I just viewed a video from mercola.com titled food matters. It was thought provoking in a very profound way. I will probably change my diet, again based upon the insights provided here. I am already a subscriber to the do-it-yourself concept of health and wellness. Modifications I will take home from this video will be and increase in organic foods, more raw foods, probably juicing, drinking green tea. What was affirmed for me was tuning in to myself to feel what feels right, good for me. We tend to get off our paths when we take our bodies for granted. My diet is listed under personal training at my website.

Illness is caused by dis-ease.

Dis-ease is the negation of our natural state of ease.

Dis-ease is negative thinking, a mistake.

By the time the body becomes ill we are way beyond the awareness of the cause of the illness, fear, false thinking or wrong thinking.

1. Wrong thinking is expectations or a sense of entitlement.

2. This causes our peace to be disturbed and to judge the situation as wrong.

3. These negative thoughts cause me to create and maintain a grievance, perceiving myself as a victim.

4. This comes to the emotional level by verbalizing and reliving the grievance.

5. This brings us to the physical plane and the manifestation of an illness.

Once the process has reached the physical level it is very difficult to turn it around with thoughts and emotions. Often physical medicine is needed.

Interventions before the physical level should be focusing on the return to peace. To not judge the situation. To see the whole universe as the perfect manifestation of God.

The interventions is based upon awareness. Observing the ego in action as the victim. Awareness and witnessing the perfection of the universe is the meaning of life in this form we have taken.

Sometimes I find myself aware when I’m invaded by illness (virus etc) but I am unable to do anything about it because my wrong thinking has already weakened me and I cannot stop the illness or disease.

The earlier the intervention the better. Correcting wrong thinking is simple but not exactly easy. This is, however the goal. Positive thinking, embracing the perfection is the goal. Correct the wrong thinking (negative thoughts, the mistake) with right thought faith in the perfection of all that is.

When a person close to me has a problem it can disturb my peace. If I give unsolicited advice to that person to change in some way, it is not about them, it is about me. It is how I feel and what I need to do for that person to restore my peace. If I am doing something for another to change or help them I am moving into the land of manipulation which is usually a mistake.

But that mistake is the opportunity for awareness of my intention and awareness of what is disturbing my peace. It is the opportunity for another take. It should be done for me, done for my peace, done because it is who I am, not to change another. Mistakes are the opportunity to become more aware of my self.

What we can do for others is not to judge them and try to change them but to “Hold the Vision” for their highest good without telling them. This gives us the opportunity to shut up, send positive energy to that person and move on.

Sometimes we see ourselves best in the eyes of others.

Rosemary frequently uses my throw away comments for guidance. Maybe I should pay more attention to what comes out of my mouth.

Deal with it and move on is one of those statements that came out of my mouth if not my mind. My ego would love to take credit for it but it came from someplace else.

In life I encounter outcomes of my decisions that are not expected or even positive. Many times I have agonized and obsessed over my competence or intelligence when an outcome goes sideways in some unexpected way. This path is long and often unfruitful yielding no insight worth the time. Sometimes we just don’t understand the outcome we are not ready and so it is time to deal with it and move on.

I always like an example: I had an insight to sell Lockheed Martin stock and so I did. Almost immediately the stock went up 10%. There was no indication that this would happen. This often happens in the market so…. “deal with it and move on”.

The Perfection of the Universe is shortened to “The Perfection” for ease of expression.

The Perfection is both theory and technique.
The theory is “The Perfection” asserts that the universe was created by a perfect deity and is therefore perfect. Everything that we judge as wrong and bad are simply part of the larger perfection of the universe. We are part of it. I am perfect and so are you just the way we are. We are all star dust.
The technique is the practice of finding and joining The Perfection, which creates it.
Our job on this earth is to find our way home, to find a way to embrace, love and not judge all parts of the universe. To simply accept The Perfection. It is all right just the way it is.

The Perfection is a principle that seems to be impossible to prove or disprove through the lens of science which is radical materialism. Proof is not needed when a leap of faith to that belief, will manifest The Perfection in your life. Faith and fear cannot be measured or weighed and remain outside the domain of science.
The perfection can work as an article of faith without proof, and practicing it can yield health, happiness and harmony. This faith provides the opportunity to give one’s self fully to every endeavor, enhancing the entire life experience.

The Perfection is manifested as love, universal love – loving as the universe does (as seen in nature), embracing and enfolding everything. Every process, event or circumstance is to be joined and embraced completely. The practice of the perfection of the universe allows one to see every situation as part of The Perfection.

Peace is the outcome of joining The Perfection. No matter what you are doing, you are doing it as part of the one. You cannot do otherwise. The awareness of this provides comfort, connection and love. Forgetting this connection leads to separation, fear and discomfort. Even the learning process of the denial of the perfection is part of it. If the universe is perfect so is everything and every moment. So the approach is to value and cherish every activity every second of existence. To join with the moment, to completely absorb and be completely absorbed by it.

