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Cancer.

Cure.

Controversy.

Cancer recently surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in Americans under the age of 85. So much for winning the war on cancer, as the nation and Richard Nixon envisioned in 1971. Read about the National Cancer Act of 1971. Notice the quote in the sidebar:

According to Vincent DeVita, M.D., director of NCI from 1980–1988, the War on Cancer “…did everything it was supposed to do. It supported basic research handsomely. It set up application programs—the EORTC [European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer] and U.S. clinical trials programs. The incidence of cancer in this country started dropping in 1990 and has continued to drop every year since, and so has mortality. And the morbidity from cancer, comparing 1971 to 2005, is like night and day….So, every benchmark of the mandate has been hit.

For some reason, that doesn’t make me feel any better. Each year more than half a million people die from cancer. We have a long way to go, and I believe that we need to get on a new path. We can start by answering the question: What causes cancer? Don’t be so sure that cancer researchers and drug companies have a handle on the causes and cures.

Get ready for a thrilling ride on the German New Medicine® train! Before we embark, I need to tell you that GNM is highly controversial in Europe (its founder, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, got out of a French prison just last year) and barely known in the United States. Hamer’s bio reads like a crazy novel, which admittedly can color one’s perception about the doctor and his research, but I think it’s still worth investigating.

Here is Hamer’s theory about cancer and other diseases:

All disease is the result of a biological response to a “conflict shock,” which occurs simultaneously in the psyche, in the brain and on the corresponding organ or tissue controlled by the affected part of the brain. This process evolved to help animals and humans to heal and survive.

This is a revolutionary finding. So revolutionary that it stands mainstream thought about cancer and disease on its head, which hasn’t gone over very well with those whose power, status and livelihood depend on keeping things as they are. Including keeping us in the dark, if the theory is true.

I posted the following several week ago on my blog, but it bears repeating here:

In 1981, Dr. Hamer discovered that every disease originates from a “conflict shock” that catches us completely off guard. He found that sudden unexpected emotional stress, like an unanticipated separation or loss of a loved one, occur not only in our psyche but have, coordinated from the brain, a — predictable — effect on the corresponding organ.

From over 40,000 case studies Dr. Hamer established that, when we experience an unexpected conflict, the shock impacts a very specific area in the brain, causing a disturbance that is clearly visible on a brain scan. When the brain receives the “conflict message,” the organ or tissue that is controlled from the affected brain area also reacts. Whether the organ responds with cancer, a heart condition, osteoporosis, a skin disorder, or with functional impairment as seen in Diabetes or MS depends on the nature of the conflict.

Based on our knowledge of the evolution of man, Dr. Hamer’s findings show that what we commonly call a “disease” never happens by chance, but for a very particular biological purpose. Cancer, for example, is contrary to the conventional view not an error of Nature but rather a “Meaningful Special Biological Program” created over millions of years of evolution to assist us in coping with an unforeseen biological emergency situation. Animals experience these biological conflicts in real terms, for instance, with the loss of the nest or territory, a separation from an off-spring, a mate or the social group, or when they suffer a death fright. Since we humans developed a symbolic way of thinking, we also can experience these conflicts in a figurative sense. A “territorial loss” can translate into the loss of our home, e.g. through a divorce, or an unforeseen loss of our job, an “abandonment conflict” can be caused by being put into a nursing home or by the loss of a loved-one, a “death-fright conflict” can be initiated by a diagnosis shock and the associated fear of dying. When we experience the conflict, the Special Biological Program is instantly switched on and the physical symptoms allow our organism to override everyday functioning and deal with the particular emergency situation.

For example: A mother receives the shocking news that her child was involved in an accident. At this moment she suffers, in biological terms, a “mother-child-worry-conflict.” This type of conflict always impacts in the area of the brain that controls a woman’s breast glands. Since, biologically speaking, an injured offspring recovers faster when it receives more milk, extra milk production is immediately stimulated by increasing the number of breast gland cells. Even if the woman is not breast feeding, the event still triggers the onset of this response as it has been doing for millions of years. As long as a woman is “conflict active” the breast cells will keep dividing and multiplying, forming what is commonly called a glandular breast tumor.

Since healing can only occur after the conflict has been resolved, GNM-therapy focuses on identifying and resolving the original conflict situation. During the healing phase, the entire organism undergoes a period of repair and recovery. The healing period is often accompanied with fatigue, painful swelling (particularly when the cancerous growth is broken down), inflammations, fever or infections. Understanding the biological nature of the healing symptoms is essential, because it allows us to free ourselves from the fear and panic that often come with the onset of symptoms.

