The Neuroplastic Synergy of Mindfulness and Intentionality

WISE MIND ~ WISE BODY
THE NEUROPLASTIC SYNERGY
OF MINDFULNESS
AND INTENTIONALITY
WHERE ATTENTION AND INTENTION GO,
ORDER MYSTERIOUSLY FOLLOWS
Martha Stark, MD ~ MarthaStarkMD @ HMS.Harvard.edu
Saturday, October 13, 2018
IMPLEMENTING MIND – BODY MEDICINE
INTO A HOLISTIC PRACTICE
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DEDICATED TO
DR. WILLIAM S. REA
(BILL REA)
MY CHERISHED MENTOR,
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE,
AND DEAR FRIEND
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
SPEAK TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
“A WISE MIND” AND “THE WISDOM OF THE BODY”
EXPLAIN HOW OUR BELIEFS INFLUENCE
OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
DISCUSS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
“GENETIC DETERMINISM” AND “EPIGENETIC FREEDOM”
ELABORATE UPON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE “TRIUNE BRAIN” AND THE “TRIUNE MIND”
DESCRIBE THE SYNERGY OF
“PAYING ATTENTION” AND “SETTING INTENTION”
TO REPROGRAM THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
AND BUILD NEW SYNAPSES IN THE BRAIN
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GOAL AND OBJECTIVE
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO REPROGRAM YOUR DESTINY
WITH PROVEN TECHNIQUES
TO CHANGE YOUR BELIEFS
PLEASE LISTEN UP AND YOU WILL SEE
MARTHA STARK (2018)
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NORMAN COUSINS
AUTHOR OF ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS
LONGTIME EDITOR OF SATURDAY REVIEW
AGAINST ALL ODDS, RECOVERED FROM
A CRIPPLING CASE OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS
A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE CAUSING THE BREAKDOWN OF COLLAGEN
UNSHAKABLE CONFIDENCE IN HIS BODY’S INNATE ABILITY
TO UTILIZE ITS OWN WISDOM TO FACILITATE HIS HEALING
IRREPRESSIBLE GOOD HUMOR AND UNWAVERING
CHEERFULNESS IN THE FACE OF HIS ILLNESS, WHICH
CREATED AN AUSPICIOUS HEALING ENVIRONMENT FOR NOT
ONLY HIMSELF BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL STAFF
WILLINGNESS TO TAKE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR HIS RECOVERY BY ESTABLISHING A CLOSE
“PARTNER RELATIONSHIP” WITH HIS PHYSICIANS
FOCUS ON CREATIVITY AND MEANINGFUL GOALS,
WHICH MADE RECOVERY WORTH FIGHTING FOR
AND LIFE WORTH LIVING
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NORMAN COUSINS –
“DEATH IS NOT THE GREATEST LOSS IN LIFE.
THE GREATEST LOSS IS WHAT DIES INSIDE
US WHILE WE LIVE.”

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“WHAT DAY IS IT?” ASKED POOH
“IT’S TODAY,” SQUEAKED PIGLET
“MY FAVORITE DAY,” SAID POOH

KEY CONCEPTS
TRIUNE BRAIN vs. TRIUNE MIND
HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZING, HARMONIZING, AND BALANCING
CONSCIOUS MIND ~ 40 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND ~ 40,000,000 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
LIVING MATRIX ~ LIQUID CRYSTAL WITH SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES
GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM ~ QUANTUM MIND ~ DIVINE MATRIX
HARNESSING THE QUANTUM POWER OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
FELT SENSE ~ IMPLICIT KNOWING ~ THE UNTHOUGHT KNOWN
WISE MIND ~ SYNERGY OF RATIONAL MIND AND EMOTIONAL MIND
AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AUTHENTICITY
BRAINWAVE STATES ~ DELTA, THETA, ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA
ALPHA – THETA CROSSOVER ~ THE ROYAL ROAD TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS
7.83 Hz VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCY OF THE EARTH
SUPER – LEARNING ~ PROGRAMMABLE ~ HYPNOTIZABLE ~ SUGGESTIBLE
SUBCONSCIOUS vs. CONSCIOUS ~ HABITUAL / AUTOMATIC vs. VOLITIONAL
NEGATIVITY BIAS
REWIRING THE BRAIN / REPROGRAMMING THE SUBCONSCIOUS
THE NEUROPLASTIC SYNERGY OF MINDFULNESS AND INTENTIONALITY
MINDFULNESS ~ COMPASSIONATE WITNESSING OF THE PRESENT MOMENT
INTENTIONALITY ~ DIRECTED MENTAL STATE
EPIGENETICS ~ THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEFS (INTENTIONAL MENTAL STATES)
FROM GENETIC DETERMINISM TO EPIGENETIC CONTROL
FROM DETERMINISM TO FREE WILL 8

WHETHER IN THE REALM OF THE PHYSICAL OR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE HAS TENDED TO EMBRACE THE
“DETERMINISTIC” IDEA THAT OUR “GENES” ARE OUR “DESTINY”
THAT OUR GENES ARE PRIMARY AND IRREVERSIBLE
AND THAT OUR GENETIC BLUEPRINT SEALS OUR FATE
BUT MIND – BODY MEDICINE APPRECIATES THAT
WHEREAS GENES ARE INDEED “FUNDAMENTAL,”
EPIGENETICS ARE EVEN MORE CRITICAL
EPIGENETICS
SO NAMED BY THE CUTTING – EDGE CELLULAR BIOLOGIST BRUCE LIPTON
MEANS LITERALLY “ON TOP OF GENETICS” AND
REFERS NOT TO ALTERATIONS IN THE GENETIC CODE
BUT TO REVERSIBLE EXTERNAL MODIFICATION
OF THE DNA MOLECULE ITSELF
EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS (SUCH AS DNA METHYLATION) CHANGE
NOT THE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEOTIDES IN THE DNA STRAND
BUT THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE DNA MOLECULE
THEREBY REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION
LIFESTYLE CHOICES ~ ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES ~ “BELIEFS”
ALL “DETERMINE” WHICH GENES WILL BE “EXPRESSED” OR “MANIFESTED”
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BRUCE LIPTON’S GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
ON EPIGENETICS AT STANFORD
BETWEEN 1987 AND 1992
REVEALED THAT THE MIND (OUR CONSCIOUSNESS)
CONTROLS ALL THE CELLS IN OUR BODY
BY TURNING THEIR GENES ON AND OFF
MORE SPECIFICALLY
HIS RESEARCH DEMONSTRATED THAT OUR BELIEFS
DO NOT SIMPLY EXIST IN OUR MINDS
RATHER
BY WAY OF THEIR ENERGY
AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS THEY GENERATE
OUR BELIEFS AFFECT THE MEMBRANE OF THE BODY’S CELLS
AND, ULTIMATELY, THE EXPRESSION OF OUR GENES
WHEREAS MANY ILLNESSES WERE ONCE THOUGHT TO BE
90% GENETIC AND ONLY 10% EPIGENETIC,
NOW MOST ILLNESSES ARE THOUGHT TO BE
ONLY 10% GENETIC AND 90% EPIGENETIC
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“THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IS GENOMICS …
THE BOTTOM OF THE ICEBERG IS EPIGENETICS”
RANDY JIRTLE ~ DUKE UNIVERSITY

GENES ARE NOT “PURVEYORS OF COMMANDS”
BUT “PROVIDERS OF OPPORTUNITY”
AND “SOURCES OF OPTIONS”
GARY MARCUS ~ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
“WE ARE NOT DOOMED BY OUR GENES –
RATHER, WE ARE MARVELS OF
ADAPTABILITY AND CHANGE.”
JOE DISPENZA (2018)
EVEN IDENTICAL TWINS
DIE AT DIFFERENT TIMES
ON AVERAGE MORE THAN TEN YEARS APART
JAMES VAUPEL ~ DIRECTOR OF THE LABORATORY OF
SURVIVAL AND LONGEVITY AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE
FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IN ROSTOCK, GERMANY
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“BIOHACKING”
DIYBio
DAVE ASPREY
THE
ART
OF
TAKING
CONTROL
OF
YOUR
HEALTH
BY
CHANGING
THE
ENVIRONMENT
BOTH
INSIDE
AND
OUTSIDE
YOUR
BODY

LIFESTYLE CHOICES THAT CAN INDUCE EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS
STRESSORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ALLOSTATIC LOAD
SUGAR; HIGH GLYCEMIC LOAD (CAUSED BY FOODS THAT RAISE THE BLOOD SUGAR
LEVEL); REFINED AND PROCESSED FOODS; SATURATED AND TRANS FATTY ACIDS; FOOD
ADDITIVES (ARTIFICIAL COLORINGS, SWEETENERS, AND FLAVORINGS; MONOSODIUM
GLUTAMATE (MSG); SODIUM BENZOATE; HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP); CAFFEINE, NICOTINE,
AND ALCOHOL; LOW – FIBER DIET; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RECREATIONAL DRUGS; NATURAL
GAS STOVES; WATER BEDS AND ELECTRIC BLANKETS; POOR QUALITY SLEEP; LIVING
CLOSE TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; OBESITY;
TELEVISION; TOO LITTLE TIME OUTDOORS AND IN FRESH AIR; IMBALANCE BETWEEN
WORK AND PLAY; NEGATIVE THOUGHTS; CHRONIC ANGER; FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES;
CHRONIC RELATIONSHIP CONFLICT; SOCIAL REJECTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; LONELINESS
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES THAT CAN INDUCE EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS
STRESSORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ALLOSTATIC LOAD
PESTICIDES; HERBICIDES (GLYPHOSATE); PETROLEUM – BASED SOLVENTS (TOLUENE
AND BENZENE); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (FORMALDEHYDE); HEAVY METALS
(MERCURY AND ALUMINUM); MOLDS AND THE DANGEROUS MYCOTOXINS THEY RELEASE;
TOBACCO SMOKE; PHTHALATES AND OTHER ENDOCRINE – DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS
(BISPHENOL A IN PLASTICS); FLAME RETARDANTS (PBDEs); AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST FUMES;
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMFs); HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES; CELL TOWERS;
CELL PHONES; SYNTHETIC FRAGRANCES (PERFUMES, AIR FRESHENERS, AND OTHER
“PLEASANT – SCENTED” PRODUCTS); NEWSPAPER PRINT; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS;
LAUNDRY DETERGENTS AND FABRIC SOFTENERS; HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS; ANTIBACTERIAL
SOAPS AND HAND SANITIZERS; FLUORIDE – CONTAINING WATER AND TOOTHPASTE;
MORE GENERALLY – THE MYRIAD POLLUTANTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS
IN THE AIR WE BREATHE, THE WATER WE DRINK, AND THE FOOD WE EAT 14

A SAMPLING OF INTERVENTIONS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO …
“LIGHTEN THE LOAD” TO “CORRECT FOR TOXICITIES”
AVOIDANCE; DETOX FOOT PADS; IONIC FOOT BATHS; ENEMAS; COLONICS;
CHELATION TO REMOVE TOXIC METALS THAT HAVE BIOACCUMULATED IN THE
BODY’S TISSUES; SWEATING OUT TOXINS WITH HIGH – INTENSITY WORKOUTS
“REPLENISH THE RESERVES” TO “CORRECT FOR DEFICIENCIES”
ANTIOXIDANTS TO REDUCE OXIDATIVE STRESS CAUSED BY FREE RADICALS;
OXYGEN THERAPY; LIGHT BOX; YOGA; MEDITATION; STILLNESS; ALONE TIME;
RELAXATION TIME; COMMUNION WITH NATURE; EARTHING; LOVE; JOY;
EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL INTIMACY; DEEP CONNECTION WITH OTHERS;
SENSE OF HUMOR; LAUGHTER; PLAY; INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION;
GRATITUDE; PRAYER; SERENE ACCEPTANCE; INNER PEACE; COMPASSION
BOTH “LIGHTEN” AND “REPLENISH” TO “FACILITATE THE FLOW”
SAUNAS AND DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE (NOT ONLY TO RELIEVE MUSCULAR
TENSION, LYMPHATIC CONGESTION, AND ENERGY BLOCKAGES BUT ALSO TO
FACILITATE THE FLOW OF “GOOD” <NUTRIENTS> INTO AND “BAD” <WASTE
PRODUCTS> OUT OF THE CELLS); PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY;
EMDR; SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY;
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING; THE CHI MACHINE; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY;
REIKI; SHIATSU; FREQUENCY SPECIFIC MICROCURRENT (FSM); AYURVEDIC
MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM); ACUPUNCTURE;
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; REFLEXOLOGY; CHIROPRACTIC; OSTEOPATHY 15

AGAIN
MIND – BODY MEDICINE EMBRACES THE IDEA
THAT WE ARE NOT “CONTROLLED” BY OUR GENES
AND NOR IS OUR DESTINY “PREDETERMINED”
FROM GENETIC DETERMINISM
TO EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION
FROM GENETIC DETERMINISM TO EPIGENETIC CONTROL
FROM DETERMINISM TO EMPOWERMENT
FROM DETERMINISM TO FREEDOM
FROM DETERMINISM TO FREE WILL
FROM ENSLAVED TO EMPOWERED
FROM ABSOLUTISM TO RELATIVISM
FROM ALREADY – MANIFESTED POSSIBILITIES
TO THE QUANTUM WORLD OF
LATENT – AND – NOT – YET – MANIFESTED POSSIBILITIES
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VIKTOR FRANKL
“BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE
IS A SPACE.
IN THAT SPACE IS OUR POWER
TO CHOOSE OUR RESPONSE.
IN OUR RESPONSE LIES
OUR GROWTH AND OUR FREEODM.”
WHEN THE (LESS – EVOLVED) SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
WHICH IS “REFLEXIVE – AND – OFTEN – HEALTH – DEFEATING”
IS IN CONTROL, WE WILL REACT DEFENSIVELY
BUT WHEN THE (MORE – EVOLVED) CONSCIOUS MIND
WHICH IS “REFLECTIVE – AND – GENERALLY – MORE – HEALTH – PROMOTING”
IS IN CONTROL, WE CAN RESPOND ADAPTIVELY
AND THEREIN LIES OUR FREEDOM
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REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
THE “COMPLEMENTARITY” OF “BOTH / AND” NOT “EITHER / OR”
THE SYNERGY OF MINDFULNESS AND INTENTIONALITY
THE SYNERGY OF “WISE MIND” AND “WISE BODY”
THE SYNERGY OF THE CONSCIOUS MIND AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
THE SYNERGY OF BRAIN CONSCIOUSNESS AND BODY CONSCIOUSNESS
THE SYNERGY OF TOP – DOWN AND BOTTOM – UP PROCESSING
COGNITIVE / EMOTIONAL / BODILY vs. BODILY / EMOTIONAL / COGNITIVE
THE SYNERGY OF NEURAL CONDUCTIVITY ALONG A NERVE AXON AND LIQUID
CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTIVITY THROUGH THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
THE SYNERGY OF PROCESSING 40 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
AT THE RATE OF 1.5 – 400 FEET PER SECOND
AND PROCESSING 40,000,000 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
AT THE RATE OF 186,000 MILES PER SECOND
THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF LEFT BRAIN AND RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONING
THE SYNERGY OF RATIONAL MIND AND EMOTIONAL MIND
THE SYNERGY OF ANALYTIC MIND AND SYNTHETIC MIND
THE SYNERGY OF LINEAR THINKING AND NONLINEAR THINKING
THE SYNERGY OF AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AUTHENTICITY
SYNERGY – WHEN THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS19

CULTIVATION OF MINDFULNESS OR AWARENESS
TWO MAJOR TYPES OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION
BOTH OF WHICH REQUIRE THAT WE BE A
COMPASSIONATE AND NONJUDGMENTAL WITNESS
TO THE PRESENT MOMENT OF OUR INTERNAL EXPERIENCE
SAMATHA MEDITATION TO CALM OUR MIND
“CLOSED – FOCUS” CONCENTRATION TO ACHIEVE TRANQUILITY
MOST COMMONLY THROUGH “SINGLE – POINT” FOCUSED ATTENTION TO OUR BREATH
PRODUCES A STATE IN WHICH OUR MIND IS BROUGHT TO REST
AND
VIPASSANA MEDITATION TO GAIN INSIGHT
“OPEN – FOCUS” CONCENTRATION TO EXPAND AWARENESS
OF SUBCONSCIOUS “NEGATIVE PROGRAMS”
LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE AND “CONTROLLING”
OUR ACTIONS, REACTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS
e.g., I AM A FAILURE ~ I AM NOT SMART ENOUGH ~ I HAVE ALREADY TRIED EVERYTHING
I WILL NEVER GET BETTER ~ I WILL ALWAYS BE SICK ~ I WILL NEVER BE HAPPY
IT IS TOO LATE ~ I AM TOO OLD ~ I HAVE ALREADY MADE TOO MANY MISTAKES 21

