NOW, at this moment, your neurotransmitters, the molecules which all 100+ billion cells in your brain use to communicate with each other, are permitting you to read, comprehend, store and reflect on these words which I am writing NOW thanks to my neurotransmitters.  Our huge brains, over 6 times larger than they "are supposed to be" relative to other mammals, have allowed us to outsmart and outsurvive competitive lifeforms on this planet, and investigate the universe from the largest, most distant celestial objects to the tiniest subatomic particles.  And as we delve deeper into our understanding of brain chemistry, certain fundamental patterns have emerged from amassed scientific studies. We can begin to see the forest above the trees of complex scientific data, and understand how our body's command and control center - our brain - makes human life happen.
  One fundamental discovery is rather gloomy: Our amazing tool for survival, our huge brain, which was once the gift permitting us to survive in dire circumstances and outsmart faster, bigger, better defended and deadlier creatures, is now poised to destroy us. In scientific terms, we carry deep inside our brain, primitive, older structures such as the locus ceruleus, which secretes noradrenaline, a survival chemical which drives "fight" (anger) or flight" (fear) survival behaviors.  As civilization has advanced, and most human beings (in the western world at least) no longer have to worry about being eaten by saber tooth tigers or butchered by a nearby tribal warlord, we have outgrown the need for fear and anger to assist in our daily survival.  But unfortunately, although outer circumstances have changed, the basic structure and function of our brain has not changed.  
  For many people, our ancient fight or flight brain chemistry and anatomy, which drives anger (hatred) and fear (terror) continues "as if" immediate threats to survival existed.  And the more that hate and fear drive one's life, the greater the mental suffering.  At any time, over 25% of Americans would qualify for a DSM IV diagnosis of a mental disorder.  Hollywood, the media and many politicians capitalize on hate and fear, which is simply in part a reflex survival mechanism driven by noradrenaline synthesized in the locus ceruleus of the brain. As we become capable of creating more and powerful weapons of mass destruction, and the world seems to be consumed by hate and fear, the prospects for human survival seem bleak to many, and a sense of hopelessness and helplessness abounds.
  However, a completely different set of scientific discoveries has more recently emerged, suggesting that the salvation to our primitive tendency to be consumed with hate and fear, is built into the very structure and biochemistry of our brain, which is designed to "let go of," "surrender," and end the primitive fight or flight reactions.  Certain neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, GABA and acetylcholine, appear to be designed to mitigate different aspects of noradrenergic-caused hate and fear, but their function appears to remain dormant in most people.  These "Neurotransmitters of NOW" appear to be designed to help us let go of past resentments and future anxieties.  As the scientific data floods in, various psychospiritual approaches to healing, from ancient methods of prayer, tai chi, yoga and meditation, to newer methods of psychotherapy, all seem to awaken these built-in, dormant neurotransmitter systems which allow one to extricate themselves from the suffering of hate and fear, and to live in the relative peace of the NOW.
  This website provides information about healing your brain to allow these Neurotransmitters of NOW to work and to lessen your mental suffering.  While replenishment of certain neurotransmitters is important, other structural repair and biochemical changes may be necessary, such as detoxification of heavy metals and essential fatty acid restoration.  Also, once the brain is nutritionally fed, the toxins are removed and the neurotransmitters are revved up, this only sets the stage for the psychospiritual work which awaken the dormant brain structures and which allow us to overcome hate and fear and to experience compassion, love and gratitude in the NOW.  All body builders know that taking nutritional suppplements alone is not enough to build muscle, that one must also go into the gym and "pump iron."  The saying "No Pain, No Gain" is true for the brain too. Getting rigorously honest about negative emotions like fear and hate and taking responsibility for them is sometimes difficult, but the ancient Biblical saying that "the truth will set ye free" is just as true today as it was 2000 years ago.  But now we can see the changes in brain function brought about by truth telling, the transformation into love, compassion and gratitude, in brain imagery studies such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)!  
  If you are a licensed healthcare professional, we can help you engage in certain continuing education sponsored trainings to help you expand your approaches to healing.  If you are a healthcare consumer, this website will inform you as to how to get your brain chemistry laboratory tested to bring about biochemical healing, to lessen your mental suffering caused by toxicity, nutritional deficiency and neurotransmitter imbalances.  However, in order for the Neurotransmitters of NOW to end your mental suffering, to awaken the chemistry which dismantles noradrenergic-driven hate and fear, even when that manifests as anxiety or depression or some type of psychiatric illness, it is recommended that you also engage in psychotherapy such as Mindfullness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and/or various methods of psychospiritual growth, which can sometimes involve a struggle.  Remember: No Pain, No Gain. This website will point you to such proven methods and explain how they bring about physiological changes in brain function to help you let go of the suffering which comes with a preoccupation of the past and future and to assist you with coming to live in the NOW.