Friday, November 8, 2013

grounding increasingly beneficial and important

Beloveds,

Just read this and already know how critical it is to spend time in nature and to ground, from my own experience. The other day I was teaching a class and felt totally grouchy and off balance. Luckily I had intuited that grounding would be vital and had it worked into the class plan. Also lucky, it was toward the beginning of class. I went from extremely agitated and almost rageful to serene and calm, in a very short period of time merely by sitting on the earth with my hands touching ground. Solar flares have been pummeling us lately and can cause agitation, sleeplessness, anxiety. If you feel off balance, please take time to connect directly to Gaia's gifts. Below are notes someone took from a video by Dr Stephen Sinatra and Dr Joe Mercola:



4- Finally, here are the “pearls of wisdom” on grounding/earthing that I have pulled out of watching
the video by Dr Stephen Sinatra and Dr Joe Mercola:

NOTE: The majority of these comments are from Dr. Stephen Sinatra

“I said, my gosh, putting my feet on the ground is going to improve my heart, improve my body…I was skeptical.”

“I spoke to [Clinton Ober] for about an hour, and I went from being skeptical to being all in.”

“The way that happened was look, the heart is the most electrical organ in the body…the whole body is electrical, we are electrical beings…we see flesh and blood, but we are really electricity.”

“If you show grounding improves inflammation, then you can show it improves heart disease.”

“It is not cholesterol, it’s really inflammation that causes heart disease.”

“I’m a big believer in grounding…I’m smack in the middle of it now, but it took me ten years.”

“ATP is our energy; its our chi.”

“CoQ10 is one of the biggest electron donors we have; and it helps turn over ATP.”

“When I realized that grounding could enhance ATP via another mechanism…I said wow!”

“Grounding contributes to healthy living.”

“Grounding should be part of a healthy life-style program.”

“You must bring grounding to the table as a healthy lifestyle.”

“One thing I learned about grounding is that it improves the data potential of your blood. Which means…it improves the energy between the red blood cells.”

“Grounding is another natural energy that everybody should do in their lives because it just makes sense.”

“Its hard to argue against it since it seems to have no real side effects.”

“What has happened over the last fifty years is that we have become disconnected from the earth.”

“What grounding was doing was making human physiology better…through all these different experiments.”

“What I saw, I said, man there is something going on here.”

“I think the reason why we have a generation of diabetic kids is because we took away the ground, we gave them a lot of sugar, and we don’t exercise them–and that’s a perfect storm!”

“As parents, we have got to get our kids off sugar, onto exercise, and grounding.”

“Its only natural to be skeptical of grounding.’

“What’s really cool about grounding is that all the studies point in the same direction–in that it improves benefits.”

“We are overdosing on our own stress hormones.”

“We live in toxic times, physically, emotionally, and even spiritually as well.”

“We ran an experiment…and what we showed was that when people ground to the earth…there was a calming of the sympathetic nervous system…in other words it was improving heart-rate variability.”

“Whenever you improve heart-rate variability, you are improving the life of the organism.”

“When heart-rate variability is disturbed, the heart is more likely to go out of rhythm…So when I found out that grounding…improved heart-rate variability, that was the most incredible discovery I have ever made in my life…living in these times where our autonomic nervous system is in overdrive, we need something to bring us back into balance, and that’s what grounding will do.”

“One of the things I do know is that grounding creates tranquility in people.”

“When I learned that grounding increased data potential…an average of 280% I said wow! This is the most incredible discovery because if you can increase the thinning of the blood naturally by grounding you could fight off disease.”

“Blood viscosity is a forgotten risk factor in cardiovascular disease.”

“Grounding puts out the fires, it improves data potential, it puts out inflammation, it puts out the fires
of inflammation.”

“Grounding is not for everyone. Some people get worse on grounding, before they get better–because they are having a detox reaction.”

“Ideally–grounding is something everyone should implement into their personal good health practices.”

“Grounding improves sleep, improves cortisol, improves physiology, improves the autonomic nervous system…”

“Grounding and CoQ10 was a knockout punch for migraines.”

“Grounding reduces oxidative stress, brings the autonomic nervous system down, improves blood pressure.”

“Grounding decreases blood viscosity, which makes the blood thinner, so blood pressure goes down.”

“Thick blood causes high pressure.”

“Hugging a tree is an excellent way of grounding.”

“The best benefits of grounding by ranking: 1- It gives the body another raw material to heal itself.
Grounding provides ATP support. Dr Sinatra believes that ATP will give you the raw material to repair cells.”