INTENTIONALITY
BORROWING FROM QUANTUM THEORY
“PLURIPOTENT” POTENTIAL OF EVERY MOMENT
EVERY MOMENT IS LIKE A PLURIPOTENT “STEM CELL”
EVERY “THING” HOLDS AN INFINITE NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES
INFINITE POTENTIAL IN THE QUANTUM FIELD
WHEN WE “SET AN INTENTION”
WE ARE DIRECTING OUR FOCUSED ATTENTION TO
THE “ACTUALIZATION” OF A PARTICULAR “REALITY”
MORE SPECIFICALLY
WE ARE INFLUENCING OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
TO “MANIFEST” A “LATENT POSSIBILITY”
e.g., GOOD HEALTH IS MY BIRTHRIGHT
I POSSESS A HEALTHY MIND AND A HEALTHY BODY
EVERY SINGLE DAY IS A NEW DAY FULL OF HOPE, HAPPINESS, AND HEALTH
TO “EXPRESS” A “POSITIVE PROGRAM”
THAT WAS THERE ALL ALONG JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND
“POSITIVE PROGRAMS” AS “COUNTERPOINTS” TO “NEGATIVE PROGRAMS”
TO RETROFIT “SELF – LIMITING BELIEFS” IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS
AS THE BEATLES SING ~ “TAKE A SAD SONG AND MAKE IT BETTER” 22

REVISIT THE OLD
NEGATIVE PROGRAMS
BY WAY OF MINDFULNESS
RETROFIT WITH NEW
POSITIVE PROGRAMS
BY WAY OF INTENTIONALITY
RETROFIT – REFERS TO THE ADDITION OF
NEW FEATURES TO OLDER SYSTEMS
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“THE BEST WAY TO
PREDICT YOUR FUTURE
IS TO CREATE IT.”
JOE DISPENZA (2018)
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MY FRIEND
CHARLES KREBS, PhD
AND HIS REMARKABLE RECOVERY
A STORY OF
EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE
AND IRON – WILLED
DETERMINATION
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CHARLES KREBS, PhD
REGARDING HIS EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY FROM A NEAR – FATAL
SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENT JUST OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA IN 1983
THAT LEFT HIM COMPLETELY PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN
“IT WASN’T A MIRACLE.
IT WAS MERELY AN ENERGETIC REALITY.”
TYPE 2 BENDS (DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS)
HAD LEFT HIM A T10 PARAPLEGIC AND CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR
WITH NO SENSATION, FUNCTION, OR MOBILITY IN THE LOWER HALF OF HIS BODY
TWO TYPES OF “BENDS”
THE FIRST IS WHEN NITROGEN BUBBLES FORM IN THE JOINTS
(PAINFUL BUT GOES AWAY IN A FEW DAYS)
THE SECOND IS WHEN NITROGEN BUBBLES FORM IN
THE SPINAL CORD, SWELL UP, AND BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD
CHARLES WAS GIVEN NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER TO MOVE
THE LOWER HALF OF HIS BODY EVER AGAIN
AND PLACED ON THE BACK WARD OF A “REHAB” FACILITY IN AUSTRALIA
WHERE HE WAS PRESCRIBED MINIMAL NURSING CARE
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BUT CHARLES WAS NOT TO BE DETERRED
HE HAD A DOCTORATE IN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
AND EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY,
HAD BEEN A COLLEGE PROFESSOR OF NEUROANATOMY,
HAD A HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY ENABLING HIM
TO VISUALIZE NERVE PATHWAYS IN HIS BODY IN 3D,
AND HAD A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO USE HIS MIND TO MOVE CHI
THROUGH HIS BODY BECAUSE OF HIS YEARS OF MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING
MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE HAD IRON – WILLED DETERMINATION
WHILE IN HIS WHEELCHAIR ON THE REHAB UNIT,
HE WOULD PICK A MUSCLE THAT DIDN’T WORK AND, HOUR AFTER HOUR,
WOULD RUN CHI DOWN THE NERVE PATHWAY TO THE MUSCLE
AFTER DAYS OR SOMETIMES EVEN WEEKS,
HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO CONTACT THE MUSCLE
HE WOULD ASK THE PHYSIOTHERAPIST FOR EXERCISES THAT WOULD
ACTIVATE THE MUSCLE AND WOULD THEN SIT THERE, DAY IN AND DAY OUT,
VISUALIZING HIMSELF DOING THAT EXERCISE AS HE RAN CHI
EVENTUALLY THE MUSCLE WOULD MOVE A LITTLE AND THEN MORE AND MORE
ONCE HE COULD LIFT HIS FOOT OFF THE FLOOR, HE BEGAN LIFTING ONE
POUND WEIGHTS, THEN TWO POUND WEIGHTS, AND SO ON, EACH TIME
BUILDING UP HIS STRENGTH SO THAT HE COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
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THE REMARKABLE RECOVERY OF CHARLES KREBS, PhD
NINE MONTHS AFTER HE WENT INTO REHAB AS A T10 PARAPLEGIC AND
WAS TOLD HE WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN, HE WALKED OUT OF REHAB
ADMITTEDLY WITH THE AID OF CRUTCHES, HIS HIPS ARCHED, AND HIS FEET DRAGGING
CHARLES DECIDED TO PURSUE MORE FORMAL TRAINING IN APPLIED KINESIOLOGY
WHICH USES MUSCLE TESTING TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE BODY
MUSCLE TESTING IS ONE OF THE EASIEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND BECAUSE THE
SUBCONSCIOUS CONTROLS MOTOR FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS MUSCLE MOVEMENT
SINCE THEN CHARLES HAS DEVELOPED HIS OWN ENERGY HEALING METHOD
ONE THAT INTEGRATES MUSCLE BIOFEEDBACK AND ACUPRESSURE
ENERGETIC KINESIOLOGY
THE “CIRCUIT BREAKERS” IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
ARE NOT IN THE PHYSICAL BODY BUT IN THE ENERGETIC BODY
WHEN ENERGETIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS ARE SWITCHED OFF,
THE NERVES WILL REMAIN INTACT
BUT WILL NO LONGER CONDUCT IMPULSES
THEY WILL REMAIN OFF AS LONG AS THE SWITCH
IS STUCK IN THIS OFF (OR STANDBY) POSITION
ENERGETIC KINESIOLOGY RESETS THOSE CIRCUIT BREAKERS 28

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ENERGETIC
KINESIOLOGY
“RESETS”
THE
CIRCUIT
BREAKERS
BY WAY OF A
COMBINATION OF
CREATIVE
VISUALIZATION
GUIDED
IMAGERY
MUSCLE
TESTING
ACUPRESSURE
NEUROFEEDBACK

PARENTHETICALLY
MUSCLE TESTING
ONE OF THE EASIEST AND
MOST EFFECTIVE
WAY TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE SUBCONSCIOUS
MIND BECAUSE THE
SUBCONSCIOUS CONTROLS
MOTOR FUNCTIONS,
SUCH AS MUSCLE MOVEMENT
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CHARLES CREDITS HIS INCREDIBLE RECOVERY TO INTENSIVE AND
SUSTAINED SELF – ADMINISTERED ACUPRESSURE TREATMENTS
USING MUSCLE BIOFEEDBACK TO GUIDE HIM
IN COMBINATION WITH “CREATIVE VISUALIZATION”
THE NET RESULT OF WHICH WAS TO AUTOMATE “NEURAL CIRCUITS”
THAT, FOR THE REST OF US, ARE “AUTOMATIC” BY BIRTHRIGHT
BUT THAT, FOR HIM, HAD TO BE “RELEARNED” / “REPROGRAMMED”
HIS WALKING AND OTHER MOTOR FUNCTIONS ARE NOW “ALMOST AUTOMATIC,”
ALMOST “REFLEXIVE,” BUT IF ASKED TO COUNT TO 10 WHILE WALKING,
HE WILL DROP TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE HE LOSES HIS CONCENTRATION
CHARLES WENT ON TO DEVELOP AN ENERGY HEALING CENTER
IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,
THAT USES THE PRINCIPLES OF “ENERGETIC KINESIOLOGY”
TO OFFER THE BODY THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS
TO RESTORE ITS NATURALLY HEALTHY FUNCTIONING
“I NO LONGER SEE WHAT HAPPENED BENEATH SKULL ROCK
AS AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS AN EVENT THAT REDIRECTED
MY LIFE AND PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH MY SOUL.
MY PATH HAS CHANGED FROM THAT OF A SEEKER OF
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH TO AN EMISSARY OF TRUTH IN HEALING.”
CHARLES IS IN CHRONIC PAIN BUT TELLS ME THAT HE DOES NOT SUFFER31

AS YOU BELIEVE,
SO YOU BEHAVE
AS YOU BEHAVE
SO YOU BECOME
AS YOU BECOME
SO BECOMES YOUR WORLD
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HOW CAN YOU USE
YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND TO
“ACCESS” AND “REPROGRAM”
YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
SO THAT
YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
WELL – BEING
CAN BE IMPROVED?
DAWSON CHURCH (2014) ~ THE GENIE IN YOUR GENES:
EPIGENETIC MEDICINE AND THE NEW BIOLOGY OF INTENTION
ALTHOUGH RENE DESCARTES
A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE SEPARATION OF MIND AND BODY
WOULD HAVE DISMISSED THE IDEA AS ABSURD
(aka CARTESIAN DUALISM / MIND – BODY SPLIT)
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MORE SPECIFICALLY
HOW CAN YOU USE “MINDFULNESS”
TO “ACCESS” YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
AND “INTENTIONALITY”
TO “REPROGRAM” IT
SO THAT YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
WELL – BEING CAN BE IMPROVED?
MINDFULNESS INVOLVES
“PAYING ATTENTION” TO THE “NEGATIVE PROGRAMS”
THAT ARE OPERATING SUBLIMINALLY
INTENTIONALITY INVOLVES
“SETTING THE INTENTION” TO INSTALL “POSITIVE PROGRAMS”
TO RETROFIT THAT NEGATIVITY
AND “REWIRE” THE BRAIN
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THE SYNERGY OF MINDFULNESS AND INTENTIONALITY
LIOR SUCHARD ~ A MASTER MENTALIST
WHO DOES “MENTAL MAGIC” ON THE MINDS OF OTHERS
LIOR BOTH “READS MINDS” AND “INFLUENCES MINDS”
ELTON JOHN, JIMMY FALLON, JAMES CORDEN, BILL GATES, BILL CLINTON, LARRY KING, KELLY RIPA
JAY LENO, HARRY CONNICK JR, BARBARA WALTERS, SYLVESTER STALLONE, ZAC EFRON, PIERS MORGAN
RYAN SEACREST, JERRY SEINFELD, JEREMY PIVEN, STEVEN SPIELBERG, BARBRA STREISAND
LITERALLY BLOWS PEOPLE’S MINDS
IS BANNED FROM CASINOS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD
AS A MIND READER
GUESSED HARRY CONNICK JR’S PIN NUMBER FOR HIS CELL PHONE (“1111”)
GUESSED THE NAME OF AMERICA FERRARA’S FIRST CRUSH (“SEAN”)
GUESSED WHAT JAMES CORDEN WANTED TO CALL HIS NOT – YET – BORN DAUGHTER
SUBTLY AND EXPERTLY USED “MINDFULNESS”
TO “ACCESS” THEIR MINDS
AS A MIND INFLUENCER
GOT AN ENTIRE AUDIENCE TO DRAW THE SAME IMAGE INSIDE A CIRCLE (“A STAR”)
GOT KELLY RIPA TO THINK OF A NUMBER (“38079”) AND COHOST RYAN SEACREST
TO THINK OF AN OBJECT (“GLOBE”) ~ UPSIDE DOWN VERSIONS OF EACH OTHER
SUBTLY AND EXPERTLY USED “INTENTIONALITY”
TO “PROGRAM” THEIR MINDS
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THE NEUROPLASTIC SYNERGY OF
MINDFULNESS AND INTENTIONALITY
IN ESSENCE
HOW CAN YOU
“READ YOUR OWN MIND”
WITH MINDFULNESS
AND
“INFLUENCE YOUR OWN MIND”
WITH INTENTIONALITY
SO THAT
YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
WELL – BEING CAN BE IMPROVED?
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EPIGENETICS
THE QUANTUM UNIVERSE
IS A SET OF PROBABILITIES
THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
THOUGHTS OF THE OBSERVER
BRUCE LIPTON (2005) ~ THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF:
UNLEASHING THE POWER OF CONSCIOUSNESS, MATTER, AND MIRACLES
THE “QUANTUM SUBCONSCIOUS”
IS A SET OF PROBABILITIES
THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
THOUGHTS OF THE “CONSCIOUS MIND”
AND SIMPLY WAITING TO BE
“FOUND” AND “MANIFESTED” 38

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THE DIVINE MATRIX: BRIDGING TIME,
SPACE, MIRACLES, AND BELIEF

MIND – BODY APPROACHES THAT CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESSING HIDDEN POTENTIAL
BY REPROGRAMMING THE SUBCONSCIOUS
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION ~ MINDFULNESS YOGA ~ GUIDED MEDITATION
BODY SCAN MEDITATION ~ PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION ~ OPEN FOCUS
BREATHWORK / BREATH AWARENESS ~ RELAXATION RESPONSE
BINAURAL BEATS MEDITATION
SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY ~ HAKOMI THERAPY
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING ~ PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY (PBSP)
EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR)
LUCID DREAMING ~ SYNTONIC PHOTOTHERAPY ~ PSYCHODRAMA
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY / SOMATO – EMOTIONAL RELEASE
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY ~ COGNITIVE REMEDIATION THERAPY
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ~ DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY ~ NARRATIVE THERAPY
TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS ~ GESTALT THERAPY ~ ROGERIAN THERAPY
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY ~ PSYCHOANALYSIS
ACCELERATED EXPERIENTIAL DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY (AEDP)
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS ~ EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY
INTENSIVE SHORT – TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY (ISTDP)
EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS ~ LOGOTHERAPY ~ JUNGIAN ANALYSIS
MENTALIZATION – BASED THERAPY
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MIND – BODY APPROACHES THAT CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESSING HIDDEN POTENTIAL
BY REPROGRAMMING THE SUBCONSCIOUS
BIOENERGETIC ANALYSIS ~ APPLIED PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY
APPLIED KINESIOLOGY ~ MUSCLE TESTING ~ ENERGETIC KINESIOLOGY
LOW – LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT) ~ PHOTOBIOMODULATION
BIOFEEDBACK ~ NEUROFEEDBACK
QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (qEEG)
NEURO – LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP) ~ REFLEXOLOGY
ENERGY MEDICINE ~ FREQUENCY SPECIFIC MICROCURRENT (FSM)
PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY (PEMF)
VIBRATIONAL ENERGY HEALING ~ TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE ~ TAPPING ~ THOUGHT FIELD THERAPY
ACUPUNCTURE ~ ACUPRESSURE ~ TAI CHI ~ QIGONG
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH ~ THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE ~ ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
REIKI ~ SHIATSU ~ SHAMANIC HEALING ~ REMOTE HEALING
SPIRITUAL HEALING ~ PSYCHIC HEALING ~ SOUL RETRIEVAL
GUIDED IMAGERY ~ CREATIVE VISUALIZATION ~ FOCUSING
HYPNOTHERAPY ~ AUTOGENIC TRAINING ~ POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS
AUTOSUGGESTION ~ CHANTING ~ MANTRAS ~ PRAYER ~ DRUM BEATS
MARCHING ~ SOUND THERAPY ~ MUSIC THERAPY ~ COLOR THERAPY
BACH FLOWER REMEDIES ~ EARTHING ~ GROUNDING 41

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THE GOAL OF THE VARIOUS MIND – BODY APPROACHES IS TO
“CORRECT FOR” “NEGATIVE PROGRAMS” IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS
TO “CORRECT FOR” THE “SUBCONSCIOUS UNDERTOW” THAT IS
WREAKING HAVOC ON THE PATIENT’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

