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Elson Haas, MD: Revolutionizing Your Health Interview by Sharon Sayler
Dr. Elson Haas is a practitioner of integrative medicine for over 40 years. He’s the founder and director of the Preventative Medical Center in Marin, and he is a leading integrative medical center
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in the country. He’s also a pioneer in the field, and he has written numerous books about new medicine, alternative medicine, like I said, the combination of medicines, lifestyle and preventative medicine, all sorts of amazing things. We’re going to talk about a couple of his books staying healthy with the season and the detox diet today. Sharon Sayler: I’m just curious about this, describe what detox is. I think personally for me; it’s a scary word. Dr. Elson Haas: Well, it’s a simple idea that works making cleaning up our habits, cleaning up our diet, looking at the habits that we have. I have several acronyms. The new medicine is one, NEW stands for
Natural Eastern and Western, but I also have in my detox diet book an acronym called SNACCs. It stands for Sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, and chemicals. One of the reasons I wrote that book, I have chapters on each of those SNACCs, is that when I traveled around and was starting to talk about detox, I saw that more than 90% of people and these are even health talks that people are coming to relatively healthy people, but more than 90% have at least a habit to one or more of those substances a day. They’re eating sugar every day, caffeine, alcohol at night, cannabis, over the counter meds, sleeping pills, et cetera. I realized that even healthy people need to take a break, clean up, so this relates to many issues that I would call congestive and inflammatory pain allergies, digestive upset. We could all benefit from this idea of detoxification. My motto and my practice are lifestyles first, natural therapy’s next, drugs last. Omtimes.com
However, many people are using medicines to treat problems wherein if we corrected our lifestyle; we probably wouldn’t have them in the first place. When I evaluate, I still see a lot of new patients; I do health assessments, I look at prevention as mostly the way we live. How are you living today and what’s that’s going to do 20 years from now if you keep doing that, and that’s for better medicine. Many people think it’s colonoscopies and mammograms and blood tests and vaccines and all that, that’s prevention, but it’s an aspect of that. It’s looking for an early diagnosis and trying to assess our body and see if it’s at a healthy state, but real prevention has to do with cleaning up our habits and our lifestyle, and our lifestyle relates to what I have on my website, the five keys to staying healthy. They are Basic ideas, nutrition, exercise, sleep, managing stress, and a healthy attitude, and an attitude of gratitude is good when we get up every Omtimes.com
day, “Wow, I have another day to live.” “I’m living one day at a time.” “I’m going to make it the best day I can.” My attitude changed when I went on my first spring cleanse back in 1975. Sharon Sayler: I want to know more about those, but I think I gradually cleaned up, like when I quit sugars, and I don’t have alcohol, and I can’t say I’m totally caffeine free, but I cut way back on it, but I did that at different times. It wasn’t like all at once. Is this spring cleanse? Dr. Elson Haas: Well, I do it differently. In January I do an online detox group where people clean up their habits. It’s two weeks; you’re still eating food, you’re just getting rid of caffeine, alcohol, sugar, wheat, dairy, heavy foods, red meats, fried foods. Moreover, you’re eating simply, and my detox diet is steamed vegetables, lunch, and dinner, some fruit and grain in the morning. You’re still getting to eat three meals a day; you’re just eating different things than you might.
So that’s what I do in the colder time of the year because juice cleansing is something that, that had awakened me and my health, and I did that the first time in the early-mid spring. Moreover, that’s a juice cleanse, that was lemonade, Master Cleanse is called, lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, water, and you drink that, all day, and we’ll get into that as we talk about spring cleaning. However, that was very dramatic for me. I was growing up; I ate the American diet, I ate a lot of sugar, junk, much red meat, fried foods, burgers, fries, sodas, and milkshakes. I was overweight all through my childhood and even in college and medical school, and I had allergies. I called them allergies because I would wake up congested and blow my nose and not sleep great because I was always congested. I went to hear this talk by this gentleman, Stanley Burroughs, who wrote a little book called the Master Cleanser. It was
talking about things that I didn’t learn in medical school. I was a couple of year out of medical school into practice. I said, “Well, I didn’t learn any of this in medical school. I’m going to try this.” He talked about doing a ten-day juice cleanse, and so I said, “Okay, what do I get to lose?” I started it. I felt pretty crummy for a couple of days, but the third day I remember it was a shift. I woke up clearheaded, I slept five hours, I woke up energized, and I started to feel vitality and a clarity that I hadn’t had, and I was, what, 27 years old or so. I started to feel clearer, lighter; my body let go of 20 pounds, I had energy all day, I slept better. I slept less and had more energy when I woke up. Likewise, I said, “Well, this is how I want to feel, this matter.” So, I shifted my attitude. The attitude was basically, “This is the only body I have. I’m going to treat it well. I’m going to treat it with love.” I started studying intensively herbal medicine, traditional Omtimes.com
Chinese medicine, mind-body healing from the inside out, I call it where we tune into the conflict that represents the diseases and the problems that we have. I’ve got at least a ten-day juice to cleanse every spring. I drag around 30 or 40 people to do it with me. It’s a fun thing, and I’ve initiated thousands of people into this process. Moreover, to me, it’s a good place for people to learn about what works and doesn’t work. However, it works great when it’s for the right people, people who shouldn’t probably do juice cleansing are already a little depleted, people who are weak, people anemic, low thyroid, advanced diseases, pregnant women, nursing moms. They need some different adaptation. There are many things that juice cleansing and detox programs can help benefit. Moreover, that’s all the ‘itises,’ any inflammation, aches, and pains, digestive upset, skin rashes, headaches, allergies, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, helps to rebalance diabetic patterns. I’ve seen it, Omtimes.com
and I’ve had so many people because I’ve been doing groups for almost 40 years. Sharon Sayler: Many people have told me about the first couple of days, and you even mentioned the first couple of days were tough for you, and that tends to stop people all of a sudden, they’re like, “Oh man, that first day, that second day wasn’t any fun.” However, that’s where the body is shifting and recalibrating. Correct? Dr. Elson Haas: You’re detoxifying, typically if you’re a coffee drinker and you stop drinking, you’re going to have a headache for a day. If you’re are a sugar user, and you stop using simple sugars or added sugars, you might feel emotionally upset a little bit, and you might feel fatigued or irritable, but that passes quickly. All these symptoms usually pass in the first couple of days. Also, not everybody experiences that. I experienced that the first time, but subsequently hardly. Usually, within a few hours,
I start to feel better. I feel my energy shift into that cleansing mode. Moreover, it’s a way that I’ve kept my body balanced. At 71 I still feel good. I don’t take any medicines. Moreover, if I had continued eating my family’s diet and living the lifestyle of typical American program, I’d be on several medicines for blood pressure, cholesterol, probably early diabetes and all that. I think because I’ve eaten wholesomely and given up certain things in my diet, I don’t do four-legged animals, for 40 years I don’t do much dairy food, I never drink milk anymore. Moreover, I grew up on that. When I grew up drinking four glasses of milk a day, the doctor said, “Oh yes, that’s what you need, and you expect to have four or five colds a year.” A healthy body means healthy tissues, healthy cells. In my new medicine book, I have a whole chapter on understanding the causes of disease. In the center of that cause chart is the cell and the
cell health, and the cells stay healthy when we get all the nutrients in, all the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids and phytonutrients from many of the natural foods, and we avoid the toxins and chemicals and metals that get into our air, food, and water, we put on our bodies that interfere with healthy cell and tissue and organ function. So that when we keep ourselves healthy, that’s what I’m talking about, keeping our body healthier, that’s a healthy body doesn’t get sick very easily. That’s when our cells are functioning optimally. Sharon Sayler: What do we need to start? Dr. Elson Haas: Well, you need to make a plan. Like any good program, you should have a plan; you should write it down. Ideally even commit, “Here’s what I’m going to do.” You could start. When I first did it, I just jumped into juicing. When it’s warmer outside, like in by mid-spring into summer, it’s easier time to do juice cleansing because Omtimes.com
