Brief Introduction to GNM/GHk
Brief Introduction to Germanic New Medicine/Germanische Heilkunde
The body of knowledge GHk or GNM is a form of mind-body medicine. Its founder, Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer, was a traditionally-trained medical doctor from Germany. He specialized in internal medicine and medical research.
In 1978, two months after his 19-year-old son was shot and murdered, Dr. Hamer was diagnosed with testicular and stomach cancer. He was given a 1% chance of surviving. He had surgery but refused chemotherapy and radiation, as I understand, most medical doctors do.
After his son’s untimely death and his near-miraculous recovery from cancer, Dr. Hamer dedicated the rest of his life to unraveling the biological code. He concluded that what we call a disease today, are in fact biological programs that have a biological purpose. Nature has designed human biology to maximize its chances of survival.
Every time we are faced with a challenge in life, our subconscious minds (or psyche as termed by Dr. Hamer), respond by increasing or decreasing our capacity to help us solve that life challenge. This would be analogous to putting your foot on the accelerator or brake of your vehicle to avoid a road accident.
To increase our capacity, some parts of our body will add tissue when we face the problem, and remove tissue after we have solved it. In other parts of the body, it is the reverse. This is generally what medical doctors call disease.
The easiest way to understand the process of tissue being added and removed is to look at a woman’s menstrual cycle. In the first half of a woman’s cycle, tissue is added to the walls of the uterus. If she does not get pregnant, the extra tissue is removed via bleeding, often accompanied by cramps and pain.
Dr. Hamer discovered that the testicular cancer he experienced after his son was murdered, was not random and had a biological purpose. Increasing the functional tissue in the testicle increases testosterone and sperm production. This makes a man more fertile so he is better able to get a woman pregnant and replace the child or partner he just lost.
To apply this concept to Ulcerative Colitis and IBS in GHk, when we are angry about an ugly problem we cannot solve, tissue is added to our intestinal tract to help us better ‘digest’ or ‘absorb’ the problem. When we solve the problem, the extra tissue is removed with bleeding, pain, and cramps, similar to a woman’s menstrual cycle.
If you want to test this medical science for yourself, think about something you really dislike, something in your life that really ‘stinks’ or ‘sucks.’ Think about it intensely. A little while after you start thinking about it, your nose will start running. A runny nose is caused by a ‘stinking conflict.’
Now follow this exercise. Speak to your subconscious mind and say to it, “I know my nose is running because I was just thinking intensely about something I hate (fill in the blanks what you were just thinking about), please switch off my runny nose.” What happened to your runny nose?
If there is a problem in your life that you have been ‘biting your tongue’ and not speaking about, gather the courage to talk about it. Soon after, your tongue will become hyper-sensitive, and you will get painful ulcers on the tongue!
Follow the same exercise with your tongue. Say to yourself, “I know my tongue is sore because I was biting my tongue about (fill in the blanks) and I gained the courage to speak about it.”
Depending on how long you were biting your tongue on the issue, and how important the issue was to you, it will determine whether you either downgrade the pain on the tongue or switch it off completely.
The longer you have bitten your tongue for, and the more important it was to you, the less the pain from the ulcers will reduce, and the longer they will take to heal.
Congratulations, you have just learned to switch biological programs (disease) on and off.
Once you have personal experience of how this medical science works, even deliberately making your nose run or tongue sore, it significantly increases your conviction that this medical science is the real deal.
In my experience, it is the Holy Grail of health and wellness.
You can read a much more detailed explanation about Dr. Hamer and his medical discoveries in my book, ‘Terminal Cancer is a Misdiagnosis.’
Danny’s Experience
Danny’s Experience
I suffered from horrible digestive issues since the early 2000s.. I regularly experienced crippling stomach cramps, loose motions etc. Sometimes I passed out on the toilet with the pain of stomach cramps.
I married in 1999 and separated from my ex-wife in 2011. I met my current wife in 2012. In 2015, my new life partner made her first visit to my parent’s home and met all my family. They loved her, and she loved them.
By the evening of the first day in my parent’s house, I had stomach cramps worse than I had ever experienced before. I had them for 72 hours. I was on the toilet every hour with severe loose motions and in unbelievable pain.
My partner said to me, let’s try using that new medical knowledge you are learning. I had never used it before. She asked me two questions. What emotional conflict causes stomach pain? And, when does the pain start? My answer was: that the stomach is primarily affected by indigestible anger, and the pain starts when the problem is solved.
We were laying on the bed at my parent’s house for an hour trying to identify the resolved problem. There were no family problems we could identify. We just had a big family party in the garden!
During our discussion, I was folded in half in excruciating pain. Then it hit me like a bolt of lightning! My ex-wife and family did not get on well together. And there was mutual antipathy. Managing their dysfunctional relationship was like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. My family loved my new partner.
We were laying on the bed and I said, the problem we have solved is my family and partner having a very difficult relationship.
