Ever wonder how to easily and effectively increase the positive healing energy of a space? I have been working with crystals, holy objects and sacred geometries for many years and am constantly building, inventing and manifesting crystal grids for doing just that. It’s easy to get started if you are new to it as well. You already have some cool things that speak to you so create an altar and pay a little attention to it every day. You will be amazed at what happens over time!
As you go through your daily life, have you ever noticed a reoccurring image, pattern or number? Some people, like me, see the number 11:11 (sometimes 111, or variations thereof) at often ridiculous frequency. Some may chock it up to the brain just doing it’s own thing. Admittedly, our brains are evolutionarily crafted pattern-recognizers. So it does make sense that if we see and then pay attention to a particular pattern (regardless of it’s relevance to survival) then the mind/brain system keys into it and increases sensitivity awareness, thus making it more likely that we will notice said pattern in the future. The more these neural pathways are exercised then it makes sense that we will activate those stimulus/response functions again and again.
But I did say that my awareness of 11:11 began to seem ‘ridiculous’. Initially I saw it on digital clocks since that was the most obvious and common place for that number sequence to occur. Then it was happening in what seemed way more than then random events, especially when I compared it to any other number sequence that I would see on a clock. I mean, it is kind of cool, being super-symmetrical and all. But after a while that number was showing up elsewhere: plane tickets, movie seat assignments, hotel rooms… eleven-eleven (or it’s variant one-eleven). We know that the function of seeing an object and consciously recognizing it as discrete from it’s background (field) is a primary function of the so-called left brain. But the right brain is working almost a hundred times as hard in paying attention to the field and doing the heavy lifting of collating and filtering information that may or may not be useful -though as far as the right brain is concerned, it’s all useful. Could the right brain be participating as a super-power in pulling environmental data into awareness?, even for seemingly trivial phenomena as apparently ‘random’ number sequences?
…not only is the true ‘I’ more of an ‘us’, but also that it is smeared out across multiple dimensions of both time and space… space and time.
This is where we begin to tip-toe into the world of woo… for instance, how could the right brain know that the information you were looking for was going to be on page 111, or that a life-changing event would happen on January eleventh? At some point we have to abandon mere statistical probability and brush shoulders with the likes of Jung. The collective unconscious has gone from fringe idea to theory, and now a science used in nudging and coaxing the drift of billions of minds that are feverishly participating in our toddler-stage Internet. It is also vogue to speak in terms of ‘the observer determining the results of an experiment simply through the act of observing’. In the world of woo we need grapple with the idea that our minds are indeed powerful enough to manifest phenomena ‘out of thin air’, or so it may seem.
For the initiated, it is quite obvious that time is not a constant. It is a fluid, inseparably enfolded into the skein of the substrate field where apparent things continuously arise and pass away. Further the discrete perception of an ‘I’ persistently manifesting locally and sequentially is an illusion, for not only is the true ‘I’ more of an ‘us’, but also that us is smeared out across multiple dimensions of both time and space…. space and time. From this perspective we exist as much in the future as in a now -and for the followers of this peculiar philosophy our future selves can communicate with and even direct the discrete self we are experiencing, the notional/functional self in a relative now. 11:11 is a wake-up alarm we have set for ourselves in the future, an impulse that is running backward in the timescape. It is a message in a timebottle that we tossed into the great ocean of the ever-becoming with the prayer that we awaken swiftly and with resolve. How does that feel to you? Do you love yourself enough to tenderly write a love letter to your past self and send it off to the pre-post office? Wake up!
I’ve always been fascinated by pictures and diagrams of how our internal mechanisms work. Back in high school (oh dear, nigh forty years ago….!) our textbooks were peppered with clunky diagrams that scarcely managed to get the ideas across. Now technology has brought us nearly to the doorstep of peering into what our cellular and organic process must really look like. Between the developments we have gone through in terms of understanding biological structures and processes, the revolutionizing power of ever-faster processor speeds, and our leaps in display resolution I fell like we are really starting to do justice to the miracle mechanisms of our inner universe.
Why is this important? I adhere to the dictum that thoughts become things and that the clearer we can visualize something the closer we bring our conscious relation into coherence with how that thing or process really exists. Someone observed that when we have a golf ball sized consciousness or ability to understand the world, when we read a book we will have a golf ball sized grasp of that book. But if we have weather balloon size consciousness, our comprehension and grasp of things will not only be that much bigger, but it will be closer in approaching the intrinsic nature of what we examine. If we try to actively visualize our body’s internal systems with a ‘pac-man’ level resolution we will have a pac-man level of relationship and effect on our health and being. But if we go ultra-high definition uber-hertz then we get that much closer to what is really going on in our bodies. I don’t know about you, but I live in a crystalline-dynamic multi-dimensional energy transmutaion waveform… commonly refered to as a ‘body’. These video graphics still don’t come close to what I feel is really going on inside, but the better and more complex they get the more I feel like tap into my true nature.