your body tends to cool down. I don’t suggest that in the colder winter months, typically normally you want a warming diet. The whole idea of eating with the seasons, which is, my first books they help you with the seasons, is nature provides the foods that we need. So, when it’s hot outside, we can eat things that are cooling, more cooling, a lot of melons, fruits, veggies, and others. When it’s cold outside, we need to grate more fuel, we need to add more heat to our food, so we eat foods that are stored well. We eat nuts and seeds; we eat grains, we cook grains, we cook hard squashes, we eat meats and things like that because we need more fuel, we need more warming fuel. The idea of spring cleaning, it’s an eternal nature message. Things start they’re fresh; they’re green. I find that when I do juice cleansing, the benefit is that I start cleaning up everything. I go through my closet; I get rid of stuff I don’t need. I clean my refrigerator out; I clean my Omtimes.com
cupboards out. I would do the dishes. As I mentioned earlier, that’s the hardest part, is just saying, “I’m going to do this,” and give yourself time and give yourself a length of time that you’re going to do that. Sharon Sayler: I’m curious that many people that interested in autoimmune, they tend to have inflammation already. Moreover, when we were starting this cleanse, does the inflammation increase that first day or two or? Dr. Elson Haas: I don’t think it does. I think it comes down pretty quickly, and that’s one of the things I’ve seen with juice cleansing. If I have people with pain syndromes or inflamed joints or things like that I’ve seen so many benefits, so many anecdotes because I haven’t really published any studies on this, but people just say, “Yeah, my body feels good,” but I do my groups because I’ve done groups usually with 30 people or so, they’ll come back in the second session, like day five or so, and they’ll say, “I’m waking up. I’m not so stepped
off, go like this and this. Now my body feels better. I feel lighter, my aches and pains are better. I haven’t had any headaches,” so it is for many people, a phenomenal experience. I have people who do all the other aspects; I have a whole chapter on juice cleansing and my detox diet book, many other aspects besides getting your bowels moving where you want to be outside, be in nature, do some exercise. I find that my extra to people always say to them, “How come I don’t have the energy to exercise.” I said, “Yeah, typically you will.” One of the things I add over and above the original Master Cleanse, I have people get a green powder like chlorella and barley grass and things like that and do that. I’ll have people do some extra vitamins like ionic minerals and a drink. You do that when you go work out. S,o I make a little drink up for when I go exercise, and I find that my aerobic capacity is usually better and my strength, as we get into the second part
of the cleanse, maybe my strength isn’t quite as what it normally is. I’ll do a little less weight work; a little lower amount and I keep my body toned up. Moreover, it’s a good time you can do steams or saunas. Many people do infrared saunas as a way of detoxing. So, you have all these other components to create a healthy, cleanse and detox program. Sharon Sayler: What’s fascinating to me is that when I first started understanding food sensitivities and food allergies, I eliminated many things, but every so often I’ll go out to eat and all of a sudden it was so fascinating how fast it happens. My nose will start to run, or I’ll get what feels like a little sinus pain. For years I kept thinking I had recurrent sinus infections but turned out to be food sensitivities. It was amazing how fast it happened. Dr. Elson Haas: Well, this is really one of the best ways to find out if you have allergies or food sensitivities and that’s one of the things I specialize Omtimes.com
in my clinic is blood testing for foods and environmental, skin testing, desensitization programs and all that and we get a fair amount of referrals from other doctors because we have a fairly innovative testing to really assess people, but really the best testing is the elimination diet and then bringing things back in. Like maybe you tuned in to what in those meals set off your sinus pain or made you congested. I see that too; if I go to dinner and we have a little dessert, I’ll be congested. Alternatively, even like I don’t normally drink much alcohol, but if I have a glass of wine, I’ll feel a little different, I might feel I won’t wake up or sleep quite as deeply or wake up a little more congested, and I have to do that. If I started doing that every day, then I’m going to have some of those aches and pains that people often have. Sharon Sayler: I know in your books, you write a lot about our mindset, but sometimes mindset can get a little confusing for at least some of the people Omtimes.com
I talked to, tend to fall in this idea, especially with an autoimmune is, am I ever going to get better? Often with our first diagnosis of an autoimmune, it’s almost ingrained, tattooed on her forehead as if, this is your life, get real. However, I have found that with your books and your work, you don’t have that same temperament and belief about autoimmune conditions. Dr. Elson Haas: I think there’s a psycho-emotional, spiritual side to autoimmune. I mean it’s we call it in western medicine, a self-attack. Your body is attacking. That’s why when I talk about attitude as really the key, and when you have a loving attitude towards self and others and maybe a little more trust in the world, which is not always easy, especially if you’re watching news, then it’s a stress, but I think there’s inflammation comes from your body misguidedly, making antibodies basically or having immune activities against body tissues like Hashimoto’s thyroid, rheumatoid arthritis.
One of my books, ultimate immunity goes into that deep and understanding how the immune system work, and when we get hyper-immune though we get allergies and autoimmune issues. When we got weakened immunity from lack of nutrient intake and vitamins and minerals and all the things that support that, we get ill more easily. We get whatever’s going around constantly. People asking me, “Is there something going around though?” Yeah, there’s always something going around, but if it goes around you and not in you, then you’re better off. At a little metaphysical level, I would say empower yourself, surround yourself in light and gold, and make sure that anything is coming in new with purified, it’s an affirmation that I do. One of the things I do is I have a cold pool and hot tub out in my backyard. So, I get in often, I think it supports my immune health by taking a relaxing tub and then jumping in my cold pool.
Most people, most of my friends and family don’t like to do that, but I said I find that that works for me. There’s a lot of antioxidant nutrients; there are herbs, astragalus and some people use echinacea, although I don’t have people use echinacea if they have autoimmune issues. Moreover, all the vitamins, vitamin A, C, E, D, all the antioxidants, the vitamins, so an ultimate immunity I have that whole pattern of an anti-inflammatory diet, a detoxifying diet, nutritional support that people need. Sharon Sayler: What tips do you have for staying on track and maybe convincing family members to join you? Dr. Elson Haas: It really helps, if you’re at a partnership, with a spouse or significant other, if you can get them to do something with you, I find that the families that detox together, they do better together, but it is a little bit more vulnerable if somebody, like if you know you’re a parent with kids or your partner is sick, it’s like you’re Omtimes.com
vulnerable energetically and germ wise as well. Sharon Sayler: You had mentioned echinacea, and I know there are other things that people shouldn’t take with autoimmune. Does your book ultimate immunity cover those things because I remember having to look up many things were practitioners who would recommend something for me and then I would realize, “Hmm, maybe that isn’t the right thing.” Dr. Elson Haas: Well, there’s not many things that you need to avoid. There are some preliminary studies that suggest echinacea may agitate autoimmune issues. My coauthor in that book Sondra Barrett is a Ph.D. biochemist, and studied immunology and taught that. There’s some pretty in-depth information in that, but it’s a simple book. All my books, Sharon, are visual as well as literal, regarding linear, I realized when I started writing that I want the right brain and the left brain to both be stimulated from the pages. Omtimes.com
So, every two-page spread in my books has charts and visuals, and all that and ultimate immunity is like that as well. Besides, staying healthy with the seasons like that, the detox diet even my recent staying healthy with new medicine, I’d like to have everything summarized into charts and boxes and Images. I have a free five keys to staying healthy where you assess your lifestyle, your nutrition, your exercise, your sleep, your stress, your attitude, and you look at where you need to improve upon. So that’s a one. Then I have a program to help solve the stimulation sedation syndrome, which is a one week guided course called regain your natural energy and it’s basically 40 videos of me coaching people every day, it’s seven day program, but it can be done over a longer period of time, and it’s just getting people off of caffeine, alcohol, sugar, cannabis, other drugs, as appropriate, working with your doctor if you need to. However, that’s a program that
I’ve taken a couple of years to put together, which is a self-guided program. I also do seasonal detox programs live and with lots of handouts and support and just like you, and I are talking while we might have 20 or 30 or more people with their little pictures up in the corner and everybody can talk to one another. We can break off into groups, we can put materials up, and it’s the new way of doing groups is that I have people on the east coast and west coast. My last spring cleanse I had somebody in Sweden, somebody in Belarus, and so it’s really fun to connect with people, and we set up meetings and email contacts, so there’s support because it’s hard to do these detox programs or cleansing on your own. Having a guide is nice. It’s nice to have other people that you’re doing with because people get weird. When I first started doing these 40 years ago plus and people would say, “Oh, I’m on the fourth day of a cleanse,” and people would look at them like, “Are you crazy? You’re going to kill yourself. That’s not safe.”
