Dr. M.T. Morter Jr.
When B.E.S.T. is used with animals or humans, balance is what we endeavor to accomplish. We balance the internal environment (achieve homeostasis), so that all the organs are synchronized with each other and, at the same time, appropriate for the survival of the individual or animal with its external environment. This means visceral organs send information to the brain, and the hypothalamus responds to this information according to original design by activating the sympathetic or parasympathetic system. At the same time, the thalamus receives information from the external environment by way of the five senses. Now, here is where a major balance must occur. The thalamus and hypothalamus must be in constant and continuous communication in order to accomplish this synchronization.
When I think of balance with B.E.S.T., I am reminded of the importance of achieving physical balance at age one. At that age, we are just learning to walk and don’t have much balance in even simply standing, so we hold on to things to stabilize ourselves. Every time we attempt to stand and walk, and then fall down, we are creating new neurological pathways. We finally accomplish standing by trial and error, and as we do this, the appropriate pathways are developed. So now, we are able to activate those pathways and just get up and walk without falling down.
As we become aware of the stresses of life and respond to them, we begin to establish alternate pathways to those that were established at age one and two. Then, when we receive a B.E.S.T. adjustment or balancing, which re-establishes the original neurological pathways, we appear to lose our balance and may even be dizzy when we stand. Even worse, sometimes we can’t even walk correctly with normal cross-crawl contralateral physiology.
Balance and B.E.S.T. go hand in hand. And, negative thinking is greatly involved with the stress that causes us to deviate from our original design – those original pathways. Using our positive feelings chart, we can neutralize the energy of negative thinking to re-establish normal balance of walking. But, balance in your life is much more than just walking correctly. You must maintain some balance between your professional life and your personal life in order to maintain your body’s timing and thought balance. There is an old expression that goes, “Be where you are boy!” What it means, simply, is that you must learn how to live in the present with your thoughts and feelings. Balance must exist in all aspects of your life, and this is accomplished as you control your thoughts and make them totally apply to whatever you are doing, right now. It takes constant effort to be positive and present all the time. However, the outcome is well worth the effort!