TAPPING ~ EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (EFT)
AN “EMOTIONAL VERSION” OF ACUPUNCTURE
UNDERLYING PREMISE
THE CAUSE OF ALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS
IS A DISRUPTION IN THE BODY’S ENERGY SYSTEM
FOR PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS, IT IS MOST EFFECTIVE IF UNDERLYING
EMOTIONAL ISSUES CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND THEN TARGETED
FOCUS ON AN ISSUE THAT HAS
ARISEN FROM OLD NEGATIVE PROGRAMS
A “VERSION” OF MINDFULNESS
AND THEN STIMULATE ENDPOINTS ON THE
BODY’S ENERGY MERIDIANS WHILE AFFIRMING
“I DEEPLY AND COMPLETELY LOVE AND ACCEPT MYSELF”
IN ORDER TO INSTALL NEW POSITIVE PROGRAMS
A “VERSION” OF INTENTIONALITY
EMPLOYS THE SYNERGY OF
TO REPROGRAM THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
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ROGER CALLAHAN’S
EFT TAPPING
APPEARS TO BALANCE
DISTURBANCES IN
YOUR MERIDIAN SYSTEM
THE BODY’S ENERGY CIRCUITS
JUST AS NERVES
PROPAGATE NERVE IMPULSES
AND BLOOD VESSELS
TRANSPORT BLOOD,
MERIDIANS CONDUCT ENERGY
BY FOCUSING ON A
DISTRESSING ISSUE AND
THEN TAPPING ON
ACUPRESSURE POINTS JUST
BENEATH THE SKIN
AND RESPONSIVE TO TOUCH,
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE
PROFOUND CHANGES
IN YOUR PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL WELL – BEING

MORE SPECIFICALLY
IDENTIFY THE DISTRESSING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ISSUE
THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON
THEN RATE THE INTENSITY OF YOUR DISTRESS
ON A SCALE FROM 0 TO 10
WHERE 10 IS THE MOST INTENSE
WHILE FOCUSING ON YOUR ISSUE,
MASSAGE THE “TENDER SPOT” ON EITHER SIDE
OF YOUR STERNUM USING ANY TWO FINGERS
(TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF TARGETING THE RIGHT SPOT)
AND SAY 3 TIMES
“EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THIS <PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ISSUE>,
I DEEPLY AND COMPLETELY LOVE AND ACCEPT MYSELF.”
WHEN RUBBED VIGOROUSLY, THIS SPOT WILL BECOME
SORE BECAUSE LYMPHATIC CONGESTION OCCURS THERE
BUT RUBBING THE SPOT WILL HELP TO DISPERSE THE CONGESTION
STILL FOCUSING ON YOUR ISSUE,
TAP ON EACH “TAPPING POINT” 7 TIMES
STARTING WITH THE “EYEBROW,” MOVING DOWN THE BODY ON EITHER OR BOTH
SIDES, AND FINISHING OFF THE CYCLE BY TAPPING AGAIN ON “TOP OF THE HEAD”
DO THIS ENTIRE SEQUENCE AS OFTEN AS YOU NEED TO
UNTIL THE INTENSITY OF YOUR DISTRESS APPROACHES 0 45

BILATERAL STIMULATION (FRANCINE SHAPIRO ~ 1995)
THE PATIENT IS INSTRUCTED TO FOCUS HER MIND’S EYE ON A
DISTRESSING AND UNMASTERED TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE / MEMORY / IMAGE
ALTERNATELY, REPETITIVELY, AND RHYTHMICALLY
THE CLINICIAN THEN “STIMULATES” BOTH SIDES OF THE PATIENT’S BRAIN / BODY
WHETHER VISUALLY, AUDITORILY, OR TACTILELY
LEFT – RIGHT – LEFT – RIGHT – LEFT – RIGHT – AND SO ON
THIS BRINGS TO BEAR THE “RATIONALITY” OF THE CONSCIOUS MIND
ON THE “EMOTIONALITY” OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
AS THE PATIENT IS REVISITING THE “UNPROCESSED” TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE
“RECORDED” BY HER SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, SHE IS
CONTINUOUSLY BEING REMINDED THAT SHE IS NOW IN THE PRESENT
THE GOAL IS TO HELP THE PATIENT MAINTAIN “DUAL AWARENESS” SUCH THAT
HER CONSCIOUS MIND CAN “REPROCESS” THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE
AND THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS / BELIEFS TO WHICH IT HAS GIVEN RISE
WHILE MOVING TOWARDS A MORE ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT RELIEVES EMOTIONAL DISTRESS,
REFORMULATES NEGATIVE BELIEFS,
AND IMPROVES OVERALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
EMDR BY DAY ~ REM BY NIGHT 46

MORE SPECIFICALLY
TAMING, MODIFYING, AND INTEGRATING CHARGED TOXIC ASPECTS
OF UNMASTERED EMOTIONAL TRAUMAS
THE CLINICIAN ENCOURAGES THE PATIENT TO
ASSUME A STANCE OF “DETACHED COMPASSION”
AND REPEATEDLY SAYS THINGS LIKE –
IMAGINE YOURSELF WATCHING IT ALL ON A MOVIE SCREEN OR A TV
BUT IT’S IN THE PAST ~ IT’S OLD STUFF
JUST NOTICE IT AND LET IT GO
IMAGINE YOURSELF RIDING ON A TRAIN AND THE FEELINGS, THOUGHTS,
AND IMAGES THAT YOU’RE HAVING ARE JUST SCENERY PASSING BY
BUT IT’S OVER NOW AND YOU’RE SAFE
IT’S HISTORY ~ JUST WATCH IT GO BY
IMAGINE YOURSELF DRIVING IN A TUNNEL ~ BUT JUST KEEP
YOUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL AND MOVE FORWARD
HERE, TOO, “ADAPTIVE” RESOLUTION INVOLVES A SYNERGY OF
“MINDFUL AWARENESS” OF THE UNMASTERED NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE
AND “INTENTIONAL REPROCESSING” IN ORDER TO DETOXIFY IT 47

WHAT IS THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND?
THE QUANTUM MIND ~ QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS
WITH A PROCESSING SPEED OF 40,000,000 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
A LIQUID CRYSTAL WITH SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES
BODY CONSCIOUSNESS ~ LIQUID CRYSTAL CONSCIOUSNESS
THE WISDOM OF THE BODY ~ THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
THE BODY EGO ~ SOMATIC MEMORY
THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM ~ MILIEU INTERIEUR
THE FELT SENSE ~ GUT INSTINCT ~ INNER WISDOM
THE BODY’S INNATE INTELLIGENCE ~ INTUITIVE KNOWING
VISCERAL KNOWLEDGE ~ INNER KNOWLEDGE
THE UNTHOUGHT KNOWN
IMPLICIT MEMORY ~ IMPLICIT RELATIONAL KNOWING
COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS ~ UNIVERSAL MIND
THE LIVING MATRIX ~ THE DIVINE MATRIX ~ THE WEB OF LIFE
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THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IS A QUANTUM COMPUTER
THAT RECORDS AND STORES DATA AT THE RATE
OF 40,000,000 BITS OF INFORMATION PER SECOND
BRUCE LIPTON (2005) ~ THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF

“THE EGO IS
FIRST AND FOREMOST
A BODILY EGO.”
FREUD (1923) ~ THE EGO AND THE ID
“YOUR BODY IS YOUR
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.”
CANDACE B PERT (1999) ~ MOLECULES OF EMOTION:
THE SCIENCE BEHIND MIND – BODY MEDICINE
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THE LIVING MATRIX ~ THE QUANTUM MIND
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
THE MILIEU INTERIEUR OR BIOLOGICAL TERRAIN
BERNARD (1957)
THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
PISCHINGER AND HEINE (2007)
THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE MATRIX
THE WEB OF LIFE
CAPRA (1997)
THE LIVING MATRIX
OSCHMAN (2000)
THE DIVINE MATRIX
BRADEN (2008)
THE MindBodyMatrix
STARK (2008)
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THE LIVING MATRIX
THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE BODY’S REGULATORY SYSTEMS
A LIVING NETWORK OF RELATIONSHIPS
AN INTRICATE WEB OF
INTERDEPENDENT LIVING TISSUE
THAT EXTENDS FROM
THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
TO ITS INNERMOST RECESSES,
ULTIMATELY PENETRATING
EVERY SINGLE CELL IN THE BODY
ASTOUNDINGLY, THIS REGULATORY SYSTEM IS OFTEN IGNORED
AND HAS NO “MEDICAL SPECIALTY” DEVOTED TO ITS CARE
THE CLOSEST “DISCIPLINES” ARE OSTEOPATHY AND PHYSIATRY
53

WALTER B CANNON (1932) AND HANS SELYE (1936)
ADVANCED THE IDEA THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF
HOMEOSTASIS INVOLVED REGULATORY ORGAN SYSTEMS
MOST NOTABLY, THE NERVOUS AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
IT WAS NOT UNTIL SEVERAL DECADES LATER THAT
THE HISTOLOGIST ALFRED PISCHINGER (1975) WAS ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT NERVE ENDINGS AND CAPILLARY BEDS
NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE DIRECT CONTACT
WITH FUNCTIONING (PARENCHYMAL) CELLS
RATHER, THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS
COMMUNICATE WITH THESE CELLS ONLY BY WAY OF
THE INTERVENING GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
A GLOBAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN WHICH ALL THE BODY’S
ORGAN SYSTEMS, TISSUES, AND CELLS ARE EMBEDDED
AND THROUGH WHICH ALL “MESSENGER SIGNALS” FLOW
IT IS THEREFORE THIS SYSTEM THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT REGULATORY SYSTEM OF ALL
BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM MUST BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY IF THE
BODY’S OTHER REGULATORY SYSTEMS ARE TO DO THEIR JOBS 54

IN ESSENCE
THE MAINTENANCE
OF HOMEOSTASIS
IS ULTIMATELY A STORY
ABOUT THE LIVING MATRIX
IMPORTANTLY
ALTHOUGH LACKING NERVOUS SYSTEMS
MOST LOWER ANIMALS
e.g., AMOEBAS, SEA SPONGES, AND CORALS
HAVE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEMS
WHICH ARE WHAT ENABLE THEM
TO PRESERVE THEIR HOMEOSTATIC BALANCE
IN THE FACE OF EVER – CHANGING
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
55

MORE SPECIFICALLY
AN AMOEBA IS A ONE – CELLED ORGANISM
THAT LACKS A NERVOUS SYSTEM
BUT HAS AN “INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM” EVEN SO
AMOEBAS AND PHAGOCYTOSIS
AMOEBAS TAKE IN NUTRIENTS
BY WAY OF PHAGOCYTOSIS
THEY SURROUND A SOLID FOOD
PARTICLE WITH THEIR PSEUDOPODS
USED FOR LOCOMOTION AND CAPTURING OF PREY
TO FORM A VACUOLE
A PHAGOSOME
IN WHICH DIGESTION OF THE
FOOD PARTICLE THEN OCCURS
AMOEBAS ARE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
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THE LIVING MATRIX
ALBERT SZENT – GYORGYI, HARTMUT HEINE,
ALFRED PISCHINGER, ROBERT BECKER,
FRITZ – ALBERT POPP, AND JAMES OSCHMAN
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING
ON BOTH MOLECULAR AND SUBMOLECULAR LEVELS
THE COMPLEX WORKINGS OF THE HIGH – SPEED, BODY – WIDE
INFORMATION AND ENERGY DISSEMINATION SYSTEM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS
A VAST NETWORK OF INTERLOCKING COMPONENTS,
REGULATORY PROCESSES, AND
NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOPS
THROUGH WHICH THE FLOW OF LIFE TAKES PLACE
THIS LIVING MATRIX
CONSTITUTES A BODY CONSCIOUSNESS
WORKING IN TANDEM WITH
THE BRAIN CONSCIOUSNESS
OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 57

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THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF
THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (aka CONNECTIVE TISSUE MATRIX),
THE CELLULAR MATRIX (aka CYTOSKELETON),
AND THE NUCLEAR MATRIX
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT A COLLOIDAL GEL (GROUND SUBSTANCE)
CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF LARGE SUGAR – PROTEIN COMPLEXES
TIGHTLY BOUND TO POLARIZED WATER MOLECULES
JAMES OSCHMAN (2000) ~ ENERGY MEDICINE: THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS

IN THE LANGUAGE OF SOLID – STATE PHYSICS
THIS GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
IS A LIQUID CRYSTAL
WITH SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES
MORE SPECIFICALLY
BECAUSE THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
IS A HIGHLY ORDERED ARRAY OF MOLECULES
IMMERSED IN SALT WATER
MOLECULES THAT ARE
CLOSELY PACKED AND TIGHTLY ORGANIZED
IN A CRYSTAL – LIKE LATTICE STRUCTURE
IT HAS THE SEMICONDUCTING
PROPERTIES OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL
AS SUCH IT ALLOWS FOR
THE NEAR – INSTANTANEOUS FLOW OF
REGULATORY INFORMATION AND VIBRATORY ENERGY
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FABRIC OF THE BODY
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THE DIRECT CURRENTS GENERATED IN THE MATRIX
ARE NOT A RESULT OF THE RELATIVELY SLOW
MOVEMENT OF RELATIVELY CUMBERSOME IONS
(SODIUM AND POTASSIUM)
ACROSS THE MEMBRANE OF A NERVE CELL
THAT BECOMES FIRST DEPOLARIZED AND THEN REPOLARIZED
AS AN ELECTRIC IMPULSE IS CONDUCTED DOWN
THE LENGTH OF THE AXON AT SPEEDS RANGING
FROM 1.5 TO 400 FEET PER SECOND
RATHER, THE SPEED OF PROPAGATION OF A DIRECT
CURRENT THROUGH THE LIVING MATRIX IS CLOSER TO
THE SPEED OF LIGHT – 186,000 MILES PER SECOND
“THE DIRECT CURRENTS MAKING UP THE
BODY FIELD ARE NOT DUE TO CHARGED IONS BUT
INSTEAD DEPEND ON A MODE OF SEMICONDUCTION
CHARACTERISTIC OF SOLID – STATE SYSTEMS.”
ROBERT BECKER (1998) ~ THE BODY ELECTRIC:
ELECTROMAGNETISM AND THE FOUNDATION OF LIFE
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THIS GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS
“INTELLIGENT ENERGY WITH
<SUB> CONSCIOUSNESS ATTACHED TO IT”
OPTIMAL FUNCTIONALITY OF WHICH REQUIRES THAT IT BE KEPT
UNCONGESTED
ENERGETICALLY UNBLOCKED
NUTRIENT – RICH
WELL – OXYGENATED
ALKALINE
ELECTRON – RICH
WELL – HYDRATED
ADEQUATELY METHYLATED
ELECTROLYTE – BALANCED
EMOTIONALLY UNENCUMBERED
RELAXED
WELL – RESTED
STRUCTURALLY ALIGNED
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WHETHER THE UNITS OF INFORMATION AND ENERGY ARE DESCRIBED AS
ELECTRONS, BIOPHOTONS, LIFE PARTICLES,
EXCITATIONS OF A QUANTUM FIELD, OR ENERGY QUANTA
WHETHER THE FLOW IS OF
DISCONTINUOUS PARTICLES OR CONTINUOUS WAVES
THE WAVE – PARTICLE DUALITY OF QUANTUM PHYSICS
WHETHER THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM INVOLVES
COLLAGEN FIBRILS OUTSIDE THE CELLS,
MICROTUBULES INSIDE THE CELLS,
OR SUGAR – PROTEIN MACROMOLECULES
IN THE INTERSTITIAL GROUND SUBSTANCE
WHETHER THE PROPAGATION IS BY WAY OF
LAYERS OF ELECTRICALLY CHARGED WATER,
THE PERINEURAL DIRECT CURRENT SYSTEM,
ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS, OR ENERGY CHANNELS
AND WHETHER THE SPEED OF TRANSMISSION IS
THE SPEED OF SEMICONDUCTIVITY, THE SPEED OF LIGHT,
OR SIMPLY INSTANTANEOUS …
62

THE TEAM OF INTERDISCIPLINARY
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE
DEVOTED THEIR CAREERS TO THE STUDY
OF THESE ESOTERIC CONCEPTS
WHATEVER THEIR SPECIFIC FIELD OF STUDY
AND WHATEVER THEIR LEXICON
SHARE A COMMON DREAM
NAMELY
TO UNRAVEL THE SECRET OF LIFE BY
STUDYING THE INNER WORKINGS ON THE MOST
ELEMENTAL LEVEL OF THE LIVING SYSTEM
AND OUR GOAL HERE WILL BE TO UNRAVEL
THE SECRET OF HOW TO ACCESS THE
SUBCONSCIOUS (QUANTUM) MIND
SO THAT IT CAN BE REPROGRAMMED
AND ITS “PLURIPOTENT” POTENTIAL RELEASED
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THE VISIONARY
ART OF ALEX GREY
TRANSFIGURATIONS
(2001)
A “LIGHT BODY”
RENDERING
OF THE COMPLEX
INTEGRATION OF
MIND, BRAIN, BODY,
AND SPIRIT
A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION
OF THE
DIVINE MATRIX

