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A Meaningful November
 
  
 
 

What's Your Point?
 

There's so much emphasis on "the meaning of life", but what about just focusing on the meaning of OUR life?

What is that thing we can offer the world, that piece of ourselves we can give which will make it just a little bit better than how we found it? 

Don't know yet? That's OKAY. But I wonder...if we put some thought into it, walked through our day with that in mind, set the intention to figure it out, could we?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself
 
 
 

Most of the newsletter this month is comprised of pieces I found in books and online. As I read and listened I felt they were ideas that needed to be shared. They touched me so deeply that I wanted to give others the opportunity to be inspired by them as well.
 
 
 

I'll begin with a Deepak Chopra meditation called The Secret of Healing. This seems to be a hot topic these days, as good health is fundamental to our very survival and well being.

If your interest is piqued, click on the link for the full meditation. Just 10 - 15 minutes a day, he says, and if you have head phones you can pretty much listen to it anywhere. Not bad.

 
 
 

These are his openning words:

"These sutras activate self repair mechanisms because they're revealing to us our true identity. Self regulation and self repair is healing.

Very spontaneously the way you think changes, your emotions and feelings move to a higher level, your personal relationships move to a higher level, there is greater power of intention and everything that you intend becomes more powerful. There is more freedom of choice and more creativity. We also find ourselves experiencing loving kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity and peace of mind.

All this happens very spontaneously because we are getting in touch with that part of ourselves that is inseparable from all that exists.

As I recite the sutras put your attention in your body and be aware of your heart. Or, put your attention anywhere in the body where you need healing. Keep your eyes closed and just listen to the words.
 
 
 

You should listen to these sutras for about 10 - 15 minutes a day but you can go longer if you want. The next day pick up from wherever you left and do another 10 - 15 minutes.

When you're finished with the whole CD then come back to the beginning and keep doing it, BECAUSE:

what you're doing is seeding your consciousness with words that come from the universal domain, and even though you may not understand these words in the beginning, they will be like seeds in your own inner being, and when seeds are left alone in that inner being they wait for the right season and they blossom into manifestation.

In every one of these words there is the promise of thousands of forests. So just take it easy, put your awareness inside and listen."

The entire meditation is 46 minutes. Click HERE to begin.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

The next few paragraphs are from a book about energetic healing. As I go deeper down this path, the more scientific proofs and studies I find to back up claims like "our thoughts manifest into physicality," and plenty of other ideas that at first seem far fetched. As a skeptic with a cynical flare my mind is constantly being blown and I am learning to trust more and more. Why isn't this stuff common knowledge, you ask? Well, that's another conversation. For know, read on and open yourself to the possibility of "what if this were true?"
 

Following Our Longing Leads to Our Life Task

Each of us longs to be, to understand, and to express ourselves. This longing is the inner light that leads us along our evolutionary path. Taken to the personal level, this means each of us is born with a life task to reconnect to the core of our being. In order to do this, we must remove the blocks between our conscious awareness and our core. This is called our personal life task. As we accomplish this, the release of our creative energies brings forth gifts from the core that we first receive and then share with the world. The gifts we give to the world bring about the accomplishment of our life task in the world. This world task unfolds only as we release our creative energies from our core. Thus we can accomplish what we wish to do in the world only by attending to our personal transformation process.
 

You are Your Healer

It is you and only you who will heal yourself. You are completely capable of that. The process of healing a personal illness is, in fact, an act of personal empowerment. It is a personal journey, a right of passage, designed by yourself as one of the greatest learning tools you will ever encounter. Your healing journey will, of course, include a consideration and use of all the best tools modern medicine can offer you, as well as the best tools holistic healing can offer you.

From a deeper perspective, illness is caused by unfulfilled longing. The deeper the illness, the deeper the longing. It is a message that somehow, somewhere, you have forgotten who you are and what your purpose is. You have forgotten and disconnected from the purpose of your creative energy from your core. Your illness is the symptom: the disease represents your unfulfilled longing. So above all else, use your illness to set yourself free to do what you have always wanted to do, to be who you have always wanted to be, to manifest and express who you already are from your deepest, brightest, and highest reality.

If indeed you have discovered yourself to be ill, prepare yourself for change, expect your deepest longing to surface and to be brought to fruition. Prepare yourself to finally stop running and turn and face the tiger within you, whatever that means to you in a very personal way. I suggest the best place to start to find the meaning of your illness is to ask yourself:

"What is it that I have longed for and not yet succeeded in creating in my life?"

I suggest that you will eventually find a direct link between this unfulfilled longing and your illness.

Light Emerging, Barbara Ann Brennan, Bantam Books, 1993, Pg 12
 
 
 

From Thoughts to Reality

This excerpt is from a book I have referenced before, called “The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy,” by Cyndi Dale. This reading in particular discusses the connection between the brain and the gut (or, why our belly has a hard time when things in life aren't going so well and vice versa):

"Intense sadness or anger, for example, will set off a chain reaction that stimulates or reduces hunger, perhaps causing weight and digestive problems, and sometimes intestinal illnesses.

On the other hand, the digestive system also influences the brain. For example, long-standing or recurring diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, and other painful diseases affect emotions, behaviors, and daily functioning. This two-way association has been called the brain-gut axis.

Because of rich connections to the autonomic nervous system, the digestive organs are common sites of psychosomatic illnesses.
 
 
 

Many IBS sufferers also have some type of psychiatric disorder; their IBS becomes more severe under stress. Crohn’s disease has also been linked to emotional distress.

Some panic attack sufferers also report bowel disorders, with intestinal triggers starting in the sympathetic nervous system. Other illnesses, too, such as cancer, adult-onset (type 2) diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis are being studied for psychosomatic relationships.

Experts such as Michael Gershon, MD, propose that the stomach actually contains a second brain, rich with neurotransmitters of its own, which triggers IBS. Gershon says IBS is an example of the gut working in isolation, though he recognizes the brain-gut axis such as when “butterflies in the stomach” occur as a result of the brain sending a message of anxiety to the gut, which sends messages back to the brain that it’s unhappy."

Cyndi, Dale. “The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy.” Sounds True, 2009-01-31T18:30:00+00:00. iBooks.
 
 
 

Okay...So, Now What?

Well, one of the simplest ways to find meaning in your life is to start with your health. And to do that, just listen. Really. No big action or gesture. Simply be aware of your feelings, sensations and cultivate an ear for what your body might be trying to tell you.

Next month I'm going to include a little science behind restorative yoga. It's way more powerful than most of us realize and a good answer to the "now what?" question.

One last thing: As you cultivate that awareness don't judge what comes up, just do your best to allow what needs to come through.
 
 
 
 

Be grateful, and more reasons to be grateful will show up in your life.
 
  
 
 
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