NUTRITION AND MENTAL HEALTH

By Lawrence Wilson, MD

© Decmber 2009, The Center For Development

Nutritional imbalances play a critical role in mental as well as physical health.  Many emotional and behavioral symptoms and disorders have, at their root, nutritional and biochemical imbalances that either cause or aggravate them.  This article is a brief introduction to the major nutritional imbalances and their mental and emotional effects.

ENERGY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MENTAL HEALTH

A solid, steady energy level is very important for the brain.  The brain uses almost one-third of our calories. Any fluctuations or low levels of energy will have enormous impacts on our nervous system and emotions as well.

This has been demonstrated and is well-known in the case of hypoglycemica.  In this condition, the brain does not receive a steady supply of glucose.  Common symptoms can mimic many emotional and physical disorders.  These include fatigue, depression, anxiety, confusion and even violence and psychosis.

Emotionally speaking, when one is tired, decision-making and all other mental and emotional factors are more difficult.  Thousands of people today suffer from low energy levels.  This often results in feelings of depression, anxiety, mood swings, irritability, withdrawal and more.

Dr. George Watson, PhD, spent over thirty years researching the biochemical and nutritional aspects of mental health.  He began his work in the late 1940’s when he held a post-doctoral research fellowship in psychology at the University of Southern California.  He wrote:

“Since the brain and the nervous system use proportionately more energy than any other of the bodies organs, when there is a dysfunction in the energy cycles, the first adverse affects are found in ones thinking, feeling, and behavior.” (Watson, 1979)

We need energy to take risks, to face challenges and to live up to our potential to be all that we can be. Enough adaptive energy is absolutely required to cope with stress as well.  When energy is low and other imbalances are present, the weakened chemistry fosters negativity and discouragement that impedes self-expression and self-actualization.   This fact has been born out many times in our healing practice.

The production of energy (ATP) from our food involves two major components, an intact energy pathwayand a balanced metabolic or oxidation rate.   Let us discuss these very briefly.

THE ENERGY PATHWAY

The energy pathway involves the ingestion of food, first of all.  In most people, the diet is improper, with too many refined foods, too much sugars and not enough vegetables, for example.  Other aspects of diet include eating habits such as eating regular, sit-down, quiet meals.  This is as important in some cases as what a person eats.

The pathway continues with the digestion of food, another area most people are sorely deficient in.  They lack adequate digestive enzymes, which we supply in our nutritional balancing programs for everyone.  Once food is digested properly, it must be absorbed into the cells, another area where many people have difficulty due to their diet of too many omega-6 fatty acids and not enough omega-3 fatty acids.  This makes the cell membranes less permeable and causes inflammation as well.

Once absorbed, food goes to the liver, where it must be converted in many instances, to other chemical substances.  This is also often a problem, as the livers are so toxic today due to the ingestion of many chemical substances that are toxic for the body.

Nutrients then pass to the cells.  Once nutrients enter the cells they must be further  processed in the energy cycles within the mitochondria of each cell.  Deficiencies of manganese, for example, or B vitamins will inhibit this energy conversion in the Krebs and glycolysis energy cycles.  This is also very common today.

A person’s energy drops drastically if any step in the energy pathway is blocked by nutrient deficiencies, toxic metals,  toxic chemicals, infection or other problems.  It is not wonder many people seek out caffeinated beverages or other stimulants to keep going today!

THE OXIDATION RATE

The other important factor in a person’s energy level is the metabolic or oxidation rate.  We prefer the more exact term, the oxidation rate.  It is the rate at which energy is made available to the cells in the body.

When this rate is too fast or too slow,  one’s energy level decreases dramatically.   This is somewhat like pedaling a bicycle in the wrong gear.  Some people may be familiar with the engine problems that occur by running a car in the wrong gear as well.

In addition to energy loss, specific emotional and behavioral symptoms are associated with a fast or an excessively slow oxidation rate.

Dr. George Watson, who coined the terms fast and slow oxidation, noted that fast  oxidation is associated with impatience, irritability, anxiety, ADD and ADHD in young children, panic attacks, at times, and other mental and emotional symptoms.

Slow oxidation is more associated with depression, apathy, despair, hostility, bipolar disorder, schizophrenias, moodiness, spaciness, brain fog, malaise and other mental disorders.

Assessing the oxidation rate is not easy with blood tests.  However, it is readily apparent on a hair mineral analysis in which the hair is not washed at the laboratory.   Fast oxidizers have low  levels of calcium and magnesium and relatively high levels of sodium and potassium on their hair mineral tests.  Slow oxidizers have the opposite situation with relatively high levels of calcium and magnesium in their hair tissue relative to the levels of sodium and potassium.

This occurs because calcium and magnesium have a sedating effect on the nervous system.  When they are elevated  they have a depressive effects on the central nervous system.  Sodium and potassium tend to have a stimulating or enhancing effect on the nervous system.  For more on how to calculate the oxidation rate from a hair test, read The Oxidation Types.

FOOD AND CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES

Every time Steven ate pizza, he became sullen and unresponsive.   Eliminating this food cleared up the problem.  Reactions to foods such as wheat, milk and many others can trigger emotional and behavioral problems.  These reactions are sometimes known as central nervous system allergies.

A pioneer in this field was an allergist, Dr. Benjamin Feingold.  In 1985 he wrote Why is your Child Hyperactive?  He found that among hyperactive children,  a full 50% improved when they removed certain food items including sugars, dairy, wheat and various chemical food additives such as colorings, flavorings and preservatives.  Even some “natural” flavors can cause problems.  One is better off without any additives, according to his research findings.  His primary focus was on children diagnosed as hyperkinetic.  Currently this is known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD.

Another pioneer in this field was  a psychiatrist, Abram Hoffer, MD.  In his book, Orthomolecular Nutrition,Dr. Hoffer gives many examples of patients whose aberrant behavior was traced to food sensitivities.  One young girl became psychotic each time she ate oysters.

Doris Rapp, MD, a pediatric allergist, thoroughly documented the effects of foods and chemicals on behavior in her excellent more recent books.  For example, she wrote in,  Is this your Child’s World? “reactions to foods, dusts, molds, pollen or exposure to chemicals can cause aggressive behavior and extreme anger.”

Unfortunately, children’s food, in particular, but many prepared foods for adults as well continue to be laced with hundreds of toxic chemicals.  In addition, food reactions are extremely common to everyday foods such as wheat, for example.  This problem if usually missed by most psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors who attempt to correct a physical problem with drugs or counseling when a dietary change would be a simple remedy.

SUGAR AND HYPOGLYCEMIA

In Disease Prevention and Treatment, 3rd edition, the authors note that while other tissues of the body store fuel, such as sugar and fat, the brain does not. T he brain is dependant on a steady supply of glucose (sugar) for its moment-to-moment operations.  Also, the brain uses up a tremendous amount of calories.  If the blood sugar is unstable for any reason, it can have profound effects on behavior.

