wakingtimes--2020-04-02--The New Biophysics: A Deep Dive into the Quantum Rabbit Hole of Esoteric Physiology

The energy needs of the human body have long been envisioned as dependent upon physical “ fuel ” being fed to the glucose-burning furnaces within the mitochondria of our cells .
Indeed , our fixation on the caloric content of food reflects this outdated and fundamentally inaccurate concept .
Calories are simply a measurement of the amount of heat given off when we internally incinerate food , which is a crude metric when we consider the complexity , elegance , and mystery of human metabolism .
Our bodies , in addition to utilizing ATP-based mechanisms of energy transfer , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directly from the sun through a variety of means , including water- , melanin- , and chlorophyll-mediated processes .
No doubt , there are many other energy-generating processes at play yet to be discovered .
But while examples of alternative energy sources based on EZ water or melanin may seem like a radical departure from conventional theories of cellular bioenergetics , they actually still aren ’ t radical enough to account for what is really going on .
The truth is that our bodies can access , accumulate , and put to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy that does not need to be extracted from physical substances such as food .
The body has an even more direct , limitless source of energy that it can , and does , continually access—one that may finally explain accounts of humans living without food or water for prolonged periods of time .
Recent experiments reveal that , despite long-standing assumptions that cytosol , the aqueous part of a cell ’ s cytoplasm , has zero electric fields , it actually contains an electric field strength as high as 15 million volts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power lines typically operate at 155,000 to 765,000 volts per meter . )
Even more astounding is the fact that the inner membrane of a single mitochondrion has an electric field strength of 30 million volts,49 which is comparable to the electrical field generated by the flares coming off the surface of the sun or a thunderbolt .
But where does this immense energy come from ?
In order to answer this question , we ’ ll have to explore some of the most foundational discoveries of quantum physics .
After all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of atoms , whose fundamental structure lies at the sub-sub-sub-atomic level of the quantum of action , which means understanding human physiology and cellular bioenergetics will require at least a basic understanding of quantum physics .
In the New Biophysics , space is described as the quantum vacuum , unlike its more passive precursor of classical physics , where it is visualized as an empty and invisible container for physical things .
The quantum vacuum is not a void but is instead teeming with zero-point energy , that is , the vibrational energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ present even when the system being observed from a classical perspective is at absolute zero and appears completely empty and motionless .
In quantum field theory , estimates of the vacuum energy density within “ empty space ” range from infinity to the mass density of about 1096 kilograms per cubic meter ( that ’ s a 10 with 96 zeros behind it ! )
, which in practical terms is infinite .
This is the reason American physicist Richard Feynman remarked that “ one teacup of empty space contains enough energy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Similarly , Swiss physicist Nassim Haramein predicts that the zero-point vacuum energy contained within the volume of a single proton is equal to the mass of all protons in the observable universe .
Within this understanding of empty space , matter ( in the form of virtual particles ) is constantly popping in and out of existence within the quantum vacuum , similar to a foam coalescing and disappearing at the bottom of an immense waterfall of energy .
The New Biophysics of Energy Synthesis The version of reality described by quantum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thermodynamics , with its conservation of energy and matter , and completely contradicts the classic Newtonian , macroscopic experience of space and objects within which we live .
Yet it is the best explanation for how forces and particles behave , with a wide range of modern technologies like laser systems , MRIs , and semiconductor devices owing their existence to it .
So , how does this relate to the New Biology ?
If quantum field theory is accurate , and a practically infinite source of energy is available to biological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything we have learned about how the cell works and what our bodies need to survive would need to be revised .
Indeed , an entirely new field called quantum biology has sprung up in order to understand how these discoveries at the level of the quantum of action affect biological systems , from the most basic molecular building blocks of the cell all the way up to human physiology and the origin and nature of consciousness itself .
A concrete example of a biological system that harnesses energy from the quantum vacuum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lizard , which can hang from ceilings and scale smooth surfaces like glass , seemingly boldly defying basic physical laws of gravity .
In quantum physics , there is a phenomenon known as the Casimir effect.50 By placing two uncharged metallic plates extremely close together ( a few micrometers apart ) , without any external electromagnetic field present , the quantum vacuum energy draws the plates together from the wide range of electromagnetic frequencies in the energy density of the vacuum of space .
The longer wavelengths are excluded from within the small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the plates together from the outside in , proving the vacuum is full of “ real ” energy and can affect the objects in “ real space.
” The gecko , it turns out , has extremely small Casimir-like plate structures at the end of its bulbous feet in the form of millions of microscopic hairs .
When applied to a flat surface , these hairs harness the Casimir effect to help keep the gecko stuck to the wall .
While there are other proposed contributing factors , such as electrostatic effects , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a primary cause .
Using engineering principles of biomimicry , researchers at Stanford have harnessed the Casimir effect to create a “ Spider-Man ” suit that allows humans to crawl up buildings.51 The suit ’ s “ gecko gloves , ” capable of forming a strong bond with smooth surfaces and distributing large loads like the weight of the human body evenly , comprise a pad of independent tiles with progressive and degressive load-sharing elements , covered in synthetic adhesives that contain sawtooth-shaped polymer structures approximately the width of a human hair.52 So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these pads are being explored on the robotic arms of spacecrafts in NASA ’ s Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
The unusual , quantum-mechanical origin of the gecko ’ s superpower even makes sense from a conventionally minded evolutionary perspective .
Should we really be surprised that after billions of years of trial and error , where even the slightest advantage has life-and-death consequences , living things would eschew a quantum free lunch ?
Indeed , the Casimir effect and other zero-point energy–harnessing processes are operative at the most fundamental building blocks of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of exploration at the interface between quantum physics and biology , most relevant to our body ’ s ability to sustain and regenerate itself even when up against incredible forces of adversity and scarcity is an understanding of where the body gets its energy .
Zero-point energy–harvesting processes within the human body are believed to be concentrated most intensely where conventional thinking on the matter expects them to be : within our cells ’ mitochondria .
The primary reason why eukaryotes ( plants , fungi , animals ) are so complex versus single-celled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ afforded to them through the endosymbiotic event estimated to have occurred about 1.8 billion years ago that created our mitochondria .
Since protein synthesis uses about 75 percent of the cell ’ s energy and mitochondria provide eukaryotes with 200,000 times more energy than a prokaryotic cell , they are able to support a genome that is 200,000 times larger.53 This has afforded eukaryotes their immense evolutionary diversity and complexity relative to the simpler prokaryotes .
According to Douglas Wallace , Ph.D. , one of the world ’ s preeminent researchers in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy within an electrical field with 180 millivolts of potential energy .
There are 1017 mitochondria in your body ( 100 quadrillion ) .54 Taken together , that sums up to about the potential energy of a lightning bolt stored in each human body !
While the discovery that your body has a lightning bolt of electrical potential within the totality of its mitochondria is amazing , it turns out that each mitochondrion within each cell of your body has a magnetic field strength of 30 million volts per meter .
That electrical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is found in a lightning bolt in each mitochondrion .
With up to 5,000 mitochondria per heart muscle cell , an even greater density of 100,000–600,000 mitochondria per oocyte ( mature egg cell ) , and trillions of cells in the human body , there ’ s a near-infinite amount of potential energy available to the cells of your body at any given moment , which is inconceivably vast in contrast to the conventional explanation for the origin of cell energy .
If there is enough energy in a teacup of empty space @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oceans to steam , it doesn ’ t seem so outrageous that the mitochondria within our bodies are capable of harnessing trillions upon trillions of volts of potential energy from the quantum vacuum , transforming it into matter and transmuting elements .
If such is the case , the entire framework of present-day biology , including the conventional body of knowledge concerning human physiology and nutrition , stands to be revised .
As we dive deeper into the implications of the New Biology , we will find that conventionally accepted truths about human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assumptions and myths yet to be fully examined and explored .
If the invisible space within and all around us is not nothing but a very energetically and informationally packed something , constantly giving rise to other somethings ( e.g.
, virtual particles and antiparticles ) , should we be surprised if biological systems are capable of similar transformative and de novo feats of creativity ?
Consider as an example how widespread the belief in a cosmological big bang is , with hundreds of millions of adherents worldwide .
The unequivocal faith in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manifested the universe into material existence is basically the belief that out of nothing you can have a very big something .
Yet conventional scientific thinking forbids this kind of radical creativity exist anywhere else , and certainly not within biological systems .
