Oxygen Atom with Electron Clouds, Hydrogen and Water Clusters

How and where will the secret of life be found? In my youth I was taught that an atom was the smallest fundamental unit of all matter. In my young mind, I reasoned that the mysteries of how all things work must be found in the atom. I was so enamored by this concept that I ended up studying atomic physics in college and later went on to earn my Ph.D. in that field. The answers to the universe, I thought, must be found in how the atoms work. After all, there only exist a grand total of less than 100 stable types of atoms. Out of those, there are only 20 or so necessary for basic life processes and the vast majority of the molecules of life are combinations of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Sulfur– only six of them. In the innocence of youth, I reasoned, it should not be too hard to figure out how everything works; it’s like putting together tinker toys or Legos where only a few different types of Legos exist. I may have underestimated just a bit how many different things you can build with just this limited set of “Legos”.

In my college career, I learned that atoms are governed by a set of quantum mechanical laws and symmetries that determine how atoms are built and can fit together to make molecules. Predictive models can be built, mathematically, to describe how single atoms interact with surrounding atoms. These models make use of the concept of “fields”, such as electric fields, magnetic fields, gravitational fields, etc. that describe how atoms interact with each other and the fields that exist around them. The behavior of each particle is characterized and influenced by the fields that the particle itself generates and the fields that surround it. In a sense, we can experience this concept by playing with common refrigerator magnets. We notice that if we orient magnets a certain way they will attract each other, by some sort of invisible “field” and yet in other ways they will repel each other, and so there are only a limited number of configurations that allow them to stick together to form structures. Electric fields that we observe, by rubbing balloons on cloth, for example, also follow physical laws. These observable but invisible fields are formed from the alignment of trillions of trillions of fields from the individual atoms that make up the objects, each atom possessing its own fields and following similar types of laws.

There are only four types of fields we know of in nature. The “gravitational” field is so weak that you need objects the size of a planet before you can really feel it, but it is far-reaching and stretches across the entire universe. In sharp contrast, the “strong” field only acts over a distance the size of a proton, but is a trillion, trillion, trillion times stronger than the gravitational field. The strong field sticks the protons together when they get close enough to each other; otherwise the clusters of protons in a nucleus would fly apart. The “weak” field binds electrons and protons together to make neutrons. But the king of the fields, of course, is the “electromagnetic” field that causes electrons to be attracted to protons, electrons to repel electrons, and protons to repel protons. The electromagnetic field causes the electrons to move in and buzz around the clusters of protons in the nucleus, which are bound together by the strong fields. The electrons spread themselves out around these clusters of protons to form atoms. All of this amounts to atomic field theory. The combined fields from all these particles inside the atoms also serve to attract and repel the neighboring atoms and cause the atoms to arrange themselves and “stick” together into structures called molecules.

If we were somehow to look at matter on its most fundamental level, we would see that everything we sense, experience, and know to be real is composed of trillions of trillions of fundamental particles that are simply following the governing laws of what is known as field theory. Everything is made up of tiny particles floating around in space like electrons, protons, and neutrons that are spinning and rotating around each other at blazing speeds. All of these tiny sub-atomic particles cannot be modeled as individual solid objects. They don’t have solid boundaries but are best characterized by the fields that they create and how they interact with each other. What we perceive as being a solid surface is formed because these particles have organized themselves into structures that “stick” together, much like stacking a bunch of charged floating magnets together to form a floating surface of magnets where the motion of each magnet is restricted by the fields generated by the neighboring magnets.

For example, if we place our hand on a table or surface, we sense pressure when the electromagnetic fields from the array of atoms in our hands push against the fields from the array of atoms on the surface. As the atoms of the surface are pushed by the fields of the atoms in your hand, the atoms of the surface will slightly flex out of place and push back on the atoms in your hand. Your hand will not be able to go through the surface without breaking the bonds that hold the surface atoms together. If we could somehow magically turn off the electromagnetic fields, there would be more than enough space to allow the atoms in your hand to pass through the atoms of the table. The electromagnetic field prevents this from happening. Not only does it hold atoms together by attractive forces, it keeps atoms spaced apart by repulsive forces and acts over relatively large distances on the atomic scale. It’s as if these fields are super-charged refrigerator magnets floating in space, strong enough to attract or repel each other even when they are several lengths away from each other.

The field properties that make these atoms align and stick to each other describe and determine all the properties of matter. For example, if the electromagnetic fields from the atoms on the surface of the table were aligned so that they would attract the atoms in your hand, the surface would be considered “sticky” and you might have difficulty removing your hand from the table. It is the configuration of atoms bound together in these molecules that gives them their characteristics , which are used to interact with all of the other molecules in their local environment. In turn, the way the molecules interact determines the properties of all matter and explains what all things are and how all things work on the most fundamental level.

As we have attempted to visualize what things might look like if we were the size of an atom, it may be helpful to realize that the electrons are moving at several million miles per hour on average. The atoms on a surface are interacting with each other over a million, million times a second and a typical inch of surface is tens of millions of atoms long. Anything large enough to see– like a speck of dust in the sunlight– consists of many trillions of atoms and anything large enough to feel, like a salt crystal, consists of a billion, billion atoms. You need to realize that everything is extremely small and extremely fast on the atomic scale. The surface of your table on an atomic scale would look like a vast system of mountains and valleys made of vibrating molecules stretching off into infinity in all directions.

When we consider all the incredible complexities of life, it is no surprise that everything comes down to how the molecules are formed, put together, and how they interact inside the living cells and tissues. The basic fundamental secrets of life, we might suppose, are found in how the molecules themselves are formed, how they interact with other molecules in their environment, and how they shift and change over the course of their existence. At first, it seems a bit strange to fathom how all life can be composed of molecules–a bunch of whirling particles following a set of physical laws and fields– and how this can lead to sentient, conscious beings that are self-aware, can act for themselves, and have learned enough to discover and ponder the very principles that allow themselves to exist. This might be an open question, yet there is no denying that on the most fundamental level, we are composed of molecules and yet we hold the breath of life within ourselves.

Since I am an atomic physicist, this week I break with tradition of talking of the mysteries of life and the universality of cell signaling, and make the point that everything in the universe is signaling, even at the atomic level.  Atoms pass energy and electrons back and forth in forms of waves traveling through space.  We might wonder what space really is and what defines it.  This gives us something to think about, how can we measure space?

Many people in history have attempted to find an absolute standard by which everything else can be measured. A standard for measuring distances or lengths is a great example. The length of the king’s foot (his supernal majesty) was thought to be an absolute divine standard. Unfortunately, kings turned out to have inconsistent feet and were mortal and died. Looking for a somewhat better standard, it was agreed that a meter would be determined as one ten-millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator, along the octant line passing through Paris (of course). This distance also varied with sun and moon cycles and was somewhat difficult to measure perfectly. The standard for measuring time was a bit easier, a solar day could be divided into equal segments of time. This could be tied to the movement of a pendulum or some other mechanical or electrical device that beats out units of time. With the infinite wisdom of men, an hour was chosen as (1/24 of a day) broken into 3600 (60 x 60 seconds). This turned out well, most everyone on earth uses a second to measure time and has the same clock. With advanced electronics, clocks that measure at the order of 1 billionth of a second (a nanosecond) are becoming more important.

Could there be an absolute standard of measurement that is determined by some unchangeable property of the universe by which we can measure distance and time? The answer comes from the study of light in physics. The speed of light in a vacuum is thought to be absolute everywhere denoted as the constant “C”. The speed of light is measured at about C = 300,000,000 meters per second. The speed of a ray of light is the same whether measured by someone standing on earth or measured by someone on a satellite traveling at a relative speed of 3,000 meters per second through space. The speed of light is measured as constant regardless of the speed of the source or the reference frame of the person taking the measurement.

