As a Man (or Woman) Thinketh ..." Protecting cell and tissue health on the physical level is fairly easy to understand. More complex is how our minds and emotions affect our DNA. To vastly oversimplify, studies have shown that anger and resentment, hatred and fear actually distort the physical shape of the genes in the DNA’s double helix. We know how awful it feels when someone directs any of those emotions full force at us -- we cringe. Our DNA feels the same way, but it’s even a more magnified effect, since the cells are right in the center of the storm -- inside us!. Repeatedly subjecting our DNA to harsh emotional waves forms a habitually distorted gene. We can understand how people living in bad neighborhoods have poor levels of health. Now we can understand how those kinds of negative emotions make it easier for a mutation to occur – the distortions of the genes are already very much like mutated shapes. The research of Drs. Gregg Braden, anthropologist, and Bruce Lipton, cellular biochemist, reveal to us that there are certain emotions and attitudes that enhance, rather than destroy, the health of the genes in the DNA helix. They say that Compassion, Forgiveness and Gratitude make our genes plump up and radiate with health. That’s pretty much how those emotions make us feel. The DNA strands become fuller and more robust. The emotions of love and joy also have a positive effect. No wonder those emotions feel better to us than the negative ones, whether we are receiving or sending them out. So prevention on the mental and emotional level means staying healthy in our thoughts, in our emotions and in what we express to others. It also means being careful about the company we keep and how toxic or healthy it is. When the negatives creep in, we need circulation to move them out of us. Just like the lymph moves harmful wastes out of the cells, we need to find ways to move past harmful negative emotions and thoughts when they arise within us. Meditation and prayer are helpful, as are reading inspirational literature, surrounding ourselves with beautiful music and enjoying the wonders of nature. Self-discipline in this area is needed, and like all good things, the more we do it, the easier it gets. If we are not easily compassionate or forgiving or grateful, we can develop and nurture those qualities within us. We know that refusing to forgive another only hurts us and does nothing to the other person. The various types of cancers seem to reflect certain negative attitudes and emotions. There is the kind of cancer that eats away at the body, like resentment eats away at our souls. There is the cancer that grows unseen in tumors, like unforgiven wounds from the past that lie buried deep within. A lack of compassion or gratitude in a person makes them cold or bitter, which translates in the body to an acidic environment -- too harsh for cells to stay very healthy, too easy an environment to mutate in. Breast cancer in particular seems to relate to wounds around the theme of nurturing – how we were nurtured as children, how well we nurtured others in our care, how well we nurture ourselves and what kinds of energy do we direct to our own bodies. Do we wash our breasts, or bodies, with love and appreciation? Or do we rush through a shower to get it done? Do we dress in front of a mirror with pleasure at what we see? Or do we criticize or feel shame at the image we see and wish it were like someone else's? How do we regard our breasts? Are we thankful for them? After all, they are a part of us that identifies us as women, with which we nurture our children. Do we see them (as many do) as sex objects? Do we wish they were different -- bigger, higher, farther apart, closer together, nipples in a different place? One recent study showed that an alarming percentage of women are not satisfied with their breasts – either the size or the shape. How do you think that makes the breast tissue feel? Are we happy when someone judges us as “not good enough”? No, neither are our breasts. You may think it’s weird talking about cells and tissues having “feelings,” but it’s time we all become aware that cells have consciousness. They have memory and they respond to the messages, tones and energies around them. This goes for all cells, as research in biocommunication with plant and human cells proves beyond a doubt. So we need to begin to turn this “not good enough” energy around, for the sake of our future health. Rather than withering our tissues away with harsh judgments and subjecting them to the knife, we need – and need desperately – to regard our breasts (and all our body parts) as just right ... as beautiful ... as perfect ... just the way they are. We need to get on the appreciation-and-gratitude bandwagon real quick on this one. It could save lives. Maybe yours. We need to get on the positive side of life, affirming the goodness and perfection of things in creation. We need to search for the good and find it and celebrate it. For more research into how strong emotional events cause cancers, see the website Natural Breast Cancer Prevention page or click your Back button. Contact Us | My Daily Dragon Home | |
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