Root Canal Surgery

There is a controversy as to whether or not to do root canal surgery; some say it creates virulent bacterial conditions and are responsible for all kinds of difficulties in the body. What is Hilarion's perspective on root canals?

Hilarion: We are lucky in many ways not having a body right now; we don’t have any teeth, and these are a repository of a tremendous degree of attention and energy for many people. These structures have many nerves in them and have important symbolic meaning, as we’ve discussed in our book, Symbols http://m.hilarion.com/symbols.html- and the ways in which many people can access and work with this information can be helpful.

But as you recognize that at the physical level when a problem begins to show up in your tooth, it is almost too late. It is as if, then, the reaction of the physical body to toxic substances, usually a severe acid/alkaline imbalance and improper use of salt and inability to take in or absorb proper nutrients, leads to a condition in which the accumulation of various toxic materials in the nerves in the teeth, and other points in the face, will occur. The body will then invite and work with bacteria in different forms to clean it out, to improve it; and in doing so will even do physical harm to itself, because some of these materials can be so toxic and so difficult.

So in working with this to the point where a root canal would appear necessary, you are up against some very difficult choices, because the body has already progressed to a point where there is so much difficulty. But, our observation of this is that if intervention can be minimized, if it can be avoided where possible, if rapid means to bring greater healing to this part of the body can be provided, there can often be the avoidance of the root-canal work and the bacteria encouraged and enhanced throughout the body to do its job; and then having completed the job, move on.

Bacteria is particularly good at eating up dead material; you see this in the example of the forest, where the dead leaves and rotting wood is being destroyed and taken apart by bacteria, then into their component parts begin again the cycle of life. And so it is also that bacteria will thrive in a body in ways that are harmful or give you problems when there is a lot of dead material taken in; food without living vital force.

Yes, we have spoken about this extensively in the past, and reminded you of the books and materials to read to inspire your shifts about this; but more deeply, what about seeing the aura of the food? Recognizing its vitality for yourself? You would be shocked, of course, to walk down your supermarket aisles and see row after row where there isn’t any aura at all coming from the food. But then, perhaps, to meander down the produce section and see that much of its brightness does not come just from the fluorescent lights used to expose it, but from the plants themselves. Understanding this activity will help you in choosing foods that are easier on your body because they are alive; because they bring more living energy into your body.

A specific treatment that many have found extremely helpful is the use of white oak bark in various forms, preferably unheated, raw, applied directly by taking it from scraping the inside of the bark of a white oak, and putting this inside the mouth against the gums, as a very powerful treatment. There are those also now providing this as a commercially-available powder which can be used in such fashion; these are all beneficial and helpful, and will sometimes allow the individual to avoid such powerful intervention as root canal.

The difficulty, of course, for anyone in such a position, is the pain. Pain itself drives you to change; it pushes you on many levels to create shifts in yourself. There are, of course, ways to temporarily ease the pain; but because it has reached the point that pain is there, you know you must make a change. Many individuals simply misinterpret the change when they look at it only from the point of view of doing something to a tooth, without recognizing, of course, that the whole body is involved; the other teeth and many aspects are also potentially susceptible in the future.

So if you must go down the route of intervention in regards to the pain of that one tooth, at the very least, then, extend it further; increase your consumption of high-vitamin, mineral-rich juices; increase the live foods in your life and decrease those of origins that are harmful or bringing contamination. Learn and educate so that you can improve health overall, so that you may avoid this difficulty in the future. This is the best way to proceed.

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