When a problem
as remained unsolved for so many centuries, the
approach and some of
the fundamental tenets
are probably incorrect.
Valerie V. Hunt, Infinite Mind©1989, 1995, 1996
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Latest additions ...
Books of Interest ...
Marcia Angell MD, The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It. Random, ©2004
Angell is a critic of the pharmaceutical industry with facts and evidence to back up her observations.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Angell
Doidge Norman MD, The BRAIN That Changes Itself ©2007 Penguin Books New York.
Our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brain, and Doidge explores numerous case histories and conversations with scientists who explain the phenomenon.
Peterson Melody, Our Daily Meds ©2008
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York
How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs.
Mate Gabor MD When the Body says NO © 2003
Vintage Canada
Mate examines patients' life histories with explanations of the science behind mind-body unity. "When we have been prevented from learng how to say no, our bodies may end up doing it for us." Gabor Mate
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Antonovsky Aaron 1987 Unravelling
the mysteries of Health©:
How people manage stress and stay well. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass. Why are some people located toward the positive
end of the health-ease/dis-ease continuum?
Why do they move to the health end whatever
their location? Individual issue: problem solving and regulation of emotion?
Capra Fritjof 1982 The
Turning Point - Science, Society and the Rising Culture©.
Bantam Books New York.
A compelling vision
of a new reality. A reconciliation of science and the human spirit for
a future that will work.
See ... exclusion of
healing from biomedical science ... p124
Capra Fritjof 1975 The
Tao of Physics©.Collins
Publishing Group London.
Exploration of the harmony
between Eastern mysticism and quantum
physics.
Capra Fritjof 1974 Bootstrap
and Buddhism©.
American Journal of Physics 42:15-19. All scientific
theories and models are approximations
to the true nature of things.
Chopra Deepak 1989 QUANTUM
HEALING: Exploring the Frontiers of MIND/BODY Medicine©.
Bantam Books.
Brings together research
in Western medicine and neuroscience, with insights of Ayurvedic medicine
to show how human body operates with
"network of intelligence" grounded in quantum reality.
Church Dawson 2007 the
Genie in Your Genes©
Elite Books Santa Rosa California ... Epigenitic
Medicine and the key to Biology of Intention ... research demonstrates
that only 16% of patients visiting medical clinics have an identifiable
organic ailment ...
Clark David H & Stephen
PH Clark 2001 Newton's Tyranny©,
WH Freeman and Company New York.
... for all his contributions
to the Enlightenment, Newton was a deeply complex man who sometimes aggressively
tried to obscure the intellectual achievements
of others ... lessons for modern times.
Coggins Kip 1990 Alternative
Pathways to Healing: The Recovery Medicine Wheel©
Health Communications Inc, Deerfield Florida
Explains the concept
of the North American Indian
Medicine Wheel to recover and live in harmony with self, others and the
world.
Cole Jonathan 1991 Pride
and a Daily Marathon©
MIT Cambridge Mass & London
Recovery from total loss of sensation and
position sense, an amazing experience of self healing.
Dossey Larry MD 1999 Beyond
Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing REINVENTING MEDICINE© HarperSanFrancisco
Considered one of the
pioneers of mind/body medicine - provides the scientific and medical proof
that the spiritual dimension works
in therapeutic treatment -explodes the boundaries of the healing arts.
ref to Yount Garret L, California Pacific Medical Center
.. experiments with cervical cancer, "... mental intentions can increase
vitality of living things and can also inhibit and destroy ..."
p51
Eccles John C 1994 How
the Self Controls Its Brain©
Springer-Verlag, Berlin. A challenge to long dark
gloom of materialism, and a scientific explanation to reinstate the
spiritual self as controller of the brain.
Edstrom KRS 1993 Conquering
Stress©
Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge, New York
iii 75-90% visits to doctor are stress related and top 3 prescription
drugs for stress related -preventable conditions!
p13 50-80% disease considered
stress related - psychosomatic mind/body!
Harmon Willis & Howard
Rheingold 1984 Higher Creativity - Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough
Insights©
Jeremy P Tarcher/Putnam of Penguin
Putnam Inc.