In a split second, my stomach gurgled and the pain stopped immediately! I went from being bent over in pain to being pain-free in a split second. Poof! Gone!
I told my partner and she thought I was joking. We waited for another two hours. The pain did not return, and has not since.
This was the first time I switched off a biological program (the name for what medical doctors call a disease), and as you can imagine, it totally blew me away.
I was en-route to complete my GHk/GNM training with Ilsedora Laker in Toronto. I nearly had to cancel the trip as I could not be more than 5 seconds away from the bathroom. By deploying Dr. Hamer’s teachings and healing myself, I made that training and began my formal training in GHk/GNM.
Conventional Medicine (CM) Explanation for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis
Conventional Medicine (CM) Explanation for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis
When I first wrote this Digest, I included the detail of the symptoms, types, and causes for both Ulcerative Colitis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). When I edited it, I removed the detail for IBS.
The part of the intestinal tract affected, symptoms, and causes listed were essentially the same so it created unnecessary duplication in the Digest.
The only minor difference between them is, Ulcerative Colitis is described as ‘can sometimes lead to life-threatening conditions,’ and ‘IBS doesn’t change the bowel tissue or increase your risk of colorectal cancer!’ Both essentially describe the same condition in the large intestine or colon.
The colon is the largest part of the large intestine. It is not entirely clear to me how they differentiate between the two conditions, as the terms large intestine and colon are often used interchangeably.
If I have started this Digest by causing confusion, welcome to the club. I am also confused by what they consider to be the difference between the two conditions.
You can read details on the Conventional Medicine understanding of IBS, Ulcerative Colitis in any of the mainstream media websites. They are all very similar with only minor differences.
Overview of Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and ulcers (sores) in your digestive tract. Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of your large intestine (colon) and rectum. Symptoms usually develop over time, rather than suddenly.
Ulcerative colitis can be debilitating and can sometimes lead to life-threatening complications. While it has no known cure, treatment can greatly reduce signs and symptoms of the disease and bring about long-term remission.
Overview of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable bowel syndrome is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. Signs and symptoms include cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, diarrhea or constipation, or both. IBS is a chronic condition that you’ll need to manage long-term.
IBS doesn’t cause changes in bowel tissue or increase your risk of colorectal cancer.
Symptoms (Now only for Ulcerative Colitis)
Ulcerative colitis symptoms can vary, depending on the severity of inflammation and where it occurs. Signs and symptoms may include:
Diarrhea, often with blood or pus
Abdominal pain and cramping
Rectal pain
Rectal bleeding — passing small amount of blood with stool
Urgency to defecate
Inability to defecate despite urgency
Weight loss
Fatigue
Fever
In children, failure to grow
Most people with ulcerative colitis have mild to moderate symptoms. The course of ulcerative colitis may vary, with some people having long periods of remission.
Although ulcerative colitis usually isn’t fatal, it’s a serious disease that, in some cases, may cause life-threatening complications.
Causes
The exact cause of ulcerative colitis remains unknown. Previously, diet and stress were suspected, but now doctors know that these factors may aggravate, but don’t cause ulcerative colitis.
One possible cause is an immune system malfunction. When your immune system tries to fight off an invading virus or bacterium, an abnormal immune response causes the immune system to attack the cells in the digestive tract, too.
Heredity also seems to play a role in that ulcerative colitis is more common in people who have family members with the disease. However, most people with ulcerative colitis don’t have this family history.
Risk factors
Ulcerative colitis affects about the same number of women and men. Risk factors may include:
Age. Ulcerative colitis usually begins before the age of 30, but it can occur at any age. Some people may not develop the disease until after age 60.
Race or ethnicity. Although white people have the highest risk of the disease, it can occur in any race. If you’re of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, your risk is even higher.
Family history. You’re at higher risk if you have a close relative, such as a parent, sibling or child, with the disease.
Complications
Possible complications of ulcerative colitis include:
Severe bleeding
Severe dehydration
A rapidly swelling colon, also called a toxic megacolon
A hole in the colon, also called a perforated colon
Increased risk of blood clots in veins and arteries
Inflammation of the skin, joints and eyes
An increased risk of colon cancer
Bone loss, also called osteoporosis
How is ulcerative colitis treated?
There’s no cure for ulcerative colitis, but treatments can calm the inflammation, help you feel better and get you back to your daily activities. Treatment also depends on the severity and the individual, so treatment depends on each person’s needs.
Usually, healthcare providers manage the disease with medications. If your tests reveal infections that are causing problems, your healthcare provider will treat those underlying conditions and see if that helps.
The goal of medication is to induce and maintain remission, and to improve the quality of life for people with ulcerative colitis. Healthcare providers use several types of medications to calm inflammation in your large intestine.
