The first shall be last, the last first

The first shall be last, the last first.

Many hard core materialistic scientists are adamant in telling us that our consciousness is a product of chemical processes in the brain, that the near-death experience is just a figment of a contorted imagination, that death is the final outcome of life and that we only live one life. Then our consciousness is extinguished and that is it. Finito. They know better and they readily ridicule those who have a larger perspective and a different view than theirs.
However, as none of the above has ever been proved, those who adhere to these theories are pure believers. They believe in something that they cannot prove. They are not the levelheaded scientists that they claim to be.
Today many, many people are open to a new way of seeing the world. The evidence for the survival of conscience is growing every day and more and more results from serious research into past life recall and reincarnation is putting a new way of looking upon the world on the agenda.
Many people have trouble believing in reincarnation because they say that there is no comprehensive philosophy that explains the larger perspective comprising many lives on Earth. But that is not true. A complete comprehensive philosophy comprising both the physical and the spiritual levels of existence has been presented by the Danish 20th century visionary Martinus. My 4 books about Martinus’ fabulous, logical and beautiful world picture all explain why reincarnation is much more than just a belief. A new world picture is emerging and in time it will topple the old.
The future belongs to those who can see beyond the physical plane and who are open to a new way of seeing the world: a larger perspective full of logic, beauty and love. In order to be open for a new way of seeing the world our intuition has to have been awakened. If your intuitive ability is still asleep, you will be closed-minded.
Our intuitive ability is awakened on the strength of our experiences and sufferings in former lives. When we have learned humility and no longer think that we already know it all, then we become open for a new and much larger perspective on life, death and the mystery of both.
Those whose intuitive ability has been awakened are often not so “fancy people”. They don’t hold high positions, they are not professors or dons, they don’t flash jewelry around or drive fancy cars. They don’t want to show off or impress others with their money, intelligence or wit. They are humble people. They are “the last” – and they will be the first to see that there is more to life than just a single lifetime. They are the ones that are awakening.
The “first” are all those who think they already know it all. They are the self-important scientists and all the high members of the clergy: the Pope, the cardinals, the priests and the high and mighty. They have not yet learned humility and they are still fast asleep. Their intuition is still dormant. They will be the last to see and accept that a new world order is about to topple the old. They will be the last to see that the universe is a much more magical place than they had ever imagined.