A quantum leap beyond
ordinary creativity and our previous way of looking at things!
Authors discuss our self imposed limitations
and The
Secret history of inspiration
... ReProgramming
the awesome power of the unconscious.
Hunt Valerie 1989 Infinite
Mind, Science of the Human Vibrations of Consciousness©,
Malibu Publishing Co,
Malibu California.
Scientific exploration
of the human electromagnetic field ... clarifies metaphysical deductions
from physics ... how our magnetic field
changes during human interactions, correlation of field waves and auric
colours ... clinical suppositions.
LeBrun Louise 2004 When
the Horse Dies, Get off and Stop Dragging It Around!©
awakening the quantum biological
human WEL-Systems Institute,
Ottawa Canada ... Discover just how
powerfully you can move through your world when you are mindful and awake.
LeShan Lawrence 1976 Alternate
Realities The Search for the Full Human Being©
Ballantyne Books, New York
Normal and paranormal,
possible and impossible ...
and in each, the choice
is up to us
LeShan Lawrence 1974 How
to Meditate©
Bantam Books New York
Former Chief of Psychology
at Institute of Applied Biology in NY, LeShan
is a pioneer in exploring therapeutic and ethical implications of meditation.
Lipton Bruce 2005 Biology
of Belief - unleashing the power of consciousness, matter and miracles©
Mountain of Love/Elite Books Santa
Rosa California ... Summary of scientific discoveries about the biochemical
effects
of the brain's functioning,
shows how all cells are affected by our thoughts!
Maslow Abraham 1984 Motivation
and Personality©
Harper & Row, New York ...
general theory of human motivation ... emphasizing the psychology of health
... a biological efficiency that needs explaining ...
McCauley Gwen 2004 The Alchemy
of Energy© WEL-Systems
Institute Ottawa Canada ... Like
all matter of the universe, physics shows us how we are mostly space
with energy moving in and through us. How
we choose to live, determines how this energy manifests as our bodies,
relationships, health.
McTaggart Lynne 2002 The
Field, The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe©
Quill, an
imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, US Edition.
Science
is beginning to prove a new biological paradigm - that mind and body are
not distinct and separate from
their environment, but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting
with this vast energy sea ...
Myss Caroline 1997 Why
People Don't Heal and How They Can©
Harmony Books, Crown Publishers, New York NY.
... hidden interactions
of belief and body, soul and cell ... cultural and individual contexts
in which people become physically and
spiritually ill ... how to connect with your energy and stay on path
to wellness ...
Ornstein Robert and Sobel
David 1987 The Healing Brain©
A Touchstone Book, Simon & Schuster, New York
... Exploration
of myriad healing powers of the brain ... beliefs and expectations are
powerful.
Pearce Joseph Chilton 2002
The Biology of Transcendence A Blueprint of the Human Spirit©
Park Street Press, Rochester Vermont
... biological truth
of the capacity for transcendence within us ...
Pearce Joseph Chilton 1992
Evolution's End, Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence©
HarperSanFrancisco,
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY ... It's
time for the way we think about our families, our schools, and our lives
to evolve.
Pert Candace 1999, Molecules
of Emotion, The Science behind Mind-Body Medicine©
Touchstone, New York
History of Pert's peptide
research ... how chemicals in the body form dynamic information network,
linking mind and body ... change
how we see ourselves ... molecular
basis for emotions ...
Popper Karl R and John C
Eccles 1977, The Self And Its Brain An Argument for Interactionism
This edition©
1986. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Coming to terms with
conflicting opinions between
philosophy and neuroscience on the body-mind puzzle, the emergence of life,
and the
consciousness and creativity of our minds.
Postgate Lillian 1999, NEVER
GIVE UP©
as told to Heidi Oeste, SHALOM PRODUCTIONS, CANADA
... 60 Years of living with MS ...
Rosenbaum Michael 1990
Learned Resourcefulness©
Springer Publishing Company New York.
Reprogramming chosen
rather than reflex response to our environment ...