Reducing the swelling and irritation lets the tissue heal. It can also relieve your symptoms so you have less pain and less diarrhea. For children, teenagers and adults, your provider may recommend:
Aminosalicylates: For mild to moderate ulcerative colitis, your healthcare provider may prescribe sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®). Let your provider know if you’re allergic to sulfa. He or she can prescribe a sulfa-free aminosalicylate instead, such as mesalamine (Canasa®, Delzicol®, Asacol® HD, Pentasa®, Lialda®, Apriso®). The medications come in both pill form and enema or suppository form, which can better reach the inflammation low down in the colon or rectum.
Corticosteroids: If you have a severe form of ulcerative colitis, you may need a corticosteroid such as prednisone (Deltasone®) or budesonide (Entocort® EC, Uceris®). Because corticosteroids have serious side effects, healthcare providers only recommend them for short-term use. Other medications will be used to help maintain the remission.
Immunomodulators: Your healthcare provider may recommend an immunomodulator. These medicines include 6-mercaptopurine (Purixan®, Purinethol®), azathioprine (Azasan® and Imuran®), or methotrexate (Trexall®). These medications help calm the overactive immune system.
Biologics: Biologics treat moderate to severe ulcerative colitis by targeting parts of the immune system to quiet it down. Medications like infliximab (Remicade®), adalimumab (Humira®), golimumab (Simponi®), certolizumab pegol (Cimzia ®), vedolizumab (Entyvio®), and ustekinumab (Stelara®) are biologics.
Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors: Drugs like tofacitinib (Xeljanz®) stop one of your body’s enzymes (chemicals) from triggering inflammation.
Children and young teenagers are prescribed the same medications. In addition to medications, some doctors also recommend that children take vitamins to get the nutrients they need for health and growth that they may not have gotten through food due to the effects of the disease on the bowel. Ask your healthcare provider for specific advice about the need for vitamin supplementation for your child.
You might need surgery that removes your colon and rectum to:
- Avoid medication side effects.
- Prevent or treat colon cancer (people with ulcerative colitis are at greater risk).
- Eliminate life-threatening complications such as bleeding.
Can I get surgery for my ulcerative colitis?
Surgery is an option if medications aren’t working or you have complications, such as bleeding or abnormal growths. You might develop precancerous lesions, or growths that can turn into colorectal cancer. A doctor can remove these lesions with surgery (a colectomy) or during a colonoscopy.
Research shows that about 30% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery sometime during their life. About 20% of children with ulcerative colitis will need surgery during their childhood years.
There are two kinds of surgery for ulcerative colitis:
Proctocolectomy and ileoanal pouch
The proctocolectomy and ileoanal pouch (also called J-pouch surgery) is the most common procedure for ulcerative colitis. This procedure typically requires more than one surgery, and there are several ways to do it. First, your surgeon does a proctocolectomy — a procedure that removes your colon and rectum. Then the surgeon forms an ileoanal pouch (a bag made from a part of the small intestine) to create a new rectum. While your body and newly made pouch is healing, your surgeon may perform a temporary ileostomy at the same time. This creates an opening (stoma) in your lower belly. Your small intestines attach to the stoma, which looks like a small piece of pink skin on your belly.
After you heal, waste from your small intestines comes out through the stoma and into an attached bag called an ostomy bag. The small bag lies flat on the outside of your body, below your beltline. You’ll need to wear the bag at all times to collect waste. You’ll have to change the bag frequently throughout the day.
Your medical team will teach you how to care for the stoma and empty the attached bag. You can also use a fabric cover for the pouch so that even when you’re undressed, the waste isn’t visible. With proper care, the pouch doesn’t smell and isn’t noticeable under clothes.
Once you and the ileoanal pouch have healed, your surgeon will discuss taking down the ileostomy.
Your new ileoanal pouch still collects stool. That allows waste to exit your body through your anus as it would normally. Afterward, because you have less space in your large intestine to store poop, you’ll have frequent bowel movements (on average four to eight times a day once your body has adjusted). But you should feel a lot better when you recover from the surgery. The pain and cramping from ulcerative colitis should be gone.
Proctocolectomy and ileostomy
If an ileoanal pouch won’t work for you, your healthcare team might recommend a permanent ileostomy (without an ileoanal pouch). Your surgeon does a proctocolectomy to remove your colon and rectum. The second part of this surgery, done at the same time, is to perform a permanent ileostomy (as described above).
PREVENTION
What causes ulcerative colitis flareups?
When you’re in remission from ulcerative colitis, you’ll want to do everything you can to prevent a flareup. Things that may cause a flareup include:
- Emotional stress: Get at least seven hours of sleep a night, exercise regularly and find healthy ways to relieve stress, such as meditation.
- NSAID use: For pain relief or a fever, use acetaminophen (Tylenol®) instead of NSAIDs like Motrin® and Advil®.
- Antibiotics: Let your healthcare provider know if antibiotics trigger your symptoms.
What role does diet and nutrition play in ulcerative colitis?
Diet does not cause the development of ulcerative colitis nor can any special diet cure the disease. However, the foods you or your child eat may play a role in managing symptoms and lengthening the time between flareups.