Alternatively, doctors would say, “Why are you doing that? That’s not safe.” Visit Dr. Hass on his websites: Detox Course on website: https://elsonhaasmd.com/ courses/seasonal-detox/ ElsonHaasMD.com PreventiveMedicalCenterofMarin.com Sharon Sayler, MBA, PCC is a bestselling author, internationally known speaker and founder of Competitive Edge Communications. She is also the host of The Autoimmune Hour where she inspires hope and help for those with autoimmune conditions and share messages of health and wellness self-empowerment. Listen to new shows each Friday night at 7PM ET on OMTimes Radio and get transcripts of each show and learn more at UnderstandingAutoimmune. com. The Autoimmune Hour, a popular show on OMTimes Radio, has new shows every Friday night at 7 PM ET www. UnderstandingAutoimmune. com/OMTimes Omtimes.com
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Here’s the Secret Message It’s Trying To Send You by Amy B. Scher
I always saw anxiety as a condition that appeared out of nowhere, a force that I couldn’t control, and thought I would have to cope with it for the rest of my life. It was only through my own healing that I discovered anxiety was very different from what I believed it to be. Anxiety does not come from out of the blue. In fact, anxiety is likely something totally different than what you’ve thought it was. Where Anxiety Really Comes From As an energy therapist who helps people heal from anxiety and chronic illness, I often hear from clients: “I can’t remember anything so bad in my life that I should have anxiety like this!” But the truth is that anxiety does not usually have one cause. Anxiety is not a mysterious condition that pops up suddenly when everything is going perfectly in life. omtimes.com
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Anxiety is a side effect of a long-standing unhealthy pattern of ignoring or suppressing emotions that need to be addressed. It has long been known that our emotions are stored in the body at a cellular level. Candace Pert, PhD, author of Molecules of Emotion, was the person who opened my eyes to this. Dr. Pert’s work is based on important findings about how feelings and unexpressed emotion from experiences can get stuck in the body. She explains that only when emotions are expressed can all the systems in the body be made whole— or, in other words, heal: “When emotions are repressed, denied, not allowed to be whatever they may be, our network pathways get blocked, stop- ping the flow of the vital feel-good, unifying chemicals that run both our biology and our behavior.” Anxiety is not an evil entity trying to ruin your life or the product of an unhappy childhood; it is simply the messenger for emotions that need to be expressed in the body. Your Body is Freaking Out from Holding So much In Anxiety comes from your body being in freakout mode, not because of what’s happening outside of you but because of what’s stuck inside of you. While external circumstances outside of your control certainly may trigger you, that is not the actual origin of anxiety.
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The feeling of anxiety arises because your body is trying so hard to keep old emotional baggage contained, and it’s just too much for anyone to hold. Anxiety manifests when stored emotional energy is trying to bubble up and out. As I mentioned earlier, anxiety is not simply caused by fear. Anxiety can be caused by any emotional baggage that you have not dealt with. It’s not “just fear.” I’ve seen as many people with anxiety due to suppressed anger and frustration as due to fear. But I don’tFebruary want you to be B 2019 Edition
scared that every time you experience stress or strong emotions, you’ll create emotional baggage that will cause a problem for you in the future. A Technique to Release Anxiety Now The thymus gland is the master gland of the body’s immune system and is located in the upper part of the chest, behind the breastbone. It sits right over the heart. The thymus is responsible for making T-cells, which are vital to the healthy functioning of the immune system, providing protection against allergies, autoimmune diseases, and immunodeficiency. The thymus gland is connected to the entire energy system and is so powerful that it can work as a stress modulator when stimulated. A lot of people are naturally drawn to the thymus area when they are feeling anxious and don’t even realize that their body is trying to help them tend to this special gland. Do you ever “flutter” your chest with your hands when you’re upset? Think of how gorillas in the wild thump their chests if they perceive danger. In both these cases, it’s a natural tendency to strengthen and balance our energy when we need it most. See, you’re already doing this by accident! Now we’re going to help you do it on purpose, too. How to Tap the Thymus: Tapping the thymus gland using your fingertips is a powerful calming, strengthening, and balancing technique. I use it many omtimes.com
times throughout the day; and it’s especially good for when you’re feeling anxious. Simply tap with medium pressure on your chest about an inch below where the knot of a tie would be on your neck. Breathe deeply. Focus on how you are feeling and imagine gently tapping those old emotions right out of your body. Tapping the thymus is both stimulating to the immune system and calming to the body at the same time. Now that you know that anxiety is your messenger for old emotions that want to be expressed, you can take the next step of going back to heal the old baggage you’ve been so courageously carrying for so long. Healing from anxiety is possible; and you’re worth it. About the Author AMY B. SCHER (New York, NY) is the author of the bestselling How to Heal Yourself From Anxiety When No One Else Can (Llewellyn) and This Is How I Save My Life (Gallery Books). Scher was named one of The Advocate’s “40 Under 40” and has been featured on CNN, CBS, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, and numerous media outlets in print, broadcast, and online. Her books have been endorsed by Elizabeth Gilbert, Pam Grout, and Bernie Siegel, MD. Visit her at www.AmyBScher.com
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4 TIPS FOR AWAKENING Your Health “IS” Your Wealth! Getting good rest, staying hydrated, eating healthy with supplements while we age is the secret of awakening. Staying active through several different forms of exercise for the body, mind, and spirit is a great way to stay connected to ourselves, (including our “higher self”), the “unseen” world, the universe, angles, guides, ascended masters or whatever belief system we hold dear and true for our daily awakening process. When we allow our internal guidance system to activate or “awaken” through our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies that we all have in our journey, we can move into a new sense of freedom that the awakening process brings
and no longer become bogged down or concerned by dull, inanition or insignificant substances, experiences or people. We remember that the physical body is the ship that guides us through the many rivers of life. Then, using our emotional and mental bodies as our navigation system, and keeping our vessel clean, stocked, strong and sturdy with the mission to always be moving forward and having the awakening process be the “lookout” then prepare to receive messages we are all seeking in life. Embrace, Expand, Evolve the Mindset The human mind or “supercomputer” for the human experience is full of incredible ideas, creative knowledge, abilities, and power! Many times, during our journey we can get stuck in certain ways of thinking, acting and
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responding to experiences on the many roads of life. When we become a lifelong learner and a student of life we can embrace and expand our experiences in trying new things. By supporting a healthy brain with active lifestyle practices, we can keep our supercomputer up to date with several different programs, applications, and mindfulness in the world around us. If we engage with our senses of breathing, seeing, tasting, smelling, touching and hearing within our external environment, an awakening occurs when we have learned or experienced something new. Explore and discover new ideas, different belief systems, read a book, attend a workshop or lecture, have conversations with other people who have lived different lives than our own and most importantly be aware of thoughts both positive and negative. If we typically think negatively about things, people or
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places, we can start being “mindful” by having those thoughts be more neutral and work our way up to a positive way of thinking every single day. Studies time and time again have shown several benefits of positive thinking including a longer lifespan, decreased stress, stronger psychological health, and improved coping skills during difficult situations. “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” -Wayne W. Dyer Clear Out, Prioritize, Simplify (C.O.P.S.) Start by making room! Clear your space of the stuff that you no longer need, the stuff that merely serves as a distraction from your life. Moreover, while, yes, decluttering your physical space is important, it’s also important to declutter your mind. Take time every day to sit in silence and solitude. Allow your thoughts to pass without judgment, and slowly watch your mind
clear of mental clutter. Meditation allows you to relax into what is presently true-and what is always present for all of us is that there is only love, no fearand offers you a greater connection to your intuition (another language form of spiritual guidance). Hold On and Get Dragged or Let Go and Be Free? The reality is you can’t force a spiritual awakening. Anyone can have oneand following tips like the ones in this article will help you in that effort, but there’s no prescription for enlightenment. Could you do what you can, then let it go? If you’re attached to the idea of having a spiritual awakening (and attached to your idea of what a spiritual awakening looks like), you’re far less likely to experience one. Know that you are on the perfect path for you. Keep in mind that a spiritual awakening is not necessarily
a one-time thing. The spiritual path is a lifelong journey of growth. Continue to follow the steps above, and you will undoubtedly find yourself “waking up” to new awareness and deeper consciousness repeatedly. “Life is the DANCER, and you are the DANCE.” -Eckhart Tolle Marc Lainhart is an international, tested and British trained Spiritual Medium. Marc is also a Radio Show Host on OMTimes Radio, Hiking Guide, Certified Diver, Metaphysical Teacher, Holistic Healer, Inspirational Thought Leader, Writer, and offers courses on OMTimes Experts. He uses his gifts to guide, transform, and inspire others in connecting to self, spirit, and the world around us! For more “Spiritual prospecting,” visit him at his website marclainhart.com. Marc is the co-host of Inspired Living, Wednesdays at 3:00 PM ET on OMTimes Internet Radio.
