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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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October 30, 1993
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Everyday Trance
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From the May 26 BRAIN/MIND BULLETIN:
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According to Ernest Rossi, a Los Angeles psychologist, most of us
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are unaware that periodically throughout the day, we enter natural
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trances. The apparent continuity that exists in everyday awareness,
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Rossi explains, is a "precarious illusion" based on conversation,
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task orientation and the like.
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But still, the mind wanders, and memories flow easily. Some people
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catch fleeting glimpses of "the big picture," while others become so
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entranced that they neither see nor hear. Others may feel
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uncomfortable and try to suppress what Rossi calls "personal truths
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that come unbidden during these naturally unguarded periods."
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The Basic Rest and Activity Cycle, which is at the root of these
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trance states, is an ultradian rhythm -- a shift that occurs about
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every 90 minutes. Researchers have reported a left-to-right
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hemisphere shift as breathing changes from the right nasal passage
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to the left. The crossover period lasts roughly 10 minutes.
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Among the visual cues that accompany the shifts are relaxation,
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reduced blinking, pupil dilation, reddening of the eyes, respiratory
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slowdown, and sweating.
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Rossi reports on everyday trances in a new volume on current
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research and theory entitled HANDBOOK OF STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS,
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edited by Benjamin Wolman and Montague Ullman (Van Nostrand).
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