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About Asymmetry, Treshold and Initial Reaction Compensating for disturbed functions, completing adaptive reations Compensating for disturbed functions, completing adaptive reations
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From: Sharon
McLean Heath
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 4:51 AM
Subject: [EnergeticMedicine] SCENAR and Cancer
Hello Everyone
Has anyone found the SCENAR useful in treating cancer?
Pain relief? Or actually helping treat
tumours? (Protocols would be useful, thanks.)
I will be using homeopathy and the QXCI (along with diet,
etc), and am interested in where the SCENAR could come into this.
This is a new patient with advanced metastasised liver cancer,
currently on pain killers, which she wants to be able to stop because they
make her very dopey. There will be no conventional treatment, but
she is taking some Chinese Herbal Medicines (I don't know which ones yet).
Many thanks
Sharon
Dear Sharon
Whenever considering the use of the SCENAR it is
important to appreciate the manner in which the device acts to improve health
- as I am sure you are aware, there are different ways of viewing the body,
health and disease - the view employed by the SCENAR is one of wholeness
and self-regulation - in this view, an illness or disease process is not
isolated from the complex dynamics of self-regulation
To put it more simply, the SCENAR does not
"treat cancer" - this is not just a legal restriction in vocabulary
but is also a fundamental insight into the disease process itself - the SCENAR
is incapable of making a diagnosis as well as incapable of treating a disease
- what the SCENAR can do is guide the practitioner into a patterned assessment
that provides the body with the information required to advance its own
self-regulation and therefore self-healing
In general, one can understand that the SCENAR is
designed to accomplish two things:
1) it COMPENSATES for the disturbed functions
2) it COMPLETES the adaptive reactions
Every SCENAR practitioner must deeply appreciate
these two points - every action in the body triggers a set of responses which
have a cycle of activity - this cycle is at the heart of self-regulation -
when the cyclic response is incomplete, the adaptive reaction is also
incomplete - the self-regulation is "short circuited" and a
"disease" or "illness" results - the name of the
"disease" or "illness" is not significant - it is the
interrrupted cycle of self-regulation which is of greatest importance
If the "short circuited" adaptive
reaction is fairly simple and not well established over time (i.e. a common
illness or trauma in its acute stage), then the SCENAR can quickly act to
assist the body in resolving the stress by COMPLETING the adaptive reaction -
the degree to which the SCENAR must COMPENSATE for the disturbed reactions is
of a low order and although always helpful, is not particularly significant in
this case - many short sessions typically result in the body being able to
COMPLETE the specific cycle of adaptive reactions required to fully respond to
the event
However, if the "short circuited"
adaptive reaction is complex and extended over a long period of time (i.e. a
matured disease process in its chronic stage), then the SCENAR typically acts
to help COMPENSATE for the disturbed functions which have evolved forward
during the long period of interrupted self-regulation - the adaptive reaction
cycles will be completed by the body bit by bit over an extended period of
time - the phase of COMPLETION occurs slowly as the integrity of the body's
self-regulation is patiently re-established - during the sessions, as the
patterns of self-regulation are re-restablished, the SCENAR assists by
continually COMPENSATING for the disturbed functions which still destabilize
the self-regulation dynamics of the system
Whenever encountering a complaint, follow the
"SCENAR Rules" - if there is a complaint so specific that the person
can point to it with a single finger, proceed with the techniques
designed to take advantage of this clear information - if necessary help the
person clarify the exact spot by asking questions of comparison such as
high/low, back/front, etc., etc
If there is no specific point, then proceed to the
3 paths and 6 points followed by general painting and asymmetry 4 vector
painting
Advanced training (level 2, level 3, level 4)
equip you with more techniques and analysis but truthfully if you follow the
basic techniques faithfully results will follow
At this time, in America, the SCENAR has been
accepted by government regulatory agencies as appropriate for muscular
relaxation and muscular re-education - in the UK it is accepted in relation to
the treatment of pain - in Russia, the SCENAR is used medically in a broad
range of medical complaints - I have read Russian reports of reduction of
tumors - with these conditions in mind, it is safe to say that the device has
the capacity to act in numerous ways at numerous levels - the specific claims
which can be made are limited to the country in which you practice
Basically, my advice is to take the focus off of
the disease and place it firmly upon self-regulation - then watch and see how
the body responds and heals itself in surprising ways
be well
G.
