META-Medicine Blog

Thought I would share a just a brief something with you, having worked alongside traditional medicine doctors for a number of years.
A question I’m being asked a lot at the moment is “How do you talk to a doctor?”
My response “As you would to any other human being!”

With respect, in their own language and treat them the way you would like to be treated. Things tend to go better if you don’t insult, confront or put down what they are doing. Things tend to go better if you are concise, clear and to the point.Things tend to go better if both parties listen and are heard. And above all they (the doctors) are just doing the best they can in every moment, just like the rest of us!

Part of this winter, I’m far from home.
I live in the Åland Isles, in the middle of the Baltic Sea. That’s on 60 degrees latitude up north. Winters there can get pretty cold and veeery long.
That’s why I decided to spend some of that time in a warmer area: the Canaries. Enjoying the natural warmth without stove or radiator, I’m contemplating these different societies, ecosystems, and life rhythms.

Time is a funny artificial thing. What is high noon? 12.00, right? When the sun is on her highest position? If you ever learned about astronavigation, handling a sextant, you give your exact clock a lot of attention to pinpoint your position on the big blue sea reasonably exact. OK, nowadays we have GPS… but the interesting point is, high noon moves with the sun, in any moment. Clocks and time zones are unnatural crutches. My 12.00 is not your 12.00 as long as we’re not sharing the exact same meridian to stand on. Well, in life practice it makes hardly a difference, and in a society, it makes sense for our clocks to be aligned and attuned. Unless it doesn’t. If you fly to east, you land after some couple of hours and your inner clock and rhythm is shaken by the unbelievable speed you have travelled through time – your have lost your awareness of it. It never fails to amaze me – how can I loose hours on the way? How do I handle that? Fortunately, our organism is very flexible and capable of adjusting swiftly, even to winter time. Isn’t it?!
This time I flew to the west and gained two hours. No problems with time on my hands!

And in these lower latitudes, even the people seem to have other dimensions and attitudes. No, I don’t mean the tourists! Why is it that the locals just seem to have more time, time to wait, time to chat, time to be easy? Here we get to natural rhythms. A species’ organism adjusts to it’s environment regarding pigmentation of skin for sun protection, insulation with skin fat for cold and wind protection, ability to digest certain food or to compensate for what is not available… In the higher latitudes, people want to use all daylight and sun in more or less constant activity and productivity. There are few fruits growing directly into their mouths and the growing season for farmers and gardeners is comparedly short. I heard about traditional farmer-fishermen who in summer slept only 3 hours a day because of the load of work that survival in the scandinavian skerries craved for. Nevertheless they were jolly people and content with the life they lead. In the cold season, they had to adjust to nature´s “winter sleep” under ice and snow and darkness with only a few hours of light per day, which makes people hardy, introspective, and possibly melancholic. You can hear that in fascinating folk songs!

Doesn’t it seem natural that the “balance” in the life of those different societies is of a completely different kind? I like to speak of dynamic balance through intelligent imbalance: The nearer the poles you get on earth, the slower the rhythm of change and the greater the amplitude: at the pole, there is just one long night, one long day per year.
At the equator, there are 730 changes, nights precisely as long as days. The conditions are good for nutritious fruits to grow all year round. Human survival is naturally not challenged by climate. Working time for food-gathering per day in a traditional tribal culture might have been as little as 2 hours. Is it a wonder that in our blueprints from our forefathers of learnings how to survive, we inherit inner rhythms and values according to those? At the same time, when cultures meet, their specific features can trigger each other’s irritation – or fascination.

From Meta-medicine’s viewpoint, traditional circumstances can make a whole society nearly untouched by certain illnesses (i e challenges and responses), because those challenges would hardly occur naturally. At the same time, no immunities (i e strategies) are developed, and change bringing with it such new stimuli and challenges can put whole peoples at risk.
As modern times changed the world to the extent that no traditional natural societies would stay untouched, mixing of cultures, blueprints and strategies is definitely positive for survival and prosperity of mankind.
Learning more alternative ways to be and behave stimulates creativity for to find solutions to the new challenges our world is facing today.
Or, a quote I lately read on Facebook:
Don’t fear change – change fear!

A Happy New Year to all people north and south, east and west!

One of the questions we’re often asked on our talks and courses is ‘Can META-Medicine explain accidents?’

The official IMMA (International META-Medicine Association) materials state that the origins of a dis-ease can be traced back to significant emotional experiences, except in cases of poisoning, malnutrition and accidents.

While the majority of health issues (those labelled idiopathic or self-causing by modern medicine) are the bio-logical response to specific negative emotions, there are times when physical trauma creates stress on the body. For example, when we consider accidents like falling from a height or being hit by a vehicle, the impact in itself can cause broken bones and other injuries.

So far, so good. ‘But does this go deep enough?’ participants ask us. Why do some people come out of dangerous situations miraculously unharmed, yet others sustain significant injuries from minor incidents? What’s the difference?

A meaningless coincidence?

Before we answer those questions, let’s look at the usual explanation – accidents are just unfortunate coincidences, a result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet co-incidence actually means two or more events coming together. It doesn’t have to be random.