Regardless of immense resistance to this idea , the medieval precursor to modern chemistry , alchemy , with its long-sought-after transformation of baser elements like lead into gold , represented more than merely dabbling in metaphor and indulging in magical thinking .
In retrospect , we , in the postnuclear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exceptions to the strict laws of conservation of energy and mass through technologies like particle accelerators and the phenomenon of radioactive decay—two instances where elements can and do change into one another .
Physicists even managed to synthesize gold from mercury in a nuclear reactor back in 1941,55 albeit in infinitesimal quantities and as a radioactive isotope .
Conventional thinking would have us believe that these exceptions only occur when exceptionally high pressures and temperatures are involved and not in the relatively cold , wet “ reactors ” of living things such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indeed capable of transmuting the elements of calcium , magnesium , potassium , copper , and iron into one another , nonradioactively , at our body ’ s normal temperature ranges , a phenomenon that has been studied by scientists for over 200 years .
It was the celebrated French chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin ( 1763–1829 ) who first discovered the phenomenon of biotransformation when he observed that chickens produce far more calcium in their eggshells than they ingested , leading him to write : “ Having calculated all the lime in oats fed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the shells of its eggs .
Therefore , there is a creation of matter .
In that way , no one knows.
” 56 This finding violated the dictum of Vauquelin ’ s contemporary , Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier ( 1743–1794 ) , the “ father of modern chemistry , ” who posited that while the combination of elements could be changed , elements themselves were unchanging , and therefore nothing was created .
Henceforward , Vauquelin ’ s findings would be mostly ignored .
Despite that , other scientists would follow who confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prout ( 1785–1850 ) : Studied incubating chickens and found that hatched chicks had more lime ( calcium ) in their bodies than originally present in the egg , which was not contributed from the shell .
• Albrecht von Herzeele ( 1821– ? )
: In 1873 von Herzeele published The Origin of Inorganic Substances , in which he presented research proving that plants continuously transmute material elements into one another .
• Vogel ( ?
– ? )
: In 1844 , Vogel studied watercress seeds and found that after germinating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the resulting plants contained more sulfur than was present in the seeds.57 • John Bennet Lawes ( 1814–1900 ) and Joseph Henry Gilbert ( 1817–1901 ) : During 1856 to 1873 , these two British scientists found plants “ extracted ” more elements from the soil than the soil itself contained.58 • Henri Spindler ( ?
– ? )
: During 1946 and 1947 , Spindler discovered that two species of Laminaria , a marine algae , created iodine .
• Rudolf Hauschka ( 1891–1969 ) : In experiments conducted between 1934 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeds , sealed in glass containers , increased in weight during the full moon and decreased in weight during the new moon .
• Pierre Baranger ( 1900–1970 ) : In thousands of experiments conducted between 1950 and 1970 , Baranger saw the transmutation of various elements when comparing seeds before and after germination .
Despite these early examples , it was not until the 1960s that the French researcher C. Louis Kervran , who also held an academic position as a member of the New York Academy of Sciences , brought mainstream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was he the first scientist to do so in the postnuclear era , but he was also nominated in 1975 for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his compelling body of research on biotransmutation .
Kervran ’ s meticulous observations from the experiments he conducted showed conclusively that living organisms transform elements into one another .
Several famous examples include his observations in 1959 of Sahara oilfield workers who worked intensely under extreme temperatures ( over 130°F ) and excreted a very high percentage of potassium after taking sodium-containing salt tablets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ converted into potassium in an endothermic reaction that brought down the workers ’ temperatures .
Another famous observation he made is that hens in France ’ s northwesternmost region , Brittany , where the soil is notoriously low in calcium , lay perfectly normal calcium-replete eggs daily .
He discovered the hens consumed potassium-rich mica from the soil , which they then converted into calcium .
Kervran would later do extensive experiments with seeds , which substantiated his finding that biotransmutation of elements is constantly occurring .
But while his work and observations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dogmas of chemistry and physics , he was not able to provide an explanation for how these bionuclear reactions were being facilitated at the atomic level .
Nor was he able to prove the phenomenon ’ s occurrence within quantitatively controlled conditions , such as in the context of a single-cell experiment .
That empirical evidence and physical explanation would come with the work of a Ukrainian scientist , Vladimir Vysotskii , who started working on biological transmutations in the 1990s .
Vysotskii was the first to show that specific strains of bacteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Escherichia coli K-1 , and Deinococcus radiodurans M-1 , and a strain of yeast known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae T8 , are able to transmute metals ( such as manganese into iron ) and accelerate the decay of the radioisotope radioactive cesium ( Cs-137 ) , which has a half-life of 30 years , transforming it into a form of barium ( Ba-138 ) , with a half-life of only 310 days .
In 2015 , Japanese researcher Hideo Kozima reexamined data from Vysotskii ’ s experiments and provided a unified explanation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TNCF ) model , of both the cold fusion and biotransmutation phenomena.59 Vysotskii ’ s findings are detailed in his book Nuclear Transmutation of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes in Biological Systems ( 2009 ) .
Vysotskii ’ s groundbreaking work is extremely compelling and relevant to human health , especially when we consider that the human microbiome is made up primarily of bacteria and that we are composed mostly of our microbiome .
We ’ ve already seen how the microbiome is capable of extending our genetic capabilities far beyond what our hard-coded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not outside the scope of possibility that these bacteria could also be responsible for the transmutation of elements .
This possibility has revolutionary implications for revealing the truly immense power and resilience inherent to our microbiome-based physiology .
Our body has at least as many bacteria as cells , and each cell contains within it mitochondria that look and behave very much like bacteria due to their genetic and structural homologies.60 Could our microbiome also facilitate the mitigation of radioisotope exposure from our environment ?
If so , we may have a deeper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than previously conceived , which may be necessary for our species ’ s very survival in this postnuclear era .
One of the most revolutionary discoveries of our time is that mitochondria are capable of profound feats of alchemical transformation .
This includes transforming the immense energy available to them into matter .
In 1978 , Army research scientist Solomon Goldfein performed a series of experiments with mitochondria in order to evaluate the veracity of C. Louis Kervran ’ s claims of transmutation of elements within biological systems .
Goldfein ’ s experiments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they uncovered something truly paradigm-shifting about the creative power of our mitochondria .
In his report , “ Energy Development from Elemental Transmutations in Biological Systems , ” 61 Goldfein revealed two remarkable phenomena .
First , mitochondria are capable of producing more energy than would be expected according to classical laws of physics and biochemistry ( an implication of which is that they are accessing free energy from the quantum vacuum ) , and second , mitochondria act like microscopic particle accelerators , with the resultant energy generated enabling the cell to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was able to identify six ways that each requirement for a cyclotron particle accelerator is met on a molecular scale .
While it is also an essential part of our cellular bioenergetics , the biologically active form of magnesium ion–bound ATP ( Mg-ATP ) serves an entirely new role as a nanoparticle accelerator , its helical structure enabling the acceleration of the hydrogen ion ( H+ ) to the relativistic speeds sufficient to transform target atoms into other elements , such as sodium to magnesium , potassium to calcium , manganese to iron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Goldfein ’ s discovery overturns the conventional view that ATP ’ s primary role is to function as a carrier molecule for the energy needed to sustain life .
Indeed , if Goldfein ’ s findings are accurate , the Mg-ATP chelate functions as a particle accelerator with immense creative and biotransformative potential .
The only other researcher since then who has visualized mitochondria as capable of functioning like a particle accelerator is Dr. Jack Kruse , who has written extensively on the topic of quantum biology .
He has applied the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s mass-energy equivalence equation ( E=mc2 ) , to quantum biology .
What ’ s more , he points out its reversibility : not only does matter convert to energy/light , but energy/light can transform into programmable matter .
Water : The Philosopher ’ s Stone of the New Biophysics Water cavitation occurs naturally and can also be induced in experimental settings .
It involves the formation of a vapor-filled cavity in a liquid such as water in places where the pressure is low .
When high pressures are applied , these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , collapse into themselves , generating a shockwave of extremely high levels of heat , sound , and light in a phenomenon known as sonoluminescence .
An acoustical wave or laser passed through water is capable of inducing a water cavitation bubble that produces millions of times more energy than induced it .
The energy is so intense that temperatures equal to that of the sun have been measured off these tiny collapsing water bubbles.62 The science of water cavitation has been studied for decades , due in large part to sheer necessity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man-made machines .
Propeller blades on ships , for instance , often undergo great wear and tear due to the natural formation of water bubbles in their operation .
