What is Core Synchronism?
by Robert Stevens NTS, ND

The idea of Core Synchronism is very simple. I believe it to be in tune with the simplicity of Nature. On the physical level, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) becomes the physical carrier of the wisdom of the Soul. This fluid conveys the sound and light energies of the Soul throughout the physical body. CSF expresses the highest vibration rate and intelligence to the whole physical body. The whole physical body must accommodate this wave-like motion of the CSF or health is impaired. The founder of osteopathy, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, stated, “The cerebrospinal fluid is the highest known element in the human body … He who is able to reason will see that this great river of life must be tapped and the withering field irrigated at once or the harvest of health is forever lost.” The founder of polarity therapy, Dr. Randolph Stone, said, “The cerebrospinal fluid seems to act as a storage field and a conveyor for the ultrasonic and the light energies. It bathes the spinal cord and is a reservoir for these finer essences, conducted by this fluidic media through all the fine nerve fibers as the first airy mind and life principle in the human body.”

The driving force behind the movement of CSF is the spiraling Life Force Current. “Delving into the choroid plexus, which is the part of the brain where the spinal fluid is manufactured, Drs. Louis B. Flexner and Robert D. Stichler of the John Hopkins Medical School have discovered that an electric current (as prana becomes more physical it may be measured as electrical/magnetic currents) drives this fluid out of the cell manufacturing plant and propels it into the spinal cord.” This Current may be palpated at the cranium location known as the anterior fontanel (in the infant) or bregma (in the adult). In health the Current spirals in a clockwise motion. If this Current is reversed, symptoms of dis-ease begin to manifest quickly. The health of our immune system is directly, intimately tied to the correct motion of the Life Current. When the Life Current leaves the physical body and the connection is severed, what we term death is experienced. The Life Current is wise beyond the intellect. We can learn to communicate with this wisdom and use it therapeutically.

The whole physical body must synchronize with the wave-like motion of the CSF. Dr. Henry Lindlahr, father of natural therapeutics, stated that the first expression of acute healing is always inflammation. When a portion of the physical body loses its communication with the core fluid (CSF), a dis-synchronistic motion is expressed. This dis-synchronistic motion creates the environment for the expression of inflammation. Consider Dr. Stone: “The cerebrospinal fluid is the liquid medium for the life energy radiation; expansion and contraction. Where this is present, there is life and healing with normal function. Where this primary and essential life force is not acting in the body, there is obstruction, spasm, or stagnation and pain, like gears which clash instead of meshing in their operation.” The cause of inflammation on the physical level can now be palpated and corrected. The longer the dis-synchronistic motion is expressed the greater the symptoms of imbalance. Core Synchronism offers us, as body workers, the opportunity of treating inflammation at its causative level. When synchrony has been re-established, the body is now communicating with its core wisdom and the experience or expression of inflammation is not necessary.

A result of inflammation is pain. Inflammation is a result of a part being out of synch with the core fluid motion. Core Synchronism level one presents a treatment sequence designed to synchronize the entire physical body with the tidal movement of the core fluid.

Stability within the physical body depends on the integral balance of the etheric body. Core Synchronism level two emphasizes the energetic relationships of the etheric body with the fluid motion of the physical body. The following techniques are taught: reading the wave pulses (which are the five elemental pranas in their acute and chronic poles), balancing the major and minor chakra spins, reading and balancing the birth-body energetic elemental relationships, reading and balancing the energetic triad relationships, and a deeper palpatory understanding of the importance of the spine and nervous system in relationship to the etheric body and its elemental expression. These techniques and palpatory abilities help us to assist Nature in achieving harmonious fluid balance between the etheric and physical bodies. The whole of the subtle body field has to be integrated with the tidal motion of the core fluid to experience balance.

