React to Chemical Additives: Hypnosis to Treat Allergies to Environmental Toxins

Allergies and Immune System Disorders: Partwhich triggers these reactions.Let me illustrate
2The first article of this four part series describesthis with an example. A client was
the vastexperiencing an unexpectedly severe asthmatic
array of immune system diseases which are areaction to the
growing pandemicsmell of a new carpet in his home, a carpet
in our society today. It also outlines threewhich was out
potential causesgassing industrial solvents including formaldehyde.
for this pandemic within our civilization. WithinIn a
these nexthypnotic state I had him access the peculiar smell
articles each cause will be explored in depth, andwith his
strategieshypnotically enhanced imagination, a process
of treatment using modern hypnotherapyreferred to as
techniques will be"olfactory hallucination". This process must be
described. This article will describe the way ouraccompanied
bodiesby reassurances that the client's body will not
often over-react to chemicals in our environmentreact to this
and in oursmell in any way. Otherwise, this hallucination has
food, and how hypnosis can be used to changebeen
these reactions.There can be little doubt that ourknown to trigger an allergic response in the
bodies are assaulted everyhypnotized
day with a wide variety of chemicals that havesubject. We failed to find any negative memory
not existed atassociated
all for the last million years of our evolution as awith this smell. Apparently the body just,
species.understandably,
Chemical pesticides, fertilizers, geneticallyfound it toxic. I then spoke to his subconscious
engineered DNA,mind. I told
antibiotics and hormones fed to industrially raisedit that this smell was quite safe, that from now
animalson this
are present in nearly all the foods we eat. Insmell would always remind him of the beauty
addition,and pleasure of
processed foods contain such toxic additives ashis beautiful new home, of which he was quite
refinedproud, and the
sugar, artificial flavors, colors, andnew loving wife who shared that home with him.
preservatives.Try as we may to eat organic it isI built up
very difficult to protectthese joyous feelings while he continued at my
ourselves completely against these additives.instruction to
Even the way webreathe in the smell of new carpets, which is
process and store food introduces toxicnow, I
chemicals and alterssuggested, the smell of happiness and romance
the vitamins and proteins in food. Frying in hotand a safe
oils and thehome. In one session, his allergic reaction was
use of transfatty acids in processed foods likegone.Another client who loved cats found herself
margarine areallergic to them,
just a couple of examples of this. Likewise, thewith strong sinus congestion, burning and
air wesneezing. We
breathe and the water we drink arediscovered in trance that her subconscious mind
contaminated withassociated
innumerable chemical agents. Quite apart fromthe 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 toxiccritical mother, in a house with cats. First, we
properties. I certainlyused
recommend that we do our best to eliminateolfactory hallucination to follow this scent back to
these elementswhat it
from our lives. But often our body's reaction towas "...your nose remembers about this smell
thesethat you have
chemicals is far out of proportion to the realforgotten." After rescuing her inner child from
dangers theythese
represent. When this happens doctors would saymemories of abuse, she found a new home in
that we areher imagination
"allergic" to these substances. These allergicwith a very safe and loving and affectionate new
reactions maymother - who
incapacitate us with far greater efficiency thanhad cats, of course. I then encouraged her to
thesebreathe in this
chemicals on their own could ever do in the tinywonderful smell of cats in the context of this
doses tosafety and
which we are exposed.An obvious example is thelove."Now breathe into every part of your body
bee sting. While a bee sting'sthis
venom is a serious toxin, fatal to anyone in largewonderful smell of love. Notice how good it
enoughfeels." 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 aof cats in this way: "Now, every time your
deathsubconscious mind
sentence without radical medical intervention. Thesmells the wonderful aroma of cats, your body
immuneremembers this
system goes into full Battle mode against thiswonderful new mother, and how much love and
perceivedsafety she
threat, which can cause death by asphyxiation inoffers." After one session she found herself able
a fewto
minutes in a response called "anaphylactic shock".eliminate these allergic responses simply by
To a muchremembering to
lesser extent our immune system can causecall in this vision of her inner mother every time
ugly symptoms inshe felt
response to such mild toxins as the smell ofher symptoms begin.Usually one session with a
gasoline, dust,responsive subject is enough to
molds, animal dander, and the proteins in suchdeal effectively with one specific allergen,
foods as cornespecially if
and wheat. I myself once reacted very stronglythe client is willing to practice feeling these new
to all of thefeelings
above mentioned toxins in a debilitating conditionand recalling these new memories on their own.
called(Alas,
"environmental sensitivity", a condition which ledpatients with mental disorders or organic brain
todisease make
frequent bouts of chronic fatigue, as well as sinuspoor subjects for this type of work.) Multiple
congestion, headaches and asthma.So how dosessions are
hypnotic techniques help us combat theseof course required for a large number of allergies.
conditions? First, we must understand that theFor food
source ofallergies we can follow the taste, hypnotically
these reactions is within the subconscious mind. Itinduced and
is NOTmagnified into a "gustatory hallucination" into the
the chemicals themselves that are doing this totime when
us. It is thethis taste brought with it something unpleasant.
immune system's response that is the problem.While the
After all (Iconscious mind has no recollection of these
used to grumble to myself) many people can live"triggering
in moldyevents", the subconscious mind can recall them
houses or smell gasoline without being affected inreadily in a
any way.good subject. This process often requires the
Once this is accepted we can see that hypnosis,transformation
the primaryof memories through the rescue and nurturing of
strategy for accessing subconsciousthe inner
programming, MUST be achild in order to find resolution.For more
part of any long term solution to this condition.information about
Thethese hypnotherapy techniques, see Emotional
alternative is symptom suppression with drugs.Clearing
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