Eating sugars, particularly refined sugars, upsets calcium metabolism, depletes vital B-complex vitamins, depletes minerals such as chromium, manganese and zinc, and often leads to carbohydrate intolerance.   Even fruit and fruit juices contain too much sugar for most people, especially children.  They are much better off without juices and limiting their fruit intake.

Hypoglycemia is one result of eating a diet of refined foods, the use of stimulants and/or vital mineral depletion.  It may be better described as carbohydrate intolerance.  The body becomes unable to absorb certain carbohydrate loads effectively without adverse consequences.

More specifically, what happens is that several hours after a carbohydrate or sugar-rich meal, the blood sugar level falls because the body cannot properly respond to such a lot of carbohydrate ingested at the meal. It can easily fall to a level at which the brain is effectively starving for fuel.

Symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, shakiness, irritability and depression. Others are palpitations, anxiety, nightmares, and panic attacks. Others are impaired memory and concentration.   Much more can be understood about hypoglycemia.  To find out more, read Hypoglycemia and Diabetes on this website.

THE SUGAR AND STIMULANT ROLLERCOASTER

Many people eat a sugar-laden breakfast that also includes coffee.  This pumps up their blood sugar level, which can cause irritability and even manic behavior.

By about 10:30 in the morning, however, the blood sugar falls.  They become sleepy, and often crabby or irritable, and require a snack.  They often have a sweet or stimulant food to carry them over till lunch.

Lunch may include more sugar, perhaps a soda pop with caffeine, sugar and up to 70 chemicals.  It might include the artificial sweetener, Nutrasweet or aspartame or other chemicals such as MSG.  These are calledexcitotoxins.  These affect the brain powerfully.  The sweets and caffeine also pump up the blood sugar again, and the roller coaster blood sugar ride continues throughout the day.  Along with it, emotions can flare and one may wonder why work, relationships and other activities are becoming more difficult to focus on and enjoy.

An afternoon snack is usually required to maintain one’s energy level.  This is usually sweet again, and may contain more caffeine, too.  The blood sugar rises again, only to fall about 5 pm, when it is time for happy hour or a drink or another soda pop to balance out once again.  Millions of Americans live this way, and more of the world is starting to live this way as well.  It is sad to behold because it is preventable by eating more protein, some omega-3 fats and oils and much less sugar, chemicals and stimulants such as caffeine.

NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES

Specific nutrients are absolutely required for many aspects of brain activity.  These include all the B-complex vitamins, zinc, manganese, selenium, chromium, other vitamins and many more.

For example, a key mineral is calcium.  It acts as a psychological buffer that relaxes muscles and the nervous system, and helps to calm people down.  Low tissue levels of calcium are very common. Hypocalcemia, as it is sometimes called, may produce mild, diffuse encephalopathy (a brain disorder) and should be suspected in any patient with unexplained dementia, depression, or psychosis: (Berkow, pg.1196).

In milder cases it causes irritability, anxiety, nervousness, restlessness in children and hyperkinetic behavior.  It can also lead to short tempers, violence and even murder.  Muscles become more tense and one develops a “short fuse”.  All this is from a low level of one common mineral that is deficient in most people’s diet today.

It is well known that phosphoric acid, an additive in most types of soda pop, binds to calcium in the intestine.  There it forms an insoluble product that cannot be absorbed, thereby robbing the body of calcium.  InThe Handbook Of Vitamins, Minerals and Hormones, Dr. Roman Kutsky explains that modern diets are very often deficient in calcium and nutrients needed to use calcium such as vitamin D.  This tends to cause more of many problems, including mental and emotional diseases.

Also, stress from any cause can use up nutrients much faster than they can be replenished, even with a wholesome diet.  As a result, deficiencies in many vital nutrients are even common in those who supposedly eat a healthful diet.  Stress is a hidden source of problems for many people that can lead a healthy person to develop symptoms of mental illness.

BIOCHEMICAL INDIVIDUALITY

An important cause of mental ailments today is called biochemical individuality. This is the term used to describe normal variations in the nutritional needs of each person.  It is a critical reason for certain nutritional problems that often lead to emotional and mental ailments.  Variation depends on one’s health conditions, lifestyle, age and even genetics.

In plain words, some people simply need much more of a certain vitamin or mineral than others.  If they do not receive it, they will develop both physical and often emotional and mental symptoms.  This is fact, even if most doctors and psychiatrists do not recognize it as true.  I have seen it prove out many, many times.  It can even explain various food cravings such as a love of chocolate, which is rich in magnesium, copper and other nutrients.

For example, the “minimum daily requirement” for thiamine, vitamin B1, is extremely low.  However,  Dr.Kutsky notes that “special conditions requiring supplementation of vitamin B1 include pregnancy, lactation, heavy exercise, alcoholism, high carbohydrate intake, processed food diets, deficiency diseases, old age, gastrointestinal disturbances and antibiotic usage.  This list includes most Americans!

Among the symptoms of a vitamin B1 deficiency are mental confusion and aphonia (difficulty speaking). Others include depression, irritability and memory loss” (Kutsky, p.216).

OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS

These are also essential for good mental health in some cases.  Unfortunately, today they are found in abundance only in fish oils, flaxseed oil, hemp oil and to some degree cod liver oil and some other sources such as grass fed beef and free-range chicken fat.  However, most people do not get nearly enough of these critical nutrients.

One of these, DHA, is critical for young growing babies and children.  Children’s brains absolutely require a lot of it for proper development.  Many other nutrients, of course, are also important as well.

TOXIC METALS

Toxic metals are minerals that have no known necessary function in the body, and in fact have very harmful effects on the body.  Examples are lead, cadmium, copper, aluminum, arsenic, mercury and a dozen others.

These metals are found in our air, water, and food.  We also acquire them by contact, such as mercury found in dental fillings. They are difficult to detect with standard blood and urine tests as they do not remain long in the blood.

Copper. All toxic metals are toxic to the brain and the nervous system.  For example, the late Dr. Carl Pfeiffer, PhD.,M.D taught an entire generation of nutritionally oriented psychiatrists that many psychological problems, ranging from depression to schizophrenia, can be caused by high copper levels. Pfeiffer was the former director of the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey. In Mental and Elemental Nutrients, he also mentions the connection between copper and postpartum psychosis, autism and one type of schizophrenia.  To read more about copper toxicity, read the article on this website, Copper Toxicity Syndrome.

Thus, toxic metals are an important  hidden cause of emotional and physical illness that is often ignored because physicians of all kinds are unaware of their presence and importance.

Mercury. Another important toxic metal contributing to mental disorders is mercury.  Pfeiffer (1975) states that 10% of all ingested mercury goes to the brain, which, in turn, depletes it of necessary zinc.  Zinc functions as a calming neurotransmitter and a facilitator for important enzymes in the brain.