Evoked physiological Response
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From: azizahclayton@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [EnergeticMedicine] Re: Which one, when and why?
What a lovely email and encouragement. Thank you. You are exemplary in your generosity. I have learnt a lot from your "thinking aloud" in this group and from the inputs of all others as well. This is an incredible forum, I am so glad I am part of it. I think the sharing of knowledge and experiences will enrich us all and enable us to be healthy and wise and therefore become good and effective healers. (Will be writing about "adrenals" to Diana and "skin" to Ken later.) I remember you so well, though I doubt that you remember me. At Prof. Revenko's talk, I happened to be in front of you and you grabbed hold of me to demonstrate the mechanism of the Scenar biofeedback, which I still don't understand. How can I forget you because I was quite taken aback to be hugged by a stranger. But now I know why I was there at that precise moment - we have something in common, an urge to teach and to learn. Now that you are no longer a stranger, a hug back in return, azizah
Dear Azizah,
Having put you through the "hug example"
in front of a crowd, I think it only fair that I make another effort to
explain the SCENAR biofeedback dynamic for you in this less embarrassing
environment
From my first exposure to the device, I have
remained eagerly interested in understanding the SCENAR - the following is my
understanding of the biofeedback dynamic utilized by the SCENAR - I believe it
is accurate at least in the broad sense since I am not an electrical engineer
and tend to see things analogously in terms of common day experience - both
Prof Revenko (the primary theorist from day one) and Alexander Nadtochy (a
primary engineer from day one and current head of OKB) seem to agree with the
interpretation considering language differences and translation
In my view, the SCENAR behaves more like an
organism than a machine - the way in which it processes information is very
similar to a living system - it has teased me into deeper considerations
regarding Artificial Intelligence and all that that invites and implies
First of all, a definition (my definition any way)
of biofeedback - "biofeedback" is a process whereby the organism is
offered helpful and important information about itself which it normally does
not have access to (oh, those dangling participles!)
Conventional biofeedback devices are generally
speaking "passive" and behave essentially like a mirror - the mirror
does nothing but reflect back to you information about yourself which you
normally do not have (for most of us, when using the mirror, whether it falls
into the category of "helpful and important" depends on one's mood I
suppose!!) - the mirror does not adjust, suggest, act or react - you do what
you do if you choose
Of course, conventional biofeedback extends itself
into areas of profound theory because of reliance on functions of the
"unconscious", very tricky "learning" issues and the
challenges surrounding "active and passive volition" - significant
subjectivity and interpretation saturate conventional biofeedback which is
why, at least in part, it has never fulfilled the excited expectations that
arose in the 1970's when it came into public awareness
"Voluntary control of involuntary
processes" is the phrase that identifies the promise of conventional
biofeedback - the "mind" (and believe me, no one agrees what
"mind" is, let alone "consciousness",
"unconscious", "free will" or "learning") is
expected to activate and actualize the change which is subsequently displayed
by way of signs and symbols of the biofeedback device - no person can explain
how they get the changes to occur - the device only registers whether they
changes are happening or not
Debate still occurs as to whether the activity is
truly learning or perhaps a device dependent form of behaviourist conditioning
- the great majority of conventional biofeedback therapists consider the
"learning model" to be confirmed however I personally believe that
conventional biofeedback relies in good part on a modification of non-mental
conditioning of the organism that involves the "mind"
To be clear, I have every respect and appreciation
for all the forms of conventional biofeedback and believe they hold important
places in healthcare and personal development - references such as
"passive" do not imply "lessness" but rather the dynamic
role of the device in the information process
My reason for making comments relative to
conventional biofeedback is to help clarify the biofeedback dynamics of the
SCENAR - comparisons to conventional biofeedback give us a contrast - also
persons newly encountering the SCENAR biofeedback sometimes ask questions as
to how SCENAR biofeedback compares to conventional biofeedback such as GSR or
EEG
And soooooooooooo.......
