03 October 2001

QUANTUM LEAPS TO HEALTH

At its essence, health is a process of unfolding which enables a human being to live out more of who he or she is - to express that unique divine spark in day-to-day life. I see this happening again and again with participants in the Journey To Freedom workshops. As they apply the skills they have learned to their lives, I marvel at the exponential growth which takes place. When core shamanic techniques - tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of years old – are applied to self development, health improves, joy expands, as does creativity. The way in which this occurs is not through a steady process of change but by a series of quantum leaps. They resemble the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies or the rebirth of the mythological Phoenix whose body is consumed by fire only to be born again in new form of a higher order of beauty and power.

In physics the word quantum has very specific characteristics. ‘Quantum’ means a bundle of energy and ‘quantum leap’ is the term used to describe the transfer of an electron from the orbit of one atom to that of another, not by a linear process as most change occurs but by a discontinuous jump. The electron leaves one place and arrives at the next without passing through the space in between. As such a quantum leap transcends the rules of time and space. It even challenges accepted laws of Newtonian physics.

I witness similar quantum leaps in growth and health among those who learn core shamanic techniques and apply them to their lives. Such leaps towards wholeness and realization are recorded in the lives of great mystics, artists and scientists. These progressive ‘rebirths’ cannot be described either in terms of mechanistic science nor by recanting psychological theories. They are organized somehow from within and do not depend on any external set of values or any religious or psychological or philosophical notions. They represent the most valuable changes any of us ever experience. They have another thing in common too. These are not simple changes; they are true transformations - irreversible passages – out of a limited way of operating and experiencing reality up towards another, higher order of being in which health, creativity, joy, and the capacity to give and receive love expand exponentially. Simple change implies the ability to change back again to one’s previous state. Like leaving the womb to be born, a quantum change is forever.

My work with Journey to Freedom developed as a result of my immersion in intensive shamanic training and my teaching courses in core shamanism in Britain and Ireland for the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. I had spent some thirty years studying meditation methods and experimenting with other techniques for self-development. What working with shamanic techniques helped me realize is that Shamanism, properly taught and focused on the expansion of human health and creativity, is the most efficient method I have ever come across for what I call ‘soul-directed’ growth.

Over the years I have also explored and experimented with technological methods for expanding consciousness including those developed by organizations like The Monroe Institute in the United States as well as independent researchers like Max Cade and Geoffrey Bland in Britain who developed the Mind Mirror – a complex biofeedback device which monitors brain wave changes.

I never believe anything until I try it myself and experience what it has to offer. I am always on the lookout for other tools, techniques, methods and practices which I believe can contribute to the full unfolding of a human being’s beauty and power – especially those that can help bring about quantum leaps. Some months ago I discovered an audio technology, which I want to share with you, that I believe is capable of doing this.

It is called Holosync and is the most powerful technologically based tool for growth, mind expansion and creativity I have yet come across. Developed at Centerpointe Research Institute in the United States, Holosync consists of a state of the art sound technologies in the form of tapes or CDs used daily to enhance the functioning of the brain and foster the development of the nervous system and person as a whole.

Holosync uses an advanced form of neuro-audio technology, which, like many of its predecessors, enables the listener to enter desirable states of consciousness by shifting brain wave frequencies out of beta – our usual state of awareness – into alpha, theta and delta. But it goes far beyond it predecessors. It uses these frequencies in specific ways, which over time, appear to link up disparate parts of the brain and enhance health in its widest sense. Using these CDs or tapes can lead to better sleep, a greater capacity to handle stress positively and improved vitality. It can also bring about emotional and spiritual development enhancing your ability to live with expanded awareness, creativity and joy. The program is designed in a step-by-step way. You use one set of CDs or tapes for, say, three or four months, then move on to the next so that neurological changes take place in an ordered way.

What I particularly like about the Holosync program is that, unlike any other form of neuro-audio technology, it continues to foster the kind of quantum leaps in growth that core shamanism and a few deep meditative practices can. It does this thanks to the progressive nature of the program. The fluctuations in brain waves which the Holosync program induces provides a highly controlled stimulus to the nervous system always pushing it just beyond its ability to handle them at any particular time.

The great Hans Selye, who identified the nature of stress in the body, (he even coined the word ‘stress’ used to describe the human experience) used to say, ‘Whatever challenges you but does not destroy you only makes you stronger.’ Holosync works in just this way. By challenging the nervous system it triggers quantum leaps in development, continually forcing your brain to reorganize itself at a higher level of functioning – even encouraging it to evolve new structures. Creator of the program, William Harris, director of Centerpointe Research Institute in the United States, believes that this creates new neurological pathways enabling good communications between parts all parts of the brain. In this way, he insists, the Holosync technology creates synchronization between the two hemispheres resulting in whole brain thinking, with increased learning ability, as well as expanded awareness and creativity.

Because I believe the Holosync products can be of such great benefit to so many I have decided to make ordering them possible from my website. You need only click on the banner below or on the ‘What’s New’ area of my homepage to order them direct from Centerpointe wherever you are in the world. If you do decide to make use of this technology, I would much appreciate your letting me know how you get on with it. Have a good month.

Leslie