What is the Human Body’s Self-Referral?

“Our breakthroughs have always come when we were risking ourselves very close to the brink.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

We find ourselves today in a unique place in history. It is very seldom that everyone seems to say “Stop! Wait a minute! Let’s rethink things and REALLY DO THINGS BETTER!” When such times arrive, we must grab this opportunity with both hands and make the best of such an occasion.

People today are more aware than ever that we need to make changes in our diet and lifestyle to improve our health. There is a lot of attention on matters that are external to our individual control. The idea of eliminating toxic chemicals from our farming industry, minimizing highly processed foods in our diet, and taking a serious look at prescription medications and vaccines to spot potential problems all make sense. If there are no problems, we will verify the same. If there are problems, we can correct them – and improve the health of everyone.

There are fundamental assumptions in medical care that also need to be reexamined. In the medical field, there is far too much focus on DISEASE and how to FIGHT DISEASE. What about HEALTH? Can we better identify and understand HEALTH, and through that better understanding, make a medical care model that is better than what we have now?

What Is the Human Body’s Self-Referral?

I have recently published the book Self-Referral/Maximum Health. The central thesis is that Self-Referral is the body’s ability to govern itself. This is the simple yet complex communication that goes on between the brain and the body. The idea of Self-Referral is simple: the brain has certain set-points that it uses to maintain normal body function. If blood pressure gets too high, we have tissue damage. If blood pressure gets too low, we pass out. The same is true for heart rate, breathing, digestion and all the other body processes the brain regulates. How do we stay in the normal range for all these activities, despite changing internal and external conditions?

The brain constantly gets feedback from the body. Nerve and chemical receptors everywhere act as a sensory net to send body status information to the brain in real time. As the brain receives data that is within the brain’s set-points, all is normal, and no orders go out. When things change, the brain sends orders to change body conditions to meet the different demands, and body adjustments are made to maintain health. This feedback loop – between brain and body – is the human body’s Self-Referral.

To find the body's Self-Referral, we must look for unity among diversity. We must find one process that is the same everywhere. Self-Referral is an idea - a principle that creates and maintains balance – and, through that balance, creates health and prevents disease. Once we find Self-Referral, we must find ways to restore it when it has failed. Stay with me as we ponder all this and much more. Remember - hold fast, stand firm, and persevere!