Only recently has the science advanced to the point where the phenomenon ’ s immense power could be harnessed and directed for specific technological applications .
Mark LeClair , a scientist specializing in harnessing water cavitation for nanotechnological applications , came upon a revolutionary discovery when he performed a series of grant-funded experiments using a laser to induce cavitation bubbles .
An unexpected result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excessive energy ( evidence of zero-point energy harnessing ) , with 840 watts powering the pump and 2,900 watts produced .
This result alone has huge implications for the development of clean , sustainable alternatives to fossil and nuclear fuels .
But what was even more remarkable was that the cavitation event revealed both the transmutation and de novo synthesis of elements , during which water was transformed into energy and matter .
Incredibly , the elemental distribution of the transmuted material was a near-perfect match for supernovas ( thought to be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet ) and the ratio of elements found in the earth ’ s crust , with strong corroborating evidence of micro black hole formation preceding the creation of elements .
This experiment appeared to show that a nucleosynthesis event , similar to stellar nucleosynthesis , can be induced in water , a finding that completely rewrites our understanding of where the elements found on the earth , and even those of the sun , originated.63 LeClair ’ s cavitation experiments also revealed a hitherto unknown crystalline form of water , twice as strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denser than ordinary water .
The formation of the water crystal induced a shockwave observed to reach the relativistic speeds and energies required to trigger intense nuclear fusion , fission , and transmutation .
One way to explain this cavitation-induced sonoluminescence and nucleosynthesis is the concept that the immense energies that are released come from the quantum vacuum .
Dr. Claudia Eberlein ’ s pioneering paper “ Sonoluminescence as Quantum Vacuum Radiation ” speaks to that point ; Eberlein points out that only the zero-point energy spectrum matches the light emission spectrum of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for our understanding of the origin of life .
LeClair ’ s water crystal was observed forming linear or helical strands with large , icosahedral-hexagonal heads and long , narrow whip tails forming coils that can supercoil , similar to DNA .
As LeClair observed , the discovery of the crystal and its effects will have a dramatic impact on the physics , chemistry , and biology of water .
Furthermore , this discovery indicates that water cavitation may be at the root of the origin of life itself by providing the geometric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we consider that the origin of life is believed to have occurred in hydrothermal vents deep on the primordial ocean floor , where one would find a proton gradient , prebiotic building blocks , and water cavitation bubbles , LeClair ’ s work adds a missing piece to the ancient puzzle of how and where life on this planet originated .
[ learn more : powerpoint on water cavitation by Mark LeClair ] .
Water cavitation provides us with a powerful example of both the extraordinary energies available within the elements of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But do we have the biological systems to harness it ?
Two very special species of shrimp point to the affirmative .
The first , known as the mantis shrimp ( typically four inches long ) , possesses a claw strike so powerful that divers who had had the misfortune of being struck by one named them “ thumb splitter.
” Their strike can carry up to 200 pounds of force , enough to break through aquarium glass , and is as powerful and fast as a .22-caliber bullet .
The second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long ) is aptly named for its disproportionately large claw comprising two-part pistol-like features : a “ hammer ” that moves backward into a right-angled position cocked in its joint , and a receiving part the hammer is released into .
The wave of bubbles it emits is powerful enough to break glass jars and stun its prey .
Acoustically , the snap of its claw produces a cavitation bubble moving at a speed of 100 km/h ( 62 mph ) that generates a sound reaching as high as 218 decibels .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decibels , and a jet taking off 80 feet away will generate 150 decibels , which is loud enough to rupture your eardrum . )
The pistol shrimp ’ s click only lasts one millisecond .
But in that millisecond the collapsing cavitation bubble produces heat of over 5,000 K ( 4,700°C ) .
In comparison , the surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be around 5,800 K ( 5,500°C ) .
The sound wave also produces a burst of light through sonoluminescence , which is believed to cause temperatures four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20,000 Kelvin ) within the core of the collapsing bubble .
The way in which these species of shrimp generate enough power to accomplish these feats penetrates to one of the key realizations of this book , namely , that there are sources of energy available to living things that far exceed any conventional estimates or mechanisms commonly accepted today .
If organisms as diminutive as shrimp are capable of harnessing enough zero-point energy to produce temperatures as hot as the sun , and the mitochondria within our bodies are capable of harnessing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy and transforming it into matter , only time will tell what we are truly capable of achieving .
When it comes to the New Biology , the convergence of quantum biology , epigenetics , mind-body and narrative medicine , and spirituality has never been more compelling and exciting than it is today .
Within the nexus of these disciplines , we can now arrive at plausible explanations for phenomena that , for many decades and in some cases centuries , have often seemed fantastical , perplexing , and downright heretical .
Sayer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reviewer at the International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine , Co-founder and CEO of Systome Biomed , Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Health Federation , Steering Committee Member of the Global Non-GMO Foundation .
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The New Biophysics: A Deep Dive into the Quantum Rabbit Hole of Esoteric Physiology
Sayer Ji, GreenMedinfo
Waking Times
The energy needs of the human body have long been envisioned as dependent upon physical “fuel” being fed to the glucose-burning furnaces within the mitochondria of our cells. Indeed, our fixation on the caloric content of food reflects this outdated and fundamentally inaccurate concept. Calories are simply a measurement of the amount of heat given off when we internally incinerate food, which is a crude metric when we consider the complexity, elegance, and mystery of human metabolism.
Our bodies, in addition to utilizing ATP-based mechanisms of energy transfer, are capable of harnessing “free” energy directly from the sun through a variety of means, including water-, melanin-, and chlorophyll-mediated processes. No doubt, there are many other energy-generating processes at play yet to be discovered. But while examples of alternative energy sources based on EZ water or melanin may seem like a radical departure from conventional theories of cellular bioenergetics, they actually still aren’t radical enough to account for what is really going on.
The truth is that our bodies can access, accumulate, and put to work immense quantities of free energy, or energy that does not need to be extracted from physical substances such as food. The body has an even more direct, limitless source of energy that it can, and does, continually access—one that may finally explain accounts of humans living without food or water for prolonged periods of time. Recent experiments reveal that, despite long-standing assumptions that cytosol, the aqueous part of a cell’s cytoplasm, has zero electric fields, it actually contains an electric field strength as high as 15 million volts per meter.48 (For comparison, high-voltage power lines typically operate at 155,000 to 765,000 volts per meter.) Even more astounding is the fact that the inner membrane of a single mitochondrion has an electric field strength of 30 million volts,49 which is comparable to the electrical field generated by the flares coming off the surface of the sun or a thunderbolt.
But where does this immense energy come from? In order to answer this question, we’ll have to explore some of the most foundational discoveries of quantum physics. After all, all our bodies’ molecules are composed of atoms, whose fundamental structure lies at the sub-sub-sub-atomic level of the quantum of action, which means understanding human physiology and cellular bioenergetics will require at least a basic understanding of quantum physics.
In the New Biophysics, space is described as the quantum vacuum, unlike its more passive precursor of classical physics, where it is visualized as an empty and invisible container for physical things. The quantum vacuum is not a void but is instead teeming with zero-point energy, that is, the vibrational energy at baseline or ground state that remains present even when the system being observed from a classical perspective is at absolute zero and appears completely empty and motionless. In quantum field theory, estimates of the vacuum energy density within “empty space” range from infinity to the mass density of about 1096 kilograms per cubic meter (that’s a 10 with 96 zeros behind it!), which in practical terms is infinite. This is the reason American physicist Richard Feynman remarked that “one teacup of empty space contains enough energy to boil all the world’s oceans.” Similarly, Swiss physicist Nassim Haramein predicts that the zero-point vacuum energy contained within the volume of a single proton is equal to the mass of all protons in the observable universe.
Within this understanding of empty space, matter (in the form of virtual particles) is constantly popping in and out of existence within the quantum vacuum, similar to a foam coalescing and disappearing at the bottom of an immense waterfall of energy.
The New Biophysics of Energy Synthesis
The version of reality described by quantum field theory physics seemingly violates basic laws of thermodynamics, with its conservation of energy and matter, and completely contradicts the classic Newtonian, macroscopic experience of space and objects within which we live. Yet it is the best explanation for how forces and particles behave, with a wide range of modern technologies like laser systems, MRIs, and semiconductor devices owing their existence to it.
