“Our Body is Listening” by Rev. Christine Emmerling D.D. 9/21/2025

Today I’m sharing about how “Our Body is Listening.” Imagine every cell of our body as having ears and responds to every word we think or speak. These ears are actually receptors that respond to the energy and vibration of our words spoken and thought. That’s right! Our cells respond to us right down to our DNA. Just think how powerful we are, how intelligently we are designed. From the beginning of creation we were given a Divine inheritance “made in the image and likeness of God.” We innately have tools available for changing our lives and healing our self.

The Bible says in John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Ephesians 4:6, “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.” Psalms 82:6 “You are gods, and you are all children of the highest.” And, in John 3:6 “That which is born of spirit is spirit.” Meaning our very being is of Spirit, is Divine, right down to our DNA.

The following is a Bible scripture I found most helpful in understanding the power of our thoughts: Jesus said in Matt. 15:11, “It is not what enters into the mouth which defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, that is what defiles a man.” and in 17-20, “Do you not know that what enters into the mouth goes into the stomach, and thence, through the intestines, is cast out? But what comes out of the mouth comes out from the heart; and that is what defiles a man. For from the heart come out evil thoughts, such as fornication, murder, adultery, theft, false witness, blasphemy. It is these that defile a man; but if a man should eat when his hands are unwashed, he will not be defiled.”

Jesus, further said, it’s not just the act, but thinking and imagining the act is the same as committing the act. Here he is teaching about the power of our thoughts and spoken words. Just thinking upon something is giving it energy, and that energy affects the mind and body even when no physical action is taken. It is also true that when people think about something long enough they’re bound to act it out.

What about those negative, fearful thoughts and their affect upon our physical body? Today science understands that the body doesn’t understand the difference between thinking, feeling and doing. It reacts the same. The brain sends signals that produces chemical reactions that pumps adrenaline throughout the body, speeding up the heart, tightening the muscles, restricting the flow of blood, reducing airflow, and pours an overload on the organs which affects the cellular structure and becomes stuck energy. Then the memory of the event gets stored, recorded in the subconscious mind to resurface and play again.

People have a tendency to blame their pain and suffering on what happens in the manifest world of experience, while the root cause is within their very own domain of thinking, feeling, and acting. It’s our response that sets off the chain reaction.

Emotion is vibration, words are vibrations, and these vibrations may alter our DNA code. Illness and disease may come about through having strong emotions of fear, anger, sadness and grief; these take us out of balance, or out of tune, and may compromise our immune system. Our natural healthy state is a vibrational frequency of love, harmony and peace. To support our immune system we need to have thoughts and feelings of gratitude, joy, love, and laugh ever day. Laughter is a powerful medicine.

I’m reminded of The Body Song which starts with “I love every cell in my body. I love every muscle and bone. I love every cell in my body I’m glad I have on of my own. Praise God, Praise God, I have a wonderful body now.” Such a wonderful affirmation.

Spiritual teachers have known for ages that our body is programmable by words and thoughts. The Buddha declared “We are formed and molded by our thoughts.” and Proverbs 23:7 says “So as he thinks in his heart so is he.” This has now been scientifically proven and explained.

Although I’ve shared this research before, it is so important that I’m sharing it again today. As of December 2013, a scientific study talks about a second DNA code. The human genome is packed with at least four million gene switches that reside in bits of DNA that once were dismissed as “junk” but it turns out that so-called junk DNA plays critical roles in controlling how cells, organs and other tissues behave. This discovery, considered a major medical and scientific breakthrough, has enormous implications for human health and consciousness because many complex diseases appear to be caused by tiny changes in hundreds of gene switches.

As scientists delved into the “junk” parts of the DNA that are not actual genes containing instructions for proteins, they discovered a complex system that controls genes. At least 80 percent of this DNA is active and needed. Another 15-17 percent has higher functions scientists are still decoding.

This study found that the hereditary material that exists in nearly every cell of the body, was written right on top of the DNA code scientists had already cracked. Rather than concerning itself with proteins, this one instructs the cells on how genes are controlled. Its discovery means DNA changes, or mutations that come with age, or in response to vibrational changes within the DNA may actually cause disease by disrupting gene control programs or even both mechanisms simultaneously.

Science has come to the point of understanding that DNA is conscious and is consciousness - it is our bio-circuitry. In 2016, it was announced in MIT News Office that MIT biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly design complex, DNA-encoded circuits that give new functions to living cells.