Affirmation and visualization are important tools in health and healing. See if you can use videos like these to get deep into your own crystalline-dynamic waveform.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_tYrnv_o6A]
This is What 2 Cups of Coffee Per Day Will Do To Your Liver
The Rebel Pharmacist
Coffee is something many people cannot start their day without. The energy provided by coffee along with the increase in brain function and alertness makes it a staple among the working class throughout the world. It is considered a drug in the health community in the same sense that nicotine or alcohol are. There is a lot of talk regarding the risks to one’s health that the beverage carries along with its energy benefits. So what exactly is your morning beverage doing for or against you?
For starters, coffee contains many things…..and caffeine, although the seemingly main component, isn’t exactly the “star” ingredient at least where our health is concerned. Coffee also contains various antioxidants, nutrients, and vitamins that are actually essential to our overall well-being.
Here are Several of the Nutrients You Can Find Per 8oz. Cup
• Manganese: 3% of the RDA.
• Magnesium: 2% of the RDA.
• Potassium: 3% of the RDA.
• Vitamin B1 (Thiamin): 2% of the RDA.
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): 11% of the RDA.
• Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 2% of the RDA.
• Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): 6% of the RDA.
• Phosphorus: 1% of the RDA.
• Folate: 1% of the RDA.
The high levels of antioxidants are statistically proven to assist in the prevention of various cancers including throat, mouth, liver, prostate and colon. The benefits don’t stop there either. Coffee contains polyphenols- a substance that studies show prevents inflammation in the brain. The phenols also have been shown to prevent oxidative stress.
According to the Mayo Clinic‘s website: “Studies have shown that coffee may have health benefits, including protecting against Parkinson’s disease, type 2 diabetes and liver disease, including liver cancer. It also appears to improve cognitive function and decrease the risk of depression.”
A study that took place in 2013 among college students showed a 45% drop in suicide risk for students that consumed 2-3 cups of coffee per day. If that isn’t enough to make you want to run to your local cafe further studies show that those who drink coffee on a daily basis live longer! The largest study to date, a joint project last year by the NIH’s National Cancer Institute and AARP that followed 400,000 men and women ages 50 to 71 for more than 10 years, found that those who regularly drank coffee — either decaf or regular — had a lower risk of overall death than did nondrinkers. In particular, the coffee drinkers were less likely to die from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries and accidents, diabetes, and infections.
So what exactly can we take from this? Contrary to popular belief, coffee actually has more health benefits in moderate amounts than it does severe health risks. However some people have certain genetic dispositions or health conditions that cause them to experience more discomfort than your “average joe”. As long as you keep it to a few cups in the morning to kickstart your day, and abide by personal dietary restrictions you can reap all the benefits coffee has to offer. Not only will it supplement your current preventative supplements and dietary maintenance but it can also provide a delightful mood and productivity boost. So enjoy your morning beverage and its health benefits too!
“Without adequate tactile input, the human organism will die. Touch is one of the principal elements necessary for the successful development and functional organization of the central nervous system, and is vital to our existence as food, water, and breath.
Our genetic blueprints are only the starting point of our individual development. The kind of conditioning we receive and the kinds of conscious choices we make play tremendous roles in our physical growth, our acquisition of skills, our health and maturity, and our aging.
All our body’s tissues are, then, a great deal more “plastic” and responsive to change and improvement throughout our lifetimes than we normally assume. Far from being “fixed” and “determined” by our biological inheritance, we are all still “works in progress.”
There is no sensation or emotion that is not translated into a muscular response of some kind; these feeling states are the primary bases of our habitual postures and our individual patterns of behavior.
Bodywork, by using tactile input, can actually re-educate and re-program the organism into becoming more coordinated, more flexible, and more appropriately responsive – literally more “intelligent”. A body/mind system that is integrated in this fashion will be more able to resist depression or disease, more able to attend to and repair itself in times of stress or injury.
Various ancient and contemporary forms of bodywork go far beyond temporary pleasure or relief and actually alter conditioned responses, chemical balances, and structural relationships. That is, bodywork has the potential to deeply change and improve the given state of an individual.