So, how does this relate to the New Biology? If quantum field theory is accurate, and a practically infinite source of energy is available to biological systems at any point in space, everything we have learned about how the cell works and what our bodies need to survive would need to be revised. Indeed, an entirely new field called quantum biology has sprung up in order to understand how these discoveries at the level of the quantum of action affect biological systems, from the most basic molecular building blocks of the cell all the way up to human physiology and the origin and nature of consciousness itself.
A concrete example of a biological system that harnesses energy from the quantum vacuum can be found in the wall-crawling gecko lizard, which can hang from ceilings and scale smooth surfaces like glass, seemingly boldly defying basic physical laws of gravity.
In quantum physics, there is a phenomenon known as the Casimir effect.50 By placing two uncharged metallic plates extremely close together (a few micrometers apart), without any external electromagnetic field present, the quantum vacuum energy draws the plates together from the wide range of electromagnetic frequencies in the energy density of the vacuum of space. The longer wavelengths are excluded from within the small opening between the plates, hence pushing the plates together from the outside in, proving the vacuum is full of “real” energy and can affect the objects in “real space.”
The gecko, it turns out, has extremely small Casimir-like plate structures at the end of its bulbous feet in the form of millions of microscopic hairs. When applied to a flat surface, these hairs harness the Casimir effect to help keep the gecko stuck to the wall. While there are other proposed contributing factors, such as electrostatic effects, the Casimir effect is believed to be a primary cause.
Using engineering principles of biomimicry, researchers at Stanford have harnessed the Casimir effect to create a “Spider-Man” suit that allows humans to crawl up buildings.51 The suit’s “gecko gloves,” capable of forming a strong bond with smooth surfaces and distributing large loads like the weight of the human body evenly, comprise a pad of independent tiles with progressive and degressive load-sharing elements, covered in synthetic adhesives that contain sawtooth-shaped polymer structures approximately the width of a human hair.52 So promising is this technology that applications of these pads are being explored on the robotic arms of spacecrafts in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The unusual, quantum-mechanical origin of the gecko’s superpower even makes sense from a conventionally minded evolutionary perspective. Should we really be surprised that after billions of years of trial and error, where even the slightest advantage has life-and-death consequences, living things would eschew a quantum free lunch? Indeed, the Casimir effect and other zero-point energy–harnessing processes are operative at the most fundamental building blocks of our biological architecture.
Biological Zero-Point Energy
Of all the areas of exploration at the interface between quantum physics and biology, most relevant to our body’s ability to sustain and regenerate itself even when up against incredible forces of adversity and scarcity is an understanding of where the body gets its energy.
Zero-point energy–harvesting processes within the human body are believed to be concentrated most intensely where conventional thinking on the matter expects them to be: within our cells’ mitochondria. The primary reason why eukaryotes (plants, fungi, animals) are so complex versus single-celled organisms is because of the exceptional bioenergetics afforded to them through the endosymbiotic event estimated to have occurred about 1.8 billion years ago that created our mitochondria. Since protein synthesis uses about 75 percent of the cell’s energy and mitochondria provide eukaryotes with 200,000 times more energy than a prokaryotic cell, they are able to support a genome that is 200,000 times larger.53 This has afforded eukaryotes their immense evolutionary diversity and complexity relative to the simpler prokaryotes.
According to Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., one of the world’s preeminent researchers in the biology of mitochondria, each mitochondrion stores energy within an electrical field with 180 millivolts of potential energy. There are 1017 mitochondria in your body (100 quadrillion).54 Taken together, that sums up to about the potential energy of a lightning bolt stored in each human body!
While the discovery that your body has a lightning bolt of electrical potential within the totality of its mitochondria is amazing, it turns out that each mitochondrion within each cell of your body has a magnetic field strength of 30 million volts per meter. That electrical potential equates to as much energy as is found in a lightning bolt in each mitochondrion. With up to 5,000 mitochondria per heart muscle cell, an even greater density of 100,000–600,000 mitochondria per oocyte (mature egg cell), and trillions of cells in the human body, there’s a near-infinite amount of potential energy available to the cells of your body at any given moment, which is inconceivably vast in contrast to the conventional explanation for the origin of cell energy.
If there is enough energy in a teacup of empty space to convert all the world’s oceans to steam, it doesn’t seem so outrageous that the mitochondria within our bodies are capable of harnessing trillions upon trillions of volts of potential energy from the quantum vacuum, transforming it into matter and transmuting elements. If such is the case, the entire framework of present-day biology, including the conventional body of knowledge concerning human physiology and nutrition, stands to be revised. As we dive deeper into the implications of the New Biology, we will find that conventionally accepted truths about human physiology are still a Wild West of assumptions and myths yet to be fully examined and explored.
Biotransformation of Elements
If the invisible space within and all around us is not nothing but a very energetically and informationally packed something, constantly giving rise to other somethings (e.g., virtual particles and antiparticles), should we be surprised if biological systems are capable of similar transformative and de novo feats of creativity? Consider as an example how widespread the belief in a cosmological big bang is, with hundreds of millions of adherents worldwide. The unequivocal faith in the big bang as the process that manifested the universe into material existence is basically the belief that out of nothing you can have a very big something. Yet conventional scientific thinking forbids this kind of radical creativity exist anywhere else, and certainly not within biological systems.
Regardless of immense resistance to this idea, the medieval precursor to modern chemistry, alchemy, with its long-sought-after transformation of baser elements like lead into gold, represented more than merely dabbling in metaphor and indulging in magical thinking. In retrospect, we, in the postnuclear age, are intimately familiar with powerful exceptions to the strict laws of conservation of energy and mass through technologies like particle accelerators and the phenomenon of radioactive decay—two instances where elements can and do change into one another. Physicists even managed to synthesize gold from mercury in a nuclear reactor back in 1941,55 albeit in infinitesimal quantities and as a radioactive isotope.
Conventional thinking would have us believe that these exceptions only occur when exceptionally high pressures and temperatures are involved and not in the relatively cold, wet “reactors” of living things such as human cells. Yet the body is indeed capable of transmuting the elements of calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper, and iron into one another, nonradioactively, at our body’s normal temperature ranges, a phenomenon that has been studied by scientists for over 200 years.
It was the celebrated French chemist Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin (1763–1829) who first discovered the phenomenon of biotransformation when he observed that chickens produce far more calcium in their eggshells than they ingested, leading him to write: “Having calculated all the lime in oats fed to a hen, found still more in the shells of its eggs. Therefore, there is a creation of matter. In that way, no one knows.”56 This finding violated the dictum of Vauquelin’s contemporary, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743–1794), the “father of modern chemistry,” who posited that while the combination of elements could be changed, elements themselves were unchanging, and therefore nothing was created. Henceforward, Vauquelin’s findings would be mostly ignored. Despite that, other scientists would follow who confirmed Vauqelin’s discovery:
William Prout (1785–1850): Studied incubating chickens and found that hatched chicks had more lime (calcium) in their bodies than originally present in the egg, which was not contributed from the shell. Albrecht von Herzeele (1821–?): In 1873 von Herzeele published The Origin of Inorganic Substances, in which he presented research proving that plants continuously transmute material elements into one another. Vogel (?–?): In 1844, Vogel studied watercress seeds and found that after germinating and growing them with distilled water, the resulting plants contained more sulfur than was present in the seeds.57 John Bennet Lawes (1814–1900) and Joseph Henry Gilbert (1817–1901): During 1856 to 1873, these two British scientists found plants “extracted” more elements from the soil than the soil itself contained.58 Henri Spindler (?–?): During 1946 and 1947, Spindler discovered that two species of Laminaria, a marine algae, created iodine. Rudolf Hauschka (1891–1969): In experiments conducted between 1934 and 1940, Hauschka discovered that weighed cress seeds, sealed in glass containers, increased in weight during the full moon and decreased in weight during the new moon. Pierre Baranger (1900–1970): In thousands of experiments conducted between 1950 and 1970, Baranger saw the transmutation of various elements when comparing seeds before and after germination.
Despite these early examples, it was not until the 1960s that the French researcher C. Louis Kervran, who also held an academic position as a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, brought mainstream attention to the phenomenon. Not only was he the first scientist to do so in the postnuclear era, but he was also nominated in 1975 for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his compelling body of research on biotransmutation. Kervran’s meticulous observations from the experiments he conducted showed conclusively that living organisms transform elements into one another.