The “Five Biological Laws of the New Medicine” that control the cause, development and healing process of a disease apply to all of medicine. Dr. Hamer’s findings have been verified 30 times by physicians and professorial associations, including the Medical Faculty of the University of Trnava (Slovakia).

Source: An Overview of GERMAN NEW MEDICINE® by Caroline Markolin, Ph.D.

This morning I received an e-newsletter from Dr. Joseph Mercola, a naturopathic doctor who supports Hamer’s theory. In one of the articles, Dr. Mercola comments on a new report from the American Institute for Cancer Research, which details the main risk factors for developing cancer and what you can do to reduce your risk. Missing from the report, of course, is the notion of resolving any past emotional traumas.

Dr. Mercola writes:

Even the CDC states that 85 percent of disease is caused by emotions. Fortunately, there are now practical tools that can address this. One of the best was developed by Dr. Hamer and it is called German New Medicine. It is likely that this factor may be more important than all the other physical ones listed here, so make sure this is addressed. Energy psychology is one of the best approaches, and my particular favorite tool, as you may know, is the Emotional Freedom Technique.

I have interviewed two of the top experts in the U.S. in this area. One is Dr. David Holt who is the leading US physician in German New Medicine, and Dr. Bruce Lipton who is the top researcher explaining why this approach works. I grilled each of them for nearly three hours and it was absolutely amazing information.

If the American Cancer Society knew this information and applied it, I would donate money to them because then they really would be making a difference, instead of serving as pawns of the drug industry.

Either way, information is massively important for ANYONE who is currently battling cancer. Both of these interviews should be out before the end of the year. The first one should come out the last week of November, and best of all, you will be able to get it mailed to your U.S. home for FREE.

Read the entire article (registration required) in which Dr. Mercola discusses several ways to virtually eliminate your cancer risk.

I can’t wait to hear the interviews.

Meanwhile, here’s an interesting excerpt from the Reno Integrative Medical Center website. Dr. Holt works at the center.

In the Spring of 2006 we set out to prove that Dr. Hamer’s assertions regarding cancer (and most other disease) were incorrect. After having received some initial training and applying these concepts to our patients for several months we were confronted with an abundant amount of empirical evidence supporting Hamer’s ideas. Our most basic assumptions regarding cancer had been incorrect! This paradigm turns conventional medicine and even much of alternative medicine on its head, but once an understanding of the process is grasped, it points the way in terms of choosing various diagnostic or therapeutic interventions.

As I always say, we’re living in exciting times!

Ruh roh. As one who the researchers would classify as underweight, this study caught my attention.

The new study began several years ago when the investigators used national data to look at death risks according to body weight. They concluded that, compared with people of normal weight, the overweight had a decreased death risk and the underweight and obese had increased risk….

They do not yet know, precisely, what it is about being underweight, for instance, that increases the death rate from everything except heart disease and cancer.

Source

That does it! I’m definitely going on a chocolate-several-times-a-day diet. Oops, did I say chocolate… again?

All kidding aside, this study is so intriguing. What are the common denominators for the decreased death risk in the overweight group? My head is spinning as I factor in what I know about epigenetics and German New Medicine.

Here’s a great introduction to epigenetics on PBS.org. The video there is amazing. Toward the end of the video, you’ll learn about using epigenetic medicine to give instructions to the epigenome. Now imagine using the power of the mind to give instructions to the epigenome. Then consider reading two extremely interesting books:

The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the Biology of Intention

The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles

We are living in such exciting times!

Readers of this blog know I enjoy receiving Bob Tschannen-Moran’s weekly e-newsletter. Today he writes about evolutionary wisdom and benevolence. He opens with:

You may think of life as dog-eat-dog, but that’s not the whole story. If it were, life would have ended long ago. Other qualities have been more critical to our survival, including empathy, mutual aid, reciprocity, and a community of concern. These benevolent dynamics are not our invention and are not unique to human beings. They are, rather, in strong evidence in many animal species. By extrapolating and building on these tendencies, human beings have developed the sensitivity that makes life worth living.

He goes on to talk about his recent trip to the hospital to be treated for a raging urinary tract infection, which he says, with no irony, was a wonderful day.

So how could both days be wonderful? It’s all about benevolence. Last week, when everything was right with the world, I felt cared for by the universe itself. This week, when the universe threw me a curveball, I felt cared for by my wife and the staff at the hospital. It was her caring and concern that helped me to decide to go to the hospital earlier rather than later; it was the caring, concern, and competence of the hospital staff that helped me to get better. What could be better than that?

Benevolence is the way the world works. It is the undergirding principle of life itself. Contrary to popular opinion, evolution is not about survival of the fittest. It’s about survival of the kindest. Only through empathy, caring, reciprocity, and cooperation do species and their individual members manage to make it from one generation to the next. (Read entire article.)

