The Emergent Mind

<p>In <em>The Emergent Mind: From the Intelligent Heart</em> Joseph Basaran presents a groundbreaking synthesis of timeless Quranic wisdom and cutting-edge neurocardiology research from 2025.</p><p>Drawing from over three decades of experience as a professor of paralegal studies child and youth mentor martial arts instructor and private detective Basaran explores the heart not merely as a biological pump but as an intelligent core from which the mind emerges.</p><p>The book introduces the <strong>Triangle Model</strong>: the dynamic interplay between the heart's intrinsic neural network and powerful electromagnetic field the brain's sensory and logical processing and the conscious self as the accountable integrator. Modern science reveals that the heart contains over 40000 neurons generates the body's strongest electromagnetic field and sends 80-90% of signals to the brain-shaping emotion cognition intuition and moral judgment long before conscious thought.</p><p>Through direct Quranic verses Basaran illuminates how the heart (qalb) is described more than 130 times as the primary seat of understanding discernment disease hardening and profound reassurance. Verses such as Quran 13:28-Unquestionably by the remembrance of Allah hearts are reassured-find striking parallels in heart coherence states that enhance prefrontal function reduce impulsivity and foster lasting well-being.</p><p>Real-life stories illustrate the model's applications: from youth impulsivity driving global crime patterns to midlife neural rewiring around age forty enabling deeper wisdom and ethical clarity. Practical tools-drawn from coherence practices and reflective contemplation-offer pathways to overcome inner blockages moral injury and emotional constriction.</p><p>Written for psychologists neuroscientists students justice professionals and spiritual seekers this work invites reflection on the signs within ourselves. It demonstrates how aligning heart and brain through remembrance and coherence leads to a sound heart: the ultimate Quranic achievement for reasoning morality and inner peace.</p><p>A transformative bridge between revelation and science <em>The Emergent Mind</em> reveals the heart's primacy in human potential-echoing divine wisdom in the language of modern discovery.</p>