December 2008

The energy of autism

by Barbara Stahura

We perceive the universe through our limited human senses, so it's understandable if we forget it's all nothing but energy.

Far beneath what we see, hear, taste, smell, and touch lies the Zero Point Field, where nothing exists but the foundational energy of everything.

This "place" has also been called the field of all possibility because all that exists arises from it. Both modern quantum physics and ancient spiritual traditions tell us about this energy. Physicist David Bohm called it an "unbroken wholeness." Spiritually, it is the Oneness (what some call God or Spirit).

When our senses perceive something -- an elephant, a banana -- it's still only energy. Yet, we're able to perceive it because consciousness has shaped it into a form that serves some purpose.

In its natural state, this energy is perfect. Its frequencies vibrate in harmony and balance. But when our consciousness alters that perfection, whether we realize it or not, the reality shifts -- from our natural state of health toward illness, for instance.

Stephen Lewis realized the truth of this shifting after many years of study. First, he obtained degrees in homeopathy and acupuncture but realized they operated too much on the surface to explain the true origins of illness. Then he returned to his original passion of subtle-energy physics and added studies in spiritual traditions.

Within physics and spirituality, he saw how what we call "illness" does not originate in the physical body. Instead, it begins with a disturbance in a person's individual energetic frequencies or, described another way, in the vibrations in consciousness on the spiritual plane. These disturbances begin with negative thoughts and emotions we suppress (remember that thoughts and emotions are energy, too), so that, in a sense, they get stuck in our subconscious and fester. They can even be hereditary, passed along unconsciously through the generations.

Eventually, these disturbances manifest in the physical body, causing conditions we have given names like cancer or earache, or even autism. Restoring the energetic balance restores balance in the physical body as well. However, as Lewis explains, no one can heal anyone else. While "cures" can result from medical treatments of many kinds, true healing comes from within the self by restoring the energy or consciousness to its harmonious state.

Lewis created "The AIM Program of Energetic Balancing" in the late 1990s as a way of delivering constant energy balancing that allows people to heal themselves.

Today, the AIM program is available by scholarship for people with autism. Several hundred people with autism, children and adults alike, have taken advantage of this offer. Lewis says reports of improvement keep coming in.

Autism is a neurological disorder that manifests along a range of severity. Some people can be seriously disabled for life, while others are able to experience relatively normal lives. No one in the medical community can say for certain what causes autism. Suspected causes range from the mercury preservative formerly used in vaccines, to environmental and genetic factors, but no firm cause has been determined. More people are being diagnosed with autism every year, with the rate of increase now hitting 10-17% annually. Desperate parents are trying all kinds of remedies, from herbal therapies and allopathic drugs to behavioral and psychological treatments. While they may work to some extent, they still do not reach the level of energy, where all illness originates.

Noah Dennis, now seven, was diagnosed at age five with a condition on the autism spectrum called "pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified" (PDDNOF), according to his mother, Kriss Dennis. He was smart, calm, and sociable, unlike most autistic children, yet he had serious speech delays and spoke only vowels, and had a fixation with things not normally considered to be toys. For instance, he fixates on air vents, electrical plugs, and for a time even carried around a pop-up sprinkler he treated like a doll, Dennis explains.

Since being enrolled in the AIM scholarship program, "he can express his needs and wants better," according to Dennis, who goes on to say, "We have seen a continued improvement. He speaks more clearly. His teacher says how much he has accomplished."

Dennis says her whole immediate family is now on AIM, even their house. "We are more patient now, and our house feels better, too," she says. "Even through a major renovation, it was more calm and balanced."

Lewis continues exploring for frequencies behind the symptoms of autism remaining in children on the scholarship program and has found frequencies of Huntington's Disease, dementia, and Tourette Syndrome (remember, these are the energetic frequencies, not the conditions themselves). While he doesn't predict that total self-healing from autism will result, he is pleased with progress any time it is reported.

(Barbara Stahura, an AIM participant, is a freelance writer living in Tucson, Arizona. For more information about AIM, visit www.aimprogram.com )