“Everybody needs to ground–even if its only for an hour a day.”

“Leather soled shoes will ground you–if you are walking on natural surfaces like earth, grass, sand, concrete…”

“Mitochondrial DNA have no defense mechanisms…so there is nothing to protect them…so we have to fortify them…without mitochondrial support then we are very vulnerable….the most powerful interventions for mitochondrial support are: no sugar, CoQ10, an Grounding”

“Melatonin is probably the most potent antioxidant in body–even more than CoQ10.”

“RF from cell phones and cell phone towers shuts off melatonin.”

“Grounding works on melatonin because people sleep better.”

“Grounding-melatonin-DNA, can we connect that dot? I think we can. But we need to do more experiments.”

“What I have learned–is the sicker you are–the more you need to ground.”

“When grounding, you need the moisture to help transfer the electrons…”

“Take just a pinch of Celtic Salt or Himalayan Salt in water, twice a day, and I believe that is going to your body even better with grounding.”

“Some simple measures to monitor the effectiveness of grounding: Pain is an excellent monitor of the effectiveness of grounding….Muscle soreness is another good monitor….

“Grounding will help alleviate a lot of fear.”

“Grounding will work for people with chronic anxiety. People just need to give it a chance.”

“The most important ground to do is when you are sleeping.”

“Cordless phones–cellular phones–make our blood thicker.”

“The earth trumps everything, because it has a huge magnetic charge.”

“Remember–the body tends to get worse–before it gets better.”

“Some really sick people–need to take grounding in baby steps”

the Best,
bamboo-water

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

layers of self love, blind trust, grace in mystery

Beloveds,

I awoke today feeling flat lined, indifferent to most everything, untouched by all the beauty and love in my life. Sadly, it is a very familiar place inside. I felt myself wanting to just sink into it, be absorbed by the morass of my emotions, give into the quicksand and disappear. I feel still caught in the turbulent emotions released by the eclipse Sunday. For a number of days I have been considering a question someone asked about self love and reviewing my journey which has extended for lifetimes and eons, seemingly for eternity. Even though I am meant to be doing other things right now, I feel called to try to get my musings on the screen.

I became super conscious of needing to pull in self love shortly after I moved to northern California in 2004. I was going to a new thought church on Sundays because I wanted my very young daughter to have a regular experience of something spiritual, beginning at a young age. While I had been twisted and warped by much of my Catholic upbringing it had also brought in an intricate richness of awareness of mystery beyond the seen world. Yet when I would get to church, I would often want to cry as I perceived the people there to be so aware, conscious, in joy. (I later realized how false that image often was.) I felt like the pariah, hidden in the shame of my own self loathing. I would literally cringe with despair and hopelessness as I became increasingly aware of my own self rejection. As an antidote I developed and taught a course called "Self Love is not for Wimps!" for a number of years both through this same church and at my home. I made tons of progress as I continued the excruciatingly painful task of dismantling that self hatred. A little background is important here. At this point I had already gone through three years of schooling to obtain my Master's in Spiritual and Counseling Psychology, worked professionally as a therapist and done numerous hours of therapy and abouta zillion workshops. So after all that work to discover this pit was beyond mortifying and humbling.

So, flash forward. I had seemingly uncovered much of that self hatred and replaced it with the infinite goodness of my own self love. In fact, this is true yet it did not stop me from falling into the bog a few days ago. A beloved friend Sara shared her own ability to cherish herself in her juicy blog "Following the Joy": 


I find it ever easier to keep turning inward for my own sense of love and support; as if my own heart were the amazing mother who gives you a huge soft cuddle when you are feeling scared, the best friend who cheers you on when you need some encouragement, the lover who reassures you that you are so adored and cherished perfectly as you are, and the home where you know you belong, and that that belonging is the only home you ever need to know, because it is what we have lost our connection to, our perception of, our AWARENESS of, but which truly has always been there
Now mind you when I reread it I see she is talking about a progression. She is moving forward in that intent as, in fact, am I. But in that moment I used it to trash myself, any progress I have made and I fell into black and white stinkin' thinkin' and was internally falling into the bog of self rejection. I won't call it hate anymore, I've come too far for that, but definitely was not loving myself. It was dark and cold outside, darkness descended early as it was the first night of the time change and I was was falling. Even writing about it I feel my stomach clench and my body harden. I was able to talk to a few friends yet my slide continued until I remembered two pearls of wisdom from Matt Kahn, truedivinenature.com about attracting what you judge until you stop judging it and about loving whatever arises, recognizing it is the next layer of opportunity revealing itself in support of one's return to wholeness. That penetrated the fog and I began to love myself for judging myself as not being able to fully love myself! I chose to release the judgment cause, hey, I've been down that tube numerous times and there just ain't any cheese in fact there is a cosmic punch. So I managed to climb back to some level of inner self support. I  am so thankful that I now recognize the gifts in each layer as it unfolds. Often even as it is happening, I can see behind the dross to the gem that awaits once I love the next layer back into wholeness. I can anticipate the increase in energy, freedom, creativity, spaciousness and, most of all, Love. Sure makes the entire experience more graceful and it is a prize I have no awaited. 