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A Look At The Four Agreements by Leigh Burton
At our best we humans strive to serve others, be there for loved ones and make a lot of what we do about making our world a better place. We do so
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because it feels good and for the most part, we know that we should. However, we fall into the trap of believing that the world begins where we start and ends where we lay our head at night. It’s entirely human and for the most part acceptable because we are conditioned to do just that. We are conditioned from birth to react to external stimuli in a way that shapes the dream we have of how we each fit into society. As society evolves, so does what stimulate a reaction, and so do our ideas of what our lives should look like. In that, we become the center of our universe searching for evidence that others share our worldview. It’s not hard to find a group of people that have the same perspective or point of view on what matters most. Is it equality, a political point of view, a shared mission or passion
for something creative that nudges us closer to a closed knit group of people that we can identify with? Whatever it is, we move deeper into our beliefs as time passes and, it becomes a part of what defines who each of us is and what separates us from another. All the while empowering the beat of our drum that confirms we are right in our choices and actions. Like the branches of a tree, the path is further lead by decisions made to affirm the effort, energy, and emotion we have employed. Spreading farther away from our center and out to where we can witness a significant difference in opinion. It becomes more likely that when a difference of opinion presents itself, we take it personally. There is a part of us that doesn’t like the challenge it
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represents, and we take the behavior, actions, comments, and opinions of others personally like it is an attack on everything we stand for. “How can a person not see how wrong they are in their thinking?” Many different emotions will rise, adding to being “right,” and we are off to a strong start in the toxic journey of defending ourselves. Whether in private, to a trusted friend or in a public arena we announce our defense and satisfy our need to keep the situation personal. One by one, each time it happens, it adds to the bumps in the road that could otherwise be a more peaceful journey. The peaceful journey is only interrupted by the Ego, a part of us that seems to think that it knows best. However, as each opportunity for change passes, we reflect and acknowledge that we wish it
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had gone differently. Don Miguel Ruiz, the author of “The Four Agreements,” teaches that at the root of it all, self-limiting beliefs rob us of joy and create needless suffering. These are referred to as “Agreements” that we make with ourselves and society on a global level. Don Miguel’s teachings are widely recognized and honored as four simple rules to personal freedom. Still, we live in a time that is heightened with arguments, struggle, sadness, and lack of the very freedom that these four agreements are meant to share. When something rises and causes emotional suffering, know that the story we tell ourselves is derived from Ego. Its mission is to protect us in our most human form. The form that insinuates we matter above all others. While Ego separates us
from some and nudging us towards others, it is selfserving and works against the vision of serving others for peace and freedom. Be impeccable with your word - Whether in silence or out loud, no words said can be taken back. Our words define who we are and the position we take in what we believe in. Choose your communication carefully. Don’t take anything personally - Everybody’s beliefs, actions, and life is a result of their conditioning. There is no possible way to understand another person’s journey. Respecting that each of us has our own opinion will allow for a more significant amount of self-respect. Don’t make assumptions - We can’t understand what drives a person to say or do anything. If there is a need
to engage, don’t be afraid to ask compassionate questions. Always do your best - Remember that we are all human and we deserve respect to honor our journey as individuals and as a society. Forgiveness is vital in letting go of the selfdeprecating voice that can drag us down. Peace and freedom are the dreams of the planet. One by one, person by person, the dream can be achieved by permitting ourselves to let go of old attachments and exist in approximation to the vision we all share. Leigh Burton is an Author, International Speaker, NLP Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, Emotional Health Coach, Acceptance Commitment Therapist, an expert in letting go, and a lover of life. www.leighburton.com
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A Simple Daily Practice that Works by Jim Dreaver
The beauty of the simple practice is that there is no special, eyes-closed meditation; no yoga or other exotic body movements; no restrictive diet; and no chanting, sacred rituals, or esoteric rites. It is just a matter of whenever we find ourselves lost in or getting distracted by a Omtimes.com
thought or “story,” or are having an emotional reaction to someone or something; we remember to come down out of our heads and back to the present moment. We come back to see without a “story” in the way, interfering with our clear perception of what “is” at this moment.
To help us embody this, make it real in our lives, we can affirm the liberation mantra: “We are pure presence…” Then we take a few deep, slow breaths down into our belly, unlock our knees if we are standing, and feel our feet on the ground. Be alert, yet relaxed, and feel the alive presence in our body, the fact that we exist, here, now. Do the stepping-back practice if it helps. Step back a few inches above and behind our heads, which is more the real, “pure awareness” us. Then notice how everything in our awareness—our thoughts and “stories,” the “I” thought with its endless worries and concerns, and our feelings and emotions—comes and goes, yet we are always here. Become aware of our true nature as awareness itself, the alive existence in which all sounds, sights, sensations, thoughts, and “stories”—even the most personal of stories, the “I” and “me” story—come and go, arise and disappear.
Realize or feel ourselves to be the awareness in which everything happens, in which everything comes and goes, shifts and changes. It includes, obviously, all our thoughts, beliefs, “stories,” the “I” and ego thought, as well as our emotional reactions. If the ego “I” is especially persistent in our awareness, with its judgments, criticisms, expectations, and negative self-talk, step back and love it—as opposed to resisting or struggling with it, which only makes it stronger. Then see how it comes and goes, and let it fade into the background. After all, it’s not the real “us,” the beautiful, powerful people we are—it’s just our reactive ego doing its thing. If we do this practice enough throughout the day, then eventually we will have the big “ah ha!” We will know ourselves as the pure existence, the awareness in which everything comes goes, this is assured. We will be awake, at least at this moment, to the
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love and freedom of our true nature. Remember: the more we see how our thoughts and stories come and go, but we— as the seeing—are always here, the easier it is to let go of them. The more present we are, the more our thoughts and stories drop away, dissolve, on their own. We don’t even have to “let go.” As we learn to see every situation, we find ourselves in throughout the day without projecting any story or belief into it, any problems or challenges we may face will reveal themselves to us as they are. We will see them with more clarity and insight and will intuitively know what to do about it—or, at least, have a better idea of the next step we need to take. We see with the eyes of the universe, and this, above all, is the source of our supreme confidence and trust in life, and our ability to handle whatever
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challenge may arise. Truly, it is just as William Blake, the 18th Century British poet and mystic said: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, Infinite.” A good reality check is to ask ourselves this question at the end of our day: “How present was I today? Did I see things essentially without any story, or was I in my head, identified with and obsessing about this or that?” As we look back on our day, we will notice the times when we were present, living in awakened consciousness, versus those when we feel lost in thought, in our story—when the voice of judgment, expectation, or some other distracting thought was taking over. Acknowledge what was so, and then come back to simply being present, open, and loving at this moment now—just this moment now. We are either present, or we are lost in a “story.”
Animal Communication By Lisa Shaw
Cats are very intuitive and adaptive, which explains why they find comfort in roaming as well as in nesting in a home. Indoor/outdoor cats enjoy the best of both worlds; they honor their natural instincts to be free but appreciate the love and warmth of a regular comfortable residence. Recently I was called to do a reading for two cats in that position, a mother and daughter who left the woman’s residence under separate Omtimes.com
circumstances, one apparently a consequence of the other. They lived among five other cats at a woman’s house, “free to roam around.” One of them, “Beige,” a beautiful Siamese, was her first concern. Her human adopted her out to someone in March. My client wanted to know if she was unhappy in the new surroundings and whether she wanted to return home.
Beige was very open with me, saying she enjoyed likes the company of other animals. She misses her daughter, Ming, but she also showed me two smaller cats and a dog that keep her company. One of the smaller cats, a kitten most likely, is very vocal, she says. She also shows me a broom and a woman sweeping all the time. She appears to be saying that woman who adopted her doesn’t like cat hair accumulating in the house. She says there is more noise in that house than in yours and she doesn’t like banging or loud noise. She did not say she was unhappy, but she did say she was not “happy.” Ming, Beige’s black and white offspring, left home on her own for about five months, but she was seen by neighbors until a week ago when she seemed to disappear. My client wanted to know why she left if she was well, and if there was anything she could do to “make her’ come back home. Note that she left home after her mother was given to someone else. Ming told me she had followed the music and ended up in the home of someone who plays an
instrument or listens to music all the time. I could see someone with a large tattoo the inside of his forearm and saw her holding onto it. She now lives more inside than outside and may not even be let out anymore. I didn’t feel she was hurt or in any danger, but she does miss her freedom and what she thought was home. I get an image of someone who works on cars or on a motorcycle either as a career or hobby. I received validation from the client, who replied, “Yes, you are correct. Beige’s new mom has two cats and a small dog. And the lady doesn’t like cat hair accumulating in the house. Do you have your website where I can find out more about what you do?” Of course, I obliged. Without being judgmental, I must point out that the cats’ lives were disrupted (my client did not give me a reason explain why she gave away the mother cat). Yes, their natural adaptability allows them to “go with the flow,” but that is not any guarantee of joy. They merely adapted to their new circumstances. Considering our animals’ is imperative before we make any decisions that affect the rest of their lives, and ours. Omtimes.com
3 Tips to Setting Healthy Boundaries
There are three simple steps to setting boundaries that can be a real game-changer in your relationships. 1. Everyone has a different perception of reality. A little compassion goes a long Omtimes.com
way. 2. Follow-up and followthru. It’s easy to forget about things or pretend it didn’t hurt, but in the end, it eats away at your soul. Don’t let others treat you poorly and get away with it. 3. Retreat. It may be necessary to disengage to get your point across. Raise your vibration and begin attracting respectful relationships in 2019. Setting boundaries in your life aren’t always easy, but it is important if you want to surround yourself with healthy relationships. 1.) Everyone has a Different Perception of Reality. It’s true we all live in our little worlds, based upon our own experiences that we’ve had in the world. So I can say something to you, and it will get no emotional reaction yet the same sentence or story will send another into a spiral of hurt and anger. When you are establishing boundaries with the people in your life be sure to try to see things from their perspective. Was it what they said that was inappropriate or do you have a red-hot trigger button on your chest and when anyone men-
tions that topic it lights you up? This information is good to have so when you talk with the person about how you are feeling you can better understand where your emotions are coming from. Once the person understands your experience with that issue, they will have an opportunity to be more understanding in the future.