Nothing is more essential to lasting positive change than self-awareness; it is the prerequisite for self-control. Bodywork is a direct and effective way to increase this awareness within an individual.”
~ Deane Juhan
When nothing works, just simply rest. This has been a long search, but now it has come to the point where you can rest, no need to search anymore. You can rest now. And what you have not found through search will be found through rest. There are things which can be found only if you seek. Those are worldly things -money, power, prestige. And there are things which you can never find by seeking and searching. Those are otherworldly things -love, meditation, God.
For them you have to learn a totally technique and new strategy -the strategy of let-go. The technique of tremendous restfulness. So make it a point now, for at least one hour you will be simply resting as if there is nothing to do, nowhere to go, nothing to achieve -dissolving, melting into existence. Just like an ice cube melting into the early sun, disappearing, evaporating like a dew drop slipping from a lotus leaf into a lake. Make it point that every day for at least one hour you will be so totally at rest that you will not be, that you will become almost absent. And in that absence God’s presence is felt. When you are not… God is.
Osho
The psoas major muscle is often referred to as the deepest core, or by some, the muscle of the soul. This core-stabilizing muscle affects mobility, structural balance, joint function, flexibility, and much more. In addition to its function to help keep the body upright and moving, the psoas is believed to allow you to connect with the present moment especially when it is stretched out and tension is released from the body.
There is a lot more to the psoas than one might initially think. A healthy and well integrated psoas may be vital to not only our structural health but our psychological wellbeing as well. Some therapists and yogins believe that the psoas embodies our deepest urge for survival, and more profoundly, our elemental desire to flourish. By keeping the psoas vital and integrated we are able to harness healing pranic energy and improve physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Where is the Psoas?
In addition to being one of the principal muscles associated with vertical physical stability, the psoas is involved in initiating stepping moments of the leg, and can be retroactively involved in respiration. The posts stretches from the ventral surface of the spinal column to the upper part of the medial femur head. It is the only muscle connecting the legs to the spinal column. The muscle flares out from the T12 vertebrae, follows down from attachments to the five lumbar vertebrae before attaching to the inner surface at the top of the thigh bone. Another segment of the psoas attaches along the inner surface of the pelvic bowl and extends down to connect with the bands running from the lumbar vertebra.
In addition to connecting the legs and spine, the psoas is connected to tendonous segments of the diaphragm (the muscular structure which is responsible for modulating breathing). This central core part of the body is the upper boundary of the gut and the enteric nervous system. It is sometimes called the Solar Plexus, or in the yoga traditions, the manipura chakra.
There are direct structural and energetic links between the psoas and the most ancient parts of our brain stem and spinal cord, sometimes referred to as the reptilian brain. These primeval cortical structures are responsible for regulating survival drives and automatically maintaining essential core functioning which in turn ensures the vitality and living integrity of the organism. Considering not only the location of these structures but their functions as well, it is not difficult to understand why the many physical symptoms associated with fear and anxiety manifest here. The way most humans live today (constantly rushing, defending, competing and achieving) can result in locking the psoas into a constant state of “fight or flight”. This situation is exacerbated by many things in our modern lifestyle including car seats, constrictive clothing, chairs, footwear that distorts gait and standing posture. In fact any impediment that curtails our natural movements can contribute to constricting and impeding our psoas muscles.
This lifelong chronic stress put on the psoas can lead to many problems like back, hip, or knee pain, and even digestive issues and dysfunctional breathing. It could also be a major cause why people suffer from chronic physical pain.
The physical body is not the only part of you that suffers from a chronically-stressed psoas. The psoas is much more than a muscle used for structural stability. It influences every element of life, from how you feel, to how you look at the world, and even how you treat others.
A variety of problems have been associated with a chronically-stressed psoas muscle: it can negatively affect your emotional state; it can impact your interpersonal relationships; and it can influence your general contentment with life. Awareness that a healthy psoas is important to emotional wellness, as well as physical health, is the first step towards ensuring that we give this muscle the attention it deserves.
Fear And The Psoas
Fear is an emotion that manifests itself in the most unusual ways and can “lock” itself into the body resulting in both physical and emotional tension as well as a constellation of dysfunctional symptoms. Because the psoas is closely linked to our “fight or flight” mechanism, fear can be over-represented in those with a constricted psoas. By restoring balance to your psoas muscles, you are likely to release this pent up tension, which can have a profound effect on releasing unfounded fearfulness about life, and thus improve both your physical and mental wellbeing. Along with fewer muscle aches and strains you will feel a greater sense of ease and inner peace.