Schwartz Jeffrey M MD and
Sharon Begley, 2003 The Mind & The Brain©
HarperCollins
"just like actual physical movements, imagined
movements trigger synaptic change
at the cortical level" p217
Selye Hans 1964 From
Dream to Discovery - On Being a Scientist©
McGraw-Hill Book Company New York
... "deprivation of
motivation goal is the greatest mental tragedy because it destroys all
guidelines."
Sha, Dr Zhi Gang 2006 SOUL
MIND BODY MEDICINE©
A Complete Soul Healing System for Optimum Health and Vitality©
New World Library Novato California ... Just as our thoughts can influence water, our souls can bring healing
and balance to our lives ... mind has ability to condense its own power
...
Shumsky Susan G 2003 Exploring
CHAKRAS Awaken Your Untapped Energy©
Career Press, Franklin Lakes New Jersey
... uncovers the
chakra system in the body responsible for physical, mental and spiritual
activity ... " more than breath flowing in and out of lungs ... living
electricity induces activity of every cell of living matter ..."
Siegel Bernie 1986 Love,
Medicine & Miracles©
Harper & Rose Publishers, NY Love heals; miracles
happen every day.
Stapp Henry 1993 Mind,
Matter and Quantum Mechanics©
Springer Verlag How are conscious processes related
to brain processes?
p4 brain processes
are causally influenced by subjective conscious experience. (mind affects
plasticity of brain)
Wallace Robert Keith 1993
The Physiology of Consciousness©
Maharishi International University Press
How Maharishi's Vedic
Physiology and its practical application can solve the problems of individual
and collective health and raise life to a
new level of fulfilment. ISBN 0 923569 06 5
Wallace Robert Keith 1986
The Neurophysiology of Enlightenment©
Maharishi International University Press.
How Maharishi's Meditation
transforms the human body. ISBN 0 923569 02 2
Wang Chamont 1993 Sense
and Nonsense of Statistical Inference: Controversy, Misuse and Subtlety©
Marcel Cekker New York
Misuse and abuse of statistical
methods. Contrary to popular belief
among many scientists, sometimes subjective
knowledge is more reliable than "objective"
experimentation.
Weil Andew 1995 Spontaneous
Healing©
How to Discover and Enhance the Body's Natural Ability to
Maintain and Heal Itself.
Fawcett Columbine New York
Wheatley Margaret J 1999
Leadership and the NEW SCIENCE Discovering Order in a Chaotic
World© Berrett-
Koehler Publishers Inc. California.
Describes a world
where chaos is natural, where intricate webs of cooperation connect us
and we emerge from chaos with new capacities
and new energy. Life seeks order, but uses messes to get there.
Wilde Stuart 1996 Silent
Power©
Hay House Carlsbad, California
Accessing our silent
power ... real and fake self ...
Wyburn CM, RW Pickford &
RJ Hirst 1964 Human senses and perception©
University of Toronto Press, Toronto Canada
Contribution of the senses
to to human experience.
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Research of Interest
Hartwig Roman Siebner and
John Rothwell, Transcranial magnetic stimulation: new insights
into representational cortical plasticity.
Brain Research 148:1-16, 2003.
... transcranial
magnetic stimulation TMS, is produced by passing a very brief high-current
pulse through an insulated coil of wire held over the scalp ... pulse induces
rapidly changing magnetic field [that] passes readily into the brain where
it induces electrical currents that will ... generate action potentials
... conditioning effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation
are not limited to the stimulated cortex
but give rise to functional changes in interconnected cortical pathways
... periods of transcranial magnetic stimulation can sometimes
produce effects that outlast the duration of the stimulus ...
[the effects
of transcranial magnetic stimulation, can also be achieved
with repetitive thought & movement ... ie body-mind, as shown by Hunt,
Lipton, Myss, Ornstein, Schwartz ... although the authors recognize that
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, they maintain
the therapeutic approach to finding external applied techniques, rather
than exploring the power of the mind to effect transcranial magnetic
stimulation with repeated thought and movement ... em]
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Siebner HR, Rothwell J. Sobell : Transcranial
magnetic stimulation: new insights into representational cortical plasticity.
