Children Perceive the World in the Theta Frequency
It is the source of their joy
In his book The Biology of Belief, cell biologist Dr. Bruce Lipton describes how in the first six years of life, children perceive their world in the theta frequency. After that they move to the beta frequency, which is our normal day-to-day operating procedure, far faster and less open to change and creativity.
Theta is that period of time when we dream and imagine and immerse ourselves in spontaneity and laughter. It is free of limitations and conditions. Everything is open and receiving. The child’s natural perception in this frequency is one of joy and excitement. It is why they run everywhere in exuberance.
We absorb tremendous amounts of information in the theta frequency. The early childhood years require the absorption of billions of details to learn how to function in the physical and emotional worlds. We never again learn as much as we do in those first years. We are effectively storing more information than the largest supercomputer.
It is also a period of time, those first six years, in which we also believe everything we are told is true. We accept what our parents say and do as absolute truth, and also assume the behavior of others is truth. There is no discrimination of facts or ideas in theta.