The One-life Theory Sucks

The One-life Theory Sucks

Else Byskov

Today many, many people believe we only live once. Those who adhere to the one-life theory are mainly supporters of a purely materialistic worldview, and they think that their predominantly atheist and godless way of seeing things is far superior and far more scientific than anything that has to do with a spiritual outlook on life. And yet the one-life theory has never been proved scientifically. It is, at best, only half a theory. It is an unproven claim that we only live one life. Nobody has ever been able to come up with hard-core scientific proof that our consciousness is extinguished at death.
When the one-life theory has never been proved it is nothing but a belief. So those who adhere to the one-life theory are the true believers, as they believe in something that has never been proved.
On the other hand there is a growing amount of evidence for the claim that our consciousness survives the death of the physical body and that reincarnation is much more than a belief. Serious research is taking place at universities in both Europe and the USA into phenomena that suggest that our consciousness survives the death of the body such as the near-death experience, children that remember past lives, regression therapy, after-death communication, death-bed visions and afterlife experiments. The evidence for the survival of consciousness is growing every day, whereas those who adhere to the one-life theory are still standing empty handed when it comes to proving their claim. Please see my website www.deathisanillusion.com or my book “The Undiscovered Country” for a more detailed presentation of the evidence for life after death.
The one-life theory is really based on a limited understanding of what matter is. The one-life theory walks hand in hand with the idea that only what can be seen and touched is real. This way of envisaging the world limits the scope of existence to that which is visible and palpable, and it is sometimes referred to as “the sticks and stones view” of the world. It excludes the possibility that invisible “stuff” can exist. This view is clearly going to be short-lived, because nobody who lives in the western world today can be ignorant of the fact that “matter” exists in the shape of invisible rays and waves. We make use of these invisible rays and waves every day when we receive television and radio, when we speak in our mobile phones and receive wireless Internet, so claiming that invisible “matter” does not exist is simply an expression of ignorance. It is an outdated view based on ignorance about electromagnetic radiation, and it is tantamount to claiming that the Earth is flat. It is totally out of touch with the reality we are all living in.
So what does the existence of electromagnetic radiation have to do with the one-life theory? What does it have to do with life after death and reincarnation? It has everything to do with it, because once we have realized that the world cannot be reduced to what we can see and touch, and once it becomes clear that “matter” can exist in forms that are both invisible and impalpable, then we have to expand our worldview. There is much more to the world than meets the eye, and the rays and waves of the electromagnetic spectrum do not only comprise radio, television, X rays and micro waves but a whole range of rays and waves that we do not yet know about. We are only using a fraction of the wavelengths and frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for our transmission purposes, but the rays and waves exist in inexhaustible numbers and a very important characteristic of the waves and rays is that they can carry information. Information is whirling all around us in the shape of the electromagnetic radiation that entertains us and helps us communicate with each other.
We have only just landed on the shores of the enormous continent that consists of electromagnetic radiation, and even though we have harvested a beneficial crop from the shores, we have not yet ventured inland into this huge realm. There is so much more to explore and we are only just beginning.
One thing that the existence of invisible “matter” means is that we have to be open to the idea that our physical body is not the only body that we have. It is actually so that we have a body consisting of electromagnetic radiation in addition to our physical body. This means that we have a solid, physical body that we can see and touch plus a much more ethereal body that is not visible. The ethereal body sits as an electromagnetic field around the physical body (all living beings have such an energy body), and as this electrical field is measurable, its existence cannot be refuted. We can simply measure that an electric field is in existence around our physical body. This field is sometimes referred to as our aura, and it is an electrical reality. Its existence is factual because we can measure that it is there.
It is this field that holds the key to an understanding of life after death. The field consists of electromagnetic radiation and it holds our consciousness. Our consciousness is not limited to the brain as has hitherto been believed, but it surrounds and penetrates the body as a field of energy. The energy field holds all the information about our “I”; it holds our thoughts and talents, our personality and mindset, our intelligence and morals, our whole self. All these aspects of who we are, are embedded in the electromagnetic rays and waves as information, and they are electrical in their nature. Our consciousness is an electrical reality and it holds both information and force. All types of electricity contain force. The force in our electrical field is identical to our life force. This means that the force of our consciousness is identical to our life force and it holds all the information about who we are. This information is not based in the genes, but it is a result of experiences that we have gathered over a whole number of lives. We cannot come to any conclusive understanding of who we are without taking our former lives into consideration, because everything that we are is a result of what we have done, learnt and experienced in former lives. All this information is accumulated in the field which holds an unlimited capacity for storage of information.
Our consciousness in the shape of our energy field or aura holds our life-force and “I”, and when the physical body is rendered useless through injury, illness or old age, the consciousness cum life-force pulls out of the now useless instrument – our physical body. But because the consciousness consists of a type of matter that is unaffected by all kinds of physical injury, it is just as intact as it was when it was still connected to a physical body. As the consciousness holds all information of the particular individual that I call me, I am still exactly the same as I was when I still had a physical body. There is no difference, and all those who have had a near-death experience confirm that they were exactly the same after they had left their physical body. This means that there is no death – what we see as death is just a change of focus on part of our consciousness. Our consciousness goes from being focused in our physical body to being focused in our energy field or spirit body. Death is an illusion and we are eternal being because the essential core of our being consists of something that is indestructible: energy.
We have to understand that we are so much more than mere physical bodies and when we realize that we have an energy body in addition to our physical body, and when we know that the world cannot be reduced to “the sticks and stones view”, then the sky is no longer the limit. There is much more to the world that what we can see and touch, and the exploration of the undiscovered continent of the rays and waves of the electromagnetic spectrum opens a whole new horizon that we are only just beginning to see.
The shortcomings of the one-life theory are many: it hasn’t been proved, it cannot explain the growing amount of evidence for post-mortem survival, it cannot explain where our talents and morals come from, it cannot explain our fates and why some people live happy lives whereas others live in misery, it cannot explain where we are coming from and where we are going, it cannot explain the mystery of life and it certainly cannot explain the meaning of it all. It will not do as an explanatory model for the future. In other words: it sucks.
What all this means for our worldview and our understanding of who we are and where we go when we pass over has been explored in my books “The Undiscovered Country”, “Death Is an Illusion” and “Ten Great Ways to Understand the World - The Larger Perspective on the Leading Edge of Thought” – all available on Amazon.