2) Follow up & Follow Thru If someone says something to you, that’s upsetting you may be too emotional to respond at the moment. It’s best NOT to respond if you are upset. Wait until the next day or a few days later when you feel emotionally stronger and have had time to go through all the scenarios in your mind of what you could say and then FOLLOW UP. Ex. When you said ___, I felt ___. I think it’s important that you know how I feel, etc. I know it’s easier to pretend it never happened and ignore your feelings, but the truth of the matter is that it DID happen and it’s going to keep happening Omtimes.com
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having in your life.
Stand strong and don’t give up. We do teach people how to treat us. If you are unhappy in your relationships the only person you have to blame is yourself.
The more you put up with bad behavior, the more others will run you over. You are stronger than you think. You deserve to be treated fairly. People who don’t live up to your standards don’t deserve a place at your table. There are only a few spots available. If they aren’t willing to step it up, there are plenty of other people out there who are.
3.) Retreat Sometimes you need to take a break. If this person is not respecting your position and continues to ignore or run over your feelings, it may be best to take a step back and disengage. If you live in the same household, this may mean you need to retreat to a spare bedroom or stay on your side of the bed. If you can leave the space for a few days and clear your head, by all means, do that. If you live in separate households, it may be time to take a break from the friendship or the relationship. That might mean no texting or engage on social media with this person. It may look like shaming, but it’s not. If you have set boundaries in your life with another person and they continue to ignore your feelings, then it’s time for you to distance yourself from the relationship to get clarity so you can decide if this person is worth Omtimes.com
Don’t compromise your values to have people in your life. Stay true to yourself and stick to your guns. As your vibration raises, you will begin attracting behaviors and people that are ready and willing to rise to the occasion. It will create loving and respectful relationships that will help you grow and thrive in 2019. Julie Geigle is a gifted channel of Archangel Metatron, a 4th generation Psychic Medium and Spiritual Counselor. She helps women on a spiritual journey find peace amidst the mental chaos of their mind. She’s co-authored two books: “111 Morning Meditations” and “365 Days of Angel Prayers.” Learn more about Julie’s private Inner Circle and Lightworker Academy at https://juliegeigle.com.
With Family Day fresh in my mind, I’ve been thinking about the way some teenagers are growing up these days. I see these kids
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all over. They’re angry and frustrated, miserable and lost, and it’s mainly the fault of their parents who’ve been letting them down. These teens are spoiled, overly entitled, self-centered and averse to hard work. They expect to win at everything they try, despite putting in hardly any effort. They don’t expect any real consequences for their lazy, selfish or bad behavior, and they focus on the pursuit of comfort and pleasure rather than on creating a meaningful existence for themselves, now and in the future. Perhaps the parents of these teens have been trying too hard to compensate for the harsh parenting they received. Perhaps they were neglected as children and are so devoid of selflove that they look to their children for their sense of
worth. They think that being “nice” will enable them to feel better about themselves. Unfortunately, spoiling one’s children doesn’t make anyone in the family feel better. Neither parents nor children benefit from this approach. All it does is a foster disconnection, disrespect, even contempt. Overly “nice” parents are trying too hard to ingratiate themselves with their teens. They’re excessively lenient with their children, allowing them to come and go at all hours of the day and night. They tolerate being talked back to with the utmost disrespect. Their parents have set them up for a life of misery. These parents demand almost nothing from their teens and instead reward them for ordinary activities that any parent ought to
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expect from a child; for example, keeping their room clean or doing their homework. This fails to instill proper values in their children, whose characters are in the process of developing. It risks turning out a bunch of narcissistic, antisocial young adults who expect to laze about and have everything handed to them on a silver platter. Too-nice parents are trying to please their teens and be their pal instead of guiding them, setting appropriate limits and teaching their children how to be good people in the world who are capable of living good lives. They’re not doing their children any favors, as their parenting style is backfiring, big time. When everything comes too easily, and nothing is seen as important,
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wrong, or forbidden, nothing actually matters anymore. The more these parents spoil their children, the more the kids go off the rails, becoming hedonistic instead of communityminded, lazy instead of imbued with a positive work ethic and narcissistic instead of considerate toward other people and the world. Spoiled teens live unhappy lives devoid of meaning. Their sense of self is fragile and unstable, and their relationships with adults and peers are shallow and unsatisfying. The more these “nice� parents spoil their teens by allowing them to do whatever they want, not demanding much of them and depriving them of appropriate consequences for their unacceptable
behavior, the more wretched these kids are. Without guidance and limits, these young people flail about, seeking more and more external stimulation to compensate for the boredom and emptiness of their self-indulgent, meaningless existence. We need to stop being their pal and start parenting them. They amp up the partying, shirk their schoolwork, push their parents away, go off the rails. From being so spoiled, they’ve become fixated on the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of hard work. These youth don’t understand that what will make them feel better is being more responsible and thoughtful, as opposed to more self-indulgent and
impulsive. Their parents have set them up for a life of misery. If we’re to save our teens from their current suffering and from a horribly bleak future, we need to stop being their pal and start parenting them. It’s not enough to love our children; we must help shape them into people who’ll grow up to live rich, satisfying lives filled with meaningful work, activities, and relationships. My new book, Be Kind, Not Nice: How to Stop People-Pleasing, Build Your Confidence and Discover Your Authentic Self is now available on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca Sign up here for my free monthly wellness newsletter. And listen here to my latest podcast.
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Good vs. Evil vs. Wholeness by Andrea Mathews What is the playground of the mind? Where does it dally? What is the range of possibilities available to you within the scope of your
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mind? No, I’m not going to talk to you, yet again, about the Law of Attraction. I’m going to talk to you about the range of possibilities inherent within the Good/ Evil spectrum. You see, most of us grew up believing that there was a standardized definition of “good” and a standardized definition of “evil.” The spectrum actually ranges from “Holy” to “Evil” with “good” at close proximity along the spectrum to “Holy,” and “bad” at close proximity to “Evil.” That’s the range of possibilities available, then, to most of us in our minds. We believe in “good,” “bad,” “Holy,” and “Evil” more than we believe in almost anything else. We came to this belief because our families of origin taught us that certain things were good, and others were bad or downright evil. It was possible for us to be good,
bad or evil, but it was not possible, within this belief system, for us to be Holy— that was reserved for the divine. So most of us were taught to strive after being good so that we wouldn’t be bad or evil. And most of us have spent our lives trying to do that. Of course, this also means that some of us will identify with the bad or evil side of the spectrum since it is one of the possibilities available to us. So, for example, a child who is chastised with severity or punished for the slightest infraction, never noticed any other time, might identify as bad or even evil. He believes since his parents mirrored only that, that these words define his character—and so he will do worse or evil to prove that he still exists at all. You see, we depend on our identities to prove our existence to us. And we develop our identities within the family of origin
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early in life—some say between the ages of 0 and 7. It is during those ages that we are taught the distinctions between good and evil. So, within this very limited range of possibilities, we develop an identity. And that is the problem with the good/ evil spectrum. It is limited to the range between manmade definitions of good and man-made definitions of bad or evil. None of these definitions can be standardized. What is good for one family, one culture, one group of people is bad to another. We can see this right now in the division that exists between Democrats and Republicans—both of whom think that what they propose is good and right— even though their proposals are diametrically opposed. Further, even the very idea that some things are good
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or bad can be disproven immediately. For example, we think that it is definitely bad to kill—except when we think that it is good to kill. Yet many of us are stuck living only within the confines of these very limited, blurry and indefinable concepts ranging from good to evil. We believe that staying within those confines will somehow eventually turn them into worthy people. Thus, many of us spend our entire lives trying desperately to develop that distant and illusory sense of worthiness based upon finally arriving at something that can be defined as good enough to pass for worthy. In the meantime, we have not even begun to consider wholeness. So, a few questions to consider. What if worthiness cannot be measured by those indefinable concepts of good and evil? What if our
worthiness is based, not in our identifications with good or evil, but in our very beingness? What if we are worthy, because we exist? Well, if that is true, then we can stop focusing so much on trying to prove our worth by being good and begin to trust our beingness to be enough to get us to right action. For example, we have been taught that guilt is a good guide. That it will get us to behave rightly—when actually, guilt is another form of anxiety that doesn’t do anything for us at all but worry us. Right action will come more from compassion and passion. Those are enough. And they come, not from some code about morality, but from the human heart. In other words, our beingness already has coded within its very essence, all that we need to live fully alive as whole people— people who actualize their beingness.
