Secrets of Your Cells: Discovering Your Body's Inner Intelligence (50 page)

recognition, failure of,
31–32

scent/smell and,
32–35

self-creation (body prayer),
47–48

self-creation, number three in,
187–189

sound and,
43–47

senses

anchoring with,
155–156
,
205–206

conditioning and,
155–156

as doorways to the Divine,
172–174

engaging multiple,
155

intent and,
205–206

memory and,
163–165
,
172–174
,
205

survival and,
205

sensory conditioning (exploration),
165

sensory learning,
163–165

sensory neurons,
167

serpent images,
176

sex chromosomes,
129–130

sexual attraction

HLA differences and,
33–34

smell/aromas and,
33–34

sexual stimulation, oxytocin and,
68

Shakti,
189

shaman,
xiv
,
87
,
178–180

cellular shaman,
90
,
94–97

“clear your pipes” directive of,
94

definition of,
180

Peruvian,
176

shamanic apprenticeship, of author,
xiv
,
178

shamanic consciousness,
87–88

shamanic dance,
89
,
103

shamanic practices,
89–91

assemblage point and,
171

shapes

shape change,
89
,
93

shape-shifting,
89–91

sound and,
8

spiral,
182–183
,
183
,
184

triangle,
185–186
,
189–190
,
190

Sheldrake, Rupert,
121
,
124
,
157

Shiva,
189

Shlain, Leonard,
176
,
181

Silent Pulse, The
(Leonard),
157

silica, Color
Plate 3d

singing bowls, Tibetan,
171–172

situational cues,
162

skin, galvanic skin response (GSR),
58–59

skin cells,
19

smell

conditioning with,
155–156

memory and,
34–35
,
155–156

self and,
32–34

sexual attraction and,
33–34

zinc deficiency and,
35

smoking

damage to genes,
147

reversibility of damage from,
144

social connections, value of,
62–64

Socrates,
44

sodium phosphate, Color
Plate 3c

Somalia,
194

sound,
8–9
,
89

brain processing area for,
154

in creation myths,
8–9

“mmm” sound,
43–45

power of,
43–44

as primal force,
8–9

repetition of,
46–47

resonance and,
156

sense of self and,
43–47

shapes and,
8

working with,
46–47

sour taste, Color
Plate 7

sperm,
19

spiderweb,
74

spiral,
182–183
,
206–207

death/life and,
183

in nature,
182
,
183
,
184

spiral galaxies,
182
,
183

Spiral Journey,
206–207

spiral movements,
145
,
181–182
,
221

spiral shape of DNA,
131
,
132
,
147
,
181
,
182

spiritual architecture,
23–24

spiritual practices,
86–91

stars,
9

state-dependent learning,
163

statin drugs,
113–114

stem cells,
134–137

Stendl-Rast, David,
158

stiffness,
90–91

stress,
56
,
114–115

adrenaline and,
54
,
56–57

definition of,
114

DNA repair and,
144–145

effects of,
114–115

energy requirements for,
114

gender differences in,
65
,
66–67

oxidative stress,
112–113

stress hormones,
54
,
56–57
,
64
,
66
,
115

stress relief,
112
,
118

DNA/genetic health and,
144–145

stretching,
91
,
97–99

string theory,
201

strings, tuning,
91–92
,
201

structural genes,
126
,
129

sucrose, sweet taste, Color
Plate 6

Sufi poets,
44

sugar, as energy source,
109

Sun, DaJin,
168

sunlight,
106

superoxide dismutase,
113

suppressor cells,
41

sustain.
See
energy

sweet taste, Color
Plate 6

symbols,
180–182

spiral,
182

T

T cells,
38–40

T helper cells,
40–41

T suppressor cells,
41

tai chi,
45
,
89
,
103
,
105
,
118
,
201

for elders,
121

physiological benefits of,
120–121

spiral movements in,
145
,
182

Talbot, Michael,
163

Talmud,
183

tarot,
130

taste

bitter, Color
Plate 9

sour, Color
Plate 7

sweet, Color
Plate 6

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine),
103–104

telomerase,
142–143

telomeres,
130
,
140

tend and befriend response,
66–67

tense (rigid) structures,
84–86
,
90–91

tensegrity,
74–76
,
76

in actual cell,
76

definition of,
74

drawing of, in cell,
77

journal articles on,
76

tensegrity movements,
76
,
90

tension on matrix.
See
tensegrity

thanks

giving thanks (body prayer),
95
,
147

gratitude,
151–153
,
158–159

thanking your cells,
158

Thomas, Lewis,
51
,
176

three,
184–189
,
191

centriole structure and,
92
,
93
,
184–185

in self-creation,
187–189

spiritual traditions and,
186–187

three-letter codons (DNA),
133–134
,
184
,
191

triads of gods,
186–187
,
187

trinity,
184
,
185
,
186

thymine (T),
132

Tibetan singing bowls,
171–172

Tolle, Eckhart,
147

Tomlin, Lily,
86

touch,
68
,
196

traditional Chinese medicine (TCM),
103–104

trans fats,
14

transplantation, cell types and,
30

Tree of Life,
186

triads/trinity,
184–187
,
187

triangle,
185–186
,
189–190
,
190

in geodesic domes,
189

in sacred art,
189–190
,
190

in yantra,
189
,
190

trigrams, of
I Ching,
134
,
135

truth

from cells,
58–61

telling the truth (exploration),
61

tuning our strings,
91–92

twenty-two (number, significance of),
130–131

U

ubiquinone.
See
coenzyme Q10

unconscious, collective,
181–182

unsaturated fats,
14–15

V

Vaughan, Christopher,
25
,
78
,
138

vibrations,
8–9
,
88–89
.
See also
sound

tuning our strings,
91–92

vibrational healing,
92

viral infection, defenders against,
39

visualization,
xii-xiii
,
145–147
.
See also
imagery

visualization journey (exploration),
96

vitamin A,
113

vitamin B12, Color
Plate 2

vitamin C,
113

vitamin D,
106

vitamin E,
113

W

walking,
112
,
119
,
201

Walters, Anna Lee,
191

water

as feminine, Color
Plate 3b

molecules,
17

Waterland, Robert,
136

wave front,
162

Weaver, Valerie,
85

Wedekind, Claus,
33

white blood cells,
18
,
19
,
30

identification markers on,
30

immune recognition and,
36–40
, Color
Plate 1

malignant (cancerous).
See
leukemia

monocytes,
36–37

neutrophils,
36–37

recognizing smaller cells, Color
Plate 1

wine,
113