The Whole Brain by Raphael Kellman M.D

Author:Raphael Kellman M.D.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

When the bacteria expressed their will to give to one another—when they operated as part of a larger whole—they became unbeatable.

I’ll give you another terrific example of the will to give: bacteria. Like all living creatures, an individual bacterium is concerned with its own survival. In the competition for available food, each individual bacterium pushes the others out of the way in its race to consume what it needs to stay alive.

Yet at the same time, bacteria operate as a collective. Sure, they have a will to receive—but they also have a will to give. That’s how they can operate as a microbiome—a community of bacteria that functions as a larger whole.

Think of all those generations of scientists who tried to eradicate bacteria in the great war of humans vs. bacteria. How in the world could those bacteria survive against such powerful opponents? Those scientists were some of the smartest, most powerful people on earth. Any individual bacterium they wanted to destroy, they could. But because the bacteria stuck together—because they evolved and functioned as a group in which each individual also gave to the welfare of the whole—we humans were unable to defeat them. When the bacteria expressed their will to give to one another—when they operated as part of a larger whole—they became unbeatable.

When it comes to treating anxiety, depression, and brain fog, I have seen that when my patients can activate both aspects of their will—the will to receive for themselves and the will to give to others—that’s when healing truly begins.

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