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[T722]The Science Of Self Healing

by Dr Laurence Magne, Dr

Classically speaking, we have a two-sided view of healing. There is the one that needs healing and the one who does healing. The hidden kicker in this language is simply that we make an assumption that the healer and the healed are not the same. As we'll learn, the reality of self-healing is quite different.

When we are ill, we are trained to go to a doctor. The doctor who has a spent a great deal of time and money to know more than we do about our bodies, tells us what is wrong, what will make us better and gives us a prescription. We go home, take the pills, feel better and thus…the doctor healed us.

As with most of our dual based viewpoints, this one is fundamentally incorrect. We heal ourselves, period. You can tuck the statement into purely scientific terms, stating that the doctor gave us a pill which we ingested and our body took the medication in the pill and used it to heal our illness.

You can tuck the statement into purely spiritual terms, stating that our body healed itself because we believed we would be healed, knew we would be healed, utilized the prescription as a tool for that healing and manifested a healthy body.

It doesn't really matter how you describe the fact that your body heals itself so long as you accept the fact that the body heals itself. Accepting that fact requires accepting that the pharmaceutical creation was not the cause of the healing, it is the tool of healing.

This works in the same way that a hammer is a tool used by a craftsman to build a house. The hammer is not the reason the house was built, it is simply used by the reason the house is built. You are the reason the house is built and you are the reason your body is healed.

The question remains for many people, how do you heal yourself? The answer to that question is, simply, up to you.

The human mind cannot tell the difference between a vividly imagined scenario and an actual experience. This fact has been well established for a long time and is used by high performing individuals so that they can practice their craft in their minds. The same chemicals are created and released, the same neurons fire, the same muscles respond.

Many of us, because we were never given the option, have such an incredibly vivid and real belief in the fact that antibiotics are going to cure our illness. Because we believe it in our minds, we experience in our bodies. We take the pills, we know they will work, we feel better.

Consider what often happens in a doctor's office when a patient is being treated for something like depression or ADHD. Frequently, the patient will ask for a specific prescription because they know someone who has successfully used it.

In that situation, the doctor will often attempt to explain the differences between people, why medications often affect different people in different ways, etc. The doctor may even be successful in talking the patient into trying something else.

When it doesn't work as well as desired, the patient repeats the request for the original drug. This cycle repeats until the patient wins, receives the drug their friend has used and feels better. It doesn't matter if it was a lack of faith in the other drugs or the increased faith in the specific drug: their belief causes this. Their beliefs, their thoughts, control the outcome of the medication on their body. Very few people will argue.

In closing, I leave you with a simple question: what would happen if you knew that you were eternally healthy with as much sincerity, belief and faith that you know that drug will work best?

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However, for most students and teachers who are supposedly training for real-world self-defense, this idea is either a foreign concept, or is limited to the specific techniques of his or her particular system. For others, the concept of distance is a little broader, where there is the understanding of at-least close and long range tactics - others still add a third - mid-range - to the mix.

But, this only leaves us with, at-best, three ranges to work with. Unfortunately, most attackers are familiar with at least 2 out of 3 of these spacial distances. So, how can we go beyond the conventional, expand our level of proficiency, and have the ability to operate in more situations then just about any attacker we might face?

We can begin by realizing that, in the science of self-defense, there are at-least 5 ranges, or distances that can be trained for, worked with, and mastered. Going beyond the conventional close/mid/long-range mentality allows us to be in places, and to take an encounter into areas where our opponent is not likely to be comfortable - instead of the opposite being true.

The five ranges that you can train to master in the science of self-defense are:

1) Too Far - I know how obvious this sounds. But being too far away from your attacker so that he can't hit you is only the tip of the iceberg. Just like at every other range in the mix, there are specific, strategic things that you can be doing at this distance that will make it much easier to control, and therefor defeat your attacker when he finally moves in to attack.

2) Long Range - This range is understood by students who punch and kick more-so than those who are wrestlers. However, where most students see this as the range for primarily kicking, you should explore the abilities and skills that will allow you to quickly cover the ground necessary to deliver effective punches and grabbing attacks against your attacker's targets.

3) Mid-Range - Think of this range as normal conversation distance. This is where most boxing matches and fist-fights take place. Each combatant is squarely within reach of the other's jabs and cross punches. If we are fighting scientifically though - fighting smarter - not harder - we know that we should only be in this range when the attacker is open and preoccupied. This way, we're not compromisng our own safety in our effort to damage the attacker.

4) Close-Range - This distance is where grappling primarily comes into play. There is still space between the attacker and defender, as in the case of single and double hand grabs to clothing, wrists, etc. Judo and jujitsu practitioners understand this distance very well. The problem here is that the grappler forgets that, unlike a sport competition where rules prevent such actions, close-range strikes like elbows, knees, and headbutts are very well-suited for this type of spacing in a street fight self-defense scenario.

And finally...

5) Extremely Close-Range - Here, the opponent is on you. Think of Sumo, Brazilian jujitsu, and the attacker who grabs you from behind in a bearhug or cross-arm choke. Again, the conventional student tends to think only about the use of strength to either muscle the opponent into submission or to lock down to restrain him. Strikes are usually limited and marginally effective as the typical fighter still relies only on the hands, feet, and elbows - weapons that, at this distance require too much distance for effective application. Training at this range should include the use of pressure points, kyusho ("sensitive-area") attacks, and the use of non-conventional weapons like the chin, teeth, and shoulders to strike and damage the assailant.

Remember that I'm talking about self-defense here - not sport or competition fighting. If there are rules involved and your options are limited, then you will always have to work harder to win. In a scientific self-defense program, the goal is always to expand our options, fight smarter - not harder, and always, always, always... Keep your mind on escaping!

Because, in a life-threatening situation, unlike a game where trophies are involved, the goal is not on winning, but... survival!

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