R A 田 C A L R E M 引〇 N ing minds dO not yet understand 、 Mhat'S going on. That'S because in- tuition operates れ the part Of our brains that developed at a tlme 、 vhen hidden dangers could jump out at us at any moment, such as a tiger hiding behind bushes. This part of the brain became highly skilled at sensing immediate danger as well as places ofsafety. How- ever, because most of us now (thankfully) live a relatively safe day- tO-day eXIStence, that part Of our brains iS not triggered very Often, and 、 it IS, we are not familiar With it, SO 、 tend tO ignore ItS messages. However, we all still have it, and the Radical Remission survlvors I study have learned hOW tO harness itS PO 、 ver. IN TODAY'S WORLD, talking about following your intuition can make people think you are W00- W00. " That is certainly what happened With Susan KoehIer. S intuitl()n came roaring up inside her 、 Mhen She 、 Mas diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatlc cancer, and ev- eryone thought she was crazy for listening to it. As you read her complete healing story, I invite you tO think about tlmes in your li when your intuition has suddenly kicked in. Have you ever felt a pang in yourstomach that made you pick up the phone and call someone Just at the right time ~ Did the next 1 れ a. ) or step in your li ever come tO you in a flash Of inspired creativity or through a beau- tiful dream? As you will see in Susan s story, we shouldn't ignore these flashes Of intuition, because they Often have important—・ perhaps even life-saving—information tO tell us. 、 , ・ 0 , Susan's Story 。 0 ・一 - When Susan Koehler was fifty-four, she started coughing every once ln a while, even though she did not have a co 旧 or flu. lt started very slowly at first and then increased in frequency until, a

Releasing Suppressed Emo 〃 0n5 tional events of your day, both positive and negative. Then try to write down what you were thinkingjust 房 you felt that emotlon. The idea in CBT is that our underlying thoughts cause us to feel happy or sad, yet many of us are not aware ofwhat our underlying thoughts are. For example, people who suffer from depression are often surprised when they keep a thought jour- nal tO find out that their most common, underlying thoughts 〃郷アな化 . Atthis point, finding a good CBT therapist to work with, or at least using a CBT workbook, can help you release underlying beliefs that no longer serve you. ・スイ 4 んど方 0 / ツ 04 ど 0 ツ 0 〃 4 / 0 ど〃な . Take some t11 e one evening tO write down all the most emotional moments 伝 0n1 your past, as far back as メ ou can remember, bOth positive and negative. When you are finished, 100k over the list and re- member the events as fully as you are able tO ( 、ö,rarning: tissues may be necessary). Then, when you are ready, have your own fire-burning ceremony and burn the list; in doing so, mentally release any suppressed emotions le 丘 over from those events. ・ ~ 市化み . ・ When you wake up each morning, think Of someone from your past or present tO forgive, even if it is for something minor. If it helps, you can write down the person s name each day. lfyou can't think of anyone to forgive, simply forgive yourself for any wrongs you might have done before this present moment. ・ 7 んどれゞおゞ 4 〃 ag どど〃〃など . Enroll in either a local or online stress management course for four tO eight weeks in order to focus on this important li skill. One popular course is called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) , which

