Die-offs however should not be prevented because they are needed to dissolve
the present structure to make way for the new. Thus the Die-off is an “essential”
part of the process, however we do not have to be set back and regress if we know
how to successfully work with these changes. If we have adequate mineral, enzyme
and antioxidant reserves we will be able to weather the catabolic stages without
complete collapse and damage due to secondary backlash. Once we intimately
know the process of biological transmutation we can achieve a greater adaptation
and higher-homeostasis, to achieve a higher level of resurrection.
Free radical interference with the ability of mitochondria to produce energy is
no doubt implicated in various periods of intense fatigue that often accompany
kundalini awakening. This might be one of the many processes occurring during
the Die-off period, when free radical overload is at max. The fatigue periods could
also be brought on by free radical interference with nerve transmission itself. For
serious fatigue situations try B-complex vitamins, alpha-lipoic acid, Co Q10 or
idebenone and magnesium along with NADH. Although Idebenone has a very
similar in chemical make-up to CoQ10, its longer chain organic structure gives
it extra powerful anti-oxidant properties making it a more effective “free radical
quencher” resulting in less cell and tissue damage. It also offers protection against
excitatory amino acid neurotoxicity, so could be valuable during peak kundalini
events and phases.
When there is inadequate exogenous and indigenous antioxidants cellular
decay and aging occurs. In fact the decline in faculty that occurs with age is largely
because free radicals interfere with the messages transmitted by neurotransmitters,
thus affecting reflexes, organ regulation, muscle contractions, blood flow, memory
and learning ability. This is why the concentration of vitamin C in the central
nervous system, the brain and spinal cord, is 50 times greater than in other tissues
of the body.
Despite their destructive power, the body in fact uses free radicals for useful
purposes. Their killing power is used by the white blood cells to destroy invading
organisms. Ironically it is the free radicals that the macrophages use in their
fight against arterial cholesterol which kills them and turns them to foam cells
thus producing arteriosclerosis. Free radicals also play a role in the synthesis of
major biomolecules—proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids and in the
detoxification of chemicals inside organelles in the interior of cells. Plus free radical
reactions play a role in the generation of cellular energy in the mitochondria. So
you see that free radicals are indispensable to life, but they need to be managed so
that their usefulness outweighs their destructiveness.
Billions of free radicals are being produced in the body at any time. Our
environment, personality, attitude, state of mind and susceptibility to stress can
actually contribute to our level of oxidative damage. For example each molecule
of adrenaline produces two oxygen radicals as it metabolizes in the body, therefore
too much stress can increase our oxidation damage and overwork our immune
system. Stress also increases our endorphin production which in turn suppresses
our nervous, immune and hormonal systems. Cortisol also increases our free radical
load and reduces our resistance to oxidation.