Limor Wolf
18th November 2013, 12:46
Avalon has a wealth of great minds and some good quality staff can always be found in and around members posts. One of those I happen to read lately is an essey written by member David Hughes which was posted on Wade Frazier's thread - A healed Planet (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?10672-WADE-FRAZIER-A-Healed-Planet&p=91260&viewfull=1#post91260).
David is traveling the world and gathered in this essay his scientific knowledge, observations and put a touch of his heart. The overall conclusion is that energy drives the world, and there is one type of energy in particular that can carry us to the next stage, you guess what it is.
David is not able to reply to any comment at the moment, but he allowed me to post it for other members to read. I think some here will find some interest and inspiration from these insights. If you find it to be of value to you, please give your thanks here -
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?10672-WADE-FRAZIER-A-Healed-Planet&p=749983&viewfull=1#post749983
Mind, Matter and Meditation
"The conventional view of DNA is that it carries all our heritable information. Biological determinism is the hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's individual genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) completely determine how a system behaves or changes over time. When sperm and egg fused, the genetic information for your life was selected and it unfolds from the reading of the genes. Degenerative diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes develop due to the genes we inherited, and random chance mutations that occur during our lifetime which cause a change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome. This victim mentality often leads to a tendency towards irresponsibility and recklessness towards ones health. We have been socially programmed to seek out medical treatments for illness and disease rather than focusing on cause and prevention. The big money is in disease and treatment. According to the World Health Organization, the United States spent more on health care per capita ($8,608), and more on health care as percentage of its GDP (17.9%), than any other nation in 2011. In 2011, global spending on prescription drugs topped $954 billion. According to IMS Health, the global pharmaceutical industry is expected to be worth $1.1 trillion by 2014.
The FDA, federal government, the pharmaceutical companies who run the clinical trials to prove safety and efficacy, the AMA, NCI, ACS, accredited medical schools, doctors, surgeons etc are all part of a racket which is essentially a private club that has established a way of doing business – making money. They decide and implement the rules and regulations of the racket. Anyone with an effective treatment or apparent cure operating outside this well established racket who does not comply with the regulatory process will be prevented from entering into the club (by whatever means necessary). A study by the consulting firm Bain & Company reported that the cost for discovering, developing and launching (which factored in marketing and other business expenses) a new drug (along with the prospective drugs that fail) rose over a five-year period to nearly $1.7 billion in 2003. According to Forbes, development costs between $4 billion to $11 billion per drug. These huge costs obviously create a substantial barrier from entry into the racket.
Cancer is big business. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), over 1.6 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2013. Cancer remains the second most common cause of death in the U.S, accounting for nearly 1 out of every 4 deaths. Effective alternative cancer treatments based on naturopathic and harmless plant based remedies are of little interest to pharmaceutical companies. Why would a company and its investors waste time conducting expensive and lengthy clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of something that can subsequently be grown by people in their own gardens and be consumed for free?
The ACS attacks non-patentable, natural treatments in an effort to protect the interests of pharmaceutical companies. The ACS' controversial "Committee on Unproven Methods of Cancer Management" reviews unorthodox or alternative therapies, putting many of these treatments on the "Unproven Methods" list. Appearing on this list and recommending the use of those products can mean literal ruin to any health practitioner. Any practitioner assigned to this list is automatically considered a dangerous quack. Funding usually vanishes and the treatment fails before it has ever undergoes rigorous testing. More than 100 promising alternative non-patented and nontoxic therapies have already been identified and discredited by the American Cancer Society in this way. Included among these are “Tumor Necrosis Factor” (originally called Coleys' Toxin), “Hydrazine Sulfate”, “Laetrile”, “Gersons therapy” and Burzynski's “Antineoplastons”. Practitioners, activists and cancer survivors are likening the "Unproven Methods" tactic to witch hunts that unfairly target natural therapies over approved and expensive toxic chemical therapies such as chemotherapy.
The food processing, tobacco and chemical companies help to create the patients that generate the money. Agribusiness and food processing companies sponsor nutritional training in American schools and universities. Food processors bankrolled the Harvard Department of Nutrition. The exponential proliferation of chemicals, particularly in the last half of the twentieth century, has subjected the body to a barrage of chemicals never before encountered. The cumulative effect of those chemicals, toxins and nutritionally devoid food in our diet are a major contributing factor to the degenerative diseases we see today.
The human body has an estimated 100 trillion cells. The cell is the basic structural, functional and biological unit of all known living organisms. Cells are the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and are often called the "building blocks of life". The theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter or energy; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material interactions. Matter is the only substance that matters. Reductionism holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts. By analyzing each individual functioning piece of a system we can better understand the system as a whole. Consciousness is apparently nothing more than an accidental byproduct of the complex interactions between atoms, molecules, neurons, glial cells etc. Consciousness has no role to play in the shaping of our reality.
Humans have over 200 different types of cells. A liver cell contains the same genes as a lung cell but each cell knows to code only those proteins needed for its own specific functioning. DNA is found in the nucleus of a cell and is equivalent in volume to 2-millionths of a pinhead. Only around 2% of our DNA actually codes for proteins. The other 98% is commonly referred to as “Junk DNA”. DNA is only ten atoms wide and as such constitutes a sort of ultimate technology. It is organic and so miniaturized that it approaches the limits of material existence. A thread of DNA is much smaller than the visible light humans perceive. Even the most powerful optical microscopes cannot reveal it, because DNA is approximately 120 times narrower than the smallest wavelength of visible light.
DNA is a single molecule with a double helix structure. It is two complementary versions of the same "text" wrapped around each other which allows it to unwind and make copies of itself. This twinning mechanism is at the heart of life since it began. Without it, one cell could not become two, and life would not exist. Our genes are made up of a sequence of bases known as adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. The gene sequences code for amino acids which are the primary structure of a protein. Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins, each protein having a unique, genetically defined amino acid sequence that determines its specific shape and function. Proteins act to build and maintain our cells and help a cell to perform life functions including catalyzing metabolic reactions, replicating DNA, response to stimuli, and transporting molecules from one location to another. Our genes code for many thousands of different kinds of proteins. Enzymes are specialized proteins that catalyze or speed-up chemical processes.
Proteins have a high specificity to what they bind to. They can alter their shape in numerous spatial configurations to suit the special needs of the physical and chemical activities of the cell. Protein folding is the process by which a protein structure assumes its functional shape or conformation. Muscle contraction is a complex process where the addition of chemical signals cause muscle protein to change conformation from one state to another resulting in movement. When the signals are removed the protein reverts back to its original state.
The nucleus is considered to be the command center or “brain” of the cell. Our DNA, made up of approximately 20,000 protein-coding genes, contains the genetic instructions necessary for the development and functioning of a person. If a brain is removed from the body the result is death, however, when the “brain” of the cell is removed the cell does not die immediately and can continue to live for some time without any genes at all. Without DNA, it can't make new proteins and can't reproduce, so its life span is very limited and the cell will die more quickly, but cells can live without DNA. Red blood cells are a prime example. They come from cells in the bone marrow. While the cells are still in the bone marrow they do have a nucleus. It isn't until just before they are released into the general circulation that they lose the nucleus and can no longer divide. Each red blood cell has a lifespan of about 3 months. Cells used in cloning are also able to live for some time without their nucleus. Experiments have also shown that enucleated cells may survive for two or more months without genes, and yet are capable of effecting complex responses to environmental and cytoplasmic stimuli.
The nucleus cannot be the brain of the cell and therefore does not control biological expression. DNA does not tell a cell how to function. It is not like a brain or control center that directs actions. DNA is more like an information blue-print. Components of the cell refer to the information coded in DNA to make new proteins, but many other activities of the cell don't require DNA. Converting sugars to energy, for instance, doesn't require DNA, assuming the rest of the machinery is already in place. Genes have the potential to be activated. Disease states such as obesity and cancer are not caused by ones genes but are correlated with them. That is a major difference.
In 1990, H. F. Nijhout postulated that “When a gene product is needed, a signal from its environment, not a self-emergent property of the gene itself, activates expression of that gene.” A gene cannot turn itself on or off, it is dependent upon a signal from its environment to activate it. Genes are indeed involved with the structure and behavior of an organism, however, they are not the source of “control.”