Following IJ 日 n ルⅲ on curtaln tWO [ 0 three seconds みど the computer had even decided which curtain to use. 7 The subjects did not always 応Ⅱ ow through with what their slightly sweaty palms were telling them to do, but the slightly sweaty palms were almost always right; in fact' they even had the ability to predict the future ()y those two to three seconds). For gamblers who would like to have the ability to predict a certain card, this study suggests they should work on heighten- ing their sense Of intuit10n tO such a degree that they can recognize when the sweat glands on their palms have opened up. Finally, there iS another set Of studies that gives us yet another reason 、 should trust our intultion. These studies have found 、 Mhen it comes tO making major li decisions such as 、 house [ 0 buy or 、 person tO marry, trusting your lntultion leads tO better outcomes than trusting your logical, thinking brain. ln one such study, car buyers who had plenty oftime t0 pore over all the informatlon about their varrous car choices 、 later found tO be satisfied with their purchase only 25 percent of the time. Mean- 、 Mhile, those buyers 、 MhO made a quick, intuitive decision about their car purchases were found to be satisfied with their purchases 60 per- cent Of the time. 8 ln three similar expenments, subJectS 、 either given time tO think about a complex problem or diStracted and then asked tO make a quick decision. Across the board, the subjects WhO 、 asked [ 0 make quick, intultive decisions were the ones 、 MhO made the best decisions overall. 9 ln Other 、 vords, these studies indi- cate that it iS best tO trust your inturtlon when it comes tO making complex li decisions, 、 it is better tO use your SIO 、 more analytical brain for solving simpler problems. ・ I 、 surprised t0 have intuition C01 れ e up over and over again during my research Of RadicaI cancer Sl-lrVIVOß, these studies tell me that I should not be surprised at all, because our intuition Often kno 、、 Mhat'S best for us even 、 our think-

222 R A 田 C A L R E M 引 0 N な房ん市 4 加 0 〃 / 竑ど襯 0 どーん〃 g 火ノアけ市 0 〃 なノ〃なン conduit 、 4 な 0 ″どは / 2 ど 4 〃 CO 〃 4 , ど〃一方 4 な。川イんんア。眦”。ん砌 / , ルん勗 / 歸ん襯ど Tong Ren was the practice Henry used tO connect tO thiS third type Of love—the unconditional and universal type—in order tO help heal hiS cancer. He never received any conventional medical treatment, and although he passed away at age eighty-three, he still amazed his doctors by living for thirteen years after his double diagnosis. we live in a culture that prioritizes individualism above all else. we are taught tO become individual citizens 、 MhO live independent, separate lives from our neighbors. ト10 、 all the spiritual traditions tell us the exact opposite, that 、 are all intimately and in- visibly connected and that, in fact, 、 are all made Of the same spiri- tual energy. If you have never had an experience of universallove, where the feeling that you are an individual slips away and you feel merged with and at peace with everything, then you probably have not yet had a full experience of this third kind oflove, which many Radical RemiSSlon survlvors describe as "the deepest love there iS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND 5 円 R 灯 UA し One idea related [ 0 spiritual energy that comes up agaln and again in 1 れ y research iS the notlon that humans are primarily splritual beings having a temporary, physical experience in a body. When it comes [ 0 healing cancer, this idea becomes lmportant when it influ- ences someone S course Of treatment. For example, if you believe 、 are only physical organisms, then you would 0n1 メ 100k for physical

Fo 〃 0 Ⅳ ing u 司 n ルⅲ on ThiS idea goes against current western medicine thinking, 、 aims tO find a single cause for a disease and a single cure for it. ln the case Of bacterial infections, this goal iS realistic: 、 can try tO determine the single bacterium that has infected the body and then try tO develop a single antibiotic that will destroy that bacterium. ト10 、、 a complex disease such as cancer, which has already been shown tO have multiple causes (toxins, vrruses, bacte- ria, genetic mutatlon, mitochondria damage, etC. ), finding a single cure may not be SO realistic. ln this case, then, it 、 make sense that some cancer patients would benefit greatly from making a par- ticular change (e ・ g ・ , radical diet change) while other cancer patients 、 Mould not. That's when intuition can be extremely helpful: when you are trying to figure out the particular change body-mind-spirit needs in order tO heal. is a Radical survlvor 、 MhO 、 vas diagnosed with ovarlan cancer in 2011. After agreeing t0 a hysterectomy, during which her uterus and ovanes 、 Mere surgically removed, her inturtion strongly tOId her [ 0 refuse the recommended chemotherapy. lnstead, she began exploring alternative therapies, such as intravenous VItamin and ozone therapy. also read as many bOOkS as She could find about alternative cancer treatment: ん 0 研ど 4 0 を / んど 4 トー 4 ca 〃化ハ〃耀 z - 加砿イ砌んルの″んゞ co ど , イ砌ん″ルんど ッ加確イ / 0 ん , ・ Why have you come? / んノんイ訪 ル砿尾 4 み房ど , You have no py in your li ! You always have this really big to-do list, but where is your JOY ・

