De-Stress
Your Mind, Body & Spirit
By Halsey W. Snow & Patricia Marston-Snow I
n order to understand the experience of stress, we need to consider what type of beings we are. We are water beings. Many people have heard the statistic that our physical bodies are between 65-75% water, but that estimate is by weight. When we compute the number of molecules in our bodies, it is closer to 90% water. Some examples of this: 83% of your blood, 90% of your brain, 90% of your nerves, and 99% of the cerebrospinal fluid (which surrounds your brain and spinal cord) is water. This proportion changes over the course of one's lifetime. It is esti- mated that newborn babies are about 90% water, whereas many people's bodies, at the time of death, are only about 50% water. Why would that change in that way?
Not all water is alike. We're not talking about the usual distinctions that can be made in water, like the pH level (acidity- alkalinity), the mineral content, and its purity. These are all impor- tant factors to consider. But there's something about water in nature which makes it very different from almost all of the water which the majority of people around the world are drinking, and that is something we call its “structure.” This is simple to see, in fact it is evident in every snowflake: a hexagonal (6-sided) geometry which is based on the individual water molecule's molecular geometry. That is actually the way that water is in nature. And that is the way it needs to be in your body as well, for the body to function in a state of health and well-being.
Yet, most “drinkable” water – whether from municipal supplies or from bottled sources – is UNSTRUCTURED. What this means is that the naturally-occurring hexagonal structure has disintegrated, as a result of the way we process water. Our modern water pro- cessing technology causes water to lose its natural structure. This presents a real problem for the body, for the body is expecting the water it is given to be in its “natural” state – of course! Our physical bodies are a part of nature. Yet most people, for their whole lives, are drinking “unnatural” unstructured water, and that is a constant source of stress for the body on a cellular level.
In order for the body to use unstructured water, it must first re-structure it, using its own energy and resources to do this. It was never meant to be that way in nature, for in nature, water is naturally structured. That means that drinking unstructured water drains your body's energy reserves, and makes it more difficult for the body to use the water it is given. It also makes it more dif- ficult for the body to de-tox itself on a cellular level, for it requires
natural, structured water to do that. Every cell stays healthy by tak- ing in nutrients and expelling toxins. This is basic cellular function. And water is the carrier for both nutrients and toxins. When there is insufficient structured water in the blood and inter-cellular fluid, then cells cannot take in all that they need for nutrients, and they also cannot release all the built-up toxins they are holding. This decreases the life of the cell, and this process cascades up to higher and higher levels, causing organ dysfunction, disease, and eventually death.
The Experience of Stress
How do most people experience stress? Since we are multi- dimensional beings (body, mind & spirit) we need to consider the experience of stress in each of these dimensions.
Physical Stress
On the physical level, stress is experienced by excessive activ- ity without sufficient periods of rest (physical exhaustion), and extremes such as temperature, pressure, physical alignment, and so on. On a physical level, stress is also experienced as your biowater being out of alignment with the natural world. In nature all water is connected. There are no artificial distinctions made between the water here and the water there – it is all one water. Just as it is with the air. Pollution here means pollution there, and we all know this. Why is it that most people, when they go on vacation or want to rest, relax and rejuvenate themselves, go to someplace near or in nature, and preferably near water? Could it be that doing so brings your biowater back into alignment with the natural world and the water in nature, where the water is naturally structured? Being in nature is a relaxing and rejuvenating experience, in part because it supports the re-structuring of your biowater in healthy ways.
Mental Stress
Mentally, the experience of what we call “stress” is based in the belief – conscious or unconscious - of some kind of LACK. Lack of time, energy, money, love, connection, health, support, resourc- es, etc. Everyone has a pretty good list of what they believe are the real “lacks” in their lives. Where there is a belief in LACK, there is the experience of stress in the mind, for one then believes that in order to remove the lack, you have to work hard, struggle, defend yourself, get what you don't have to fill up the “hole” of lack, and in other words battle against a cruel, heartless, unforgiving world.
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