Meditation Heals
Jill Sakai reports on a research study that found meditation was capable of changing genes for the better. “The study investigated the effects of a day of intensive mindfulness practice in a group of experienced meditators, compared to a group of untrained control subjects who engaged in quiet non-meditative activities. After eight hours of mindfulness practice, the meditators showed a range of genetic and molecular differences, including altered levels of gene-regulating machinery and reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes, which in turn correlated with faster physical recovery from a stressful situation. . . .”
Interestingly enough “the researchers say there was no difference in the tested genes between the two groups of people at the start of the study. The observed effects were seen only in the meditators following mindfulness practice. In addition, several other DNA-modifying genes showed no differences between groups, suggesting that the mindfulness practice specifically affected certain regulatory pathways." http://shiftfrequency.com/study-meditation-changes-your-genes-for-the-better/
Of course this non-invasive, perfectly natural methodology for altering stress (and likely hyper-activity in children if begun at an early-enough age) is unlikely to gain traction in health circles. Why?
- It’s not patentable
- There’s no money to be made by Big Pharma
- It runs counter to the eugenics agenda
- It teaches self-reliance on the body’s healing properties
- It consumes way too much time that might otherwise be spent on social conditioning from public schooling, TV, and XBox games (top game aptly titled "Dead Rising.3")
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