Drs. Casdorph and Walker mention symptoms of mercury poisoning as depression, fearfulness, and frequent bouts of anger or hallucinations.   Others are the inability to accept criticism, inability to concentrate, indecision, irritability, loss of memory and a persecution complex.

Manganese poisoning is often found to be prevalent in people with psychopathic behavior. Casdorph and Walker (1995) discuss the case of James Huberty, who opened fire with an assault rifle at a busy McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California in 1984, killing 21 people.  Among other tests, the city’s medical examiner did a hair mineral test.  It revealed extremely high levels of lead and cadmium, and even higher levels of manganese.  The examiner wrote that the killer’s mineral analysis showed a “trace metal pattern previously observed only in violent sociopaths.”

In 1989, Patrick E. Purdy sprayed assault riffle fire at children at the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California.  He killed 5 children and wounded 30 others.  Then he turned the gun on himself and pulled the trigger.  Post mortem hair mineral analysis showed also an extremely high level of manganese.  As it happens, both killers were welders.  Among the metals they worked with were lead, cadmium, iron and manganese, according to Casdorph and Walker (1995).

For much more information on the important topic of toxic metals, read the article on this website entitledToxic Metals.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS

Thousands of chemicals affect our mental health today.   They range from simple food additives to pesticides, solvents, plastics and many other industrial chemicals.   Many are neurotoxic and thus are capable of affecting emotions and behavior.

A few are well-known and well-researched such as alcohol and marijuana.  However,  many hundreds of others are unknown to most people.  One reason is the severity of their effects vary depending on an individual’s sensitivity.  So while one person is hardly affected by chemicals such as pesticides, others become agitated and even violent.

TCE. An example of a toxic chemical that affects the nervous system and behavior is is trichloroethylene (TCE).  It is commonly found in homes and schools, in adhesives, coffee, copy machines, dry cleaning fluid, floor polish, food additives, fumigants, glue, ink, paint, rug shampoo, and more.

Dr. Doris Rapp, MD mentions that symptoms of TCE exposure symptoms include central nervous system damage, depression, dizziness, fatigue, and psychosis.  She gives the example of William, a student whose grades were typically between 85 and 90 percent.  Shortly after the school installed new carpet, his grades dropped to barely passing.  He switched to a different school with plain wooden floors, and his grades returned to their original high levels.

Fluoride has been shown by Dr. Rapp and others to have dramatic effects on children’s emotions and fine motor skills.  She gives the example of a ten-year-old girl who had been depressed for two years.  During that period she had been taking fluoride tablets.  When she was tested with the fluoride and asked to draw a picture, she drew a face with tears rolling down her cheeks.

Stopping the fluoride tablets and eliminating other exposure to fluoride in water , foods and toothpaste caused a dramatic improvement in Marcia’s symptoms.

Chlorine. Another chemical that can cause problems is chlorine, found in tap water, and even moreso in swimming pools and hot tubs.  Dr. Rapp gives an example of eight-year-old William.  He was tested for chlorine after his mother noticed he fell asleep during an exciting dolphin and whale show at Wonderland.  William’s handwriting  (normally neat) became unreadable when he was tested to sensitivity to chlorine.

Once again, much more could be written and has been written elsewhere about the detrimental effects of toxic chemicals on our brain and resulting behavioral problems.  We love Dr. Doris Rapp’s rather large textbooks as sources of information on this topic.

THE IMPORTANCE OF  DETOXIFICATION

To deal with the problem of toxic metals and toxic chemicals in the environment, many people benefit from a detoxification regimen.  This can be done at home at low cost.  We have articles that cover this topic in depth in the book, Sauna Therapy, for example.

Detoxification is so important for some cases of mental and emotional illness that it deserves a separate article, though here I am just mentioning this critical idea.  It has been practiced for many years by followers of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology.  More than half a million people have gone through their sauna detoxification program to improve and get rid of drug and alcohol addiction.  It also works well to help reduce toxicity with many chemicals and toxic metals.

The Hubbard program, while excellent, must be done at a center under doctor’s supervision and it is costly.  It takes about a month in most cases and may cost several thousand dollars.  One spends several hours in a sauna each day with a doctor or medical technician keeping a close watch.  For this reason, we developed a much less costly program that can be done at home, even while working a regular 9 to 5 job.  It is described in our book, Sauna Therapy.

CONCLUSION

Seven areas have been identified in which nutrition and biochemistry affect emotions and behavior.  They include a persons energy level, the impact of the oxidation rate and the effects of food reactions on the central nervous system.  Other areas discussed are the impact of blood sugar problems, toxic metals, nutrient deficiencies and environmental chemicals on emotional and mental well-being.

The article concludes with a short discussion of another critical topic in mental health, detoxification.  This is a controversial area today with all sorts of practitioners offering a variety of therapies with machines, baths, clay, patches and other paraphernalia.  We strongly recommend the infrared sauna and coffee enemas or colon cleansing, however, as the most powerful and also the least costly and most important, the safest methods that can be done in the privacy of any home.

All these areas have been studied extensively, many for thirty to one hundred years or even more. However, they have not been incorporated in the medical approach to mental health that is so dominated by drug therapy today.  Yet these factors contribute to many conditions for which people seek counseling.

Addressing these factors would greatly enhance the success rates of counselors and other professionals who work with emotional and behavioral disorders.  I am pleased to help anyone with information, training and other materials that may be of assistance.

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CHILDREN’S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS

By Dr. Lawrence Wilson

© December 2009, the Center for Development

Problems to do with children’s growth and development are very common today.  Most have stunted growth, while some grow very tall and thin.  Some may be diagnosed as persistent delayed development (PDD) or other nomenclature. Those who grow very quickly and develop ligament problems may be labeled as Osgood-Schlatter disease or other syndromes.

Hair mineral analysis and nutritional balancing programs can help us understand many growth problems of children, and, at times, correct the problem as well.

STUNTED GROWTH AND NUTRITION

In general, children today get a terrible start in life because in too many instances, their mothers are nutritionally deficient and toxic, and these imbalances are passed on to their children in the womb.  Toxic metals all pass right through the placenta easily.

As if that is not bad enough, once they are born, children are subjected to some 30 or more vaccines, some of which are preserved with aluminum and mercury, or perhaps even more toxic substances.  Many are also given medical drugs at a tender age that add to their toxic load.

In addition, many children live mainly on sugar and denatured food, along with hundreds of chemical additives that have not nutritional value and some of which are known to stunt growth, mimic estrogens and other abominations.

This is the start in life that most children receive today in America and elsewhere to a lesser degree.  It is no wonder they are developing more and more birth defects, and problems with growth and development.

