Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.

Today I read a very interesting article by Wired.com, about how placebos seem to be getting more effective, even against long-standing tried and tested drugs. Some key things I learnt from this article are that firstly, we underestimate the power of the human mind and ability of the body to heal itself, and secondly, how science is just beginning to discover and prove the power of the conscious, subconscious, unconscious and super-conscious minds.

Thirdly, Edward Scolnick, Merck's research director, said "To remain dominant in the future, we need to dominate the central nervous system". This is where Kundalini Yoga comes in as an art and a science. My personal opinion is that unless Pharmaceutical companies can begin to invest in understanding the technology of yoga and meditation, which deals with strengthening the central nervous system, then they will not be able to innovate enough to stay competitive in the upcoming marketplace.

At first it may seem a very strange thing for a Pharmaceutical company to do, but whether they like it or not, the world is turning more towards spirituality and self-healing as a science, and thus unless this threat is turned into an opportunity we may see some of the biggest Pharmaceutical companies in the world sink overnight, including Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck.

My personal thoughts on placebos are that, they are effective because consciousness creates our reality. The degree to which a human being is conscious, is the degree to which he or she may create their own reality. Usually, we as humans live in our created reality without ever questioning it or thinking about what we have created. It requires a unique insight to observe your own created reality and then it requires consciousness to create a new reality.

Consciousness is what we really are at the basic level of Self. If we were to take a human being and de-construct them to their basic building block, that basic building block would be awareness or consciousness which has no form. Then consciousness creates sound or vibration which has a form and pattern. The next building blocks are sub-atomic particles, then atomic particles which create matter, which creates us physically.

If all we are is consciousness, then a placebo works because we become aware of the idea that a medicine may heal us, thus bringing the concept of getting better into reality which has the result of the patient getting better. At the same time, if we bring negative ideas into our consciousness about a drug having negative-side effects, our created reality becomes negative because we choose to create that future albeit subconsciously, also called a nocebo effect.

These are just some thoughts for the future =)...