168 R A 田 C A L R E M 引 0 N WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR BOD に 5 WHEN WE FEEL POSITIVE EMOTIONS? Researchers no 、 kno 、 there iS an lmmediate and PO 、 con- nection bet 、 the mind and the bOdy. First, our deep-seated beliefs lead us to feel emotions—such as fear, stress, JOY—that create lnstant bursts ofhormones our brains, and these then tell our bodies what to do. When we feel fear or stress, our hormones tellthe cells in our bodies to either fight or flee. When 、 el jOY or love, our hormones tell our bOdies tO spend time re- pairing broken cells, digesting 応 od , and healing infections. As we learned in chapter 5 , these ハ MO modes are mutually exclusive—our bodies are either fighting/fleeing or healing, not both. SO, in order to turn on the body's healing mode, we must firstturn off the fight- or-flight mode, and one powerful way t0 d0 this is to release sup- pressed emotions from the past. As soon as we are out of fight-or-flight mode, the body naturally begins tO repair cells and heal itself. 、 can turn that healing—much like turning up the volume on a stereo—by pur- posefully trying to feel positive emotions, such as love, JOY, and hap- piness. That'S because positive emotlons are like rocket fuel for the lmmune system.Whenever 、 el the emotlons Of JOY' or hap- piness, the glands in our brains release a surge Of healing hormones intO our bloodstreams, including serotonin, relaxin, oxytocin, dO- pamine, and endorphins. 1 These hormones instantly commumcate with all the cells in our bodies, telling them to do things such as: ・ LO 、 blOOd pressure, heart rate, and cortiSOl (the stress hormone) ・ lmprove b100d circulation

Deepening u 「 Spiritual Connection 243 getic surgery. Matthew explains thatthe spirits who work through John of God apparently use this surgery time to adjust a person s energy field. They are called surgeries because the spirits appar- ently cut, unblOCk, and/or repair your energetic meridians, Just as a Western surgeon might cut, unblock, and/or your arteries. energetic surgeries are painless, tend tO make the person feel incredibly sleepy afterward. For example, it is not uncommon for a person tO Sleep SIXteen tO twenty-four hours after receiving one of them. Matthew enjoyed the calming, sleep- inducing experience Of hiS first energetic surgery, and then—・ as lnstructed—he returned tO hiS routlne Of meditating in the current room three days a week and taking the herbs every day. ln their brief interactions, John of God never called Matthew's condition cancer. " lnstead, he simply said (via a translator), "Some- thing very powerful is in your head. " Also, a few times while medi- tatlng in the current r001 Ⅱ With hiS eyes closed, Matthe 、 sensed John of God approaching him. John of God would then place his hand on Matthew's head, and that feeling of blissful light would instantly start pouring through him again. After three months like this at John of God's center, Matthew's VISItor visa had run out, SO he returned tO the United states to see his family and renew his visa. He did this for the rest of that year, spending three months at a time in Abadiånia and returning t0 the United States only to renew his visa. His 信 mil メ happily paid for his plane tickets home, and when they saw how much better he looked, they didn't hesitate to pay for his return flights to Brazil or [ 0 keep paying for the inexpensive hotel. When I asked Matthew why he chose [ 。 stay at John of God's for so long, he replied: ″ , み加曜 / ルを″勗 . が g 加を厖

A B 〇 U T T H E A U T H 〇 R KE LLY TU RN ER, PH. D. , is a researcher, author, and lecturer in the field of integrative oncology and the founder of the Radical Remission PrOJect. Her specialized research focus iS the Radical RemiSS10n Of cancer, 、 MhiCh iS a remrssion that occurs either in the absence Of Western medicine, or after Western medicine has failed tO achieve remrssron. Dr. Turner S lnterest complementary medicine began when she received her B. A. from Harvard University, and it later became the sole focus of her Ph. D. atthe University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation research included a year-long trip around the 、 Morld, for which she traveled tO ten different countries tO inter- view fifty alternative healers and t 、 venty Radical Remissron cancer survrvors about their healing techniques. Since then, her ongoing research has led her tO analyze over one thousand cases Of Radical RemiSS10n and tO found the Radical Remission Project, an lnter- active 、 vebsite and database Of Radical RemiSSlon cases (see ー , Ⅵ " .RadicaIRemissron.com/. When she's not studying or lecturing about Radical Remission, you will likely find her snuggling up with her family or writing screenplays. For more information on Dr. Turner, visit WW 、v.DrKellyTurner.com/

194 R A 田 C A L R E M 引〇 N of being loved releases a flood of potent hormones into our blood- streams,l 、 not only makes us feel better emotionally but alSO strengthens our lmmune systems significantly. 2 Receiving love from others when we are sick actually helps the body heal itself. ThiS iS Why it is no surprise that receiving love from others— SOCial support —turns out tO be one Of the nine key factors Of 1 れ y RadicaI Remissron research. This chapter will explore the impor- tance Of SOCiaI support in depth, focusing on itS three 1 れ aln aspects. While we all instinctively understand the importance of support, we'll also look at the research that backs this up. We will then dis- cover the healing story of Kathryn, a woman who never could have overcome her advanced liver cancer without the love and support She received 伝 01 れ Others. The chapter concludes with some simple steps you can take [ 0 bring more love and support intO your li . RECEIVING LOVE HELPS THE BODY HEAL VirtuaIly all the Radical Remission survivors I study believe that the love they received om others when they were sick actually helped their physical bodies heal. For some people, this was a sur- prise; they were not expecting love tO have a tangible effect on their bOdies. For Others, the surprise was the 0 〃〃ー Of love unexpectedly showered upon them, not only by close friends and family but also by long-lost friends or sometimes even people they barely knew. One such survwor is Nancy McKay, a devoted wife, mother, and m1n1Ster.Nancy 、 fifty-four when metastatic melanoma 、 dis- covered in her lymph nodes, and her doctors told her she had only one tO t 、 MO years tO live. Refusing tO accept that prognosis, She instead put together an integrative plan that combined surgery and experi- mental cancer vaccines with prayer and Chinese herbs.What she was not expecti ng, though, was the outpouring Of love She received :

Releasing Suppressed Emotions 15 / smiled and explained that many people meditate for years and never have that experience. どどノッ砌 / 房 / 〃 g 房あルんん怩 / イッ切イ . ど 召〃イイん〃んん 4 ルど 4 尾〃 0 0 〃鑽み 0 イ / お 4 〃イルど 4 尾 4 な 0 〃 0 ー 。切どど。イ " ん召〃ノイんノ . The teacher went on to explain to Joe that when the mind labels something as good," it StartS tO crave it. ln response, the deeper being creates experiences that involve craving. When the mind labels something as 'bad," it tries tO avoid it. ln response, the deeper being creates experiences that involve avoiding. Therefore, because Joe's mind had labeled the blissful meditation experience as good, it then started to crave it, and his deeper being responded by giving him an experience ofjustthat: craving that blissful experience. The teacher ended his explanation with a suggestion not tO judge or label any experiences but simply t0 experience them and move on. Despite this wise advice, it 、 very hard for Joe not tO want to have that feeling again. As he puts it, "How can you possibly not crave God?" He now describes the retreat as the most difficult and life- changing event he has ever experienced: な灯なルッ g 砿加 G .... 応房 勗 / んイどやど加 4 ノイ孕ア尾なイど ア。血 / 比 4 なイ / , ッ翩んイんをどん どア・阨 c 郷 / 〃 g ど〃 / 比 , / イ加ノどア市 / み諸印ど加ルな 4 市ル鑽ノ 4 Ⅷ g ag ど , ル厖〃