WHAT ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE
ENTITIES AND WHERE DO THEY RESIDE?
WHAT IS THE BRAIN?
WHAT IS THE MIND?
WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?
WHAT IS THE PRECONSCIOUS?
WHAT IS THE
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND?
WHAT IS THE
DYNAMIC UNCONSCIOUS?
65

THE BRAIN PERCEIVES
AND
THE MIND INTERPRETS
AESTHETICALLY APPEALING
(BUT TOO SIMPLISTIC)
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THE BRAIN IS A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
WITH TWO HEMISPHERES
CONNECTED BY WAY OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM

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THE (LOGICAL) LEFT BRAIN IS CONSCIOUS
THE (EMOTIONAL) RIGHT BRAIN IS UNCONSCIOUS
(BUT ALSO TOO SIMPLISTIC)

THE CONSCIOUS MIND
RESIDES IN THE
CEREBRAL CORTEX
LIES IN THE SUBCORTEX
(BUT ALSO TOO SIMPLISTIC)
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AESTHETICALLY
APPEALING
(BUT ALSO TOO
SIMPLISTIC)
FREUD (1933)
NEW INTRODUCTORY LECTURES
ON PSYCHOANALYSIS
THE GOALS OF
PSYCHOANALYSIS
TAME THE ID
STRENGTHEN THE EGO
MITIGATE THE
SEVERITY OF
THE SUPEREGO
RENDER CONSCIOUS
THE SUBCONSCIOUS
(aka UNCONSCIOUS)
JUST BENEATH IMMEDIATE
CONSCIOUS AWARENESS IS
THE PRECONSCIOUS, WHICH
HOLDS “ACCESSIBLE MEMORIES”
FROM DETERMINISM
TO FREE WILL

THE DISTINCTION THAT BRUCE LIPTON MAKES
THE CONSCIOUS MIND
RESPONDS ADAPTIVELY
AND IS IN CHARGE ONLY 5% OF THE TIME
INFORMATION IS “PROCESSED SLOWLY AND THOUGHTFULLY”
BY THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
CREATIVE ~ VOLITIONAL ~ INTENTIONED
REFLECTIVE ~ “MINDFUL” ~ EVOLVED
REACTS DEFENSIVELY
AND IS IN CHARGE 95% OF THE TIME
INFORMATION IS “PROCESSED THOUGHTLESSLY BUT ONE MILLION
TIMES FASTER” BY THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
HABITUAL ~ CONDITIONED ~ LEARNED ~ AUTOMATIC
KNEE – JERK ~ REFLEXIVE ~ “MINDLESS” ~ UNEVOLVED
AESTHETICALLY APPEALING AND PROBABLY
A MORE ACCURATE RENDERING 72

MANUAL vs. AUTOMATIC
CONSCIOUS vs. SUBCONSCIOUS
SLOW PROCESSING SPEED
vs. LIGHTNING – FAST PROCESSING SPEED
40 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
vs. 40,000,000 BITS OF DATA PER SECOND
REFLECTIVE vs. REFLEXIVE
MORE CONSIDERED vs. KNEE – JERK
RESPONSIVE vs. REACTIVE
INFORMED vs. HABITUAL
CREATIVE vs. HABITUAL
VOLITIONAL vs. HABITUAL
THOUGHTFUL vs. THOUGHTLESS
MORE EVOLVED vs. MORE PRIMAL
BRAIN CONSCIOUSNESS vs. BODY CONSCIOUSNESS
73

TAKES CONTROL
WHEN WE ARE
NOT PAYING ATTENTION
IT ALSO OFTEN
TAKES CONTROL
EVEN WHEN WE ARE
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BRUCE LIPTON (2005) ~ THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF
STUDIES DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE
TRULY CONSCIOUS ONLY 5% OF THE DAY
WHICH MEANS THAT ONLY 5% OF OUR ACTIONS, REACTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS
DERIVE FROM OUR CREATIVE WISHES, HEARTFELT DESIRES, AND GENUINE ASPIRATIONS
THE OTHER 95% OF THE DAY WE ARE OPERATING ON AUTOPILOT
WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE RELYING UPON PROGRAMS RESIDING IN OUR
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND (MANY OF WHICH WERE ACQUIRED EARLY ON IN
LIFE, LONG BEFORE OUR “CRITICAL FACULTIES” HAD COME ONLINE)
UNFORTUNATELY
MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS (SWALLOWED “WHOLE”)
ARE NEGATIVE, LIMITING, AND DISEMPOWERING
“NEGATIVITY BIAS”
THE MIND IS SIMPLY MORE “ATTUNED TO” AND “DRAWN TO”
NEGATIVE “THINGS” THAN TO NEUTRAL OR POSITIVE ONES
THE BIAS IS AUTOMATIC AND REPRESENTS AN EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION
NAMELY, TO KEEP US OUT OF HARM’S WAY
BUT IT MEANS THAT WE TEND NOT ONLY TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD
IN NEGATIVE (AND PERHAPS DISTORTED) WAYS BUT ALSO TO
CREATE NEGATIVE (AND UNHEALTHY) EXPERIENCES FOR OURSELVES 77

THERE IS A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKIT IN
WHICH TWO MEN ARE SITTING AROUND A FIRE
CHATTING AND ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER –
“YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU STICK
A POKER IN THE FIRE AND LEAVE IT IN
FOR A LONG TIME,
IT GETS REALLY, REALLY HOT?
AND THEN YOU STICK IT IN YOUR EYE,
AND IT REALLY, REALLY HURTS?
I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS!
I JUST HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS!”
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN 5 SHORT CHAPTERS by Portia Nelson
CHAPTER 1
I WALK DOWN THE STREET
THERE IS A DEEP HOLE IN THE SIDEWALK
I FALL IN
I AM LOST … I AM HELPLESS
IT ISN’T MY FAULT
IT TAKES FOREVER TO FIND A WAY OUT
CHAPTER 2
I WALK DOWN THE SAME STREET
I PRETEND I DON’T SEE IT
I FALL IN AGAIN
I CAN’T BELIEVE I AM IN THE SAME PLACE
BUT IT ISN’T MY FAULT
IT STILL TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET OUT
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CHAPTER 3
I SEE IT IS THERE
I STILL FALL IN … IT’S A HABIT
MY EYES ARE OPEN
I KNOW WHERE I AM
IT IS MY FAULT
I GET OUT IMMEDIATELY
CHAPTER 4
I WALK AROUND IT
CHAPTER 5
I WALK DOWN ANOTHER STREET
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THE POWER OF YOUR
SUBCONSCIOUS LOYALTY
TO WHAT IS TRIED AND TRUE
NO MATTER HOW UNHEALTHY
OR DYSFUNCTIONAL
YOUR FAMILIAR PAST BECOMES
YOUR PREDICTABLE FUTURE
A ROCK SONG
BY THE LATE WARREN ZEVON (1996)
“IF YOU WON’T LEAVE ME
I’LL FIND SOMEBODY WHO WILL”
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82
GETTING THERE (BUT MISLEADING) BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS
THAT THE LEFT BRAIN IS “CONSCIOUS / LOGICAL”
AND THE RIGHT BRAIN “SUBCONSCIOUS / EMOTIONAL”
WHEN THINGS ARE REPRESENTED AS FOLLOWS –

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MORE ACCURATE (BUT STILL NOT ENTIRELY SATISFYING)
BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS
BUT ARE PREDOMINANTLY SUBCONSCIOUS

SO HOW ABOUT?
THE TRIUNE BRAIN (PAUL MacLEAN 1960s)
ALTHOUGH NOW LARGELY DISCREDITED AS TOO SIMPLISTIC
IT COMES CLOSEST TO MY OWN CONCEPTUALIZATION …
THREE EVOLUTIONARILY DISTINCT STRUCTURES
BUT INTERDEPENDENT AND INTERACTIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER
PRIMATE / HUMAN (NEW BRAIN / NEOCORTEX)
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
HIGHER – ORDER BRAIN FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS CONSCIOUS THOUGHT,
SENSORY PERCEPTION, AND MOTOR COMMANDS
THE LARGEST PART OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
(WHICH IS THE OUTER LAYER OF THE BRAIN)
MAMMALIAN BRAIN (MIDDLE BRAIN / LIMBIC SYSTEM)
EMOTIONAL
AMYGDALA ~ HIPPOCAMPUS ~ HYPOTHALAMUS
REPTILIAN BRAIN (OLD BRAIN / LIZARD BRAIN)
VISCERAL / INSTINCTUAL / REFLEXIVE / SURVIVAL
BRAINSTEM ~ CEREBELLUM 84

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PAUL
MacLEAN’S
TRIUNE
BRAIN
ALSO
SOMETIMES
REPRESENTED
AS
NEW BRAIN
MIDDLE BRAIN
REPTILIAN BRAIN

QUANTUM THEORY / MECHANICS / PHYSICS
THE INTANGIBLE LAWS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM
EVERY OBJECT / MASS (MATTER) / PARTICLE HAS ENERGY
“AN ATOM IS LIKE A NANO – TORNADO ~ A SPINNING FORCE FIELD” (BRUCE LIPTON)
MASS IS CONCENTRATED ENERGY ~ MASS IS ORGANIZED PATTERNS OF ENERGY
ALBERT EINSTEIN’S “MASS – ENERGY EQUIVALENCE”
E = mc SQUARED
ENERGY = MASS x THE SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED
ENERGY AND MASS (MATTER) ARE INTERCHANGEABLE
THEY ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF THE SAME THING
IMMATERIAL = MATERIAL x EXTREMELY FAST
INTANGIBLE = TANGIBLE x EXTREMELY FAST
INVISIBLE = VISIBLE x EXTREMELY FAST
CANNOT TOUCH = CAN TOUCH x EXTREMELY FAST
QUANTUM THEORY ULTIMATELY SPEAKS TO THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN IMMATERIAL WAVES AND MATERIAL PARTICLES
WAVE = PARTICLE MOVING EXTREMELY FAST
WAVE – PARTICLE DUALITY
EVERY QUANTIC ENTITY CAN BE DESCRIBED
IN TERMS OF BOTH WAVES AND PARTICLES 87

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THE MOBIUS STRIP IS AN ELEGANT VISUAL METAPHOR FOR
THIS DUAL (TWO – SIDED) NATURE OF EVERY QUANTIC ENTITY
IMAGINE THE WORD “WAVE” WRITTEN ON ONE SURFACE OF THE
MOBIUS STRIP AND THE WORD “PARTICLE” ON THE OTHER SURFACE
THE CONTINUITY OF THE MOBIUS STRIP’S ONE – SIDED SURFACE
IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE EQUIVALENCE
OF “WAVES” / “PARTICLES” AND “MIND” / “BRAIN”
MOBIUS STRIP – A CONTINUOUS, ONE – SIDED SURFACE FORMED
BY TWISTING ONE END OF A RECTANGULAR STRIP 180 DEGREES
ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND THEN ATTACHING THE TWO ENDS

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“I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT’S A WAVE OR A PARTICLE?”

THE TRIUNE MIND (MARTHA STARK 2018)
INSPIRED BY MacLean’s CONCEPT OF THE TRIUNE BRAIN
THE “TRIUNE MIND” IS TO THE “TRIUNE BRAIN” AS “WAVES” ARE TO “PARTICLES”
THREE INTERDEPENDENT ENERGY FIELDS
ALL OF WHICH CONSTITUTE THE WEB OF LIFE
COGNITIVE / ANALYTIC / LINEAR
THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF WHICH IS THE LEFT BRAIN
PARTLY CONSCIOUS / MOSTLY SUBCONSCIOUS
EMOTIONAL / SYNTHETIC / NONLINEAR
THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF WHICH IS THE RIGHT BRAIN
PARTLY CONSCIOUS / MOSTLY SUBCONSCIOUS
VISCERAL / INSTINCTUAL / HABITUAL
THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF WHICH
IS THE GROUND REGULATION SYSTEM
PREDOMINANTLY SUBCONSCIOUS
aka BODY CONSCIOUSNESS / WISDOM OF THE BODY
QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS
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WHETHER TRIUNE BRAIN OR TRIUNE MIND
MIND – BODY APPROACHES TO HEALING
INVOLVE THE SYNERGY OF
TOP – DOWN AND BOTTOM – UP
PROCESSING OF
INFORMATION AND ENERGY
HEAD to HEART to BODY
and
BODY to HEART to HEAD
COGNITIVE to EMOTIONAL to VISCERAL
and
VISCERAL to EMOTIONAL to COGNITIVE
THE SYNERGY OF WISE MIND AND WISE BODY
WHETHER FROM WISE BODY TO WISE MIND
OR FROM WISE BODY TO WISE MIND
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TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
SOME MIND – BODY APPROACHES
START FROM THE “TOP” (COGNITIVE)
AND WORK THEIR WAY “DOWN” (VISCERAL)
TOP – DOWN HEALING
TAP INTO THE WISDOM OF THE MIND
AND THE QUANTUM POWER
OF EXPANDED CONSCIOUSNESS
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
INTENSIVE SHORT – TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
GESTALT THERAPY
ROGERIAN THERAPY
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SOME MIND – BODY APPROACHES
START FROM THE “BOTTOM” (VISCERAL)
AND WORK THEIR WAY “UP” (COGNITIVE)
BOTTOM – UP HEALING
TAP INTO THE WISDOM OF THE BODY
AND ITS INNATE ABILITY TO HEAL ITSELF
SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING
PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (EFT) ~ ENERGY TAPPING
ACUPUNCTURE ~ ACUPRESSURE
REIKI ~ SHIATSU
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BRAINWAVE (MINDWAVE) FREQUENCIES
FROM BIRTH TO AGE 2
DELTA BRAINWAVES ~ 0.5 – 4 Hz
DEEP SLEEP
FROM AGE 2 TO AGE 6
THETA BRAINWAVES ~ 4 – 8 Hz
LIGHT SLEEP ~ DEEP MEDITATION
FROM AGE 6 TO AGE 12
ALPHA BRAINWAVES ~ 8 – 12 Hz
LIGHT MEDITATION ~ DEEP RELAXATION
PEACEFUL, CALM, AND CENTERED CONSCIOUSNESS
AGE 12 AND ABOVE
BETA BRAINWAVES ~ 12 – 30 Hz
ACTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY …
GAMMA BRAINWAVES ~ 30 – 100+ Hz
EXPANDED CONSCIOUSNESS ~ PEAK PERFORMANCE ~ FLOW
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ANTICIPATING
WHEN ADULTS BECOME MORE AND MORE RELAXED,
THEIR BRAINWAVES SLOW DOWN AND THEIR
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CAN THEN BE MORE EASILY ACCESSED
THE “GOOD STUFF” RETRIEVED AND
THE “BAD STUFF” REPROGRAMMED
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IMPORTANT OVERLAP
JEAN PIAGET’S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
“GENETIC EPISTEMOLOGY” ~ A DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
DELTA STATE
FROM BIRTH TO AGE 2 ~ SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR SENSES
AND THE MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS
FROM BIRTH TO THE ACQUISITION OF LANGUAGE
THETA STATE
FROM AGE 2 TO AGE 7 ~ PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
CHILDREN DEVELOP MEMORY AND IMAGINATION
THEY ARE ALSO ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS SYMBOLICALLY
AND TO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF PAST AND FUTURE
ALPHA STATE
FROM AGE 7 TO AGE 11 ~ CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
CHILDREN BECOME MORE AWARE OF EXTERNAL EVENTS
AS WELL AS THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS
THEY BECOME LESS EGOCENTRIC AND BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND
THAT NOT EVERYONE SHARES THEIR THOUGHTS, BELIEFS, AND FEELINGS
BETA STATE
AGE 11 AND OLDER ~ FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO USE LOGIC TO SOLVE PROBLEMS,
VIEW THE WORLD AROUND THEM, AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE 97

