Help with wording for an intention to eliminate a health problem

[Bitsy]

Hi,

As I phrased the wording of my first I-M intention a month or so ago and I have modified it so much over the weeks as I gained new information about the situation in question, I hope this time I can get some guidance in formulating my intention better from the start.

I was born with a metabolic disorder called phenylketonuria (PKU) and it requires that I live on an exceptionally difficult, expensive and exceedingly unpalatable diet, which is especially critical to maintain well before and during pregnancy.

The cause of this condition is that I lack an enzyme, or have a defective one, that breaks down the amino acid in protein called phenylalanine (phe), the result of which is that I have high levels of phe in my blood, unless I am on this highly restrictive and expensive diet (it is also nearly impossible for me to travel or visit people and stay on the diet as well, because the diet is so restrictive).

I don't know how to approach the phrasing for an intention to rid myself of this condition. I could intend that the enzyme be whole and functioning properly as it does with other people without PKU, or the phrasing could be more general and less scientific ... I don't know ...

[Lil Chris]

I'm going to suggest reading chapter 4 of this:
The Science of Getting Rich - Wikisource
Read other chapters as well, but apply what it says about disease in chapter 4

Remember you can't get rid of a condition by focusing on the condition, even if it's to get rid of the condition. Instead, focus on there being no condition at all... Reguardless of appearences, you are in perfect health... Hold the thought of being in perfect health, and allow the condition to remove its self from your reality...


Hope this helps...

[Oliver]

Surprising .. I was under the impression that phenylketonuria (PKU) is treated by sticking to a low-protein diet and avoiding aspartame. I gather that there is some supplement, in addition to tyrosine, that you are taking, and that that is where the expense enters the equation.

PKU is caused by a genetic disorder. The PAH gene controls the production of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase, which is what turns phenylalanine into tyrosine, an important amino acid. As you alluded, Bitsy, without that enzyme's proper activity level, your body converts phenylalanine into phenylpyruvic acid. The buildup of that acid, which can cross the blood-brain barrier, leads to progressive mental retardation.

We already know that genetic structure can be changed. Retro-viruses like HIV do it every day; that is the meaning of "retro-virus", that the virus invades a host cell, dumps off its chunk of code, and that chunk becomes part of the host's DNA. We also know that our own medical science is working with gene therapy and has met with some success (we just haven't been at it as long as the virii have).

For the purpose of the visualization, I'm assuming you do not have a problem with cofactor BH4.

Envision the PAH gene directing the production of all the enzyme (phenylalanine hydroxylase) you need. You can leave the details (regarding how the gene gets fixed) to the universe, of course. See the gene as a little factory manager, and the little guy is making sure the factory produces enough of the enzyme. You may also decide to include visualizations of your doctor happily pronouncing you cured after testing shows plenty of phenylalanine hydroxylase in your system.

That is my suggestion for your visualization.

[eternomi]

Originally Posted by Bitsy

I don't know how to approach the phrasing for an intention to rid myself of this condition. I could intend that the enzyme be whole and functioning properly as it does with other people without PKU, or the phrasing could be more general and less scientific ... I don't know ...

I personally came to the conclusion that the wording does not matter. What matters is the belief you are holding. What do you believe? Do you believe that you can be cured or not? Wording is just a manifestation of your belief. In fact, you could hold beliefs without putting them into words at all... For example, if you believe in success, you'll be calm and happy while believing/expecting failure will result in fear and anxiety. You could also picture your belief in your mind without putting it into words.

AFAIK, LoA and IM is about aligning your beliefs with the results you'd like to get. Don't worry too much about why bad things happen in the first place. One way or another you are in the situation you are in. Try to focus on the brighter side of things and moving towards the results you want.

Several times a day (especially right before falling asleep and first thing when you get up), try to focus on the belief that somehow you'll get better. You don't have to know exactly how, when and where. Your body might cure itself, or someone else might come up with the cure.. Try not to lock yourself into a particular type of solution to your problem. Initially not knowing how the intention will manifest is perfectly fine while trying to predict how it might happen and expect to receive the cure only in that way (saying "XYZ is the only way I can see it happening") will only slow things down.

You could phrase the belief in past tense (it already happened), or present tense (it is happening and coming to you right now) or future tense (it will happen). The phrasing never made a difference for me.. Just so long as you believe that your cure is possible!