Then in 2018, a team of researchers at Kyoto University have been inspired by research in mechanobiology and body-conducted sound – the sound environment in body tissues – indicating that acoustic pressure transmitted by sound may be sufficient to induce cellular responses. Researchers found that simple sound waves – nothing more than vibrations in the air – can cause genes to switch on and off, alter cell behavior, and even halt the transformation of stem cells into fat.

Researcher and author Masahiro Kumeta said, “To investigate the effect of sound on cellular activities, we designed a system to bathe cultured cells in acoustic waves. Since sound is non-material, acoustic stimulation is a tool that is noninvasive, safe, and immediate, and will likely benefit medicine and health care.” The findings published in Communications Biology.

According to Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., of the Institute of Heart Math in Boulder Creek, CA, “Has proven that measurable molecular changes occur in the DNA molecule as a result of intention, meditation and prayer. Intention projected into the energy system from the consciousness of the heart can provide miracles of healing through the epigenetic effects of well being on the cells of the body, shaping our genetic expression moment by moment and catalyzing DNA activation. Whenever we engage in healing ourselves through meditation, intention or prayer, we activate a “tuning fork” that send healing vibrations throughout the body.

Our DNA is not only responsible for the construction of our body, but also serves as data storage and communication. The Russian linguists found that the genetic code follows the same rules as all our human languages. Then found that they could create devices that influence cellular metabolism through modulated radio and light frequencies, thus repairing defects.

In an experiment, some human placenta DNA was placed in a container from which they could measure changes in the DNA. Twenty-eight vials of DNA were given, one to each trained researcher. Each researcher had been trained how to generate and feel feelings, and they each had strong emotions. What they discovered was that the DNA changed its shape according to the feelings of the researchers. When the researchers felt gratitude, love and appreciation, the DNA responded by relaxing and the strands unwound. The length of the DNA became longer.

When the researchers felt anger, fear, frustration, or stress, the DNA responded by tightening up. It became shorter and switched off many of its DNA codes. If you’ve ever felt “shut down” by negative emotions, now you know that much of your DNA was equally shut down too. When the researchers applied feelings of love, joy, gratitude and appreciation the DNA codes switched back on and the DNA again lengthened.

This experiment was later followed up by testing HIV positive patients. They discovered that feelings of love, gratitude, and appreciation created 300,000 times the resistance they had without those feelings. So this is the answer to what can help you stay well. No matter what dreadful virus or bacteria may be floating around; stay in feelings of joy, love, gratitude, and appreciation!

Now the frequency has to be correct. Much like a piano, violin, guitar; the strings need to be tuned just right to produce a specific musical note. If tighten too much or too loose, the instrument won’t make the same sound. It will be off key, and results will be distorted. Even if we say the right words, but without the matching feeling it’s not going to have the same impact. Both feeling and thought must be in alignment with each other for the right frequency and vibration to produce the desired result. There’s the saying of “having a gut feeling.” This gut feeling is what we really believe, and can be in conflict with our desires. The gut feeling will override the desired result.

Affirming truth statements, we call affirmations are a powerful tool. In saying affirmations we are affirming our true nature - what we know of God. The Truth slowly overwrites our old belief system with the new. We will have stored in our subconscious, at the cellular and DNA level this new belief.

The amazing thing is that our cells, our DNA, loves to hear the Truth of our being - the body knows. Our body responds with a lightness, we may get goose bumps and tingle, and feel joy. Muscle testing has demonstrated that when we think a negative thought our body becomes weaker, and when we hold a positive thought our body is strengthened.

Science is now up to what Divine Science and New Thought have been saying for almost a hundred-fifty years. That our thoughts, beliefs, feelings and emotions effect our physical body. Negative, fearful and angry thinking and emotions create illness disease. And thoughts, beliefs and emotions based in Truth and love, restore the body to its natural state of wholeness.

Malinda Cramer, founder of Divine Science, was asked by her students if she was instantly healed, her answer was “I at once saw the unreality of the conditions of dis-ease and was free from the belief that they had any power, or could control for either good or ill. Thus the ax was struck at the root of the tree, and the old conditions passed away as I disowned the old habits of belief.”

With this knowledge we can rewrite our script, our DNA. The power is ours to unfold Truth and set ourselves free. Everyday take time to study and think about spiritual truth. Do those affirmations and prayer treatments until our words of Truth become manifested in our life experience. Watch our thoughts and speech as what we are saying about our self and others affects our consciousness and our body.

Daily meditate; contemplate about Truth and God, and then go into a silent state of listening. This practice is direct communion with the Divine within that is everywhere present. Here healing takes place, the mysteries are revealed, and life is filled with purpose and joy. These spiritual practices become a way of life, and create a better life.

Affirm: I am made in the image and likeness of God, whole, perfect and complete.