HAIR ANALYSIS AND GROWTH DISORDERS

Young children’s hair reports, in general, indicate fast oxidation with high toxic metals.  They also usually reveal low levels of essential trace minerals.

Proper growth requires zinc, in particular.  Indicators of a zinc deficiency on a properly performed hair analysis can be subtle.  They include:

• Zinc level less than about 11 mg%.
• Copper level of greater than 1.6 mg% with a low zinc.
• Cadmium level elevated above 0.01 mg%.
• Phosphorus level of 12 mg% or less.
• Sodium/potassium ratio greater than 10:1.
• Indicators for ‘hidden copper’.  These are many, and are described in the article Copper Toxicity Syndrome.
• It is also possible that a zinc deficiency may not be revealed on early hair mineral analyses.  One may need to remove toxic metals before the indicators appear on a later retest.

Zinc is commonly deficient in our population due to eating refined foods, stress, hybridized foods, vegetarian-stylediets,  zinc-deficient soil and other causes.  About the only food sources of zinc are meats, which are eaten somewhat less today.  Red meats are actually highest in zinc.  Vegetables are much lower in zinc and higher in copper, which causes a worsening of zinc status.

OTHER COMMON IMBALANCES SEEN

Another common imbalance that may be associated with problems of growth is a hair mercury level greater than about 0.1 mg% or 1 ppm in the hair.  Mercury is an interesting toxic metal that can affect many body systems during growth and development.

Others are a low sodium/potassium ratio, below 1:1 or so, especially when it occurs at a critical time of life such as the growing years.  It is associated with imbalances in the adrenal glands that affect cortisol and cortisone production in these glands.  Cortisone in particular, can stop growth when it is produced in excess.  This gives rise to the so-called adrenal body type, which a person who is short in stature and of a stocky build.

Another pattern associated with growth disturbance is a situation in which the adrenal glands are very weak.  This is usually indicated by very low levels of sodium and potassium, providing of course that the hair is not washed at the laboratory, as is the case at ARL.

These individuals often grow taller, sometimes very tall, because of a relatively low level of cortical adrenal hormones during either gestation or childhood.  This can produce very tall, slender individuals, the exact opposite of the previous adrenal type.  These are sometimes called thyroid types, as they thyroid gland is forced to compensate for the weakened and deficient adrenal hormones.  This body type, when mild, produces the common ‘model’ body type, which is a low adrenal picture that is so common and almost worshipped today.  It is not a normal body, however, as pictures of models of 50 years ago will easily show.  It is an ill type of person, even if the young worship these individuals.

In this way, hair analysis can help us identify the glandular patterns that give rise to aberrations in growth and development that give us the familiar and the pathological statures of human beings.  They are a fascinating study all in their own right.

CORRECTION

If a growth disorder can be caught early, many children will develop normally.  The growing part of the bones often closes during the teenage years, or at the latest when one is in the early 20s.  so if nutritional correction can begin before this time, it is theoretically possible to improve many growth disorders.  Later than this, it becomes difficult or impossible to change one’s height very much.

Babies and younger children often respond excellently to nutritional balancing science.  Often, these children have tried other nutritional regimens with little success.  Dr. Eck’s research and application of principles appears to give this method some advantages that other methods do not offer.  It has to do with the delicate balancing of the body chemistry, and not simply chelating out heavy metals or filling the child with various nutrients.

In addition to the proper supplements, which are usually very few, the diet is often critical.  Babies and children need very little if any sweets of any kind.  Sugars have detrimental effects, even the beneficial sugars found in all fruits and some vegetables.

PREVENTION

If we want children to grow up healthy and of normal height, it is imperative to start with the parents at a young age, before puberty when possible, to rerbuild their bodies in order to produce healthy young.  Then, from birth, the children need lots of love, pure food and water of the right kind, protection against vaccines and most medical drugs, and training in how to eat to live a healthful and happy life.

Here is a beautiful poem from a book called Go In and In,by Danna Faulds:

Healing

There is healing in the laying on of hands;

in the letting go of fear, in asking for help,

in silence, celebration, prayer. There is

healing in speaking the truth and in keeping still, in seeking sunlight and not

shunning struggle. Laugher and the affirmation of wholeness hold their own

healing.

When the soul dances, when the day begins in delight, when love grows and cannot

be contained, when life flows from moment to moment, healing happens in

the space between thoughts, and the breath before the first sung note. Healing is a

birthrite and a grace. When we dare to be open to the unknown, when we extend

ourselves in caring, when we welcome in the vast expanse of life, healing comes

from the heart, and blossoms from the inside out.

Throw out your Xanax. Forget your tranquilizers. I have something better that I would like to share with you. If you are searching for a peaceful meditative state where you radiate joy, and there are no pharmaceutical drugs involved, I recommend  Yoga Nidra. Recently, a colleague of mine, owner of Sundance (East Greenwich, RI) introduced me to Yoga Nidra, yogic sleep, an ancient tantric yoga path that leads to inner freedom. Yoga Nidra brings an incredible calmness, quietness and clarity. Yoga Nidra is one of the deepest of all meditations, leading awareness through many levels of mental process to a state of supreme stillness and insight. Yoga Nidra is a state of conscious Deep Sleep. In Meditation, you remain in the Waking state of consciousness, and gently focus the mind, while allowing thought patterns, emotions, sensations, and images to arise and go on. However, in Yoga Nidra, you leave the Waking state, go past the Dreaming state, and go to Deep Sleep, yet remain awake.

Yoga Nidra involves Shavasana, the traditional yogic pose for inducing deep relaxation while lying completely still on the floor. The instructor began the class by having us do some breath work and then carefully guided us through approximately 30 minutes of gentle stretching. At the end of this initial stretching, she expertly guided us into a place where we were asked to be conscious of sensations throughout our body, as well as to opposing experiences such as warmth-coolness, agitation-calmness, fear-equanimity, sorrow- joy, and separation-oneness. We were then asked to pay attention to sensations brought on by pairs of opposites until we were able to embody these opposing experiences with neither attachment nor aversion to what we were experiencing. Whew, not an easy task. Let me tell you. Keeping the mind focused and quiet for 40-45 minutes, while not falling asleep takes some fortitude.

But after I completed the class, all I could do was bask in the stillness that I felt. I felt relaxed, calm and present. I almost felt the need to be alone so that I could just enjoy the wonderful state I was experiencing. I even overheard some of the other students saying, “I am not sure if I can drive home, I am so relaxed.” The best part of this meditative state for me was that it
continued to live within me for a couple of days. It left me wanting more. It awoke in me the strong desire to deeply understand the art of Yoga and especially the process of Shavasana.  I am now off to a weeklong Yoga Nidra Retreat to study this practice in more depth.

During that first Yoga class, I learned that this practice is open to everyone who is interested in finding true peace of mind that remains undisturbed, free of circumstance or situation. I know that sounds like a tall order, but trust me on this one, it is true. And I know that if I can realize it, so can you.