Lengthening and releasing your psoas grounds you and allows you to connect with the healing and revitalizing energy of the Earth. This also allows you to balance your pranic energy and enabling you to feel more present in the moment. Proper structural stability attributed to a healthy psoas allows for an unimpeded flow of prana throughout the body which results in a proper distribution of vital energy. In the physical sense, when the body can properly support itself movement is less-restricted and requires less effort, thus leaving you more energetic.
In short, it is clear that the psoas is an important, yet often unknown, muscle that plays a vital role in physical health and mental well-being. The cumulative effect of neglecting this muscle is physical and mental stress and tension, which manifests itself in our society as anxiety, depression, chronic back pain, knee pain, digestive distress, respiratory problems, etc.
Ever wonder how air actually gets inside of your lungs? Take a long hard look at this. Then take a nice long slow breath. Let this image inform your sense of motion, gentle exertion and expansion. If you are like most people I work with, this won’t make any sense, as your respiratory reflex either was imprinted to you incompletely or was arrested by trauma or distorted developmental processes. I am continually amazed at how athletes, dancers and yogis have such distorted and incomplete breathing capacity, and this is one of the main reasons that I teach breath and require clients to engage in a deep, rhythmic, diaphramatic breath while on the massage table. This is essentially what ‘holotropic’ massage means and I will be posting more about this as time goes on. Meanwhile, do your own self-study and explore breathing to your fullest degree. It will change your life for the better -I absolutely guarantee it!!!
An older friend of mine is having health problems that are affecting his motory cortex and it is disrupting his ability to stand and walk. Seeing his difficulties reminds me of how important it is to have balance. Having equilibrium is essential. All of our life-support systems depend on balance, whether it is blood pressure, emotional well-being or the delicate balance between sodium and potassium inside all the fibers of our nervous system. Most of those systems run in the background and we really don’t appreciate them until they start to break down or are disrupted. Isn’t what we call ‘health’ simply a state where all the components of our organism are in a state of balance? Pay special attention to the ways that your mind and body need balance. Without it we cannot undertake the great work of awakening.
This image speaks to both the revelatory unfolding of essential esoterica as well as how that esoteric knowledge can be practically applied. In the course of an individual’s unique evolution these teachings are provided as a catalyst. As the mind-stream ripens the self-evident existence of these realities provide a reflection of the growth and healing that takes place along the path of illuminitive consciousness. The caduceus is truly a timeless archetype and as a form of symbolic transmission it speaks directly to the deep mind in order to stir awareness of spiritual evolution, and to the conscious mind to ignite the flame of aspiration in to order to actually get up and do something about it.
The twining serpents are, of course, the primal lifeforce energies referred to as prana in the yogic traditions, winds or essences in Tibetan tantra, and elements, directions, or animal totems in the Native American traditions. Here we see the energetic flow in the form of the snakes coiling upwards showing how all vital creative energies manifest and move in spirals and vorticies. The crossover points represent critical neural/energetic plexuses along the spinal column, otherwise called chakras. There are seven chakras that are commonly taught, though as an adept advances many more are uncovered and mastered. Here the base six are shown going from the root all the way to the so-called third-eye [ajna chakra] which is representative of the pineal/pituitary complex -the deepest and oldest governing center of the human organism. In the yogic iconography the ajna chakra is depicted as being binary, or having two petals. In this case it is the image of two wings calling to mind the notion of a bird spreading its wings in order to take flight. In the physical plane this action is one of transcending the gravitational field and gaining mobility and higher perspective. In the non-physical realm this intimates how the subtle body can move from a denser dimensional sphere to higher one. When the perceptual emphasis of the being shifts away from a linear dualistic orientation (where seeing is done merely ‘through the eyes’), a person will begin to see with the singular eye (the pineal gland) and the world is revealed as a continuous and unbroken field of waveforms. Concomitantly, the bird of consciousness takes flight and one is no longer bound to a deterministic and sequential flow of time. The simultaneity of events is sometimes referred to as synchronicity.
The background geometries of the image are done in a style reminiscent of the Shipibo Indian iconography. These people are indigenous tribes who dwell in the Peruvian Amazon and who use the amazingly powerful psychoactive brew called ayahuasca as a sacrament and cure-all medicine. It is no mere ‘co-incidence’ that the tea made from the sacred vine has the potential to teach those who sincerely imbibe it to first see, then to fully comprehend the cosmos as a multi-dimensional and infinitely fractal continuum of energetic waveforms (indicated by the distinctive line weavings of their designs). When the traveler is healed from the ego-bound split of duality, he/she takes flight into the synchronistic multi-phased nature of the waking dream.
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