What exactly is light? We understand light to be made of electromagnetic waves passing through space. The properties of light are thought to be the same everywhere in the universe. Possibly, then it makes sense to measure time and distance based on the nature of how electromagnetic waves travel through space. We have made atomic clocks, that measure time based on the number of times a cesium atom at resonant frequency vibrates back and forth in a metal tube. One second is measured at 9,192,631,770 such vibrations of a cesium atom. We can measure time by counting how many electromagnetic waves of a constant frequency pass through a wave detector, the frequency of the wave is determined by the properties of a specific atom, which beats out the same frequency anywhere we measure it in the universe as far as we know. By studying light, can we find an absolute standard for measuring time and distance?

The idea of measuring time by counting waves is interesting. Suppose we found a beach where exactly 100 waves would hit the shore every hour. Suppose the frequency and speed of the waves were constant. We then would have a standard clock, one hour is the time it takes for 100 waves to hit the shore, and our standard of distance could also be the distance between wave crests approaching the shore. This makes a good case for using electromagnetic waves to determine an absolute standard to measure time and space, determined only by the properties of light in the universe.

If we base measurement standards on electromagnetic waves, some very beneficial and enlightening ideas are revealed. First off, we do not need to redefine the unit of time we use, the unit of a “second” is already adopted as the unit of time everywhere on earth. With an atomic clock, we have determined that a certain given number of waves that hit a detector defines exactly one second.  Now for a distance standard we can utilize the constant speed of light to define a unit of distance as how far light travels in a specified amount of time. A convenient standard, for example, would be the distance light travels in one billionth of a second, a nanosecond (ns): 1 ns = 30 cm (close to a foot). We then can measure everyday distances in units of nanoseconds (ns). Recently the meter has been redefined by the light standard so that light travels in 1 sec = exactly 300,000,000 meters. Incidentally, we also use the light-year to measure astronomical distances.  I do not expect that everyone on earth start measuring distance in units of “ns” anytime soon; we already have enough confusion between Metric and US units. There are too many machines and buildings in the world to retool all of them.

I do suggest, though, that we think of the implications. If distance is measured as this unit of time, then the speed of any object would be measured in units of nanoseconds per second. This makes the measurement for speed a “unitless” percentage relative to the speed of light. A speed of one “nano” (billionth of the speed of light), for example, gives us: 1 nano = 1.08 Km/hr. Thus 100 nanos would be 108 Km/hr or about 65 mi/hr. A nano would be a natural unit for vehicle speeds. This would also set the universal speed of light as “C = 1”, with no associated units. It would be interesting to consider the implications of how we measure mass and energy. If C = 1, then Einstein’s famous equation E = MC^2 would be rewritten as E = M, or energy = mass. The equivalence between energy and mass could allow us to come up with an absolute measurement standard for the mass of an object based on some assigned unit of energy. This is interesting, as we tap into the nature of space, not only is there an equivalence between time and distance, but also between mass and energy. Can you see where this is leading us?

Our attention now turns to finding a natural unit for energy. We go back to the beach where exactly 100 waves are hitting the shore every hour. Each wave has a certain amount of energy. If we now double the frequency of the waves, let’s say that 200 waves every hour are now hitting the shore, we have also doubled the amount of energy we have hitting the shore. There is a directly proportional relationship between the frequency of the waves and the amount of energy delivered. This is reflected in Planck’s famous relationship E = h * f, where “h” is a universal constant (Planck’s constant) that relates the frequency of the electromagnetic wave (f) to the amount of energy (E) that is contained in a packet of waves (a photon) at that frequency. Planck’s constant has been proven to also be a universal characteristic of nature. In metric units “h = 6.62607004 * 10^-34 Joule Seconds”. If you are not familiar with scientific notation, this means that Planck’s constant is 0.000000000000000000000000000000000662607004 Joule Seconds. A Joule is the amount of energy you get when you drop a 1 Kg mass the distance of 1 meter (at sea level). Planck’s constant is a very small number, and so it takes an enormous number of electromagnetic waves to be equivalent to a measurable amount of energy. For example, if 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1 Yotta=24 zeros) waves are in 1 ns (a distance of 30 cm) it would contain only 0.662607004 Joules of energy (the energy of a pound weight dropped from your hand to the floor). It might be worth mentioning that there are an immense number of photons (wave packets) in our environment, so a Yotta of waves would contain the sum-total energy/frequency of waves from many photons. These huge numbers are not so unreasonable on the atomic scale, a Yotta of water molecules would fit into a thimble, for example.