Several famous examples include his observations in 1959 of Sahara oilfield workers who worked intensely under extreme temperatures (over 130°F) and excreted a very high percentage of potassium after taking sodium-containing salt tablets. Kervran concluded that the sodium was converted into potassium in an endothermic reaction that brought down the workers’ temperatures. Another famous observation he made is that hens in France’s northwesternmost region, Brittany, where the soil is notoriously low in calcium, lay perfectly normal calcium-replete eggs daily. He discovered the hens consumed potassium-rich mica from the soil, which they then converted into calcium. Kervran would later do extensive experiments with seeds, which substantiated his finding that biotransmutation of elements is constantly occurring. But while his work and observations were truly groundbreaking, upsetting the prevailing dogmas of chemistry and physics, he was not able to provide an explanation for how these bionuclear reactions were being facilitated at the atomic level. Nor was he able to prove the phenomenon’s occurrence within quantitatively controlled conditions, such as in the context of a single-cell experiment.
That empirical evidence and physical explanation would come with the work of a Ukrainian scientist, Vladimir Vysotskii, who started working on biological transmutations in the 1990s. Vysotskii was the first to show that specific strains of bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis GSY 228, Escherichia coli K-1, and Deinococcus radiodurans M-1, and a strain of yeast known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae T8, are able to transmute metals (such as manganese into iron) and accelerate the decay of the radioisotope radioactive cesium (Cs-137), which has a half-life of 30 years, transforming it into a form of barium (Ba-138), with a half-life of only 310 days. In 2015, Japanese researcher Hideo Kozima reexamined data from Vysotskii’s experiments and provided a unified explanation, called the Trapped Neutron Cold Fusion (TNCF) model, of both the cold fusion and biotransmutation phenomena.59 Vysotskii’s findings are detailed in his book Nuclear Transmutation of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes in Biological Systems (2009).
Vysotskii’s groundbreaking work is extremely compelling and relevant to human health, especially when we consider that the human microbiome is made up primarily of bacteria and that we are composed mostly of our microbiome. We’ve already seen how the microbiome is capable of extending our genetic capabilities far beyond what our hard-coded eukaryotic genome provides. It is therefore not outside the scope of possibility that these bacteria could also be responsible for the transmutation of elements.
This possibility has revolutionary implications for revealing the truly immense power and resilience inherent to our microbiome-based physiology. Our body has at least as many bacteria as cells, and each cell contains within it mitochondria that look and behave very much like bacteria due to their genetic and structural homologies.60
Could our microbiome also facilitate the mitigation of radioisotope exposure from our environment? If so, we may have a deeper level of human resilience and regenerative potential than previously conceived, which may be necessary for our species’s very survival in this postnuclear era.
Mitochondria: Turning Energy into Matter
One of the most revolutionary discoveries of our time is that mitochondria are capable of profound feats of alchemical transformation. This includes transforming the immense energy available to them into matter.
In 1978, Army research scientist Solomon Goldfein performed a series of experiments with mitochondria in order to evaluate the veracity of C. Louis Kervran’s claims of transmutation of elements within biological systems. Goldfein’s experiments proved Kervran correct, and moreover, they uncovered something truly paradigm-shifting about the creative power of our mitochondria. In his report, “Energy Development from Elemental Transmutations in Biological Systems,”61 Goldfein revealed two remarkable phenomena. First, mitochondria are capable of producing more energy than would be expected according to classical laws of physics and biochemistry (an implication of which is that they are accessing free energy from the quantum vacuum), and second, mitochondria act like microscopic particle accelerators, with the resultant energy generated enabling the cell to transform elements into one another. Goldfein was able to identify six ways that each requirement for a cyclotron particle accelerator is met on a molecular scale. While it is also an essential part of our cellular bioenergetics, the biologically active form of magnesium ion–bound ATP (Mg-ATP) serves an entirely new role as a nanoparticle accelerator, its helical structure enabling the acceleration of the hydrogen ion (H+) to the relativistic speeds sufficient to transform target atoms into other elements, such as sodium to magnesium, potassium to calcium, manganese to iron, and so on and so forth. Goldfein’s discovery overturns the conventional view that ATP’s primary role is to function as a carrier molecule for the energy needed to sustain life. Indeed, if Goldfein’s findings are accurate, the Mg-ATP chelate functions as a particle accelerator with immense creative and biotransformative potential.
The only other researcher since then who has visualized mitochondria as capable of functioning like a particle accelerator is Dr. Jack Kruse, who has written extensively on the topic of quantum biology. He has applied the most famous formula in physics, Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence equation (E=mc2), to quantum biology. What’s more, he points out its reversibility: not only does matter convert to energy/light, but energy/light can transform into programmable matter.
Water: The Philosopher’s Stone of the New Biophysics
Water cavitation occurs naturally and can also be induced in experimental settings. It involves the formation of a vapor-filled cavity in a liquid such as water in places where the pressure is low. When high pressures are applied, these cavities, also called voids or bubbles, collapse into themselves, generating a shockwave of extremely high levels of heat, sound, and light in a phenomenon known as sonoluminescence. An acoustical wave or laser passed through water is capable of inducing a water cavitation bubble that produces millions of times more energy than induced it. The energy is so intense that temperatures equal to that of the sun have been measured off these tiny collapsing water bubbles.62
The science of water cavitation has been studied for decades, due in large part to sheer necessity, because it is highly destructive to man-made machines. Propeller blades on ships, for instance, often undergo great wear and tear due to the natural formation of water bubbles in their operation. Only recently has the science advanced to the point where the phenomenon’s immense power could be harnessed and directed for specific technological applications.
Mark LeClair, a scientist specializing in harnessing water cavitation for nanotechnological applications, came upon a revolutionary discovery when he performed a series of grant-funded experiments using a laser to induce cavitation bubbles. An unexpected result of the experiment was the production of excessive energy (evidence of zero-point energy harnessing), with 840 watts powering the pump and 2,900 watts produced. This result alone has huge implications for the development of clean, sustainable alternatives to fossil and nuclear fuels. But what was even more remarkable was that the cavitation event revealed both the transmutation and de novo synthesis of elements, during which water was transformed into energy and matter. Incredibly, the elemental distribution of the transmuted material was a near-perfect match for supernovas (thought to be the origin of all the elements on the planet) and the ratio of elements found in the earth’s crust, with strong corroborating evidence of micro black hole formation preceding the creation of elements.
This experiment appeared to show that a nucleosynthesis event, similar to stellar nucleosynthesis, can be induced in water, a finding that completely rewrites our understanding of where the elements found on the earth, and even those of the sun, originated.63
LeClair’s cavitation experiments also revealed a hitherto unknown crystalline form of water, twice as strong as diamond and up to 5.5 times denser than ordinary water. The formation of the water crystal induced a shockwave observed to reach the relativistic speeds and energies required to trigger intense nuclear fusion, fission, and transmutation. One way to explain this cavitation-induced sonoluminescence and nucleosynthesis is the concept that the immense energies that are released come from the quantum vacuum. Dr. Claudia Eberlein’s pioneering paper “Sonoluminescence as Quantum Vacuum Radiation” speaks to that point; Eberlein points out that only the zero-point energy spectrum matches the light emission spectrum of sonoluminescence.64
These discoveries also have profound implications for our understanding of the origin of life. LeClair’s water crystal was observed forming linear or helical strands with large, icosahedral-hexagonal heads and long, narrow whip tails forming coils that can supercoil, similar to DNA. As LeClair observed, the discovery of the crystal and its effects will have a dramatic impact on the physics, chemistry, and biology of water. Furthermore, this discovery indicates that water cavitation may be at the root of the origin of life itself by providing the geometric template for self-replicating information-storage molecules. When we consider that the origin of life is believed to have occurred in hydrothermal vents deep on the primordial ocean floor, where one would find a proton gradient, prebiotic building blocks, and water cavitation bubbles, LeClair’s work adds a missing piece to the ancient puzzle of how and where life on this planet originated. [learn more: powerpoint on water cavitation by Mark LeClair].
Water cavitation provides us with a powerful example of both the extraordinary energies available within the elements of which we are composed and our creative potential. But do we have the biological systems to harness it?
Two very special species of shrimp point to the affirmative. The first, known as the mantis shrimp (typically four inches long), possesses a claw strike so powerful that divers who had had the misfortune of being struck by one named them “thumb splitter.” Their strike can carry up to 200 pounds of force, enough to break through aquarium glass, and is as powerful and fast as a .22-caliber bullet.