We can begin to actualize our beingness by bringing its gifts into conscious awareness and action. When we feel compassion, we can act on it. When we have deep soulful longings, we can act on them. When we have passion, we can act on it. When we find darker shadowy sides of ourselves, we can learn how to get close enough to them to see in the dark—to discover the gifts these shadows have come to bring us. This is wholeness—a unexamined concept. Let us begin to explore it.
Andrea Mathews is the author of four books, the latest of which is “Letting Go of Good: Dispel the Myth of Goodness to Find Your Genuine Self.” She is the host of the very popular Authentic Living Show and a therapist with over 30 years’ experience.
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Relationships The interconnectiveness among all human beings and, consequently, the relationships among us are the focus of this section. The dynamics of the web of connections we make is one of the most prominent aspects of human existence: how we interlace with each other’s existence in a meaningful way.
Removing the Masks by Isha Judd
Everything we judge in others is an aspect of ourselves. When we learn to become aware of our automatic responses to the thing’s others, so we can go within and use the feelings that are triggered to heal ourselves. By doing this, Omtimes.com
we transform ourselves and the world around us. (699 words) We constantly see and criticize how false people are, the masks they adopt, how they compromise, and the level of mediocrity that surrounds us. We see this on the outside, in the news headlines, on social networks, on TV, in novels, but can we see it in ourselves? We swear that we are not like that, but I invite you to open up to the possibility that maybe some of this belongs to you too. Not to judge yourself, but to eradicate what is internally sustaining (albeit subtly and surreptitiously), the existence of these aspects. Everything that annoys us externally is an aspect of us, and if we can recognize it, love it and heal it, it will no longer remain hidden within, capable of generating pain and causing suffering. When we change, the world around us changes. When one heals those places of suffering, and the lack of love within, the vibration of love rises in everything. We all deserve to experience this. How can I make this change? If I do not like something on the
outside, first I need to ask myself: where is that within me? How can I change that in me? Moreover, then I must remain willing to make that change so that it can begin to happen. Here is an example: “They deceive me, they lie to me, they disappoint me, and they abandon me without telling me why,� So instead of investing energy in thinking about what the other person did, how they are responsible for my suffering and how they need to change, I ask the questions: Where do I cheat myself? What do I lie about? Where am I disappointed by lost opportunities, because deep down I do not feel capable? What am I afraid of when I face a challenging situation? The important thing in this exercise is to let go of the fear of looking deep within, and to adopt the willingness to change so that we can grow. Thus, we begin to cultivate the certainty that we do deserve the best and Omtimes.com
to act accordingly. When I see that I feel like a victim, waiting for someone else to give me what I need, I can choose to give it to myself internally. I can choose to appreciate everything good in my life, even if it is minimal, instead of automatically complaining about what is missing, and I can be grateful for all the new things that are emerging as a result of making these changes. If my automatic response is to fight and defend myself, I can use that same fighting energy to change. Fighting is just a superficial explosion that always creates the same result. We have to go beyond the need to defend, that is implicit in the desire to fight so that that deep transformation can take root within. When we responsibly move the anger and release that energy in a healthy way, all the creative and dynamic potential emerges. We need to realize that no matter how much energy we invest in criticizing or trying to change others, we are powerless to change anyone but ourselves. Once we realize that this is all we need to do, we experience incredible freedom to use every Omtimes.com
situation in our lives as an opportunity to evolve and grow rather than to suffer. We no longer depend on the external for our happiness. It is an invitation to cultivate change by shining the light of awareness on our automatic responses. In this way, we remove the masks that we use to hide what we feel from ourselves, and we begin to experience a reliable sense of security growing within us. Automatically this will result in greater clarity in our relationships, based on trust, transparency and the vulnerability to express what we feel, because we will be present and attentive, without abandoning ourselves anymore. Isha Judd is an Australian humanitarian, spiritual teacher based in Latin America, author of “Love Has Wings” and “Why Walk When You Can Fly?”. Her website is www.ishajudd.com. You can watch “Why Walk When You Can Fly?” on iTunes. Watch other movies and inspiring videos at isha.tv Follow Isha Judd on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ officialishajudd
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Moving Forward With Grace After a Breakup
As a psychic medium, I help clients work through many different challenges that occur in their lives, but the one most addressed is the loss of a relationship. Whether the breakup is expected, or it blindsides a
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person on a Sunday morning, the results are the same. There are few things as painful as losing someone who has been trusted, loved, and vulnerable with; especially if there are betrayal and deception that comes to light during the breakup. So how do people keep sane during this painful transition? How does one pick up the pieces of his or her life, especially after having been so interwoven with another, often for many years? Many people do not even know who they are without his or her significant other. The loss is loss and grief is grief, and once it’s over, a person faced all the stages of grief to deal with like denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. And unfortunately for anyone who has dealt with this, these stages do not follow any order but jump from one to the other daily for months, sometimes even
years if not properly dealt with. Everyone is going to process grief and loss in different ways, so first of all, an individual must allow him or herself to feel all the many emotions. Keeping in mind, of course, that emotions are not who a person is, they are what someone feels at any given time. Emotions ebb, they flow, they come, they go. Repressing these emotions will have them bubble up later and can also cause another relationship like the old one to occur again. So, use this time to feel and reflect and learn from the experience. Stop communication with the ex! stop! (If there are children this is a bit tricky, but less communication is better in the long run.) Actions speak FAR louder than any words someone’s ex may tell them, so if they are not back with the person, it means they don’t want them. It may
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sound harsh, but it’s true! A grieving person should not waste his or her time, emotions and energy hoping things may work out. If they do eventually, they will do so on their own accord, but if communication is not severed with the ex, or one is spending time stalking them on social media and such, it will be impossible to move forward. Block them, take them out of any contacts, and cut all cords. There is a lot of helpful information on the internet for “cutting cords.” Like Don Miguel Ruiz explains in his book The Four Agreements, “Nothing others do is because of you, it is a projection of their own reality.” Whether people love or hate others has nothing to do with the other person, and everything to do with them. Physically, clean out ALL remnants of the other person from all living spaces or as much as possible.
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Clean, wash walls with white vinegar, move or buy new furniture, sage everything; whatever it takes to remove the other person’s energy. Get rid of photos, or at least store them away for a time. Individuals need to recreate who they are, so start with the basics like living spaces. It’s important for a grieving person to move his or her body, get out of the house, and keep busy in healthy and positive ways. Join the gym, find some meetup groups that focus on things like pottery, jewelry making, a book club, or whatever it is that one enjoys. This is the time to make new habits, learn from past mistakes and step into this new and improved person! Don’t look back because you’re not going that way! There may be times when the mind ruminates, like a broken record, playing over and over again, but the sooner a person cuts those cords, the sooner the mind
chatter will slow down. One should replace these thoughts with all that he or she is grateful for, or other positive mantras and things. When negative talk enters the mind, nip it in the bud with the simple technique of saying “cancel, cancel, delete, delete” or “only good will come from this experience.” Also, do not be afraid to seek professional help, whether from a talk therapist, hypnotherapist, energy healer, acupuncturist, and other healing modalities. Many of life’s bad breakups teach individuals the most, so use this time to dig deep within, in a constructive way, so one heals, learns and evolves into a better version of his or her self. Those with broken hearts will love again. They will heal. Be patient and understanding with feelings, use loved ones for support, allow emotions to flow
through and then release them. Never forget that humans are spiritual beings currently having a human experience and all these situations are taking place, so learning may be achieved. The pain a person feels is not what defines them. Use this time to focus on loving self, while embracing all the beautiful new and exciting adventures that lie ahead. Being now free, embrace this new-found power and delve into the beauty of the soul, and all the new possibilities ahead! Be FREE! Be love! Be powerful! Susan Schueler is a psychic medium living in Venice Beach California with her two dogs and magical cat Merkaba. She does live demonstrations, private readings and teaching around the country. Before being a full-time Psychic Medium, Susan was a teacher for almost 25 years and is certified in both NY State and California. Reach Susan at MediumSusan.com.
