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Dec 2001
Healing through Bio-Resonance
- by Carel
Afsaneh heals with
Bio-Resonance and Square-Wave machines in the Quiet Healing centre.
The idea that diseases can
be cured and viruses and bacteria destroyed by exposing the patient to
electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields came up by the end of the
1800s. In the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century many machines
were being invented that 'worked' on the patients with a wide variety of
results. Most experiments failed badly, but there was a growing body of
evidence that some of them did improve the condition of seriously ill
people. The discovery of radioactivity and X-rays fuelled this field of
interest even more.
 But
it was a matter of time before the medical establishment and the drug
industries mounted calls for regulation, stating that these types of
devices were at best harmless but in some cases seriously dangerous.
Eventually, the interest declined until the 1960's when 'new age' ideals
re-introduced research into these appliances. Much of the mainstream
medical establishment though, had meanwhile firmly entrenched itself
against this type of 'quackery'. Present day objective research shows
however that some appliances do work.
One country whose medical
establishment strongly opposes anything deviating from the allopathic
path is Germany. Homeopathy, acupuncture and a vast array of other
'alternative' healing methods are but slowly finding acceptance in the
official circles. Most of the country's powerful health insurance
organisations still refuse to cover the costs of these types of
treatments. Given this trend, it is amazing that over 3,500 German
doctors and practitioners are nowadays treating their patients with
Bio-Resonance machines.
Bio-Resonance is an offshoot
from electro-acupuncture. Acupunc-ture relies on the vibration of solid
needles inserted into certain spots of the body to cause through
resonance an effect elsewhere in the body. Electro-acupuncture creates
this resonance by applying small currents to the inserted needles.
In the middle of the previous century two German electro-acupuncturists,
Voll and Morell, found out that it is possible to diagnose the body
through electro-acupuncture. They discovered that the body's cells
communicate with each other by means of certain wavelengths
(frequencies), unique to each person. Through experimental research the
overall parameters for a healthy person could be established.
A disease is known to
disturb and distort the base frequency. Empirical research was able to
identify the patterns of distortion - each disease has its own unique
pattern - and so to establish the frequency patterns of presently known
diseases. The next step was to see if the base frequency could be
re-established, and the disease healed, by either exposing the patient
to its own base frequencies or by transforming the frequency patterns of
the disease. At a later stage they discovered that, if those base
frequencies were sent through an ampoule containing a mixture of
homeopathic and other medicinal material, the healing results were
better. Bio-Resonance, in other words, re-activates the person's cells.
Voll and Morell's research
has formed the basis for the Bio Resonance Machines that are now
operating in many places in Germany as well as in Auroville. Iranian
born Afsaneh, who grew up in Germany before joining Auroville in 1981,
found a new vocation in healing patients with this machine. Says she:
"My interest in
healing was awakened by my father, who is a chiropractor. But when I
decided to come to Auroville I broke off my studies as health
practitioner in Germany. Instead I built a place in Kottakarai and
started a bead workshop. But the latter didn't work out financially, and
I asked my father for financial help to build a guesthouse so that I
could get some income. This resulted in ten years of pretty exhausting
building activity. Then my life arranged itself in such a way that I
decided to go back to Germany for some time to finish my schooling as a
health practitioner. I took other exams and learned massage, acupuncture
and chiropractice. One day someone exposed me to the Bio-Resonance
system of healing. It completely changed my outlook. I studied it and
did some more exams and then opened my own practice in Germany. After
four years of practice, it was time to return to Auroville. At the time
the Quiet Healing Centre was being built and I was invited to join. I
brought my Bio-Resonance and my Square Wave machine to Auroville and for
the last two years now I am working with them in Quiet."
Bio-Resonance is a
developing healing method and Afsaneh does her share of empirical
research. Most Bio-Resonance machines are operating in the temperate
climates of Europe and the USA. Afsaneh is one of the few healers who
works with tropical diseases.