It’s an assumption that there’s no connection between these coinciding events. This assumption is based on the prevalent belief in our time of randomness and a chaotic universe. We use chance to negate the possibility of meaning in every encounter, which means we don’t have to take responsibility for our role in every experience.

There is another way of thinking: that the universe and everything in it is a highly structured, orderly and sophisticated system which is guided by intelligence. From a quantum physics point of view, we don’t live in a quantum ‘coincidental’ universe, but a quantum causal universe. The concept of entanglement explains why seemingly unrelated aspects come together.

Putting META-Medicine to the test

On one of our very first courses, we decided to test two hunches about accidents.

1. We know that straight after an injury, the body will go into healing mode at the affected site. META-Medicine gives us an understanding of the Two Phases, and we know that healing symptoms occur in the Second Phase, that is, after a period of stress. As accidents literally force us into the Second Phase, does this mean there is a period of stress preceding the event?

2. META-Medicine reveals that each organ and body location has specific emotional correlations. So does the site of an injury and organ affected also have a meaning?

Our student had a small burn on his dominant hand. Through the META-Medicine diagnostic process, we uncovered that he had had an argument with his wife and resolved to let go of his frustration and reconnect with her – right before burning his hand with the iron. Interesting, we all thought. It could fit…

Two weeks after the course, he contacted us with even more interesting news – he’d banged his hand on the corner of the table, bruising exactly the same place, after another argument. The real issue behind the accidents was feeling unable to grasp the issue (hand) and feeling disconnected (outer skin) from his wife (dominant side) when they argued.

A new way to uncover core issues

Since then, we’ve done many explorations with accidents, and they’ve always led to core issues. There has always been a related stress before an accident occurs. The timing of the accident and location of the injury are clues to the deeper meanings.

More recently, we’ve also discovered a connection with the Sensory Cortex, as accidents are often preceded by temporary lapses in concentration. This too can pinpoint what’s going on with clients – what’s on their mind or what are they avoiding?

This understanding brings us right back to where we started – rather than seeing ourselves as victims of random occurences that happen to us, we can be at cause, becoming more present and using accidents as a guide to deeper self-awareness and self-healing.

If you’ve already done some META-Medicine training, you can start using the diagnostic process to explore the meaning behind accidents. For those who want to see how it works, we’re happy to demonstrate how to use an accident to get into a core issue on our forthcoming courses.

Do you have questions, comments or ideas for articles? Let us know through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/metamedicine

Love and light,
Joanne Ross and Robert Waghmare
META-Medicine Master Trainers and META-Health Master Coaches
www.metamedicineuk.com

The Autumn equinox takes place on 23rd September, marking the change in seasons and the spiralling in of energy. If you experience symptoms like colds, flu, skin rashes or digestive irregularities around this time, it can be a good sign! How is that possible?

The Two Phases and the Seasons

We can compare the seasons to the Two Phase model of health and energy. In its extreme form, the Two Phase model describes dis-ease, yet in a subtler form, it represents the natural balance of day-night – and the balance of activity and regeneration. We need a healthy balance between directive activity and passive receptivity.

The beginning of spring can be seen as the beginning of the 1st Phase, as it’s a time of increasing energy and activity. Energy spirals outwards, both in nature and ourselves!

This activity continues throughout the summer, and we feel motivated to go out into the world, to interact and achieve. The Autumn equinox, like a conflict resolution, marks the crossover point into the regeneration phase. This crossover point, a moment of pause, is a powerful opportunity for letting go, changing our emotional and behavioural patterns, and shifting our consciousness.

Our energy moves inwards, and our focus is directed to ourselves, to self-reflection, rather than facing outwards towards others and the world. This is when we can become more receptive: we can open ourselves to receiving nourishment and warmth in order to rebuild our resources for the winter ahead.

Symptoms are a natural part of this shift

As those who have had some training in META-Medicine will be aware, the typical symptoms of ‘illness’, such as colds and flu, skin irritations, diarrhoea and muscular aches and pains, are actually signs of regeneration. They can be seen as the body’s way of releasing the toxins built up during the stress phase, and they enable us to rebuild and regain balance. Rather than suppressing these symptoms, if we allow and embrace them, we emerge stronger at the end of the 2nd Phase.

During this time, we may experience unexpected waves of emotion – this is also part of the unconscious shift, and we benefit from allowing and letting go of these previously-suppressed feelings.

What can you do to support this transition?

There may be a temptation to remain busy, suppress the symptoms and soldier on. Far better is to allow your body to take you inwards, and take this opportunity to slow down. Experiment with receptivity – being rather than doing.

You can support the body by ensuring you are adequately hydrated, and shift to a warming, nourishing diet, such as fresh soups made with root vegetables.

Rather than getting active and setting goals, it could be a time to reflect on what inspires you, what creates meaning in your life, and how to become more aligned with what’s really important to you.