If we look at very high frequencies (measured in Yotta’s) then, we can come up with a natural unit for energy: 1Y/ns = 0.662607004 Joules. Or in units of energy used in heating your house: 1000 Y/ns = 662.6 Joules (or 0.628030262 BTU’s). Once again, I am not campaigning to make Y/ns to be a universal unit for energy, but some interesting concepts emerge. When we measure energy in terms of frequency, the units for energy turn out to be 1/sec, that is a unit of 1/time.

Looking back, we have measured distance with units of time (seconds) and now we are measuring energy with units of 1/sec. All these measurements are in units of time and inverse time. We see now that in these natural units, we have exploited the known universal properties of space to reduce the units of distance and energy with that of just two types of units, time and inverse time respectively. Can we read something more into this?

Before we finish, let’s see if we can find a good natural unit for measuring the mass of an object. As we discussed, Einstein’s famous equation in our natural units is E = M. If we want to adjust this to our units, we realize from Einstein’s equation that it takes quite a bit of energy to amount to any measurable mass. The prefix “Peta” (P) amounts to 1,000,000,000,000,000 (15 zeros). One Peta Y/ns (PY/ns) = 7.3623… grams (about 0.26 oz). This is the final unit of measurement we will define at this time. We have shown that even mass can be expressed in units of 1/time. One interesting observation is that defining new these new units of measurement does not change any of the laws of physics, all of the old formulas can be rewritten to reflect the new units, though they may not immediately look familiar to us (E = MC^2 ->PE = M or 10^15 E = M), but they might provide some new insights and computationally be easier, since all the natural constants, like h and C, have much easier-to-remember numbers. (C = 1, h = n/Y = 10^-33). Theoretical physicists already have their favorite system of natural units to make computations easier that I will not mention here.

It is interesting to think about what all this might mean about the nature of nature. Physicists use the name “space-time” to describe the physical place where we exist. We now see that there is not much of a difference between space and time, as both can be described with the same unit of measurement. This concept becomes helpful when Einstein’s theories of relativity are contemplated. The idea that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference has significant implications. Relative time and distance can be interchanged depending on the relative velocity, there is no absolute reference for either. If you were a tiny point and were to travel at very near the speed of light, the light coming from behind you would take forever to reach you, thus time would have to almost stand still in your frame relative to the source of the light. For all photons, time stands still in their own frame. It all works out but requires much thought. The idea that matter and energy can be described as waves of various frequencies leads us to the thought that possibly all matter is simply made from very densely packed waves of vibrating pieces of space-time. This leads to a better understanding of Quantum Theory, wave functions, particle-wave duality, matter-antimatter annihilation, mass-energy exchange in atoms, existence of quarks and so on. These concepts ultimately bring us closer to the sought-after theory of everything.

If everything is made out of waves in space-time that carry information from one place to another, then everything is signaling.  Think about it.

It is hard to overemphasize the necessity of nutrients. In our community of cells, many billions of cells are repaired and replaced every hour. In an analogy that our cells are like a community of underwater houses, repairing or replacing this number cells would be the equivalent of rebuilding all of the houses and buildings that exist on earth each and every day. On the molecular scale, the need for supplies to keep up this kind of construction project is enormous and the demand for the fuel necessary to keep it running is also enormous. It is amazing that our bodies are able to handle it all and keep it coordinated. How do these nutrients get into the cells that need them? How are they apportioned? What happens if there is a shortage or an overabundance of one important nutrient or another? How are the nutrients placed and assembled into the instruments and structures that are needed after they arrive and are admitted into the cells? All of these questions are answered through study of the nutrient pathways. Arguably, these pathways are a bit more complex than oxygen pathways; there are several kinds of nutrients and each have different pathways. But surprisingly, the whole picture is not quite as complex as you might think.