The nucleus can be more accurately termed the “gonad” of the cell as it is vital for reproduction. A cells membrane acts more like the “brain”. The cell membrane, or plasma membrane, surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell. In animals, the plasma membrane is the outer boundary of the cell. This membrane serves to separate and protect a cell from its surrounding environment and is made mostly from a double layer of phospholipids. Embedded within this membrane is a variety of protein molecules that act as channels and pumps that move different molecules into and out of the cell. The membrane is said to be semi-permeable, in that it can either let a substance (molecule or ion) pass through freely, pass through to a limited extent or not pass through at all. Cell surface membranes also contain receptor proteins that allow cells to detect external signaling molecules such as hormones. The receptor proteins act like antennae that respond to environmental signals and result in behavioral change via protein conformation. Without these receptor proteins life cannot exist.
Our perception and beliefs based on our sensory experience play a vital role in determining our reality. We are not controlled by our genes but by our perceptions and beliefs. Perception is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organ. Human perception may not always be accurate so sensory experience leads to varying degrees and systems of belief rather than absolute knowledge. Learning is the acquisition, modification and reinforcement of an existing set of beliefs.
Adaptive mutation proposes that genetic mutations may arise as an immediate and direct response to selective pressures. This is in contrast to mainstream evolutionary theory, which holds that gene mutation occurs completely at random, regardless of the utility of a genetic mutation to the organism, and that mutations with survival advantage are then chosen by natural selection.
In 1988 molecular biologist John Cairns et al. proposed that "when populations of single cells are subject to certain forms of strong selection pressure, variants emerge bearing changes in DNA sequence that bring about an appropriate change in phenotype." The phenotype is the total observable physical traits of an individual (organism or cell). These observable features include anatomical, physiological, biochemical, and behavioral characteristics. This suggests that there exists a particular physiological pathway that responds to a specific selective pressure to produce a mutation conferring the correct phenotype that will alleviate this pressure.
The original Cairns experiments involved a strain of E. coli bacteria deficient in the proteins needed for processing lactose sugar. The bacteria were spread on an agar medium in which the only carbon source was lactose. This meant that a cell could grow only if a mutation occurred in the lactose operon allowing it to produce the enzyme necessary to break down lactose. Mutations with this effect occurred significantly more frequently than expected, and at a rate that was greater than mutations in other parts of the genomes of these E. coli cells. The results suggest that mutations are not random chance events. Similar results have been observed in other experiments. These experiments suggest that mutations in bacteria are influenced by the selective pressures that the bacteria are placed under. Repeated attempts have been made to discredit the findings of experiments such as these which would result in a complete revision of the Darwinian theory of evolution.
Epigenetic switches and markers laying along the length of the DNA double helix help instruct each different cell which genes should be expressed and silenced. Epigenetics adds a new layer to genes which goes beyond the DNA and proposes that everything we experience can affect which of our genes will be expressed and passed on to future generations. Experiments show us that the “epigenome” is sensitive to environmental cues which can affect our bodies and brains for life. In addition to this, experiments have shown that these environmental epigenetic signals can be passed on from generation to generation without a gene sequence ever being changed.
Scientific studies are increasingly showing the potential epigenetic effects on offspring. One such study suggests that pregnant women who smoke may spark asthma in their grandchildren decades later. If a child’s maternal grandmother smoked while she was pregnant the child may have double the risk of developing childhood asthma when compared with grandmothers who never smoked. The risk remains high even if the child’s mother was a non-smoker. The experimental findings strongly suggest that what we do in our life-times can have an effect on the health and behavior of not only our children but our great-grandchildren. What you eat, how you feel, what you inhale, what you see etc., can all directly affect your future offspring. The idea that inheritance isn’t just about which genes we inherit but whether they are switched on or not is a whole new frontier in our understanding of genetics, biology, and life as a whole. No longer is the debate about “nature or nurture”, it is about both.
Stress is known to cause the release of several hormones- primarily glucocorticoids and catecholamines. Glucocorticoids are a class of steroid hormones that cause immunosuppression, decreasing the function and/or numbers of neutrophils, lymphocytes (including both B cells and T cells), monocytes, macrophages, and the anatomical barrier function of the skin. For this reason glucocorticoids are widely used in therapy to reduce the inflammatory destruction of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, and to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs. In the human body, the most abundant glucocorticoid is cortisol. The most abundant catecholamines are adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine. Release of the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaine from the adrenal medulla of the adrenal glands is part of the fight-or-flight response. Release of adrenaline and noradrenaline is triggered by nervous stimulation in response to physical or mental stress.
The physiological changes that occur during the fight-or-flight response are activated in order to give the body increased strength and speed in anticipation of fighting or running. The circulation of cortisol functions to turn fatty acids into available energy, which prepares muscles throughout the body for response. Adrenaline (epinephrine) or noradrenaline (norepinephrine), facilitate immediate physical reactions associated with a preparation for violent muscular action. These include the following: Acceleration of heart and lung action; Paling or flushing, or alternating between both; Inhibition of stomach and upper-intestinal action to the point where digestion slows down or stops; General effect on the sphincters of the body; Constriction of blood vessels in many parts of the body; Liberation of metabolic energy sources (particularly fat and glycogen) for muscular action; Dilation of blood vessels for muscles; Inhibition of the lacrimal gland (responsible for tear production) and salivation; Relaxation of bladder; Auditory exclusion (loss of hearing); Tunnel vision (loss of peripheral vision).
Stress, through the action of these hormones, has detrimental effects on immune function, including reduced NK cell activity (these cells are important for their ability to kill tumor cells), lymphocyte populations, lymphocyte proliferation, antibody production and reactivation of latent viral infections. Hormones involved in the fight-or-flight response temporarily disable non critical functions such as the immune system which has a high energy requirement. When faced with an external situation that presents a perceived threat, the body focuses its resources on the more immediate priority of survival.
Medical conditions that have been strongly linked with high levels of stress include heart disease, high blood pressure, eating disorders, poor immune function, headaches and chronic pain. Hippocrates, regarded as the father of western medicine, maintained that it was more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. The high levels of stress in our modern lives means that this stress response is switched on far more than it should be, maybe even all day in some cases. Our fast-paced, goal driven societies are the perfect breeding ground for disease.
The placebo effect is a commonly observed medical phenomenon. A placebo is a pharmacologically inert preparation which can have significant beneficial medical effect. The effect seems to occur as a result of expectations within ones belief system. A patients symptoms can be alleviated based on their expectation or belief that the inert treatment will work. There are many different things that can act as placebos such as injections, pills, creams and surgery. Doctors have even been called placebos. In terms of pills, the effect of the placebo can be enhanced based on factors such as the size of the pill, its color, its brand and its price. A 2004 study in the British Medical Journal of physicians in Israel found that 60% used placebos in their medical practice.
For pharmaceutical companies the placebo effect is the enemy. They are only interested in treatments with active ingredients that can be patented, have demonstrated efficacy, and that have a satisfactory level of safety and can be marketed and sold. In clinical trials by drug companies for antidepressants, research has shown that placebos have performed just as well and sometimes better than the antidepressant on trial did. The FDA’s minimum requirement for approving a new drug is two successful clinical trials showing efficacy versus a placebo. In the case of Prozac, its makers had to run five different clinical trials to get two results that were positive. Henry K. Beecher, in a paper in 1955, suggested placebo effects occurred in about 35% of people. Though not everyone responds to a placebo, neither does everyone respond to an active drug. In a study comparing morphine and placebo, the percentage of patients who reported relief following placebo (39%) was similar to the percentage who took 4 mg (36%) and 6 mg (50%) of hidden morphine.
Hope, expectation and belief are very powerful healing tools. Aromatherapy, faith healing, homeopathy, and prayer are some of the more popular alternative medical practices which are deeply affected by the placebo effect. Homeopathy involves the use of natural substances which are often acutely toxic. The homeopathic remedies are prepared by serial dilution. The dilutions often continue until none of the original substance remains. A 30X dilution is so large you would need to take around 2 billion pills to get one molecule of the active ingredient. Substances used in making the remedies include table-salt, white arsenic, bushmaster snake, poison-ivy, crude oil, cuttlefish ink and onion.
Samuel Hahnemann (the founder of homeopathy) advocated a 60X solution for most purposes. A 400X dilution is used for the popular flu remedy “Oscillococcinum”. As there are only about 10(80) atoms in the entire observable universe, a dilution of one molecule in the observable universe would be about 40C. Oscillococcinum would thus require 10(320) more universes to simply have one molecule in the final substance. Despite this, homeopathy has demonstrated remarkable efficacy. Modern advocates of homeopathy have proposed a concept of "water memory", according to which water "remembers" the substances mixed in it, and transmits the effect of those substances when consumed. The fact homeopathy has been proven to be an effective treatment for diseases in animals other than humans suggests there may be more going on than purely the placebo effect.