Exp Brain Res. 2003 Jan;148(1):1-16. Epub 2002 Nov 5. Department of
Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology,
8-11 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. h.siebner@ion.ucl.ac.uk
In the last decade, transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS) has been used increasingly as a tool to explore the
mechanisms and consequences of cortical
plasticity in the intact human cortex. Because the spatial accuracy
of the technique is limited,
we refer to this as plasticity at a regional level. Currently, TMS is used
to explore regional reorganization in three different ways.
First, it can map changes in
the pattern of connectivity within and between different cortical areas
or their spinal projections.
Important examples of this approach
can be found in the work on motor cortex representations following a
variety of interventions such as immobilization,
skill acquisition, or stroke.
Second, TMS can be used to investigate
the behavioural relevance of these changes. By applying TMS in its "virtual
lesion" mode, it is possible
to interfere with cortical function and ask whether plastic reorganization
within a distinct cortical area improves function.
Third, TMS can be used to promote
changes in cortical function. This is achieved by using repetitive TMS
(rTMS) to induce short-term functional reorganization in the human cortex.
The magnitude and the direction of
rTMS-induced plasticity depend on extrinsic factors (i.e. the variables
of stimulation such as intensity, frequency,
and total number of stimuli) and intrinsic factors (i.e. the functional
state of the cortex targeted by rTMS). Since conditioning effects
of rTMS are not limited to the stimulated
cortex but give rise to functional changes in interconnected cortical areas,
rTMS is a suitable tool to investigate
plasticity within a distributed functional network. Indeed, the lasting
effects of rTMS offer new possibilities to study dynamic
aspects of the pathophysiology of a variety of diseases and may have therapeutic
potential in some neuropsychiatric disorders.
Fraser C, Power M, Hamdy S, Rothwell
J, Hobday D, Hollander I, Tyrell P, Hobson A, Williams S, Thompson D.
Driving plasticity in human adult motor
cortex is associated with improved motor function after brain injury.
Neuron. 2002 May 30;34(5):831-40. University
Department of Gastroenterology, Salford M6 8HD, United Kingdom.
Changes in somatosensory input can
remodel human cortical motor organization, yet the input characteristics
that promote reorganization
and their functional significance have not been explored. Here we show
with transcranial magnetic stimulation
that sensory-driven reorganization of human motor cortex is highly dependent
upon the frequency, intensity, and duration of stimulus applied. Those
patterns of input associated with enhanced excitability (5 Hz, 75% maximal
tolerated intensity for 10 min) induce stronger
cortical activation to fMRI. When applied to acutely dysphagic stroke patients,
swallowing corticobulbar excitability is
increased mainly in the undamaged hemisphere, being strongly correlated
with an improvement in swallowing function.
Thus, input to
the human adult brain can be programmed to promote beneficial changes in
neuroplasticity and function after cerebral
injury.[em - can be done with thought and movement!]
Sandyk R, Chronic Relapsing multiple
sclerosis: a case of rapid recovery by application of weak electromagnetic
fields. Int J Neurosci Jun 82(3-4):223-42, 1995. Neurocommunication
Research Laboratories, Danbury CT 069111 USA
... application of 2 successive
treatments of pulsed electromagnetic fields(EMFs) ... patient experienced
immediate improvement in symptoms, most dramatically, balance, gait, speech
and level of energy ... Report points to the unique capacity of externally
applied pT [em - picotesla - unit of
magnetic flux density or density of flow of magnetic field] range of EMFs
in the symptomatic treatment of MS ... indicates
a lack of an association between the extent of demyelinating plaques on
MRI scan and rate and extent of recovery in response
to EMFs and supports the notion that dysfunction of synaptic conductivity
due to neurotransmitter deficiency ... contributes more significantly
to the development of MS symptoms than
the process of demyelination which clinically seem to represent an epiphenomenon
(secondary happening) of the disease
...
[em- epiphenomenon
def secondary happening, dependent or subject to - an event.
in other words: lack of nerve connections
is worse than damage to myelin!!
Nerve connections can
be generated with visualization and movement.
It has been proven (see
Lipton & Schwartz above] that the weak magnetic
fields of
every thought and movement, cause changes in the nervous system!]
