Celebrate the Tremendous Healing Power of Love Each & Every Day!
At BrightHaven, love has always been a guiding force behind everything we do, guiding our choices and our interactions with animals and people. The BrightHaven Menu for Healing, which forms the foundation of our work, is also known as the “Love Sandwich” as it begins and ends with love. The profound effects of love in healing cannot be over-stated!
Scientific Proof of Love’s Healing Effect
We’ve learned that insufficient love is the root cause of dis-ease as it makes people sick, both directly and indirectly. The remarkable Bruce Lipton (stem cell biologist) illustrated the power of love with a story several years ago at a conference attended by BrightHaven’s Gail and Richard Pope. He explained how a single healthy cell was place in a room filled with hatred – people arguing, quarrelling and shouting at each other. This cell was then placed under a microscope and was observed to be in the dying process. It was then taken into a room filled with people in love, filled with joy and happiness. That same cell instantly began to regenerate back to its healthy state. HeartMath researchers have found the impact of love itself is real and biochemically measurable. According to Lipton in his 2012 “Biology of Love” interview, “When subjects focus their attention on the heart and activate a core heart feeling, such as love, appreciation, or caring, these emotions immediately shift their heartbeat rhythms into a more coherent pattern. Increasing heartbeat coherence activates a cascade of neural and biochemical events that affect virtually every organ in the body.” The HeartMath site states that “learning to generate increased heart rhythm coherence, by sustaining positive emotions, not only benefits the entire body, but also profoundly affects how we perceive, think, feel, and perform.” More evidence that love is indeed a powerful healing force! Here are three inspiring quotes that speak to the transcendent healing power and eternal nature of love:
