November/December 2006 Alternative Health
Truth Heals: Dismantling the Lies that Make Us Sick

by Deborah King, Ph.d.

The truth of how I really felt and who I really was began to surface when my boyfriend, Eric, now my husband, turned to me and spoke my name and the word alcoholic in the same sentence. It was the beginning of the end of lying. Alcoholics Anonymous was the start of my salvation, where the door to speaking the truth began to crack open.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

— Serenity Prayer for surrendering to truth

When I went to my first AA meeting, an early morning one, I wore a pair of $800 cowboy boots, dressed to kill. I didn't realize that was how most people showed up for the first time, totally together on the surface when their lives lay in shambles behind the scenes.

I was extraordinarily impressed with AA; people were being so violently honest. They were telling the truth. Just laying it out there without artifice. I had never told the truth in my entire life. Never. It would take me years to stop lying and to start telling the truth.

The fifth energy center, located at the throat, is primarily associated with creative expression, and its key theme is speaking the truth-expressing who we are, what we feel and what we believe-whether through verbal or nonverbal communication.

Sound comes through the throat and enables expression through spoken words and the songs we sing. We manifest how we live, what we wear, what we eat, what our dreams are, by giving them voice in the throat. Choice gives voice to your desires, and, in turn, your voice expresses your choice.

It is said that choice and voice are actually the "messengers" of the fifth energy center.

The fifth chakra is connected to the throat, neck, shoulders, mouth, jaw and teeth, as well as to the nasal sinuses, vocal chords, trachea and esophagus, cervical vertebrae and ears. The thyroid, parathyroid, and the hypothalamus, which control the automatic nervous system, are also located here. When this area is out of balance, conditions can arise, such as:

  • TMJ in the jaw
  • Swollen glands in the throat, throat cancer
  • Neck problems
  • Chronic childhood tonsillitis
  • Hypo- and hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis, thyroid cancer, Hashimoto's, Grave's disease
  • Chronic sinus problems
  • Any disorders of the throat, voice, mouth, teeth or gums

Thyroid conditions typically arise after a physical or emotional crisis. The butterfly-shaped thyroid gland that sits in the front of the neck regulates the body's metabolism. Synthetic thyroid-allopathic medicine's solution for thyroid deficiency-is among the top three most frequently prescribed drugs in the United States today.

Perhaps not coincidentally, thyroid conditions are more prevalent in women than men by a ratio of five to one, no doubt because women are more suppressed culturally in speaking their truth.

A healthy and balanced fifth energy system is at one with the concept of divine will. Divine will is a powerful force of spiritual energy from higher dimensions that can awaken new consciousness and realizations in your life.

Deborah King, Ph.D., author of Truth Heals: Dismantling the Lies That Make Us Sick, was a successful corporate attorney and hotel developer when she was diagnosed with cancer -- and began a quest for healing that would radically change her life. King will present a workshop at New Renaissance Bookshop on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. Visit www.truthheals.com. Reprinted with permission by Influence Press.