What does the EPI method measure in physiological terms?
The working of all the organs and systems is regulated by the central nervous system (CNS) and the autonomic nervous system (ANS).
It is possible to draw an analogy between the working of the body and the playing of a symphony orchestra. The finest movements of dozens of people in the orchestra are in total harmony; they are following the same part and respond sensitively to the tiniest direction from the conductor. You could single out the viola or oboe part, and they would sound like part of one beautiful melody.
It is the same in the body: each organ and each system plays its role, but they are all following one rhythm, one autonomous control.
But then one of the violins loses the rhythm, falling out of time with the overall control system. This goes unnoticed by the untrained ear, and only an experienced listener will hear the wrong note. The melody will sound, but the greater the number of instruments which fall out of line with the control system, the stronger and more noticeable the dissonance will be, until finally even the most uneducated listener will start to wince and slowly creep out of the concert hall.
This analogy can be applied to the working of the body. As long as all systems and organs are working in harmony, in unison, following the same program, the body is at its optimal functioning level. Control and direction are ensured by two fundamental mechanisms:
•autonomic control by the nervous system (ANS), including neurohumoral regulation of activity;
•electron control through active forms of oxygen in the blood.
It could be said that this control is the base level, making it possible to detect all external impacts and react to them instantly, supporting Homeostasis and the relative constancy of the body’s internal environment.
If a person runs about and makes a few sudden movements, and the ANS increases the frequency of the heart’s contractions, then breathing speeds up, increasing respiration. More oxygen gets into the blood, and this oxygen is more actively conveyed to the tissues, with some of the by-products of the increase in respiration coming out in perspiration through the skin.
The reaction takes places almost instantaneously, and the whole body, all its systems and organs, are engaged by this reaction. This is evidence that all the organs and systems are working in a synchronized way under the control of a single commanding system. Everything happens as in a well-tuned orchestra.
When autonomic regulation fails and that synchronization is lost, the organs and systems stop working in harmony and functional abnormalities appear. In the first phases, these abnormalities appear as a bad state of health, disturbed sleep and digestion, and abnormalities with perspiration and so on. Continued dysfunction leads to abnormalities at the level of the organs, although the area of abnormality depends on the type of load and genetic predisposition.
Reacting to commands coming from the CNS and the surrounding environment, the ANS and blood send information control signals to the body’s systems and organs. These signals are ‘processed’ both at the physiological level of systems and by engaging the endocrine and immune systems. Information is transferred to the controlling organs, forming a Biological Reverse System (BRS). In this way, a closed circuit of control is formed. When there is an abnormality in any one of the information links, the circuit fails and de-synchronization occurs, reflected in the functional abnormalities at all of the most vital levels.
Therefore, the autonomic nervous system enters into the first circuit of control, and the early signs of potential problems appear mainly at the level of ANS activity.
There is much experimental data which proves that the EPI method measures the activity of the autonomic nervous system. This is demonstrated by statistically significant correlations with the results of the measurements of the variability of cardiac rhythm [Cioca et al., 2004], of systolic and diasystolic pressure [Alexandrova et al, 2004], perspiration through the skin [Rizzo-Roberts, 2004], and the stress level [Bundzen et al, 2002]. The findings about the link between EPI data and ANS activity were first made in research on adaptation and homeostasis during work [Drozdov, Schatsillo, 2005] and subsequent results confirmed these findings.
There is clearly justification for affirming that the parameters of EPI images reflect the activity of the autonomic nervous system and the balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic sections of this system.
What is the sensitivity of the EPI method based on?
The autonomous nervous system is the main indicator of the body’s reaction to external and internal impacts – ranging from changes in the weather, chemicals in food and the efficiency of oxygen absorption to emotional worries. All of these processes are managed by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and are reflected in the parameters of the skin. The electrical resistance of the skin changes, both as a whole and at electro-puncture points, the capillaries can narrow and widen, organic molecules are emitted through the skin pores, and the character of electron transfer in the connective tissues also changes. All of these processes influence the emission of electrons from the skin and the development of electron avalanches, which are reflected in the parameters of the EPI-gram.
Many years of research into the physics and biophysics of the visualization processes have made it possible to discern optimal conditions for the development of all processes, which now make it possible to obtain sensitive and well-reproduced EPI images.
The influence of mental, emotional and spiritual processes on EPI/GDV images
An interesting aspect of EPI applications is the research into consciousness processes. Many years of experimentation have made it possible to identify bioelectrographic correlates of altered states of consciousness (ASC) [Bundzen et al, 2000; 2002]. These are particular states, which a person enters during meditation, mental training, religious ecstasy, or when under the influence of drugs, psychedelics or anesthesia. For many years we have been measuring Russian healers, Candamblier priests in Brazil, participants of the Ayahuasca ceremony in Peru [Korotkov, 2002, 2003], Chinese Qi-gong masters, and healers in Germany, the USA, and Slovenia [Measuring Energy Fields, 2004]. And almost all of these observations we obtain signs characteristic of ASC. Similar results, using the most diverse devices and methods, were obtained in the laboratories of different countries [Radin, 1997; Milton, 1996]. This shows that the processes of consciousness are apparent on the physiological processes measured by the EPI method.
We do not intend in this book to discuss the philosophical aspects of the process of researching consciousness. That could be the theme of an entirely separate, specialized book. Let us look simply at the opinions on which our work is based. We support the idea that consciousness is a category of a different space-time continuum which does not belong to the material world. These principles of working on consciousness are to a large extent modeled on the quantum mechanics paradigm, but clearly this is only a superficial analogy. We are still a long way from understanding the working mechanisms of consciousness, taking into account not only its individual manifestation in each person, but also its collective processes [Korotkov, 2001]. Human consciousness is a process of interaction between a person and a collective field, through which new ideas are formed, and the field is the place to which they return, making a contribution to the collective mind of humanity.
With physical devices we measure physical processes, i.e. processes of the material world. This is connected to biology as much as to physics and chemistry. That is why we can only measure the influence of consciousness on physiological or physical processes. This influence is conveyed along several channels, primarily through the cerebrum, which takes an active part in