The Human Consciousness Project

The Human Consciousness Project

By Else Byskov, author

According to our spiritual masters death holds the greatest possible surprise to man: there is no death. This, however, is exceedingly difficult to accept by the modern, intellectual individual, who wants scientific proof for the claim. Consequently many people living in the western world today believe that we only live one life. They are convinced that our consciousness will simply cease to exist when we have drawn our last breath. Very few people believe that we will ever be able to come up with conclusive proof that our consciousness survives the death of the physical body. They think that this is just superstition or wishful thinking.
However, there is a growing body of evidence in the empirical world that does not fit with the one-life theory. Among this evidence the near-death experience is probably the best known, and this intriguing phenomenon has been the subject of scientific scrutiny for various decades now. To begin with those who had experienced being alive outside their body were met with disbelief and sometimes ridicule, but now they are finally being taken seriously. A large scale research project named “The Human Consciousness Project” has been established by the Nour Foundation, which is a public charitable and nongovernmental organization in special consultative status to the United Nations. The project involves leading scientists in the field of consciousness studies from the USA, Europe and Canada, and its aim is to come up with conclusive evidence that our consciousness can exist independently of the physical body.
This is a controversial idea, as the general view has been that our consciousness is just a by-product of electrochemical activity within the brain. This has been the accepted view, notwithstanding the lack of any scientific evidence or even a plausible biological explanation as to how the brain would lead to the development of mind and consciousness. Nevertheless, the generally accepted view is that consciousness is a by-product of brain activity. However, this view is now being questioned because it seems that consciousness can exist independently of the brain. Consciousness could be a self-sustained unit and this assumption is based on the observation that many near-death experiencers have been able to observe objects and goings-on in an out-of-body state. In spite of the fact that their body was declared clinically dead on the operating table, they were able to observe what was going on in the space surrounding the body. After resuscitation the near-death experiencer would for instance point out that she had observed a particular object on top of a cupboard in an adjacent room. Or she would know what her family members waiting in the corridor were wearing. When the medical staff went to check, they did indeed find the exact object in the described location or the precise garment worn by the family member. The patient had been able to see this while she was flat on her back with no vital signs.
Because we are now able to resuscitate people with cardiac arrest, there is a growing number of people who report lucid, well-structured thought processes while their body is clinically dead. It has been established that 10-12 % of all people who have been resuscitated following a cardiac arrest report that they were alive in a body of a much lighter and finer type of matter than their physical body. They found that the experience of being dead was exceedingly pleasant – so pleasant that they were very reluctant to return to the body.
It is the observation of particular objects placed above the range of normal vision that is key in the “Human Consciousness Project”. The idea is to place various objects in and around resuscitation rooms in places that are only visible from just below the ceiling. If the person with cardiac arrest is able to observe and describe the object, then this indicates that consciousness survives the death of the body and that it can exist independently of the physical organism. It will eventually mean that we will be taking the first steps towards scientifically proving that death is an illusion.
This is, of course, what our spiritual masters have been telling us all along, but as many modern people are more comfortable with the scientific approach, it seems that we are getting closer to the point where spirituality and science can finally link up and join hands.
The near-death experience is not the only type of evidence for the survival of consciousness. Other important fields of research are: children that remember past lives, after death communication, regression therapy, death bed visions and the afterlife experiments. The evidence for life after death is growing every day whereas there is no evidence for the one-life theory. Today we can say that those who claim that death is the end of life are the true believers. They believe in something that cannot be proved and that has no support in the empirical world. Nobody has ever been able to prove that our consciousness is extinguished at death. On the other hand the evidence pointing out that death is not the end grows on a daily basis.
The key to an understanding of how consciousness can survive the death of the body is to realize that it is not only physical matter that is real. Matter also exists in the shape of invisible rays and waves. These have been defined in the electromagnetic spectrum, and it is this type of matter that we make use of when we talk on our mobile phones, receive television, radio and wireless internet. As we make use of this type of matter every day it is pointless to claim that invisible matter does not exist. It is also in this type of ray-formed matter that our consciousness exists in the shape of an energy field that sits in and around the physical body. The field holds our “I” and all the characteristics of who we are, and we are just as alive and kicking without a physical body as we are with it. What we see as death is just a passing from one state of matter to another. When we die, our energy field pulls out of the body, but as our consciousness and self consists of energy, it goes on existing in exactly the same way as the electricity that lit up our lamp goes on existing after we have turned the lamp off. Energy cannot cease to exist. We are eternal beings because everything that makes us into the person we are sits in our consciousness in the shape of our energy field or aura. It is this entity that survives the death of the body. The physical body can be defined as an instrument for the consciousness forces of the “I”. Death is an illusion.