SCENAR biofeedback is an ACTIVE form of
biofeedback (as compared to the PASSIVE forms of conventional biofeedback) -
"active" means that the device has a changing base of processing -
unlike the mirror which simply reflects back information, an ACTIVE
biofeedback device will involve itself in an interaction which assists or
boosts the flow of information
The ACTIVE element of the SCENAR has a few
aspects - firstly, the device introduces a signal to the body unlike a PASSIVE
conventional biofeedback device which waits for information to come from the
body - by analogy, the PASSIVE device is like a person who sits across the
table from you and doesn't say a word - when you finally say something, they
repeat back to you whatever you said - they will contribute nothing novel or
original to the "talk"
Now at first this might seem worthless if not
ridiculous but in fact it has benefit - if you really listen to them you'll
start to hear things (which you just said) in a new way - it gives you some
objectivity on a very subjective experience (now I know this is not exactly
what occurs in conventional biofeedback but it's close enough to see into the
process) - to stretch the example even further (and maybe screw it up??),
perhaps you could imagine a strict, traditional psychoanalyst who just sits
and listens to you and only repeats back to you whatever you say (OK, it's not
a great example)
ACTIVE biofeedback (such as the SCENAR)
participates in the "talk" - as a matter of fact, the SCENAR
initiates the talk by introducing information - it's as though the device
starts off by asking you a question and immediately listens for your answer -
everyone knows that all great conversationalists are great listeners (for
those of you more familiar with biofeedback concepts you will recognize this
initiating activity as an EVOKED PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE)
As soon as your "answer" (the shifting
parameters measured by way of skin dynamics) is "heard" by the
SCENAR, it immediately makes another comment and sits with eager anticipation
awaiting your next response - the process is ACTIVE in the same way a good
conversation is active - your are constantly changing and so is the SCENAR -
as the process continues, it becomes difficult to say whether the body is
leading the device or the device is leading the body
I will explain yet another aspect of the ACTIVE
quality of the SCENAR but first...........in conventional biofeedback, because
there is no changing dynamic in the device, any change which occurs is only
within the body - the concept in conventional biofeedback is that the
"mind" is used to create these changes - the manner in which the
"mind" achieves these changes is 100% obscure - the conventional
device reflects through signs & symbols (numbers, colors, sounds, lines,
etc etc) what change has occurred
Frequently a subject will use highly personal
imagery techniques which have no apparent connection with the task - the
device "feeds-back" a measure of whether the technique is successful
or not - the "learning" that takes place (if in fact
"learning" is the best word) is not so much of a "how to do
it" as a "did I do it" - successfully returning to the task is
often accomplished but the subject is a loss as to how they did it - the best
that can be reported is often very broad descriptions of "just letting it
happen" or "getting out of my own way" and so on - it is not so
much a voluntary learning as an indirect association which somehow rather
"magically" results in a physiological change - remarkably, the
changes are often times long lasting and perhaps, by some defintion, even
permanent
In the SCENAR style of biofeedback, the subject is
not required to mentally "will" or engage their "volition"
because the ACTIVE design allows for immediate feedback to the organism of the
organism's own responses to the information - as the information evolves so do
the responses - the device modulates its information as the organism modulates
its information - it is very much like how your stomach interacts with your
liver - they are each speaking the same non-mental language and carry on the
conversation at biological speed (have you ever felt your understandings
moving faster than your words or even your thoughts??!) - the same process is
going on 10,000 times per second in each of our ?? trillion cells - the SCENAR
slips into this biological party and behaves like any other organ or tissue
Which brings me to the next aspect of the SCENAR
ACTIVE characteristic..........
Azizah, this goes back to the HUG example which I
enlisted you into in London
The question is, "How do you know how to make
a hug better"?
You know........first you wrap you arms around
someone (and they do the same I hope)
That's the first contact......generally it's not
"perfect", maybe not even comforatble
So, how do you know how to make the hug better?
It seems like this to me:
1) you pay attention to how the other person is
reacting - you feel or sense their body
- this
is information you are deriving from the other person
- this
information is from "out there"
- this
is the SCENAR "sensing" the body's reaction to the initial signal
input
- this
is the EVOKED PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE being measured
BUT, this is not only thing necessary to make the
hug better
2) you must also pay attention to how YOU feel
about the hug - you must pay attention to how YOU are reacting to the hug
- this
information is derived from within yourself
- this
information is from "in here"
- the
SCENAR also monitors its own internal processing dynamics relative to the
signal
In this way, the SCENAR is much more like an
organism than a machine
It pays attention to externally derived
information AS WELL AS internally derived information (within itself) and then
merges these two streams of information into its next modulating signal
response
I believe that the same way we know how to hug
better is the same way the SCENAR knows how to help us better - information
from the "outside" and the "inside" are streamed and
merged together and then emerge as new information-saturated signals which
instantaneously initiate another cycle of original exchange - the processor of
the SCENAR is able to adapt to biological rates while the signal behaves in a
manner so similar to neurological impulses that the organism does not sense a
machine on its skin at all - to the organism, it appears that the area of the
body where the SCENAR is situated is an area that has suddenly become greatly
interested in having an extraordinary conversation
I have recently be thinking that my SCENAR is
benefittng as much from all these exchanges as the people receiving the
treatments!!!!!
Azizah, this turned into a rather long and
rambling email - all because of that hug thing in London - I hope some
thoughts here and there help you to better understand the biofeedback
characteristics of the SCENAR - to the best of my knowledge, there is no other
biofeedback device that is both ACTIVE as well as sourcing feedback
information from the "outside" and the "inside" and
streaming it all together just like biological organisms do every second of
life
be well
G.
About Asymmetry, Treshold and Initial ReactionJerry and GroupIt strikes me that those of us who are doing the July Alaska cruise will probably find ourselves huddled together for a many a SCENAR pow-wow - that week on the ship more less unable to escape each other could make for a lotta learning! and so........let's "split" a few more atoms and see what "quantic energy" we can summon up 1) to this point, I have reduced all the SCENAR information I have so far encountered down to two words: a) asymmetry b) threshold I have expressed these two words a little differently in past emails: a) asymmetry = create a context in which a comparison can be made b) threshold = attempt to achieve the most while doing the least I figure any SCENAR understandings that come along must in some way be a reflection of these two principles because I believe that these two principles are not unique to the SCENAR - in my view these two principles are primary fundamentals of behavior in Nature as a whole - SCENAR theory and practice follows Nature 2) concerning the Initial Reaction (IR) issue - I am not sure that there are two versions or interpretations (which is to say less politiely, I believe there is only one version accompanied by one misunderstanding) - there is a good chance that our challenge to clearly appreciate something as basic as the IR is confounded by fuzzy semantics and an even fuzzier understanding of commonly used terms such as ENERGY - I'll bet a bunch that the communication of ideas poured through the filter of Russian-English (Texan! - sorry Jerry - couldn't resist) translation has put a funny spin on things in more than one place - it is soooooooo easy these days to use the word "energy" without having a specific functional meaning attached to the use 3) more IR stuff....