Some foods may make symptoms worse and should be avoided, especially during flareups. Foods that trigger symptoms are different from person to person. To narrow down what foods affect you, keep track of what you eat each day and how you feel afterward (a food journal).
Problem foods often include:
- Greasy foods.
- High sugar foods and drinks.
- Carbonated beverages.
- High-fiber foods.
- Alcohol
In addition to the problem foods listed above, infants, children and teenagers can also experience issues with:
- Salt
- Dairy products.
Keep a careful eye on your child’s diet and nutrition. Their appetite may decrease during a flareup and they might not eat enough to stay healthy, and grow. Also, the inflammation caused by ulcerative colitis may keep their digestive tract from absorbing enough nutrients. This can also affect your child’s health. For these reasons, you may have to increase the amount of calories your child consumes.
It’s best to work with your provider and nutritionist to come up with a personalized diet plan if you or your child has ulcerative colitis.
What can I expect if I have a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis?
Ulcerative colitis is a lifelong condition that can have mild to severe symptoms. For most people, the symptoms come and go. Some people have just one episode and recover. A few others develop a nonstop form that rapidly advances.
In up to 30% of people, the disease spreads from the rectum to the colon. When both the rectum and colon are affected, ulcerative symptoms can be worse and happen more often.
You may be able to manage the disease with medications. But surgery to remove your colon and rectum is the only “cure.” About 30% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery.
Dr. Hamer’s Explanation of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis
Dr. Hamer’s Explanation of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis
The description of Dr. Hamer’s explanation for Ulcerative Colitis and IBS is taken from Dr. Hamer’s Scientific Chart (https://amici-di-dirk.com), Bjorn Eybl’s book, ‘The Psychic Roots of Disease’ (https://free-new-medicine.com), and Dr. Carolin Markolin’s website www.learninggnm.com.
I interviewed the author Bjorn Eybl on the development of his book, which has so far taken him 15 years. You can find the interview on my About the Author page of my website.
Nature’s biological programs work in two phases. In Germanic Healing Knowledge (GHk), this is a part of Dr. Hamer’s second biological law, ‘The Law of Two Phases.’ All diseases, or ‘biological programs’ as Dr Hamer called them, go through these two phases.
When we experience a problem we cannot solve, Dr. Hamer describes this as the ‘conflict activity’ phase. This is the first phase. The capacity of our organs is increased in the colon to help us to better ‘digest’ or ‘absorb’ the problem. Similar to a menstrual cycle, tissue is added to the colon during the conflict active, or phase one of the biological program.
Once we have solved the problem, Dr. Hamer called this the ‘conflict resolution’, ‘healing’ or ‘repair’ phase, or phase two of the biological program. The extra tissue is removed after the conflict is resolved, with bleeding, cramps and pain, similar to a menstrual cycle.
Conflict (The cause of the problem)
Chunk/Morsel conflict: When you are unable to get, or get rid of, something that you want, or don’t want.
Indigestible-anger. A situation that is ugly and hard to deal with.
Something unpleasant. Not being able to get rid of ‘crap.’
Not being able to cope with something vile, devious or mean.
Case Study Examples
* For many years, a man has been a founding member of an organization. A huge argument breaks out among the members because the man who owns the restaurant where they meet no longer wants the meetings to be held there.
Indigestible-anger conflict. A few weeks later, the patient is diagnosed with colon cancer. He is in the active phase of the two phases. The tumor is surgically removed. Afterward, he learned about GHk/GNM. (Archive B. Eybl)
* A 43-year-old, department head uses a friendly approach with her colleagues. Four years ago, a new colleague joins the team. From the very beginning, she works against the department leader. A month ago, she learns that this colleague has been maligning her in the company behind her back.
Indigestible-anger conflict. A month later, the patient speaks of the matter, choosing two close colleagues and a girlfriend to confide in. She starts to feel better during the conversation, which begins the conflict resolution phase of the healing.
Then, at night, she suffers an intestinal colic (repair phase crisis) with a hard, swollen abdomen and sweating. It’s so bad that she calls an ambulance. In the hospital, she is diagnosed with an inflammation of the colon and a thickening of the intestinal wall (flat-growing tumor of absorptive quality).
In addition to this, fluid has accumulated in the peritoneal (abdominal) cavity (ascites) and her blood sedimentation levels are high (an indication of inflammation). After a few days, everything is all right again. (Archive B. Eybl)
* An athletic, 50-year-old entrepreneur has a construction company and his business is booming. Suddenly, this good fortune abandons him: A major customer goes bankrupt and he loses a lot of money. Shortly thereafter, another customer refuses to pay 20% of the agreed fee.
Indigestible-anger conflict. Since then, problems with business partners are always a trigger for him. The result is a chronic inflammation of the colon (ulcerative colitis). After retirement, the disease heals almost completely. (Archive B. Eybl)
Conflict Activity (When the problem starts)
Ulcerative Colitis is triggered the moment you experience the ‘ugly’ conflict that you cannot solve. Extra tissue is added to the colon to increase your capacity to help you better ‘digest’ or ‘absorb’ the problem in your system.
If the growth is a ‘cauliflower-like’ adenocarcinoma of the secretory quality, it is a conflict of not being able to ‘digest something.’
If it is a flat-growing adenocarcinoma, ‘tumorous thickening of the intestinal wall’ of the absorptive quality, it is a conflict aspect of not being able to ‘absorb’ or ‘accept’ something.
Biological Purpose or Meaning
One of Dr. Hamer’s many extraordinary medical discoveries was that all biological changes that happen in the human body have a biological purpose or meaning. Evolution has developed human biology to maximize our chances of survival. An increase or decrease in an organ system’s capacity can help us in times of trouble to survive difficult challenges in life.
With more cells in the colon, we have a better ability to ‘digest’ or ‘absorb’ the lodged chunk of anger.
Conflict Resolution or Repair Phase (After the problem has been resolved)
Normalization of the function with the removal of the increased tissue.
There is a tubercular degradation of the added tissue (tumor) via acid-resistant fungi and bacteria (mycobacteria), mild fever, night sweats, colitis, and irritable colon. Bright-red blood and mucus in stool, diarrhea. If bacteria is not present (due to heavy usage of antibiotics), the added tissue (tumor) becomes encapsulated.
Healing Crisis (Nature’s way of removing inflammation from the brain and organ after healing is completed)
Healing can only happen in a fluid environment. Once the healing process is complete, the body needs to remove the healing fluid from both the organ and the brain relay that manages this organ. This Dr. Hamer named the healing crisis. The inflammation is squeezed out of the organ and the brain.
The body achieves this by temporarily putting you back into conflict activity. You will re-experience the ‘ugly’ or ‘shitty’ conflict emotions that triggered the conflict and the biological program to start, This can last from seconds to weeks, depending on how much fluid has built up in the brain and organ.
Physically, you will experience chills, heavy bleeding, and colicky pain.
Your blood sugar levels will drop during the healing crisis. The brain uses a lot of glucose during the healing crisis. It is important to eat or drink something with high sugar levels after you have experienced chills, heavy bleeding, and colicky pain.
Danny’s Comments and Observations
Danny’s Comments and Observations
Cause
The most obvious difference between CM and GHk is the explanation of the “cause” of Ulcerative Colitis and IBS. CM does not know what causes these issues.
According to the Conventional Medicine websites, “The exact cause of ulcerative colitis remains unknown. Previously, diet and stress were suspected, but now doctors know that these factors may aggravate, but don’t cause ulcerative colitis.”
“Most people with IBS experience worse or more frequent symptoms during periods of increased stress. But while stress may aggravate symptoms, it doesn’t cause them.”
A shopping list of possible causes is provided from bacteria, fungi, viruses, a malfunction in the nervous system, contractions in the intestinal muscles, an abnormal immune response causing the immune system to attack the cells in the digestive tract, age, race, ethnicity, family history etc. I think it is quite clear that CM does not understand the cause of these problems.
See if you can make sense of this, in case you missed it earlier. ‘Heredity also seems to play a role in that ulcerative colitis is more common in people who have family members with the disease. However, most people with ulcerative colitis don’t have this family history.’ Are you clearer now?
If you took your car to your mechanic and he told you he did not the “cause” of why your engine ceased up, would you go back to the mechanic to get your car fixed again?
Dr. Hamer has stated that the cause of the problem as a “chunk or morsel conflict.” When we are unable to get, or get rid of, something (“chunk” or “morsel”). This is something that we want in our life, or want to get out of our lives. Dr. Hamer called it an “indigestible anger conflict” as it is a problem that we currently cannot solve.
For me, this problem was my ex-wife and family fighting. To affect the colon, it has to be a problem that is “ugly” or “shitty”. If we have a problem we cannot solve that is not “ugly” or “shitty”, it will affect the intestinal tract further up.
For example, the esophagus will get affected by a problem we cannot swallow. An annoying or irritating problem but not ugly will affect the stomach or small intestine, “I cannot stomach this problem.”
The conflict is always an expression of the primary biological function of the organ. The primary biological function of the colon is to extract fluid and create stool to defecate. So the conflict is ‘ugly’ or ‘shitty’.
Biological Purpose
Dr. Hamer states that the “biological purpose” of ulcerative colitis and IBS is to increase your capacity to better digest or absorb the “chunk” or “morsel.” And as soon as you resolve the conflict, the extra capacity will be removed with stomach acid-resistant fungi and tuberculosis mycobacteria.
Medical doctors believe that fungi and tuberculosis mycobacteria are the cause of the disease when it is the solution to the problem. The tuberculosis mycobacteria removes the extra tissue added to the colon in the first conflict active phase, in the phase two, conflict resolution or repair phase.
