Humankind’s Disconnect from a Healing Source: Mother Earth
Industrialization and the introduction of plastics and other synthetic
materials have disconnected us from the Earth and her energy. Whereas we
once walked barefoot across the grass and slept on the cool dirt floors
of a cave, we now live ABOVE the ground, separated from the Earth by
raised wooden floors, rubber-soled shoes, and sometimes hundreds of feet
of air, if you live (or work) in a high-rise building.
We are ungrounded—literally!
Have you ever noticed how good it feels to walk barefoot on a sandy
beach, or in a forest? There is a reason for that—it’s called the
grounding effect. The reason you feel so good on that sandy beach is you
are receiving a surge of healing electrons from the ground. The Earth
is a relatively infinite source of electrons, having a slightly negative
charge. But the Earth’s electrons are free to move. So, when you stand
barefoot on that sand, electrons from the Earth flow into your body, a
virtual “transfusion” of healing power. This occurs until you equalize
with the Earth. Meaning, you cannot get too much—the process simply
stops when your charge (your voltage) returns to zero. It’s completely
safe and natural.
The Earth is the biggest electrical object, and we are part of it. When
you are grounded (i.e., in contact with the Earth), it’s impossible for
your body to carry a charge.
Humans used to be naturally grounded. First, we were barefoot, and then we donned leather-soled shoes, which are stillmoderately conductive.
When you wear a shoe with a leather sole, your feet sweat and permeate
the leather with moisture and body salts, so the shoe becomes a
semiconductor permitting you to receive some electrons.
But, for the past 50 years or so, we’ve added carpets, plastics, synthetic-soled shoes, and athletic sneakers, all serving asnon-conductive barriers between
the Earth and us. During that same period of time, we’ve seen an
explosion of inflammation-based diseases. Our immune systems are
struggling.
Pets are
designed to be in contact with the Earth as well, but now they live
above ground in houses, as we do. Anecdotal evidence shows they are
suffering the same effects of electron deficiency as humans. Animals
that live in the wild are not bothered with inflammation, cardiovascular
disease,
diabetes,
arthritis, or even plaque on their teeth. This is why your dog or cat
will crawl under the porch and lie on the bare earth if he isn’t feeling
well.
What animals have always known, “modern science” is just now figuring out.
Even water is influenced by the Earth’s electrical energy.
Water in contact with the Earth has a structure that makes it conducive to healing.
When you are grounded to the Earth, it is thought that the negatively
charged electrons you are receiving may help increase the structure of
the water in your cells—just as water increases in structure when a
negative charge is introduced by an electrode. By going outside,
barefoot, touching the earth, and allowing the excess positive charge in
your body to discharge into the earth, you can alleviate some of the
stress on your system. So how does this grounding effect work?
You Are An Earthly Antenna
Your body is a conductor. You are an antenna for the Earth. When you are
ungrounded, electric fields are attracted to your body and create a
surface charge—a voltage. You know this to be true if you’ve ever
shocked yourself after walking across a carpeted floor.
When living above Earth, your charge is positive; when connected to the
Earth, your charge is negative—in other words, you become an opposite
charge. You accumulate this surface charge any time you’re not grounded.
When your charge reaches 3,000 to 5,000 volts and you touch a metal
object, ZAP… this is static discharge, the sudden outflow of built-up electrical energy from your body.
This static electricity is the reason workers in microchip factories
must be grounded—so they don’t blow the chips. The same goes for
operating rooms. Everyone involved in a surgical procedure must be
grounded—the patient as well as the medical personnel. Your skin offers
some protection from static electricity, but when it’s open (as in
surgery), that protection disappears. In fact, in the early days of
open-heart surgery, this lesson was learned the hard way when many
patients died from static electricity because patients weren’t grounded.
The higher the conductivity between you and the Earth, the more likely you’re going to be grounded. Proximity is key.
The more distance there is between you and the Earth, the greater the
charge on your body. In fact, this has been precisely calculated. For
every meter you are above the ground, 300 volts of charge will build up
in your body. (See
The Feynman Lectures on Physics)
So, if you are in a second story bedroom, your charge would be 1000
volts, on average. Do you think your risk for illness could be higher
living on the second floor? How about the 5th floor, or the 25th?
Indeed, a
study in 2009 from the University of Iowa revealed a 40 percent increase in stroke risk among people living in multistory homes.
Besides living and working above ground, invisible
electromagnetic fields from
devices such as cellular and cordless phones, computers, tablets and
other technology assault us around the clock. You are bathed in
background electricity from ordinary household wiring in the walls of
your home, which contributes to your positive electrical charge and
therefore increases the stress on your immune system. And if you are on
the computer several hours a day, combined with several calls on your
cell phone followed by an hour or two of television, you are getting
several more hefty exposures to these unnatural electrical fields. If
you want an in-depth discussion about Earth’s electrical surface
potential, read
this article by Gaetan Chavalier, PhD.
