Mind Over Monkey Bars By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog I liked to drive from the little beach town where I lived and worked to the big city in the middle of the night. Where did I go? I bought magazines and books at an all-night newsstand at Hollywood and Vine, 186 miles…
Is Charisma Animal Magnetism? By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Charisma is not related to hypnosis, according to the “experts.” My experience tells me otherwise. <> Maybe the wrong “experts” are looking at charisma. It’s currently the domain of social scientists. Maybe medical scientists need to investigate charisma. <> I worked with a…
Placebo? Mesmerism? Witchcraft? By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Is a sugar pill the best medicine of all? Both the cure and the side effects are Placebo. Or maybe Mesmerism? Witchcraft? Positive Mental Attitude? <> Daniel J. DeNoon (“50% of Doctors Prescribe Placebos,” WebMD, Oct. 23, 2008) wrote … “More than half of…
Conditional Functioning #2 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) coined the term ATG (attention-getting syndrome) to refer to “conditional functioning.” In conditional functioning, the future is in the past. But what if the future and the past are happening simultaneously in the NOW? <> Jane Roberts (Seth Speaks: The Eternal…
5 Creative Research Tips By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Creative Research Tip #1 … Know the Source and Follow the Money. In other words, don’t ever believe any “fact” about any product being sold by the person providing the “fact.” According to Marshall McLuhan … “When war and market merge, all money transactions…
The Relative (Familial) Field By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Descartes claimed, “I think, therefore I am.” That’s OK for the Occidental mindset. More fundamentally, it’s, “I Am, therefore I Am, therefore I Am That I Am.” <> Cognitive Shocks are familial — they run in families for four or five generations. <> What’s the…
Conditional Functioning #1 By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “ATG is the worst disease in the world, even worst than AIDS. Even God suffers from it.” <> ATG = attention-getting syndrome = conditional functioning. <> Spencer Timothy Hall (Mesmeric Experiences, 1845) wrote … “(Copied from the Tyne Mercury…
Brain Hacking? No Such Thing! By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Brain Hacking is a widespread myth trumped up by Silicon Valley types high on Spirit Molecules, Pringles, Red Bull, alkaline water, and 5G chipsets. <> According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “Live in this world but don’t get caught up in…
Diabetes With a Hammer By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Hitting dogs with a hammer is never a nice thing to do. But that’s exactly what “one of the greatest of all men of science” did a long time ago. <> According to Claude Bernard (1813-1878) … “The physiologist is no ordinary man. He…
Mind Creates Matter (Part 2) By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “We sell our cells short.” <> Spencer Timothy Hall (Mesmeric Experiences, 1845) wrote … “Margaret Walsh, daughter of Mrs. Maria Walsh, Castle-street, Carlisle, had been partially deaf from the age of two to that of…
Allopathic Detoxification By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Do you know what Allopathic Medicine is? Most people don’t. Allopathic doctors use detoxification. Since they can’t cure anything, they might as well detox it. <> Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) coined the term “allopathy” because Detoxification Medicine was his pet peeve. <> Can’t fix it? Pee…
Supply & Demand By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog I had one desk and needed two. My desk was in my bedroom/office of my mobile home, and I needed it in the living room to do Iris Analyses on clients. I used a Bausch + Lomb slit lamp. Leaning across the kitchen table…
Mind Creates Matter By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog It’s almost never, “WHAT is the matter with me?” It’s almost always, “WHO is the matter with me?” “WHEN is the matter with me?” is the link between the two. <> “Psychological” means we *think* we experience pain. “Psychosomatic” means we *do* experience actual…
Automatic Functioning By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Be Here Now. Who am I? Ramana Maharshi asks the question. What am I? Swami Nitty-Gritty asks the question. <> “Who” can’t Be Here Now. “What” is always Here Now. <> According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “I’ve been through many teachers — love…
Sleep-Walking Through Life By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Our subconscious minds glom onto the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Most people sleep-walk around in a zombie-like trance, thinking their conscious minds are front and center, making all their decisions from Pure Practical Reason — the Kantian “reason that drives actions without…
Shouldering Arms By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Lana (not her real name) had a painful shoulder. Body Dowsing discovered the reason — the Cause of the Cause of the Cause. <> Lana and her business partner built a successful company from the ground up. She had an affair with him, and…
Body Dowsing Feet & Neck By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Shirley (not her real name) had two major stresses in her life. Weekly Body Dowsing sessions monitored both of them. Typically, I’d “figure eight” Shirley’s feet a few times, and say, “What’s going on with your husband?” “How can you tell…
Albatross Around Her Neck By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog “I feel like I’ve got an albatross around my neck,” Viana (not her real name) said. A baseball-sized tumor grew on the right side of her neck. I Body Dowsed her, and said, “You have a problem with your mother.” “You’re the…
Body Dowsing Subjugation By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog A woman — let’s call her Kiana — went to the hospital with a flu and started having seizures in the E.R. She stayed in the hospital a week having thousands of dollars worth of tests. I saw her in between hospital visits,…
If MSG Could Colonize By Atom Bergstrom Atom’s Blog Endotoxin means “within toxin.” It’s not in the cells of gram-negative bacteria. It’s part of the cell walls. It’s a built-in defense against the exotoxins released by other bacteria. <> As a sterile filtrate, endotoxin is a white powder — a heat-stable bacterial…