Because doctors invariably find the bacteria at the site of the problem, they believe it causes the problem. It is the equivalent of saying, “I carried out a survey of all major building fires and on every occasion, there were firefighters at the incident. The firefighters are therefore the cause of the fires.” Absurd right? They then use antibiotics to kill the firefighters. Great idea, right?
When you do not understand a process from beginning to end, ‘this is what causes the problem, this happens first, then this etc,’ the A, B, C of simple process management, it is very easy to mistake the solution for the cause of the problem. This is what medical doctors have done.
They believe that bacteria is the cause of the problem, when in fact it is nature’s solution to the problem. They then use heavy-dose antibiotics to kill the mycobacteria and call the bacteria ‘antibiotic resistant’ when they fail in killing it. Needless to say, I stopped taking antibiotics when I learned this.
Contrast what CM says; although ulcerative colitis usually isn’t fatal, it’s a serious disease that, in some cases, may cause life-threatening complications. It may increase your chances of colon cancer. And my favorite is, ‘In children, it causes a failure to grow!’ Mad.
While it has no known cure, treatment can greatly reduce signs and symptoms of the disease and bring about long-term remission. And according to Conventional Medicine, it is definitely not caused by stress.
CM differentiates between the two conditions based on whether the area affected is either the large intestine or the colon. The colon is the largest part of the large intestine, so I am not entirely sure of how they are different.
In Dr. Hamer’s explanation, the conflict that causes the problem is essentially the same in that it is a problem in life that you cannot digest or absorb, an ‘ugly or shitty indigestible anger’ conflict.
Which part of the large intestine gets affected depends on how “ugly” or “shitty” the conflict is. The uglier the conflict, the further down the digestive tract is affected.
Treatment/Solution
Conventional medicine treats the problem with a cocktail of drugs, or surgery.
If you cannot handle the side effects from the drugs, the option offered is to have your colon surgically removed and replace it with a bag that you can defecate in instead.
What the doctors do not explain is that even if your colon has been removed, you can still experience the pain of colon cramps, even though the colon is no longer there. The biological program for ulcerative colitis runs in your brain and not the organ, so it makes no difference if the colon is still there or not.
A good example of how removing an organ does not solve a problem is shown by what doctors calls ‘phantom limb pain.’ Phantom limb pain is where amputees still experience pain in a limb after the limb has been amputated. The Cleveland Clinic 1 reports that eight out of ten people who have limbs amputated still experience pain in the limb despite its absence.
This begs the question: How does someone feel pain in a limb that is no longer there? This is like having a fire in your barn after it was removed from your property. Absurd, right? So, what is the explanation for phantom limb pain?
The answer is: The pain is in the brain, not the limb/organ. It doesn’t matter whether the organ is still there or not. The biological program, which is resulting in pain, is still running in the brain.
All biological programs, or diseases, as the doctors call them (except for poisoning, injuries from accidents, and nutritional deficiency diseases, e.g., scurvy through a lack of vitamin C), are caused by our psyche’s perception of unexpected, distressing, external events. The brain is the control center where the program runs, and the organ expresses the program.
You can never solve the problem at the organ level. The organ expresses the symptoms of the program, it is not the cause. Phantom limb pain is a good example that clearly demonstrates this.
Having your colon removed has little or no effect on the risk of suffering from ulcerative colitis pain. If you want to eliminate your risk of ulcerative colitis/IBS pain by removing organs, it appears the only viable option would be to have your head amputated. And this is far from an ideal solution.
According to Dr. Hamer, the best way to solve a problem is a practical real-life resolution of the problem.
Once the biological program has achieved its biological purpose, it switches off naturally, it has achieved its biological purpose. The extra tissue, or capacity in the colon, is removed via natural fungi and tuberculosis bacteria in the body with bleeding, pain and cramps, no different to a woman’s menstrual cycle.
If you have killed off your body’s natural bacteria with heavy doses of antibiotics, the extra tissue can no longer be removed naturally and it will become encapsulated and remain.
If you do not have the bacteria required to remove the extra tissue (tumor) and it is causing an obstruction or blockage in the colon, you would need to have the section that is creating the obstruction surgically removed. In this circumstance, surgery not only makes sense, but is critical if there is a blockage in the colon passage.
If you can identify and solve the ‘ugly’ or ‘shitty’ problem that is causing ulcerative colitis or IBS, you can free yourself of the digestive stress that blights your life.
To add the icing to the cake, as soon as you solve the problem, you are going to experience the worst stomach cramps and loose motions you have ever had. If you say to yourself. ‘I know that my stomach is painful because I solved the ‘ugly’ or ‘shitty’ problem…. (fill in the blanks with the problem you just solved), it will switch off the stomach pain like a light switch, just like I did.
When you consciously connect the “cause of the problem” with the “symptoms of the problem,” it triggers a cathartic healing process. You will never be able to either believe or appreciate this until you experience it. But when you do, it is mind-blowing!
