44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
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Personal Experience with Body Electronics, July 30, 2005
This review is from: Body Electronics: Vital Steps for Physical Regeneration (Paperback)
I was discouraged and every activity felt like drudgery. In my early 60s I had developed peripheral neuropathy in my feet and they hurt all of the time. Walking three or four blocks would bring excruciating pain that would last several days. I was taking the maximum level of prescription medication that my doctor would allow. The neurologist said that my feet would continue to get worse unless a miracle drug was found, but nothing hopeful was in view.
Quite by accident-or so it seemed three years ago-I heard of a seminar on the subject of Body Electronics being offered by Thomas Chavez. Having no interest in the subject beyond idle curiosity, I decided to attend. Following the seminar, I decided to become active in a local Body Electronics group. Nothing in my previous life experience had prepared me for the profound physical, emotional and mental changes that would take place and for the enthusiasm for living that would become mine. Today, at age 66, I would not trade this quality of life for anything I have previously known.
After two years of "BE" I returned to mountain climbing, cross-country skiing and mountain biking. I no longer take any of the prescription medications that my doctor recommends. Contrary to conventional medicine (and some alternative therapies) Body Electronics is free of financial burden, but is not free of the need to continuously update one's education. Body Electronics by Thomas Chavez is a wonderful source of practical information about what really makes a difference in our lives. I am most thankful to have this book close at hand.
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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
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Masterful Healer, January 25, 2006
This review is from: Body Electronics: Vital Steps for Physical Regeneration (Paperback)
'Body Electronics', by Thomas Chavez, is a masterful work about healing, I dare say one of the best I have ever read. I am currently working toward my Doctorate in the field of Natural Health and have an extensive library of books on Natural Healing that I have spent more than 30 years pouring through with fascination. But, I now see that vast groundwork of prior information as a mere launch pad for the veritable space shuttle of knowledge that Chavez perfectly engineers and ignites into countdown in 'Body Electronics'.
Chavez was a student of John Ray, the brilliant healer who devised the original Body Electronics modality which was based on Ray's extensive research and experimentation with miraculous cures. It is a synergy of techniques with an emphasis on organic, chelated, colloidal mineral supplementation, enzyme intake and 'pointholding' which is a leap beyond accupuncture and accupressure with the goal of thoroughly dissolving the tiny bundles of crytals that form energy blockages and contribute to disease and discomfort on many levels.
Chavez pays admirable homage to Ray, having internalized his teachings completely, while leveraging his own extensive research, training, and experience in the world of Natural Healing as a classically trained Homeopath. He pulls together a vast and diverse body of knowledge that represents his very best attempt at formulating an ultimate healing protocol and lifestyle. Based on all the information I have personally been exposed to through my own passionate studies and practices, this 'very best attempt' is the very best I've ever encountered, beautifully and comprehensively communicated!
As soon as I received this book from Amazon.com, I opened up the book randomly to a paragraph about the healing effect of a Niacin flush on skin injuries such as bad sunburns experienced in one's youth. I then flipped to another random page and read about "blotting" one's teeth, a technique superior to brushing which very effectively cleans your teeth. I flipped to another part regarding the effects of herbs and herbal "remedies", then read about the success of a program that improves one's eyesight naturally, then I scanned through a collection of practical exercises and techniques for manifesting our intended goals that really made sense to me.
Another random flip had me reading about "holding time", an interaction between a parent and child that allows a child's stressful emotions and anger to de-fuse naturally in a circle of acceptance and love, encouraging a lifetime of natural, authentic, healthy emotional responses without all the ills that come from chronic emotional suppression through punishment and subtle guilt and control trips as most of us have experienced as the Western 'norm' in parenting.
I was only a few minutes into my preliminary explorations of Body Electronics and I was already completely inundated with fascinating new information I had never before encountered! I turned to my husband and exclaimed, "I'm SO glad I got this book!" Elegantly expressed concepts gave rise to instant insights, and I found myself already unraveling personal pain and suppression that sprang from my own childhood just as it did for my parents and grandparents.
This book draws on Chavez's many years of living and practicing Body Electronics, which he very effectively shares with his readers, so that they too can see their way to working out their own, constantly evolving cure, which in turn positively effects all within their sphere. Chavez is richly generous with his knowledge, obviously tapping into the mindset of his intended readership and presenting his case with clarity and inspiration. He hands us a pragmatic and usable roadmap for our own personal journey to perfect health, without excluding anyone by being overly spiritual or to far "out there". The more I studied the illustrative examples, the more I began to understand the finer points of the healing process, the multiple, sequential levels of vitality and it's opposite, the levels of consciousness that set the tone for our overall level of health, and the dangerous business of unaccepting attitudes and suppression of symptoms.
As I began the fascinating journey of reading the book cover to cover, I was delighted by Chavez's truly artful way of inviting the reader to look, really look, at many of the basic agreements that we as humans unwittingly buy into from birth. He points out the "Off-Management" behaviors we have inherited, all the ways we ineffectively deal with life's challenges, from the way we parent, to the way we eat, to the way we express emotions and deal with stress, to how we navigate tricky family, group and societal dynamics. Then he offers "On-Management" methods and techniques that have proven very effective, whole ways of thinking that had never occurred to me before. I have seen many authors attempt to describe similar concepts, but the way Thomas Chavez has put it all together rings true and clear. Reading this book was truly a life changing experience, a real gift!
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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The Manual for Living, The Manual for Life, July 19, 2005
This review is from: Body Electronics: Vital Steps for Physical Regeneration (Paperback)
Thomas C. Chavez's Book, Body Electronics, IS the owner's manual for maintaining a healthy body (mind & soul) that should have been handed out to each and every one of us at birth.
This is a text book written in a straightforward manner that fills in many of the pieces to the puzzle of healthy being. Mr. Chavez writes in a way that is entertaining, understandable and compelling. He also backs up the presented wisdom with hard facts and explanations.
Be prepared to receive stern warning about our current cultural "wisdom" on everything from what we are supposed to eat to how we relate to our children and humanity. Being confronted with the damage we do to ourselves in so many aspects our lives may become overwhelming but do not become discouraged. Read on. Not only presented is the methodology for stopping the damage we do to ourselves but also reversing it in many cases.
Bravo & Thank You.
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