Below is a list of some of the most important macronutrient and micronutrient molecules utilized by our body and their basic categories. We will unravel these briefly so they are not so daunting to understand and we will take a closer look at a few of them later on:

Sugars (Polysaccharides):

Fructose, Galactose, Glucose, Lactose, Maltose, Sucrose | Source: Grains, berries, fruits, Milk | Function: Immediate source of fuel for the cells

Amino Acids:

Alanine , Arginine, Aspartic acid (aspartate), Asparagine, Cystine, Glutamic acid (glutamate), Glutamine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine (branched chain), Leucine (branched chain), Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Valine (branched chain) | Source: All foods  | Function: Basic building blocks for proteins and structures in the cell, the “lego” blocks of the cell.

Saturated Fatty Acids:

Butyric acid (C4), Caproic acid (C6), Caprylic acid (C8), Capric acid (C10), Lauric acid (C12), Myristic acid (C14), Pentadecanoic acid (C15), Palmitic acid (C16), Margaric acid (C17), Stearic acid (C18), Arachidic acid (C20), Behenic acid (C22), Lignoceric acid (C24), Cerotic acid (C26) | Source: Vegetable oils, nut oils, bean oils, seed oils, margarines | Function: Fuel storage often packaged into glycerides, Free Fatty Acids are the primary source of fuel for cells.

Mono Unsaturated Fats:

Myristol, Pentadecenoic, Palmitoyl, Heptadecenoic, Oleic acid, Eicosen, Erucic acid, Nervonic acid | Source: Leafy vegetable oils | Function: Light sources of energy and serve as supplies and messengers in cells.

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids:

Linoleic acid (LA, essential Omega 6), α-Linolenic acid (ALA, essential Omega 3), Stearidonic acid (SDA), Arachidonic, acid (ETA), Timnodonic acid (EPA), Clupanodonic acid (DPA), Cervonic acid (DHA) | Source: Fish oils, olive oils, grain oils | Function: Materials for cell structures and instruments, can also serve as fuel if needed.

Minerals:

Calcium, Chloride, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Iron, Sulphur, Boron, Cobalt, Chromium, Copper, Fluoride, Iodine, Manganese, Molybdenum, Selenium, Zinc | Source: Fresh water, grasses, lettuces, greens | Function: Form important components of the instruments played in the cell.

Organic Acids:

Acetic acid, Citric acid, Lactic acid, Malic acid, Choline, Taurine | Source: citrus, milk, beans | Function: Intermediate players produced by instruments.

Vitamins:

Vitamin A (retinol), C (Ascorbic acid), D, E (tocopherol), K, B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6 group (Pyridoxine, Pyridoxal, Pyridoxamine), B7 (biotin), B8 (ergadenylic acid), B9 (folic acid), B12 (cyanocobalamin), Choline | Source: Various foods | Function: Basic supplies needed by cellular instruments and players, including genetic processes.

Carotenoids:

Alpha carotene, Beta carotene, Cryptoxanthin, Lutein, Lycopene, Zeaxanthin | Source: Carrots, squashes, bell peppers, tomatoes | Function: Colorful antioxidants that protect plants and animals from sunlight radiation.

Flavonoids:

Epicatechin, Hesperidin, Naringin, Oligomeric proanthocyanidins, Quercetin, Rutin, Tangeritin | Source: Nuts, apples, fruits, olives | Function: Antioxidants and raw materials used by animals and plants.

Not all of the nutrients on this list are exclusively provided by our diet. Many of these can also be assembled inside our cells from other types of nutrients and supplies; specialized molecular machines can build many important nutrients from the other molecular supplies that originate from our diet.  There are even molecular machines in our fluids and cells that can convert some of the nutrients on this list from one type to another (for example, sugars can be converted into fatty acids, and fatty acids can be converted into sugars). Some of these nutrients on this list, however, are classified as “essential” nutrients, meaning that they cannot be made inside our cells and must be exclusively provided by our diet.

