by Lawrence
Wilson, MD
©
December 2009, The Center For Development
This
is a newer hair mineral analysis pattern that has been discovered only since
Dr. Paul EckÕs death in 1996. It
has been observed many times, since then, and the incidence of the pattern
appears to be increasing, in fact.
The
pattern is present whenever the calcium/magnesium ratio in a hair sample that
has not been washed at the laboratory is greater than about 13.5:1. The pattern may not be present if the
calcium/magnesium ratio is greater than about 35 to 40. To explain it, let us consider the
Ca/Mg ratio in more detail.
This
ratio was called by Dr. Paul Eck, the blood
sugar ratio. This is because
he found that when it is imbalanced, either too high or too low, the person was
always exceeding his carbohydrate tolerance level, meaning eating more
carbohydrates than are optimal for the particular person.
I
propose that the name of the ratio may be better called the Lifestyle Ratio. This would be more inclusive, meaning it has to do with
the diet, but also with oneÕs lifestyle or attitude.
This
new pattern is still being researched.
However, when the calcium/magnesium ratio is above about 13.5 on an
initial hair mineral analysis, the following appears to be the case:
1. It is not about the carbohydrates in the diet, or only about
the diet. This is important as
the elevated Ca/Mg previously was thought to relate only to the amount of carbohydrates
in the diet.
It
is possible that the carbohydrates are excessive and one is exceeding oneÕs
carbohydrate tolerance, but the spiritual defensiveness pattern means far more
than this.
2. It has to do with a factor in a personÕs lifestyle or attitude
that no longer serves the person.
This might be:
A.
A personal relationship that is not working well for a person. This is a large subject that we will
comment on later in more detail.
B.
A work or job-related relationship or situation that is not working to the
personÕs best interest.
C.
Another relationship, including a relationship with alcohol, for example, or an
attitude, which is a relationship with an idea in oneÕs head.
D.
It may have to do with a generally sloppy or disorganized lifestyle, rather
than a particular lifestyle factor.
E.
In some cases, it may just be an illness indicator, especially if the ratio is
greater than 35 to 40.
3.
This is a very important pattern for counseling a client. If we see this pattern, often there is
a situation that needs changing.
It is a Òneed to let goÓ pattern. If we do not see the pattern, even a
seemingly difficult marriage or work situation is more likely not really in
need of changing as much. This is
an exciting and very important distinction that is discussed in a separate
article on this site entitled, Spiritual
Defensiveness Versus Sympathetic Dominance.
4.
Meaning of the pattern on retests. The spiritual defensiveness pattern may
have a slightly different meaning on hair mineral analysis retests:
1. On a retest
hair analysis, an elevated calcium/magnesium ratio may just indicate the
elimination of biounavailable calcium or what is
called Òmetastastic calciumÓ from the body through
the hair. This is excess calcium
that was beginning to build up in the body in the wrong places, hence the name
metastatic. It accumulates in
places such as the arteries, kidneys, brain and elsewhere.
This can be
a good sign on a retest, although it will unbalance the calcium/magnesium ratio
temporarily.
2. The pattern
can be a retracing of an old decision or lifestyle pattern that is very
temporary.
3. If,
however, the pattern shows up on the first mineral test and persists on the
second or third test, most likely it is not an elimination of excessive
calcium, but rather indicates a spiritual defensiveness pattern that has not
been dealt with yet.
4. If the
pattern shows up just on a retest, or becomes worse (the Ca/Mg ratio
increases), it may also be because something in the lifestyle needs to be
corrected, and the nutritional balancing program is bringing out this fact. For example, it is even more important
to quit a job that is damaging to oneÕs health or let go of a relationship that
is harmful and no longer needed.
5.
Other meanings. A very high
calcium/magnesium ratio could be due to a kidney imbalance that is affecting
calcium and magnesium. These
minerals are regulated through the kidneys, as are most minerals. However, usually it is a lifestyle
pattern, as well.
As mentioned
above, if the ratio is extremely high, it definitely indicates more severe
health imbalances.
6.
Defensiveness, in general.
An elevated calcium/magnesium ratio, especially with an elevated level
of calcium and of magnesium, is indicative of defensiveness, in general. This was a discovery of Dr. Eck many
years ago. In the spiritual
defensiveness pattern, a person often is consciously or unconsciously defending
a lifestyle factor or attitude that is not serving the person and really needs
to change.
7.
It is often a karmic ending pattern.
This means that usually something in a personÕs lifestyle or attitude is
no longer appropriate and needs to be forgiven and ended.
Other. Magnesium is associated with energy,
while calcium is associated with hardness and protection. We may surmise that a spiritual
defensiveness pattern is associated with excessive protectiveness in relation
to the amount of energy expended.
In other words, the person is expending
too much energy and not getting much in return. Another way to say this is the person is putting energy out,
but not receiving much in return.
This may be
the deeper meaning of this pattern and we are investigating this imbalance in a
relationship with someone, some place, something like alcohol or even fear or
anger, or another aspect of life.
