Perverting our innate intelligence

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His personal story is truly amazing. Anyway, the following is the article I put in my column this month:http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20051203.htmFrom the Idaho Observer:Perverting our innate intelligenceby Jim PenickOnly recently in our evolutionary history has man stood and stared at thehorizon in pained perplexity pondering why humanity is mired in a world ofviolence, hatred and self-destruction.The answer can be found by looking at how we have prevented ourselves fromreaching a higher level of human potential through the incorporation ofunnatural and destructive practices that have become institutionalized inthe modern world.Meddlesome and oppressive

government, an unnatural lifestyle, interventionin the birthing process and a deranged diet are having disastrousconsequences in every aspect of our society.We have perverted our natural intelligence (instincts) to the extent thatthe degeneration and ultimate extinction of our species is inevitable ifcertain changes are not implemented immediately. We see the collapse ofsociety in every way today. Nobody can recognize the full scope of itbecause we are too busy trying to deal with its fallout.Beginning with birthGenerations of western women have been conditioned to believe thatchildbirth is both painful and dangerous. In the western world, once apregnancy is confirmed, prenatal visits with a pediatrician are scheduledand a hospital birth planned as matter of due course. What these womendon’t know is that hospital births have six times the mortality ratecompared to home births

regardless of the condition of the home. Despitethis fact, midwifery continues to be outlawed in state after state. Themedical intervention in the birthing process is the most immoral thingimaginable.We are talking about profound biological, physiological and psychologicaldamage.It is evident that the bonding structure has been almost obliterated fromour society. When the bonds have been broken between mother and infant, allsubsequent bonds will not materialize, thus, the family will ultimatelydegenerate.Bonds that should unfold, such as bonding with environment, social bondingand pair bonding of male and female in adolescence, have all collapsed. Asevidenced by the fact that 50 percent of children today live in singleparent homes. This bonding process is subverted initially with a hospitalbirth.If a woman gives birth in a hospital she is at the mercy of the medicalpersonnel there—she has, in a sense,

given the responsibility of herchild’s birth to them.Many unnecessary medical interventions such as shaving of pubic hair,enemas administered prior to delivery, giving episiotomies, strapping thewoman in stirrups which do not allow gravity to play its role, drugging,forceps deliveries, and Caesarean sections commonly occur in hospitalbirths—and frequently for the convenience of the hospital staff.There are strange masked faces and bright lights which adds up to anightmare for both the infant and mother, leading to all kinds of neuralfailures. Birth becomes a long and torturous ordeal instead being apositive, enlightening and satisfying experience. First doctors pumpchemicals into the expectant mother to reduce pain; then they pump morechemicals in to induce birth, which has been stopped by their veryintervention.After realizing that they can induce birth with their chemicals, themajority of women are giving

birth between 9 AM and 3 PM—the mostconvenient hours for the doctors and hospital staff.The premature cutting of the umbilical cord has been routinely practicednow for 50 years. Various degrees of brain damage results in 20 to 40percent of these cases. A full 30 percent of the infant’s blood remains inthe placenta at birth providing all the oxygen necessary to the child.Ample time is given for the amniotic fluid to drain from the newborn’snostrils and trachea before the baby attempts to breathe on his own. Inunderwater birthing, infants have remained underwater for up to twentyminutes after birth. Although not recommended, it goes to show that theumbilical cord continues to furnish oxygen after birth as needed. Theumbilical cord should never be cut before it turns gray, usually 20 to 30minutes after birth.Postpartum chemistryWhat then happens to the drugged and expectant mother?

Since drugs passinto the placenta in less than a minute, and there is no drug that won’tpass through, the infant as well as the mother are drugged. When both arein this drugged and debilitated state you break up the entire bondingbetween mother and infant at the critical period right after birth.The utter hypocrisy of those who rightfully oppose women taking crack whilepregnant, but sanction the destructive drugging of expectant mothers bydoctors should be self- evident. Both are unnatural and highly debilitatingto both mother and infant. Rest assured that there will be long-termconsequences for both.This drugged state has effects on the mother that are devastating becauseshe has eons of genetically-encoded intelligence, intuitions, capacities,knowledge, powers, and cellular memories that tell her exactly what to dowith the infant, but drugs block her from accessing that information. Thenatural birthing process triggers

that innate knowledge and instinctivebehavior in a woman’s brain.Women who are chemically denied access to the instincts of motherhoodexperience what is commonly referred to as postpartum blues—a conditionthat can last for weeks because she knows that something was supposed tohappen that didn’t. She feels weak and incompetent, can’t manage her babyand has to use daycare. Furthermore, she finds herself unable to breastfeed.BreastfeedingSociety markets breasts as play things for men rather than their truefunction—feeding infants. Breastfeeding had decreased almost 97 percentover a 50-year period after WWII, but thanks to the La Leche League, about50 percent of women breastfeed their babies. The downside is that a baby isconsidered "breastfed" if the mother nurses him for at least three weeks.Traditionally, mothers breastfeed their infants two to three years.Ideally, breastfeeding

