...and he is very happy with me. My symptoms are under control and my Doc is pleased with the system I am using to keep track of what's going on. I like it when he is happy; he is such a great guy. Now, I am working on the original issue that caused the symptoms. I told him I don't want to do some of the treatment protocols available to me and he agrees. I am going to use my metaphysical and spiritual tools instead (as I have been doing all along) and he agrees to my plans.
We talked a bit and he shared a concept he recently learned and is using for himself. A teacher he is studying with said that when we focus on negative things or ideas, they stay with us - they get embedded into our systems. When we focus on something positive, though, it doesn't stay with us when we focus on it briefly. We have to focus on it for around 16 seconds or more (Abraham students - remember the 17 second rule?), so the positive energy stays with us.
So, my doctor says, when he looks at the snow-covered mountains or something else beautiful and positive he focuses on it and breathes five or six times to be sure it stays with him. I wanted to share this with you because I intend to start doing this and thought you might like to consider it as well.
There's sure a lot of negatives to focus on right now. Let's change that and spend our time seeing and breathing in the positives that are all around us. Then we will be better equipped to handle whatever comes our way!
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Friday, December 22, 2017
Isn’t it the simple things?
As our lives have become more complex with various technologies and opportunities, it’s truly the simple things that bring us the most joy. From looking at a flower to star-gazing, petting our companion animals or enjoying the crunch of biting into an apple, these are the things that ground us and support us in truly enjoying life.
Don’t get me wrong - I love my iPad as much as the next person and there are ways that modern technology brings me great joy. In fact, I have a secret that only one other person on this planet knows about and now you will, too. It’s thanks to technology that I get to experience this joy.
One time as I sat crocheting with some fellow fiber enthusiasts, one woman said she had to leave the group early because she and her husband were getting ready to leave on vacation in their motor home. She had heard about a light that could be put in the toilet. The light would come on only at night when he approached the toilet and according to her, “...would help him not miss the mark!” We all chuckled and wished her well trying to find one of these lights.
Was I amazed when, not long after this, I was in a store and saw one of these lights. It not only made light so one could easily see the toilet bowl in the dark, but it did this in rotating rainbow colors. Yes, I bought one on the spot and have been using it for almost a year now. It brings me great joy when I get up during the night, go into the bathroom, and my toilet bowl lights up with rotating rainbow light. Makes me smile every time.
What simple things or experiences bring you joy and make you smile? Focus more on these instead of the more complicated goals you’re working towards and watch those become more simplified for you.
Merry Christmas-Happy Hannukah-Blessed Winter Solstice-Happy Kwansa-whatever you celebrate this time of year, enjoy! Happy holidays!
Don’t get me wrong - I love my iPad as much as the next person and there are ways that modern technology brings me great joy. In fact, I have a secret that only one other person on this planet knows about and now you will, too. It’s thanks to technology that I get to experience this joy.
One time as I sat crocheting with some fellow fiber enthusiasts, one woman said she had to leave the group early because she and her husband were getting ready to leave on vacation in their motor home. She had heard about a light that could be put in the toilet. The light would come on only at night when he approached the toilet and according to her, “...would help him not miss the mark!” We all chuckled and wished her well trying to find one of these lights.
Was I amazed when, not long after this, I was in a store and saw one of these lights. It not only made light so one could easily see the toilet bowl in the dark, but it did this in rotating rainbow colors. Yes, I bought one on the spot and have been using it for almost a year now. It brings me great joy when I get up during the night, go into the bathroom, and my toilet bowl lights up with rotating rainbow light. Makes me smile every time.
What simple things or experiences bring you joy and make you smile? Focus more on these instead of the more complicated goals you’re working towards and watch those become more simplified for you.
Merry Christmas-Happy Hannukah-Blessed Winter Solstice-Happy Kwansa-whatever you celebrate this time of year, enjoy! Happy holidays!
Saturday, December 16, 2017
I wonder what history will say
Don’t you sometimes wonder what history will say about this time and all the events and decisions and laws being made and erased right now? I wonder how the little children who grow up to become the adults who have to deal with all of this will characterize this period of time?
Will they see it as a great period when the status quo was shaken up, poured out, and changed forever? Will they see this as a good thing? Will they resent being put in the position of having to deal with the debt being incurred, the rights being given up, the public lands being turned over to big business?
Most of the people who will have to deal with the long term effects aren’t born yet. I wonder if they are on the other side watching all of this and saying to themselves, “Well, I guess I had better plan on a challenging lifetime if I go back there now. What a mess!” Or will they say, “What a great opportunity to go back now. So many great situations I can be part of!”
Many of those in power right now are, in my opinion, acting like addicts. They are making decisions thinking only of the short-term and what sort of payoff it will give them now. Like the addict who only things of the next fix and how good it will feel, these Power Addicts are thinking of the next election and how much money they can get from their backers so they can stay in power. They are not thinking beyond four years and sometimes only two years.
The decisions they make now will affect us and the planet and our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren for generations to come. I wonder how we can help them begin to let go of their addiction and think in a bigger picture. Or is that impossible?
Will they see it as a great period when the status quo was shaken up, poured out, and changed forever? Will they see this as a good thing? Will they resent being put in the position of having to deal with the debt being incurred, the rights being given up, the public lands being turned over to big business?
Most of the people who will have to deal with the long term effects aren’t born yet. I wonder if they are on the other side watching all of this and saying to themselves, “Well, I guess I had better plan on a challenging lifetime if I go back there now. What a mess!” Or will they say, “What a great opportunity to go back now. So many great situations I can be part of!”