For me that involved me saying to myself, “I know that I have terrible stomach cramps because I resolved the conflict that my partner fights with my family. After saying this to myself, the pain and cramps switched off like a light switch.
A general life tip. The amount of inflammation, pain and time any problem takes to heal is a multiplication of two factors. The length of time a conflict runs multiplied by how important the problem is to you. This determines what Dr. Hamer described as the “conflict mass.”
The longer a problem runs, and the more important it is to you will determine how much fluid there is on the brain and organ, and the amount of time and pain you will have to go through for it to fully heal.
So two practical things you can do in life to make sure you never get seriously sick is whenever you have a problem. Firstly, solve life’s problems as quickly as you can. Don’t let problems drag on. And secondly, don’t take life too seriously.
The more important a problem is to you, the more intensely you experience the conflict, the greater the healing pain you will experience when you resolve the conflict, and the longer it will take to heal.
How do I fix my problem?
How do I fix my problem?
With the newly found knowledge you have acquired reading this digest, you now have a number of options of which path you want to follow to resolve your colon issues.
From my experience, the most difficult challenge you currently face after reading this digest is getting your head around the idea that ulcerative colitis and IBS is an integral part of nature’s design and has a biological purpose or meaning.
Is there any possibility that our current medical system is a for-profit business that has weaponized nature by saying it is going wrong and you need to take drugs for life or have your colon surgically removed, when nature is actually going right? Surely that cannot be the case. We all have to use our critical thinking skills and draw our own conclusions on this issue.
The most important step is to identify the ‘ugly’ or ‘shitty’ conflict that is causing the problem. This is not always easy. It was not easy for me.
To help guide you, the pain and cramps will start when you have either partially, or fully, solved the problem. If you start experiencing stomach pain, stop and think to yourself, what ugly or shitty problem have I partially or fully resolved “yesterday or today.” It makes it easier to find a problem when you only have to examine a window of 24-48 hours.
Be aware that resolving problems can often be quite a subtle process. When I introduced my new partner to my family, I did not look at it as a problem-solving process. It was just part of life’s journey. The problem is resolved in your subconscious, not your conscious mind. So you have to learn to take a very “holistic” view of the concept of “problem-solving.”
Once you have successfully identified the problem you have solved, your next job is to switch off the chronic stomach cramps and pain you are currently experiencing.
To do that you need to “consciously” connect the problem you have solved with the “symptoms” you are experiencing. For me, that involved me saying out loud to myself, “the problem I have solved that is causing chronic stomach cramps is, my partner fights with my family.”
You will know if you correctly identified the problem almost immediately. The pain and stomach cramps will either completely disappear or will significantly reduce to a manageable level as soon as you say it. If that does not happen, it means you have not correctly identified the problem you have solved. You then have to start over again.
If you have only partially, and not fully solved the problem, if one of your senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) gets reminded of the problem, it can get switched back on again.
Triggers, or stimuli, that remind us of an unresolved conflict shock are what lead to chronic illnesses. A disease becomes chronic when any given biological program that is responsible for certain symptoms is activated repeatedly. This happens due to the presence of one or more tracks, triggers or reminders.
Imagine the following example: You are walking down a dark city street at night when suddenly someone jumps out from behind a parked truck, bashes you over the head, and steals your money. In the split second you are being attacked, your psyche, or subconscious, takes a snapshot and records all the sensory details of the situation. This often includes sounds, smells, noises, and even the food you ate for dinner that evening.
After that traumatic event, any time you find yourself in a similar situation, i.e., on a dark street lined with cars, your psyche triggers your fight or flight response. If the person who mugged you jumped out from behind a white pickup truck, your psyche can record this type and color of vehicle as one of the key factors for indicating imminent danger.
Every time you see a white pickup truck, your psyche will put you into fight or flight mode. The body responds with a racing heart, flushed or pale skin, dilated pupils, dry mouth, and sweaty hands. Your psyche is screaming “Danger! Danger!” so you do not get hurt again.
Unfortunately, a real problem associated with this evolutionary warning system is that it reaches far beyond the surface. If you do not consciously remember that your attacker jumped out from behind a white pickup truck, you will now have an irrational fear of these vehicles.
Similarly, for example, if you were eating an apple at the time of the attack, the next time you eat an apple, it could trigger fight or flight anxiety, or even an allergic reaction.
This all makes perfect sense when you understand how it works. If you consciously connect these triggers to the night you were attacked, you can switch them off.
The following is an example from my own life:
In the 1990’s, while riding down the highway on a scooter in Bali, Indonesia, a crack about four inches wide and twenty feet long suddenly opened in the road. With no time to react, the front wheel plunged into the crack. My girlfriend at the time, and I flew over the handlebars and suffered injuries.