The stability of the body is also dependent upon the correct fluid relationships of all the brain parts. The membranes of the head, cranial and facial bones are all following the brain motion. If the brain segments are dis-synchronistic there is no stability possible in these other structures. Synchronistic balance is from the inside out. As Dr. Andrew Taylor Still states, “… all nerves drink from the waters of the brain …” If the brain is confused (dis-synchronistic) with the core current, core fluid and its own segments one may only imagine what havoc is presented to all other structures. Like healing, balance is from the inside out. This havoc of the dis-synchronistic brain is not confined to the physical body but also impacts dramatically the mental and emotional bodies. Core Synchronism level three addresses the synchronistic motion of the brain as the primary motion for stability within the cranial system. Many stubborn mental/emotional/ etheric/physical complaints may be related to brain dis-synchronistic motion.

Brain palpation is a very exciting journey, which will lead us to a deeper understanding of fluid motion and its importance in manifesting health. As our palpation abilities grow we will be able to perceive deeper into our client. Is it possible to perceive the habitual energetic patterns created by thought and feeling? What does a client experience when these patterns are released? What happens to the trauma experienced at birth and what is its relationship to the adult structure and function? How intelligent is the Life Current? Is the Life Current able to point out unusual relationships of blockage? Is it possible to palpate the entire energetic model that Dr. Stone has left us? Do our developing palpation skills lead us into past lives? Core Synchronism level three answers all these questions and more.

As our practice of core deepens we continue to feel deeper into the physical and energetic parts that comprise the human being. Core Synchronism level four teaches two additional pulse readings: spiral pulses and circular pulses. With these we are able to understand elemental imbalance more thoroughly. The spiral pulses indicate an imbalance of the long currents related to the elemental major chakra of that element. The correction is through the Core Current, chakra and the complete structure of the head. Correcting these imbalances has a strong stabilizing effect. These corrections also appear to open access to the unconscious field. The circular pulse is reading the Core Current as a circular field that encompasses the entire body. This field is a strong part of our immune function. Once again correction has a strong stabilizing effect on the whole. Level four also teaches how to balance the entire endocrine chain and addresses the need for deeper understanding of what the functional still-point is and why it is the goal of all core treatments.

There appears to be no end to how far one may develop palpatory abilities. Language really doesn’t allow for clear explanation of Core Synchronism. Experience and much practice is the key to understanding. Once again these techniques are very simple but require a dedicated, repetitive practice. Dr. Sutherland, founder of the cranial concept, said it this way: “We must learn to work with thinking fingers.” I say, “Repetition is the spice of skill.”

Core Synchronism is an unfolding of my understanding of the philosophy of natural therapeutics, philosophy of classical homeopathy, polarity therapy, cranial osteopathy and Dr. Bach’s work with Flowers. I consider Core to be the next step of application that has come out of my understanding of the above. The system is very simple yet has taken many years to work out. I owe an unpayable debt to those visionary pioneers that have dedicated their lives to their visions. Here are a few written works that have helped me beyond measure and have planted questions in my mind that demanded answers (and continue to do so):

The Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics Vol. 1 , Henry Lindlahr, ISBN 0-846442-58-2.

Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy , James Tyler Kent, Published by B. Jain Publishers, New Delhi.

The Genius of Homeopathy, Lectures and Essays on Homeopathic Philosophy , Stuart Close, Published by B. Jain Publishers, New Delhi.

Dr. Randolph Stone, Polarity Therapy Vol. 1 , ISBN 0-916360-48-2.

Dr. Randolph Stone, Polarity Therapy Vol. 2 , ISBN 0-916360-25-3.

With Thinking Fingers, The Story of William Garner Sutherland , Adah Strand Sutherland, A Publication of The Cranial Academy, Kansas City, Missouri.

Teachings In The Science of Osteopathy , William Garner Sutherland, ISBN 0-915801-26-4.

The Medical Discoveries of Edward Bach, Physician, What the Flowers do for the Human Body , Nora Weeks, SBN 85207-001-2.

Lao-Tzu Te-Tao Ching, a New Translation Based on the Recently Discovered Ma-Wang-Tui Texts , Robert G. Hendricke, ISBN 0-345-34790-0.

The Sufi Path of Love, The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi , William C. Chittick, ISBN 0-87395-724-5.

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