OUR FOCUS TODAY
FROM BIRTH TO AGE 6 ~ THE “PROGRAMMABLE” YEARS
THE NEWBORN ENTERS THE WORLD WITHOUT
PRECONCEIVED IDEAS OR PREDETERMINED GOALS
A CLEAN SLATE ~ A TABULA RASA
A JESUIT MAXIM
GIVE ME THE CHILD FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS,
AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE MAN
YOUNG CHILDREN ARE LIKE SPONGES
BECAUSE THEIR “CRITICAL FACULTIES”
HAVE NOT YET COME ONLINE,
THEY SWALLOW THINGS WHOLE
THEY ARE IN A SUPER – LEARNING STATE
EARLY CHILDHOOD IS THEREFORE THE BEST TIME
FOR THEM TO LEARN NEW THINGS
FOR EXAMPLE, UP TO AGE 6,
CHILDREN CAN LEARN 3 LANGUAGES AT A TIME
AFTER AGE 6, LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
BECOMES MUCH MORE DIFFICULT
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DURING THE EARLY YEARS
CHILDREN “ABSORB” EVERYTHING FROM THEIR PARENTS
SCIENCE 13 Apr 2001: Vol 292, Issue 5515, Page 205
RESEARCH BEING CONDUCTED AT KYOTO UNIVERSITY’S PRIMATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
A MOTHER CHIMP, HER LITTLE BABY CHIMP BY HER SIDE, IS BEING
GIVEN DAILY LESSONS (OVER THE COURSE OF MANY MONTHS) ON A
TOUCH – SCREEN COMPUTER SO THAT SHE CAN LEARN TO MATCH
COLORED SQUARES WITH THE JAPANESE CHARACTER FOR THAT COLOR,
THE REWARD FOR WHICH WILL BE THE POPPING UP OF A COIN, WHICH SHE
CAN THEN USE TO BUY A FRUIT TREAT FROM THE NEARBY VENDING MACHINE
ONE DAY, WHEN THE MOTHER IS AT THE MACHINE CLAIMING HER REWARD,
HER BABY CHIMP, WHO HAS NEVER BEFORE TOUCHED THE COMPUTER SCREEN,
JUMPS UP TO THE MONITOR, PRESSES THE BUTTON TO BEGIN THE TRIAL, AND,
WHEN SHOWN (RANDOMLY) THE JAPANESE CHARACTER FOR BROWN, CLIMBS
ONTO A TRAY ON THE WALL AND REACHES FOR THE BROWN – COLORED SQUARE,
WHICH HE THEN PRESSES, CAUSING THE COIN TO POP UP, WHICH HE THEN CATCHES,
AND OFF HE GOES TO THE VENDING MACHINE TO RETRIEVE HIS REWARD
ALTHOUGH HARDLY CONSTITUTING “PROOF,”
THIS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT HUMAN INFANTS AS WELL
MAY PICK UP ALL KINDS OF COMPLEX SKILLS SOLELY BY OBSERVATION
AND WITHOUT ACTIVE COACHING BY THEIR PARENTS
MONKEY SEE / MONKEY DO 99

FROM BIRTH TO AGE 6 ~ THE “PROGRAMMABLE” YEARS
BASICALLY, THE YOUNG CHILD IS WALKING AROUND IN A HYPNOTIC TRANCE
MOMENT BY MOMENT, THE HIGHLY SUGGESTIBLE YOUNG CHILD
IS BEING PROGRAMMED BY THE ENVIRONMENT
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING SHE SEES / HEARS / FEELS / EXPERIENCES IS
BEING DOWNLOADED AND STORED PERMANENTLY IN HER SUBCONSCIOUS
A MASSIVE DATABASE OF PROGRAMMED BEHAVIORS
ALL MESSAGES THE CHILD RECEIVES ABOUT
HERSELF WILL BE DOWNLOADED INTO THE
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AS “ABSOLUTE FACTS”
MOST OF WHICH WILL REMAIN OUT OF HER AWARENESS UNTIL THEY ARE LATER
UNWITTINGLY “EXPRESSED” IN HER ACTIONS, REACTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS
INDEED, A MAJORITY OF THE BELIEFS AND PROGRAMS THAT ADULTS
HAVE WERE “RECEIVED” FROM OTHERS DURING THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS
AND THE MORE OFTEN THE MESSAGES WERE REPEATED,
THE MORE DEEPLY INGRAINED DID THE BELIEFS BECOME
WHETHER “OBJECTIVELY” TRUE OR NOT
WE DON’T “CONSCIOUSLY” DECIDE WHAT WE BELIEVE
HEALING THEN BECOMES “UNLEARNING” OR “UNBELIEVING”
ANYTHING THAT “LIMITS” OR “DETERS” US
IN OUR PURSUIT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING 104

MORE SPECIFICALLY
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND “STORES” TRAUMATIC MEMORIES
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACEs)
ARE REGISTERED FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE BODY
(aka BODY CONSCIOUSNESS)
THE TRAUMA IS STORED AS A SOMATIC MEMORY
TRAUMAS EXPERIENCED EARLY ON IN LIFE DEFEAT
THE CHILD’S CAPACITY TO ORGANIZE THEM IN WORDS
THUS THE “ALEXITHYMIA”
(INABILITY TO USE WORDS TO DESCRIBE ONE’S EMOTIONS)
THAT IS SO CHARACTERISTIC OF PATIENTS
WHO HAVE SUFFERED CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS
AND BECAUSE THE CHILD’S CONSCIOUS MIND DOES NOT YET
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROCESS THE EXPERIENCE VERBALLY, THE
TRAUMA IS SIMPLY “RECORDED” (IN A NONVERBAL AND UNDIGESTED
FORM) IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, WHERE IT REMAINS (UNPROCESSED)
AND, OVER TIME, BEGINS TO WREAK HAVOC ON THE BODY
GIVING RISE TO ALL MANNER OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AILMENTS
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE ~ BESSEL van der KOLK (2015)
INDEED, THERE IS A STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN ACEs
AND CHRONIC PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS 105

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… the ACE questionnaire assesses emotional, physical, and sexual
abuse; emotional and physical neglect; mother treated violently;
household substance abuse; household mental abuse; parental
separation or divorce; and incarcerated household members …
… the study found that the major risk factors for causes
of death in adults (smoking, alcohol abuse, obesity,
physical inactivity, use of illicit drugs, promiscuity, and
suicide attempts) were all increased by ACEs …
… there is a significant relationship between ACEs and a high
prevalence of chronic physical and mental health conditions …
(Van Niel et al. 2014)

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… adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can
affect health and well-being across the life course …
… in studies in which ACE summary scores
were calculated, significant associations
were observed between the scores and
an increased risk of cancer in adulthood …
(Holman et al. 2016)

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… early life sexual and physical abuse is associated
with an increased risk of endometriosis …
(Harris et al. 2018)

IMPORTANTLY
THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS
DURING EARLY DEVELOPMENT, THE CHILD DOWNLOADS THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF
INFORMATION NEEDED TO BECOME ENCULTURATED AND TO THRIVE IN THE WORLD
BUT THE YOUNG CHILD’S CONSCIOUS MIND WILL NOT HAVE EVOLVED ENOUGH
TO BE ABLE CRITICALLY TO ASSESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRUTH OR NOT OF
PARENTAL PRONOUNCEMENTS UTTERED IN ANGER BY A FRUSTRATED PARENT
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IS NEITHER CRITICAL NOR JUDGMENTAL
IT DOES NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S IMAGINED
IT DOES NOT ANALYZE OR REASON
IT SIMPLY SWALLOWS WHOLE AND PERMANENTLY STORES ALL THE DATA TO
WHICH IT IS BEING EXPOSED AND THEN “MINDLESSLY AND INSTANTANEOUSLY”
ACTS, REACTS, AND INTERACTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROGRAMMING AND CONDITIONING THAT IT HAS RECEIVED
THESE PROGRAMS BECOME IMPLICIT RULES TO LIVE BY
MANY ARE “GOOD” ~ BUT SOME ARE “BAD” OR EVEN “VERY BAD”
AND BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVITY BIAS
IT WILL OFTEN BE THE BAD ONES THAT COME TO THE FORE AND
NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE PERSON’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
JUST AS PLACEBOS SPEAK TO THE IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH OF POSITIVE BELIEFS,
NOCEBOS SPEAK TO THE POWERFULLY UNDERMINING IMPACT OF NEGATIVE BELIEFS
109

THE SELF – SABOTAGING, HEALTH – UNDERMINING POWER OF SUBLIMINAL
NEGATIVE / LIMITING / DEFEATIST / DISEMPOWERING BELIEFS
I WILL NEVER GET BETTER ~ I WILL ALWAYS BE SICK
I DO NOT DESERVE TO BE HEALTHY OR TO FEEL GOOD
I AM NOT LOVABLE ~ I AM A BAD PERSON
I CANNOT STOP SMOKING ~ I WILL ALWAYS OVEREAT AND BE FAT
I HAVE ALWAYS HAD SLEEP PROBLEMS ~ I AM A CHRONIC INSOMNIAC
I AM POWERLESS TO CHANGE ~ I AM SIMPLY THIS WAY
I AM NOT SMART ENOUGH ~ I AM NOT CAPABLE
I WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING ~ I AM WORTHLESS
I BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT BE STRONG
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY, IT WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH
I AM GOING TO GET CANCER BECAUSE IT RUNS IN MY FAMILY
THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO THAT WILL MAKE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE
NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE ME AND I WILL BE ALONE FOREVER
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THE HEALTH – ENHANCING POWER OF
POSITIVE / AFFIRMING / LIBERATING / EMPOWERING BELIEFS
I AM HEALTHY ~ I AM NOT SICK
I DESERVE TO BE HEALTHY AND TO FEEL GOOD
I AM LOVABLE ~ I AM A GOOD PERSON
I CAN STOP SMOKING ~ I DO NOT NEED TO OVEREAT
I CAN GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP
I AM CHANGING ~ I AM NOT STUCK
I AM VERY SMART AND VERY CAPABLE
THERE ARE GREAT THINGS AHEAD FOR ME IN LIFE ~ I AM WORTHY
I AM RESILIENT AND STRONG ~ I WORK HARD AND SUCCEED
EVERYDAY IN EVERY WAY I AM GETTING BETTER AND BETTER
I AM CREATING MY OWN PATH AND AM INVESTED IN MY HEALTH
THERE IS PLENTY THAT I CAN DO TO ENSURE MY GOOD HEALTH
I LOVE AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF MYSELF
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NEUROPLASTICITY
THE ABILITY OF THE BRAIN TO FORM
NEW SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS AND
CHANGE HOW ITS CIRCUITS ARE WIRED
NEUROGENESIS
THE ABILITY OF THE BRAIN TO GROW
NEW NEURONS
“THE BRAIN IS A FAR MORE OPEN SYSTEM
THAN WE EVER IMAGINED, AND NATURE
HAS GONE VERY FAR TO HELP US PERCEIVE
AND TAKE IN THE WORLD AROUND US.
IT HAS GIVEN US A BRAIN THAT SURVIVES
IN A CHANGING WORLD BY CHANGING ITSELF.”
NORMAN DOIDGE (2007) ~ THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF
112

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“TRAINING” THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
WITH MINDFULNESS AND INTENTIONALITY
THE NEUROPLASTIC SYNERGY OF REPEATEDLY
“PAYING ATTENTION” AND “SETTING INTENTION”
WILL REWIRE THE BRAIN AND REPROGRAM THE MIND
RETROFITTING “NEGATIVE” HEALTH – UNDERMINING BELIEFS
WITH “POSITIVE” HEALTH – PROMOTING BELIEFS
WILL CREATE NEW SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS IN THE BRAIN
AND EXPAND CONSCIOUS CONTROL OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS

THE NEUROPLASTIC SYNERGY OF
REPROGRAMMING THE SUBCONSCIOUS
REWIRING THE BRAIN
RETROFITTING NEGATIVE BELIEFS
CREATING NEW SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS
COMPASSIONATE WITNESSING OF (OLD) NEGATIVE PROGRAMS
via “MINDFULNESS”
THE CONSCIOUS MIND MUST FIRST BECOME AWARE OF
AND FOCUS COMPASSIONATE, NONJUDGMENTAL ATTENTION ON
THE SUBLIMINAL HEALTH – NEGATING BELIEFS
THAT ARE LURKING BENEATH ITS SURFACE
AND “MANIFESTING” AS POOR HEALTH
THEN USING WHATEVER MIND – BODY APPROACHES
ARE APPROPRIATE AND / OR AVAILABLE
THESE SELF – SABOTAGING HEALTH – UNDERMINING PROGRAMS
MUST BE REWORKED, REPROCESSED, RESOLVED,
RELEASED, CLEARED, DETOXIFIED, TAMED, MODIFIED,
INTEGRATED, COMPLETED, AND / OR MASTERED 114

SUCH THAT (NEW) POSITIVE PROGRAMS
CAN BE INSTALLED
via “INTENTIONALITY”
THE CONSCIOUS MIND WILL DIRECT
ITS FOCUSED ATTENTION TO
“MANIFESTING” / “EXPRESSING” / “REALIZING”
LATENT HEALTH – AFFIRMING POSSIBILITIES
THAT WERE THERE ALL ALONG,
JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND
POTENTIALITIES THAT ARE SPECIFIC
COUNTERPOINTS TO THE NEGATIVITY
115

THE POWER OF
“PRESENT MOMENT”
MINDFULNESS
“WE CAN LIVE ONLY IN THE PRESENT.
IF WE ARE UNAWARE OF OUR
PRESENT ACTIONS, WE ARE
CONDEMNED TO REPEATING
THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST AND
CAN NEVER SUCCEED IN ATTAINING
OUR DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE.”
S N GOENKA
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117
SEATED
BUDDHA
BY
ISIDORE
van
KINSBERGEN
THE HEALING
POWER OF
MINDFULNESS
COMPASSIONATE
WITNESSING
OF THE PRESENT
MOMENT

HAVE RELAXED AND FOCUSED INTENT
COMPASSION AND NEVER JUDGMENT
PUT ALL THOUGHTS ASIDE
CONCENTRATE INSIDE
ATTEND TO THE PRESENT MOMENT
MARTHA STARK (2018)
118

MINDFULNESS
ATTENTION TO PRESENT MOMENT EXPERIENCE
WITH COMPASSION AND WITHOUT JUDGMENT
ATTENTION AND AWARENESS TO WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
MOST NOTABLY, DECREASED DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
AND REDUCED STRESS REACTIVITY
RECENT NEUROIMAGING STUDIES
SUGGEST THAT IT MAY FOSTER
NEUROPLASTIC CHANGES IN THE
CORTICOLIMBIC CIRCUITS RESPONSIBLE
FOR STRESS AND EMOTION REGULATION
120

THE CORTICOLIMBIC SYSTEM INCLUDES
THE DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, WORKING MEMORY,
COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY, MOTIVATION, PLANNING,
AND ABSTRACT REASONING
THE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX
A CENTRAL ROLE IN PROCESSING EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCES AT THE CONSCIOUS LEVEL
AND SELECTIVE ATTENTIONAL RESPONSES
THE AMYGDALA
CONTROLS AUTONOMIC RESPONSES ASSOCIATED
WITH FEAR, AROUSAL, AND EMOTIONAL STIMULATION
WHEN STRESSED, THE AMYGDALA CAN
“HIJACK” (OR SHUT DOWN) THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX
AND THE HIPPOCAMPUS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROCESSING AND
STORAGE OF SHORT – TERM MEMORY
121

THICKENING OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX
AND SHRINKING OF THE AMYGDALA
TOM IRELAND ~ SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ~ GUEST BLOG ~ JUNE 12, 2014
FUNCTIONAL MRIs SHOW THAT AFTER AN EIGHT – WEEK
COURSE OF MINDFULNESS PRACTICE,
THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER – ORDER BRAIN FUNCTIONS,
SUCH AS AWARENESS, CONCENTRATION, AND ABSTRACT THINKING
BECOMES THICKER
AND THE AMYGDALA
THE “STRESS CENTER” OF THE BRAIN
SHRINKS
THIS PRIMAL REGION OF THE BRAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH FEAR AND ANXIETY
IS INVOLVED IN INITIATING THE BODY’S
“FIGHT OR FLIGHT” RESPONSE TO STRESS
123

THE “FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY” BETWEEN THESE REGIONS
THAT IS, HOW OFTEN THEY ARE ACTIVATED TOGETHER
ALSO CHANGES
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AMYGDALA AND THE REST OF
THE BRAIN GETS WEAKER, WHILE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
AND AMONG AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH ATTENTION, CONCENTRATION,
AND EMOTIONAL INTEGRATION GET STRONGER
THE SCALE OF THESE CHANGES CORRELATES WITH THE NUMBER OF HOURS
OF MEDITATION PRACTICE AND ARE PRESENT EVEN WHEN NOT MEDITATING
“ ... MINDFULNESS PRACTICE INCREASES ONE’S ABILITY TO
RECRUIT HIGHER – ORDER PREFRONTAL CORTEX REGIONS
IN ORDER TO DOWNREGULATE LOWER – ORDER BRAIN ACTIVITY”
ADRIENNE TAREN
IN OTHER WORDS
OUR MORE PRIMAL REACTIONS TO STRESS APPEAR TO
BE SUPERSEDED BY MORE THOUGHTFUL RESPONSES
126