If you are getting the feeling that you can think of cells as little molecular manufacturing facilities that have the capacity to build and remodel molecules from the nutrients and supplies around them, you are getting the right idea. Keep in mind that all of this manufacturing and remodeling of molecules requires supplies and energy; the fuels that supply this energy also come from the nutrients provided by our diet.

How do you feel when your feet hit the ground in the morning? Do you feel good and go for a stretch, walk or jog? Do you put together your favorite breakfast, drink a tall cool glass of fresh water? Do you feel ready to go? Do you hug those you love and venture off to make a difference in the world all day long? This is what you were naturally made to do. Every cell in your body generates health and vibrancy, all of them working together, making you work well and feel great.

If this is not your experience, at least most of the time, then what part of you prevents you from feeling this way? Whatever reason you give, you can be sure that the culprit almost certainly comes back to damage in some part of your body. Something is preventing your body from working correctly. Perhaps it is a hormonal imbalance causing mental stress, drowsiness or depression. Perhaps it is an infection or pain from some physical part of you, maybe it is stress from a difficult emotional issue, a relationship. Emotional pain is a manifestation of imbalanced body chemistry. Maybe it is a stress or toxin in your environment. Any of the thousands of parts and systems in your body are damaged in some way can affect the health of everything else.

Here is the good news, it does not have to stay that way. The body is built to fix itself. Your cells are perfectly capable (if given the needed time, materials and supplies) to repair the damaged cells and rebuild the tissues, restore chemical balance, and relieve the stress. This capability has been built into all living organisms over the hundreds of millions of years life has existed on earth. Significant healing has been here long before modern science discovered how it works, these are things that we have only known for the last 20 years, and even so we only understand maybe 1% of it now.

The patterns we can see from the science of healing on the molecular level that we understand show us that in almost all cases, the best we can do to accelerate healing is to give our cells the materials and conditions needed to heal themselves and adequate time needed to do their job. What supplies do our cells need to fix us? They need ample water, a supply of about 30 micronutrients and minerals found in the plants and animals we eat. Cells need sugars, fats, or keytones for fuel, with oxygen, they need to burn fuel, and be utilized and exercised. What conditions do they need to do their job? An environment with manageable amounts of stressors (such as minimal toxins, infections, stressful emotions), a working communication network, a connection to the ground, plenty of good bacteria in the environment, and the down-time needed to repair everything during deep sleep.

To summarize, to heal us, our cells need:

• Ample fresh water
• Adequate amounts of micronutrients, minerals, oxygen, and fuels
• Plenty of activity and exercise
• Connection to natural microbiome (walk barefoot on a beach, put hands in soil, play with a pet)
• Supplements when not naturally available (cell signaling, hormones, gut restore, stem cells, etc.)
• An environment with minimal stress and toxins
• At least 7 hours of restful sleep

For more information, try Googling some of these terms.

Is this really all our cells need to heal us? What about the “incurable” issues?
As far as we know, the above is a somewhat complete list of those things that are absolutely needed from nature by the cells for efficient healing to take place, they encompass the laws of nature relative to cellular healing that have been in force for millions of years. If our cells lack any of these elements, it is well documented that they cannot be completely healthy and cannot work well and heal as efficiently. I plan to further flesh out and substantiate these points. Efficient healing makes the difference between whether we are healthy or not. If our cells are losing the battle and cannot heal the body as fast as it is degenerating, then our health is lost.

As far as conditions that are “incurable”, many individuals have had documented recovery from conditions that are classified as “incurable”, as such there is more hope for healing than commonly believed. Keytonic and balanced diets, for example, have helped people with diabetes to restore natural insulin regulation. People diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis have resumed active lives through diet and enhancing cell signaling. Many battles with cancer have been fought and won by utilizing diet and the cell’s signaling ability to detect and eliminate tumors, immunotherapies that strengthen the natural immune system are finally coming to be studied and utilized. It should not be surprising that our cells can win. If our body maintains the capacity to repair or kill the damaged cells and regenerate healthy cells there is nothing that is incurable.

