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Energy Detox: for improved health

The brain seems to have an evolutionary bias towards pessimism - unhappy, pessimistic, vigilant negativism may have helped our ancestors maintain an environmentally adaptive "ready to defend" posture in order to survive in a hostile environment.  We all experience the impacts of an increasingly heartless world of alienation, disconnection, depression, failed and often abusive relationships, violence, discrimination, environmental pollution, and an accelerating life pace that leaves us too busy trying to stay alive to have the time to reflect on the joy of being alive.

The heart is the most powerful muscle in the human body but even it can be strained and torn by the pressures applied by a stressed and stressful brain. There is plenty of evidence now as to the power of the heart to provide the balance that prevents or reduces many different kinds of health problems. An illuminating book about this area is Dr Paul Pearsall's "The Heart's Code".

The heart is an organ of connection and seeks interrelationship. Psychologists now know that humor can be one of the best ways to diffuse interpersonal conflicts and to experience and express intimate connection. Humor, therefore, is one of the tools that the heart uses and here are some things psychologists have learned about humor that are also habits of the heart.

· The heart constantly is trying to teach us to pay attention to life’s "uplifts" and that we need the energy of other hearts that comes from forming new bonds. Humor has been shown to be one of the most effective ways of teaching so, when we laugh with someone, we are teaching and learning with them about the ups and downs of daily life.

· The heart seeks lasting connections, abhors disconnection, and cannot laugh when it is losing a connection. Research shows that lack of humor and shared laughter is one of the earliest and most predictive signs of a failing intimate relationship.

· The heart is inclusive in its oscillating nature and teaches us to be aware of both sides of any life experience. Persons with a sense of humor can see several sides of an issue and are able to "break out of a perceptual set" and think and feel creatively. This ability to tune in to the heart’s sense of balanced humor allows us to see problems coming from any side. As author Jeremiah Abrams writes, "The one-sided get blind-sided."

· Through its energy, the heart draws other hearts to it and is drawn to other hearts. Unlike the brain’s sardonic humor that can drive people away, healthy humor, the kind that leads to strengthened immunity, healing, and cardiovascular health, is "attracting humor" that narrows social distances.

· The heart enjoys making other hearts "feel good." Healthy humor makes everyone feel better, but the brain’s humor is often intended to disparage others to make itself look good.

· Unlike the brain, the heart knows that it alone cannot be "the mind" but that together with the brain and body it forms a Mind of which it is a key part. By its nature, the heart is a partner seeking to "be a part of" rather than "in charge of." By contrast, the dominating brain’s humor is often a "control device" it uses to assume superiority over other brains.

· The heart loves and uses humor to express love. The brain’s humor is often used to express its dislike of another person.

· The partnership-oriented heart gets along well with the trickster and loves surprises, incongruity, and anything that annoys the arrogant brain. The brain’s humor is defensive.

· When the heart is in healthy energetic balance, its rhythm is steady and the energy it sends attracts others and conveys its healthy state to their hearts. Researchers now know that easy, honest, connecting laughter is a key sign of health.

· Humor is one of the best ways of avoiding aggression, releasing tension, reducing anxiety, and enhancing immune function, all of which are healthy states for and of the heart. One of the best preventers of heart disease is humor.

 · When the brain is quieted, the heart is free to laugh. During laughter, there is a decrease in the flow of blood to the prefrontal and temporoparietal cortical areas of the brain, suggesting that the positive emotional state induced by humor puts the brain momentarily at rest.

All of the above positive effects of humor require heartfelt compassionate laughter, not mocking, disparaging laughter. Those moments we are laughing the hardest are likely to be those when we are the most directly tuned in to our heart’s code. At these times, we are suspending the brain’s often oppressive pressuring control and egoistic sense of self and connecting with the world on a heart level. 

Energy Detox
gives the body the needed boost to start to return integrity to the body,
enabling it to reverse the decades of accumulated poisons.
It does not treat disease.

The information provided is intended for educational purposes;
it is not to be construed as providing medical advice or
substituting for professional services.