THE PAHANA SYSTEMS
The Pahanal Sensory and Nervous Systems

Parent Page : The Lack of Name and Cultural Recognition

This experimental word "Pahana" is only used in Chapter Three.

The idea of a word which implied both safety and openness was appealing.

So i played around a bit and found "the pahana" which is almost the sound of how it feels. Its not truly a natural development, but we need a new word and pahanal, to pahan and pahaning all sound appropriate. And...

"To pan" is a valid English word for looking all around, but the word is typically used in the kitchen or for finding gold. So, "to pahan" seems related and a good distinction.

Pronounce it in Oxford English as "pahhan" or street slang as "paaan".

I still like "broadbanding", but can't use it for reasons mentioned in The Lack of Name and Cultural Recognition.

I also like the idea of practicing "sensefulness" as opposed to mindfulness.

I also still like the first word i found (the name of this html file) "the panāra" (a panoramic area). The adjective and adverb, panaral and panarally were also easy and good. But, panoramic sensing – a central word on this site – is shortened to panaring, and the verb is to panar. Both of which i don't really like.

Pahaning stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system. The senses of smell and taste stimulate and are governed by the lower brain.

Trained individuals will know words like hypothalamus and the autonomic and enteric nervous systems. With time, focused thought fragments, defines, and re-connects ever more specific areas. It is probably unecessary for me/us to explore any deeper.

States like empathy, intuition, creative intelligence combine pahanal and focused sensing. These are all similar to how predatory animals combine pahanal and focused sensing when hunting.

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