CHANGING YOUR HABITS

By Lawrence Wilson, MD

© Revised, June 2008, The Center For Development

Excellent habits make for health, wealth and happiness.  Destructive and lazy habits inevitably lead to illness, poverty and despair.  Learning how to change your habits is an art all its own.
A habit is defined as any behavior that becomes routine, mechanical or comfortable.  Habits range from brushing your teeth to getting drunk every day.  A controversial statement is that all habits are addictions to some degree.   The definition of an addiction is similar to a habit.  It is any behavior that has become mechanical and unconscious, so that you are not fully aware of it.  However, addictions, by definition, tend to weaken the body, whereas habits may be helpful or harmful for one’s health and well-being.

CHANGING HABITS

The first step to changing habits is to realize that all behavior is partly unconscious and mechanical.   We are creatures of habit.  This is why behavior and thought patterns are not easy to change.  The unconscious component can be very deep and very old.
Understanding this helps you not to expect too much too fast when attempting to change habits.  It is a formidable task or there would be no need for most counseling centers, recovery programs, hypnotherapists and psychiatric medications.  However, habits can change, as evidenced by thousands of people who quite smoking and drinking, quit eating junk food, improve their relationships and much more.

RULE #1, SUBSTITUTE RATHER THAN JUST DENY ONESELF

When changing habits, denial does not work well for most people.  Instead, substitute better foods for worse ones, healthier activities for less healthful  ones, saner friends for less healthy ones.  However, you often have to make room for the new by giving up the old.  It takes a smidgeon of willingness.

RULE #2, SLOW YOUR THOUGHTS AND PERHAPS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SO YOU CAN MORE EASILY OBSERVE YOUR ATTITUDES, EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIOR

Slowing down is a wonderful step toward changing habits.  This helps unconscious thinking and behaving to become more conscious.  An easy way is to rest and sleep more.  A more profound and the most ancient method is to set aside some time each day for meditation or contemplation, or at least a short, slow, quiet period of alone time, or maybe a slow walk every day.  All such methods will tend to reduce all habits and help you think through the way you are living, so you can see how habits connect to each other clearly and change them.

You will eventually come to see that cynicism, negativity, and all bad habits, whether they be smoking, drinking, staying up late and others are choices.  You can choose again.  Forgiveness joy are just as easy if you allow them in and practice them.
The Roy Masters meditation exercise, for example, is highly recommended to help you slow down your thinking process so you can make changes easily.  Often when you do this your bad habits will drop you.  This occurs because you will realize they make no sense at all, so you just automatically stop them.  It can be that easy, although at times changing deeply help attitudes or behaviors can be more difficult to alter.

When you slow down and relax or meditate, you may not like what you see, but there is value in just seeing.  This is the first step to changing one’s habits and attitudes.  Allow yourself to question all your beliefs, especially beliefs in victimhood, fear and injustice.  Most spiritual traditions teach that the world is good and the universe is friendly.  This is stated in the first book of the bible.   Allow yourself to be guided by truth as it is revealed to you.  It is there if you slow down and rest enough to let it in to your life.

UPGRADE YOUR LIFE

People often talk of upgrading their computer or their house.  Changing habits is about upgrading the quality of your life.  This includes the company you keep, the food you eat, the books and magazines you read and the places you go.  In particular, it includes the thoughts you entertain.  This is your mental diet.  Many people engage in ’stinking thinking’.  They are negative, cynical, depressed, angry, or guilty about something or other.

YOUR SOCIAL DIET

Let go of those who do not help you stay on your chosen path.  A friend is one who holds the space of truth and reminds you when you are off track.  Be very clear about this.  Those who encourage or support you in bad habits or attitudes are not your friends, no matter how ‘friendly’ they seem to be. They are enablers, often with their own hidden agendas.

FOCUS ON YOURSELF IN A HEALTHY WAY

Changing  habits requires a focus on yourself.  It is not a morbid preoccupation with the self, although it may look that way to others.  It is about loving the self enough to observe, taking the time to experiment, letting go of what does not work, and having the courage to make new choices.  It is all about you, not about others.  Stop blaming anyone, in the present or in the past, for your unhealthy habits, as this just slows or may stop your ability to change.
Changing habits requires a focus on the present and letting go of the past.  Choices your parents or teachers made may not work for you.  Change requires letting go of people, places, activities and things that “once meant something”.  Sentimental and nostalgic attachments that are now meaningless just hold you back.  Throw out items that remind you of a dead past and let go of romantic notions of the past.  It was a stage in your growth and carries little other significance.
Also stay out of the future most of the time.  While some planning is necessary for all of us, in particular financial planning in our society, the future may or may not happen the way you think.  Be careful about listening to psychics and particularly prophets of doom.  The world is fine and getting better all the time.  What matters is whether you are getting better. It’s too easy to blame the world for your habits.
The best preparation for the future is to live every moment well.  Take one day at a time.  If you goof up, let it go and start over tomarrow.  Everyone has those days.  Fortunately, the days always end and a new one begins.
Whatever you commit yourself to, you can achieve, provided it is a spiritual goal. This is an ironclad rule.  Intent is everything.  By keeping your intent pure and not giving up, you will eventually develop yourself and succeed, at least to a degree.  This holds true in every area of life.    If you do not achieve something, it just means you changed your mind at some point and stopped being committed to a particular outcome.

A SYSTEMS APPROACH

Habits do not exist in isolation.  They are tied in with one’s body chemistry, structure, energetic patterns, social circle and personality structure.  A systems approach targets all these aspects to uproot structures that often have tentacles radiating in all directions.
For example, to change your eating habits, just learning about nutrition or shopping at a health store may not be enough.  Letting go of emotional traumas may be very important.  Balancing energy meridians may be another.  Letting go of your ‘junk food friends’ can be a key.  Structural therapies such as chiropractic or Rolfing can help.  Insisting on the cooperation of your family may also be essential.  The interactions between these aspects are subtle.  A blockage in a seemingly unrelated area can hold you back.
To give up a late-night television habit, you may need to adjust your diet to reduce stimulants, change thinking patterns so you stop believing that sleep is a waste of time, or drop your friends who insist on discussing who appeared on the late, late show.  Many things can feed a simple habit.  The more aspects of your life you address and heal, the easier it will be to change any habit.

HONESTY

Many people seem unable to change their habits.  In reality, they do not want to change.  They lie about their intentions to others, but mainly they lie to themselves.  They enjoy the addictive high they get from sugar, alcohol or compulsive exercise, and they have no intent to change.  They learned to lie about it long ago.  Breaking the habit of lying is often the first step in changing habits.
Dishonesty is rampant in society.  Schools even teach it to children these days under the guise of political correctness and sensitivity training.  Did you know that all the textbook manufacturers have a sensitivity panel that censors all textbooks for “offensive” language and ideas?  They distort the truth if it is unpleasant or might offend some group.
Any time truth takes a back seat, habits will be hard to change.  Look at any dishonesty squarely in the face and let it go.

DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES

All excuses for not changing behavior may make you feel better, but they all hold you back.  Excuses are attempts to defend something for which there is no legitimate defense.  To change any habit, give up your excuses.  Just give them up.  Stop using them and of course stop trying to come up with new ones.  If you feel mentally weak or easily tempted, admit it.  There is something refreshing about stating the truth.

DISBELIEF

Deep down, many people do not believe they can change.  They believe they are hopeless, dammed and condemned to suffer.  This is a lie.  However, it makes a convenient excuse for any destructive behavior.  After all, why not have some temporary pleasure from junk food, alcohol, destructive sex or something else if real healing is impossible.
Disbelief in change is the idea that you are a victim of your habit or behavior.  It is a lie heavily promoted by the media and some political leaders, as it weakens people and increases the power of the government authorities or others.

To change habits, give up victimhood and question the false idea that you cannot change.

REST AND SLEEP

Plenty of rest and sleep are vital for habit change of any kind.  Some attempt to change their habits by distracting themselves with lots of activities.  Although focusing on better things is great, it can backfire if it means ignoring the body’s needs for sleep and rest.  Tiredness leads to apathy, depression and despair.  Fatigue is the main cause of depression today.  Stimulants of all kinds become all the more attractive when you are tired and depressed.

DISCIPLINE VERSUS HABIT

Changing habits requires discipline.  Disciplines may look like habits, but with a difference.  While habits are mainly unconscious, discipline is more conscious.  Discipline is not about forcing anything.  The root of the word discipline is ‘disciple’.  It means following your spiritual path.

Learning how to self-discipline or discipline the self is a wonderful skill.  It means being very gentle and compassionate with yourself, yet quite firm with yourself as well.  It means knowing when it is time to quit trying so hard and just relax and do better the next day, for example.  At other times, it means pushing yourself a little harder to make sure you do your best.

POOR HEALTH

Underneath many bad habits is a horrible state of health.  Most people are ill today, contrary to what doctors may tell you.  Most doctors are very sick themselves.  It won’t show up on standard blood tests because they are the wrong tests.  Hair mineral analyses tell a different story.
People in great health have no need or attraction to stimulants of any kind.  Their cells literally send out messages of happiness and joy.  The cells of most people, however, send constant messages of fatigue, gloom and despair.  They are malnourished and often are drowning in toxic chemicals.  Sorry if it seems graphic, but mineral testing confirms it on a daily basis.  Many habits are the result of poor health, often from the time of birth.  If you want to change your habits, work on your health.  The two go together well.

Please take a moment and choose any of these affirmations. Many people have found them helpful in their daily lives.

I NEED DO NOTHING

I AM IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME

I CHOOSE TO LOVE MYSELF AND ALL MY CREATIONS

I CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN THE PRESENT MOMENT

I CAN BE AT PEACE WITH THIS

I CAN CHOOSE PEACE INSTEAD OF THIS

I CHOOSE FORGIVENESS

I CHOOSE TO BE A LIGHT THAT LIGHTS THIS WORLD

I CHOOSE COURAGE

LOVE WAITS UPON MY WELCOME OF IT

I CHOOSE UNLIMITEDNESS

I CHOOSE ABUNDANCE

I CHOOSE JOY

I CHOOSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL MY ACTIONS

I CHOOSE TO LOOK UPON ALL PEOPLE AND THINGS WITH THE INNOCENCE OF A YOUNG CHILD

I CHOOSE TO REMOVE ALL THE OBSTACLES TO THE PRESENCE OF LOVE IN   MYSELF

I OPEN MY HEART AND ALLOW LIFE AND LOVE TO LIVE THROUGH ME

I CHOOSE TO AWAKEN

I CHOOSE FEARLESSNESS

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

by Lawrence Wilson, MD January 2010, The Center For Development

Chronic fatigue syndrome is extremely common, although it is not a recognized diagnosis in many medical books.  It is a condition that responds extremely well to nutritional balancing science.  We do not need to use hormones, anti-depressants or any other drugs.  This article briefly introduces the causes, symptoms and correction procedures for this condition.

SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

As the name implies, the main symptom is an unrelenting fatigue or exhaustion, even if one gets a few good nights of rest or takes a vacation with no obvious stress.

There is often some overlap with other conditions such as fibromyalgia or other pain syndromes, adrenal burnout, hypoglycemia or cravings for sweets, hypothyroidism, chronic or recurrent infections, depression or anxiety, and perhaps others.  What distinguishes chronic fatigue syndrome from some of these others is the long-term nature of the fatigue syndrome, usually in spite of a person trying various drug and natural therapies.

CAUSES FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE

In our experience, the cause is usually multiple.  This means that one factor is not responsible for the condition.  Instead, it is the result of several factors operating together, including any or all of the following:

Toxic metals and toxic chemicals. These are always a factor, in my experience.  Removing two dozen toxic metals and several hundred or more toxic chemicals is always a priority in nutritional balancing science.  These can all be removed at the same time on a nutritional balancing program.  Nutritional balancing uses about 19 separate methods all together to remove toxic metals.  These are described in a separate article entitled Toxic Metals.  We find this is much safer, faster and gentler than using chelators of any kind, even natural chelation agents such as high-dose vitamin C, cilantro, chlorella or zeolite, for example.

Nutritional depletion. This is always present as a cause of chronic fatigue as well.  The causes have to do with stress, impaired digestion, or improper diets of raw foods, for example, or refined foods.  Most food today is not as nutritious as in the past.  If a person does not eat well, or is stressed for any reason, digestion suffers and nutrient deficiencies easily develop. Vegetarianism, fasting, or other extreme diets make the problem worse in many instances.  I have done all these things and was lucky to recover completely from chronic fatigue syndrome that resulted.

Adrenal exhaustion and other glandular imbalances. These may also be present, although not necessarily.  They are usually easy to assess using the hair mineral analysis, and most often respond well to nutritional balancing programs.  Often there are other autonomic nervous system imbalances that need gentle correction, which is part of all nutritional balancing programs.

Lifestyle imbalances. These are actually common causes or aggravating factors in many cases of chronic fatigue syndrome.  Among the common problems are lack of sleep, going to bed too late, financial or other worries, relationship stress and improper attitudes such as playing the victim, extreme fears or depression.  Any of these can place so much stress on the body that they upset proper glandular and digestive functions, leading to the rest of the causes listed above.

In most cases, these factors are handled easily once a person really understands the problem and is willing to address it.

