Bruce Lipton Interview: Biology, Belief, Evolution, Healthcare, & Life

On October 28, 2010, In Alchemy, Health and Wellness, Vitality, By Pedram

I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with Doctor Bruce Lipton yesterday.  I was interviewing him for the Vitality Movie which is a documentary I’ve been working on with Sacred Mysteries Productions.  The movie is set to release soon and has an incredible cast of notable figures in the Health and Wellness sphere in it.

I’d like to start off by saying that Dr. Lipton is a great guy.  He knows his stuff but keeps the twinkle in his eyes from the rock and roll era he grew up in.  He’s a musician which makes him an artist and a scholar- a well rounded combination.  This was a fun interview.

We discussed the nature of how cells process information and how that impacts our overall health.  We discussed the problems with the current healthcare system and he had wonderful things to say about how to create solutions for it.  We discussed Acupuncture, Chiropractic , nutrition, energy medicine (qi gong), and psychotherapy as integral facets of the new healthcare model.

The power of the subconscious mind was a big subject and we discussed a variety of strategies on how people can change their lives and free themselves of their mental entrapment.  Bruce has some very nice ideas about conscious parenting and what it means to take on that responsibility.  I highly suggest reading his book: “The Biology of Belief” and I’ll be getting this footage over to the editing department so I can leak some excerpts of our talk.

I love meeting with scientists like Dr. Lipton because it offers an incredible opportunity for integration of esoteric knowledge with new science.  My years of training in alchemy and energy work have introduced me to far out concepts and interesting people along the way.  It is great to sit with someone like Dr. Lipton and discuss these topics through the looking glass of cellular biology.  We really have come full circle and it is a wonderful time to be alive.

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AMEX Black Card: Modern Day Version of Frodo’s Ring of Power

On October 26, 2010, In Health and Wellness, Popular Issues, By Pedram

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How does the AMEX Black Card relate to your happiness?

In the classic series of “The Lord of the Rings”, J.R.R. Tolkein had created a masterpiece of literature and allegory.  I remember reading a bit from an interview with him once and was interested in his description of Frodo’s Ring of Power.  For those of you who have not become familiar with this work yet, drop everything and go read those books!

In the interview, Tolkein kept referring to the ring as “The Machine”. (more…)

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Gongs: Intention & Discipline Leading to Life Mastery

On October 20, 2010, In Health and Wellness, Qi Gong, Taoist Philosophy, By Pedram

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A Gong in Chinese Taoist tradition is a set amount of days one devotes to a particular task.  It is a promise to one’s self to stay focused and on path towards a designated goal.

The typical gong I like to practice with is the 100 Day GONG.  The reason for this is that it takes at least 90 days for a new habit/behavior to burn itself into our nervous system so I’ve had incredible success with this format over the years.  So what do you do during this gong? (more…)

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Spirituality in Africa and the Origins of Humanity

On October 13, 2010, In Africa, Health and Wellness, Nature, By Pedram

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I have just returned from a 6 week trip to Africa where I was studying wilderness survival, tracking, animal behavior, and local plants.  I got to meet with chiefs of tribes, medicine women, expert trackers, other film makers, local green celebrities, and much more.  It was an incredible trip and we produced an amazing movie out of it (set to release next year).

We visited the main theme of our journey quite often and much light has been shed on the subject.  The essential question was: why and how have we gone so astray and how can we possibly fix it before the ecosystem starts to unravel and life on the planet is compromised? (more…)

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The Mind and the Breath: Abdominal Breathing

On October 11, 2010, In Health and Wellness, Meditation, Qi Gong, By Pedram

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Have you ever noticed that when you are stressed or afraid, you stop breathing?  It happens all of the time.  Our emotional state overtakes our energy field and we stop circulating the flow of vital energy throughout our bodies.  This locks up the coherent flow of our Vitality and entraps thoughts, emotions, disease, and toxins in our system.  We start to breathe in a shallow fashion and we feel compressed- actually we literally are.  The torroidal field of our vital energy starts to collapse and we densify- losing the flow of the Levity inducing charge that keeps us young and vibrant.   It is one of the most common ways we ail- something so simple.