The second, smaller pistol shrimp (1.2–2 inches long) is aptly named for its disproportionately large claw comprising two-part pistol-like features: a “hammer” that moves backward into a right-angled position cocked in its joint, and a receiving part the hammer is released into. The wave of bubbles it emits is powerful enough to break glass jars and stun its prey. Acoustically, the snap of its claw produces a cavitation bubble moving at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) that generates a sound reaching as high as 218 decibels. (For perspective, a thunderclap is 120 decibels, and a jet taking off 80 feet away will generate 150 decibels, which is loud enough to rupture your eardrum.) The pistol shrimp’s click only lasts one millisecond. But in that millisecond the collapsing cavitation bubble produces heat of over 5,000 K (4,700°C). In comparison, the surface temperature of the sun is estimated to be around 5,800 K (5,500°C). The sound wave also produces a burst of light through sonoluminescence, which is believed to cause temperatures four times that of the sun (around 20,000 Kelvin) within the core of the collapsing bubble.
The way in which these species of shrimp generate enough power to accomplish these feats penetrates to one of the key realizations of this book, namely, that there are sources of energy available to living things that far exceed any conventional estimates or mechanisms commonly accepted today. If organisms as diminutive as shrimp are capable of harnessing enough zero-point energy to produce temperatures as hot as the sun, and the mitochondria within our bodies are capable of harnessing trillions upon trillions of volts of potential energy and transforming it into matter, only time will tell what we are truly capable of achieving.
When it comes to the New Biology, the convergence of quantum biology, epigenetics, mind-body and narrative medicine, and spirituality has never been more compelling and exciting than it is today. Within the nexus of these disciplines, we can now arrive at plausible explanations for phenomena that, for many decades and in some cases centuries, have often seemed fantastical, perplexing, and downright heretical.
About the Author
Sayer Ji is founder of Greenmedinfo.com, a reviewer at the International Journal of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, Co-founder and CEO of Systome Biomed, Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Health Federation, Steering Committee Member of the Global Non-GMO Foundation.
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wakingtimes--2020-04-03--The Great Letting Go

The Great Letting Go

We ’ ve finally come to a major cross-road , the fork in the road where we have to choose the pathway forward .
There is no going back .
As normalcy and consensus reality break down , the way forward is unknown .
Yet two paths at the fork are becoming clear .
If we succumb to fear and doubt we will go down a path leading to mistrust , violence , and chaos .
If we embrace the higher vibrations of love and inner peace , the path leads to cooperation , trust and freedom .
What path @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you hold and share ?
What world will you choose to step into ?
As many are coming to know , our thoughts and beliefs – conscious and unconscious – create our reality .
We also attract what is a vibrational match .
So what do you want to resonate with and attract into your life , especially during these times ?
Do you believe that dark controlling outside forces such as the Illuminati , the deep state .
.
.
etc .
will imprison you in an Orwellian control grid ?
Or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , including you , are waking up to their own divinity and sovereign right to determine their own life path ?
Are you a victim of circumstance or a sovereign being responsible for creating your own life ?
The Universe is aligning now to bring about big changes .
It ’ s forcing us to make big choices .
Astrologers have known and long predicted that 2020 was going to be a time of big shake ups for worldwide wake ups .
To learn more about the powerful planetary alignments that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evolution right now , click here .
Many of us worldwide have put our faith in the promise that scientific materialism will liberate and fulfill us through material progress and consumerism .
Now as factories and offices close we are all being sent home to stay in our rooms , cut off from our many endless distractions and busy routines , except the endless stream of “ news ” being fed to us through our computer and TV screens .
Ancient Chinese wisdom says that the flip side of crisis is opportunity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this “ crisis ” ?
Perhaps it ’ s time to get off your computer and go put your feet and hands on the earth ?
Feel the potent dirt and the life growing and blooming from the dark cold roots incubating below .
As factories grind to a halt the earth continues to renew life as it has for centuries .
Breath the air , which is likely more fresh , and give thanks for the breath of life itself , or as the Hawaiians call it Aloha – the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feel into that deeper reality .
Despite all that we are told is going on , how does it feel to be alive in this moment ?
Does life feel like a gift or a curse ?
Are your thoughts creating a nightmare or a dream of beauty ?
What are you focusing on ?
Then go check on a neighbor , maybe even one you don ’ t yet know .
Ask them how they are and what you can do for them .
Invite them to step outside .
Maybe share @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to share .
How does that feel ?
Is it true that “ it is in the giving that we receive ” ?
Let ’ s embrace the opportunities and blessings in this “ crisis ” .
With the distractions and busyness of the world outside us falling away , we have the opportunity to go within and find the peace that is always available to us beneath all the noisy thoughts , distractions and fears .
It is our inner sanctuary .
It has been said that “ the Kingdom of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now a great time to find it ?
Spiritual teachers throughout time have encouraged us to look within and not get lost in the transient outer world , an outer world of illusion – a holographic projection of our dreams and nightmares .
So many of us have been so busy do , do , doing that we ’ ve piled up a lot of do do .
Many of us have been restlessly seeking Heaven outside of ourselves .
And what have we found in this constant running and seeking ?
How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by something as small as microscopic virus ?
As we go through the fire and heat of this worldwide pandemic of illness and fear , let ’ s know that it takes heat to transform iron into steel .
As we sit in the fire may we pray that it burns away our impurities , leaving only the truth intact .
As our hearts grow lighter and our eyes open up to the light of truth we have the opportunity to ascend beyond the limitations of the past .
We live in powerful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time to focus our thoughts , intentions and prayers on the world we want to step into .
On Saturday , April 4th , many believe an astrological portal of transition will open .
At 10:45pm on April 4th you are invited to join a worldwide meditation to liberate and reclaim our world .
Together we can choose the way forward .
Learn more about the mediation .
Blessings to you and yours in this time of opportunity .
Patrick James Hennessey is a LovEvolutionary and the Chief Orchestrator at the Sacred Mountain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mountains north of Asheville , NC .

The Great Letting Go
Patrick James Hennesey, Contributor
Waking Times
We’ve finally come to a major cross-road, the fork in the road where we have to choose the pathway forward. There is no going back.
As normalcy and consensus reality break down, the way forward is unknown. Yet two paths at the fork are becoming clear. If we succumb to fear and doubt we will go down a path leading to mistrust, violence, and chaos. If we embrace the higher vibrations of love and inner peace, the path leads to cooperation, trust and freedom.
What path will you take? What vibration will you hold and share? What world will you choose to step into?
As many are coming to know, our thoughts and beliefs – conscious and unconscious – create our reality. We also attract what is a vibrational match. So what do you want to resonate with and attract into your life, especially during these times?
Do you believe that dark controlling outside forces such as the Illuminati, the deep state . . . etc. will imprison you in an Orwellian control grid? Or do you believe the people of the world, including you, are waking up to their own divinity and sovereign right to determine their own life path?
Are you a victim of circumstance or a sovereign being responsible for creating your own life?
The Universe is aligning now to bring about big changes. It’s forcing us to make big choices. Astrologers have known and long predicted that 2020 was going to be a time of big shake ups for worldwide wake ups.
To learn more about the powerful planetary alignments that are bringing big change and opportunities for huge evolution right now, click here.
Many of us worldwide have put our faith in the promise that scientific materialism will liberate and fulfill us through material progress and consumerism.
Now as factories and offices close we are all being sent home to stay in our rooms, cut off from our many endless distractions and busy routines, except the endless stream of “news” being fed to us through our computer and TV screens.
Ancient Chinese wisdom says that the flip side of crisis is opportunity. What opportunities can we find and embrace in this “crisis”?
Perhaps it’s time to get off your computer and go put your feet and hands on the earth? Feel the potent dirt and the life growing and blooming from the dark cold roots incubating below. As factories grind to a halt the earth continues to renew life as it has for centuries.
Breath the air, which is likely more fresh, and give thanks for the breath of life itself, or as the Hawaiians call it Aloha – the “breath of life”. Touch and feel into that deeper reality.
Despite all that we are told is going on, how does it feel to be alive in this moment? Does life feel like a gift or a curse? Are your thoughts creating a nightmare or a dream of beauty? What are you focusing on?
Then go check on a neighbor, maybe even one you don’t yet know. Ask them how they are and what you can do for them. Invite them to step outside. Maybe share some food and listen to what they have to share. How does that feel? Is it true that “it is in the giving that we receive”?
Let’s embrace the opportunities and blessings in this “crisis”.