Varieties
of defensiveness. Defensiveness
can be simply an attitude of holding on to something or some idea, perhaps,
usually one that one embraced or needed for some reason in the past. This is an aspect of simply living in
the past and not wanting to change.
It is a kind of inertia of the personality that often sets in as one
gets older, in particular, although it can occur even in a child. One simply does what one has always
done, or thinks as one has always thought. This amounts to defensiveness even if one is not trying to
defend oneÕs lifestyle or attitude.
This might be called a more passive kind of defensiveness.
However,
defensiveness can also be a more active resistance to change, or even an active
running in one direction to avoid change.
This is worse, actually, because one is actively avoiding the future,
rather than just remaining in the past out of laziness or inertia. However, it is very common, especially
as one ages and tires out. It is
an important cause for a four lows pattern, eventually, because the body gets
completely worn out from fighting and running in a completely useless manner.
SPIRITUAL
SIGNIFICANCE
The
spiritual defensiveness pattern indicates a need to move on or let go of the
attitude or lifestyle factor, rather than to defend it or to live in the past
and pretend that the situation is okay
Dr. Eck felt that the calcium/magnesium ratio had something to do with pretending or pretentiousness. In this regard, he was correct in that
a person may be pretending or imagining that a situation is correct or good
when, in fact, it is not.
PRETENDING
VERSUS IMAGINING A SITUATION IS CORRECT
Pretending
or imagining things can be a Level 3 or tuning disorder of the brain. Our brains tune to different
frequencies and different realities.
This is explained in much more depth in Nutritional balancing and Hair
Mineral Analysis, fourth edition 2010. However, imagining can also just be the product of a fertile
imagination, in which case it is more benign.
As
compared with imagining, pretending is often more of an act of will and ego
stubbornness in which one wishes something were a certain way, so one just
assumes that is the way it is, even though it is not true. It is a common human trait. Spiritual defensive pattern is often
about a stubborn will that is being misused to defend or protect an attitude or
other lifestyle factor or attitude.
AN
ENDING, OR ÔNEED TO LET GOÕ PATTERN
At
times, a spiritual defensive pattern indicates that a lifestyle condition or
attitude that had been appropriate is no longer needed or appropriate for a
person and needs to be let go of.
For example, it might be a job, a relationship or often it is an attitude
about life that simply is no longer true and it is time to let it go.
A woman
might have been angry with an ex-boyfriend or ex-husband, for example, but that
is over and now it is time to move on.
Otherwise, the attitude of anger or cynicism just is not appropriate and
is holding her back on her life path.
This is why I call it a ending or Òneed to release somethingÓ pattern,
as it means that it is time to move on, and nothing is holding the person in
the job, relationship, situation or attitude at this time. There may seem to be factors holding
the person in the situation, but at the deepest level there is nothing holding
the person to it and one needs to move on.
Sometimes
one may need to be in a situation, job, relationship, or have an illness or
even an attitude for some reason such as to learn some type of lesson. This pattern seems to indicate that the
situation or attitude is no longer needed or appropriate because the lesson,
debt or factor has been completed or resolved.
OTHER,
MORE SUBTLE ASPECTS OF THE PATTERN
Movement means how a person tends to
feel when in this pattern. The
feeling of spiritual defensiveness pattern is that one feels little, although
when pressed, often one is defending some kind of action behavior, situation or
attitude. One is stuck, to some
degree, but is often unconscious of this, except there may be physical or
emotional health issues.
Chakra and traditional Chinese five-element
indicators. Spiritual
defensiveness is most commonly associated with a slow oxidation rate, although
it can occur with any oxidation rate or with four lows, four highs, three highs
or three lows pattern. The pattern
is rather yin in Chinese medical terminology. It is not associated with any of the chakras, in particular.
MAGNESIUM
DEPRESSION
A spiritual
defensiveness pattern may be associated with another curious and newer observed
phenomenon. At times, a life
situation that is not working well will cause a depression of the hair
magnesium level.
Physiologically,
I do not know why this would occur.
A psychological or more metaphysical reason might be that magnesium, as
an element, is bright and shining.
It is possible that when a person remains with an attitude or lifestyle
that is not appropriate for the future, somehow it Ôdims his brightnessÕ in
some way.
LIVING
A LIE
This may be
a description of the meaning of a calcium/magnesium ratio greater than about
40. This needs more research.
CORRECTION
OF THE PATTERN AND ÒGETTING HELPÓ
When the
Ca/mg ratio begins to normalize, meaning it dips below 13.5, and especially if
the magnesium level increases by a factor or two or more (doubles), it can mean
that a person has received some spiritual help.
I know this
is sounds a bit esoteric, but it seems to be true. Usually, one also lets go of a harmful attitude or other
lifestyle factor at this time.
I believe
the drastic rise in the magnesium levels that can occur with this is actually
an elimination of a less beneficial form of magnesium in the body, and its
replacement with a better form of magnesium that powers or activates thousands
of enzymes better, leading to improved health.
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