Psychological and spiritual factors. These often play a role as well.  Intense fear or anger, or even guilt can predispose a person to develop chronic fatigue in some cases.  Some of these imbalances are easy to assess with a properly performed hair mineral analysis, while others are more difficult to assess and correct.  We always recommend the Roy Masters meditation-observation exercise, as we find it extremely helpful for many of these cases.

Spiritual factors mean that something is holding a person back from full health and energy that is not strictly psychological, but has more to do with a person’s spiritual development in some way.  These are more vague cases, but they usually respond well to the gentle method of nutritional balancing.

Chronic infections. In some cases, chronic infections play an important role.  These may be of primary importance, but more often they are opportunist infections that thrive because the body is too weak to fight them off.  Common viral infections include Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis C, cytalomegavirus and even HIV in some cases.  Fungal infections include candidaalbicans in most cases, and perhaps other fungal organisms.  Bacterial infections in the teeth, gums and elsewhere are also often common.  Lyme disease can also either give rise to chronic fatigue syndrome or just be an opportunist organism that makes things worse, but is not the underlying cause of the problem.  The latter is far more common.

These are among the most important causes that we observe.  In rare cases, chronic fatigue may be the result of poisoning with a pesticide or a medical or recreational drug, or even a result of surgery, an accident or other type of stressor.

CORRECTION OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

We have helped hundreds of people recover their full energy level with nutritional balancing science.  This method is very well-suited to correcting most of the causes above of chronic fatigue syndrome.

Nutritional balancing is a lifestyle and diet-based system.  This is extremely important for correcting the dietary and lifestyle components of chronic fatigue syndrome.  I find this aspect lacking in many holistic approaches.  There is often an emphasis on high-tech testing and many remedies, and not enough attention paid to the exact diet, drinking water consumed, and the lifestyle.  So I would urge anyone with chronic fatigue syndrome to pay more attention to these factors.

Safety. Nutritional balancing is extremely gentle and safe.  This cannot be said of other methods of treatment that are used today.  For example, I would warn the reader to avoid the use of low-dose cortisone such as Cortef and others.  I would also warn against the use of any natural, bio-identical or synthetic hormones such as DHEA, pregnenelone, adrenal cortical extracts, testosterone, progesterone and others.  These will give a person some energy, but they upset the delicate hormone regulatory feedback system of the body and they make full correction much more difficult.  They are also expensive to test for and monitor.  We find them unnecessary and harmful in almost all cases.  Even thyroid hormone replacement is almost always unnecessary and harmful if the proper diet, supplements and detoxification protocol are followed fully.  For more on hormones, read Hormone Replacement Therapy on this website.

Autonomic nervous system correction. This is an important part of every nutritional balancing program.  It is another aspect of health and healing that is often overlooked or glossed over too easily by physicians working with chronic fatigue syndrome.  Most people with this condition have a pattern on a hair mineral test called sympathetic dominance.  In some cases, it may take a year or more for the pattern to reveal itself.  However, it is often present and it stops many people from getting well.  The person is overusing the sympathetic or fight-or-flight nervous system, and this inhibits the digestion, elimination and the immune response.  It must be corrected or progress will be very slow or non-existent.  For more on this, read Sympathetic Dominance on this website.

Physical therapies. Adding the daily use of a near infrared light sauna and daily coffee enemas is needed in many cases of chronic fatigue syndrome.  Each of these therapies is carefully chosen and has over a dozen therapeutic effects, many of which are excellent for those with chronic fatigue.  For more on these therapies, read Sauna Therapy and Coffee Enemas on this site.

Spiritual aspects. Nutritional balancing has as its goal far more than just symptom removal. In my own case of chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as most others, there are subtle factors that are causative and need to be addressed.  Often, for example, changes in attitudes are needed and absolutely essential if one is to recover completely, which is always our goal and a very achievable goal.  In my own case, persistent daily use of the Roy Masters meditation, and later tapes produced by the ShantiChristo Foundation, were extremely helpful and probably absolutely necessary for my full recovery.  For more on this more esoteric subject, read Meditation on this site.

SUMMARY

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a multi-faceted and common disorder with both physical and mental or emotional causes at times.  Nutritional balancing science is extremely helpful for this condition, and in most cases it is very capable of completely reversing the condition by addressing and correcting its half-dozen or so causes.

Like paratroopers dropped onto enemy territory, tens of thousands of light workers exist in the world.  They are beautiful souls who live to serve others.  In all walks of life, they shine their light wherever they go.  Though they may not know it, they are wise and loving souls.

Their coming revealed great courage and strength.  For earth, while beautiful, is harsh and primitive.  Life on earth is not easy, especially for developed and developing souls.

Helping the earth develop its spirituality is the reason they are here.  But first they must establish a beachhead, join up withtheir regiment or spiritual family, and begin to heal their own wounds.

For their mission all have volunteered.  Volunteers in earth embodiment they are called.  They are, in fact, not from this planet, but come from many distant places.  Reading this you most likely are a member of this special group.  Many wander about and desperately need to know this.

THE STAGE OF UNAWARENESS

Most light workers have not yet awakened.  They live ordinary lives and often struggle to survive.  They agreed to a period of relative unawareness.  In this way they learn first hand the problems of the earth.  This is to prepare them for their later work.  Many suffer and struggle not because they are dammed, but to make them better teachers.

SOUL DEATH

There are many casualties among the light worker troops.  Growing up is often particularly bad.  Trusting and generous, they are kind, honest souls.  Isolated in earth families, early childhood is rough.  Abuse is not uncommon, both physical and emotional.  Without knowing it, troubled parents harm their children.  Many simply do not know how to provide the love and guidance their children require.  Some act like vampires, robbing children of their innocence.  All children are wounded to some degree.

School is often a disaster, with gifts and talents not encouraged and often suppressed by the public school system.  Private and especially home schooling is far better in almost all cases.  The public school system destroys many light workers.  Many rebel or stop learning, although they are very intelligent.  The stigma of poor schooling may haunt them the rest of their lives.

Badly confused in childhood, many never wake up to who they are.  Selfish earth dwellers find them easy targets.  Self-esteem declines further in dead-end jobs and marriages.  Most never awaken and exist in soul death.  Confused and discouraged, the soul has been buried.  They are as in a coma, only partially alive.  Fear, doubt and depression are often their companions. We say such ones have been ‘neutralized’, their missions aborted.

THE STAGE OF AWAKENING

Each light worker’s intent is to wake up.  Their real talents go to waste if this does not occur.   Awakening often begins with a feeling of discontent.  Sheer despair at times hastens the process along.   Deep inside arises the feeling there is more to life than this.

Help is made available to anyone who desires it.  Nothing can substitute for the desire and intent to awaken and be all that one was created to be.  Like sending out a worldwide distress signal, this brings help, often in unexpected ways.

Meeting with another already in service is one method of guidance.  Like soldiers dropped into a war zone, light workers stand a better chance by joining with others like themselves.  Other light workers are their true family, the only ones who understand them.