With the distractions and busyness of the world outside us falling away, we have the opportunity to go within and find the peace that is always available to us beneath all the noisy thoughts, distractions and fears. It is our inner sanctuary. It has been said that “the Kingdom of Heaven within”. Isn’t now a great time to find it?
Spiritual teachers throughout time have encouraged us to look within and not get lost in the transient outer world, an outer world of illusion – a holographic projection of our dreams and nightmares.
So many of us have been so busy do, do, doing that we’ve piled up a lot of do do. Many of us have been restlessly seeking Heaven outside of ourselves. And what have we found in this constant running and seeking? How much of it can be washed away by something as small as microscopic virus?
As we go through the fire and heat of this worldwide pandemic of illness and fear, let’s know that it takes heat to transform iron into steel. As we sit in the fire may we pray that it burns away our impurities, leaving only the truth intact.
As our hearts grow lighter and our eyes open up to the light of truth we have the opportunity to ascend beyond the limitations of the past. We live in powerful and transformative times. Now is the time to focus our thoughts, intentions and prayers on the world we want to step into.
On Saturday, April 4th, many believe an astrological portal of transition will open. At 10:45pm (EST) on April 4th you are invited to join a worldwide meditation to liberate and reclaim our world.
Together we can choose the way forward. Learn more about the mediation. Blessings to you and yours in this time of opportunity.
About the Author
Patrick James Hennessey is a LovEvolutionary and the Chief Orchestrator at the Sacred Mountain Waters Wellness Sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains north of Asheville, NC.
Artwork: “The Great Awakening” – painted by Stephanie Lynn Toler


wakingtimes--2020-04-03--Intravenous Vitamin C is Proving to Be a Viable Treatment for Covid-19

Among the many possible treatments being tested with Covid-19 patients , intravenous Vitamin C ( IVC ) is being used successfully , according to a handful of experts .
On March 26th , Dr. Richard Z. Cheng , MD , PhD , from Shanghai , China , wrote an article for ScienceDirect detailing his firsthand experience treating coronavirus patients with intravenous Vitamin C. “ High-dose intravenous VC has also been successfully used in the treatment of 50 moderate to severe COVID-19 patients in China , ” Cheng says .
“ The oxygenation index was improving in real time and all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In fact , high-dose VC has been clinically used for several decades and a recent NIH expert panel document states clearly that this regimen ( 1.5 g/kg body weight ) is safe and without major adverse events.
” – Dr. Richard Z. Cheng Dr. Cheng ’ s insight on this is quite notable , not only for the fact that he has been working directly with these patients , but also for his credentials as a medical doctor , who served in the United States army as a physician and as Chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Even prior to his article , Cheng has been updating us about the efficacy of IVC in treating Covid-19 .
You can read about this on the U.S. Library of Medicine website .
He also reports from his YouTube channel where he had this to say : “ It was brought to my attention that one of my friends who posted the Shanghai official recommendation of IV Vitamin C to be used in the Covid-19 infection , and my friend showed me the screenshot , that a Facebook ‘ fact check ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shanghai government did not officially recommend high dose IVC in their Covid-19 treatment.
’ Well , I ’ d like to say it is a fact that [ the ] Shanghai government officially recommended high dose IVC in the treatment.
” – Dr. Richard Z. Cheng You may have also noticed that the New York Post wrote an article recently about how the state ’ s hospitals have begun using IVC to treat Covid-19 patients .
Covid-19 is being treated with Intravenous high dose Vitamin C , meaning the treatment is injected straight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is a different way of accessing it than through oral supplementation , and while the search for effective treatments for Covid-19 gains steam , we ’ re likely to see more hospitals employ Vitamin C. Phillip Schneider is a student as well as a staff writer and assistant editor for Waking Times .
If you would like to see more of his work , you can visit his website , or follow him on the free speech social network Minds .
This article ( Intravenous Vitamin C is Proving to Be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ originally created and published by Waking Times and is published here under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Phillip Schneider and WakingTimes.com .
It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution , author bio , and this copyright statement .

Intravenous Vitamin C is Proving to Be a Viable Treatment for Covid-19
Phillip Schneider, Staff Writer
Waking Times
Among the many possible treatments being tested with Covid-19 patients, intravenous Vitamin C (IVC) is being used successfully, according to a handful of experts. On March 26th, Dr. Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD, from Shanghai, China, wrote an article for ScienceDirect detailing his firsthand experience treating coronavirus patients with intravenous Vitamin C.
“High-dose intravenous VC has also been successfully used in the treatment of 50 moderate to severe COVID-19 patients in China,” Cheng says. “The oxygenation index was improving in real time and all the patients eventually cured and were discharged. In fact, high-dose VC has been clinically used for several decades and a recent NIH expert panel document states clearly that this regimen (1.5 g/kg body weight) is safe and without major adverse events.” – Dr. Richard Z. Cheng
Dr. Cheng’s insight on this is quite notable, not only for the fact that he has been working directly with these patients, but also for his credentials as a medical doctor, who served in the United States army as a physician and as Chief Medical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Even prior to his article, Cheng has been updating us about the efficacy of IVC in treating Covid-19. You can read about this on the U.S. Library of Medicine website. He also reports from his YouTube channel where he had this to say:
“It was brought to my attention that one of my friends who posted the Shanghai official recommendation of IV Vitamin C to be used in the Covid-19 infection, and my friend showed me the screenshot, that a Facebook ‘fact check’ function says that ‘no, the Shanghai government did not officially recommend high dose IVC in their Covid-19 treatment.’ Well, I’d like to say it is a fact that [the] Shanghai government officially recommended high dose IVC in the treatment.” – Dr. Richard Z. Cheng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBbbncTR-3k
He continues:
“Let me make it clear that not only Shanghai, but also Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, another major city in China, publicly endorsed high-dose IVC for the treatment of Covid-19. Those who does Fact Check, please be more careful.” – Dr. Richard Z. Cheng
You may have also noticed that the New York Post wrote an article recently about how the state’s hospitals have begun using IVC to treat Covid-19 patients.
“The patients who received vitamin C did significantly better than those who did not get vitamin C,” they write, quoting Dr. Andrew G. Weber. “It helps a tremendous amount, but it is not highlighted because it’s not a sexy drug.” [Source]
Covid-19 is being treated with Intravenous high dose Vitamin C, meaning the treatment is injected straight into the blood system through an IV. This is a different way of accessing it than through oral supplementation, and while the search for effective treatments for Covid-19 gains steam, we’re likely to see more hospitals employ Vitamin C.
About the Author
Phillip Schneider is a student as well as a staff writer and assistant editor for Waking Times. If you would like to see more of his work, you can visit his website, or follow him on the free speech social network Minds.
This article (Intravenous Vitamin C is Proving to Be a Viable Treatment for Covid-19) as originally created and published by Waking Times and is published here under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Phillip Schneider and WakingTimes.com. It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution, author bio, and this copyright statement.


wakingtimes--2020-04-03--Bright Comet Last Seen by Ancient Egyptians Could Grace Our Skies Just as Coronavirus Peaks

A comet that hasn ’ t visited our solar system in about 5,500 years will become visible to the naked eye later this month , gracing skies in the northern hemisphere .
It is believed that the bright comet ’ s visit to our neighborhood may coincide with the coronavirus pandemic reaching its peak , reports Forbes .
Astronomers discovered Comet C-2019-Y4 ( ATLAS ) —or Comet Atlas , for short—while working at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ( Atlas ) project in Hawaii .
The comet will be at its brightest at the end of April/beginning of May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where Comet Atlas is now and find it yourself with a telescope .
If we ’ re lucky , Comet Atlas will be visible with binoculars or the naked eye on or around April 30 .
According to health.com , the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ( IHME ) estimates the coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak in mid to late April .
It has been described as resembling a large and dirty snowball , but astronomers are hoping the celestial body will put on a bright , brilliant show—not unlike the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back in 1997 .
“ Comets tend to develop long , fluorescent tails as they approach the sun before swinging back out into outer space .
We hope that it will become visible to the naked eye in early April reaching closest approach to earth on May 23 .
Coming to within 100 million miles of the earth , very close in astronomical terms , it presents no risk to the earth , but does have the potential to lift people ’ s spirits as we go through the current crisis.
” McManus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at his East Yorkshire home , noted that a small set of binoculars will be sufficient to view the comet .
“ Look to the Northern sky .
The comet should appear between the Plough and the planet Venus , easily the brightest object in the night sky at the moment other than the moon .
We are hoping it will be as spectacular as Hale-Bopp , which was visible in daylight.