Else Byskov is the author of the following books on the survival of consciousness: “The Undiscovered Country. A Non-religious Look at Life after Death” (just out September 2010), “Ten Great Ways to Understand the World. The Larger Perspective on the Leading Edge of Thought”, (2010), “Death Is an Illusion” (2002), All available from Amazon. “The Art of Attraction” (2009, www.smalldogma.com). Read more about the evidence for the survival of consciousness on the author’s website: www.deathisanillusion.com

Finding Answers to the Question of Post-mortem Survival

Prologue to “The Undiscovered Country”.


Finding answers to the question of post-mortem survival.


Is this life all there is? Is one life all we’re getting or is there life after death? The latest research results certainly suggest that life continues in some other form after death and that reincarnation is much more than a religious belief. This book presents data from the latest research into the question of the survival of consciousness and offers logical and rational arguments supporting the idea that there is nothing final about death.
When I had finished writing my first book “DEATH IS AN ILLUSION- A Logical Explanation Based on Martinus’ Worldview” (published in 2002), I had so much material left over that another book was called for. In “Death Is an Illusion” I present a general introduction to the work of the Danish spiritual intuitive Martinus and his fascinating world picture, and although the book explains why death is not the end, it does not specifically focus on the factual evidence for this claim. It is the evidence for post-mortem survival that is the focus in “The Undiscovered Country”. In connection with the writing of “Death Is an Illusion” I researched a large number of titles by contemporary scientists such as Kenneth Ring Ph.D., Ian Stevenson M.D, Brian Weiss M.D., Roger Woolger Ph.D., Elisabeth Kübler Ross M.D., Erlendur Haraldsson Ph.D., Peter Fenwick Ph.D., Gary E. Schwartz Ph.D., Pim van Lommel Ph.D., Joel L. Whitton M.D. Ph.D., Edith Fiore, M.D, and many more. All this research reveals evidence that death is not the end, and it constitutes the sources from which I draw in this book. The research also puts forward the idea that the death of the physical body does not mean the cessation of consciousness, and that indeed our core being, our “I”, is as alive and well without the physical body as with it. Our “I” simply does not die.
Not only does this book present the scientific evidence for the survival of consciousness, it also explores the very question of the nature of consciousness. When one delves into the question of what consciousness is, one will eventually come to the conclusion that consciousness is everywhere. Not only is death an illusion for the individual, but it also is for what we regard as dead matter. Life, not death, rules supreme. Life, not death, permeates the universe. We are, indeed, alive in a living, conscious universe.
The theoretical foundation for these claims rests on the logical explanations offered by the Danish spiritual intuitive and mystic Martinus. The empirical evidence for the survival of consciousness presented by the above mentioned scientists and the theory put forward by Martinus support and confirm each other perfectly, and taken together they present a very strong support for the idea that our consciousness, or soul if you like, survives the death of the physical body. However, this is not a religious book in any traditional sense, and I’m not trying to convert anybody to any type of belief system. All I want to do is to show the reader the sheer amount of evidence that supports the idea that our consciousness or “I” survives death. This evidence is not only highly interesting and encouraging, but also very comforting for those who may be afraid to die. Believe me, death is “just” a passage from one form of existence to another, and if we are to believe those who have actually died, the so-called near-death experiencers, being “dead” is something exceedingly pleasant, and something that we should look forward to with comfort and anticipation. You may think that I’m exaggerating, but I’m not – and this book will convince you that death is an illusion.
And also, of course, I want to present core ideas from Martinus’ cornucopia of spiritual treasures, because his fantastic work has been and still is the great passion of my life. My life changed focus completely when in 1995 I chanced upon his work. From having been an atheist for more than 30 years I became a person who could suddenly see something much grander than a dead universe ruled by chaos and chance. I cannot say that I became a believer, because I do not subscribe to any established religion, but I became able to see that there simply had to be a spiritual level of wisdom beyond the physical world. There had to be a universal intelligence somewhere that had made all this possible. Believing that everything had come into existence by mere chance, random selection and accidental mutations became to me an impossible idea. It became self-evident that creation cannot be done without intelligent planning, and because all the evidence for intelligent planning is out there, I had a strong urge to focus on it and make its existence obvious to more people. With its unwavering logic and extraordinary revelations Martinus’ work deserves a much more central role in today’s belief-system discussions, and this book will convince you that spirituality and science can link up, hold hands, and together constitute a much-needed basis for a revision of our traditional way of interpreting life, death and the mystery of both.
So, if you feel that there is more to the world than meets the eye, if you feel drawn to a perception of the world with a stronger focus on spirituality, if you feel there has to be more to life than just these few years on Earth, if you feel that you want to explore the question of the survival of consciousness and the non-existence of death, and if you want to become acquainted with the work of the great mystic Martinus, then you should read this book. And… please be prepared to accept the idea that life never ends. Death is not what it seems. It most certainly isn’t over when the fat lady sings.


