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by Tad
James ; In the past 5 years, there is exciting news in the field
of disease. Old concepts on the nature of consciousness, and on
the nature of the body are changing. We have been using many of
these concepts in Time Line Therapy™ for some time now, and many
of these concepts are new.
Let me warn
you in advance, that this article may change your viewpoint about
your mind and your body. It has a potential to be controversial.
This change in the structure of our belief systems is necessary to
affect a change in the way we assist people in healing themselves
and others.
Some of the
more exciting conceptual work on the healing process has been done
by a medical doctor in Massachusetts. Deepak Chopra is one of the
new breed of health care practitioners who is speaking out, and in
a way that will change how we view the mind and the body.
Chopra's
credentials are impressive. He is an endocrinologist, and former
chief of staff of the New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham,
Massachusetts. Chopra calls himself a quantum biologist, which
means the application of quantum physics to biology. He says that
the body is a quantum mechanical device, and that it is subject to
the laws of quantum physics and not Newtonian physics. If you
aren't aware of the meaning of these terms yet, please take every
means to find out.
In Quantum
Healing, 1986, Chopra gave us a new paradigm for how the body
handles its own rejuvenation processes. How often does the body
renew itself? Older wisdom had it pegged at around seven years.
Chopra has revised that estimate downward to roughly one year
(approximately 98% totally renewed).
Based on the
estimates of quantum biology, you have a brand new stomach lining
every 4 days, new skin every 30 days, a new liver in 6 weeks, even
the skeleton is replaced every three months. These concepts are
vital as we structure the metaphors for treatment while we work
with our clients in the healing process.
Another of the
more important notions of quantum biology is that consciousness is
not localized to any one place. Is there any evidence for this?
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Neuropeptides: Twenty years ago a group of scientists
discovered in the brain, a set of chemicals known as neuropeptides.
Neuro because they are found in the brain, and peptides because
they are protein like molecules.
So every time you have a thought
or a feeling, a desire, an instinct, or a drive, each of these
affects our nervous system by means of specific messenger
molecules called neuropeptides.
There are
receptors to these neuropeptides not only in brain cells but also
in cells of the immune system. So when the scientists began
looking at the various immune system cells that protect us from
cancer and infection (t-cells, for example), they found that there
were receptors to these same neuropeptides in those cells. In
fact, the word neuropeptide became obsolete, because they're not
confined to the brain.
They are floating around in the bloodstream
and going to all our different organs. Since there are receptors
to these neuropeptides in cells in the immune system, then it
becomes obvious that, as Chopra says, "The immune system is
constantly eavesdropping on our internal dialog." In NLP we would
add the following comment, "The immune system is constantly
responding to the pictures, sounds, feelings, smells, tastes, and
the internal dialog that we hold in our mind."
The
Unconscious Mind: Since the unconscious mind (also known
as the "body mind") is the controlling intelligence in the body,
it is also the connection between the mind and the immune system.
One of the major theories of Time Line Therapy™, NLP, and Hypnosis
is that the unconscious mind can communicate with any part of the
body at any time it so desires, and can, in this way, stimulate
the healing process. It seems that there is, in fact, neurological
evidence for this idea.
Every thought,
every emotion, every desire, every internal representation you
have is monitored, overheard, viewed. Your immune system is
watching, listening, feeling! It has been shown that grieving
people have grieving immune cells. If the grieving goes on for a
prolonged period of time, then the immune system has also the self
talk of, "Leave me alone, I don't want to be bothered." Such
people are, according to Chopra, susceptible to cancer and other
infectious diseases.
That is why it's so important to understand that negative emotions
which are trapped in the body are not conducive to health, and why
we release all of a person's negative emotions when we do healing
processes in Time Line Therapy™ techniques.
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