By TOMMY HOLGATE
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| Mighty-chondria . . . we are the picture you see above, trillions of times over |
When I made a debut appearance on TV news a month or so ago to talk about The Peace Party, the host, Abby Martin, wrapped up by saying: "Any last words. Thirty seconds."
I'd been relatively nervous throughout the chat but had finished by having a laugh about moonwalking through Parliament. But I wanted to leave on a sincere note, so said: "Just know that any action carried out by The Peace Party or myself will be motivated by an intrinsic love for all of humanity and influenced by the recognition that we are all, at our very core, on a cellular level, a miracle. And, hopefully when we all begin to celebrate this miracle together, then peace could become much more of a possibility."
So, to explain my enthusiasm...
The human body consists of around 60 TRILLION cells.
Each of these cells carries out between 2-5000 activities per second.
Five million of your body's cells die every second, but most are renewed.
Each cell contains up to 1,000 mitochondria, pictured above, which are also known as the batteries of the cell.
Here's the bit that made me go 'whoah'.
As the graphic at the top - from the book The Human Body: A Visual Guide To The Human Anatomy - states, these energy transmitters 'contain their own genetic material, and are believed to have evolved from symbiotic bacteria that combined with single-celled organisms at the dawn of life on earth.
So, within our 60 trillion cells, exist up to 60,000 trillion 'batteries' that are not genetically distinct from the first ever forms of life on this planet, which stretches back to unfathomably pre-human times.
miracle
ˈmɪrək(ə)l/
noun
- an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency.
If a miracle is defined as above, then our second-by-second regeneration of cells, which has existed before science was even a concept, must be an uber-miracle.
And our mitochondria's DNA combination with the dawn of life on this planet, that would then go on to create humanity, could well be 'attributed to a divine agency'.
Good news all round.
And we'll never truly figure out how or why that life combined to form our species. In the same way we'll never truly figure out how the universe came to be.
Some say we only know about 20 per cent of what exists in terms of galaxies.
We can detect around 250,000 galaxies - meaning there are thought to be over ONE MILLION GALAXIES - which renders the quest for finding out how to be obsolete.
That's why, in Tai Chi methods, the simple enjoyment of 'life force' - aka the energy that is in our bodies, literally being pumped through our blood and so forth - is encouraged.
Simply 'playing around' with your body, stretching and wriggling about a bit can help improve the energy flow in such a manner that will improve your immune system.
The way this works is that the Tai Chi movements include poses (for example, raised arms) that drain your lymphatic fluid in a direction it may not go when you are stagnant after sitting at your desk or whatever.
The lymphatic fluid is also known as your immune system, but it doesn't get pumped around the body like blood does. Hence, it really is beneficial just to do a couple of minutes of stretching a day. Then your natural healing capabilities can kick in.
And this is not some sort of new age homeopathic bulldust - for any sceptics.
This is scientifically proven and has brought benefits to my personal existence beyond any previously held belief.
I am eternally grateful for the fact that no illness has befallen me since the implementation of these techniques.
Aside from enjoying energy and that, I've been enjoying crystals a bit more recently too, after reading about Egyptology at the local library.
I like the thought of the fact that these precious stones have been knocking around since those days of the pyramids being built.
A crystal - like I may keep in my pocket at any time - has existed on this planet for thousands if not millions of years.
In that sense, this crystal precedes us as we know it, and thus does not so much defy science, but precede it.
So I struggle to see how crystals aren't miracles, and as a by product of that philosophy, consider practically everything that exists to be a miracle. Sod it, existence is a miracle!
And the knowledge that we are not simply a part of that existence, but that we are that existence, allows us to enjoy ourselves as the, yep, miracles that we are.
Phew. Did I say the word 'miracle' enough there?
Speaking of miracles, I've heard people say:
"You'll need one to get elected on to the local council."
But, as we know, they happen every second.
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