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Metaphysics
“Is The Law Of Attraction Real?” By John Holland
You are what you think. Most people don’t realize how powerful thoughts are and how each thought has its own unique energy signature. You’re a magnetic energy being – so that when you have a thought – it’s immediately lodged in your magnetic field, which is more known as your aura. When that thought remains in this field for any length of time, it often radiates out and projected into the Universe. It’s Omtimes.com
easy to imagine what’s likely to happen to someone who constantly fears certain things will happen in their life. They’re consciously thinking about it, dwelling on it, obsessing on it, feeding their precious energy into it. The net result is that they end up sending that stream of fear-based thought out into the universe. It’s like they’re holding up a sign above their head with a giant arrow saying: “Hey, come to me!” So, it usually does. Then you’ll hear them say: “I knew
this was going to happen!” It’s not rocket science to see that ‘we attract what we vibrate.’ It’s all about the frequency! You’ve heard the saying: like attracts like – well it’s more about frequency attracting the same frequency. Everything is energy, which includes you and me. Since we’re energy, it’s we will tune into and attract the same frequency that we resonate. So, it goes without saying that If you’re afraid – you’ll attract fear; if you’re kind – you’ll attract kindness; when you’re grateful – you’ll attract prosperity. As we think, we begin to feel. As we feel, we vibrate. When we vibrate, we start to attract. So remember, you’ll attract exactly what you’re resonating. I was always aware of how thoughts create reality, even in my teenage years. I remember to this day when a friend said: “John, nice guys finish last.” Even today, I refuse to believe that statement. People live their lives by the rules and conditions that they imposed upon themselves by their parents, society, media, government, religion, and other influential
people. Such rules, behavioral patterns, and conditions are instilled into us while we are young and impressionable. My family’s all-time favorite saying while I was growing up was: “We never have any luck!” So, I grew up believing that luck didn’t come my way. for me, I learned to reprogram that thought! So, is the ‘Law Of Attraction real? Yes!
JOHN’S LESSON Check in With Your Thoughts Throughout the Day This week try to become more aware of how and what you’re thinking. A great way of doing this is to ask yourself: “How are my thoughts today?” You might be very surprised that they reflect exactly how your day is going. I also believe that if we all realized how powerful our words and thoughts are, we would never say or think a negative thing again! One of the most important things to acknowledge in this life is the power of thought and the law of attraction. It’s worth remembering that you’re always certain to find what you’re thinking or looking for. Live a Soul-filled life! Omtimes.com
Personal Growth & Development
We grow as individuals as we face challenges and overcome life’s obstacles. This section is dedicated to helping you chart your course
Don’t Get Mad: 4 Ways to Manage Your Anger by Rachelle Wilber
Anger is a natural response to specific stimuli, but some people anger more easily than others. In addition, many people with a hot temper may become enraged by things that others may simply be irritated by. Anger can cause you to act irrationally and to say things that you may regret in the future. Learning how to properly manage your anger can improve your quality of life in numerous ways, and these are effective anger management techniques to employ. Omtimes.com
Remove Yourself from the Situation While it may be understandable why specific events or people may irritate you, there is no reason to be exposed to your catalysts for longer than necessary. Continued exposure to those catalysts can magnify your feelings and may eventually lead to you flying off the handle. A smart idea is to remove yourself from the situation as soon as you notice yourself becoming irritable. For
example, take a walk, or head to the gym to burn off steam.
Avoid Confrontations and Accusations When something has irritated you, you understandably may be thinking about confronting the person who has caused you to feel intense stress. Making accusations and pointing fingers rarely is a productive way to deal with a situation. Take time to ask yourself if a confrontation would resolve anything or if the purpose would simply be to make yourself feel better. Calm, focused conversations that have a specific and beneficial purpose should be a goal.
Avoid Triggers Many people become irritable when they are exposed to triggers. For example, drinking excessively may result in you getting in a bar fight. Dealing with assault charges and hiring a may be avoided if you can pinpoint your triggers and take active steps to avoid exposing yourself to them.
Seek Anger Management Therapy Many people like you struggle to control anger, and there are
support groups and therapy sessions designed specifically to help people who are dealing with this issue. Through anger management therapy, you may gain fresh insight about your problem. You may also learn about ways to diffuse situations or alleviate your negative feelings before they multiply. While many people lose their temper from time to time, some people reach an irate state quickly and with minimal stimuli. If you can relate to this, you may understand how detrimental your anger management problem may be to your life in general and to your relationships. Take steps to curb your anger on your own or seek professional assistance as needed. Rachelle Wilber is a freelance writer living in the San Diego, California area. She graduated from San Diego State University with her bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Media Studies. She tries to find an interest in all topics and themes, which prompts her writing. When she isn›t on her porch writing in the sun, you can find her shopping, at the beach, or at the gym. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook: @RachelleWilber; Omtimes.com
Rediscovering Yourself: Reinvention in midlife A Process of Reinvention calls for letting go of the life that we once had and welcoming ourselves to think in a new perspective. To reexamine our lives, ourselves in the light of a new age. It may not be the age
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that we once had, yet it is the age we have now. And how do we live in the light of this reality, once again? It needs an ongoing renewal of who we are and where we would like to be at this phase of life. A renewal taught by the art of resilience brings courage and creativity. We stretch, not to endure but to live, in the sense of living and not existing. Navigating the landscape of midlife, are we going through a crisis? The very word--reinvention sounds a new beginning, as we are on a pathway to rediscover ourselves in a new light, begin again with a new vision, say “yes” to a new perspective. It is a truth that lies beneath the struggling thoughts that arise to make meaning of everything, the life we lived so far, the years we spent, doing what was needed to be done. That was our need then, and what now? For those with children, it is a concept understood, as our parental role changes when they grow up and seek out their careers, walking on their pathways to shape their own lives. And with that comes, such a
staring void in us, leaving a feeling of emptiness inside. There’s the truth—we are no longer needed by our children in the same way. This calls for a colossal change in our relationship to our kids, and while it changes, it does call for the reinvention of other aspects of our lives. From where the kids left the homes to seek out the meaning and purpose of their own lives, from that place, that moment, we can search for other facets of our lives. Life is not a one-track sided beauty. It carries many sides, some of which stand out bare and revealed and some others, hidden, All waiting to be discovered. So many different transitions come in the midlife phase of our lives. We may be at the pinnacle of our professional lives, or we find ourselves unemployed. While walking the trails of life, we may meet an old flame. Or go for a divorce and remarry, recommit with our heart to the wedding of our souls, or either decide to be celibate.
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Around this age, we go through physical aging. Many are diagnosed with a chronic illness. Life begins to reveal in another light at this midage. Many are going through anxiety, stress, hypertension, arthritis. We learn to endure what comes in this midlife phase, struggling with these new symptoms like reading glasses, frequent doctor’s visits. And we learn to live life through a new lens. As despairing as it may sound, these physical symptoms appear with the progression of age. Still, life is a gift, and we need to see it. We can still hear the music of life, in another way, with a heart of gold that never grows old. We begin to rediscover ourselves in the light of a new age—the mid-life. While exploring what we have in the mid-life, wouldn’t it be wiser to find joy with what we have, while we have it? As, every moment that comes, eventually passes away. We may feel weighed down and pulled back at times, but to be able to feel the music again needs us to rise above the hopeless feelings so we can Omtimes.com
move in the light of hope and new dreams again. Yes, they are not the dreams that we had in the younger phases of life, but that was then, and this is now. The gap between then and now needs to be acknowledged. All things change, with time. At times, the reinvention that is accompanied by mourning over the past can give us a closure much needed after the loss, so we can walk again. The much-needed thing of life that calls for the flow keep flowing. Like the river that begins its youthful stage, flowing down the steep slopes with plenty of energy, erodes along the process. And a time comes, when it slows down. For some of us, a phase of depression follows the transitions, and there we feel the void that rises from the losses. We feel so helpless, hopeless and useless. We can seek the support of a mental health professional or family or close friends to build a supportive circle. So, we can reach out to one another in times of these life emptying losses. Consider it as a dual
path approach. We can begin to mourn or grieve for the life that we once had and will never have again. The years never come back. The times never return. And once we get to grieve together with friends of the same age collectively, we can begin to create a new life with a new vision, a new purpose, and meaning. That is our restoration, restoring life once again with its music that never dies. So, we can see, that there can be a life, beyond the bygone years. What comes must go—is the eternal truth, but what is left behind, still has something to give, something to live for. While we are cleaning out our children’s decades-old school supplies, or engrossed in nostalgic feelings, lamenting over the lost times with parents, and siblings, and kids, we should rise from the reminder of what has passed, and we can steer a new direction in this path of life. Whereas cleaning out our parent’s closets, we may have to make room for something new, but we can always tuck
in the decade-old precious sentimental, in a private place, allowing us to visit them when needed. The art of resilience brings creativity, courage and the ongoing renewal needed to keep the flow, as flow we must like the running brook. Yet, at the same time, we can sit down with the life we have now and see what it brings to us in this gifted moment. The truth is—aging is a privilege denied to many, every breath is a gift from heaven above. Jayita Bhattacharjee: Born in Calcutta, India and later on education from the University of Houston in Economics, she had chosen her career as a trustee and teacher. Her love for writing on a journey of heart and soul was all within. Her books “ The Ecstatic Dance of Soul’, “ Sacred Sanctuary,” are among the many that she has authored. https://www.goodreads.com/ author/show/6850731.Jayita_ Bhattacharjee Omtimes.com
World Vision
When you look at the view of Earth from space, you are immediately in awe of what you do see: the incredible beauty of Creation. It is not until you look closer that you realize what you do not see. You do not see lines partitioning countries. You do not see separation between races. You do not see division between religions. You do not see the walls people build to isolate themselves from each other. There is only One Planet. There is only One Humanity. This section is dedicated to introducing thoughts and ideas to foster a greater understanding of Humanity’s interdependence.