Many of those in power right now are, in my opinion, acting like addicts. They are making decisions thinking only of the short-term and what sort of payoff it will give them now. Like the addict who only things of the next fix and how good it will feel, these Power Addicts are thinking of the next election and how much money they can get from their backers so they can stay in power. They are not thinking beyond four years and sometimes only two years.
The decisions they make now will affect us and the planet and our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren for generations to come. I wonder how we can help them begin to let go of their addiction and think in a bigger picture. Or is that impossible?
Thursday, December 14, 2017
A surprise for me
I knew it was getting close and had even planned for it and then it happened this morning: time for a new journal! This might be just ho-hum for you - “Geez, Krysta, what’s the big deal?” The big deal is that I began this last journal March 17, 2017 - nine months ago. There are women who carried fetuses this entire time and are now giving birth to babies!
Over the years, I have filled hundreds of journals and destroyed most of them. I like to go through completed journals, glean the wisdom I unearthed, and then let go of the energies they hold. I didn’t used to do this and one day discovered I was lugging around over 20 years worth of journals in a trunk that had belonged to my mother. It took awhile to let go of them and I eventually quit re-reading them when I realized how much whining was mixed in with the wisdom. Did I really need to go through all that again? No.
I glanced back at the last nine months and can see how much I’ve grown and how my understanding of some issues has deepened. I also see areas where not much has changed and now ask, “Does this need to change? Maybe not.”
When I work with clients, I suggest they keep a journal if they aren’t doing so. It can be confusing if you let yourself believe there is any one “right” way to journal. There isn’t. There’s what works for you. Just get a blank book and every morning sit down and write your thoughts. What happens eventually is the deeper aspects of yourself start sharing ideas, feelings, and processes - thoughts you didn’t know you had. This can bring clarity, freshness, and wisdom to your life.
Today, I close the door on the last nine months. Tomorrow I begin a fresh page in a fresh book and look forward to the new ideas and wisdom that will fall onto the pages over the next few months. And if you want to see my new journal, I posted a photo of it on Facebook a few weeks ago. It’s got a purple cover with multicolored page edges. Very pretty and inviting!
Over the years, I have filled hundreds of journals and destroyed most of them. I like to go through completed journals, glean the wisdom I unearthed, and then let go of the energies they hold. I didn’t used to do this and one day discovered I was lugging around over 20 years worth of journals in a trunk that had belonged to my mother. It took awhile to let go of them and I eventually quit re-reading them when I realized how much whining was mixed in with the wisdom. Did I really need to go through all that again? No.
I glanced back at the last nine months and can see how much I’ve grown and how my understanding of some issues has deepened. I also see areas where not much has changed and now ask, “Does this need to change? Maybe not.”
When I work with clients, I suggest they keep a journal if they aren’t doing so. It can be confusing if you let yourself believe there is any one “right” way to journal. There isn’t. There’s what works for you. Just get a blank book and every morning sit down and write your thoughts. What happens eventually is the deeper aspects of yourself start sharing ideas, feelings, and processes - thoughts you didn’t know you had. This can bring clarity, freshness, and wisdom to your life.
Today, I close the door on the last nine months. Tomorrow I begin a fresh page in a fresh book and look forward to the new ideas and wisdom that will fall onto the pages over the next few months. And if you want to see my new journal, I posted a photo of it on Facebook a few weeks ago. It’s got a purple cover with multicolored page edges. Very pretty and inviting!
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
I am living in the state of astonishment - what about you?
Every day, almost every moment of every day, I am astonished by what’s going on the world. It’s like someone put a huge spoon into the soup of our lives and is stirring vigorously, mixing everything up. Some days it’s all we can do to hold on and not be thrown out of the soup pot! Yet, I think most of us know that eventually it will all settle down - the stress can come from not being sure how things will end up.
Will we be happy with the outcome once the stirring stops? What if we’re part of a soup we don’t want to be part of? What if the Cook in the sky decides to throw everything out and start over? Then what happens to us? What if the faith we have that ”everything will work out” is wrong? And remember that what you or I might think is “everything working out” is the exact opposite of what someone else thinks is “everything working out?” What to do?
For me, I stay aware of what’s going on, I take whatever action I can, then I let it go and focus on whatever is at hand for me to focus on: my clients, the articles we publish on our website, my color of the day (it’s jade), the two corgis who want to have breakfast right now, the wind blowing outside, and the cool green laser lights my sweetie put up so I can watch them in the morning darkness. There’s so much more to life than the drama going on “out there.”
If each of us focused our attention on loving more, caring for our fellow humans, the mess on the world stage would morph overnight.
Will we be happy with the outcome once the stirring stops? What if we’re part of a soup we don’t want to be part of? What if the Cook in the sky decides to throw everything out and start over? Then what happens to us? What if the faith we have that ”everything will work out” is wrong? And remember that what you or I might think is “everything working out” is the exact opposite of what someone else thinks is “everything working out?” What to do?
For me, I stay aware of what’s going on, I take whatever action I can, then I let it go and focus on whatever is at hand for me to focus on: my clients, the articles we publish on our website, my color of the day (it’s jade), the two corgis who want to have breakfast right now, the wind blowing outside, and the cool green laser lights my sweetie put up so I can watch them in the morning darkness. There’s so much more to life than the drama going on “out there.”
If each of us focused our attention on loving more, caring for our fellow humans, the mess on the world stage would morph overnight.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)