Hanging out with Leonard Orr this summer, he and I discussed his form of circular breathing and how he uses prescriptions for people who come to him for a whole host of ailments.  This is very similar to what we do in my Qi Gong tradition- breath work for homework.  It is so easy yet so difficult.  Why so hard?  Because we don’t want to feel what has come up- breathing life to a thought or emotion dislodges it and moves it through our field.  If we learn to observe it with equanimity and an open heart, it simply passes and is gone.  The problem- we freak out and hang on- then the repressed charge gets so strong that we can hardly breathe.

The fix is easy- deep lower abdominal breathing for ten minutes or so and then breathe to the area of repression.

Find a track here and get to work!

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The Semantics of Consciousness: What You Need To Know About Language

On October 8, 2010, In Alchemy, Taoist Philosophy, By Pedram

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Simply put: Our lingual encoding of the world determines the world in which we live. Read on to discover what to do to unlock your mind

I had the privilege of spending some quality time with Jay Weidner in Ashland, OR.  Jay is an alchemy scholar who has always been a great mentor and teacher to me.  He’s an enlightened dude with a great heart and a wonderful sense of humor.  Always look for people who don’t take themselves too seriously when searching for esoteric teachers- Jay is a riot and he really knows his stuff.

On our long drive through Oregon, we got into a great conversation about semantics and its impact on our understanding of Reality.  He taught me a lot. (more…)

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Energy Drinks- Borrowing from Tomorrow’s Energy Today

On October 6, 2010, In Health and Wellness, Meditation, Popular Issues, Qi Gong, By Pedram

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Every day I spend in the clinic, I encounter a handful of patients who walk in with their expensive coffees.  They slap them down on the table along with their other precious valuables- their keys, wallet, etc.  Somehow it has become commonplace for everybody to be walking around with a cup of crack in our society.  It is simply assumed that the logic of “if tired, then coffee” is a foregone conclusion.  I’ve been watching it for years, brushing it off as a necessary evil of our hectic post-modern society.  Everybody is doing it so it must be tolerated- it must be OK…

It’s not.  The more I compare adrenal profiles and lab work on people, the more I see these people slipping into oblivion.  It is like America trying to solve its financial problems by getting into further debt financing. (more…)

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Understanding Kung Fu: Finding Your Personal Power

On October 4, 2010, In Alchemy, Health and Wellness, Kung Fu, Qi Gong, Taoist Philosophy, By Pedram

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Here you will learn how to find your personal power from the lessons of Kung Fu, and what you must do each day

Having gone through the rigors of training in Kung Fu over the years, many of the profound benefits have dawned on me at a much later date than when the lesson was first handed down.  Sure- you are told it is good for you and yes-discipline is important so you do what you’re told.  Does that teach you the underlying lessons of what’s to develop in your inner psyche?  I can’t see how it could for a young man on the front side of the experience.  Growing up is a maturation process- like the ripening of a fruit- nature will take its course and we are foolish to poke and prod too much.  Of course, we expect an apple from an apple tree but what quality?  What was the quality of the tree?  How was the rain that year?  The issue is so multi-factoral that there is always an art and a science to this practice.

The same happens in Kung Fu.  The literal translation of the term is “Hard Work” or alternatively, “Eat Bitter”.  Sounds romantic but what does it mean? (more…)

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End of the world: coming, here, or just a hoax?

On October 1, 2010, In Popular Issues, Taoist Philosophy, By Pedram

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There has been so much said in the past decade about the world coming to an end that many people have become desensitized.  As we are rounding the corner into 2012, we approach the dreaded date of December 21, 2012- the “end” of the Mayan Calendar.  Many people have speculated about what is to happen then.  Will it be a sudden flash?  Will the poles shift causing massive earth changes?  Will we nuke ourselves to smithereens?  Or maybe we’ll perish via increased solar flare activity and magnetic field fluctuations which many claim are already happening.

What if, like the dreaded 1/1/2000, nothing at all happens?  It could…I mean, it just happened to us a decade ago right?

In my opinion, something is happening and it is big. (more…)

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