Secrets of Your Cells: Discovering Your Body's Inner Intelligence (48 page)

IgG (immunoglobulin),
51

IgM (immunoglobulin),
51

IL1 (interleukin 1),
40

imagery,
145–147
,
166–170

gratitude and,
158–159

healing and,
170
,
178–180

in medicine,
168–170

multiple senses, engaging in,
155

serpent images,
176

imagination

healing with,
178–180

memory and,
154–155

PET scans and,
154

immune, definition of,
27

immune cells,
27
,
115

autoimmune diseases,
30–32

hyperactive,
31

self-recognition by,
27

immune system,
36–41

acquired (learned, specific) immunity,
39
,
40–41

antibody production,
41

conditioning of,
164–165

immunoglobulins and,
41

inflammation and,
37–38

innate phagocytic scavenger cells,
36–37
,
39

long-term response,
36
,
37
,
38–40

lymphocytes,
36–37
,
38–40

memory in,
39
,
165

quick action in,
36
,
37

steps of immune response,
40–41

white blood cells,
36

zinc deficiency and,
35

immunoglobulins,
41

inflammation,
37–38

free radicals and,
113

Ingber, Donald,
75
,
76
,
85

instinct,
161

intent,
188–189
,
205–206

J

Japan, earthquake/tsunami in,
195

Jirtle, Randy,
136

Judaism,
186

Hillel,
64

Kabbalah,
186

Talmud,
183

Juhan, Deane,
91

Jung, Carl,
56
,
58–59
,
181

on triads of gods,
186

K

Kabbalah,
186

Kabir,
44

Kepler, Johannes,
185

Kiecolt-Glaser, Janice,
64

kinesthetic experience,
153

Kornfield, Jack,
81

L

lactic acid,
111

Langridge, Robert,
xix
,
191

laughter,
118

learning,
5
,
149–174
,
204–206
.
See also
memory

changing old habits,
205

conditioning and,
163–165

holographic learning,
163

repetition and,
204–205

sensory learning,
163–165

state-dependent learning,
163

through morphogenetic field,
121–122

legacy,
203–204

Leonard, George,
157

lessons from our cells (exploration),
208–209

letting go,
81–84

leukemia,
xiv-xv

Alvaro’s,
86–87

author’s scientific research on,
126–127

healing practices for,
86–87

human myeloid leukemia cells,
xiv
,
127

Libra (astrological sign), Color
Plate 3c

lie detector (polygraph),
56
,
58–59

life

cells and,
16–19
,
71

elements/building blocks of,
9
,
16–17
,
194

origins of,
7
,
8–11
,
194

purpose of,
147–148
,
203–204

requirements for,
17
,
127–128
,
194

life and death, cellular decision making on,
79–81

life force,
11
,
101
,
102
.
See also
energy

linear forms, Color
Plate 3c

lipoic acid,
113

Lipton, Bruce,
5
,
54
,
77
,
137

listening,
4
,
51–72
,
199–200
.
See also
cell communication; Receptivity—Listen

listening to cells,
61–62

love

loving our cells and selves,
71–72

molecules of,
66–70

lupus,
31

lymphocytes,
36–37
,
38–40

functions in learned immune response,
40–41

lysosomes,
20

M

macular degeneration of eye,
112

magical passes,
90

Mahlberg, Arden,
43
,
45

male

energy principle (Shiva),
189

forms and minerals associated with, Color
Plates 3c
and
d

Y gene and,
130

malic acid, sour taste, Color
Plate 7

mandalas,
189
,
191

marijuana,
68

masculine, forms and minerals associated with, Color
Plates 3c
and
d

massage,
103

maturation, cellular,
79–81
,
80
,
134–135

Mayan Factor, The
(Argüelles),
156

meat,
14

mechanical forces,
73

medicine wheel, Native American,
xvii
,
23
,
190–191
, Color
Plate 4

meditation,
118
,
119

fields of energy and,
121

mindfulness meditation,
119

melatonin,
113

membrane.
See
cell membrane

memory,
5
,
149–174
,
204–206

brain areas for,
154–155

breathing and,
152
,
153

changing the patterns of,
171–172
,
205

collective unconscious and,
181–182

energy waves and,
161

forgetting,
171–172

holographic theory of,
161–163

imagination and,
154–155

immune memory,
39

“junk” DNA and,
181–182

myths as inherited memories,
181

one piece remembers the whole,
161–163

Pribram’s theory of,
161
,
162

“re-minding” our cells,
151–153
,
167–168

remembering to remember,
168–170

remembering with the heart,
152
,
153–154

self-identity and,
34–35

senses and,
163–165
,
172–174
,
205

situational cues for,
162

smell and,
34–35

metaphysical secrets in our cells sacred codes,
134

sacred numbers,
130–131

methionine,
136

methyl donors,
136

Michaelson, Jay,
206

microfilaments,
78

microscope,
22–23

microtubules,
19
,
78

in centrioles,
92
,
93
,
184

consciousness and,
93

shape changes and,
79

Milton, mental exercises of,
168–169

mind.
See also
brain; consciousness; memory

brain, interaction with,
161

cells and,
167–168

heart’s mind,
159–160

location in body,
160–161

patterned code of,
162

“re-minding” our cells,
151–153
,
167–168

mindfulness meditation,
119

minerals, forms/shapes of,
xvi-xvii
, Color Plate 3

mitochondria,
19
,
20

DNA of (mitochondrial DNA),
107
,
108

energy production by,
106
,
108–109

in muscle cells,
111

origins of,
106–108

oxidative stress and,
112
,
113

“mmm” sound,
43–45

molecular complementarity,
52–53
,
195

molecular embrace,
2
,
195–196

Molecular Messengers of the Heart
(Barrett),
119

molecules,
2
,
10–11

calming,
66–68

conformational (shape) change,
54

imposter molecules,
55

for life,
10

monocytes,
36–37

morphogenetic fields,
121–122
,
157

mother, inheritance from,
108

movement,
89–91
,
201

cellular intelligence and,
92–93

cellular movement,
92–93

centrioles and,
92
,
93

change and,
89–91

sacred origins of,
201

spiral movements,
182–183

tensegrity movements,
76
,
90

Mraz, Jason,
157

multiple sclerosis (MS),
32

muscle cells

energy production by,
111–112

lactic acid and,
111

tension in,
115

Music and Miracles
(Mahlberg),
43

mutations,
112
,
138
,
143

Myss, Caroline,
158

myths,
180–182

of creation,
8–9

N

namaste
(Buddhist greeting),
185

Narby, Jeremy,
176
,
177
,
180

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
105

Native American

medicine wheel,
xvii
,
23
,
190–191
, Color
Plate 4