An Ohio University study of heart disease in the 1970’s was conducted by feeding quite toxic, high-cholesterol diets to rabbits in order to block their arteries, duplicating the effect that such diet has on human arteries. Consistent results began to appear in all the rabbit groups except for one, which strangely displayed 60 percent fewer symptoms. Nothing in the rabbits’ physiology could account for their high tolerance to the diet, until it was discovered by accident that the student who was in charge of feeding these particular rabbits liked to fondle and pet them. He would hold each rabbit lovingly for a few minutes before feeding it; astonishingly, this alone seemed to enable the animals to overcome the toxic diet. Repeat experiments, in which one group of rabbits was treated neutrally while the others were loved, came up with similar results.
If you try to give someone a cold, for example, it takes more than the virus. Experimenters have incubated cold viruses, placed them directly on the mucous lining of the nose, and found that their subjects came down with colds only 12 percent of the time. These odds could not be increased by exposing the subjects to cold drafts, putting their feet in ice water to give them chills, or anything else that was purely physical.
As science evolves and looks at more and more environmental and food issues, more and more we are confronted with the idea that everything is bad for you. From the water you drink (tap water or bottled), to the food you eat (vegetables and fruits are grown in polluted soil and are sprayed), to the air you breathe (city pollution, country high pollen count), to the weather (acid-rain, sun induced skin cancer, fog induced asthma), to the place you live (high power electricity cables, nuclear power stations, underground streams). The only way to survive this onslaught is by not allowing it to affect us.
We are surrounded by things and events that are potentially toxic to our system. What ultimately makes them toxic to a particular person at a particular time seems to be the mind of that person. Bad diets and eating habits, germs, emotions, can all play a detrimental part in the balance of health, if the mind attaches negative messages to these "toxic products". If, on the other hand, the toxic product is accompanied by a message of love, our system will respond in a loving way to the toxic product and no toxic effect will be noticed.
But how can I start to clean out toxic products that already have settled into my system?
A quick detoxification program can be a great help, but without any real attitude changes, toxicity will build up very quickly again. The aim is to gradually change. Change the way you eat and what you eat, in order to provide your body with the physical building blocks that are needed to clear out the system. Change the way you look at your self in order to install self-love and respect into your system, instead of self-hatred, the disgust and the low self-esteem. Change the way you do things in order to bring happiness into your daily chores, instead of frustration, a feeling of imprisonment and living this way because you "have to". Without these essential changes life will continue to be a struggle, manifesting itself in weight problems and illness. Only enjoyment in everyday life, in everyday things, in everyday being, will lead to a satisfactory balance between body and mind where toxic products, whether created by the outer world, the inner world (the body) or the emotions, will find no ground to fester. Happiness in everything we do is what we are all looking for. Make the necessary changes slowly but firmly, so that you can be happy with every step you take.- Worship your body and do not punish it. Therefore, ensure the intake of wholesome food in a peaceful way and be sure to pay caring attention to the outer part of the body by regularly exercising it and providing it with the appropriate total rest.
- Worship and develop your mind and do not punish it.
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