No one will listen to us until we
listen to ourselves.
- Marianne
Williamson
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Monday, 22 October 2012
Friday, 19 October 2012
October 19, 2012 Chautauqua
From the Editor's Computer
Ever wish you could discover the elusive
secret to life?
Truth is, it isn't that elusive, nor is it
really a secret.
The answer is breathe!
Think about it for a moment and you'll see
that it is true. No breath = no life. You stop breathing, you stop
living. Literally. It's as simple as that.
- As long as you are breathing, you are alive.
- As long as you are alive, you can make any choice you want .
- As long as you are breathing and can make any choice you want, you are free.
- As long as you are free, you have no need for excuses.
- If you have no excuses, you have nothing stopping you.
- If you have nothing stopping you, you are fully present and alive.
From ancient texts to the most modern
science, there is agreement that the heart is the true “brain” controlling the
body. It has been proven that our hearts
react to external and internal stimuli before any other sensor in the entire
body. Actually, the heart reacts just before
there is any measurable external or internal stimuli!
The rate at which your heart beats
determines what signals it sends to the brain and the rest of the body’s
systems. The signals that are sent,
determines whether one is healthy or not.
The only way to consciously change
the rate the heart beats is by consciously changing the pattern of the
breath.
- By breathing slower and fuller, the heart rate slows.
- When the heart rate slows, the heart sends out the proper messages.
- When the proper messages are sent out, the body responds better.
- When the body responds better, your thinking gets clearer.
- When your thinking gets clearer, you make better choices.
- When you make better choices, you relax and your breathing gets fuller and slower.
So, the answer to anything and everything in
your life is to breathe!
Beth
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Monday, 15 October 2012
Friday, 12 October 2012
Extremes
When you spend your energy
trying to
maintain the extremes,
nothing goes forward...
Just let the extremes go.
Don’t participate in them…
– Michael Singer
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012
How
The beauty of embracing deep truths
is that
you don’t have to change your life;
you just change how you live your
life.
It’s not what you’re doing;
it’s
how much of you is doing it.
– Michael
Singer
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Monday, 8 October 2012
Thanksgiving
Let us be thankful
that we have something to be thankful
for.
That pumpkin pies are once more in
fashion.
That turkey is cheap enough for
the poor man’s table.
That the cranberry
crop wasn’t ruined by the frosts.
That
the country is still quite safe
in spite of the politicians.
– Good Housekeeping magazine, 1888
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Friday, 5 October 2012
October 5, 2012 Chautauqua
From the Editor's Computer
As you go
about your daily life and interactions, are you like water?
Water flows along, taking the path
of least resistance, finding the easiest route to get to where it wants to
go. It exerts little effort, it just
flows as it is naturally inclined to do. Water is not impeded by
obstacles in its path. While it may appear to be momentarily stuck, or
blocked, ultimately, it flows around anything in its path.
While water is very soft and
gentle, it is very strong. Through persistence, it wears away at the most
unyielding materials in its path.
Water conforms to its
surroundings, yet at the same time, it creates its own form. It stays
within boundaries, however, it is not rigidly confined to those boundaries if
conditions change.
Water, especially flowing water,
is vibrantly alive. Debris can build up in water, yet if the water
continues to flow, it isn't long before the debris is left by the
wayside. It is searching, extending, always moving forward, constantly
changing.
Yet, water never loses its
essence. No matter what happens, or where it flows, water is still
ultimately water.
Or are you like a boulder in a
stream bed?
A boulder is stationary, never
moving, stuck. It tends to act more like a hindrance than a benefit to
those in its path.
Also a boulder is subject to
everything that comes its way. It is constantly battered and attacked by
the debris and the environmental forces around it.
Its rigidity is its
downfall. It neither grows nor expands into new territory.
The changes it does experience are forced on it from external sources.
A boulder gets left behind as life
teems around it. Unable to move or defend itself, the boulder keeps
getting more and more worn down, until it is a mere a reflection of its former
self. It loses its essence as more and
more pieces of it are worn away.
Are you flowing forward?
Or are you stuck in the mud?
Beth
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Energy
When you are feeling
depreciated, angry or drained,
it is a sign that other people
are not open to
your energy.
– Sanaya Roman
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Monday, 1 October 2012
Distracted
[W]hen a lot of things start going wrong all at once,
it is to protect
something big and lovely
that is trying to get itself born –
and...this
something needs for you
to be distracted so that it can be born
as perfectly as
possible.
– Anne Lamott
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Friday, 28 September 2012
Letting
True mastery can be gained
by
letting things go their own way.
– Wayne Dyer
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Resist
Do not resist the natural
course of your life.
In this way you
will never weary
of this world.
– Wayne
Dyer
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Monday, 24 September 2012
Friday, 21 September 2012
September 21, 2012 Chautauqua
From the Editor's Computer
“This
is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how
you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high
because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of
being depressed, you've got to stand like this.” (Charlie Brown, Peanuts by
Charles M. Schulz)
Are
you concerned about how others are treating you? Look at how you stand or sit.
Do
you slouch and try to hide yourself like a turtle retreating into a protective
shell?
Or
is your head hanging to the ground, like Charlie Brown’s, as if to hide it like
a frightened ostrich?
Perhaps your chin thrust forward, along with your chest, as you puff up
in an attempt to intimidate like a bulldog?
Shape-shifting isn’t a mythical ritual that only special healers can
accomplish. All of us change our shape
(stance) every day, mostly unconsciously.
When
we are happy, we are more open and our movements are more expansive and free.
When
we are with someone we like, we lean in closer like a family pet waiting to be
petted.
On
the other hand, when we feel threatened in any way, we go on the defensive and
our hackles are raised. We hiss and
growl, snarl and attack like a cornered beast.
One
of the easiest ways to make a change in your life and your interactions with
other people, is to change how you stand or sit around them.
Looking people in the eye when you talk to them, and not retreating,
will go a long way to making people approach you in a friendlier manner.
We can all do our best to stand tall, yet
flexible, opening to others, and life around us, as a flower stretches and
opens to the sunshine.
Beth
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