(by the way Jerry and I sat shoulder to shoulder and faced across a small dinner table with Revenko and Zulia in the conversation referred to in Jerry's email) a) Revenko (as Jerry stated his last email) said that the IR was NOT a measure of "energy" b) Revenko said that a "high energy" state such as an allergic response may reflected in either HIGH or LOW IR and a "low energy" state (I do not recall the example he gave damn it) may be relected in either HIGH or LOW IR c) Revenko also explained that the DIFFERENCE between the IR and the second IR of the SAME POINT is a measure of the "energy" of the point eg. - IR#1 = 45 and IR#2 = 46.....therefore because the DIFFERENCE between #1 and #2 is small the interpretation is that the "energy" is low or small - IR#1 = 45 and IR#2 = 74......therefore because the DIFFERENCE between #1 and #2 is big the interpretation is that the "energy" is high or big d) notice that the above IR/"energy" interpretation is derived from a process of COMPARISON in a CONTEXT created by an IR followed on the same spot by another second IR e) now comes the "chart" of IR's that Jerry referred to given to him by Zulia (which she got from "The Russians" - who are these guys anyway?) - I am familiar with the chart - as in all things translated, I am very interested in the choice of English words chosen to express a word from the Russian (I am brutally reminded of the sweeping and erroneous choice of the English word "energy" for the extraordinarily complex Chinese word "Qi") f) firstly as I understand the chart, the values given represent a summary average of many IR's gathered from numerous measurements over a large area - for example, one would make a measure of many points on the back (so 50 to choose a number) - all 50 IR's would be summed up and then divided by 50 - and voila! you get a single number which reflects in a general, non-specific way the "BACKGROUND NUMBER" of the back area g) this "background number" can then be placed within ranges so indicated on the chart - the number ranges go basically like this: <18 18 - 25 25 - 40 40 - 60 >60 h) Jerry's understanding is that the low end points towards "energy deficient" and the high end towards "athletic" (as ever folks, keep in mind that this is all "Learning Out Loud" here - it's not about who is right or wrong but rather that we all end up understanding more - much to my disappointment there are times when I am wrong and Jerry is right!!!) 4) I thought I'd switch to another number - I was going to run out of letters if I keep that system up 5) so what is an IR a measure of anyway? - it's a slippery one for sure - for one thing when setting the level of stimulation before using the Diag 1 mode, we ask the subject to tell us when the sensation is "annoying but not painful" - this level varies from person to person with some general average - this "power"level has a direct bearing on the relative ranges of the IR's - a higher"power"level will generally yield higher IR's and a lower "power" level will yield lower IR's 6) here's my best shot so far as to "what is an IR?" - I see an INITIAL REACTION as an indication of the degree of informational access to the regulation dynamic connected with the particular point being measured - I think the IR is about the ability to access information 7) a higher IR indicates that the general system is better able to access regulatory information from this skin based neurological site 8) a lower IR indicates that the general system is less able to access regulatory information from this skin based neurological site 9) following this idea, SCENAR techniques utilize the higher IR's because these sites provide better information to the general regulatory processes of the system - using these information rich sites in an algorhythmic pyramidal hierarchy leads us from an IR to a DOSE-ALARM-ALERT to a ZERO-RECONNECT to a FM/Var-REINFORCE 10) I would therefore interpret a low BACKGROUND NUMBER (say 17) as an indication of INFORMATIONAL INHIBITION which would tend to reduce the efficient utilization of all resources including "energy" (which I believe is more a verb-like byproduct of metabolic resources as opposed to a noun-like resource itself) - what is lacking here is not the "energy" but rather the guiding instructional matrix through which the creative intelligence of Life/Nature does its work- the result is a system that is underutilizing its resources 11) as you might guess, I would interpret a high BACKGROUND number (say 75) as an indication of INFORMATIONAL EXCITATION which would tend to increase the efficient uitilization of all resources - the system would respond more vigorously because it has inceased access to the appropriate use of its resources 12) if this interpretation is correct ( I said "if"), then it would reconcile both the "Revenko" view of the IR NOT being a measure of "energy" with the BACKGROUND NUMBER chart where low AVERAGE IR's hint at a "degenerative condition of poor prognosis" and high AVERAGE IR's hint at an "athletic state linked to a very good prognosis 