Russia named Natalya. I went to a Chinese restaurant not far from the Marriot where our convention was being held by myself after a full day of emotional and psychological exercises for the purpose of helping us to balance our emotions in one of the hotel’s conference rooms. At the restaurant, I noticed a small group of people I recognized from the hotel who were also there to heal their past emotional trauma and conditioning just before I ordered my food. One of the members of the group also noticed me from afar and signaled for me to join them.

After sitting at the table with more than a half dozen others whose faces I recognized but hadn’t had a chance to speak to, Natalya, who was sitting next to me, began to speak about a skin patch that she herself was wearing on her hand. I was very curious about it. She explained to me the company she was partnered with, and they create these patches that are supposed to be good for one’s health by offering a number of benefits. I had never heard of anything quite like it before, and she offered to put one on me, in the area where the back and neck meet between the shoulders, which coincides with an acupuncture point. Right away I felt a tingly, prickly sensation, so I knew it was doing something, but I wasn’t sure what at this moment.

It reminded me of years ago when a young woman from Israel named Estee at West Towne Mall at a kiosk gave me a magnetic bracelet for health to put around my wrist, and I could feel heat start to focalize in that area within seconds. I realized it had a direct effect on my energy and mood and decided to buy a couple of them.

Natalya explained that the patches used the body’s own infrared light, invisible to the human eye but visible with thermal technology, and micro crystals in the center of the patch reflect the light back into the body which activates copper peptides that are responsible for reducing signs of aging, and it also helps the body to produce stem cells, which are the essential template of any cell in the body. An activation of stem cells can help with recovery from injury or illness and also help maintain general health.

Dr. Trivedi, also known as Dr. Rewire, the one who was hosting the convention in Chicago, told us many things about health and wealth from his knowledge as a neurologist and entrepreneur during his five-day long seminar, and one of the things he told us was a very simple definition of health. He defined health as, “The body’s ability to create new cells.” I thought it was interesting that he provided that information at exactly a time when someone provided me, and others, with a product that was able to do exactly that.

There had been 20 different clinical studies performed on the patches, some using the double blind clinical trial method, that proved that the patches indeed did what they were stated to do. Natalya told me how easy it was to become a brand partner and turn the patches not only into a lifestyle for those interested in maximizing their health but also a business, a means to provide for oneself by doing something they value. I decided to join the company because of its humanitarian interests. Perhaps I was naive to join the company when I wasn’t even certain that the patches did anything, judging from my own limited experience, but that all changed soon enough.

In July of this year, I came down with a toothache that was so painfully intense that I couldn’t tell where it originated from because the entire side of my mouth was full of pain receptors that were constantly firing off, causing me to lose hours of sleep each night and a great deal of discomfort. I had previously cracked a tooth but didn’t experience any sensations of pain until about a month later. I was certain that the only way to quell the aching was to go to the dentist and have some work done. In my life I’ve endured many different kinds of pain, and a toothache is definitely among the worst of them and is impossible for me to ignore. Just before scheduling an appointment with the dentist, I remembered that another function of the patches was pain-relief. I called Natalya and asked her exactly how I should use the patches and where to put them, thinking they might be able to reduce my pain until I was in a more comfortable position to pay for the oral surgery, and I did as Natalya instructed.

Within five days, the pain was completely gone! Not a single physical remnant of what I had gone through, only a mental one. I was almost certain it had something to do with the patches because I couldn’t imagine an unlivable pain like that going away by itself. I was also certain that the pain didn’t subside because the nerve died, because weeks after I began patching, the pain came back temporarily, but only for a single day, and much milder, but never again since.

As far as I know, every brand partner has had their own experience with the patches, either through personal use or by witnessing the testimonies of people they have informed about the patches, but everyone’s body is different and everyone has their own story. Some can be similar, however.