In addition they are guided by unseen helpers day and night.  These attempt to communicate and to lead them along their way.  The veil of unawareness can be hard to penetrate.  Minds busy and fearful miss the gift of guidance.

Do not despair, however.  There is much you can do no matter where you find yourself, no matter how alone you mistakenly think you are.

DIFFICULTIES OF AWAKENING

Many become stuck in the stage of awakening.  Overwork, nutritional imbalances and toxic exposure create horrendous stress.  This discourages many, as energy is required to overcome the past and get on with the missions.

Often, routines become comfortable even if they lead nowhere.  False ideas that are secular and ‘modern’ often lull the light workers.  In some cases, illicit drugs, alcohol or sexual involvements seirously weaken the awakening soul.

Intimate relationships often slow or stop awakening.  They can become great distractions.  Their partners, though believing they are in love, can be spiritually incompatible.  The less developed holds the other back.  However, some relationships, of course, have the opposite effect, strengthening and awakening the partners when the basis of the relationship is a spiritual bond to serve together.

The lure of materialism seduces some workers.  In other cases, fame or fortune can lull the soul back to sleep.  Others cannot escape the pressures to conform.  They are frightened to stand alone.  Their desire is to belong and be accepted.  They fear letting their light shine.

Some become perpetual seekers, running from group to group or teacher to teacher.  They believe they are progressing, but their search remains only on the surface.

Guilt plagues many light workers.  Many feel guilty for the suffering they see.  Although it is not their fault, this guilt slows awakening.  Some feel false guilt because they are not starving to death, or not living in a hovel.  They even feel guilty for living on earth.  All this slows their progress and may take them off their path.

As a result of home and school experiences, some develop a hatred of all forms of authority.  Although skepticism is a positive trait, distrust and cynicism harm the body and close the mind to rational thinking.  They also open the soul to negative beings who know how to manipulate their anger, hatred and distrust.

THE HAZARDS OF CULTS

Cults are a terrible hazard as one awakens.  They include false religions and many so-called spiritual groups.  Dietary systems such as vegetarianism and political affiliations may also be cults.  Too often, they offer ideas that are false or exaggerated.  Pressure to conform replaces the search for truth.  Eager for simple packaged answers, the awakening mind is easily lured.

Cults often appear as spiritual paths, but stop the awakening process.  Instead of truth one learns the teaching of the group. Waking up is not the same as learning ideas and rituals.  Instead of joining groups, they would do better to seek out friends who help them dig deep within to find their own answers.

PREVENTION

Protecting light workers begins before their birth.  Young women need counseling to prepare them for motherhood. Unless they improve their health, harmful chemicals in their bodies poison their children before they are even born.

Special care needs to continue once a child is born.  Both men and women need parenting skills.  Most earth cultures provide poor guidance in this area.  Physical and emotional health require constant vigilance.  If possible, also avoid all medical drugs, over-the-counter products, surgery and vaccines.

Schooling requirements for light workers are unique and often hard to find.   Home schooling is best unless a special school can be found.  Avoid politically correct anything.  However, a very positive environment is critical to help a child grow up intact.

Special needs continue into the teenage years.  Here temptations are great as pressure builds to conform.  Very involved and gentle but forcefully protective parents can help a child pass happily through these years.  The main need today for these lovely young people is protection and more protection, not “experiences”, though protection does not mean to deny them some safe experiences.

REHABILITATION

Rehabilitation for most light workers is a pressing need.  Two important areas are health and self-esteem.

Health. Every light worker’s body needs work today.  There are no exceptions.  The prevailing medical system is often little help and, in fact, is quite harmful in most instances.  Light workers‘ bodies are very reactive to poisons.  Drugs and surgery may be especially toxic for them.

Natural methods of healing are very essential.  All bodies at this time are exposed to toxic chemicals, weakened by radiation and debilitated by chronic infections.  This clouds the thinking and blocks receptivity to guidance.

All need to clean up their diet and lifestyle and use natural methods to purify the body.  One will be amazed how toxic the body was as the poisons keep coming out.  Several years to a decade or more of purification is needed, regardless of how healthy they may think they are.  Nutritional balancing is especially suited for these souls.

Self esteem. Restoring self esteem is also often a lengthy process.  It goes hand in hand with restoring the physical body. One will not succeed without the other.  Unhappy memories need to be cleared.  False ideas need to be exposed and discarded. Anger, hatred, guilt and resentment need to be released.  Everyone in the past needs to be forgiven, including, of course, the self.  Learn to live in truth.  Trying to conform or even accommodate the insanity around oneself will only make one insane.

SELF LOVE

Remembering self love is essential.  It requires great integrity and vigilance.  It means living the truth, accepting the consequences and facing fears each day.  This strengthens character and builds self confidence.  It requires knowing that much of the world’s thinking is false.  Toxic metals, fatigue, nutritional depletion and hidden fears and anger affect everyone’s thinking.

Many are surprised to learn that only by loving the self is love for others possible.  Often what they thought was love was need or projection.  One sees in someone else that which one is missing.  By possessing that one in love, one appears to acquire their traits.  A short cut to full development, this brings unhappiness when the truth is revealed.  For those in unhealthy jobs and relationships this is most important.

Rehabilitation may take several years.  It is an exciting time of intense personal change, preparing the workers well for their future tasks.  Aligning body, mind and soul, light workers become fully conscious beings.

Survival tools. Once awakened even partially, workers need survival tools.  These are daily living skills, not emergency management.  They include how to eat and how to keep the body fit.  A sense of money and value is another useful skill. Others are the ability to communicate and knowledge of human motivation.

THE STAGE OF SERVICE

This is the fun part of the mission.  Most of one’s life should be spent in this stage.  If one is well-prepared, life proceeds smoothly.  Basic needs are handled easily and energy remains for the task at hand.  One’s purpose is clear and cannot be swayed.  Indeed, an entire army of like-minded souls is with you in spirit, and many in flesh as well, doing their part in their little corner of the planet.  A guerrilla war is indeed underway, whose ultimate success is assured.  As with all battles, there will be successes and failures at times.

However, opportunities to fall back asleep are always present.  Sometimes workers that begin well slip back and forget their mission.  Others who seem like laggards decide to awaken.  As conditions of workers change, responsibilities are ever shifting.  Those capable of greater effort are given larger assignments.

Life is definitely not dull.  Friendships and relationships may change, and entire careers may come and go.  Living and working habits may also change.  One awakens not knowing what the day will bring, but feeling sure that with one’s purpose aligned, all is in divine order.

Life for an awakened worker is a never-ending joy.  One acquires a long-term view that eases daily stress.  Life is a series of challenges, the ultimate outcome of which is already assured.  God’s little helpers are all working together to quietly shift the earth’s vibration from fear to love.  Slowly she responds to their noble efforts.

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