“When a living being believes that he is identical to physical matter he is subject to the biggest illusion that exists” Martinus.

A Logical New World View in Ten Easy Steps

A Logical, New World View in Ten Easy Steps

The book “Ten Great Ways to Understand the World – the Larger Perspective on the Leading Edge of Thought” by Else Byskov is out now on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. A Danish version is out on Saxo.com

Have you ever worried about the future of the world? Have you wondered where we are going and what it is all coming to? Have you been looking for logical answers to the big questions without finding them? Then look no further.”Ten Great Ways…” presents a new, appetizing, logical and positive way to understand the world.

The book introduces an alternative to the materialistic world view that is currently the one most people adhere to. This new way to understand the world argues that we are on our way towards a world where there will be no more war, terrorism, social unrest, unhappy fates and doomsday visions. This change will come about as a result of a constant refinement of our consciousness based on our reaping of experiences over many incarnations.

Today the one life theory, which the majority of people in the western world still adhere to, is being undermined by a growing body of evidence that death is not the end and that we have lived before and will live again. In tune with the emergence of this evidence (which is presented in the book) we will soon have to revise our old world view and include a spiritual level of existence in our way of envisaging the world. It is becoming increasingly clear that invisible, intangible matter exists in the shape of the rays and waves of the electromagnetic spectrum, and this simple fact tells us that the world does not end where visible and tangible matter ends. There is much more and we cannot come to any conclusive theory about the world as long as we do not take a spiritual level into account. With the realization of the existence of spirit comes a need to see the world in a new light and in a much larger perspective.

“Ten Great Ways…” presents 10 highly plausible, positive and holistic ways to understand the world, and these ways encompass the indispensible existence of an intelligent creator, the existence of spirit, the necessity of reincarnation, the secret to the creation of our fates, the importance of the law of attraction, the immortality of all living beings and the evidence supporting the idea that we are inhabiting a living planet in a living universe where we are all one.

If you want to see the bigger picture in a non-religious and convincing way then read the mind-blowing book “Ten Great Ways to Understand the World – the Larger Perspective on the Leading Edge of Thought” by Else Byskov.

See much more on the author’s website: www.deathisanillusion.com

The Importance of Thoughts

Our Thoughts Are More Important to Our Health than Our Genes

By Else Byskov, author of ”Death Is an Illusion”, ”The Art of Attraction”, “Ten Great Ways to Understand the World”, “The Undiscovered Country”.

Author website: www.deathisanillusion.com

You very often hear people say that it is their genes that determine if they are well or ill. The notion that it is our genes that determine the state of our health is called genetic determinism, and for many years it has been the foundation of our understanding of the origin of illnesses. But now this way of viewing the origin of illnesses has been questioned, and the latest research suggests that the importance of genes has been vastly overestimated. It seems that we can ”turn the genes off and on” with the power of our thoughts. With our thoughts we can influence our health much more than we think.