A man named Terry who used to attend Zoom calls every week with Nataya’s group (about a dozen or so individuals including me, which is part of a much larger team called Team Evolve that is made up of 100,000 members) mentioned he also began patching because of a toothache. His dentist told him he may have to get his tooth removed, but within days after Terry started patching, not only did his tooth pain reduce to nothing , but his dentist, after reexamining his tooth, reported there was no work needed to be done anymore.

Terry also had a much more severe situation he endured besides the toothache. Last year he had a stroke very unexpectedly, but it is doubtful that anyone having interacted with him would be able to observe that because he doesn’t show any physical or audible signs of ever having the stroke. His speech is what I imagine it normally would always have been, though I hadn’t known him previously to be certain. He is fully functional on a physical level as far as he described. In fact, only weeks after the stroke, he was already walking, though not without struggle. Within a few months he was running from one side of a room to another, though he would crash at the end. Terry claims he owes his rapid recovery to the patches.

At the convention, I heard more stories about people recovering miraculously, including a man named Nick, who I sat next to during the final day of presentations. I cannot personally vouch for his credibility, and it cannot be proven that there was direct causality, but he claimed that an associate of his started using the patches and within days, their cancer had gone into full remission. I have also seen before and after images of people who had been using patches for months and noticed a very visible change in their appearance, giving them a more vivid and youthful appearance than their former selves.

At the convention, Founder and CEO of Lifewave David Schmidt maintained a constant presence onstage between all of the other guests who were invited to speak. Two important things he did was reaffirm the goals of Lifewave and announce the arrival of future technology. From what he stated, his mission with the company was to provide services that would result in the reversal of damage that has been done to the environment, the food supply, and the health of the general public. There were various ways he has envisioned and has already begun implementation of doing so. Lifewave has already donated $100,000 to The Ocean Cleanup, which is a company responsible for ridding the oceans of plastic. David has also overseen the construction of a drone fleet that will be used for scouting out disaster areas, and they are equipped to deliver 150 lbs. of food and medical equipment to hard-to-reach locations. When asked when he was going to send drones to Ukraine, he outright refused to participate in the war.

One of the most anticipated events of the convention was the announcement of new technology. Until now, most of what has been available to the public from Lifewave has been the patches. In 2004, the Olympic women’s swim team was using the patches, authorized by Coach Richard Quick. As he confessed in a video, he was very careful about giving his team any product that could potentially be hazardous to their health, and he saw Lifewave patches as something safe that he was willing to experiment with. His team performed so well that other coaches accused them of doping, but the patches themselves are completely non-transdermal. They work by telling the body itself to start performing better rather than using hormones and other performance-enhancing substances to create artificial results.

In only three weeks after introducing his team to the patches, Richard Quick saw six of the eight team members break personal records. Richard Quick then went on to become Lifewave’s Director of Athletics, and after his passing in 2009, had an award named after him called “The Richard Quick Pursuit of Excellence Award.”

Using phototherapy to treat illness and fortify health is not new in any scope of vision. It is known that ancient Egyptians and Greeks used different colors of lenses to filter sunlight onto a subject to treat illness. The patches, however, are the first and only product of their kind, thanks to a series of patents. And what’s more interesting is that the patches were only the beginning.

David Schmidt announced to us that he had enough inventions to occupy a seven-year span of time, beginning with a new product due to be released in the first quarter of 2025. The product is a machine used to treat water by sending it through filters and infusing the water itself with, as hard as it may be to imagine, light! An extended breakdown of the procedure is unavailable at this time, but it is likely it will become available closer to the release date. It is somehow accomplished by infusing the water with hydrogen. A single glass, which is all that is said to be needed of this type of water for an entire day, will take 45 minutes to produce. Out of 70 subjects, one person started to receive health benefits such as improved heart rate variability, improved cognitive function, and other benefits within two minutes. The other 69 participants were said to experience benefits within 15 seconds!  David himself said that thermal imaging was done of a participant drinking the water and it picked up on what appeared to be light traveling down the throat.