 What's interesting is that lately I was blessed with two of the most loving  "proofs" I have ever received that I am indeed loved, yet that did not prevent the latest episode of love lack to arise in me. Two people shared their love and appreciation of me in the most satisfying, soul nourishing way and their words carried me for some time until I was again dumped into my own sense of deficiency. I have tried too may times to get that need validated externally. I have had it filled over and over yet it is never enough. It is moment, hours or days until I am seeking the next hit of external validation to fill that craving, that relentless need. By now I don't have to try even one more time to get it from out there. Thank God that path has revealed itself to me as the dead end it has always been.
I read something from Jennifer Posada www.jenniferposada.com! about this being the time of the blind Oracle, that for the next few months  we would be immersed in darkness, blinded and that only trust could cary us through. That certainly is fitting my experience. It is clear to me that coming into wholeness, into self love involves having the stamina to keep releasing layer after layer and having the trust and faith to see the journey to completion despie the numerous monsters jumping up, screaming in our faces and begging us to take them seriously. I must hold on to my blind trust, not knowing where i am going yet keep on moving through what I am slowly recognizing are illusionary demons. (that's another blog). We are human prototypes as Lauren ThinkwithyourHeart.com likes to say, immersed in a mysterious, inexplicable process of returning to our own Love, our own wholeness. The way is long, arduous and often dark. When one progresses far enough, all sign posts disappear and for me it feels like groping in the dark. My senses can no longer direct me. I am making reservations for the tactile dome at the Explortorium in San Francisco where one pays to find one's way through a dark dome of textures and blind passages, working through the maze. How perfect! This is a symbol of my current experience. It requires allowing uncertainty, faith, trust, a surrendering to the mysetery. It takes everything we have and is the hero/ine's journey.     Yes, the cost is high yet so are the rewards. I have tasted the exquisite joy of inner freeedom. I have known the nectar of my own Essence, I have bathed in the glory of my Love. There is no turning back. The time is now. Come, let's away.

Monday, November 4, 2013

loneliness and wholeness

Beloveds, wow some intense energies. I have a blog percolating for some time yet often have trouble with writing in a monologue, me writing without repsonse. I hope it will come through eventually. In the meantime here is a dialogue with Lauren at ThinkwithYourHeart.com about feeling lonely and wholeness. Also I have posted a few new photos from Nevada and Halloween below. Kisses of courage my loves. Big change is a foot for sure.


