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Introduction to BioEnergetic Medicine
The following segment is from Dr. Michael Galitzer's publication, "Clinical Bioenergetics," which is a patient's guide to BioEnergetic Medicine. Click here to download the full version of Clinical Bioenergetics in PDF format.
Most symptoms are the body's way of trying to get rid of toxins and to regain homeostasis and balance. Therefore, most diseases should be treated not by suppressing the body's defense mechanisms, but by cooperating with these systems. Your mind has the power and ability to cure any disease in the body. Most people are unaware of this fact, and unknowingly use the mind to create illness.
Modern physics has determined that matter and energy are interrelated, and that matter can be seen as a denser form of energy. Vital to the understanding of futuristic medical therapies is the view of the physical body as an energy system, composed of wave forms or oscillations at various frequencies. Consequently, imbalance and disease of the physical body are a result of disturbances in the energy field of a particular organ or system.
Illness develops in a definite sequence. Initially there is dysfunction at an energetic or cellular level, an event detectable by bioenergetic technology. This is followed by abnormalities on a biochemical level, detectable by blood testing. Ultimately, alterations in the tissues and organs will appear as abnormalities (apparent on x-rays) or through cytological testing (biopsies). Bioenergetics addresses the cellular or energetic level, long before deeper damage takes place, and is thus truly preventive. However, the exact mechanism of how and when these bioenergetic changes result in physical disease is not yet clearly and accurately predictable. This may depend on one's toxic load, constitutional/genetic factors, nutritional balance, and most importantly, mental/emotional state.
New holistic perspectives encourage us to examine our habits, life-styles, belief systems, and attitudes. Most people fail to create a truly healthy life-style; instead, they may follow patterns which are not harmonious with true health. Bioenergetics endeavors to create a new awareness of health, life-styles, and natural, spiritual laws.
Healing is the making whole again of the human being at all levels—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Treating symptoms has nothing to do with healing. The mind plays a dominant role in health and disease; fear, worry, tension, frustration, hate aggression, and other negative emotions can render us more susceptible to illness. At least sixty percent of illness involves a psychosomatic contributing factor. Recent research in the field of PsychoNeuroImmunology has proven the effects of emotions on the immune and endocrine systems. Dr. Carl Simonton, a respected cancer specialist in Los Angeles, California, and Dr. Janet Hranicky, a specialist in PsychoNeuroImmunology, have been able to help many cancer patients achieve remarkable recoveries through a combination of emotional reconditioning and programs in visualization, relaxation, and meditation to augment standard cancer therapy. These techniques also help patients become aware that they can change both the course and quality of their lives.
Health is the balanced functioning of body, emotions, and mind. This principle should not be overlooked by either patient or practitioner if a cure is to be achieved. The root cause of illness is not always apparent, for the interactions between mind and body are complex. Therefore, it is important that the practitioner determine the appropriate therapy to commence the healing process. Should therapy begin by first removing toxins, or by emotional balancing? Practitioners of Bioenergetics must have a sound, fundamental knowledge of the functioning of the physical body and its energetic foundations in order to be able to determine the underlying causes of disease. They put all the different pieces together—acupuncture, homeopathy, nutrition, ecology, psychological counseling, etc.—in order to be responsive to the patient as a vital human being. These therapies activate and aid the body's own defense systems, thereby helping the patient return to wholeness. The following chapters of this book will focus on the foundations of twenty-first century medicine.
In this new Medicine true health is not the absence of disease. Health exists when a person is physically, mentally, and emotionally sound, and when the organs are functioning at maximal efficiency.
The purpose of this booklet is for educational purposes only and is based on the prevailing medical knowledge and on Dr. Michael Galitzer's experiences in his clinical practice.
