Pons (Brainstem)

In neuroanatomy, the pons is a section of the brainstem situated between the midbrain above and the medulla oblongata below, in front of the cerebellum. It plays a role in regulating breathing, sleep, and various autonomic functions.

It is also the location of brain relays that coordinate biological conflicts associated with acquisition, digestion, absorption, and elimination of "morsels."

The pons of the brainstem is in the endoderm germ layer: part of the oldest and most fundamental tissues in the body.

When a morsel conflict is registered in the psyche, the nervous system immediately routes the resulting SBS through the pons. A Hamer Focus forms in the pons, and the corresponding endodermal organ (stomach, intestine, liver, lung alveoli, etc.) begins the characteristic old-brain response: tissue growth.

Because the pons is part of the brainstem — the most ancient region of the brain — the programs it manages are the most biologically fundamental. The pons does not have crossover and neurological laterality is not relevant: morsel conflicts do not carry the distinction between partner-side and mother-child-side, because this distinction is a more recently evolved feature of the nervous system.

Conflicts related to "incoming" morsels are managed by right-side organs and relayed from the right side of the brainstem. Conflicts related to "outgoing" morsels are managed by left-side organs and relayed from the left side of the brainstem.

The most important conflict – the existence conflict – relays through the centre of the brainstem. This relay is involved in every special biological program (the "isolation" aspect of every DHS) and an active existence conflict also complicates the healing phase of every other special biological program.