One could find in it a certain negative connotation, a waste of time ... nothing is further from reality.
According to Dr. Marcus Raichle, it is in these moments when the "Default Mode Network" get activated. Its activity begins in the prefrontal cortex, and if it is observed through an MRI, it is perceived as the fluctuation of a wave that moves largely when the brain is resting.
It is at that precise instants when the brightest ideas are produced by our mind, submerged in the subconscious, suddenly come afloat. When the "gold nuggets" emerge from the depths of our psyche.
In relation to this fact, the recent research Blue Mind is a remarkable example. Carried out by the marine biologist Wallace J Nichols, the study reflects on the different ways in which water bodies affect us positively. Discovering amazing phenomena such as alterations in the wave patterns of the brain, which reaches states of meditation and deep relaxation through the sounds of water.
On the other hand, studying the traditions of the seven contemporary independent religions, one could find that in their rituals there is an element common to all: again water!
This element is linked in one way or another with spiritual purification. Their presence in these, interpreted under the respective dogmas, determines a certain architectural materialization of the space conceived for use in each of the religions.
Thus, the definition of the secular chapel is constructed through a process of transformation: the demystification of water and its use as a conductive fluid of knowledge. There is thus the transition from spiritual purification to rational purification, seeking to propitiate the moment of self-absorption, the “Default network”, seeking the way to Babia.
A trip to Babia · Plaza de las Glorias [Barcelona, Spain] · 2016
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