"We keep email
contact to inform one another on recent development and I return
regularly to Europe to learn about new treatment methods and share my
research results. As many tropical diseases have migrated to cooler
climates because of increased travel, there is a lot of research going
on in Germany, so I am not alone."
The machine requires
regular updating. A recent addition is working with magnetic mats
in order to improve the healing effect, bringing the machine's
overall value up to Rs. 12 lakhs (US$ 25.210). Given that Afsaneh
doesn't charge Aurovilians for her treatments, updates are exclusively
financed by donations from well-wishers.
Though she is the only person working in India with this type of
machine, the technique is not unknown here. "Recently I received
a visit from a doctor based in Madras who was also working with
bio-resonance - a different type of machine - and was happy to share
information. It would be very good if some kind of all-India network
could be created," says Afsaneh.
A first encounter with
Bio-Resonance starts with Afsaneh diagnosing the body using the
bio-resonance machine in combination with the ancient Chinese "five
elements" system (wood, earth, water, fire, and metal). A first
check-up takes between two to three hours but it almost always, she
says, results in establishing the origin of the disease. "Then I
give a first treatment. Normally, another ten follow up treatments of on
average one hour each are required to restore the patient's health to
'normal.' I also advise on a diet to help the body to regain its balance
and heal itself. "
Physical diseases, according to some doctors, are results of
psychological disorders. Bio-Resonance acknowledges this and has
established what it calls "the psychology of each organ,"
aiming not only at healing the disease but also at healing its
psychological origin. "We give the organ the push to find its
balance, and the therapist helps the person by explaining this
psychological link so that the patient can become conscious of the
psychological habits which may have caused the disease, and work on it.
This is an area where I want to do more research," says Afsaneh.
Nevertheless, there are
limits to the Bio-Resonance healing method. "We don't play
God," says Afsaneh. For example, you can hardly treat cancer with
Bio-Resonance, perhaps only when it is in its first phase. But after
that, Bio-Resonance cannot help. Another area where Bio-Resonance is
ineffective is in dealing with psychological diseases like
schizophrenia."
The attempt to heal cancer
with electric frequencies is not new. "In the first half of the
20th century there was an American researcher called Royal Raymond Rife
who had invented a machine with which he claimed he could heal
cancer," continues Afsaneh. "Rife held that cancer was caused
by parasites and viruses, and that by exposing them to certain
frequencies the cancer disappeared. Experiments did indeed show that his
machine worked, but afterwards there was a massive opposition to his
work. His laboratories were torched, his research was discredited, he
was heavily attacked and his life ended in misery. Interest in his
inventions has re-awakened, though, and many people are now trying to
re-build Rife's original machines, as its technology was wantonly
destroyed and has been lost. What has resulted so far is the so-called
'Square Wave' machine, which effectively kills parasites, viruses and
bacteria. I have brought one of these machines along and use it
frequently. I have observed that its effect are indeed as claimed."
Though working with
Bio-Resonance and Square Wave machines in Auroville does fulfil a dream,
the work situation at Quiet is far from ideal. The main problem is the
lack of funds. Quiet provides free treatment to Aurovilians and members
of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, and gets the necessary
income from visitors. This income, however, is insufficient to cover the
costs of assistants, machine updates and maintenance and additional
equipment to guarantee continuous electricity supply. Added to this
there is the question how useful the treatment is for short-term
visitors. "The main problem," says Afsaneh "is that
visitors like to get a diagnosis but do not bother to get follow-up
treatments in their own country. They are attracted by the idea of being
tested - for which, in Germany, they would pay between 400 and 500
German Marks - but not in the follow up treatments that would cost them
another 100 to 150 German Marks each. That makes this work for them
pretty useless."
The Aurovilians and
Ashramites, however, are eager patients. Afsaneh's schedule is booked
months in advance, which by itself shows that the treatment does have
positive effects. "Dealing with Ashramites in particular is very
rewarding," says Afsaneh, "I am time and again touched to the
core by the total devotion for the Divine these people express in their
way of being. That, indeed, makes this work very fulfilling."
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