The Perfection of the universe manifests most completely in the now. If I bleed fully into every moment the perfection manifests, there are no regrets or second guessing.

Wallace Wattles wrote a book called Financial Success: Harnessing the power of creative thought in 1910: Quoting: There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates and fills the interspaces of the universe…in order to do this the person must pass from the competitive to the creative mind.
He further states if you are competitive rather than creative you are stuck competing with others for what has already been created.
Interesting, creativity breaks new ground while competition is fighting with others to steal what is already created.

I need a Zumba instructor for Hanscom AFB in Bedford MA at the Fitness Center. I’ve been trying to find someone on the Zumba site where you can send email to certified instructors. It seems to be a slow tedious process with a low percentage of responses and no positive responses. So I will persist. It might be less time consuming to get the certification myself and teach the class. Too bad it is not on my path.

For the past 2 months I have been attending The Massage School in Acton Massachusetts. It has been an enormous learning experience and a lot of fun. I guess I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started. I had met Alexei and Valerie when I interviewed out in Easthampton MA for 20 minutes. I wasn’t able to get a clear read in the time there. They seemed like nice people, and of course I was trying to act normal not like a wacky yoga teacher. So I expected a lot of rubbing but not much spirituality or philosophical depth. I liked what I saw but I really had no idea how much a part of the new age philosophy they practice.
Alexei teaches his protocol with a quiet self assurance backed by a lot of experience. His corrections are low key and precise and frequent. Which is what I really want, an education, a sharing of experience and knowledge.
Valerie is fabulous, she is almost completely deaf and yet it is rarely noticeable. Her love of the Monroe Institute endeared her to me for many incarnations to come. Valerie is looking to produce a legion of light workers to heal the world. She might heal the universe as well.
Tika is the prize pupil. She is the earth mother who brings the practical real world application and modifications needed to make it all work. Her modifications give another perspective on the protocol and keep it strong and adaptable.
My classmates are a joy. There are 13 of us (3 men and 10 women). A very close knit group. I have learned a great deal from everyone in the class. The group is remarkably non-competitive (non-fearful) and supportive of one another. There is some sort of critical mass with class clowns in this group which leads to some remarkably funny banter.
The cost is exceedingly low compared to the other (big corporate) schools and the education is excellent and fun.
www.themassageschool.org
namaste
charlie

I’ve updated the previous post on my path. To me my path is the safest and surest way to prioritize all tasks in life. Sometimes it is hard to know but it is the question that needs to always be asked. Always. If for no other reason than to learn how to ask for guidance to truly manifest the perfection of our lives.

Sometimes life has interesting twists and turns. This summer when I went to look at what workshops to take to advance my yoga practice and teaching skills nothing appealed to me except the Neuro Soma  workshop in Charlottsville VA. So I really didn’t want to attend but I felt guided to do so. So if I didn’t what was the point of waiting for guidance?

So I took the workshop and immediately saw the value of Thomas Griner’s work and wanted to get a neuro soma massage. Sorry not available in New England.

The path then leads to me getting a Massage Licence (LMT) for merely a years worth of study. So I begin to look at Massage schools and find I have a serious case of sticker shock, 12 thousand dollars minimum. Execept for The Massage School in Acton MA which is $5600 with no accreditation, however you can get a licence to practice in Massachusetts and take the national exam.

So the lesson is whether the cheap place is the right place? The process is to wait, and meditate until I am sure of what path to take. I’ve reduced the choice to 3 places: the cheap place, the status place or the place close to home. The close place I haven’t visited yet. The status place is fabulous, the people are fabulous, the facilities are very nice but the price and location are challenges. I can take a loan, but loans have to be paid eventually, so there is no grant, I am too old, educated and wealthy to get a grant ( the wealthy part is kind of humourous ). Driving home I got to see the future of commuting to the status place or the cheap place and this certainly added to the potential appeal of the close place. I will go to the close place next week to check it out.

Once again I need to revisit: Is this all really on my path? If it is the money, commute or time doesn’t matter. If it is on my path I need to join it.

I’m now at the end of summer and I have signed up for the cheap place. The reason is that I feel guided that this is the place for me. I really wanted to go to the close place because it was so new age and so I fancy myself to be. But the long and short of it is that I am past 60 years old and I am only looking for part time massage work. This make the lower price of the cheap place very appealing. The cheap place is also much smaller and more entrepreneurial than the other more corporate places.

Interesting also is the affirmation that the LMT was the way to go. I have several opportunities (clients and establishments) ready for me to begin. This is how I feel that the path is right. Yoga chose me and now massage is choosing me.

Next on the path is Personal Training. So much for a relaxing retirement.