” We don ’ t know the precise composition of the comet—it could be 90 per cent ice or 90 per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it throws off a spectacular tail as it gets closer to the sun and the sun ’ s gravity takes effect.
” While the comet ’ s timing may shock some readers—especially due to a long history of superstitious beliefs and misperceptions about comets—it ’ s important to remember that these beautiful spectacles are little more than space dust , ice , and gas that pose no real threat to terrestrial life .

Bright Comet Last Seen by Ancient Egyptians Could Grace Our Skies Just as Coronavirus Peaks
Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
A comet that hasn’t visited our solar system in about 5,500 years will become visible to the naked eye later this month, gracing skies in the northern hemisphere.
It is believed that the bright comet’s visit to our neighborhood may coincide with the coronavirus pandemic reaching its peak, reports Forbes.
Astronomers discovered Comet C-2019-Y4 (ATLAS)—or Comet Atlas, for short—while working at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (Atlas) project in Hawaii.
The comet will be at its brightest at the end of April/beginning of May. Use this sky chart to see where Comet Atlas is now and find it yourself with a telescope. If we’re lucky, Comet Atlas will be visible with binoculars or the naked eye on or around April 30. According to health.com, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimates the coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak in mid to late April.
It has been described as resembling a large and dirty snowball, but astronomers are hoping the celestial body will put on a bright, brilliant show—not unlike the Hale-Bopp comet which flew close to Earth back in 1997.
#Comet ATLAS on March 29th. https://t.co/QaTWFWcA0w A tail is starting to develop. Lets hope it lives up to expectations – a decent comet is long overdue! pic.twitter.com/BuO3iyXhjV — Damian Peach💙 (@peachastro) March 30, 2020
On Tuesday, U.K.-based astronomer George McManus explained:
“Comets tend to develop long, fluorescent tails as they approach the sun before swinging back out into outer space. We hope that it will become visible to the naked eye in early April reaching closest approach to earth on May 23. Coming to within 100 million miles of the earth, very close in astronomical terms, it presents no risk to the earth, but does have the potential to lift people’s spirits as we go through the current crisis.”
McManus, who has a 4.5-inch refracting telescope at his East Yorkshire home, noted that a small set of binoculars will be sufficient to view the comet.
Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) moving from Ursa Major to Camelopardalis. Animation shows movement of last night from 22:58 to 00:50 UTC. 174×30" frames at f/4.8 with @zwoasi 183MM#Comet #CometAtlas #Astrophotography pic.twitter.com/H5EhrA7Ae7 — CosmoNowa (@CosmoNowaMD) March 30, 2020
He added:
“Look to the Northern sky. The comet should appear between the Plough and the planet Venus, easily the brightest object in the night sky at the moment other than the moon. We are hoping it will be as spectacular as Hale-Bopp, which was visible in daylight.” We don’t know the precise composition of the comet—it could be 90 per cent ice or 90 per cent dust and that could effect whether it throws off a spectacular tail as it gets closer to the sun and the sun’s gravity takes effect.”
While the comet’s timing may shock some readers—especially due to a long history of superstitious beliefs and misperceptions about comets—it’s important to remember that these beautiful spectacles are little more than space dust, ice, and gas that pose no real threat to terrestrial life.
By Elias Marat | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


wakingtimes--2020-04-03--India’s Air Pollution Plummets in COVID-19 Lockdown

India is home to 21 of the world ’ s 30 most polluted cities , but recently air pollution levels have started to drop dramatically as the second-most populated nation endures the second week of a 21-day lockdown amidst coronavirus fears , according to The Weather Channel .
While the complete shutdown of India ’ s economy was designed to stop the spread of COVID-19 , it is having an ancillary health benefit of clearing the air that millions of people were choking on , according to CNN .
As vehicles stay off the road , construction is put on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the levels of microscopic particulate matter , or PM 2.5 , start to drop .
“ It is true that pollution levels are going down and will continue to be lower as a result of lockdown , ” Pawan Gupta , senior scientist at the Earth Sciences of Universities Space Research Association at NASA ’ s Marshall Space Flight Center , told Earther in an email .
Since the March 25 lockdown that forced 1.3 billion Indians to stay home , air quality in New Delhi , usually the worst in the world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels .
The lockdown order shut down offices , schools , movie theaters , malls , markets and “ non-essential ” service providers .
All modes of public transport such as metro trains , buses , inter-state trains and domestic and international flights for civilian movement have also been stopped , according to Quartz .
The effect of the lockdown has been dramatic .
In New Delhi , where flights have been diverted because smog shrouded the airport , the air pollution levels have dropped 71 percent in just one week .
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unhealthy 91 micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5 .
On March 27 , just a couple days into the lockdown , that level fell to 26 micrograms per cubic meter .
Anything above 25 is considered unsafe , according to the World Health Organization , as CNN reported .
Data from the Central Pollution Control Board of India ’ s Environment Ministry also showed a 71 percent decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels .
Mumbai , Chennai , Kolkata and Bangalore have also recorded a drop in these air pollutants , according to CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , air quality levels in March 2019 averaged 153 on the Air Quality Index , which ranks as unhealthy to breathe , according to Reuters .
New Delhi averaged 161 last March .
The tops of skyscrapers were visible and some residents told Reuters they could spot more stars than usual .
However , it is important to remember that this is a temporary reprieve that will return if industry and vehicular traffic return once the lockdown is over .

India’s Air Pollution Plummets in COVID-19 Lockdown
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Waking Times
India is home to 21 of the world’s 30 most polluted cities, but recently air pollution levels have started to drop dramatically as the second-most populated nation endures the second week of a 21-day lockdown amidst coronavirus fears, according to The Weather Channel.
While the complete shutdown of India’s economy was designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, it is having an ancillary health benefit of clearing the air that millions of people were choking on, according to CNN. As vehicles stay off the road, construction is put on hold, and factories stop production, the levels of microscopic particulate matter, or PM 2.5, start to drop.
“It is true that pollution levels are going down and will continue to be lower as a result of lockdown,” Pawan Gupta, senior scientist at the Earth Sciences of Universities Space Research Association at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, told Earther in an email.
Recent heavy rains in the north and west of the country have also helped the country’s pollution levels, Gupta added. “Rain is a very effective aerosol removal process from the atmosphere and can bring down particulate matter values,” he said.
Since the March 25 lockdown that forced 1.3 billion Indians to stay home, air quality in New Delhi, usually the worst in the world, has dropped to “satisfactory” levels. The lockdown order shut down offices, schools, movie theaters, malls, markets and “non-essential” service providers. All modes of public transport such as metro trains, buses, inter-state trains and domestic and international flights for civilian movement have also been stopped, according to Quartz.
The effect of the lockdown has been dramatic. In New Delhi, where flights have been diverted because smog shrouded the airport, the air pollution levels have dropped 71 percent in just one week. On March 20, the air had an unhealthy 91 micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5. On March 27, just a couple days into the lockdown, that level fell to 26 micrograms per cubic meter. Anything above 25 is considered unsafe, according to the World Health Organization, as CNN reported.
“I have not seen such blue skies in Delhi for the past 10 years,” said Jyoti Pande Lavakare, the co-founder of Indian environmental organization Care for Air, and author of upcoming book Breathing Here is Injurious To Your Health, to CNN. “It is a silver lining in terms of this awful crisis that we can step outside and breathe.”
Data from the Central Pollution Control Board of India’s Environment Ministry also showed a 71 percent decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels. Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore have also recorded a drop in these air pollutants, according to CNN. In Mumbai, the financial capital, air quality levels in March 2019 averaged 153 on the Air Quality Index, which ranks as unhealthy to breathe, according to Reuters. New Delhi averaged 161 last March.
The tops of skyscrapers were visible and some residents told Reuters they could spot more stars than usual.
“The air quality is likely to slip into ‘good’ category soon. It is due to reduced vehicular traffic and rise in temperature,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, who heads the regional meteorological center at the Indian Meteorological Department, to The Weather Channel.
However, it is important to remember that this is a temporary reprieve that will return if industry and vehicular traffic return once the lockdown is over.
As for its effect on the climate crisis, The Weather Channel reported that the World Meteorological Organization issued a statement that read: “Efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic have reduced economic activity and led to localized improvements in the air quality. But it is too early to assess the implications for concentrations of greenhouse gases, which are responsible for long-term climate change.”
By Jordan Davidson | Creative Commons | EcoWatch