| Allergies and Immune System Disorders: Part | | | | which triggers these reactions.Let me illustrate |
| 2The first article of this four part series describes | | | | this with an example. A client was |
| the vast | | | | experiencing an unexpectedly severe asthmatic |
| array of immune system diseases which are a | | | | reaction to the |
| growing pandemic | | | | smell of a new carpet in his home, a carpet |
| in our society today. It also outlines three | | | | which was out |
| potential causes | | | | gassing industrial solvents including formaldehyde. |
| for this pandemic within our civilization. Within | | | | In a |
| these next | | | | hypnotic state I had him access the peculiar smell |
| articles each cause will be explored in depth, and | | | | with his |
| strategies | | | | hypnotically enhanced imagination, a process |
| of treatment using modern hypnotherapy | | | | referred to as |
| techniques will be | | | | "olfactory hallucination". This process must be |
| described. This article will describe the way our | | | | accompanied |
| bodies | | | | by reassurances that the client's body will not |
| often over-react to chemicals in our environment | | | | react to this |
| and in our | | | | smell in any way. Otherwise, this hallucination has |
| food, and how hypnosis can be used to change | | | | been |
| these reactions.There can be little doubt that our | | | | known to trigger an allergic response in the |
| bodies are assaulted every | | | | hypnotized |
| day with a wide variety of chemicals that have | | | | subject. We failed to find any negative memory |
| not existed at | | | | associated |
| all for the last million years of our evolution as a | | | | with this smell. Apparently the body just, |
| species. | | | | understandably, |
| Chemical pesticides, fertilizers, genetically | | | | found it toxic. I then spoke to his subconscious |
| engineered DNA, | | | | mind. I told |
| antibiotics and hormones fed to industrially raised | | | | it that this smell was quite safe, that from now |
| animals | | | | on this |
| are present in nearly all the foods we eat. In | | | | smell would always remind him of the beauty |
| addition, | | | | and pleasure of |
| processed foods contain such toxic additives as | | | | his beautiful new home, of which he was quite |
| refined | | | | proud, and the |
| sugar, artificial flavors, colors, and | | | | new loving wife who shared that home with him. |
| preservatives.Try as we may to eat organic it is | | | | I built up |
| very difficult to protect | | | | these joyous feelings while he continued at my |
| ourselves completely against these additives. | | | | instruction to |
| Even the way we | | | | breathe in the smell of new carpets, which is |
| process and store food introduces toxic | | | | now, I |
| chemicals and alters | | | | suggested, the smell of happiness and romance |
| the vitamins and proteins in food. Frying in hot | | | | and a safe |
| oils and the | | | | home. In one session, his allergic reaction was |
| use of transfatty acids in processed foods like | | | | gone.Another client who loved cats found herself |
| margarine are | | | | allergic to them, |
| just a couple of examples of this. Likewise, the | | | | with strong sinus congestion, burning and |
| air we | | | | sneezing. We |
| breathe and the water we drink are | | | | discovered in trance that her subconscious mind |
| contaminated with | | | | associated |
| innumerable chemical agents. Quite apart from | | | | the cat odor, a smell which she was consciously |
| human activity, | | | | unaware of, |
| the natural world is filled with molds, mildews, | | | | with traumatic events from her childhood, |
| bacteria, | | | | connected to a |
| and other substances which have toxic | | | | critical mother, in a house with cats. First, we |
| properties. I certainly | | | | used |
| recommend that we do our best to eliminate | | | | olfactory hallucination to follow this scent back to |
| these elements | | | | what it |
| from our lives. But often our body's reaction to | | | | was "...your nose remembers about this smell |
| these | | | | that you have |
| chemicals is far out of proportion to the real | | | | forgotten." After rescuing her inner child from |
| dangers they | | | | these |
| represent. When this happens doctors would say | | | | memories of abuse, she found a new home in |
| that we are | | | | her imagination |
| "allergic" to these substances. These allergic | | | | with a very safe and loving and affectionate new |
| reactions may | | | | mother - who |
| incapacitate us with far greater efficiency than | | | | had cats, of course. I then encouraged her to |
| these | | | | breathe in this |
| chemicals on their own could ever do in the tiny | | | | wonderful smell of cats in the context of this |
| doses to | | | | safety and |
| which we are exposed.An obvious example is the | | | | love."Now breathe into every part of your body |
| bee sting. While a bee sting's | | | | this |
| venom is a serious toxin, fatal to anyone in large | | | | wonderful smell of love. Notice how good it |
| enough | | | | feels." Then I |
| doses, most of us experience a sting as a brief, | | | | anchored this new response to the client's daily |
| if painful, | | | | experience |
| nuisance. But to some individuals, this sting is a | | | | of cats in this way: "Now, every time your |
| death | | | | subconscious mind |
| sentence without radical medical intervention. The | | | | smells the wonderful aroma of cats, your body |
| immune | | | | remembers this |
| system goes into full Battle mode against this | | | | wonderful new mother, and how much love and |
| perceived | | | | safety she |
| threat, which can cause death by asphyxiation in | | | | offers." After one session she found herself able |
| a few | | | | to |
| minutes in a response called "anaphylactic shock". | | | | eliminate these allergic responses simply by |
| To a much | | | | remembering to |
| lesser extent our immune system can cause | | | | call in this vision of her inner mother every time |
| ugly symptoms in | | | | she felt |
| response to such mild toxins as the smell of | | | | her symptoms begin.Usually one session with a |
| gasoline, dust, | | | | responsive subject is enough to |
| molds, animal dander, and the proteins in such | | | | deal effectively with one specific allergen, |
| foods as corn | | | | especially if |
| and wheat. I myself once reacted very strongly | | | | the client is willing to practice feeling these new |
| to all of the | | | | feelings |
| above mentioned toxins in a debilitating condition | | | | and recalling these new memories on their own. |
| called | | | | (Alas, |
| "environmental sensitivity", a condition which led | | | | patients with mental disorders or organic brain |
| to | | | | disease make |
| frequent bouts of chronic fatigue, as well as sinus | | | | poor subjects for this type of work.) Multiple |
| congestion, headaches and asthma.So how do | | | | sessions are |
| hypnotic techniques help us combat these | | | | of course required for a large number of allergies. |
| conditions? First, we must understand that the | | | | For food |
| source of | | | | allergies we can follow the taste, hypnotically |
| these reactions is within the subconscious mind. It | | | | induced and |
| is NOT | | | | magnified into a "gustatory hallucination" into the |
| the chemicals themselves that are doing this to | | | | time when |
| us. It is the | | | | this taste brought with it something unpleasant. |
| immune system's response that is the problem. | | | | While the |
| After all (I | | | | conscious mind has no recollection of these |
| used to grumble to myself) many people can live | | | | "triggering |
| in moldy | | | | events", the subconscious mind can recall them |
| houses or smell gasoline without being affected in | | | | readily in a |
| any way. | | | | good subject. This process often requires the |
| Once this is accepted we can see that hypnosis, | | | | transformation |
| the primary | | | | of memories through the rescue and nurturing of |
| strategy for accessing subconscious | | | | the inner |
| programming, MUST be a | | | | child in order to find resolution.For more |
| part of any long term solution to this condition. | | | | information about |
| The | | | | these hypnotherapy techniques, see Emotional |
| alternative is symptom suppression with drugs. | | | | Clearing |
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