Transformation is the goal of many alternative medicine and spiritual practices. Healings, inspirations and creative advancements have all been born out of the stuff called transformation. Vision Quests, Reiki, Shamanic soul retrievals, Polarity, hypnosis, psycho therapy, ropes courses, hallucinogenic mind states, EFT, Toggling, etc. indeed have the ability to powerfully shift the mind, body and spirit enabling one to transcend present disturbances and open up to new levels of thought and being. In this new space insights are gained, healing takes place and creative ideas are born. We know the shift is as much on the mental plane as it is in the spiritual and physical planes. We know the shift can deeply change who we are, or at least who we think we are, and in that change the shift takes us to a sacred place within ourselves. When we get to this experience we realize this is a place which seems strangely familiar, a place we couldn’t really remember before the shift took place, but now we feel we have longed to revisit it, this elusive place deep within our being yet usually just out of our reach.
To understand the transformation process and access to it, it is helpful to understand the state it apparently transports us out of. That is actually where we are now, caught up in a stressful crazy world full of pitfalls, dangers and disappointments and worries. Many ideas we hold about this crazy world we live in stimulates our emotions of fear, anger, worry, disappointments, insecurity, despair and overwhelm. These emotions suppress our natural instinct to explore, inquire and create. In our efforts to avoid these negative emotions we instead exert great pressure pushing them out of our awareness and keeping them there.
This state of emotional stress and avoidance of emotional stress produces a tension grid we are constantly under the influence of. Transformations, big and small are a release from this grid. There is a distinct experience that denotes release which is a noticeable relaxation of the mind and a quietness that washes over the thought process giving way to relaxed thinking. Physically one feels an internal “let go”. Breathing naturally deepens without effort or strain. Emotional stress and confusion gives way to peaceful objectivity. In this state many dilemmas can be contemplated at length due to the relaxed state the mind is in. Sensations travel up and down the body as meridians of energy are freed up from the stress grid letting muscle tension to release. Tinges of joy start bubbling up from the depths of our being.
Sounds nice, doesn’t it? The question is how do we get there?
Let’s start with where we are. Sit back for a moment, take a deep breath and focus inward letting go of all the commotion around you. Now go in a step further from what you notice externally to how you feel. Don’t name it, just feel it. Pretty uncomfortable isn’t it? You don’t realize it now, but you expend a lot of energy trying to avoid this very space. Notice something else? As you let your mind settle on the feelings they actually can get worse…more uncomfortable, more overwhelming…so naturally your instinct is to turn off this awareness and turn on the TV…have a glass of wine, pop a pill, call someone on the phone or plug into the computer to avoid it.
I have a secret; these feelings are the very doorway to transformation. You see, the mark of transformation is the deep comfort that is felt at this level of awareness instead of the stress, tension and pain you feel now. This place in your awareness is the very location the change takes place. All methods for attaining the transformational state of inspiration facilitate changes right here at the point of most discomfort.
So what is it we find at this turmoil point within ourselves? The answer is of course stress in the form of frustration, fear, overwhelm, confusion, guilt, anger, worry, despair, pain and tension. What you don’t know is that stress is literally a system of internal programming. Better put, stress is actually inappropriate programming. The system is not broken it has just been misunderstood and misused.
Through social conditioning this system has literally been programmed to produce discomfort, and since using discomfort is a primary teaching aide in our modern society those of us who have successfully learned the most are oftentimes also the most stressed out.
Fortunately the emotional system has, within its own default structure, the little known ability to reboot to its original peaceful state producing quite the opposite experience, which is a level of enlightenment, and that shift is transformation. Enlightenment takes the place of stress in the transformation process. Therefore the emotional system is in reality the gateway.
As we mentioned before, many methods have been developed throughout history to shift this emotional system, most often through spiritual or religious ceremonies and initiations. The results are always unmistakable and throughout history the experience of the shift beg us to pursue a deeper understanding of it so that we can ultimately share it with more of those around us. Initiations, meditations, and hallucinogenic states have made their way into cultural practices for this purpose. They all found a way to educate the user on a specific process which effectively suspends mental stress and resistance just long enough to cause a “shift” of the emotional system to its more spiritual peaceful, insightful state. When this system shifts, the transformation has taken place.