Physical matter radiates and absorbs energy. Every atom and molecule in the body emits and absorbs light of characteristic wavelengths. A kidney stone is a solid concretion or crystal aggregation formed in the kidneys from dietary minerals in the urine. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a non-invasive treatment of kidney stones using an acoustic pulse. The lithotriptor breaks up the stones with minimal collateral damage by using the externally-applied, high-intensity acoustic pulse which is tuned to match the kidney stones resonant frequency of vibration. The harmonic resonance causes the kidney stone to shatter into smaller pieces which can be more easily passed out of the urinary tract.
A biophoton is a photon of non-thermal origin in the visible and ultraviolet spectrum emitted from a biological system. All living cells of plants, animals and human beings emit biophotons which cannot be seen by the naked eye but can be measured by special equipment. This light emission is an expression of the functional state of the living organism and its measurement therefore can be used to assess this state. Cancer cells and healthy cells of the same type, for instance, can be discriminated by typical differences in biophoton emission. In 1974 German biophysicist Fritz-Albert Popp proved their existence and origin is from our DNA.The discovery of biophoton emission lends scientific support to some unconventional methods of healing based on concepts of homeostasis (self-regulation of the organism), such as various somatic therapies, homeopathy and acupuncture. The "ch'i" energy flowing in our bodies' energy channels (meridians) which according to Traditional Chinese Medicine regulates our body functions may be related to node lines of the organism's biophoton field. The "prana" of Indian Yoga physiology may be a similar regulating energy force that has a basis in weak, coherent electromagnetic biofields. Biophoton studies seem to indicate that the emission is coherent and that biophotons may be modulated and communicate information not only throughout the body but into the extended environment. It may be the process by which DNA actually communicates its information to protein molecules in the process of morphogenesis.
Atoms actually comprise of 99.99999% “empty” space. This space has been termed the vacuum (space empty of matter, but can be more accurately called a plenum as it is actually full of energy). Quantum mechanics studies show us that two objects can be separated by a huge amount of space but not have a fully independent existence of one another. Even an enormous amount of space between objects does not weaken their quantum mechanical interdependence.
The atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The electrons of an atom are bound to the nucleus by the electromagnetic force. The central nucleus of an atom is composed of protons and neutrons which are themselves made up of three particles called quarks. When we reach the Planck length the journey into the microscopic ends. Because the Planck length is so many orders of magnitude smaller than any current instrument could possibly measure, there is currently no way of probing this length scale directly. Research on the Planck length is therefore mostly theoretical. According to the generalized uncertainty principle, the Planck length (1.616×10(−33) cm) is in principle the smallest meaningful measure of length before we enter the world of quantum mechanics. Calculations based on how many of these tiny lengths can fit into 1cm3 of space gives us a figure of 10(93) gm/cm3. If we took all matter in our known Universe and could compact it all into a space measuring 1cm3, we get a figure of 10(55) gm/cm3. Accordingly, the vacuum is essentially infinitely dense. It has infinite mass (energy).
The idea of wave–particle duality originated in a debate over the nature of light and matter that dates back to the 17th century, when Christian Huygens and Isaac Newton proposed competing theories of light. Light was thought either to consist of waves (Huygens) or of particles (Newton). Through the work of Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Louis de Broglie, Arthur Compton, Niels Bohr, and many others, current scientific theory holds that all particles have a wave nature (and vice versa). This phenomenon has been verified not only for elementary particles, but also for compound particles like atoms and even molecules, which exist on the one hand in states which evolve like waves when they are not observed, and evolve like particles when observed. The key is the observation. In its wave-like state the physical entity is typically extended in space, but then contracts abruptly to localized events or point-like particles when observed. This evidence indicates that we play a crucial role in creating the reality we are collectively experiencing.
Quantum mechanical experiments have demonstrated that there is an instantaneous link between particles that remains strong, secure, and undiluted no matter how far apart the particles may be – even if they're on opposite sides of the universe. It is a link that Einstein went to his grave denying, yet its existence is now beyond dispute. Scientists have conducted experiments using particles like electrons, photons and even diamonds that interact physically together as one, but when separated, they behave as if they are still together. We are in reality one consciousness that in our collective delusion has separated itself from matter and the entangled whole.
The idea that quantum theory has something to do with the workings of the mind go back to Eugene Wigner, who assumed that the wave function collapses due to its interaction with consciousness. Matter is the result of the division of the structure of space itself. We interact with this structure every second of every day. We and all matter are bathing in this unlimited energy. The vacuum (plenum) connects us all. David Bohm felt it was important for scientists to remember that no single cause-and-effect relationship was ever really separate from the universe as a whole. Dividing reality up into parts and then naming those parts is always arbitrary, a product of convention, because subatomic particles, and everything else in the universe, are no more separate from one another than different patterns in an ornate carpet.
Reality is maya, an illusion, and what is out there is really a vast, resonating symphony of wave forms, a “frequency domain” that is transformed into the world as we know it only after it entered our senses. Our brains mathematically construct objective reality by interpreting frequencies. What is “out there” is a vast ocean of waves and frequencies, and reality looks concrete to us because our brains are able to convert it into the familiar objects that make up our world. In a universe in which all things are interconnected, all consciousness is also interconnected. As Bohm puts it, “Deep down the consciousness of mankind is one.”
Robert G. Jahn studied psychic and parapsychological phenomena for many years. With Brenda Dunne, he established the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab (PEAR) in 1979 following an undergraduate project to study low-level psychokinetic effects on electronic random event generators. Over the years, Jahn and Dunne have created a wealth of small-physical-scale, statistically significant results that suggest direct causal relationships between subjects' intention and otherwise random results. Experiments under Jahn's purview also came to deal with Remote Viewing and other parapsychological matters. He has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals. The inconsistencies of PEAR’s empirical results with established physical and psychological theory indicate that no direct application or minor alteration of existing theoretical frameworks are capable of accommodating such anomalous effects.
The tantric mystics of Tibet referred to the “stuff” of thoughts as “tsal” and held that every mental action produced waves of this mysterious energy. They believed the entire universe is a product of the mind and is created and animated by the collective “tsal” of all beings. Only great yogis skilled at contacting the deeper levels of the mind were said to be able consciously to utilize such forces, and one of the things they did to achieve this goal was to visualize repeatedly the desired creation. Tibetan tantric texts are filled with visualization exercises, or “sadhanas,” designed for such purposes, and monks of some sects, such as the Kargyupa, would spend as long as seven years in complete solitude, in a cave or a sealed room, perfecting their visualization abilities.
The Hindus call the implicate level of reality Brahman. Brahman is formless but is the birthplace of all forms in visible reality, which appear out of it and then enfold back into it in endless flux. Hindus sometimes personify this level of reality and say that it is composed of pure consciousness. In the Hindu cosmogony it is matter that has emerged from consciousness, and not the other way around. Or as the Vedas put it, the physical world is brought into being through both the “veiling” and “projecting” powers of consciousness.
Any religion worth its salt has love as its core message. Jesus, Mohammad, the Buddha, Krishna, Sai Baba etc all preached the same message about universal love. Our vibration is currently out of tune with natures vibration and because of this, disharmony manifests. We are tuning forks of energy bathing in a sea of interconnected infinite energy whose base frequency can be called “love”. Nikola Tesla was quoted as saying “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” Restoring the planetary vibration to love’s frequency may be the purpose of our being here.
In music, solfège or solfeggio is a music education method used to teach pitch and sight singing. The study of solfeggio enables the musician to mentally hear the pitches of a piece of music which he or she is seeing for the first time and then to sing them aloud. Solfeggio frequencies is a term coined by Leonard Horowitz, DMD and Joseph Puleo in 1999. It is based on the belief that a set of nine frequencies derived from numerology were used centuries ago in Gregorian and Sanskrit chants. The nine frequencies are 174Hz, 258Hz, 396Hz, 417Hz, 528Hz, 639Hz, 741Hz, 852Hz, 963Hz. Dr. Horowitz's work on the 528Hz frequency, which he refers to as the “love” tone, provides evidence that it compels healing in harmony with nature. It is love’s vibration. His revelations threaten the entire medical racket. "They killed John Lennon for promoting "All You Need is Love” Dr. Horowitz says, and evidences this claim. He celebrates the fact that Lennon, on occasion, played in 528Hz.
“Om” is a mantra and mystical Sanskrit sound of Hindu origin, sacred in various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred incantation to be intoned at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or prior to any prayer or mantra. Hindus believe that as creation began, the divine, all-encompassing consciousness took the form of the first and original vibration manifesting as the sound "Om". "Om" is the reflection of the absolute reality, without beginning or the end, and embracing all that exists. It is the name of God, the vibration of the supreme. (I chanted it alone for 45 minutes or so in the Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid in December last year and based on my experience would be inclined to agree. I got thrown out by an angry security guard yelling at me “No meditation allowed! Maximum time in here ten minutes! You need to leave now!” I would have stayed longer otherwise.)
Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or as an end in itself. The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy or life force (qi, ki, prana, etc.) and to help develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness. Meditation has been practiced since antiquity as a component of numerous religious traditions and beliefs. It often involves an internal effort to self-regulate the mind in some way. Some of the earliest references to meditation are found in the Hindu Vedas. At the end of my trip in India I decided to do a ten day Vipassana meditation course in Sarnath near Varanasi. This was where the Buddha gave his first teaching after attaining enlightenment in which he taught the four noble truths and the teachings associated with it. This technique is one of India’s most ancient and was rediscovered by the Buddha. Vipassana means to see things as they really are.
The first three days of the course are dedicated to Anapanasati which according to tradition, was originally taught by the Buddha. The objective is to focus on ones breath as it enters and exits the nostrils and to observe it as it is naturally, not as you would like it to be, just as it is. This has the effect of calming the mind and with practice a still mind free of thought can be maintained for long periods of time. You then focus your awareness on any sensations you can feel in a small triangular area encompassing the nose and upper lip. Again, one just observes the natural sensations coming and going while maintaining a still mind and maintains awareness of their ever changing nature and impermanence. When the mind begins to wander either by a thought or something else as it inevitably does, one simply returns their attention back to the breath and again simply observes it with a still mind.
Vipassana then involves going on to observe sensations all over the body starting with a small area at the top of your head. One observes the sensations with a balanced mind free of craving, aversion and attachment. You are taught not to crave pleasant sensations or generate aversion towards unpleasant ones. Just observe any and all no matter how small with a detached mind. One is learning about impermanence by direct personal experience. It is affirmed constantly minute after minute for hours on end by your conscious mind which feeds the subconscious as you sit there in silence. One is rewiring the subconscious.
My big misunderstanding about meditation was that it all seemed to me to be about developing a coping mechanism to care less about the darkness present in our world. Find the space between two thoughts, detach oneself and just let it all be. After experiencing vipassana I learned that you don’t care an iota less as a result of the awareness of the impermanence of a sensory experience. It’s the minds perception to the senses that has changed. A mind can be conditioned to be still when experiencing craving and aversions. It can be trained to remain balanced. In previous situations where the sensations experienced produced outward or inward expressions of anger, worry, sorrow, fear and the like, the mind can be re-programmed to remain still and balanced as it remains ever mindful of the impermanence of nature.
On day 5 the penny dropped for me and I saw the massive potential this technique had for healing purposes. It explained the placebo effect and a lot more besides. It could be used to effectively treat a range of illness and conditions of a psychosomatic origin. Meditation has been linked to a variety of health benefits. A study of college students by Oman et al. (2008) found that meditation may produce physiological benefits by changing neurological processes. This finding was supported by an expert panel at the National Institutes of Health. The practice of meditation has also been linked with various favorable outcomes that include: “effective functioning, including academic performance, concentration, perceptual sensitivity, reaction time, memory, self control, empathy, and self esteem.”
"Meditation as Medicine" (American Academy of Neurology) cites scientific evidence from various studies which claim that meditation can increase attention span, sharpen focus, improve memory, and dull the perception of pain. It causes a variety of biochemical and physical changes in the body that alter metabolism, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and brain activation. Recent studies on meditation have linked it to increased intelligence through physical growth of the brain. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and MIT conducted brain scans that reveal an increased thickness in the parts of the brain that deal with attention and sensory input processing. Using magnetic resonance imaging, they visualized variations in the thickness of the cerebral cortex of experienced Buddhist Insight meditation practitioners. The data show that regular practice of meditation is associated with increased thickness in a subset of cortical regions related to somatosensory, auditory, visual and interoceptive processing. Further, regular meditation practice may slow age-related thinning of the frontal cortex, leading to longer lasting executive functioning.
On day 6 it crossed my mind that hunger was a form of craving and I decided to suppress it. I did, and for the remainder of the course I had no desire to eat whatsoever but my energy levels were through the roof. Before the meditation course my heart beat rate at rest was in the region of 75-80 beats per minute. On day 6 I measured it and it was down to 44 beats per minute.
According to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not suggest that meditation is effective in treating cancer or any other disease". How many billion dollars is the cancer industry worth?
We are not supposed to suffer but suffer we do. How did we get to this point in reality? We all have free will. This reality is the result of every single one of our collective thoughts, words and actions. It’s far from being an accident or chance occurrence. We are the creators who have engineered this reality. Nothing is supposed to be other than the fact we are all supposed to be here now. On some level or other we all chose to be here. You are not supposed to be anywhere else. No mistake was made. There are no shortages of places in the universe that you could be now. Estimates suggest there could be as many as between one billion and thirty billion planets in our galaxy alone. With over a hundred billion galaxies in the universe there is no shortage of places you could be. The future is not predetermined. Nothing is already set in stone. Our thoughts, words and actions mold our internal and external reality. All matter is impermanent. We have co-created our reality via a mind matter feedback mechanism and can thus liberate ourselves from suffering by understanding the root causes of suffering.
How far one takes oneself on the path to liberation (nirvana/moksha) is entirely up to them. Maintaining that state, even if one can ever achieve it, is a tall order in a physical reality like this one. Attachment, craving and aversion have been deeply ingrained into our minds. We often act without even the slightest consideration about why. We are creatures of habit and ignorance keeps the wheels turning. Our education system, governments, corporations, media etc all continually cultivate attachment, craving and aversion in our minds. Repetition reinforces and cements it within our subconscious mind.
There is a mass lack of awareness about the impermanence of nature. Time has a direction to the way things unfold. We grow older not younger. A balloon may burst but never unburst. It takes time for light to reach our eyes. The words on this page are as they were a billionth of a second ago, the moon is as it was one and a half seconds ago and the sun as it was around eight minutes ago. A clock ticks at a rate dependent on the gravitational field it experiences. The stronger the force of gravity the slower it will tick.
Obsessing about all things impermanent is what we do. We have become addicted to our conditioning. The only thing that is not impermanent is love. It is the energy of creation. God is love and love is a frequency of vibration. Those responsible for conditioning the minds of the masses at the highest levels are adverse to love. They are entitled to choose whatever path they want. A situation arises however when you suppress others right to free will and rig the whole game. The Global Controllers who have masterminded this reality into being are making up their own rules and denying the evidence staring them in the face due largely to an addiction to power and ego.
Agent Smith in the Matrix Revolution movie sums up the stance of the Global Controllers: “Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why? Why do you do it? Why? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you’re fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know?! Is it freedom or truth? Perhaps peace? Could it be for love? Illusion, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself. Although, only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson?! You must know it by now. You cant win, its pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson, why?! Why do you persist?!” That love is an illusion is their primary delusion, but, they are entitled to believe whatever they want.
If we could free our minds en masse and all start to think, speak and act with unconditional love, a free energy reality would naturally manifest. A FE society is the perfect environment to pursue liberation and enlightenment. This one certainly is not. The FE field is dominated by scientists and inventors whose main motivation is not unconditional universal love. Time is not on our side. Waiting for the minds of the masses to free themselves collectively from mental slavery will take longer than we currently have as we race towards oblivion.
Imagine FE and abundance and a collective conscious reality existing in harmony and balance with love but its not something to crave or try and force. Just imagine and envision it. Imagination alone is not enough with so much division and so many minds mired by the illusion of separateness. Imagine a reality free from attachment, craving and aversion where minds create with loving intent. Separateness ceases to exist. We become at one with creation. The past was, the present is, and the future will be. Getting agitated about the past and present and forcefully trying to direct the future with craving in the absence of love is ultimately a pointless endeavor. Identifying where there is an absence love (caring) allows us to go about reestablishing it. It’s our collective thoughts, words and actions that can take us to this imagined reality."
By David Hugh
Blessings,
Limor
David is traveling the world and gathered in this essay his scientific knowledge, observations and put a touch of his heart. The overall conclusion is that energy drives the world, and there is one type of energy in particular that can carry us to the next stage, you guess what it is.
David is not able to reply to any comment at the moment, but he allowed me to post it for other members to read. I think some here will find some interest and inspiration from these insights. If you find it to be of value to you, please give your thanks here -
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Mind, Matter and Meditation
"The conventional view of DNA is that it carries all our heritable information. Biological determinism is the hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's individual genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) completely determine how a system behaves or changes over time. When sperm and egg fused, the genetic information for your life was selected and it unfolds from the reading of the genes. Degenerative diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes develop due to the genes we inherited, and random chance mutations that occur during our lifetime which cause a change of the nucleotide sequence of the genome. This victim mentality often leads to a tendency towards irresponsibility and recklessness towards ones health. We have been socially programmed to seek out medical treatments for illness and disease rather than focusing on cause and prevention. The big money is in disease and treatment. According to the World Health Organization, the United States spent more on health care per capita ($8,608), and more on health care as percentage of its GDP (17.9%), than any other nation in 2011. In 2011, global spending on prescription drugs topped $954 billion. According to IMS Health, the global pharmaceutical industry is expected to be worth $1.1 trillion by 2014.
The FDA, federal government, the pharmaceutical companies who run the clinical trials to prove safety and efficacy, the AMA, NCI, ACS, accredited medical schools, doctors, surgeons etc are all part of a racket which is essentially a private club that has established a way of doing business – making money. They decide and implement the rules and regulations of the racket. Anyone with an effective treatment or apparent cure operating outside this well established racket who does not comply with the regulatory process will be prevented from entering into the club (by whatever means necessary). A study by the consulting firm Bain & Company reported that the cost for discovering, developing and launching (which factored in marketing and other business expenses) a new drug (along with the prospective drugs that fail) rose over a five-year period to nearly $1.7 billion in 2003. According to Forbes, development costs between $4 billion to $11 billion per drug. These huge costs obviously create a substantial barrier from entry into the racket.
Cancer is big business. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), over 1.6 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2013. Cancer remains the second most common cause of death in the U.S, accounting for nearly 1 out of every 4 deaths. Effective alternative cancer treatments based on naturopathic and harmless plant based remedies are of little interest to pharmaceutical companies. Why would a company and its investors waste time conducting expensive and lengthy clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of something that can subsequently be grown by people in their own gardens and be consumed for free?
The ACS attacks non-patentable, natural treatments in an effort to protect the interests of pharmaceutical companies. The ACS' controversial "Committee on Unproven Methods of Cancer Management" reviews unorthodox or alternative therapies, putting many of these treatments on the "Unproven Methods" list. Appearing on this list and recommending the use of those products can mean literal ruin to any health practitioner. Any practitioner assigned to this list is automatically considered a dangerous quack. Funding usually vanishes and the treatment fails before it has ever undergoes rigorous testing. More than 100 promising alternative non-patented and nontoxic therapies have already been identified and discredited by the American Cancer Society in this way. Included among these are “Tumor Necrosis Factor” (originally called Coleys' Toxin), “Hydrazine Sulfate”, “Laetrile”, “Gersons therapy” and Burzynski's “Antineoplastons”. Practitioners, activists and cancer survivors are likening the "Unproven Methods" tactic to witch hunts that unfairly target natural therapies over approved and expensive toxic chemical therapies such as chemotherapy.
The food processing, tobacco and chemical companies help to create the patients that generate the money. Agribusiness and food processing companies sponsor nutritional training in American schools and universities. Food processors bankrolled the Harvard Department of Nutrition. The exponential proliferation of chemicals, particularly in the last half of the twentieth century, has subjected the body to a barrage of chemicals never before encountered. The cumulative effect of those chemicals, toxins and nutritionally devoid food in our diet are a major contributing factor to the degenerative diseases we see today.
The human body has an estimated 100 trillion cells. The cell is the basic structural, functional and biological unit of all known living organisms. Cells are the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and are often called the "building blocks of life". The theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter or energy; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena (including consciousness) are the result of material interactions. Matter is the only substance that matters. Reductionism holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts. By analyzing each individual functioning piece of a system we can better understand the system as a whole. Consciousness is apparently nothing more than an accidental byproduct of the complex interactions between atoms, molecules, neurons, glial cells etc. Consciousness has no role to play in the shaping of our reality.
Humans have over 200 different types of cells. A liver cell contains the same genes as a lung cell but each cell knows to code only those proteins needed for its own specific functioning. DNA is found in the nucleus of a cell and is equivalent in volume to 2-millionths of a pinhead. Only around 2% of our DNA actually codes for proteins. The other 98% is commonly referred to as “Junk DNA”. DNA is only ten atoms wide and as such constitutes a sort of ultimate technology. It is organic and so miniaturized that it approaches the limits of material existence. A thread of DNA is much smaller than the visible light humans perceive. Even the most powerful optical microscopes cannot reveal it, because DNA is approximately 120 times narrower than the smallest wavelength of visible light.
DNA is a single molecule with a double helix structure. It is two complementary versions of the same "text" wrapped around each other which allows it to unwind and make copies of itself. This twinning mechanism is at the heart of life since it began. Without it, one cell could not become two, and life would not exist. Our genes are made up of a sequence of bases known as adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. The gene sequences code for amino acids which are the primary structure of a protein. Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins, each protein having a unique, genetically defined amino acid sequence that determines its specific shape and function. Proteins act to build and maintain our cells and help a cell to perform life functions including catalyzing metabolic reactions, replicating DNA, response to stimuli, and transporting molecules from one location to another. Our genes code for many thousands of different kinds of proteins. Enzymes are specialized proteins that catalyze or speed-up chemical processes.
Proteins have a high specificity to what they bind to. They can alter their shape in numerous spatial configurations to suit the special needs of the physical and chemical activities of the cell. Protein folding is the process by which a protein structure assumes its functional shape or conformation. Muscle contraction is a complex process where the addition of chemical signals cause muscle protein to change conformation from one state to another resulting in movement. When the signals are removed the protein reverts back to its original state.
The nucleus is considered to be the command center or “brain” of the cell. Our DNA, made up of approximately 20,000 protein-coding genes, contains the genetic instructions necessary for the development and functioning of a person. If a brain is removed from the body the result is death, however, when the “brain” of the cell is removed the cell does not die immediately and can continue to live for some time without any genes at all. Without DNA, it can't make new proteins and can't reproduce, so its life span is very limited and the cell will die more quickly, but cells can live without DNA. Red blood cells are a prime example. They come from cells in the bone marrow. While the cells are still in the bone marrow they do have a nucleus. It isn't until just before they are released into the general circulation that they lose the nucleus and can no longer divide. Each red blood cell has a lifespan of about 3 months. Cells used in cloning are also able to live for some time without their nucleus. Experiments have also shown that enucleated cells may survive for two or more months without genes, and yet are capable of effecting complex responses to environmental and cytoplasmic stimuli.
The nucleus cannot be the brain of the cell and therefore does not control biological expression. DNA does not tell a cell how to function. It is not like a brain or control center that directs actions. DNA is more like an information blue-print. Components of the cell refer to the information coded in DNA to make new proteins, but many other activities of the cell don't require DNA. Converting sugars to energy, for instance, doesn't require DNA, assuming the rest of the machinery is already in place. Genes have the potential to be activated. Disease states such as obesity and cancer are not caused by ones genes but are correlated with them. That is a major difference.
In 1990, H. F. Nijhout postulated that “When a gene product is needed, a signal from its environment, not a self-emergent property of the gene itself, activates expression of that gene.” A gene cannot turn itself on or off, it is dependent upon a signal from its environment to activate it. Genes are indeed involved with the structure and behavior of an organism, however, they are not the source of “control.”
The nucleus can be more accurately termed the “gonad” of the cell as it is vital for reproduction. A cells membrane acts more like the “brain”. The cell membrane, or plasma membrane, surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell. In animals, the plasma membrane is the outer boundary of the cell. This membrane serves to separate and protect a cell from its surrounding environment and is made mostly from a double layer of phospholipids. Embedded within this membrane is a variety of protein molecules that act as channels and pumps that move different molecules into and out of the cell. The membrane is said to be semi-permeable, in that it can either let a substance (molecule or ion) pass through freely, pass through to a limited extent or not pass through at all. Cell surface membranes also contain receptor proteins that allow cells to detect external signaling molecules such as hormones. The receptor proteins act like antennae that respond to environmental signals and result in behavioral change via protein conformation. Without these receptor proteins life cannot exist.