should last until the infant has a mouth full ofteeth; not just one or two.Studies have shown that breastfed babies are six times more likely tosurvive their first year than bottlefed babies. Ninety percent of allinfant deaths occur in bottlefed babies. Breastfeeding provides closenessand warmth—a close contact that bonds mother and child.Babies’ sucking stimulates the release of a powerful hormone calledoxytocin into the bloodstream which causes the uterus of the mother tocontract to its normal size more rapidly after birth. This preventsexcessive bleeding after delivery and also causes the milk to "let down."If a mother is breastfeeding solely, her ovulation will be postponed for asmuch as two years. This means that if she does indulge in sex whilelactating, she will not likely get pregnant.Thus, natural child spacing occurs and no artificial means of birth controlis necessary.It also means that

Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has provided for us soleave it intelligently alone and go with your instincts concerning thesematters.MooHumans are the only species in the animal kingdom that consumes the milk ofanother species. Cow’s milk, the most commonly-used substitute for infantshumans, is a most nutritious food—if you are a calf! Bottlefed babies whoare fed cow’s milk often have intestinal and gastric disturbances.This is because cow’s milk is not suitable for the baby’s digestive system.Cow’s milk contains more calcium and much less tryptophan and lecithin thanmother’s milk.Tryptophan, an amino acid, and lecithin are essential for the developingbrain and nervous system of humans. Calcium is employed in building bones.This is why cow’s milk has the components it has—a calf’s skeletal/muscularsystem grows rapidly to enable it to stand and walk on his own soon

afterbirth. On the other hand, a human infant’s growth during the first fewmonths of life is focused on the development of a highly organized brainwith a perfection of senses and bodily control. Studies have repeatedlyshown that babies fed infant formula or cow’s milk primarily have softerbrains and are less likely to be as intelligent as breastfed babies. Whatare we doing to our precious children?! Is this any less than infanticide?Pasteurization is a process in which milk is submitted to a temperature of130 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of from 10 to 30 minutes,reputedly to destroy harmful micro-organisms. In destroying theseorganisms, it also destroys the vitamins, enzymes and nutritive quality ofthe milk. Studies show that calves die within six-weeks if fed pasteurizedmilk, even if it comes from its own mother.CircumcisionA wide range of studies show that in a

drug-free birth, the newborn isconscious, aware and sensitive. Circumcision has been the practice in thiscountry for the past 50 years and without anesthetics. "They don’t feel athing" we are informed; they "cry a bit and go right to sleep" is theverbatim doctrine quoted for decades by surgeons queried about thispractice. Nevertheless, an elaborate restrainer device, known as the"circumstraint," secures the infant with Velcro straps for the operationsince he struggles fiercely when the cutting takes place.Recently some surgeons allowed an electroencephalogram (EEG) to be attachedto the infant’s scalp while the circumcision took place. The brainwavepatterns show serious disturbances as the infant screams. They do not then"just go to sleep"; they go into shock! The brainwave patterns show noresemblance to ordinary infant sleep patterns for several days after theoperation.Home

birthingProviding the mother is in vibrant health and not toxic, she will enjoy theactual childbirth experience. While profound changes during labor occur inan unhealthy woman sometimes necessitating hospital transport, subtlechanges occur in the healthy woman.By giving birth in one’s own home, the mother is surrounded by lovingfriends rather than strangers, which further supports the natural birthingprocess. The newborn baby enters a warm, loving world instead of the cold,antiseptic world of the hospital. No bright lights, masked strangers,spanks on the buttocks, chemicals in the eyes, or premature umbilical cordclamping will occur in the homebirth. The father is able to share the firstfew days of their baby’s life while the mother is able to feed their babyon demand, ensuring that her milk will come in. Constant suckling at thebreast causes the milk to come in: Nature’s means of "demand and

supply."Hospitals routinely keep the baby in the newborn nursery, obfuscatingNature’s process for ensuring both mother-infant bonding and a good milksupply.Final word on hospital birthsEven though an enormous amount of literature on the value of unmedicatedhomebirths has appeared over the years, hospitals continue to treat thebirthing process as a disease requiring their surgical interventions anddrugs. These obscene practices have become not just acceptable but aretoday’s standard for childbirth.I appeal to women to quietly withdraw from their participation in themurderous medical establishment. You will be "600%" safer by takingresponsibility for your own health and that of your baby. Buying a fewbooks on natural hygiene, understanding the value of fasting and eating rawfoods, and following Nature’s dictates will go a long way in ensuring thatyou and your family will experience disease-free,

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