And here’s yet another reason why the urinary tract infection could be seen as evolutionary benevolence. Just yesterday I learned about the intriguing work of Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, developer of German New Medicine®, who claims that all disease is the result of a biological response to a “conflict shock,” which occurs simultaneously in the psyche, in the brain and on the corresponding organ or tissue controlled by the affected part of the brain. This process evolved to help animals and humans to heal and survive.

In 1981, Dr. Hamer discovered that every disease originates from a “conflict shock” that catches us completely off guard. He found that sudden unexpected emotional stress, like an unanticipated separation or loss of a loved one, occur not only in our psyche but have, coordinated from the brain, a — predictable — effect on the corresponding organ.

From over 40,000 case studies Dr. Hamer established that, when we experience an unexpected conflict, the shock impacts a very specific area in the brain, causing a disturbance that is clearly visible on a brain scan. When the brain receives the “conflict message,” the organ or tissue that is controlled from the affected brain area also reacts. Whether the organ responds with cancer, a heart condition, osteoporosis, a skin disorder, or with functional impairment as seen in Diabetes or MS depends on the nature of the conflict.

Based on our knowledge of the evolution of man, Dr. Hamer’s findings show that what we commonly call a “disease” never happens by chance, but for a very particular biological purpose. Cancer, for example, is contrary to the conventional view not an error of Nature but rather a “Meaningful Special Biological Program” created over millions of years of evolution to assist us in coping with an unforeseen biological emergency situation. Animals experience these biological conflicts in real terms, for instance, with the loss of the nest or territory, a separation from an off-spring, a mate or the social group, or when they suffer a death fright. Since we humans developed a symbolic way of thinking, we also can experience these conflicts in a figurative sense. A “territorial loss” can translate into the loss of our home, e.g. through a divorce, or an unforeseen loss of our job, an “abandonment conflict” can be caused by being put into a nursing home or by the loss of a loved-one, a “death-fright conflict” can be initiated by a diagnosis shock and the associated fear of dying. When we experience the conflict, the Special Biological Program is instantly switched on and the physical symptoms allow our organism to override everyday functioning and deal with the particular emergency situation.

For example: A mother receives the shocking news that her child was involved in an accident. At this moment she suffers, in biological terms, a “mother-child-worry-conflict.” This type of conflict always impacts in the area of the brain that controls a woman’s breast glands. Since, biologically speaking, an injured offspring recovers faster when it receives more milk, extra milk production is immediately stimulated by increasing the number of breast gland cells. Even if the woman is not breast feeding, the event still triggers the onset of this response as it has been doing for millions of years. As long as a woman is “conflict active” the breast cells will keep dividing and multiplying, forming what is commonly called a glandular breast tumor.

Since healing can only occur after the conflict has been resolved, GNM-therapy focuses on identifying and resolving the original conflict situation. During the healing phase, the entire organism undergoes a period of repair and recovery. The healing period is often accompanied with fatigue, painful swelling (particularly when the cancerous growth is broken down), inflammations, fever or infections. Understanding the biological nature of the healing symptoms is essential, because it allows us to free ourselves from the fear and panic that often come with the onset of symptoms.

The “Five Biological Laws of the New Medicine” that control the cause, development and healing process of a disease apply to all of medicine. Dr. Hamer’s findings have been verified 30 times by physicians and professorial associations, including the Medical Faculty of the University of Trnava (Slovakia).

Source: An Overview of GERMAN NEW MEDICINE® by Caroline Markolin, Ph.D.

So, according to German New Medicine, Bob was in a healing phase, which often is painful and what drives people to seek treatment. However, perhaps he didn’t need antibiotic treatment — the bacteria was there to do its job (says GNM, I don’t know if it’s true).

I have much to learn about this theory, but I’m very familiar with many of its ideas and principles. For example, Neuro Emotional Technique (NET), is based on the theory that specific emotions affect specific organs. I’m also familiar with Candace Pert’s research on neurotransmitters and cell receptors (the “molecules of emotion”) throughout the body, including on organs. And I’m well aware of the writings and techniques of those who allegedly are plagiarizing Dr. Hamer’s work.

You can read about my introduction to NET here. NET is a form of energy psychology, which is based, in part, on the concept of blocked or disrupted subtle energy (chi). I don’t know if subtle energy exists or how energy psychology techniques actually work. Hamer’s work may provide more clues.

Download PDF: “German New Medicine® (GNM) - an Introduction to Dr. Hamer’s Medical Paradigm,” published in EXPLORE! Vol. 6/3, May 2007