New Mesoderm

In conventional embryology, three germ layers are recognized. However, the middle layer actually comprises two very distinct germ layers that respond very differently and to very different types of biological conflicts. The new mesoderm is the outer of these two middle layers, and it is the most-recently evolved of the two mesoderm germ layers, part of the "new brain" group.

New mesodermal tissues are relayed through the cerebral medulla — the inner white matter of the cerebrum — which responds to self-devaluation conflicts in the psyche (biological conflicts involving one's perceived capability, strength, worth). When the psyche forms a self-devaluation conflict ("I can't," "I shouldn't," "I'm not allowed to"), the corresponding new mesoderm tissue undergoes cell loss: bone loses density, muscle loses mass, cartilage degrades, blood or lymph cell production decrease. Which tissue is involved depends on both the specific conflict content and the severity of the self-devaluation conflict.

Crossover applies in the new mesoderm germ layer: relays in the left side of the cerebral medulla control tissues in the right side of the body, and vice versa. (The kidney parenchyma is an exception. Originally, the kidney parenchyma was a single organ, and in some organisms is still fused into a single horseshoe-shaped organ. The kidney parenchyma relay in the left side of the brain relays to the parenchyma in the left kidney and vice versa)

During the conflict-active phase, this cell loss may be diagnosed as:

• Osteoporosis, in bone tissue
• Sarcopenia, atrophy, or cachexia, in muscle, gonad, or renal tissue
• Degeneration or dystrophy, in muscle, tendon, or ligament tissue
• Anemia, leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia in blood tissue
• Bone marrow hypoplasia
• Fat cell necrosis
• Vitreous syneresis in the eye

During the healing phase, these tissues rebuild. Cerebral medulla-controlled tissues go through the healing phase "on a schedule" (provided there is no conflict relapse or other complication):

• Ovary or testicle program: 9 months from conflictolysis to epi-crisis
• Heart muscle (myocardium) program: epi-crisis within 48 hours of conflictolysis
• Kidney parenchyma program: 9 months from conflictolysis to epi-crisis
• Bone/leukemia program: usually about 6–8 weeks from conflictolysis to completion of PCL B

The full size of the final tissue or organ must be attained within the given time period. This can produce extremely rapid tissue growth (through cell proliferation) if the conflict mass accumulated during the active conflict was large. This is what conventional medicine diagnoses as "aggressive cancer."

The new mesoderm is called the "luxury group" in GNM because its tissues become permanently larger and more capable after completing a full SBS cycle. Unlike old brain tissues (which grow and then shrink back) or ectodermal tissues (which lose cells/function and then rebuild to roughly their original state), new mesodermal tissues rebuild to a significantly greater size and strength than before the DHS. A bone that underwent necrosis and then fully healed is thicker. A muscle that atrophied and then recovered is larger. The gonads, kidney parenchyma, and adrenal cortices similarly become more functional after a completed cycle.

This process is the biological basis of development through challenge: difficulty, when it initiates and resolves a self-devaluation conflict, literally makes the organism stronger — not metaphorically, but through measurable tissue change.

Tissue rebuilding in the mesoderm can involve appropriate "biofilm-building" bacteria, depending on the specific tissue type.