Western medicine has been far more accepting of mind-body healing in the last ten years thanks to Dr. Bernie Segal, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and others. People with positive, enthusiastic mindsets have higher rates of remissions and cures from various diseases.
There is fascinating new research that documents a phenomenon called cellular memory. (The documentation is by scientists and physicians, not Madame Zozostra.) It seems that memory is not localized within the cells and neurons of the brain, but rather is contained in every cell within the body.
Transplant patients have drawn the most attention in relation to this phenomenon. A sixteen-year-old heart transplant patient recalls some of the lyrics to a song written by the donor. A non-smoker receiving a kidney suddenly has the inexplicable urge to buy cigarettes after receiving the organ from a heavy smoker. For no apparent reason, a patient wants to take up painting after receiving a cornea transplant from a deceased artist. A woman actually changes her sexual orientation after a bone marrow transplant.
The best theory to explain these cases (and many others) suggests that the DNA throughout the body remembers each and every experience we’ve ever had. Considering the tens of trillions of cells in the human body, it isn't surprising that our bodies can carry so much information, both healthy and unhealthy. This also explains why various kinds of psychological trauma can continue to be triggered for years (PTSD being the best example).
The bottom line is that each and every thought we have affects our personalities and our health for good or ill. It also explains why reprogramming negative thoughts often results in healing or remission of disease. We have the ability to re-balance our cells with healthy energy so that they remember what it’s like to function normally. If this sounds like new age nonsense, consider that psychiatry has known for years that depression, anger, and unresolved emotions are quite capable of targeting various organ systems, and stress is now considered the number one trigger for all disease.
The next time you want to curse someone in traffic, it might be wise to recall that the anger is going to be stored somewhere in your body. Medically, it pays—literally and figuratively—to stay positive and happy. It's a goal, of course, since we're only human, and sometimes being angry is a normal, healthy response. Repression can be equally destructive. Just remember: your body is listening to everything.
Picture: public domain.
There is fascinating new research that documents a phenomenon called cellular memory. (The documentation is by scientists and physicians, not Madame Zozostra.) It seems that memory is not localized within the cells and neurons of the brain, but rather is contained in every cell within the body.
Transplant patients have drawn the most attention in relation to this phenomenon. A sixteen-year-old heart transplant patient recalls some of the lyrics to a song written by the donor. A non-smoker receiving a kidney suddenly has the inexplicable urge to buy cigarettes after receiving the organ from a heavy smoker. For no apparent reason, a patient wants to take up painting after receiving a cornea transplant from a deceased artist. A woman actually changes her sexual orientation after a bone marrow transplant.
The best theory to explain these cases (and many others) suggests that the DNA throughout the body remembers each and every experience we’ve ever had. Considering the tens of trillions of cells in the human body, it isn't surprising that our bodies can carry so much information, both healthy and unhealthy. This also explains why various kinds of psychological trauma can continue to be triggered for years (PTSD being the best example).
The bottom line is that each and every thought we have affects our personalities and our health for good or ill. It also explains why reprogramming negative thoughts often results in healing or remission of disease. We have the ability to re-balance our cells with healthy energy so that they remember what it’s like to function normally. If this sounds like new age nonsense, consider that psychiatry has known for years that depression, anger, and unresolved emotions are quite capable of targeting various organ systems, and stress is now considered the number one trigger for all disease.
The next time you want to curse someone in traffic, it might be wise to recall that the anger is going to be stored somewhere in your body. Medically, it pays—literally and figuratively—to stay positive and happy. It's a goal, of course, since we're only human, and sometimes being angry is a normal, healthy response. Repression can be equally destructive. Just remember: your body is listening to everything.
Picture: public domain.
6 comments:
Very interesting post Billy and if you don't mind, I'd like to pass this onto a couple of people.
I agree too with your last paragraph and would say that anger can be a postive emotion. Utilized properly, anger triggers action whereas passivity creates fraustration and in turn, repression.
Lane, by all means feel free to pass on anything you find interesting in my blogs. I've always been intrigued by the whole mind-body connection. I could do an entire blog on that alone.
Hiya,
Wonderful piece, especially having just been diagnosed with lung cancer! Lane passed this on to me and I'm really she did! xxx
Lisa, glad you liked this post. My mom had lung cancer. The nausea is awful. Hang in there! Thanks for stopping by. The doors always open.
Thank you!!!
Lisa, You're welcome. Mind-body med is really accepted by so many traditional doctors, and people think it's new age. Baloney! They've never read Bernie Segal's LOVE, MEDICINE, AND MIRACLES. We're taught that the body heals colds and cuts ... but never schooled in the idea that the body can heal bigger diseases. The body is a chemical factory. It knows what to do, but we are never taught that, and so our expectations play out imho. Happy V Day :)
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