13) furthermore, I suspect it may be a "leap in logic" to equate the value/meaning of a low BACKGROUND NUMBER derived by an averaging of many IR's with the value/meaning of a low single IR measurement 14) the IR as a measure of INFORMATIONAL ACCESS figures well with the Voll related concept of a high IR indicating "inflammation/excess" and a low IR indicating "degeneration/deficiency" - Revenko made a quick reference to the Voll concept at our dinner discussion - if one can let go of the idea of "energy" as this subtle THING which can be quantified in volume units like milk then this informational approach will become more accessible - viewing "energy" as a measure of work capacity (as traditional as it is to conventional physics) may be an easier perspective over all - it removes the need to isolate the substantial process mechanisms (such as that pesky little electron concept) and satisfies itself as measure of activity expressed from innumerable and unknown processes - as far as I can tell nobody knows what "energy" IS as much as being able to measure what "energy" DOES 15) in this light, a SCENAR approach that uses a "moving FM/VAR" in areas of low IR readings may be succeeding in improving the INFORMATIONAL ACCESS to regulatory resources which would be reflected in 4 ways: a) consequent IR readings in the area would become higher reflecting increased INFORMATIONAL ACCESS b) the subject would experience feelings, sensations and states exprssed as "better energy" because the system is more efficiently utilizing regulatory resources as a result of increased INFORMATIONAL ACCESS c) signs such as redness, stickiness, sound and sensation would shift as a result of the improved use of regulatory resources d) general and specific symptoms of complaint would diminish as relection of improved self-regulation 16) before I get more into the great FM/Var debate - a few more things about the low IR thing 17) the NOBODY reading is curious one - I remember the first time I saw it on the screen of my new SCENAR - it seemed so funny or odd - because of my work in SCENAR design, I've had to better understand this funny little animal - in London, Zulia, Guy and I sat bleary eyed in some late night Italian restaurant trying our best to make sense of it - I was sure there must be a better word to put on the screen but to choose a new word one must have aclear understanding of what rhe device is doing/measuring when it displays "NOBODY" 18) this is my best understanding to date - NOBODY reflects more than one condition or state: a) as when you hold the device in the air while in Diag 1 mode, NOBODY sometimes indicates that there is "no contact" with a person hence "no body" b) as when you are physically touching a person but are not getting an electromagnetic connection as in "no conductivity" - this sometimes occurs if the skin is calloused or especially dry...common on some feet for example c) as when the INFORMATIONAL ACCESS is outside of the processing capacities of the device as in "no comprehension" - this could EITHER be so little INFORMATIONAL ACCESS that the INFORMATIONAL INHIBITION is beyond the processing reach of the device OR - this could indicate so much INFORMATIONAL ACCESS that the INFORMATIONAL EXCITATION is overwhelming the processing capacities of the device - Revenko expressed this particular information in an attempt to clarify "NOBODY" 19) oh oh.....it's getting late again.....Jerry, I used up a bunch of my neurons today with a full load of appointments - admittedly, I found myself wishing I could be doing this thinking/writing this at 12 noon instead of 12 midnight 20) the Revenko FM/Var comment about "ten stacked" and you going through the "ten stack at 2 minutes each" was something I totally missed at our dinner discussion - it may have been all those vodka toasts - however I am struck by what appears to be a tight fitting similarity to a "technique" (oh please not another technique) that I proposed in one of my recent group emails - perhaps there is more to it then originally thought 21) I referred to "my technique" as the "sequence series" (or maybe it was "series sequence" - whatever) was my best attempt at sourcing the same dynamics that your "moving FM/Var has been targeting but in a way that would be more efficient and less stressful to the body - the Sequence and "logic" surrounding it can be found in part in the email recorded below to which you had responded as well as an earlier email in which I had expressed the theory logic to a greater extent - I won't repeat the full logic here (refer back if you want) but I will repeat the "sequence series" settings themselves: 1) Sk 1, 15.3 Hz (2 minutes) 2) Sk 1, 29.7 Hz (2 minutes)
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