For several decades medical science has led us to believe that our life and health are determined by our genes. We have the genes that our parents provided us with at conception, and thus our health has been predetermined. If our genes predetermine us for a certain illness, then it has been viewed as practically certain that we would get the same illness sooner or later. Indeed, this conviction has been so deep-rooted that healthy people have had healthy organs removed surgically because they had been told that they have a gene for e.g. breast cancer.
But now parts of medical science have changed its tune. The new tune is a showdown with genetic determinism: It is our thoughts that are the most important factor in our health. As thoughts are electromagnetic radiation and thus a form of energy, it is the inherent force in the thought that affects our physical health.
Thoughts are ”something”. They are not nothing, but fine electromagnetic waves on different wavelengths and frequencies. Thoughts can be measured as fine electrical currents. An electrical current holds force, and consequently it becomes clear that thoughts can affect the body through the force or magnetism that the electrical current of the thought holds. It means that the magnetism of thoughts can affect the tissues of the body.
Today medical science has realized that positive, happy and optimistic people get over illnesses much faster than negative and worried people. Positive and optimistic thoughts about one´s healing have a noticeable effect on the time of healing, for instance after a major operation. Positive thoughts heal.
This is a change of tune which clearly undermines the genetic determinism which still predominates how 95 % of the population view the rise of illnesses.
It was also the genetic determinism that was the philosophical foundation for the ”Human Genome Project”, in which the aim was to map the human genome. The philosophy behind the project was that a certain gene would produce a certain physical expression such as blue or brown eyes. At the start of the project it was believed that around 100.000 genes would be found, as it was supposed to be the necessary number to account for the many characteristics humans have. Based on this expectation it was a great surprise when ”only” app. 25.000 genes were found in the human genome.
The human genome has exactly the same amount of genes as that of the mouse. This means that a human and a mouse have the same amount of genes at their disposal. This was quite problematic for the scientists, because now the philosophical basis of the genome project collapsed. That was not how things worked!! There were other factors that determined the functioning of the genes, but what were they? For many years there was silence from the genome project. There is still silence from that front, but now other scientists have entered the scene and are giving the genetic determinism its deathblow. Two books should be mentioned: Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.:”The Biology of Belief” (Hay House 2005) and David Hamilton, Ph.D.:”How your mind can heal your body” (Hay House 2008).
They are an uplifting read, because now parts of the scientific community confirm that our thoughts have precedence over our genes. The genes are not as important as it has hitherto been believed. The thoughts are more important and they can overrule the importance of genes. Actually a gene is ”just” an option, a possible outcome, and whether this option will be manifested depends on other external factors. The genes can be seen as ”lamps” that can be turned on or off. And who turns them on or off? We do. And where is the switch? It is in our thoughts.
Simply put, we can say that we turn off undesired genes by being happy and thinking positive thoughts, and we turn them on by focusing on worry, anger, fear, dissatisfaction and illness. If we have been born with a gene that predisposes us for e.g. breast cancer, then it is not a good idea to focus on this illness and think ”now I´ll get it”. If you are convinced that you will get, then you will get it, because your focused attention to it will activate the gene. It is a much better idea not to focus on any type of illness and see yourself completely healthy and well, totally free from illnesses and 100 % fit. Happy and healthy thoughts may well prove to be the foundation for the optimal functioning of our body.
Bruce Lipton is a cell biologist, and it was his research into the reactions of cells that made him reject the linear way of thinking that for centuries has characterized biology as a science. Conventional biologists are reductionists in the sense that they think that we can understand the functioning of the body by studying a single cell and looking at its chemical building blocks. They think that the biochemical reactions arise as on a conveyer belt, where one chemical gives a certain reaction, which is followed by a new reaction further along the belt, which then gives rise to a new reaction further along etc. This reductionist model has given rise to the belief that if there was a problem somewhere on the conveyer belt, then all one had to do was to replace the defect element with one that worked, and then the belt could roll again. Even though the science of physics has long ago rejected the linear model, based on the teachings of Newton, and replaced it with a holistic quantum model, in which all elements interfere with each other in all directions, biology is still stuck in Newtonian reductionism.
The holistic quantum perspective points out that the universe is an integral unit of interacting energy fields, which influence each other in all directions in a network of interactions. The energy fields interact with each other in a crisscross pattern and not lineally. There is nothing lineal about the functioning of the universe. Quantum physics have long ago thrown the lineal model over board, but both biology and medical science seem to be lagging behind.
This is Lipton’s model:



The complex pattern of interaction between matter and energy made Lipton realize that the reductionist model did not stand a chance to give an accurate understanding of the treatment of illnesses. Within the linear way of thinking certain illnesses have been treated with certain types of medication with the belief that the medication would only have influence on the specific malfunction or the specific gene that was targeted with the treatment. But as the latest groundbreaking research into the mapping of the interactions of proteins confirms the presence of these complex patterns of interaction between the proteins, well, then it must be evident that we cannot only influence a single element or a single protein. This explains the many side effects that most types of medicine have. Because the lineal model isn´t valid, it is impossible only to influence something in only one place. The influence will spread like rings in the water to all other neighbouring proteins with unforeseen consequences as a result. The mutual interactions of proteins make it impossible to achieve a one-sided effect. The biological systems are quite simply multiplex in the sense that an abundance of information goes out in all directions from a single protein.
According to Lipton that is the reason that we can make do with so relatively few genes. The same signals can be used in different organs or tissues, where they can give rise to very different patterns of reaction. We may say that the ”message” in a certain signal depends on the context, in the sense that its meaning depends on which organ ”reads” it. In the liver the signal may mean one thing, and it may mean another thing in the brain. If, for instance, one is given a certain type of medicine to correct a malfunction in a signal of the heart, then logically this medicine will be taken by the blood all around the body. The heart medicine may use the same signals as e.g. the nervous system, but in the nervous system the signals have a different meaning, and then they may unintentionally affect other functions with undesired consequences.
Lipton is not at all impressed with the standstill of biology. It is now 75 years ago that the science of physics rejected the Newtonian model and replaced it with quantum mechanics as its philosophical foundation. It is quantum mechanics that is directly responsible for the development of television, computers, CAT scanners, laser, space rockets and cell phones, so there is every reason to throw the reductionist model over board as hopelessly outdated.
In the year 2000 an article in the scientific magazine Nature revealed that it is the laws of quantum physics and not those of Newton that control the reactions of molecules. This article is based on hundreds of studies that consistently have revealed that ”invisible forces” of the electromagnetic spectrum have a strong influence on each and every facet of biological regulation. In other words, it is energies that have an effect on the biological systems. Specific electromagnetic frequencies and patterns regulate DNA, RNA and protein syntheses, they change the shape and function of the proteins, and control the regulation of genes, the division of cells, morphogenesis, the secretion of hormones and the function and growth of nerves. And not only that. It has also been established that these electromagnetic signals are hundreds of times more efficient as carriers of information than the physical signals such as hormones.
And of course they are, because they are transmitted with the speed of light (all electromagnetic radiation moves at light speed), whereas a chemical moves at less than 1 cm. per second. This strongly indicates that electromagnetic signals have precedence over the chemical signals.
As thoughts are electromagnetic signals it is obvious that they influence the biological systems.
Lipton points out that genes do not control their own activity, but that it is the receptors of the cell membranes that control the switching on or off function of the genes. The various receptors of the cell membrane receive both chemical signals via the blood stream and electromagnetic signals from the surroundings. The electromagnetic signals originate from the thought function, and it is these signals which, together with the chemical signals, control the behaviour and function of the cell. Depending on the contents of the signal, the receptors of the membrane will send messages to the targeted parts of the DNA string and these will be activated. It is likely that it is the vibration of the signal that is decisive for its effectiveness of penetration, so that a high vibration gives the signal a stronger effect. As the vibration of positive and happy thoughts is high, it is both likely and probable that they can influence the biological systems in a positive way. In that way we can activate our genes ourselves with our thoughts. And consequently it has been rendered probable that we can create our health with our thoughts.
The healing potential of thoughts is confirmed in a big way in David Hamilton’s book ”How your mind can heal your body”. The book is full of wonderful examples of how thoughts and visualizations have led to healing. Hamilton writes in the introduction that we now have so many examples of how changed patterns of thought and positive visualizations can heal even serious illnesses that we can no longer just ignore these facts and wait for the established medical profession to accept what has now become evident: Thoughts heal. Hamilton writes that the healing potential is so huge that it would be a pity and a shame if we didn´t right here and now begin to think ourselves healthy. Because there are only advantages involved: It is easy, painless and free. And if we, at the same time, want to continue with the allopathic treatment, then positive visualizations can be an excellent supplement. But the most crucial aspect of the effectiveness of thought healing is that you yourself are completely convinced that it works. You cannot heal yourself with half-hearted thoughts. You need belief, hope and positive expectations.