Even though there are several documented cases of recovery from “incurable” diseases, the medical community still treats these cases as unexplained exceptions, these “exceptions” are not given much attention in the literature. As an example, there is 95% mortality for those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This is normally interpreted as, “If you have pancreatic cancer there is a good chance that you will die”. A much better attitude would be, “Show me what can I do to be in the 5% who survive”. This approach focuses on finding the factors that increase the chances that the body will recover.

Looking at the physical laws that govern healing, as we discussed above. What did the people do who survived? What was their diet, were they active, was it in their genes, what was their emotional state, did they have a positive mindset? How much do environmental or emotional factors influence the outcome? I would love to be informed.

More than not, I have heard that when a medical professional sees of a case of “miraculous” healing, their response is either that there must have been an incorrect diagnosis, or they will dismiss it and say that the patient should keep on doing whatever they are doing. It is arrogant and ignorant to suppose that our medical knowledge is complete, and anything unexplained is inconsequential. I venture to say that it really is the other way around. No modern procedure or medicine has ever healed the body. Stitches and ointments close a wound only to create an environment where the body can better heal itself. A good medicine creates the environment or supplies the materials needed for efficient healing. The cells in the body itself do the healing. There is no exception to this rule. The greatest doctor or most skilled surgeon only creates the conditions that allow the cells to better heal themselves. What we think is very important. Every double-blind, placebo-based scientific study in the history of modern medicine shows that what we believe to be true has a significant effect on actual healing.

How much do we really understand?
Next time we really want to feel better, let us first focus our efforts on the true principles of healing.

This past month I had the opportunity to spend time just with my wife and children and leave the cares of the world behind for a moment.  Being with those that really matter to me has given me a renewed perspective of what I desire for the world this year.  As an atomic physicist, trained in observation of the laws of nature, I struggle to find the true principles that govern all things in nature.  These past two years we have invested heavily on a secure social media system called Atlus Blue that serves to help people work together safely on any project big or small.  Since this vision is global and touches the whole world, I feel I need to declare my personal intention and resolution this year.  I hope this resonates with good people who are still searching:

It is my purpose and stewardship to use the talents, resources and abilities that I have been given to aid individuals, families, communities, institutions and governments to find solutions to overcome the greatest obstacles facing us at this time in history. This is not a solitary task, but a matter of integrating the communities and resources that already exist into a viable system. I have come to realize that only through engaging many can this vision have any possibility to come to fruition.  Here is the key to do so.

There are none of us alive that have not felt the need and desire to belong to a family and community. The evidence of human contact and caring within our sphere (or lack of it) seems to have no rival in its power to motivate us to act or to discourage us from acting. It is of no use to deny ourselves of this very real aspect of the human nature. We have the desire to feel warmth and belonging. We crave the love of family. Whatever societal or governmental system is to persist, it must take these spiritual and immutable motivational factors into account. No government in this sense is truly sterile and objective.

A totalitarian regime, as demonstrated time after time, holds no lasting promise and has a good chance of turning rotten in time. In such a regime, more and more energy is focused on total devotion toward a single leader who is content to receive affection, power and glory but who may not find within his heart to return such devotion to those so governed. In this system, personal sacrifices and individual initiatives from factions in society, especially those with real ambitions to build the community, are suppressed, regulated, or opposed to a greater degree. History has proven incessantly that the totalitarian system does not work, it requires almost immortal or unrealistic qualities in the leaders to sustain it and often subjugates everyone else.

Entirely on the other end of the spectrum is the “everything goes” philosophy, entertained in the 60s by the “free love” or “hippy” societies. It was shown that this philosophy by itself does not have the power to sustain a system of government. These philosophies have given rise to a self-absorbed generation, where entitlements and instant gratification are expected and where requirements for real excellence or self-sacrifice are considered undesirable. As everyone feels there is power in showing their views, an extraordinary amount of energy is often expended on publically expressing strong grievances about injustice and victimization.

On any side of the political spectrum, the person with the loudest opinion is not always right. Instead of fostering unity or building community, the embattlement philosophy often polarizes society into sides (right, wrong, left, right, conservative, liberal). Over time, one side demonizes the other to the point where the principles of unity and domestic tranquility are forgotten. We forget that by our very nature all of us have individual viewpoints, ambitions and desires that can each can contribute greatly to the strength of our society. It is best when the vast majority agree to adhere to the set of true principles that, when internalized, govern our society.