Billionaire Creates Fund for Environmental Protection Billionaire establishes Fund of almost R $ 4 billion to protect 30% of the planet by 2030
By Omtimes Staff
Many people know that much of our natural resources, including forests and oceans and all life in them, are at serious risk. The challenges of Global climate changes and the extinction of many species
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pose as threats to our survival as Humans and the Planet. But few are in the same position to help as the Swiss Hansjörg Wyss. Billionaire, and a wildlife lover, he announced that he would donate one billion dollars to environmental causes. Wyss had a career working as an engineer and executive. But it was after he founded Synthes, a medical device manufacturer, that he made his fortune. Much of the foundation money goes to fuel social, scientific and environmental causes, as well as incentives to museums and artistic endeavors. In late October, Mr. Wyss published an article in the NY Times explaining his plans for the next decade. Mr. Wyss believes that conservation institutions like national parks and wildlife reserves, should be a priority of our time. He decided to direct future donations to focus on funding such initiatives. Nine institutions are in a list to
receive $ 48 million each. Mr. Wyss ‘s goal is that by 2030, 30% of the planet’s surface would be taken care. Hansjörg Wyss also envisions including Indigenous communities, coral reefs, glaciers, and savannas among his leading concerns as a philanthropist. He also intends to persuade other billionaires to join him on the journey of environmental protection. The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable foundation dedicated to supporting innovative, lasting solutions that improve lives, empower communities, and strengthen connections to the land. Mr. Hansjörg Wyss ‘ passion for innovation and discovery runs throughout his philanthropy blueprint. At the Wyss Foundation, they invest in conservation projects that create new partnerships and new approaches to environmental Protection. In their work to expand economic opportunity and empower communities, his Omtimes.com
Foundation helps incubate new ways of thinking, and new ideas that can help move beyond old paradigms and divisions we are facing today. Above all, they try to help find solutions that work and stand the test of time. Climbing and hiking the Rocky Mountains as a young man, Hansjörg Wyss developed a lifelong love for America’s open lands and a passion for discovery and innovation. After a successful career in life-saving medical science, Mr. Wyss created the Wyss Foundation in 1998 to help ensure the iconic Western landscapes preservation for everyone to experience and explore. Today, the Wyss Foundation supports projects in areas from conservation and education to economic opportunity and social justice. Each philanthropic investment seeks to encourage new ideas and new solutions that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.
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About Mr.Hansjorg Wyss: A native of Switzerland who now lives in Wilson, Wyoming, Mr. Wyss’ first experiences in the West drew him back to the United States to attend the Harvard Business School, which he graduated in 1965. Working for the Colorado Highway Department as a student in 1958, Hansjörg Wyss developed a lifelong love for America’s national parks and public lands. In particular, he grew to admire an American idea: that nation’s iconic landscapes should receive protection and preservation to pass to our future generations. With his American education and passion for discovery, has started a successful medical research and design company. His company had it headquarter in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and its products have helped millions of patients recover from skeletal and soft tissue trauma and injuries. https://www.wyssfoundation. org/
Releasing The Continuity of War by Crystal Presence
Releasing the condition and continuity of war. Letting go of holding war as part of the human condition. Asking new questions. Changing the habit of making choices at point crisis rather than at point easy.
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Taking full responsibility for releasing the continuity of our own internal battle and tug of war. A list of things we can do to be part of releasing war from our inside out. As we stand in awe and appreciation for our lives, we also find ourselves wrestling with the fear of war. Some of the greatest minds continue to ponder over the cause of war, the battles over personal power, resources, economic gain, safety, rebellion, and revenge. Many scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human nature resulting from socio-cultural and ecological circumstances. Meanwhile, many feel it is part of the human condition. Studies show that most men do not want to go to war as it goes against their deepseated human morality. What if we embrace the possibility of ending the war? What if we take 100% responsibility for releasing our own internal battle and tug of war? What if we make reconnecting with ourselves and our source our highest priority? What if stop using war as an excuse to live in fear, stress, guilt and
holding back? What if we open ourselves to a new kind of peace and wellness that radiates from our inside out? We know that what we resist persists as we witness war continuing to grow more and more destructive. While some believe that ending the war is hopeless, many are rising to bring forth a new context of living. With the understanding that beliefs are thoughts that we think repeatedly, we know that we can re-think, feel and change the continuity of how we take action in our world. We know that that leaving the responsibility to others is not the answer. Meanwhile, we struggle with questions like how can we find peace while holding onto guilt, shame, addiction and living in a world with so much violence? How can we make a change before the war keeps growing into an even bigger crisis? The following are some of the things we can do to release the addictive continuity of war‌ Stay connected and honest with ourselves. Sit on a pillow and place three others in front. Omtimes.com
Let each pillow represent a different aspect of ourselves. One as our spirit and the others representing our body, emotions, and heart. For example, begin a conversation with our emotional body. Allow our emotions to interact and respond with us. Go back and forth letting each aspect speak. Encourage them to express how they feel. Create plenty of time and space for each aspect to come to closure. Enjoy the love that arises as the truth is being revealed and integrated. Appreciate how insights for a resolution to war keep spontaneously arising! Stay connected to the greater intelligence of our loving source. The source that connects us all and is always available to guide us to the peace we want. Ask the structural question of what the nature of experiencing a context and world of peace, freedom, and well-being for all is? Acknowledge any rage, fear, and sadness we feel around the conditions in our world. Be willing to let these emotions Omtimes.com
move and express in safe and healthy ways. Open the space to change beliefs and release whatever control and contraction are holding us back. Release the habit of being reactive. Notice what triggers us and how we respond. Think of new choices we can make to create the outcomes we want. Remember that changing any habit such as reactivity takes practice. Inspire the momentum of peace. Release reactivity to things such as rallies that are hateful, violent and resistant. Meditate with the intent to connect with self and Source while letting go of tension and control. Spend time in nature, bathing in the peaceful emanations and aligning with the healing powers of the Earth. Stay in movement, dance, walk, swim and whatever opens us up to allowing new possibilities. Release all verbal cultural expressions (i.e. “the war on
drugs” and “ the warpath.” Change these common beliefs… (1) War is part of life. ( 2) We have to fight for our freedom. ( 3) There is not enough for everybody, so we must fight for resources. ( 4) We need to get rid of the people we think are bad. ( 5) Conditions must be perfect, right and done before we can have peace. ( 6) Peace is not possible, and history proves it. ( 7) Letting go of war and resistance is dangerous because it could set us up to be at risk for being vulnerable. ( 8) We must control and ourselves and others to have the resolutions we want. Embrace the fact that war requires cultivating peace wherever we are right now. Knowing that everything is
alright (all right). Appreciating where we are now, standing in the chaos and knowing each moment with a pass as we focus on the resolution. We can do it! About the author: Crystal is a certified expansion guide with the Total Integration Institute, author, multidimensional coach and facilitator for the live event called Freedom at the Core. She is the instructor and coach for her online course called Freedom from the Inside Out. She draws from her own experience and the experience of the thousands of people she has worked with over the past 35 years. Crystal is known for the fun and empowering way she supports people in bringing forth the experiences they want in their lives. www.crystalpresenceonline. com www.facebook.com/crystal. presence/ www.facebook.com/ crystalpresenceonline www.facebook.com/ emotionalparadigmshift Omtimes.com
Books
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Heal Yourself from Anxiety When No One Else Can
How to Heal Yourself from Anxiety When No One Else Can takes you on a guided journey to resolve emotional, physical and energetic blockages that get in the way of true healing. You will feel like you have a loving expert coach by your side along the way. Anxiety is not “just fear” and it doesn't come from out of the blue. In fact, everything you think you know about anxiety is about to change. This remarkable book offers a dynamic method for addressing anxiety in an entirely new way. Beginning with helping the reader understand what anxiety really is (a side effect of a dangerously unhealthy pattern of suppressing emotions that need to be expressed), this book sets itself apart from the rest. It’s full of handson techniques and guidance that illustrate one profound truth: permanent and complete healing is possible. Join Amy B. Scher, author of the bestselling How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can as she shares a unique, go-atyour-own-pace approach to address the root of anxiety: changing harmful beliefs, calming your body, and release old emotional energy that holds you back. How to Heal Yourself from Anxiety When No One Else Can guides you through a series of transformative tools and easy-to-follow exercises that can change your life quickly. No more coping. Just healing. Utilizing Amy’s powerful self-created clearing techniques, as well as the widely popular Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), you will learn how to let go of unresolved emotional baggage so that you can become the healthiest, most relaxed, lighthearted version of yourself.
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