Make sure the phrasing does not cause disbelief in your mind. For example, I have trouble using the past tense. I say "if it already happened, I would have it right now", so it causes disbelief. I like the present tense because I can see that if I can form the idea and hold the belief in my mind, then it is created at that moment. We can't see or touch thoughts and beliefs, but they are real entities which sooner or later effect our reality. I don't know how to prove this to you scientifically, but I believe very strongly that scientist will eventually prove this. You can think of thoughts and beliefs like the radio waves. We can't see or touch them either, but they exist and we eventually learned how to create them at will and put them to use.

Future tense makes sense since you don't have your belief fully integrated into your reality as of this moment, but it will get integrated soon enough. If you end up using the future tense for phrasing your belief, make sure to do it such that you know the outcome is directed by your belief, and the physical manifestation will occur in its own perfect time and in its own perfect way.

Personal development gurus tell you not to use future tense in phrasing your intentions only because they think it implies in your mind that you will never achieve any results. This might be true in most cases, but now you know better. As long as you don't use the future tense in a daydreaming, "this will never happen" kinda way, then there is no problem using it. Don't forget that the key here is the belief itself! You could use any language, any tense, any word to define your belief. It could be as simple as "I believe I shall receive a cure".

Lastly, if there is anything you can do to alleviate your situation (find a doctor who can help you, etc), go ahead and do that. Taking action in alignment with your belief is a great way to focus on the belief. If you already tried everything you can think of (it is important to exhaust all options), then just focusing on the belief in the form of affirmations and prayer is fine too.

Good luck.

[Bitsy]

Hi!

Thank you all for your replies. They are helpful.

I ought to point out first, that I don't suffer from my condition, unless the bad taste of the powder I have to drink for the diet could be seen as causing suffering...to my taste buds. There is no visual evidence that I have this disorder, except as it shows up in my blood tests. Other evidence of it is not 100% discernible, as Oliver pointed out, it affects the brain and its functioning, also the psychology, which I don't really have a perspective on when I am experiencing it - and then these effects are only present when I am not on the diet.

To Oliver - you are right, if you replace "low-protein" with virtually "no-protein." There is a diet powder that makes up the majority of my daily food allowance (but not all) and the powder is very expensive (more than €300 for a month's supply). The powder contains all amino acids in protein except for phe.

To Lil Chris and outback - My condition isn't really a disease, it just "is" and, like I mentioned, I don't suffer from it, as far as I am aware, at least any symptoms are not conclusively due to the disorder. I don't feel it is a bad thing, really, the diet is just a pain and a huge hinder in social life and convenience. The worst scenario would be in pregnancy and not being on the diet, because, as Oliver mentioned, the development of the baby's brain will be inhibited if I am not on the diet.

I would just like to be like others in this respect.

Outback - actually, some years ago I did pray for this disorder to vanish from my body, and this past summer, based on blood tests, I began to think my body was beginning to manage more quantities of phe than before and this past fall I was eating much more phe than I was supposed to. Though when I got the results of the blood test back from that time, the phe levels were way too high.

Wording - I got a bit obsessed with wording after my first intention, because as I got more information about the situation, I began to think - oh, evidently I should have specified this and this in my wording (even though in my mind when I made the intention and its wording, all of the circumstances I desired were implied), because I did not mean it should turn out this way (it has not really turned out yet at all, but still in progress, but the information I got made the situation much more complicated and difficult than I had known when I made the intention). For example, if you intend for a soul-mate or a loving relationship, you have to add to your intention/wording that the man in question not already be married...?? Some things ought to be understood, but I began to get scared that I have to think of every scenario imaginable and specify in the words and be aware of all the scenarios in my intention that, for example, the person be single, or free, and moral, etc...

This saying "be careful what you wish for" - I am not afraid of what I wish for, but that somehow I will leave some detail I could never have imagined or foreseen out of my intention and out of my awareness and then some twisted version of my real intention will come about.

Well, I guess I have to lose that idea so it doesn't happen.

Thank you all again for your feedback

[eternomi]

Originally Posted by Bitsy

For example, if you intend for a soul-mate or a loving relationship, you have to add to your intention/wording that the man in question not already be married...??

I would say be careful what you believe, not what you wish for..