me:  any thoughts on why so many of us remain isolated? Yesterday I felt such a profound sense of connection, today huge wave of loneliness/ isolation. I am getting out more yet my town is full of at least the appearance of community (who knows what it really feels like yet seems very vibrant.) In the past I use to just view myself as somehow defective. Don’t buy that anymore but ready to break free of isolation mode- enough already. Any clues?
  • Profile picture of ThetaWave
    I agree. Sometimes I feel very lonely even when in a crowd. It is because I think we are spread out for maximum efficiency. Sometimes we get to meet our true family, and when we do it is a truly joyous event.
    • Profile picture of dancing unity
      yes, i just said to a friend who lives an hour away, my closest ”real” friend that despite being on the fringe of 3 communities, none of them feel like my tribe. :( this evening I am so ready to reunite. i have moments of such joy with ”strangers” yet I am ready for on going intimacy and connection. I am blessed to have world wide friends and my daughter but am ready for adult community in my physical location. Enough with the waiting. REady to be with my whole family!!!!!!
  • Profile picture of Lauren
    I agree with Theta…we are def all spread out as anchors to ground the crystalline matrix, but I am assuming this work is done and we are free to join with like-hearts in the physical world as soon as our biology is complete in its transformation.
    From what I have been receiving, we will join with each other in the co-creation of the new world beginning in 2014…but the rest of 13 is for us to tidy up and get to know our new selves.
    I know for myself that the more Source energy I can hold in my body, the more desire I have for physical, resonant relationships…but most times I can’t even sustain a relationship with myself, let alone uphold a friendship. 8O
    I can feel that changing tho…
    The PHC just popped thru to say this: ”True heart-resonant relationships depend on the whole of who you are…until you are whole and complete, you will continue to draw relationships that reflect the parts of you that are INcomplete.”
    Back to wholing we go!
    • The PHC just popped thru to say this: ”True heart-resonant relationships depend on the whole of who you are…until you are whole and complete, you will continue to draw relationships that reflect the parts of you that are INcomplete.”
      WOW !!!
      thank you Lauren !
    • Profile picture of dancing unity
      Thank You Lauren,your comment was just what I needed to wake me up to the projection here. Yes, the closer I come to my own wholeness, the more I yearn for connection with like minded loved ones. YES, THAT IS MY TRUE YEARNING YET WHAT I REALLY GET IS that more so, it is a thermometer showing me I am not yet cooked into wholeness. I now realize last night I was feeling very dark and alone. What I was most yearning for is my own support, my own love and wholeness. I read in Sara’s blog how she was learning to rely on her own Presence to sustain her and the green eyed monster of jealous started throwing darts at me: Why aren’t you there yet? Why don’t you feel your own love holding you? When will you ever fulfill this greatest desire? You are behind, get with the program! I allowed myself to judge myself and criticize my progress. I allowed the external darkness of that cold and cloudy night to fill me with regret and doubt. I was falling into a chasm until I remember MAtt Kahn’s words and told myself, ah, this is what is arising in the moment that needs my love. This part of me that feels it will never be whole, never be self loving totally is now here to be embraced and loved by me. I finally calmed down enough to sleep. AS I write these words tears leak from my eyes as i feel so strongly their truth, just another layer needing me to love it back into wholeness. I send you and the PHC a huge hug of gratitude for helping me get the slap (ok kiss) I needed to wake up out of the trance of separation and to know I am right on target, just healing the next layer of internal separation arising to be wholed. And God knows I don’t need to be attracting incomplete relationships anymore. Thank heaven I can see that trap and not fall for it again. I no longer wish to attract anything from lack, been there done that, got the T shirt and can say no thanks. Back to the inner drawing board. I truly am so grateful for your response showing up miraculously to support me in returning to the Truth I know. And yippee for the heads up that those delicious relationships are in the not too distant future! That is just the icing on the cake. Sending so much love.


      Lauren replied 1 minute ago
      so glad it helped…and kudos to you for loving another part of yourself back together!
      Life is such a mirror trick…and Source is insistent that no matter how badly we think we ’need’ our LOVE externalized, we can’t manifest it UNTIL we are whole, until we realize that WE are all we need.
      • Profile picture of dancing unity
        Fallen into that hole so many times I am about ready to just to walk around it and be whole. I still get a kick out of those two words and say I am just a mere ”w” away from being whole instead of falling into the hole. Life is a mirror trick for sure and luckily I am seeing the trick more frequently and getting the treat of inner freedom. Yup, what a ride! We are all we need, we are all we need, we are all we need, repeat 30X and call me in the morning. I will take the prescription, knowing eventually the medicine will stick after releasing all the layers and I am continuing to trust they will arise in Divine right timing. Now the other trick is to continue to allow without sabotaging myself with resistance or judgment. Luckily I am almost completly done with those two poisons.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Uranus squares Pluto, solar eclipse, big energy, day of the dead

Hang on to your hats kids, the energies are rolling in big time. Not much sleep here last night and a few days with headache, jittery energy. Yet I can experience it without resistance which is such a relief. I am also constantly aware of the potential for miraculous shifts and transformation inherent in these energies. If they are mowing you over, set your intent, breath deeply, rest as much as you can, spend time in nature, drink plenty of water and do your best to avoid the depleting energy of sugar. Know you are not alone even if you can't feel it.

Today is also the day many culture's honor the day of the dead. I wish to honor my father Joe for gifting me with a great education and material abundance as well as playing the antagonist for so much of my growth, not an easy role to play. My mother Ann for continuos support and love, Nanna for her kindness and great cooking, al my ancestors for my lineage, Ernest for the love he inspired in my wasband and his big presence, Yvonne for giving it her best shot, Uncle Jim for being a gentle man, Gretchen  and Little Miss Muffit for your unconditional love and loyalty. May all my relations, all people everywhere feel my gratitude for your contributions.