September 06, 2011 journal, our minds and hearts are connected by the great creator God. to describe the painting of Norbert H. Kox entitled BRAIN/HEART (2010-2011, painted in Bimini, Bahamas): This painting illustrates how the brain and the heart are tied together in a complex communication system that produces electrical frequencies linked too the spiritual realm. Lao Tzu, mystic philosopher of ancient China, described a small "gateway to heaven and earth" in the center of the brain behind the eyes. The pineal gland is at the exact geometrical center of the brain. French philosopher Rene Descartes suggested that the pineal gland is the "seat of the soul" (1649). Modern scientists have discovered a correlation between pineal gland activation and spiritual meditation. They have also discovered that when subjects enter the meditative state and experience visions and feelings of the presence of God, their brains produce specific and distinct electro-magnetic wave patterns from the temporal lobes. When these same frequencies are artificially introduced into the brain using computerized electromagnets, they sometimes stimulate visions and otherworldly experiences including the presence of God. This is not an indication that God exists only in the brain, but rather that the brain is a communication system between the visible and invisible realms. Dr. J. Andrew Armour, in 1991, revealed that the heart contains an area of neurons, neurotransmitters and cells exactly like those of the brain that qualify it as a "little brain" in the heart. It can act independently of the cranial brain to "learn, remember, feel and sense." The heart communicates with the brain via nerves in the spinal column. Many scriptural references speak of the heart thinking and feeling. The brain in the heart and brain in the head work in unison to create impulses that can open portals to spiritual realms and act as a communication system to the heavenly. Positive thinking, faith and belief are keys that open the veil. In Genesis chapter 28, Jacob saw angels ascending and descending through the portal of heaven. This was at a place called Luz ("almond tree") which is also the Hebrew word for "gland." Jacob experienced the portal again when he wrestled with God at Peniel (Gen. 32) which is Hebrew for "the face of God." Peniel is a reference to the pineal gland, or as Descartes called it "the seat of the soul." One of the English pronunciations of pineal is exactly the same as the Hebrew peniel, "the face of God." Jacob's Luz-Peniel experiences are an analogy to the pineal gland. The pineal gland secrets a fluid that is much responsible for dreams and visions. It is located in a cavern in the middle of the brain, like the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies, and metaphorically you are the temple of God." This is the Galerie Toxic introductory page for Norbert H. Kox, http://www.galerietoxic.com/En/Artistes/detail.asp?Id=46 List of recent exhibitions, including 2009 solo, http://www.galerietoxic.com/En/Exposition/default.asp?a=46 The Brussels Atomium painting by Norbert Kox, to be shown by Armand Hein (Galerie Toxic) at a future Art Brussels exhibition, has been shown in Luxembourg and is on the Galerie Toxic website, http://www.galerietoxic.com/En/Exposition/default.asp?Id=64