LOTS OF ACTIVITIES CAN INCREASE
THE SIZE OF VARIOUS PARTS
OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX
e.g., VIDEO GAMES
BUT IT IS THE DISCONNECTION
OF THE BRAIN FROM ITS
“STRESS CENTER” THAT APPEARS
TO HAVE THE MOST PROFOUNDLY
BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON
127

128
BRAIN REGIONS IN WHICH
NEURAL GROWTH OCCURS INCLUDE
MULTIPLE PREFRONTAL REGIONS,
ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CINGULATE CORTICES,
PRECUNEUS, AND STRIATUM
REGIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ATTENTION CONTROL,
EMOTIONAL REGULATION, AND SELF – AWARENESS
TANG, HOLZEL, AND POSNER ~ NAT REV NEUROSCI 2015 April;16(4):213-25
… research over the past two decades broadly supports
the claim that mindfulness meditation – practiced for
the reduction of stress and promotion of health – exerts
beneficial effects on physical and mental health …
(Tang et al. 2015)

IN ADDITION TO INCREASING BOTH GREY MATTER
DENSITY AND CORTICAL THICKNESS IN KEY AREAS
LEADING TO, AMONG OTHER BENEFITS, IMPROVED
COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND GREATER LONGEVITY
MEDITATION CAN STRENGTHEN
THE CORPUS CALLOSUM
THE LARGE BUNDLE OF FIBERS
CONNECTING THE TWO HEMISPHERES
AND THEREFORE THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
TWO SIDES OF THE BRAIN
129

MEDITATION REDUCES LEVELS
OF STRESS BIOMARKERS
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH ~ JANUARY 2018
A RIGOROUSLY DESIGNED CLINICAL TRIAL
FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
DEMONSTRATED OBJECTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
THAT MINDFULNESS MEDITATION COMBATS ANXIETY
COMPARED TO CONTROLS
PATIENTS WITH GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER IN
A MINDFULNESS – BASED STRESS REDUCTION CLASS
HAD LARGER REDUCTIONS IN BLOOD LEVELS
OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH),
THE STRESS HORMONE CORTISOL, AND THE
PRO – INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES (IL – 6 AND TNF – ALPHA)
THE FIRST COMBINED HORMONAL AND
IMMUNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT
MINDFULNESS – BASED STRESS REDUCTION
MAY ENHANCE RESILIENCE TO STRESS
130

131
… larger reductions in stress markers for
patients with generalized anxiety disorder in the
mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR)
class compared to control
… this provides the first combined
and immunological evidence that MBSR
may enhance resilience to stress …
(Hoge et al. 2018)

ALTHOUGH CULTIVATING MINDFULNESS
WILL NOT ACCELERATE THE SPEED WITH WHICH
WE CAN CONSCIOUSLY PROCESS ALL THE
ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI COMING OUR WAY,
IT CAN SHIFT THE BALANCE FROM THE
LESS – EVOLVED AND “THOUGHTLESS” REACTIVITY
OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TO THE
MORE – EVOLVED AND “THOUGHTFUL” RESPONSIVITY
OF THE CONSCIOUS MIND
THE WISE MIND THAT RESULTS
WILL ENABLE US TO DERIVE BENEFIT
FROM BOTH BY TAPPING INTO THE
BEST OF WHAT EACH HAS TO OFFER
FROM ENSLAVED TO EMPOWERED
133

THE POWER
OF “PLURIPOTENT”
INTENTIONALITY
CONSCIOUSLY DIRECTING ENERGY
AND ATTENTION IN A NEW DIRECTION
AND INTO A NEW FUTURE
“WHETHER YOU THINK YOU CAN,
OR YOU THINK YOU CAN’T –
YOU’RE RIGHT”
HENRY FORD
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THE HEALING
POWER OF
INTENTIONALITY

PRAYER
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FORMS OF INTENTIONALITY
THE SUBJECT OF HUNDREDS OF STUDIES
MOST OF WHICH HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT PATIENTS
WHO “HAVE FAITH” GET BETTER FASTER
A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS FROM ST LUKE’S MEDICAL
CENTER IN CHICAGO EXAMINED THE CORRELATION
BETWEEN CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
THEY DISCOVERED THAT THOSE PATIENTS WHO ATTENDED
CHURCH REGULARLY AND HAD A STRONG SPIRITUAL PRACTICE HAD
A LOWER MORTALITY RATE AND MORE ROBUST OVERALL HEALTH
POWELL L H, SHAHABI L, THORESEN C E (2003) ~ RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY:
LINKAGES TO PHYSICAL HEALTH ~ AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, JAN 58(1), p 36
A SIMILAR STUDY LED BY THOMAS OXMAN AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL EXAMINED THE
EFFECTS OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT
ON PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEART SURGERY
THEY DISCOVERED THAT THOSE PATIENTS WHO WERE DEVOTED TO THEIR
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OR POSSESSED A LARGE SOCIAL NETWORK EXHIBITED
A 14% MORTALITY RATE COMPARED TO THOSE WHO LACKED SUCH SUPPORTS
OXMAN T E, et al. (1995) ~ LACK OF SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OR RELIGIOUS
STRENGTH AND COMFORT AS RISK FACTORS FOR DEATH AFTER CARDIAC
SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY ~ PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 57:5-15. 136

PRAYER
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FORMS OF INTENTIONALITY
THE SUBJECT OF HUNDREDS OF STUDIES
MOST OF WHICH HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT PATIENTS
WHO “HAVE FAITH” GET BETTER FASTER
A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS FROM ST LUKE’S MEDICAL
CENTER IN CHICAGO EXAMINED THE CORRELATION
BETWEEN CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
THEY DISCOVERED THAT THOSE PATIENTS WHO ATTENDED
CHURCH REGULARLY AND HAD A STRONG SPIRITUAL PRACTICE HAD
A LOWER MORTALITY RATE AND MORE ROBUST OVERALL HEALTH
POWELL L H, SHAHABI L, THORESEN C E (2003) ~ RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY:
LINKAGES TO PHYSICAL HEALTH ~ AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, JAN 58(1), p 36
A SIMILAR STUDY LED BY THOMAS OXMAN AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL EXAMINED THE
EFFECTS OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT
ON PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEART SURGERY
THEY DISCOVERED THAT THOSE PATIENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE A
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND LACKED A SOCIAL NETWORK WERE 3 TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO DIE AFTER SURGERY THAN THOSE WHO HAD SUCH SUPPORT
OXMAN T E, et al. (1995) ~ LACK OF SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OR RELIGIOUS
STRENGTH AND COMFORT AS RISK FACTORS FOR DEATH AFTER CARDIAC
SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY ~ PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 57:5-15. 137

LARRY DOSSEY (1995) ~ HEALING WORDS: THE POWER
OF PRAYER AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,200
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES DEMONSTRATING
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
INTENTION AND PRAYER ON THE ONE HAND
AND HEALTH AND LONGEVITY ON THE OTHER
ONE SUCH STUDY WAS A CONTROLLED,
RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE – BLIND STUDY THAT
MEASURED THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO INCREASE
THE RATE OF GROWTH OF YEAST IN TEST TUBES
THE RESULTS DEMONSTRATED THAT
INTENTION AND MENTAL CONCENTRATION
DEFINITELY AFFECTED THE RATE
OF GROWTH OF THE YEAST
138

PRAYER AND ALTRUISM
IN ADDITION TO HELPING THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES AN ACT OF KINDNESS,
PRAYER APPEARS TO BENEFIT THE PERSON DOING THE PRAYING
STUDIES DEMONSTRATE THAT ONGOING ALTRUISTIC ACTS
IMPROVE AND PROLONG OUR LIVES
CONSTANCE GRAUDS (2005) ~ THE ENERGY PRESCRIPTION
2,700 MEN WERE STUDIED OVER A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS
THE STUDY FOUND THAT THE MEN WHO ENGAGED
IN REGULAR VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES WERE 50%
LESS LIKELY TO DIE THAN THOSE WHO WERE NOT
GRAUDS CONCLUDES
“ALTRUISTIC SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE REDUCED STRESS;
IMPROVED IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONING;
A SENSE OF JOY, PEACE, AND WELL – BEING;
AND EVEN RELIEF FROM PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN.
THESE EFFECTS TEND TO LAST LONG AFTER
THE HELPING ENCOUNTER, AND … INCREASE WITH
THE FREQUENCY OF ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR.”
139

THE POWER OF TONING
THE WORLD OF SUSTAINED VOWEL SOUNDS
AN ANCIENT METHOD OF HEALING
DOES NOT DEPEND ON FAITH
“THERE ARE NATURAL CHANNELS FOR THE ENERGY IN
OUR BODIES, AND IF WE RECOGNIZE AND LEARN TO
FLOW WITH THEM, THEY WILL KEEP US HEALTHY.”
LAUREL ELIZABETH KEYES (1973) ~ TONING: THE CREATIVE POWER OF THE VOICE
TONING HELPS PATIENTS BECOME
MORE CENTERED IN THEIR BODIES,
STIMULATES ENERGY FLOW, RELEASES EMOTIONS,
RELIEVES INSOMNIA, LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE,
DEEPENS BREATHING, RELAXES MUSCLES,
AND EASES PHYSICAL PAIN
ALL FORMS OF VOCALIZATION, INCLUDING SINGING, CHANTING,
YODELING, HUMMING, REPEATING A MANTRA, AND
RECITING PROSE OR POETRY, CAN BE THERAPEUTIC
MOZART HIMSELF HUMMED WHEN HE COMPOSED
DON CAMPBELL (1997) ~ THE MOZART EFFECT 140

THE HEALING POWER OF THE VOICE
RAPPING
DEVELOPED AS A VOCAL MARTIAL ART
TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN THE STREETS
FROM THE DEHUMANIZATION OF THEIR WORLD
IT’S A FORM OF SELF – THERAPY
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE CONSCIOUS MIND
TO TALK TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND,
ESPECIALLY THE DEEPER SYSTEMS THAT GOVERN
INSTINCTUAL REACTIONS AND SURVIVAL
THE BRAIN PROCESSES SPEECH THAT IS
EXPRESSED IN RHYTHM AND RHYME
DIFFERENTLY FROM THE WAY IN WHICH
IT PROCESSES REGULAR SPEECH
141

RETRAINING THE BRAIN WITH THE TOMATIS METHOD
(AUDIO – PSYCHO – PHONOLOGY)
ALFRED TOMATIS MD
AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
DEVELOPED THE TOMATIS METHOD BASED ON THE IDEA
THAT “ERRANT HEARING” WAS THE ROOT CAUSE
OF A VARIETY OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AILMENTS
IN ORDER REPEATEDLY TO “SURPRISE” AND THEREBY RETRAIN THE BRAIN
HEADPHONES ARE WORN THAT CREATE “MUSICAL CONTRASTS”
CAUSED BY CONTINUOUS, SUDDEN, AND UNPREDICTABLE CHANGES
IN THE TIMBRE AND INTENSITY OF THE MUSIC BEING PLAYED
THIS ELEMENT OF SURPRISE (AN “OPTIMAL STRESSOR”)
FORCES THE BRAIN TO DEVELOP NEW NETWORKS (NEUROPLASTICITY)
BY TRIGGERING AND REINFORCING ITS “ATTENTIONAL MECHANISMS”
IN ESSENCE, A “GYMNASTIC EXERCISE” FOR THE BRAIN
ULTIMATELY SERVING TO PROMOTE STRONGER FOCUS AND ATTENTION
AND IMPROVED PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
THE TOMATIS METHOD HAS HELPED
GERARD DEPARDIEU AND STING
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THE TOMATIS METHOD
IN THE LATE 1960s ALFRED TOMATIS WAS SUMMONED
TO INVESTIGATE A STRANGE MALAISE THAT HAD DESCENDED
UPON A BENEDICTINE MONASTERY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
TOMATIS FOUND 70 OF THE 90 MONKS
“SLUMPED IN THEIR CELLS LIKE WET DISHRAGS”
LISTLESS, FATIGUED, AND DEPRESSED
HE DECLARED THE CAUSE TO BE NOT PHYSIOLOGICAL BUT AUDIOLOGICAL
AND HYPOTHESIZED THAT THEIR ENERVATED STATE WAS
THE RESULT OF ELIMINATING SEVERAL HOURS OF
GREGORIAN CHANT FROM THEIR DAILY ROUTINE
THE LONG, RESONANT TONES OF THE GLORIOUS OOOO’s
AND SERENE EEEE’s PROMOTED A FEELING OF RELEASE
AND PROVIDED A COMMON FOCUS
THE EFFECT WAS DRAMATIC WHEN THE MONKS
WERE PUT BACK ON THEIR DIET OF GREGORIAN CHANT
8 – 9 TIMES A DAY CHANTING FOR 10 – 20 MINUTES AT A STRETCH
AND WITHIN 6 MONTHS
THE MONKS WERE ONCE AGAIN VIGOROUS AND HEALTHY
DON CAMPBELL (1997) ~ THE MOZART EFFECT 143

THE HEARTMATH INSTITUTE
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL “COHERENCE”
A “MEDITATIVE” STATE OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING
CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED ORDER AND HARMONY
BOTH PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSIOLOGICALLY
PSYCHOLOGICALLY
THERE IS GREATER EMOTIONAL STABILITY, INCREASED
MENTAL CLARITY, AND IMPROVED COGNITIVE FUNCTION
PHYSIOLOGICALLY
THERE IS AN OVERALL SHIFT IN AUTONOMIC BALANCE
FROM SYMPATHETIC TO PARASYMPATHETIC ACTIVATION
THERE IS ALSO INCREASED PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTRAINMENT
WITH BODILY SYSTEMS SYNCHRONIZING TO
THE RHYTHM GENERATED BY THE HEART
FINALLY, THERE IS INCREASED SYNCHRONIZATION
BETWEEN THE ACTIVITY OF THE HEART
AND THE ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
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STUDIES THE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF STRESS, EMOTIONS,
AND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HEART AND BRAIN
HEART RATE VARIABILITY MEASURES
BEAT – TO – BEAT VARIABILITY IN HEART RATE
PARTICULARLY VALUABLE IN STUDYING THE PHYSIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
IT PROVIDES A POWERFUL, NONINVASIVE MEASURE
OF NEUROCARDIAC FUNCTION AND A PERSON’S ABILITY
TO ADAPT TO STRESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
THAT IS, HEART – BRAIN INTERACTIONS
AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DYNAMICS
WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN EMOTIONAL STATES
DURING THE EXPERIENCE OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS,
SUCH AS ANGER, FRUSTRATION, AND ANXIETY
HEART RHYTHMS BECOME MORE ERRATIC AND DISORDERED
BY CONTRAST, SUSTAINED HEARTFELT POSITIVE EMOTIONS
SUCH AS APPRECIATION, LOVE, AND COMPASSION
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHLY ORDERED
PATTERNS IN THE HEART RHYTHMS
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INCOHERENT vs. COHERENT HEART RHYTHM PATTERNS

A RESEARCH STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE HEARTMATH INSTITUTE
MODULATION OF DNA CONFORMATION BY HEART – FOCUSED INTENTION
HEARTMATH RESEARCH CENTER (2003) ~ ROLLIN McCRATY et al.
TO WHAT EXTENT CAN HEART COHERENCE
AFFECT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS?
CAN INTENTIONS, DESIRES, AND EMOTIONS
CAUSE “EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS” IN DNA?
AGAIN, EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS INVOLVE CHANGING
NOT THE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEOTIDES IN THE DNA STRAND
BUT THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE DNA
SUCH THAT HOW THE GENES ARE “READ” BECOMES MODIFIED
THE HEARTMATH EXPERIMENT WAS DONE IN
THE 1990s AND INVOLVED THE USE OF HUMAN
PLACENTAL DNA TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF
INTENTIONALITY ON ITS HELICAL STRUCTURE
THAT IS, THE CONFORMATIONAL STATE OF THE DNA
A CHARACTERISTIC THAT CAN BE MEASURED BY THE
MOLECULE’S ABSORPTION OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT 147

THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
TRAINED IN HEARTMATH’S HEART – FOCUSED, COHERENCE – BUILDING TECHNIQUES
PERFORMED THE TRIALS UNDER THREE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS
(1) IN A HEART – FOCUSED STATE
WITH SELF – GENERATED FEELINGS OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION
AND HOLDING THE INTENTION EITHER
TO WIND OR TO UNWIND THE DNA
BUT WITH NO INTENTION TO CHANGE THE DNA
(3) IN THEIR NORMAL STATE
BUT WITH THE INTENTION EITHER
THE CONTROL GROUP
WITH NO TRAINING IN HEARTHMATH’S TECHNIQUES
PERFORMED THE TRIAL UNDER ONLY ONE CONDITION
AND HOLDING THE INTENTION EITHER
148

THE WINDING AND UNWINDING OF THE DNA MOLECULE
ITS CONFORMATIONAL STATE
WAS MEASURED BY CHANGES IN THE ABSORPTION OF UV LIGHT
IN THE CONTROL GROUP
(1) THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HEART COHERENCE
AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE DNA’S CONFORMATION
IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
(1) THOSE IN A HEART – FOCUSED STATE AND HOLDING
THE INTENTION DEMONSTRATED INCREASED HEART
COHERENCE AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
(UP TO 25%) IN THE DNA’S CONFORMATION
A VERY ROBUST EFFECT
(2) THOSE IN A HEART – FOCUSED STATE BUT
HOLDING NO INTENTION HAD RESULTS SIMILAR
TO THOSE OF THE CONTROL GROUP
(3) THOSE IN A NORMAL PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL
STATE (WITHOUT HEART FOCUS) BUT
HOLDING THE INTENTION HAD RESULTS SIMILAR
TO THOSE OF THE CONTROL GROUP 149

THE HEARTMATH INSTITUTE CONCLUSION
THE RESULTS PROVIDE EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESIS THAT
WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE HOLDING
AN INTENTION AND IN A
HEART – FOCUSED (LOVING) STATE,
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALTER
THE CONFORMATION OF DNA
IN OTHER WORDS
BOTH INTENTION AND HEART COHERENCE
ARE REQUIRED TO ALTER THE PHYSICAL
STRUCTURE OF DNA MOLECULES
THIS WAS THE FIRST STUDY TO CORRELATE SPECIFIC
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MODES WITH THE
ABILITY TO CAUSE CHANGES IN A BIOLOGICAL
TARGET (DNA) EXTERNAL TO THE BODY
150

“THESE FINDINGS … SEEM ONLY TO BE COMPREHENSIBLE
WITHIN A QUANTUM PHYSICS FRAMEWORK.”
THE AUTHORS GO ON TO WRITE
“THESE DATA SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESIS THAT
AN ENERGETIC CONNECTION EXISTS BETWEEN
STRUCTURES IN THE QUANTUM VACUUM AND
CORRESPONDING STRUCTURES ON THE PHYSICAL
PLANE AND THAT THIS CONNECTION CAN BE
INFLUENCED BY HUMAN INTENTIONALITY.”
THEY CONCLUDE
“ … THOUGH CLEARLY IN NEED OF FURTHER TESTING,
IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT INDIVIDUALS COULD
INFLUENCE THEIR OWN DNA THROUGH A
TOP – DOWN PROCESS SUCH AS THAT DESCRIBED ABOVE,
POTENTIALLY PRODUCING EFFECTS OF EVEN GREATER
MAGNITUDE THAN THOSE OBSERVED IN THIS STUDY.”
MODULATION OF DNA CONFORMATION BY HEART – FOCUSED INTENTION
HEARTMATH RESEARCH CENTER (2003) ~ ROLLIN McCRATY et al.
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THE HEART’S
ELECTRICAL
SIGNALS ARE
60 TIMES
MORE POWERFUL
THAN
THE BRAIN’S
THE HEART’S
MAGNETIC
FIELD IS
5,000 TIMES
MORE POWERFUL
THAN
THE BRAIN’S
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED BY
THE HEART IS THE MOST POWERFUL
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCED BY THE BODY

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THE GOAL OF MIND – BODY MEDICINE IS TO
PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
THROUGH MINDFUL, INTENTIONED LIVING

BE MINDFUL AND INTENTIONAL
THOUGH SUBTLE AND SUBLIMINAL
WHEN YOU RETROFIT
IT WILL BENEFIT
YOUR HEALTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
MARTHA STARK (2018)
155

DELTA / THETA / ALPHA / BETA / GAMMA
BRAINWAVE FREQUENCIES
THE ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz)
CROSSOVER ZONE IS
THE “ROYAL ROAD” TO
THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND
CREATES OPPORTUNITY
FOR ITS REPROGRAMMING
BY THE CONSCIOUS MIND
THIS “THRESHOLD CONSCIOUSNESS”
IS THE MENTAL STATE IN WHICH YOU CAN
“CONSCIOUSLY” CREATE YOUR REALITY
AND PROGRAM YOUR OVERALL HEALTH
157

THE VARIOUS
MIND – BODY APPROACHES
WHETHER INVOLVING
TOP – DOWN OR BOTTOM – UP
PROCESSING OF
INFORMATION AND ENERGY
WILL BE ABLE TO
REPROGRAM THE
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
MOST EFFECTIVELY
IF THE PATIENT CAN
ACHIEVE AN ALPHA – THETA
HEALING STATE OF MIND
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THE NEUROPLASTIC
SYNERGY OF
MINDFULNESS AND
INTENTIONALITY
TO REPROGRAM
THE SUBCONSCIOUS
REWIRE THE BRAIN
AND IMPROVE
OVERALL HEALTH
THE ALPHA – THETA
CROSSOVER STATE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
A HEALING STATE
CHARACTERIZED BY
BRAINWAVE
FREQUENCIES
OF 7 – 8 Hz
AND THE
“ROYAL ROAD”
TO THE
SUBCONSCIOUS
MIND

INTERESTINGLY, THE EARTH RESONATES AT A
VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCY OF 7.83 Hz
THE EARTH EMITS THESE EXTREMELY LOW
FREQUENCY (ELF) ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GENERATED WHEN NATURAL PHENOMENA, SUCH AS LIGHTNING, STRIKE THE EARTH’S SURFACE
THE RESULTING ELF WAVES (SCHUMANN RESONANCE) SPREAD
AROUND THE PLANET IN THE ATMOSPHERIC CAVITY
BETWEEN THE EARTH’S SURFACE AND THE IONOSPHERE
7.83 Hz IS THE EARTH’S HEARTBEAT
BIOELECTROMAGNETIC HEALING
EARTHING / GROUNDING (JAMES OSCHMAN 2000)
CONNECTING TO THE EARTH AND ITS 7.83 Hz “MICROPULSATIONS”
WHETHER BY WALKING BAREFOOT OUTSIDE (ESPECIALLY ON THE BEACH)
OR WITH LEATHER – SOLED (NOT RUBBER – SOLED) SHOES
OR SITTING, WORKING, OR SLEEPING INDOORS WITH AN
EARTHING / GROUNDING MAT CONNECTED TO A “CONDUCTING WIRE”
SUCH THAT THE EARTH’S HEALING ENERGY CAN BE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE GROUND TO THE BODY
EFFECTIVE AS LONG AS YOU ARE ISOLATED FROM THE STRONGER EMFs
EMITTED BY ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CELL PHONES, COMPUTERS, etc.) 160

BIOELECTROMAGNETIC HEALING
EARTHING / GROUNDING
OUR ABILITY TO RESONATE WITH THE EARTH
CONNECTS US TO A TRANSCENDENT HEALING ENERGY
AND POSITIVELY AFFECTS OUR BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
INCLUDING OUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
BEING IN SYNC WITH, OR “ENTRAINING” TO, THE EARTH’S
RESONANCE BRINGS US INTO A BALANCED STATE
ADDITIONAL HEALTH BENEFITS INCLUDE
ACCELERATED HEALING
REDUCED INFLAMMATION ~ DECREASED CHRONIC PAIN
BETTER SLEEP ~ INCREASED ENERGY
DECREASED STRESS LEVELS AND MUSCLE TENSION
BRAINWAVE ENTRAINMENT OR SYNCHRONIZATION
REFERS TO THIS CAPACITY OF THE BRAIN TO SYNCHRONIZE
ITS FREQUENCIES WITH RHYTHMS FROM EXTERNAL STIMULI
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE BRAINWAVE FREQUENCY
OF ENERGY HEALERS COMES CLOSE TO 7.83 Hz
ROFFEY L (2006) ~ THE BIOELECTRIC BASIS FOR “HEALING ENERGIES”
JOURNAL OF NON – LOCALITY AND REMOTE MENTAL INTERACTIONS 161

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BRAINWAVE ENTRAINMENT
ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) BINAURAL BEATS

ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) BINAURAL BEATS
USING SOUND WAVES TO ENTRAIN BRAINWAVES TO A HEALING FREQUENCY
THE BRAIN WILL RESPOND BY PRODUCING A THIRD SOUND
THE INNATE ABILITY OF THE BRAIN TO DETECT PHASE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE EARS ENABLES THE PERCEPTION OF BINAURAL BEATS
MORE SPECIFICALLY
UPON HEARING TWO TONES OF DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES
SENT SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH HEADPHONES TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT EARS
THE BRAIN PERCEIVES A THIRD TONE
BASED ON THE MATHEMATICAL DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO FREQUENCIES
THE BRAIN THEN ALIGNS (“ENTRAINS”) ITSELF TO THE NEW FREQUENCY
AND PRODUCES BRAINWAVES AT THAT SAME FREQUENCY
aka “FREQUENCY FOLLOWING RESPONSE”
FREQUENCIES BELOW 200 Hz CANNOT BE “HEARD”
BUT, SAY, 315 Hz AND 322.5 Hz CAN BE “HEARD”
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM (7.5 Hz) “PERCEIVED”
ALPHA – THETA BINAURAL BEATS WILL
CREATE THE “AUDITORY ILLUSION” OF 7 – 8 Hz
A HEALING FREQUENCY TO WHICH THE BRAIN WILL THEN ENTRAIN 163

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THE BRAIN “HEARS” THE HEALING FREQUENCY
OF, SAY, A 7.83 Hz BINAURAL BEAT,
TO WHICH IT THEN ENTRAINS

ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) “THRESHOLD CONSCIOUSNESS”
THE TRANSITIONAL STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
BETWEEN WAKEFULNESS AND SLEEP
MARKED BY A HIGH LEVEL OF BOTH ALPHA AND THETA BRAINWAVES
HYPNAGOGIC STATES (JUST BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP)
AND HYPNOPOMPIC STATES (JUST BEFORE AWAKENING)
ARE SOMETIMES USED AS A SOURCE
OF INSPIRATION TO FOSTER CREATIVITY
THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THIS “TRANSITIONAL STATE,”
THE CLEARER AND MORE PROFOUND YOUR INTUITION BECOMES
THOMAS EDISON USED HYPNAGOGIA TO INSPIRE HIM
HE WOULD TAKE NAPS IN HIS CHAIR, HOLDING
A SET OF HEAVY METAL BALLS IN HIS PALMS
AS HIS HANDS RELAXED AND THE BALLS
CRASHED NOISILY TO THE FLOOR,
EDISON WOULD AWAKEN SUDDENLY WITH
A SOLUTION (OFTEN VISUAL) TO HIS PROBLEM
165

ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) “THRESHOLD CONSCIOUSNESS”
A HIGHLY CREATIVE STATE OF MIND ~ A STATE OF REVERIE
CHARACTERIZED BY DECREASED EEG ACTIVITY
IN THE LEFT DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX
AS THE “MORE LOGICAL” CONSCIOUS MIND BACKS OFF
AND INCREASED EEG ACTIVITY IN THE
VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVING
VISUALIZATION AND IMAGINATION
AS THE “MORE VISUAL AND IMAGINATIVE”
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TAKES OVER
BARRETT D (2010) ~ THE COMMITTEE OF SLEEP 167

ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) “CROSSOVER STATE”
AN ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
ALLOWS THE CONSCIOUS MIND
NOT ONLY TO GAIN ACCESS TO
THE “INTUITIVE CREATIVITY”
RESIDING IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
BUT ALSO TO RETROFIT
THE “NEGATIVE BELIEFS”
RESIDING THERE
WITH “POSITIVE BELIEFS”
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE
THE ALPHA – THETA STATE OF MIND
IS A HYPNOTIC STATE CHARACTERIZED
BY HEIGHTENED SUGGESTIBILITY
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169
THE “PORTAL” TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS
FROM THE CONSCIOUS MIND
TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
BY WAY OF “ALPHA”

170
THE ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) CROSSOVER STATE
ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
“THRESHOLD CONSCIOUSNESS”
A “HIGHLY SUGGESTIBLE” STATE OF REVERIE
ALLOWS THE CONSCIOUS MIND TO GAIN ACCESS TO,
AND RETROFIT, THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND IN ORDER

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WHETHER THAT SOMETHING BE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE

172
LOGIC AND RATIONALITY MAY BE THE KEYS
TO REACHING THE CONSCIOUS MIND
BUT REPETITION AND VISUALIZATION ARE THE KEYS
TO REACHING THE SUBCONSCIOUS

173
ALSO KEY TO REINFORCING THE MESSAGE
WILL BE INVOLVEMENT OF THE BODY AND
CONSTRUCTION OF A SOMATIC MEMORY

174
VISUALIZATION ~ ATTENTION ~ INTENSITY
DURATION ~ CONSTRAINT AND IMMERSION ~ IMITATION
TO TRAIN / CONDITION / REWIRE / REPROGRAM THE BRAIN

THE IMPORTANCE OF REPETITION
FOR INSTALLING NEW PROGRAMS
IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
LEARN IT WITH THE HEAD
PRACTICE IT BY HAND
KNOW IT BY HEART
NEUROPLASTICITY REQUIRES
CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT
175

“NEURONS THAT FIRE TOGETHER, WIRE TOGETHER.”
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST DONALD HEBB (1949)
PATHWAYS IN THE BRAIN ARE FORMED
AND REINFORCED THROUGH REPETITION
WHEN BRAIN CELLS COMMUNICATE FREQUENTLY,
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM STRENGTHENS
AND MESSAGES THAT TRAVEL ALONG THE SAME
PATHWAYS IN THE BRAIN OVER AND OVER
AGAIN BEGIN TO TRANSMIT EVER FASTER
WITH ENOUGH REPETITION, THEY BECOME AUTOMATIC
OF COURSE, NEGATIVE PATTERNS REPEATED
OFTEN ENOUGH WILL ALSO BE REINFORCED,
WHICH IS WHY NEGATIVE, SELF – LIMITING
BELIEFS ACQUIRED EARLY ON WILL
EVENTUALLY TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN
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ALSO IMPORTANT IN PROMOTING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION
WHEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE BRAIN ARE FUNCTIONING
COHERENTLY AND IN SYNC WITH EACH OTHER
MOST PEOPLE “FAVOR” ONE HEMISPHERE OVER THE OTHER
BUT EEG STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT HUMANITY’S
GREATEST PHILOSOPHERS, THINKERS, INVENTORS, AND
ARTISTS USE BOTH HEMISPHERES TOGETHER, IN UNISON
MEDITATION WORKS TO BALANCE BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN
FORCING THEM TO WORK IN HARMONY
YOUR MIND WILL BECOME MORE AWAKENED, FOCUSED,
AND EMPOWERED AND YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
AN INCREASE IN OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH, ENHANCED
COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, AND IMPROVED MEMORY
WHEN BOTH SIDES OF YOUR BRAIN ARE BALANCED,
ENABLING YOU TO TAP INTO THE BEST OF BOTH
177

IN ADDITION TO MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
HOW CAN WE ENHANCE
HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION
IN ORDER TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE
AND IMPROVE OVERALL
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING?
EACH HEMISPHERE HAS SENSORY
AND MOTOR CONTROL OF
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY
THEREFORE MOVING BOTH SIDES
OF THE BODY AT THE SAME TIME
AND IN A RHYTHMIC FASHION
WILL FACILITATE BRAIN INTEGRATION
179

CROSS – LATERAL MOVEMENTS INVOLVE CROSSING THE
MIDLINE OF THE BODY WITH AN ARM AND / OR A LEG
IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN IN A
BALANCED WAY AND STRENGTHEN THE CORPUS CALLOSUM
180

