January 26th, 2012 
Admin “We have the means to transmute our lives by way of a new understanding of data, and by means of how we use data.”
Fred Alan Wolf, PhD
I have been a proponent of alternative medicine, holistic healing and wellness for numerous years. I even became an option medicine practitioner and continue to practice as a chiropractor. The concept that we exist in mind, body and spirit has been a fundamental tenet of alternative medicine since its inception thousands of years ago. Sadly, mainstream medicine based on objectivity has been slow to come around to recognizing several levels of existence. The scientific paradigm is changing as science delves deeper into the physics of reality. What is beginning to emerge is a new understanding of reality in terms of data.
What lies beneath physical matter and energy may be a field of pure intelligence or details. When one probes into the constituents of matter 1 finds subatomic particles. Probing deeper reveals a type of web of relationships that permeates all space and time. These relationships can be thought of as pure details.
We can apply this notion of data to living systems and healing. When we do we can formulate a universal theory of life and healing. Throughout the ages life continues to enhance in complexity. Life progressed from simple chemical reactions to bacteria to cells, and finally, the living systems we see these days. Life moves in a direction of growing complexity since of its ability to extract and integrate details from its environment.
If we contemplate ourselves as informational structures capable of capturing and integrating details from the environment we can explain body, mind and spirit in terms of informational complexity. Each level of existence corresponds to a hierarchy of data. In other words our physical existence can be thought of as an info structure existing on the physical plane while mind and spirit are a lot more complex structures existing at higher planes.
All planes of existence work to support our existence by offering us with a constant supply of information. Our bodies are full of thousands of chemical feedback systems that use details to sustain us. Our minds consist of trillions of informational connections that feed data to our bodies. Spirit too can be thought of as an even far more complex informational structure working to support us.
Dr. Wolf alludes to the concept of transmutation by means of a new understanding of data. In other words if we understand to tap into the constant flow of info to us and via us we can change our state of existence. We know about how thinking positive thoughts has a positive effect on our bodies. There is even mounting evidence in the comparatively new science of epigenetics that our behaviors have an effect on the expression of our genes. Also, a lot of of us have had positive spiritual experiences in which some greater force affected our lives.
If living and healing are seen in terms of information flow then the boundaries between mainstream and option medicine begin to melt away. All healing is in essence supporting the info systems in the body. For example, medications present data to the body by virtue of their shape. When the medication molecules fit specific cell receptors they transfer details to the cell. The identical goes for nutrients and herbal substances. Data transfer occurs via upward causation. The modest molecules transfer details to cells that affect bigger body systems.
Likewise information flow from mind or spirit to body occurs via downward causation. The a lot more complex informational structure of mind has an effect on the much less complex structure of the body. Systems of healing such as energy healing or Reiki can be explained in terms of details flow. Prayer too can be seen as a nonlocal communication of data between people or originating from a higher source.
Recognizing that data has such a potent influence on our lives is the first step toward developing a new approach to healing. Perhaps one day we will have a true prevalent ground on which both option and mainstream systems of healing can stand. In order to obtain this we need to look deeper into the essence of healing. The transmutation Dr. Wolf talks about can indeed be a transmutation toward a greater state of existence, a higher state of health.
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