If you believe that anyone worth being your soul-mate or establishing a relationship with has to be already married, then that will be your experience. Every belief is a wish, but every wish is not a belief. Therefore, it is possible to wish for something and not have it. I think that is the disconnect people have in their minds. It is not what we wish for at all... It is what we believe that we experience. It is like reality is the canvas that is a reflection of what we believe to be true. You get to live out what you believe; it is some kinda manifestation of your inner most truths and they are your truths. You cannot experience someone else's truth (although you actually get to take part in it without even knowing)

I know this doesn't explain why certain "unfortunate" things happen to some people. We may never know because we would have to know exactly what they believe. But if you are having problems, whether you intended it or not, you can always intend/wish/believe to end it! It is never hopeless! Furthermore, if you see others in trouble, you can do your best to end it for them as well. In fact, something you observe happening to others, but not happening to you directly still has connections to your beliefs.

So if you would like to have a loving relationship with someone compatible with you, you just have to go through your beliefs in this area. For example, if you don't want this person to be married, then you have to stop believing "All the good ones are taken" and "if someone is soulmate material, they must already be married".

I hope this helps.

[Bitsy]

Originally Posted by outback

Furthermore, if you see others in trouble, you can do your best to end it for them as well.

Can you tell me how to do this?

[eternomi]

Originally Posted by Bitsy

Can you tell me how to do this?

It gets a little bit trickier for others, but the concept is the same.

Instead of asking "why is this person doing this", I prefer to ask "why is this in my awareness?". What you are aware of is a validation/manifestation of what your beliefs are...

Sometimes things happen not because you intended them per se, but just so that a belief can manifest. For example, if you believe that "you are a strong person", things work out such that you can experience that strength. However, you can't experience strength unless you experience weakness first. "Experiencing weakness" would be labeled "bad" or "unfortunate", but strength can be experienced only when weakness is around to compare to it.

Therefore, no matter what happens, instead of looking for something or someone to blame, just examine your beliefs, weed out the ones that would give fuel to the fire, and then wait it out. The beliefs inside you and the outside experience will eventually balance out and you will see that in the end you've grown in the process. In fact, the "unfortunate" things happen just so you can weed out some more beliefs that are not working for you. They raise your awareness when they are not congruent with your expectations.

So to answer your question... Whether you are causing the situation for someone else intentionally or not, the best thing to do is to try to figure out if you have any beliefs that would prolong the situation for them and try to change on the inside. This holds for situations happening directly to you, or to someone else within your awareness. While you are working on your own beliefs on the inside, you could help the person/situation on the outside as well if you can. That would speed up the cleansing process.

What you can't do is change others by forcing them to see your point of view. If someone needs help, and they know they need help, great. If they need help but don't know it, you could try bringing it to their attention that they might be in need of help. If they acknowledge it, great. If not, forcing will only make things worse. The best time to help people is when they are actually looking for help. The door to helping someone can only be opened from the inside. Don't forget that it might be you who needs help anyway.

A very simple example: You have a friend who smokes. We all know smoking is terrible for your health. The first thing is, do you care much about your own health? It doesn't even matter whether you smoke or not. If all is well within you, you could try raising your friend's awareness if she isn't aware that smoking is terrible. Does she want help? Is she ignoring your advice? How open are you to others' advice? Do you ignore them easily without even giving it a thought? What addictions might you have that you can't just shake off? etc.. etc..

I think you get the point. It is not always a one-to-one thing. Someone smoking is a health issue and an addiction issue. Since it is not happening to you directly (you are not smoking), it might be a different kind of health/addiction issue for you. You'll need to do some thinking as to how things are related to your beliefs.

How about the rest of the planet? Millions of people smoke, right? Let's say you don't have any friends who smoke, but you know many others smoke on the planet. Now this is a 3rd-hand experience (it's not you, you don't see it around you, but it is happening elsewhere). It is very indirect, but it is there. You could hold the intention that all beings known or unknown to you be liberated from their addictions... If you believe this is possible, it will come to be and you'd be helping out at a much more global scale. In addition, you can help organizations that are trying to make this a reality. Now your actions and your beliefs are aligned.

This is just a recipe. Every situation is unique. So is every person. I hope I could explain the gist of it to you clearly so that you can examine things for yourself and chart a map.