Copyright (c) 2009 John Howe

It all depends on you. Have you heard this before? Your response is thanks, but I’ve tried. And, by the way, how are you doing? A shrug of the shoulders, maybe an OK, I’ve got this or that or maybe you’ve been better? How does that sound?

There is great news out here. It stems from a moment in the fall of 1985 when Bruce Lipton, PH.D., a cell biologist, suddenly realized that a cell’s life is controlled by the physical and energetic environment and not by its genes. So what, you say?

It’s the same old world with a new understanding of how life works. Remember Newton and his falling apple? Newton was able to observe nature and based upon those observations he was able to mathematically describe what he had seen as he deduced and developed various laws of motion which were helpful to scientists enabling them to predict the way mechanical systems would behave.

Time rolled forward. Enter the age of Einstein and a new understanding of our physical world and the age of energy. What previously had been seen as matter was now seen in its sub-subatomic state; photons, electrons and protons. If one observes this new dimension of matter the astounding thing one realizes is that this matter is not matter at all but rather electronic forces that cause all of these sub-particles to move in relationship to one another through electro magnetic relationships. What is in between these sub-particles as they orbit? Space.

Matter is real and yet there is nothing but these relationships that comprises the atoms that make up matter. This in itself causes one to take pause. If matter is the result of the electromagnetic relationship between these subatomic particles, then the question is can cause be brought to bear to affect these relationships to produce good or better results?

The answer is yes and it can make a significant difference for you. You can control the changes within you and can cause the results you want for yourself. Before going forward, let me recommend two books for your own reading and further enlightenment and understanding on the subject of who we are and how we and our bodies operate: First, The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. and second, Vibrational Medicine, 3rd Edition by Richard Gerber, M.D. This article relies heavily on these two books.

Lipton’s research has led him to some amazing understandings about the mind, our beliefs and our biology. This is not about positive thinking, though positive thinking doesn’t hurt. As Lipton states on page 135, under the heading “How the Mind Controls the Body”, his insights into how beliefs control biology arise from the study of cloned endothelial cells he grew in culture. The cells monitor their world closely and change their behavior based on information they pick up from the environment. When nutrients were provided, the cells would gravitate towards the nutrients and when a toxic environment was created, the cells would retreat from the stimulus.

He studied cell membrane perception switches that control cell behavior. The primary switch he was studying has a protein receptor that responds to histamine, a molecule the body uses as a local emergency alarm. He found there were two varieties of switches, H1 and H2 that respond to the histamine signal. Switches with H1 histamine receptors evoke a protection response, the behavior revealed in the toxic containing culture dishes while switches containing H2 histamine receptors evoke a growth response to histamine, similar to the cells cultured with nutrients.

Subsequently, he learned that the body?s system-wide emergency response signal, adrenaline, also has two different adrenaline-sensing receptors, called Alpha and Beta. When the alpha-receptor is part of the switch, it provokes a protection response when adrenaline is perceived. When the beta-receptor is part of the switch, the same adrenaline signal activates a growth response.

The most exciting find was when he introduced both histamine and adrenaline at the same time into tissue cultures. He found adrenaline signals released by the central nervous system override the influence of histamine signals that are produced locally. There is a priority built into our biology requiring cells to follow instruction from the central nervous system even if these signals conflict with local stimuli. In other words, while local cells are reacting to their immediate environment their behavior can be changed by orders from the central nervous system.

Lipton’s research showed that the growth/protection behaviors are essential for the survival of multi-cellular organisms, human beings. But there is a catch. Cells cannot respond to two signals at once i.e., move forward and backwards at the same time. Humans unavoidably restrict growth behaviors when in a protective mode as all energy is made available for the fight or flight response. This directs energy reserves to protection and curtails growth.

Inhibiting growth processes is debilitating as the growth process not only expends energy but is also required to produce energy. A sustained protection response inhibits the creation of life-sustaining energy. Humans are comprised of over 50 trillion cells. Not all cells have to be in growth or protection at the same time. The severity of the perceived threat will determine the portion of cells that are in protection response mode. While one can survive under stress, chronic inhibition of growth mechanisms severely compromises vitality. The elimination of stressors and the active seeking of joyful, loving, fulfilling lives will stimulate growth responses and allow us to fully thrive.

Cellular Resonance and Why It’s Important

Each of our cells has its own subtle energy field and as such our cells are subject to frequency interference. For example, when one drops two pebbles of the same size into a pond at the same time and from the same height, the ripples from each pebble will converge on each other. Where the ripples overlap, the combined power of the waves is doubled. This phenomenon is known as constructive interference or harmonic resonance.

Contrast this with the dropping of pebbles in a non-coordinated fashion; their energy waves are out of sync. When these waves converge one wave is going up while the other is going down. Where the waves interact with each other, the water is calm each wave has canceled the other. The phenomenon of canceling energy waves is called destructive interference. The behavior of energy waves is important for biomedicine because vibrational frequencies can alter the physical and chemical properties of an atom. Each atom is unique because the distribution of its negative and positive charges, coupled with its spin rate, generates a specific vibration or frequency pattern. [[Oschman 2000],[Lipton, Biology of Belief, pg. 116, 117]]

Cellular response is important and as you might imagine, it can be affected negatively or positively. To help condition cellular response for a fully thriving life, implementation of a systematic program of supplements designed to maximize nutritive benefits to the different organs and cells of the body will help keep cells in a positive growth state allowing the various organs and immune response systems of the body to function to their optimal capacity.

It is important that the supplements chosen reflect the integration of and the understanding of cellular response both in the creation and preparation of the nutritive supplements. It is possible to then tune the supplement to interact specifically with cells for different objectives.

Subtle-energy medicine has the ability to not only heal illness at the physical level but also to change the consciousness of the individual that helped to create the disease in the first place. [Gerber, Vibrational Medicine, 3rd edition, pg 482]

There are supplements and there are supplements. Mega production supplements tend to have a high quotient of undesirables in them. If the ingredients comprising the supplements are properly prepared from growth to harvest to preparation, maximum benefits can be derived. Read the labels. Understand what you are taking and why.

Find a supplement program that has been properly designed and you will have happy cells. Happy cells will make you a healthy person. You do your part, your cells will do their part. Choose to be happy.

References: Biology Of Belief, Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., Elite Books, Santa Rosa, California, 2005

Vibrational Medicine, Third Edition, Richard Gerber, MD, Bear & Company, Rochester Vermont, 2001