How has the seasonal change affected you? Let us know and continue this conversation through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/metamedicine

With love and light,

Joanne Ross and Robert Waghmare

UK META-Medicine Master Trainers

www.metamedicineuk.com

How to wake up unconscious mind when conscious mind flows like logic-sensible-reasonable ways?

The world we live is logic and reasonable. There are also huge need to prove it. Studies show what’s right or wrong, good or bad, who is right and who is wrong. What’s the right medicine or treatment to certain disease.

It’s logic to think logic.

It’s also logical to approach emotions with logic. And at first analyze emotions with logic ways. The way to do it is to find the triggers. Triggers come mostly from outside and that makes easier to find the triggers.

This means also that triggers and logic are one key to our unconscious mind. When auto-matic  res-pons slows down it’s flowing. Slowing down gives opportunity to breathe in and out and mayby – just mayby – be a little confused. And consciously come and be aware – hey.. what.. is this.. what’s all about!

It’s also the moment to see, hear or feel how logic and brilliant unconscious mind is. That makes me wonder, where do we need all scientific research, when everything is inside us. I mean everything. Having the key to open our wisdom and find the answer there.

Mind’s goal is harmony, and it makes the best to achieve the goal. Let’s allow and give the harmony to mind by accepting ourselves as a whole.

How the wholeness shows, for example, in limiting belief. When someone finds limiting belief like “I’m bad”. Before finding it there was need to be good, make good things, focusing only good. Because it’s not allowed to be bad and accept badness in oneselves. Minds’ need to harmony means that it looks for bad to balance good and bad. But if there is no acceptance for badness there can’t be balance in state of mind. Mayby, just mayby, mind looks after to see peoples badness and mayby, attracts bad thing to happen.

Let’s be whole and accept ourselves as a whole. Allowing definitions that have ment something negative. Trusting oneselves ability to live in harmony, enjoying and having fun in life.

This is my first Blog and I hope that my Finnish-English is understandable. Welcome to read my thoughts.

What is helplessness?
Is it hopelessness, lack of belief of own abilities, lack of means and methods, lack of knowledge?

Think about a moment, You have knowledge and awareness of situation, you have also abilities and capabilities. You see them, or feel them or hear them.

And when there is faith and belief to something, so what’s in?
There are hope, abilities, means, skills, knowledge and awareness of all those. Something else, too?

What’s hopelessness?
Is it that another get it but you don’t? Or in sickness, there are no reason to get well and recover from disease?

Take a moment to think about that you get some diagnose. What does it mean to you and where does it lead to? Mayby certain symptoms, treatment, getting worse – there are certain expectations and beliefs. Where is hope?

Hope is needed when getting well and recover – definately!

When the diagnose is not the end of the world, but it’s opportunity to recover and get well, become even stronger than before? Like in META-Medicine healing process especially in regeneration phase. Disease actually gives the opportunity for the real soul-ution, for the real recovery from ‘all old’ that don’t work anymore.
Healing doesn’t come from fairytales but it comes from own activity and own decisions.

There are a lot of means, methods and techniques in META-Medicine. The way to practise these techniques is much joyable, rewarding, interesting and developing than taking drugs. The question is – do you allow yourself the joy, reward or development?

When practising with META-Medicine techniques, you get the needed knowledge and awareness with joy and fulfillment, your awareness gets wider and improves. In IMMA, there is possibility to international network and have the latest information from human as a whole.

Practising META-Medicine also gives the possibility to find and practise own skills, to develop as oneselves. Human is whole – human is and has everything. The lacking quality, only needs to find, take action and practise it.

Something about limiting beliefs.
Limiting belief is something that stops you doing what you would like to do. Limiting belief includes the trigger to this action what stops you. It puts in motion something that is against the best in situation in that moment.

Interesting, isn’t it?

How to change actions and get rid of the limiting belief?
Isn’t that so that finding trigger is important?
Yes, and there are also need to change thoughts about oneselves, as oneselves. The real changes are made in identity level by thinking, Who you are and how you define yourself? What are the beliefs from you as yourself?

Changing thinking process about identity, leads to different action and behaviour. It helps strenghtening different skills and knowledge. It leads to observe the environment different way, have the new vision of environment.

Identity and who someone really is – includes the boundaries between self and environment. Having own boundaries of self and as a self – what does it mean? At least it mean respect – respect to self, respect to other, respect to humanity. It also means accepting everyone as they are.

Is there a trap, when thinking about that someone belongs to something bigger, is part of something like part of environment?

We all are unique oneselves. That’s the brilliancy in META-Medicine questions that’s noticed to. People are taken as they are, as they feel, as they live, as they think, as they see things, as they hear things – as their situation is, right now. With paying attention to environment at the same time.

Finding own unique, brilliant oneself – is great. Finding SOUL-ution and act as oneselves with flexibility in own environment – is GREAT.

Brains are plastic and they have plasticity. It can happen that this plasticity get tired in a long run. What is then needed? Energy? Something else, too?

Having back own energy, taking the joy into life and beeing curious about possibilities – it also helps in flexibility.

Thank You for reading!
With warm thoughts – love&light to You.

Tuula Kujama