Our perception and beliefs based on our sensory experience play a vital role in determining our reality. We are not controlled by our genes but by our perceptions and beliefs. Perception is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. All perception involves signals in the nervous system, which in turn result from physical stimulation of the sense organ. Human perception may not always be accurate so sensory experience leads to varying degrees and systems of belief rather than absolute knowledge. Learning is the acquisition, modification and reinforcement of an existing set of beliefs.
Adaptive mutation proposes that genetic mutations may arise as an immediate and direct response to selective pressures. This is in contrast to mainstream evolutionary theory, which holds that gene mutation occurs completely at random, regardless of the utility of a genetic mutation to the organism, and that mutations with survival advantage are then chosen by natural selection.
In 1988 molecular biologist John Cairns et al. proposed that "when populations of single cells are subject to certain forms of strong selection pressure, variants emerge bearing changes in DNA sequence that bring about an appropriate change in phenotype." The phenotype is the total observable physical traits of an individual (organism or cell). These observable features include anatomical, physiological, biochemical, and behavioral characteristics. This suggests that there exists a particular physiological pathway that responds to a specific selective pressure to produce a mutation conferring the correct phenotype that will alleviate this pressure.
The original Cairns experiments involved a strain of E. coli bacteria deficient in the proteins needed for processing lactose sugar. The bacteria were spread on an agar medium in which the only carbon source was lactose. This meant that a cell could grow only if a mutation occurred in the lactose operon allowing it to produce the enzyme necessary to break down lactose. Mutations with this effect occurred significantly more frequently than expected, and at a rate that was greater than mutations in other parts of the genomes of these E. coli cells. The results suggest that mutations are not random chance events. Similar results have been observed in other experiments. These experiments suggest that mutations in bacteria are influenced by the selective pressures that the bacteria are placed under. Repeated attempts have been made to discredit the findings of experiments such as these which would result in a complete revision of the Darwinian theory of evolution.
Epigenetic switches and markers laying along the length of the DNA double helix help instruct each different cell which genes should be expressed and silenced. Epigenetics adds a new layer to genes which goes beyond the DNA and proposes that everything we experience can affect which of our genes will be expressed and passed on to future generations. Experiments show us that the “epigenome” is sensitive to environmental cues which can affect our bodies and brains for life. In addition to this, experiments have shown that these environmental epigenetic signals can be passed on from generation to generation without a gene sequence ever being changed.
Scientific studies are increasingly showing the potential epigenetic effects on offspring. One such study suggests that pregnant women who smoke may spark asthma in their grandchildren decades later. If a child’s maternal grandmother smoked while she was pregnant the child may have double the risk of developing childhood asthma when compared with grandmothers who never smoked. The risk remains high even if the child’s mother was a non-smoker. The experimental findings strongly suggest that what we do in our life-times can have an effect on the health and behavior of not only our children but our great-grandchildren. What you eat, how you feel, what you inhale, what you see etc., can all directly affect your future offspring. The idea that inheritance isn’t just about which genes we inherit but whether they are switched on or not is a whole new frontier in our understanding of genetics, biology, and life as a whole. No longer is the debate about “nature or nurture”, it is about both.
Stress is known to cause the release of several hormones- primarily glucocorticoids and catecholamines. Glucocorticoids are a class of steroid hormones that cause immunosuppression, decreasing the function and/or numbers of neutrophils, lymphocytes (including both B cells and T cells), monocytes, macrophages, and the anatomical barrier function of the skin. For this reason glucocorticoids are widely used in therapy to reduce the inflammatory destruction of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, and to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs. In the human body, the most abundant glucocorticoid is cortisol. The most abundant catecholamines are adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine. Release of the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaine from the adrenal medulla of the adrenal glands is part of the fight-or-flight response. Release of adrenaline and noradrenaline is triggered by nervous stimulation in response to physical or mental stress.
The physiological changes that occur during the fight-or-flight response are activated in order to give the body increased strength and speed in anticipation of fighting or running. The circulation of cortisol functions to turn fatty acids into available energy, which prepares muscles throughout the body for response. Adrenaline (epinephrine) or noradrenaline (norepinephrine), facilitate immediate physical reactions associated with a preparation for violent muscular action. These include the following: Acceleration of heart and lung action; Paling or flushing, or alternating between both; Inhibition of stomach and upper-intestinal action to the point where digestion slows down or stops; General effect on the sphincters of the body; Constriction of blood vessels in many parts of the body; Liberation of metabolic energy sources (particularly fat and glycogen) for muscular action; Dilation of blood vessels for muscles; Inhibition of the lacrimal gland (responsible for tear production) and salivation; Relaxation of bladder; Auditory exclusion (loss of hearing); Tunnel vision (loss of peripheral vision).
Stress, through the action of these hormones, has detrimental effects on immune function, including reduced NK cell activity (these cells are important for their ability to kill tumor cells), lymphocyte populations, lymphocyte proliferation, antibody production and reactivation of latent viral infections. Hormones involved in the fight-or-flight response temporarily disable non critical functions such as the immune system which has a high energy requirement. When faced with an external situation that presents a perceived threat, the body focuses its resources on the more immediate priority of survival.
Medical conditions that have been strongly linked with high levels of stress include heart disease, high blood pressure, eating disorders, poor immune function, headaches and chronic pain. Hippocrates, regarded as the father of western medicine, maintained that it was more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. The high levels of stress in our modern lives means that this stress response is switched on far more than it should be, maybe even all day in some cases. Our fast-paced, goal driven societies are the perfect breeding ground for disease.
The placebo effect is a commonly observed medical phenomenon. A placebo is a pharmacologically inert preparation which can have significant beneficial medical effect. The effect seems to occur as a result of expectations within ones belief system. A patients symptoms can be alleviated based on their expectation or belief that the inert treatment will work. There are many different things that can act as placebos such as injections, pills, creams and surgery. Doctors have even been called placebos. In terms of pills, the effect of the placebo can be enhanced based on factors such as the size of the pill, its color, its brand and its price. A 2004 study in the British Medical Journal of physicians in Israel found that 60% used placebos in their medical practice.
For pharmaceutical companies the placebo effect is the enemy. They are only interested in treatments with active ingredients that can be patented, have demonstrated efficacy, and that have a satisfactory level of safety and can be marketed and sold. In clinical trials by drug companies for antidepressants, research has shown that placebos have performed just as well and sometimes better than the antidepressant on trial did. The FDA’s minimum requirement for approving a new drug is two successful clinical trials showing efficacy versus a placebo. In the case of Prozac, its makers had to run five different clinical trials to get two results that were positive. Henry K. Beecher, in a paper in 1955, suggested placebo effects occurred in about 35% of people. Though not everyone responds to a placebo, neither does everyone respond to an active drug. In a study comparing morphine and placebo, the percentage of patients who reported relief following placebo (39%) was similar to the percentage who took 4 mg (36%) and 6 mg (50%) of hidden morphine.
Hope, expectation and belief are very powerful healing tools. Aromatherapy, faith healing, homeopathy, and prayer are some of the more popular alternative medical practices which are deeply affected by the placebo effect. Homeopathy involves the use of natural substances which are often acutely toxic. The homeopathic remedies are prepared by serial dilution. The dilutions often continue until none of the original substance remains. A 30X dilution is so large you would need to take around 2 billion pills to get one molecule of the active ingredient. Substances used in making the remedies include table-salt, white arsenic, bushmaster snake, poison-ivy, crude oil, cuttlefish ink and onion.
Samuel Hahnemann (the founder of homeopathy) advocated a 60X solution for most purposes. A 400X dilution is used for the popular flu remedy “Oscillococcinum”. As there are only about 10(80) atoms in the entire observable universe, a dilution of one molecule in the observable universe would be about 40C. Oscillococcinum would thus require 10(320) more universes to simply have one molecule in the final substance. Despite this, homeopathy has demonstrated remarkable efficacy. Modern advocates of homeopathy have proposed a concept of "water memory", according to which water "remembers" the substances mixed in it, and transmits the effect of those substances when consumed. The fact homeopathy has been proven to be an effective treatment for diseases in animals other than humans suggests there may be more going on than purely the placebo effect.