Fifteen years later, I bought a bike to get around town, Whenever I saw a seam in the road, where two pieces of cement slabs or tarmac met, my heart started racing and my mouth went dry; I had all symptoms of acute anxiety. It took me a good while to work out why this was happening. At the time, though, I had only just started studying Dr. Hamer’s medical discoveries and had little experience in connecting the dots.
After six months of suffering inexplicable anxiety attacks while bike riding, I finally remembered the 1997 incident in Bali. When I consciously connected the past accident with the present anxiety attacks, I stopped suffering the anxiety attacks. Just like that, I switched off the trigger. It still blows my mind every time I flip off one of those switches.
Fortunately, the psyche does not always react to every sign of danger. It only puts you in flight or fight mode when encountering a unique stimulus involved in an unresolved biological conflict shock. It reminds you that you previously experienced danger in connection with this stimulus and it turns the biological program back on again.
The psyche is in charge when the conscious mind is acting on autopilot (most of the time). This is especially true when we are overwhelmed and cannot pay attention to everything. By informing your conscious mind of what your psyche is trying to do, your psyche steps back and disarms the triggers that cause anxiety and panic attacks.
Once you consciously connect the biological stimulus from a past traumatic event, your psyche says, “Okay, you have finally made the connection in your conscious awareness. Now that you have come to terms with it, I do not need to keep reminding you.”
Then, your psyche will either immediately delete the program for good, or at least it will not turn it back on again.
To identify the tracks or reminders of your “ugly” or “shitty” conflict, you have to recall the “moment in time” when you first experienced the conflict or trauma. What was I doing? Where was I? What sounds, smells etc were in the environment? This can be challenging if the conflict happened weeks, months or years ago.
To make the challenge more difficult, if the “ugly” or “shitty” conflict has been constantly relapsing, each time you experience a fresh conflict, new tracks and reminders are added. This can create a complex mess of conflict tracks and reminders that trigger the ulcerative colitis biological program to restart. And this will happen regardless of whether the colon is still there or not. This is the real work in GHk.
I have personal experience of resolving this conflict, so I have conviction in Dr. Hamer’s assessment of the cause of these problems, and how to resolve it.
You will have to decide which explanation you think is more compelling.
Best of luck on your healing journey.
Please share your comments below. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Responses
Hi Danny,
This was very informative. Is the same cause as in Ulcerative Colitis applicable for Crohn’s Disease as well in GNM?
Hi Piroja. You are officially the first person to post a comment on my new website!
Crohn’s Disease is just another unnecessary name for the same condition. So whether you call it IBS, Ulcerative Colitis, or Crohn’s Disease, it is all biologically the same condition.
I want to read your book! Two years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Last year I had surgery to remove a large tumor that had wrapped itself around my appendix. Now I believe my cancer is at bay, if not completely gone. I do not want to take any more chemo, as it seems to make me feel “unwell” most of the time. I know now that there is a better way to regain my health and can’t wait to read your book. I have so many things to do, places to go, people to see. I don’t have time for this. Thank you so much!
Hi Libby
I really appreciate your interest in reading my book. I have emailed a copy of the pre-published version. It is still undergoing editing so is still a little rough around the edges. I would be delighted to receive any feedback that you have on the book. The more critical you are, the more I will be able to improve it.
My Mother died “ from” Colon Cancer and I suffered for years with digestive issues. I stumbled across GNM last year and now feel empowered and less fearful about “cancer”. I look forward to reading your new book!
Hi Lorraine
Thank you for sharing your story and experience on my website.
As a small thank you, I have emailed the advanced reader copy of my book for you to read, so no need to wait until it is published.
I would really appreciate any feedback that you have on my book.
Hi Danny,
In deep gratitude to your holistic approach and rigorous research that simplifies layers of complex GNM knowledge presented along side with the mainstream medical perspectives, futher clarified with your personal experiences. I consider myself fortunate to get connected to this almost poetically structured accesible guidance as part of my C journey. Thank you.
I look forward to working with you on your journey and turning that big C into a little c Arzu.
Danny, I read your piece on IBS and UC. Your explanation clears up a lot of confusion I had before. It makes so much sense!
We agree that, generally people who need to have their colons removed, unfortunately they still suffer form UC in the actual part that’s RE-attached to their colon or rectum…I’ve seen it alot.
That one little inch where the surgeon attached the 2 parts is where the UC remains. Sadly it is no cure.
But your methodology is! And your newsletter on this is brilliant!
Thank you for all you do to help us out. Best Regards, Nicky
The pain is not caused by the one inch of colon left Nicky. As I explained with “Phantom Limb Pain”, pain is in the “brain” not the “organ”. So having the colon removed is a pointless procedure as you still experience the pain.
And there is a “cure” for the problem. If you follow my guidance of “solving the ugly problem that makes you angry, and identify any tracks and reminders that remind the subconscious mind of the original conflict”, the pain will stop, the same if the colon has not been removed. It makes no difference if the colon is still there or not.
The only surgery that makes sense is to remove a small portion of the colon if the “tumor” is causing a blockage in the colon passage.
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