The ironic thing is that today we have more opportunity and potential as a society than has ever existed in all history. So what system has the power to best govern a society of us humans in this era? Unity in mission and purpose is central to coherence in our communities. But unity to what set of principles provides us with the best system of government? The answer already exists and has soundly been proven in practice.

True principles exist and when understood resonate deep within our breast. They are the same principles that operate in all successful families and that have in latter centuries been integrated into the constitutions of many nations. “We the People…, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…do establish this Constitution…”. The principles of Justice, Tranquility, Defense, general Welfare and Liberty to All tend to be the back bone of great governments. Whether they be instilled in our own families or govern our nations, such principles, when followed and enforced, allow us to live and work side by side with people that have differing viewpoints, ambitions and desires and accept the contributions of all. This is certainly true in my own family and has been a factor in my country.

There might be a perceived threat when we have different societal beliefs, music, dress or ideas than others do in the community. By the way, these sorts of perceived threats and conflicts are even common in our families where brothers, sisters, uncles cousins etc. have different viewpoints and beliefs, it really isn’t anything new. We learn that finding a way to work around differences is something that we must realize if we wish to insure domestic tranquility in our communities and families.

Did we learn anything from the United States Civil War? In this incredibly bloody conflict, it was seen that brother fought against brother, father against son on the battle field due only to what side of a political issue they favored. Will we still see such strong divisions, based only on differences on societal beliefs? What price will we have to pay before we can learn. Subjugation of any people in society leads to eventual conflict and injury. Unity under true principles is the only pathway to strength and great power for all so governed.

I suppose that we must eventually learn the true principles that govern societies on a global scale as the natural limits on world population and availability of resources test the sustainability of our societies, and as world connectivity gives us the unprecedented view into all cultures and societies on earth. There really is no other alternative. We will find these true principles by design or by massive suffering, either way.

It is my intention to work to provide global society with the systems needed to help unity happen, especially for those kind people that love learning and aspire toward truth. For the first time in history, we can form social networks that transcend boundaries. The ability to share resources is also unprecedented. The systems I seek must respect and protect all established existing agreements and relationships, promote research and excellence and liberate the human spirit. I hope that within our hearts we can find these principles early enough to avoid the terrible conflicts that otherwise would occur. The stakes are too high to ignore.

Redox signaling weaves the fabric of one of the most fundamental cell communication networks that exist in nature.  We have examined, in this blog, how cell communication networks coordinate and orchestrate the activities of life on the cellular level for all types of life on earth.  When redox signaling networks are working, living tissue can maintain its own healthy state.  When something threatens the health of our cells and tissues, the cells talk among themselves and work out how to repair or replace the damaged communities of cells.  This is how healing is done on the cellular level.

We have available an external liquid source of these redox signaling carriers that in over 22 years with over 30 good studies have proven to be extremely safe and effective.  I have personally run analysis that shows the stability of this redox signaling source in simulated gastric fluids that allows them to survive the harsh acidic environment of the stomach and be absorbed.  Dr. Nieman, a sports physiologist from the North Carolina Research Institute, Appalachian State, has run studies that show shifts in metabolism in human athletes that prove that the active components of this redox signaling liquid is absorbed, passes through the stomach and cell membranes with measurable effects over 24 hours after ingestion.

The following video presentation is from a dedicated, accomplished athlete, health coach and veteran Shawn Burke, that explains in his own language how applications of this redox signaling have made a difference for himself and some of the athletes he trains.  If maintaining health is important to you, then what he has to offer is well worth the time it takes to listen.  Many thanks.

The webinar this month was on Autism.  Dr. Samuelson and Maria Corral (leader and contributor to several organizations in the Autism communities and mother of three autistic children) offer their knowledge and experience with Autistic Children and how redox signaling can factor into this complex issue.  Hope you enjoy it, it runs about 1hr 24min and is packed with information.