Physical matter radiates and absorbs energy. Every atom and molecule in the body emits and absorbs light of characteristic wavelengths. A kidney stone is a solid concretion or crystal aggregation formed in the kidneys from dietary minerals in the urine. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a non-invasive treatment of kidney stones using an acoustic pulse. The lithotriptor breaks up the stones with minimal collateral damage by using the externally-applied, high-intensity acoustic pulse which is tuned to match the kidney stones resonant frequency of vibration. The harmonic resonance causes the kidney stone to shatter into smaller pieces which can be more easily passed out of the urinary tract.
A biophoton is a photon of non-thermal origin in the visible and ultraviolet spectrum emitted from a biological system. All living cells of plants, animals and human beings emit biophotons which cannot be seen by the naked eye but can be measured by special equipment. This light emission is an expression of the functional state of the living organism and its measurement therefore can be used to assess this state. Cancer cells and healthy cells of the same type, for instance, can be discriminated by typical differences in biophoton emission. In 1974 German biophysicist Fritz-Albert Popp proved their existence and origin is from our DNA.The discovery of biophoton emission lends scientific support to some unconventional methods of healing based on concepts of homeostasis (self-regulation of the organism), such as various somatic therapies, homeopathy and acupuncture. The "ch'i" energy flowing in our bodies' energy channels (meridians) which according to Traditional Chinese Medicine regulates our body functions may be related to node lines of the organism's biophoton field. The "prana" of Indian Yoga physiology may be a similar regulating energy force that has a basis in weak, coherent electromagnetic biofields. Biophoton studies seem to indicate that the emission is coherent and that biophotons may be modulated and communicate information not only throughout the body but into the extended environment. It may be the process by which DNA actually communicates its information to protein molecules in the process of morphogenesis.
Atoms actually comprise of 99.99999% “empty” space. This space has been termed the vacuum (space empty of matter, but can be more accurately called a plenum as it is actually full of energy). Quantum mechanics studies show us that two objects can be separated by a huge amount of space but not have a fully independent existence of one another. Even an enormous amount of space between objects does not weaken their quantum mechanical interdependence.
The atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The electrons of an atom are bound to the nucleus by the electromagnetic force. The central nucleus of an atom is composed of protons and neutrons which are themselves made up of three particles called quarks. When we reach the Planck length the journey into the microscopic ends. Because the Planck length is so many orders of magnitude smaller than any current instrument could possibly measure, there is currently no way of probing this length scale directly. Research on the Planck length is therefore mostly theoretical. According to the generalized uncertainty principle, the Planck length (1.616×10(−33) cm) is in principle the smallest meaningful measure of length before we enter the world of quantum mechanics. Calculations based on how many of these tiny lengths can fit into 1cm3 of space gives us a figure of 10(93) gm/cm3. If we took all matter in our known Universe and could compact it all into a space measuring 1cm3, we get a figure of 10(55) gm/cm3. Accordingly, the vacuum is essentially infinitely dense. It has infinite mass (energy).
The idea of wave–particle duality originated in a debate over the nature of light and matter that dates back to the 17th century, when Christian Huygens and Isaac Newton proposed competing theories of light. Light was thought either to consist of waves (Huygens) or of particles (Newton). Through the work of Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Louis de Broglie, Arthur Compton, Niels Bohr, and many others, current scientific theory holds that all particles have a wave nature (and vice versa). This phenomenon has been verified not only for elementary particles, but also for compound particles like atoms and even molecules, which exist on the one hand in states which evolve like waves when they are not observed, and evolve like particles when observed. The key is the observation. In its wave-like state the physical entity is typically extended in space, but then contracts abruptly to localized events or point-like particles when observed. This evidence indicates that we play a crucial role in creating the reality we are collectively experiencing.
Quantum mechanical experiments have demonstrated that there is an instantaneous link between particles that remains strong, secure, and undiluted no matter how far apart the particles may be – even if they're on opposite sides of the universe. It is a link that Einstein went to his grave denying, yet its existence is now beyond dispute. Scientists have conducted experiments using particles like electrons, photons and even diamonds that interact physically together as one, but when separated, they behave as if they are still together. We are in reality one consciousness that in our collective delusion has separated itself from matter and the entangled whole.
The idea that quantum theory has something to do with the workings of the mind go back to Eugene Wigner, who assumed that the wave function collapses due to its interaction with consciousness. Matter is the result of the division of the structure of space itself. We interact with this structure every second of every day. We and all matter are bathing in this unlimited energy. The vacuum (plenum) connects us all. David Bohm felt it was important for scientists to remember that no single cause-and-effect relationship was ever really separate from the universe as a whole. Dividing reality up into parts and then naming those parts is always arbitrary, a product of convention, because subatomic particles, and everything else in the universe, are no more separate from one another than different patterns in an ornate carpet.
Reality is maya, an illusion, and what is out there is really a vast, resonating symphony of wave forms, a “frequency domain” that is transformed into the world as we know it only after it entered our senses. Our brains mathematically construct objective reality by interpreting frequencies. What is “out there” is a vast ocean of waves and frequencies, and reality looks concrete to us because our brains are able to convert it into the familiar objects that make up our world. In a universe in which all things are interconnected, all consciousness is also interconnected. As Bohm puts it, “Deep down the consciousness of mankind is one.”
Robert G. Jahn studied psychic and parapsychological phenomena for many years. With Brenda Dunne, he established the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab (PEAR) in 1979 following an undergraduate project to study low-level psychokinetic effects on electronic random event generators. Over the years, Jahn and Dunne have created a wealth of small-physical-scale, statistically significant results that suggest direct causal relationships between subjects' intention and otherwise random results. Experiments under Jahn's purview also came to deal with Remote Viewing and other parapsychological matters. He has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals. The inconsistencies of PEAR’s empirical results with established physical and psychological theory indicate that no direct application or minor alteration of existing theoretical frameworks are capable of accommodating such anomalous effects.
The tantric mystics of Tibet referred to the “stuff” of thoughts as “tsal” and held that every mental action produced waves of this mysterious energy. They believed the entire universe is a product of the mind and is created and animated by the collective “tsal” of all beings. Only great yogis skilled at contacting the deeper levels of the mind were said to be able consciously to utilize such forces, and one of the things they did to achieve this goal was to visualize repeatedly the desired creation. Tibetan tantric texts are filled with visualization exercises, or “sadhanas,” designed for such purposes, and monks of some sects, such as the Kargyupa, would spend as long as seven years in complete solitude, in a cave or a sealed room, perfecting their visualization abilities.
The Hindus call the implicate level of reality Brahman. Brahman is formless but is the birthplace of all forms in visible reality, which appear out of it and then enfold back into it in endless flux. Hindus sometimes personify this level of reality and say that it is composed of pure consciousness. In the Hindu cosmogony it is matter that has emerged from consciousness, and not the other way around. Or as the Vedas put it, the physical world is brought into being through both the “veiling” and “projecting” powers of consciousness.
Any religion worth its salt has love as its core message. Jesus, Mohammad, the Buddha, Krishna, Sai Baba etc all preached the same message about universal love. Our vibration is currently out of tune with natures vibration and because of this, disharmony manifests. We are tuning forks of energy bathing in a sea of interconnected infinite energy whose base frequency can be called “love”. Nikola Tesla was quoted as saying “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” Restoring the planetary vibration to love’s frequency may be the purpose of our being here.
In music, solfège or solfeggio is a music education method used to teach pitch and sight singing. The study of solfeggio enables the musician to mentally hear the pitches of a piece of music which he or she is seeing for the first time and then to sing them aloud. Solfeggio frequencies is a term coined by Leonard Horowitz, DMD and Joseph Puleo in 1999. It is based on the belief that a set of nine frequencies derived from numerology were used centuries ago in Gregorian and Sanskrit chants. The nine frequencies are 174Hz, 258Hz, 396Hz, 417Hz, 528Hz, 639Hz, 741Hz, 852Hz, 963Hz. Dr. Horowitz's work on the 528Hz frequency, which he refers to as the “love” tone, provides evidence that it compels healing in harmony with nature. It is love’s vibration. His revelations threaten the entire medical racket. "They killed John Lennon for promoting "All You Need is Love” Dr. Horowitz says, and evidences this claim. He celebrates the fact that Lennon, on occasion, played in 528Hz.