It has been known for many years that healing can take place on the basis of thoughts through intense investigation into the placebo effect. This effect has now been so well studied that it is irrefutable. If a patient is given an ineffective chalk tablet and at the same time is told that it will make his headache go away, well, then this tablet will in many cases work just as well as a tablet with a pain killer. And if the tablet is administered by a doctor, who in the eyes of the patient is very clever and experienced, then it works better than if it has been administered by a young medical student. Lipton is convinced that 2/3 of all healing is due to the placebo effect and consequently on our own belief that we can be cured.
Hamilton mentions an investigation from The University of Keele (England) from 1981, which included 835 women. This investigation confirms the importance of the trust that the patient has to a specific type of medication. The investigation used two types of Aspirin tablets. One type carried a ”stamp” from a well known medical firm and another type had no stamp. Placebo tablets (chalk tablets with no active ingredients) were also administered and they had been marked in a similar way. The women were now divided into four groups, which would each be given one of the four types of tablets.
The result showed that the stamped tablets worked the best, and that was irrespective of whether they were the real Aspirins or the placebo tablets. The investigation also showed that the placebo tablets were almost as effective as the real Aspirins. The largest effect lay in the belief that the tablet worked, and if it came from a well known producer, who had designed the packaging well, shaped the tablet well, and made it look attractive, and even put his stamp on the tablet itself, then it worked better than the plain tablet without the wrapping. The more trust and confidence the patient had to the effectiveness of the tablet, the greater was the effect.
This also means that the doctor´s attitude to a specific type of medicine is of great importance. If the doctor is sceptical of the effectiveness of the medicine and lets the patient feel his scepticism, then it is only 30 – 40 % of the patients that are healed. If, on the other hand, the doctor shows great enthusiasm about the treatment, it can mean that 70 – 90 % of the patients can be healed. This aspect has to be an ethical challenge to the doctor who is to present the results of an examination to a patient and suggest a treatment.
Our thoughts not only affect our health via their electromagnetic influence on the DNA and RNA, they quite simply produce chemicals in the brain. And this process happens very quickly. In just a few minutes genes have been activated or deactivated by a specific type of thinking. The presence of neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine can be traced after only a few minutes’ thought process.
If a person is irritable and dissatisfied, then neuropeptides are produced that signal this state of mind. And these peptides are circulated to all corners of the body with the blood. If the dissatisfied person has cut his finger, then it has been established that his healing process will be slower than it would in a happy and positive person. Both irritation and stress reduce the speed of the healing process, because the genes that are important to healing will be partly deactivated or not activated at all. This can be compared to the dimming function of a lamp. The more irritated and stressed we are, the more has the healing activity been ”dimmed”.
Hamilton’s book is full of examples of healing through visualization. Let us look at just one example. A woman by the name of Petula had been diagnosed with an inoperable breast cancer. She had been told that she only had a 15% chance of survival. The cancer had spread to the lymphatic system and to her neck. She had chemotherapy and radio therapy and the plan was that she would then be operated when the treatment had reduced the size of the cancer. While Petula was being treated she visualized a rabbit, which she called ”Pure health” , which jumped into her body and ate all the cancer cells. The cancer cells were the favourite food of the rabbit and it loved to eat them. The rabbit looked very healthy and it was happy with all the wonderful food it had. Its fur was shiny and radiant. When it had eaten its full, it jumped out of the body and ran into the wood where it defecated in a specific place. In that place a beautiful and healthy tree grew up. Everybody who saw the tree or sat underneath it felt great wellbeing and peace. It was a healing tree. Petula carried out this visualization 2- 3 times a day and every time she had treatment. When the chemotherapy treatment had been completed, the doctors were very surprised with the result. Her cancer had completely disappeared and no operation was necessary. Today, 10 years later, Petula is completely healed.
The two books mentioned here confirm that it is our thoughts that are the most important factor in our health. We are what we think. The genes play a much smaller role than we have hitherto believed. The genes are a potential that we can activate or inactivate with our thoughts.
What gives good health is: positive thoughts and an optimistic attitude to life, less dissatisfaction, less enmity, less moaning and groaning, less worrying and intrigues, more acceptance and tolerance towards others, more focusing on things and persons we like and are grateful for, a warm attitude towards others, and faith, hope, and love.

The Human Consciousness Project

A large scale research project named “The Human Consciousness Project” has been established by the Nour Foundation, which is a public charitable and nongovernmental organization in special consultative status to the United Nations. The project involves leading scientists in the field of consciousness studies from the USA, Europe and Canada, and its aim is to come up with conclusive evidence that our consciousness can exist independently of the physical body.

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