedures; heart transplants; heart valve operation

  aortic clamp

  blood cooling

  blood warming

  cannulas

  electric shock

  heart defibrillator

  heart fibrillating

  heart shock (cardiogenic shock)

  heart-lung machine

  herniated heart

  intracardiac catheters

  operating room

  and pacemaker cables

  pneumatic surgical saw

  prosthetic tube

  respirator

  scalpel

  shutting down the heart

  sternal retractor

  suction drain

  Type A dissection

  heart transplants see also artificial heart

  heart valve inflammation

  heart valve operation

  heart valves see also aortic valve; artificial heart valve; mitral valve; organic heart valve; tricuspid valve; valvula thebesii; valvula venae cavae inferioris

  heartbeat

  conscious perception of

  irregularity

  regularity

  synchronicity between adults

  synchronicity of newborn baby and mother

  synchronicity of unborn baby and mother

  heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEPs)

  heart-lung machine

  HeartMath biofeedback device

  HeartMath Institute California

  heartprint

  heparin

  Herz, Andreas (Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience)

  Higgs boson (the “God particle”)

  Higgs, Peter (British physicist)

  high blood pressure

  Hinduism

  homeopathy

  Homo deus (the divine human)

  Homo sapiens

  hormones

  human beings, artificial creation

  human beings, creation

  Human Brain Project

  Huygens, Christiaan (Dutch naturalist)

  hydranencephaly

  immune system

  infarction

  inner sensors

  intensive care unit

  intracardiac catheters

  “kangaroo care” (skin-to-skin)

  Kornfield, Jack (The Wise Heart)

  Large Hadron Collider (CERN)

  Laws, Edward R. (Harvard neurosurgeon)

  left ventricular assist device (LVAD) see also ventricular assist device (VAD)

  ligamentum arteriosum

  liver

  livor mortis

  love

  “love death”

  lung arteries

  lung (pulmonary) veins

  lungs

  magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

  Maria-Hilf chapel

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  mathematicians

  meditation

  Merker, Björn (neuroscientist)

  metabolic processes

  Michelangelo (David sculpture)

  mind, the

  mirror neurons

  mitral valve

  Mlodinow, Leonard

  motion control (motor function)

  multiverse theory (M-theory) see also the universe

  muscle cells

  muscular and neuronal remodeling

  myocarditis

  near-death experience

  neocortex

  nerve cells see also mirror neurons

  nerve signals

  nerve tracts

  nervous system see also autonomic nervous system; central nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system; sympathetic nervous system

  nervus laryngeus recurrens (recurrent laryngeal nerve)

  nervus vagus (vagus nerve)

  neuro enhancers

  neurocardiology

  neurocentralism

  neurocognitive consciousness

  neurologists

  neurology

  neuronal and muscular remodeling

  neuroplasticity

  neuroscience

  neuroscientists

  neurosurgeon

  neurotransmitters

  neutrinos (electron, muon, tau)

  nitroglycerin

  Nitrolingual Pumpspray

  noradrenaline

  nurses (surgical)

  nutritionist

  obesity

  organ donation

  organ donor

  organic heart valve

  oxygen

  oxygen mask

  oxygen saturation monitor

  oxytocin (“love hormone”)

  pacemaker

  pain receptors

  parasympathetic nervous system

  Pascal, Blaise (French philosopher)

  pathologist

  Pauli, Wolfgang (quantum physicist)

  Penrose, Roger (quantum physicist)

  pericardial patch

  pericarditis

  pericardium (heart sac)

  peripheral vasoconstriction

  personality changes

  photosynthesis

  physical astronomy

  physics official theory

  pig tissue

  plasma

  platelets

  Plato

  Pöppel, Ernst (neurophysiologist)

  potassium

  pregnancy

  psyche (the)

  psychiatrists

  psychologists

  psychoneuroimmunology

  pulmonary circulation

  p
ulse waves

  quantum mechanics

  quantum physics

  quantum-mechanical processes

  reality

  reason

  rigor mortis

  Royal Society, London

  Rubin Museum of Art, New York

  Rumi (Persian poet and Sufi mystic)

  Ryan, Rob (British artist)

  Saint Augustine

  Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (The Little Prince)

  San Pedro Manrique firewalkers

  Schnitzler, Arthur

  Self, the

  Semmelweis, Ignaz (pioneer of hospital antiseptic)

  sensory organs

  sepsis

  serotonin

  sexual intercourse see also erectile dysfunction; vagus nerve (nervus vagus); Viagra

  sexual orgasm

  sinoatrial node

  sinus node right atrium

  sinus of Valsalva

  skin

  smoking

  sonography

  soul, the

  spirit, the

  spiritual traditions and movements

  stem cell research

  stem cell therapy

  stem cells

  stem cells (embryonic)

  sternal retractor

  sternum

  stress

  stress signals

  stress waves

  string theory

  stroke

  sympathetic nervous system

  systolic blood pressure

  “takotsubo syndrome” (broken heart syndrome)

  technology

  high-tech scans

  imaging technologies

  video images

  virtual reality

  Tesla (Neuralink)

  thalamus

  The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (Franz Werfel)

  The Grand Design (Hawking and Mlodinow)

  The Wise Heart (Jack Kornfield)

  theory of “loop quantum gravity”

  theory of relativity (Albert Einstein)

  three-dimensional space

  titanium

  tranquilizers

  transcranial magnetic stimulation

  transplant surgeons

  tricuspid valve

  ultrasound

  universe, the

  vagus nerve (nervus vagus)

  valvula thebesii

  valvula venae cavae inferioris

  van Lommel, Pim (Dutch heart specialist)

  vascular constriction

  vascular inflammation

  vascular obliteration

  veins see also lung (pulmonary) veins

  ventricle

  ventricular assist device (VAD) see also left ventricular assist device (LVAD)

  Viagra

  Virgin Mary (the Madonna)

  virtual reality

  von Bingen, Hildegard (abbess and naturalist)

  wahrnehmen (to perceive)

  Watzlawick, Paul (psychotherapist and scientist)

  Werfel, Franz (The Forty Days of Musa Dagh)

  whole body

  whole person

  wisdom

  Yusuf, Hamza (Islamic scholar)

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Dr. Reinhard Friedl is an eminent German surgeon who has held thousands of hearts in his hands. He has operated on premature babies and repaired the heart valves of the very old, implanted artificial heart turbines, and stitched up stabbing wounds to the heart. You can sign up for email updates here.

  Shirley Michaela Seul is a professional author.

 

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