wisewords
A Conversation with
Gregg Braden
Author and Visionary Scientist
by linda sechrist
New York Times bestselling author gregg braden is a
measures about .10 Hz. We create this
renowned pioneer in bridging science and spirituality.
powerful state of consciousness through
he is the author of The God Code; The Divine Matrix; heart-based experiences, such as feel-
and Fractal Time (march 2009).
ings of gratitude, care and appreciation.
Additional discoveries have revealed
What have you learned from
our bodies, which is now documented as
that by creating these feelings within our
your recent explorations into the infl uencing the physical world beyond
heart, we bring ourselves into alignment
nature of reality?
our bodies. So when we change the
with the fi elds that sustain life on Earth.
way we feel about ourselves and our
Articles I see published in peer re-
world, we’re literally creating patterns of
What nugget can you share from
viewed journals document that life
magnetic and electrical energy that con-
your new book, Fractal Time:
on Earth is being infl uenced by cyclic
form to those patterns. In other words,
The Secret of 2012 and a New
events that are happening on a ga-
when we nurture the sacred relationship
World Age?
lactic scale. Recent discoveries, for
between our heart and the world we set
The key to understanding the changes
example, now show that Earth’s loca-
into motion a profound series of events
in our world is to recognize where
tion in the heavens has a direct effect
that can affect the larger world.
we are in the cycles, and what condi-
upon everything from climate and
tions they have offered in the past. The
global temperature to the rise and fall of
Why is this revolutionary?
French mathematician, Benoit Man-
civilizations—a cyclic journey that was
For 300 years, scientists believed that
delbrot, coined the term ‘fractal’ to de-
recognized by ancient traditions such
everything was separate, that an event
scribe the simple patterns in nature that
the Maya, Aztec and Hopi.
in one place had no effect anywhere
repeat themselves on an ever-increasing
Both modern science and the an-
else. Scientists now acknowledge that
scale to create the world around us.
cient traditions show that we are at the
Earth and our bodies are part of a uni-
The atom, for example, can be
end of just such a cycle today—the Ma-
fi ed fi eld of energy, known by names
thought of as a fractal of our solar sys-
yan’s Great World Age that began 5,125
that vary from the quantum hologram,
tem; the same pattern only on a larger
years ago and ends on December 21,
to the divine matrix to the mind of God.
scale. In nature, from the tiny to the
2012. Knowing this, I believe that we
Whatever we call it, the key is that this
huge, we see similar patterns on dif-
can apply what we’ve learned from the
fi eld is the conduit that carries our in-
ferent scales. In Fractal Time, I applied
recent discoveries to guide us through
ner experiences of thoughts, feelings,
the same idea to cycles of time to show
the personal and global changes that
emotions and beliefs directly into the
how the past is a fractal of the present.
face us today. In doing so we also learn
world around us. The beauty of these
Just as an atom helps us to understand
how to become better people and,
discoveries is that we don’t need to
the solar system, if we know where to
ultimately, to create a better world.
know any of the science to benefi t from
look in the past, we have a good idea of
Interestingly, additional studies
what they show us. We are born speak-
what we can expect in the future.
now show that the energy of heart-
ing the non-verbal language of emo-
Now that we know how cycles of
based emotion affects everything from
tions that communicates with the stuff
time trigger changes in our personal
the atoms of our world to the healing of
that holds everything together.
lives and civilizations, the question is:
our bodies, including the very fi elds of
The pioneering research organiza-
Will we embrace the power of heart-
the Earth that are affected by the cycles.
tion, The Institute of HeartMath, has now
centered living as the foundation of a
It’s through the new discoveries that we
documented that the optimum ‘con-
new world cycle?
are now beginning to understand why.
versation’ between our heart and our
We know the bottom line: Heart-
brain—a state known as coherence—
For information, visit GreggBraden.com
based emotion changes the DNA within
occurs as a frequency signal that
or HeartMath.org
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