The difficulty is overcoming the individual mental resistance factor. We developed our resistances as a defense mechanism, and we certainly believe in defense. When we experienced the initial discomfort of our emotional system we intuitively knew we wanted to defend against and avoid repeats of the experience at all costs. And so we resist, suppress and ignore the “gateway”. Ironically, it is this very resistance that keeps the discomfort in place.
Yes, yes, I can hear you now, “why don’t we leave well enough alone, I have done just fine thus far ignoring it”. Well I have news for you. The world is changing and transforming around you. The structures that uphold everything we know from the physical landscape of our planet to the economic structure of society are falling apart. Systems that were designed to stressfully hold you in place are at this time collapsing. Of course this is producing more stress. What a perfect opportunity for transformation. What better time is there than right now to enter into internal sacred ground of your inner being, the space of insights, creativity and healing? Yes, the time is now. The gateway is and always has been right in front of you. Go ahead a walk through. Find a path that suits you and embrace the shift.
Laurie Heusinger is owner of Alpha Omega Therapeutics in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is founder of Cognitive Polar Transformation aka Toggle it! www.toggleit.com
Health and Illness are Learned Behaviors
Every health complaint, every pain and every illness has, accompanying it, a deep seated stress component that sets up the actual structure for the imbalance to take hold. Focusing on and understanding this stress consideration, we now know that the emotional conditions which support health or Illness are learned behaviors, period. Consider for a moment that every stressful lesson or event in your life set up negative emotional responses which molded your internal stress programming to yield the state you currently find yourself in. Every negative emotion you experience is literally part of an internal pressure grid which warps and limits normal function of the mind and the body. When the normal function is impeded to a certain degree, the body develops pain and becomes hyper sensitive and susceptible to outside influences such as allergens, heat and cold, atmospheric pressure, viruses, toxins in the environment etc. We call the result of these sensitivities; illness.
In order to reverse the stress process one must attend to the undoing of, in most cases, years of stress programming related to beliefs, judgments and ineffective strategies involving your emotional system. This is why; in alternative medicine we approach health from a MIND /BODY perspective. The reality is the body does not substantially improve without a shift in mental consciousness. Cognitive Polar Transformation a.k.a. the Toggle Technique was specifically designed to do exactly that. Toggling is a simple yet profound tool which energetically reverses emotional stress and shifts consciousness. This mental focus tool literally reverses the internal pressure grid, one stress component at a time, releasing the mind and the body to higher function. As the name implies, it works like a toggle switch. Although this technique works quickly to shift consciousness, improve pain and overall health, stress corrections must become a lifestyle in order to sustain a healthy mind, body and spirit in your future, therefore one will need to make corrections routinely. Once learned, Toggling is implemented as a simple adjustment throughout your day. It works so well, you will look forward to setting aside a few moments in the morning when you awake, during your lunch break and right before bed to tap into the “stress grid”, make adjustments to release the tension and then be on your way.
Toggling as a consultation, it is not talk therapy. You do not give any detailed accounts of anything and you will not be given advice, exercises, or tasks to accomplish. Toggling is learned from our home study program or from a therapist, but done on your own.
Needless to say, when one is chronically ill or in pain, there are a lot of corrections to be done. Since you are reading this article, you likely already know, deep down, that changes need to be made not only on the physical plane, but also on the mental plane.
We did say stress piles up over years. Healing is as much a journey as it is a process. Using the Toggle Technique is no exception. During such a journey of undoing one will inevitably find themselves facing old discomforts thought to be long forgotten. Rejoice because as each internal pressure from the past rises into awareness and is reversed an evitable and unmistakable lightness of being is attained. In this “light” state one is freed from the pressure grid and its limitations. Without such limitations one resumes better health and naturally evolves mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. There is no deviation from this path. It is healing.
There are numerous avenues to access healing. We at Alpha Omega Therapeutics teach one method we nickname Toggling and we offer a comprehensive treatment and support program to teach and guide you in the use of Toggling for your specific needs. Introductory and advanced classes as well as individual consultations are all available to aide you in the learning and transformation process.
Laurie Heusinger is owner of Alpha Omega Therapeutics in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is founder of Cognitive Polar Transformation aka Toggle it! www.toggleit.com
