"new" side of him, it can trigger love, compassion, a new sense of intimacy, and a new lease on life for
both of them.
A new European study from the U.K. confirmed all of the above. It showed that having loving, close
relationships with spouses, relatives or close friends helped to measurably lower heart attack victims' risk
of suffering a second cardiovascular event in the future. In fact, heart attack survivors that don't have an
intimate relationship for emotional support or social interaction are twice as likely to suffer major heart
problems within one year of their initial heart attack.
The Healing Power Of “Loving Touch”
Every time someone touches us with loving care or we do the same for someone else, an emotional
exchange takes place that profoundly nourishes the heart. The expressions "He touched my heart", "I felt
so touched by his words," or "It was so touching to see my old friend again", show that the sense of touch
is closely related to our physical and emotional heart, which is also the center of our being. To touch and
to be touched is as essential to health as a balanced diet, if not more.
When American researchers discovered that prematurely born babies who are stroked three times a day
increased their weight by 49 percent, they had unintentionally discovered the power of loving touch. As it
turned out, loving touch, or "kinesthetic tactile stimulation" to scientists, became recognized as an
effective method for reducing the time and cost of a baby's stay in hospital. Loving touch (I prefer to use
the less sterile and more human term for this precious healing gift) stimulated the babies' production of
growth hormones and thereby improved utilization of nutrients from the daily food ratio. The researchers
did not realize that they had stumbled upon a major technique of healing that could be applied
successfully to the young and the old, the healthy and the sick, and not only for prevention, but also for
cure.
In the human body, the sense of touch is so highly developed that it can detect or sense everything with
which it comes into contact, like radar. By (unconsciously) picking up other people's pheromones^31 and/or
"touching" their aura, your body can identify who is friendly, honest and loving or cold-hearted, deceitful,
and aggressive. The body may instantly translate all that information into powerful chemical responses
that can make you either feel well or ill. These internal responses, however, also depend on your
interpretation of the experience. Muscle testing can verify whether your interpretation is correct. You may
think of a person and check with your muscles whether this person has a positive influence on you or not.
A weak muscle indicates that your relationship with this person may disturb your balance and energy
field. Merely thinking of a person gives you enough physical responses to decide whether you want to be
with that person or not.
Multiple forms of touch can have profound healing effects. The Ayurvedic oil massage, for example,
has been proven to open clogged arteries because of its deeply penetrating and detoxifying action.
However, the purely physical part of this kind of touch is only partly responsible for this healing
phenomenon. By touching your body with the intention to improve its health, the body automatically
senses that you love and appreciate yourself and your life, otherwise you wouldn't do it. Love carries the
highest frequency of energy, and, when present in the depth of your heart, it triggers a strong healing
response by releasing endorphins^32 ,] serotonin and other happiness/healing drugs throughout the body,
similar to the ones a breastfed baby receives from its mother.
(^31) Chemicals produced by the body that signals its presence to others. Pheromones play a particularly important role in sexual
behavior. It has become crystal clear that human pheromones affect us more than most people can imagine. Our knowledge of
visual input, and of how vision might influence our sexual behavior, pales by comparison.
(^32) Endorphins are hormones produced by the body that stop pain and make you feel good (pleasure drugs).