BRAIN GYM EXERCISES
IF YOU CAN LEARN TO BE MORE AMBIDEXTROUS,
IT WILL PROMOTE HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION
ON AVERAGE, AMBIDEXTROUS PEOPLE ARE MORE
ADAPTABLE AND MORE EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT
PRACTICE DOING THE FOLLOWING:
STIR TWO CUPS OF COFFEE SIMULTANEOUSLY
FIRST STIR BOTH CLOCKWISE, THEN BOTH COUNTERCLOCKWISE
PICK UP OBJECTS WITH BOTH HANDS
CATCH TWO BALLS AT THE SAME TIME
THROW TWO WADS OF PAPER INTO A WASTE BASKET
TOSS ONE OVERHAND AND THE OTHER UNDERHAND
DRAW TWO PICTURES AT ONCE, ONE WITH EACH HAND
WRITE WITH BOTH HANDS AT THE SAME TIME
LEARN TO JUGGLE
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182
YOUR RIGHT BRAIN TRIES
TO SAY THE COLOR,
BUT YOUR LEFT BRAIN INSISTS
ON READING THE WORD

INTERESTINGLY, AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT,
ONE OF YOUR NOSTRILS IS MORE OPEN THAN THE OTHER
AND THIS ALTERNATES IN A RHYTHMIC FASHION
WHEN YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL IS MORE OPEN,
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IS GREATER IN THE LEFT BRAIN
AND WHEN THE NOSTRIL DOMINANCE SWITCHES,
SO DOES THE ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN HEMISPHERE
SO HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE NATURALLY SHIFTS
BACK AND FORTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY
“ALTERNATING DOMINANCE OF CEREBRAL HEMISPHERIC ACTIVITY”
AS AN EXERCISE
DO ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING TO BALANCE OUT
THE ACTIVITY OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES
BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU CAN DELIBERATELY SHIFT HEMISPHERIC
DOMINANCE BY CLOSING ONE NOSTRIL AND FOCUSING
YOUR ATTENTION ON BREATHING THROUGH THE OTHER NOSTRIL
AND TO RELAX OR TO FACILITATE SLEEP, LIE ON YOUR
RIGHT SIDE, USE THE THUMB OR INDEX FINGER OF
YOUR RIGHT HAND TO CLOSE YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL,
AND BREATHE SLOWLY THROUGH YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL
183

PARENTHETICALLY
EAR (AURAL) THERMOMETERS OFFER A CONVENIENT METHOD
FOR MEASURING HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE
ON THE SIDE OF THE BRAIN WITH MORE “ACTIVITY,” BLOOD WILL BE SHUNTED
AWAY FROM THE EAR ON THAT SIDE TO THE MORE ACTIVE CORTEX ON THAT SIDE
WHICH MEANS THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN THE EAR ON THAT SIDE WILL DROP
IN RELATION TO THE TEMPERATURE IN THE EAR ON THE OTHER SIDE
FRED SCHIFFER (1998) ~ OF TWO MINDS:
THE REVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE OF DUAL – BRAIN PSYCHOLOGY
ALONG THESE SAME LINES
MARCEL KINSBOURNE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY PERFORMED A
REMARKABLE STUDY IN WHICH HE DEMONSTRATED THAT WHEN
SUBJECTS WERE ASKED TO PERFORM A VERBAL MEMORY TASK
WHICH IS PRIMARILY A LEFT – BRAIN FUNCTION
THEY PERFORMED BETTER WHEN GAZING TO THE RIGHT
KINSBOURNE ULTIMATELY CONCLUDED THAT LOOKING TO THE RIGHT STIMULATES
THE LEFT BRAIN AND LOOKING TO THE LEFT STIMULATES THE RIGHT BRAIN
WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN MANIPULATE THE SIDE OF YOUR BRAIN THAT YOU
WANT TO BE MORE ACTIVE BY LOOKING IN THE OPPOSITE (CONTRALATERAL) DIRECTION
SO WHEN YOU WANT TO WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH SOMEBODY,
STAND TO THEIR LEFT SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT
KINSBOURNE M ~ LATERAL INPUT MAY SHIFT ACTIVATION BALANCE IN THE
INTEGRATED BRAIN ~ PSYCHOLOGIST 1983;38:228-229 184

RETROFITTING THE SUBCONSCIOUS WITH NEW PROGRAMS
DESIGNED TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL – BEING
ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FOR OPTIMAL EFFECTIVENESS OF MIND – BODY INTERVENTIONS
HEMISPHERIC SYNCHRONIZATION (BALANCE OF LEFT AND RIGHT)
TEMPERATURE EQUAL IN BOTH EARS
ALPHA – THETA (7 – 8 Hz) CROSSOVER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
STATE OF HEIGHTENED SUGGESTIBILITY AND RECEPTIVITY
RELAXED AND FOCUSED – COMPASSIONATE AND NONJUDGMENTAL
OPTIMIZATION OF MINDFULNESS AND INTENTIONALITY
AWARENESS OF PRE – EXISTING “OLD BAD” PROGRAMS
SO THAT THEY CAN BE SPECIFICALLY RETROFITTED WITH “NEW GOOD” ONES
VISUAL – IMAGINAL – VIVID – CREATIVE
GUIDED IMAGERY – CREATIVE VISUALIZATION (OF BOTH “OLD BAD” AND “NEW GOOD”)
WITH THE EYES CLOSED, CONSTRUCTION OF MENTAL IMAGES
REPETITIVE
CONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT OF THE “HEALING” MESSAGE
SOMATIC – VISCERAL
INVOLVEMENT OF THE BODY IN SOME FASHION OR ANOTHER
RELATIONAL
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF “ATTACHMENT” TO ANOTHER
FAITH – HOPE – “BELIEF” – WILLINGNESS TO SURRENDER (TO LET GO) 185

WISE MIND / WISE BODY
THE NEUROPLASTIC SYNERGY
OF MINDFULNESS
AND INTENTIONALITY
TO PROMOTE
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
WELL – BEING
BY REPROGRAMMING
186

188
WISE
MIND
WISE
BODY
COMPLEX
INTERDEPENDENCE
OF MIND, BODY,
AND SPIRIT
ALEX
GREY

AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED
“WISE BODY”
REFERS TO
THE WISDOM OF THE BODY
BODY CONSCIOUSNESS
SOMATIC MEMORY
THE QUANTUM MIND
THE LIVING MATRIX
THE LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MATRIX
THROUGH WHICH INFORMATION AND ENERGY
IN THE FORM OF ENERGY QUANTA / BIOPHOTONS
“INVISIBLE PATTERNS OF COHERENT LIGHT” (GARY SCHWARTZ)
ARE TRANSMITTED AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
ALLOWING FOR THE PROCESSING OF DATA
AT THE RATE OF 40,000,000 BITS PER SECOND
189

SO WHAT IS “WISE MIND”?
MARSHA LINEHAN (1993) ~ COGNITIVE – BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT
OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN POPULARIZED
BY DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND IS USED
TO HELP PATIENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION
WHERE RATIONAL MIND AND EMOTIONAL MIND OVERLAP
AND ARE NO LONGER IN CONFLICT BUT IN COLLABORATION
A DYNAMIC BALANCE BETWEEN
AND HARMONIOUS INTEGRATION OF
RATIONAL MIND AND EMOTIONAL MIND
WITH THE “ESSENCE” OF BOTH REMAINING
SYNERGISTIC ~ HOLISTIC ~ TRANSCENDENT
OUR PLACE OF INNER WISDOM,
INTUITIVE KNOWING,
GROUNDEDNESS, CENTEREDNESS,
FOCUS, AND EMPOWERMENT
ALTHOUGH I AM OVERWHELMED AND DO NOT WANT TO HAVE
TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY LIFE, I KNOW THAT I AM
ACCOUNTABLE AND WILL THEREFORE ACT ACCORDINGLY 190

FROM A MORE PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE
“WISE MIND” IS THOUGHT TO INVOLVE
ACHIEVEMENT OF AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE,
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AUTHENTICITY
(1) FROM INTERNAL CONFLICTEDNESS
TO AWARENESS OF UNMASTERED INTERNAL DYNAMICS
(2) FROM RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF
THAT WHICH CAN NEVER BE
TO ACCEPTANCE OF HUMAN FRAILTY IN SELF AND OTHERS
(3) FROM RE – ENACTMENT OF
UNMASTERED RELATIONAL DYNAMICS
TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ONE’S MALADAPTIVE
ACTIONS, REACTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS
(4) FROM RELENTLESS DESPAIR, EXISTENTIAL ANGST,
AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RETREAT
TO AUTHENTICITY, EMOTIONAL ACCESSIBILITY,
AND AWAKENED HOPE
STARK M (1999) ~ MODES OF THERAPEUTIC ACTION 192

SO WHETHER “WISE MIND” IS
CONCEPTUALIZED AS INVOLVING
THE CONVERGENCE OF
RATIONAL MIND AND EMOTIONAL MIND
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
OR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF
AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE,
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AUTHENTICITY
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
THE SYNERGY OF “WISE MIND” AND “WISE BODY”
OF CONSCIOUS MIND AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
IS WHAT ENABLES US TO EMBRACE
ROBUST PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
AS WE EVOLVE FROM
“DETERMINISM” TO “FREEDOM”
193

THE THERAPEUTIC ACTION IN PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
AL PESSO AND DIANE BOYDEN – PESSO (PBSP)
“PSYCHOANALYSIS EMBODIED:
CONSTRUCTION OF POSITIVE FALSE SOMATIC MEMORIES”
MARTHA STARK (2005)
IN THE CONTEXT OF REMEMBERING, AND SOMATICALLY RELIVING, THE
EARLY – ON “BAD” EXPERIENCES AT THE HANDS OF THE PARENTS,
THE PATIENT IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO “CONSTRUCT,” IN
THE PRESENT, WHAT SHE WISHES HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST
ACCORDINGLY, IN PSYCHOMOTOR WORK, A “STRUCTURE” IS SET UP
IN WHICH THE PATIENT REVISITS THE EARLY – ON TRAUMATOGENIC
SCENE (THE “HISTORICAL SCENE”) AND, IN THE PROCESS,
RE – EXPERIENCES (IN HER MIND’S EYE AND IN HER BODY)
THE ANGUISH, THE DEVASTATION, THE OUTRAGE, AND THE HEARTBREAK
SHE HAD EXPERIENCED AS A CHILD IN RELATION TO HER PARENTS
BUT THE HEALING IS THOUGHT TO INVOLVE NOT SO MUCH THIS
CATHARTIC DISCHARGING OF LONG – REPRESSED FEELINGS AND BODY
MEMORIES OR EVEN THE GRIEVING OF EARLY – ON PARENTAL FAILURES
BUT, RATHER, THE CREATION OF SALUTARY (HEALTH – PROMOTING)
“VIRTUAL MEMORIES” – “POSITIVE FALSE SOMATIC MEMORIES”
194

IN OTHER WORDS, THE “HEALING SCENE” INVOLVES THE PATIENT’S
PROACTIVELY CHOREOGRAPHING THE RESPONSES OF GROUP MEMBERS
WHOM SHE ENLISTS TO ROLE – PLAY HER CHILDHOOD OBJECTS
NOT THE ACTUAL “BAD” ONES BUT HYPOTHETICAL “GOOD” ONES
ONES SHE WISHES SHE HAD BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD
THE PATIENT INSTRUCTS THESE “IDEAL FIGURES” TO SAY THINGS LIKE –
“HAD I BEEN YOUR IDEAL MOTHER BACK THEN, I WOULD HAVE HELD
YOU WHEN YOU CRIED AND YOU WOULD HAVE FELT SAFE IN MY ARMS”
AND THEN THE ACCOMMODATOR HOLDS THE PATIENT AS SHE SOBS
“HAD I BEEN YOUR IDEAL FATHER BACK THEN, I WOULD HAVE DELIGHTED
IN YOUR COMPETENCE AND WOULD NEVER HAVE FELT THREATENED”
AND THEN THE PATIENT RELAXES INTO THE WARM COMFORT
AND SECURITY OF THE ACCOMMODATOR’S REASSURING PRESENCE
THE EXACT “FORM” OF THE IDEAL FIGURE’S RESPONSE IS PROGRAMMED
BY THE PATIENT WHO, WITH OFTEN UNCANNILY ACCURATE PRECISION,
SOMEHOW SEEMS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE WANTED
ALTHOUGH THE PATIENT “KNOWS” THAT THE PEOPLE SHE ENLISTS
AS POSITIVE ACCOMMODATORS ARE IN THE PRESENT, SHE EXPERIENCES
THEM “AS IF” THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR HER IN THE PAST
THE PATIENT MUST BE ABLE TO HOLD WITHIN HER THIS DIALECTICAL TENSION
BETWEEN WHAT SHE KNOWS TO BE REAL AND WHAT SHE WISHES HAD BEEN REAL
195

THE PATIENT ALSO KNOWS THAT THE PEOPLE SHE ENLISTS TO ROLE – PLAY
HER IDEAL FIGURES ARE RESPONDING TO DIRECTIVES FROM HER
BUT, INTERESTINGLY, THE PATIENT APPEARS TO BENEFIT EVEN SO
TAKING IT IN “AS IF” IT WERE REAL, NOT JUST ROLE – PLAYED
TAKING IT IN “AS IF” IT HAD ARISEN SPONTANEOUSLY FROM WITHIN
AN AUTHENTIC SELF – MOTIVATED OTHER, NOT JUST PLAY – ACTED
IN OTHER WORDS, DESPITE THE PATIENT’S KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS
SHE WHO IS CHOREOGRAPHING THE ACCOMMODATOR’S MOVES, HER
EXPERIENCE IS THAT IT IS VERY MUCH A 2 – PERSON, INTERACTIVE PROCESS
IN ESSENCE, THE PATIENT – AS AGENT – CREATES OR CONSTRUCTS
A POSITIVE ARTIFICIAL MEMORY
A SYNTHETIC VIRTUAL MEMORY
A POSITIVE FALSE MEMORY
THAT FUNCTIONS (SYMBOLICALLY) TO “COUNTER”
HER EARLY – ON TRAUMATOGENIC EXPERIENCE
THE NEW MEMORY IS PLACED IN THE MIND’S EYE AND REGISTERED IN THE BODY
ALONGSIDE THE MEMORY OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED –
A MIND / BODY MEMORY THAT SERVES AS AN ANTIDOTE TO THE ORIGINAL PAIN
THE NEW SALUTARY MEMORIES DO NOT REPLACE THE OLD PATHOGENIC MEMORIES –
RATHER, THEY TAKE UP A POSITION ALONGSIDE THE OLD MEMORIES
AND RETROFIT THEM 196

IN PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
IF THE PATIENT IS SOBBING AS SHE RELIVES
AN EARLY – ON PAINFUL EXPERIENCE,
THE THERAPIST OFFERS THE PATIENT HER LISTENING
PRESENCE AND HER EMPATHIC UNDERSTANDING
PERHAPS SHE EVEN OFFERS THE PATIENT A KLEENEX
BUT IN PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
IF THE PATIENT IS SOBBING AS SHE RELIVES
A PAST EXPERIENCE, THE FIGURE WHOM SHE
HAS CHOSEN TO ROLE – PLAY HER IDEAL PARENT
HOLDS HER, SOOTHES HER, COMFORTS HER
AS HER BODY (RACKED WITH THE PAIN OF
REMEMBERING JUST HOW BAD IT REALLY WAS)
TREMBLES, CRINGES, CONVULSES, COLLAPSES –
AND THE PATIENT “TAKES IN” THIS POWERFULLY
HEALING EXPERIENCE OF BEING NURTURED
AND HELD “AS IF” SHE HAD LIVED IT BACK THEN
197

PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY
IS ABOUT CREATING POSSIBILITIES
FOR THINGS TO BE, AND THEREFORE TO HAVE BEEN, DIFFERENT
IT IS NOT ABOUT CONFRONTING THE REALITY
THAT ONE’S DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS
WERE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER BE, MET
RATHER, IT IS ABOUT CREATING A SPACE
WITHIN WHICH THE PATIENT
IN A REGRESSED CHILD STATE
CAN HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING THWARTED
DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS THERAPEUTICALLY
REACTIVATED AND SYMBOLICALLY MET
AN EXPERIENCE THAT IS THEN INTERNALLY REGISTERED AS A HEALING
ALTERNATIVE (OR ANTIDOTE) TO THE ORIGINAL PATHOGENIC SITUATION
AND SO IT IS THAT I DESCRIBE PSYCHOMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY AS
PSYCHOANALYSIS EMBODIED:
THE CONSTRUCTION OF POSITIVE FALSE SOMATIC MEMORIES
198

FROM DETERMINISM TO FREE WILL
WISE MIND / WISE BODY SYNERGY
WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITY
TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY
SO PAY ATTENTION
AND SET INTENTION
USING NEUROPLASTICITY
TO REPROGRAM YOUR DESTINY
AND MAKE YOUR DREAMS REALITY
MARTHA STARK (2018)
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