“Om” is a mantra and mystical Sanskrit sound of Hindu origin, sacred in various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred incantation to be intoned at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or prior to any prayer or mantra. Hindus believe that as creation began, the divine, all-encompassing consciousness took the form of the first and original vibration manifesting as the sound "Om". "Om" is the reflection of the absolute reality, without beginning or the end, and embracing all that exists. It is the name of God, the vibration of the supreme. (I chanted it alone for 45 minutes or so in the Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid in December last year and based on my experience would be inclined to agree. I got thrown out by an angry security guard yelling at me “No meditation allowed! Maximum time in here ten minutes! You need to leave now!” I would have stayed longer otherwise.)
Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or as an end in itself. The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy or life force (qi, ki, prana, etc.) and to help develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness. Meditation has been practiced since antiquity as a component of numerous religious traditions and beliefs. It often involves an internal effort to self-regulate the mind in some way. Some of the earliest references to meditation are found in the Hindu Vedas. At the end of my trip in India I decided to do a ten day Vipassana meditation course in Sarnath near Varanasi. This was where the Buddha gave his first teaching after attaining enlightenment in which he taught the four noble truths and the teachings associated with it. This technique is one of India’s most ancient and was rediscovered by the Buddha. Vipassana means to see things as they really are.
The first three days of the course are dedicated to Anapanasati which according to tradition, was originally taught by the Buddha. The objective is to focus on ones breath as it enters and exits the nostrils and to observe it as it is naturally, not as you would like it to be, just as it is. This has the effect of calming the mind and with practice a still mind free of thought can be maintained for long periods of time. You then focus your awareness on any sensations you can feel in a small triangular area encompassing the nose and upper lip. Again, one just observes the natural sensations coming and going while maintaining a still mind and maintains awareness of their ever changing nature and impermanence. When the mind begins to wander either by a thought or something else as it inevitably does, one simply returns their attention back to the breath and again simply observes it with a still mind.
Vipassana then involves going on to observe sensations all over the body starting with a small area at the top of your head. One observes the sensations with a balanced mind free of craving, aversion and attachment. You are taught not to crave pleasant sensations or generate aversion towards unpleasant ones. Just observe any and all no matter how small with a detached mind. One is learning about impermanence by direct personal experience. It is affirmed constantly minute after minute for hours on end by your conscious mind which feeds the subconscious as you sit there in silence. One is rewiring the subconscious.
My big misunderstanding about meditation was that it all seemed to me to be about developing a coping mechanism to care less about the darkness present in our world. Find the space between two thoughts, detach oneself and just let it all be. After experiencing vipassana I learned that you don’t care an iota less as a result of the awareness of the impermanence of a sensory experience. It’s the minds perception to the senses that has changed. A mind can be conditioned to be still when experiencing craving and aversions. It can be trained to remain balanced. In previous situations where the sensations experienced produced outward or inward expressions of anger, worry, sorrow, fear and the like, the mind can be re-programmed to remain still and balanced as it remains ever mindful of the impermanence of nature.
On day 5 the penny dropped for me and I saw the massive potential this technique had for healing purposes. It explained the placebo effect and a lot more besides. It could be used to effectively treat a range of illness and conditions of a psychosomatic origin. Meditation has been linked to a variety of health benefits. A study of college students by Oman et al. (2008) found that meditation may produce physiological benefits by changing neurological processes. This finding was supported by an expert panel at the National Institutes of Health. The practice of meditation has also been linked with various favorable outcomes that include: “effective functioning, including academic performance, concentration, perceptual sensitivity, reaction time, memory, self control, empathy, and self esteem.”
"Meditation as Medicine" (American Academy of Neurology) cites scientific evidence from various studies which claim that meditation can increase attention span, sharpen focus, improve memory, and dull the perception of pain. It causes a variety of biochemical and physical changes in the body that alter metabolism, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure and brain activation. Recent studies on meditation have linked it to increased intelligence through physical growth of the brain. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and MIT conducted brain scans that reveal an increased thickness in the parts of the brain that deal with attention and sensory input processing. Using magnetic resonance imaging, they visualized variations in the thickness of the cerebral cortex of experienced Buddhist Insight meditation practitioners. The data show that regular practice of meditation is associated with increased thickness in a subset of cortical regions related to somatosensory, auditory, visual and interoceptive processing. Further, regular meditation practice may slow age-related thinning of the frontal cortex, leading to longer lasting executive functioning.
On day 6 it crossed my mind that hunger was a form of craving and I decided to suppress it. I did, and for the remainder of the course I had no desire to eat whatsoever but my energy levels were through the roof. Before the meditation course my heart beat rate at rest was in the region of 75-80 beats per minute. On day 6 I measured it and it was down to 44 beats per minute.
According to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not suggest that meditation is effective in treating cancer or any other disease". How many billion dollars is the cancer industry worth?
We are not supposed to suffer but suffer we do. How did we get to this point in reality? We all have free will. This reality is the result of every single one of our collective thoughts, words and actions. It’s far from being an accident or chance occurrence. We are the creators who have engineered this reality. Nothing is supposed to be other than the fact we are all supposed to be here now. On some level or other we all chose to be here. You are not supposed to be anywhere else. No mistake was made. There are no shortages of places in the universe that you could be now. Estimates suggest there could be as many as between one billion and thirty billion planets in our galaxy alone. With over a hundred billion galaxies in the universe there is no shortage of places you could be. The future is not predetermined. Nothing is already set in stone. Our thoughts, words and actions mold our internal and external reality. All matter is impermanent. We have co-created our reality via a mind matter feedback mechanism and can thus liberate ourselves from suffering by understanding the root causes of suffering.
How far one takes oneself on the path to liberation (nirvana/moksha) is entirely up to them. Maintaining that state, even if one can ever achieve it, is a tall order in a physical reality like this one. Attachment, craving and aversion have been deeply ingrained into our minds. We often act without even the slightest consideration about why. We are creatures of habit and ignorance keeps the wheels turning. Our education system, governments, corporations, media etc all continually cultivate attachment, craving and aversion in our minds. Repetition reinforces and cements it within our subconscious mind.
There is a mass lack of awareness about the impermanence of nature. Time has a direction to the way things unfold. We grow older not younger. A balloon may burst but never unburst. It takes time for light to reach our eyes. The words on this page are as they were a billionth of a second ago, the moon is as it was one and a half seconds ago and the sun as it was around eight minutes ago. A clock ticks at a rate dependent on the gravitational field it experiences. The stronger the force of gravity the slower it will tick.
Obsessing about all things impermanent is what we do. We have become addicted to our conditioning. The only thing that is not impermanent is love. It is the energy of creation. God is love and love is a frequency of vibration. Those responsible for conditioning the minds of the masses at the highest levels are adverse to love. They are entitled to choose whatever path they want. A situation arises however when you suppress others right to free will and rig the whole game. The Global Controllers who have masterminded this reality into being are making up their own rules and denying the evidence staring them in the face due largely to an addiction to power and ego.
Agent Smith in the Matrix Revolution movie sums up the stance of the Global Controllers: “Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why? Why do you do it? Why? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you’re fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know?! Is it freedom or truth? Perhaps peace? Could it be for love? Illusion, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself. Although, only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson?! You must know it by now. You cant win, its pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson, why?! Why do you persist?!” That love is an illusion is their primary delusion, but, they are entitled to believe whatever they want.
If we could free our minds en masse and all start to think, speak and act with unconditional love, a free energy reality would naturally manifest. A FE society is the perfect environment to pursue liberation and enlightenment. This one certainly is not. The FE field is dominated by scientists and inventors whose main motivation is not unconditional universal love. Time is not on our side. Waiting for the minds of the masses to free themselves collectively from mental slavery will take longer than we currently have as we race towards oblivion.
Imagine FE and abundance and a collective conscious reality existing in harmony and balance with love but its not something to crave or try and force. Just imagine and envision it. Imagination alone is not enough with so much division and so many minds mired by the illusion of separateness. Imagine a reality free from attachment, craving and aversion where minds create with loving intent. Separateness ceases to exist. We become at one with creation. The past was, the present is, and the future will be. Getting agitated about the past and present and forcefully trying to direct the future with craving in the absence of love is ultimately a pointless endeavor. Identifying where there is an absence love (caring) allows us to go about reestablishing it. It’s our collective thoughts, words and actions that can take us to this imagined reality."
By David Hugh
Blessings,
Limor