Even with the potential health benefits of the water and the patches, the body still needs enough nutritional substances to be able to do its work of healing and enhancing itself for better performance, so it was also brought to our attention that there was a nutritional supplement released this year called “Cellergize” that is dual-pronged, a powder for daytime performance, and a second powder for nighttime recovery.

Some may be wondering if the company and its products are so great, why does it remain in relative obscurity? I believe the reason why is that it challenges the system already had in place. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau made an effort to ban Lifewave patches from being sold throughout the country. It’s indisputable that strong financial ties between the government and the pharmaceutical industry exist. It’s unknown to the public exactly how strong those ties are and all of the exact circumstances surrounding the partnership.

During the ban, David Schmidt paid the salaries of the Lifewave brand partners for eight months, I was told by a Canadian citizen at the party at the Hilton Hotel following the convention. David sounded to me to be a leader who stands with the troops and fights like King Leonidas rather than sitting in some faraway palace giving orders like an emperor. He then turned around and sued the Canadian government and re-released the patches, though under a different name.

In society, we have been conditioned to accept mediocrity. We have apartment buildings going up in what seem like a month all using a similar template. We have movies that are devoid of inspiration and seem to be produced for quantity and not quality’s sake. I can’t count how many movies have been “rebooted” instead of the writers and directors finding a subject that hasn’t been worn into the ground already. We buy cheap goods at the store and low-quality food because it saves us money but detracts from the quality of our lives in some ways.

We also say things that sound good in the moment, often without the intention of fulfilling them, or because we’re too afraid to tell the truth. We avoid doing the work required to remain healthy and would rather treat symptoms instead of going to the root of the problem. In such an environment, it’s easy to see why something that is truly groundbreaking would meet a steep hill of resistance. The future doesn’t happen by itself, just as psychological wounds usually don’t heal without doing the actual healing work. The future only comes when people are psychologically prepared for it. My best example is that no matter how integrated and connected society has become, there are still many people alive today that live with a very archaic and tribal view of human relations. Those who are not ready for the future will be unable to step into it.

What exactly IS the future? It certainly isn’t everything I previously described about the status quo, because that would be the present, not the future. What I see when I look ahead, perhaps far ahead, is individuals who take accountability for their lives in every aspect, from health to relationships with others to finances, and are able to evolve accordingly and thrive in a network of like-minded individuals. Already I see such groups forming together and benefiting from each other, and am involved in several of them. The main goal for most of us is to become our greatest selves so that everything we do is at the highest level we can achieve. This is how global and beneficial change happens.

After the convention, we were all treated to a concert with surprise guests Gwen Stefani and Maroon 5. Gwen Stefani has had to date about 364 concerts, and after telling us that we were collectively “awkward,” she told us that she felt like she was in the future with us. Certainly she has seen many crowds, so it interests me that she made that specific comment to us.

No human or organization is perfect, and there are always challenges and threats from the outside world. Lifewave itself is heavily dependent on its brand partners. To remain active within the company, we each make a payment each month and in return are given some product. It’s not a company that has unlimited power to do whatever it wants. If the company ever headed in what seemed like the wrong direction, the brand partners could withdraw their support and that would seriously reduce the mobility of the company, if not bury it straightforwardly.

It’s a company that represents what I value most, living an optimal life and creating an improved world to the one we live in today. That’s why I had no problem joining up. I don’t have to do everything from scratch when there is a company that is already doing it. As a brand partner, it is my responsibility to inform the public and anyone who I come in contact with about the products and the benefits that are possible by using them. If this message resonates with any of the readers out there, and if they are interested in learning more, anyone is welcome to send me an email message at andrew.gramling@gmail.com. Please use the subject heading- “I Want to Know More About Lifewave.” We also have Zoom meetings every week where anyone is welcome to attend to learn more. Your life and your future are up to you, what you can imagine, and what you are willing to do about it.