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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
How To Dream Solutions
Author: Judi ... Subject: Creative ... ... March 11th 2004 How to Dream ... Carey was flying through the ... sky. She felt the wind in her hair and smelled ...
| Artist | Francisco Goya |
|---|---|
| Year | 1797-8 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 43.5 cm × 30.5 cm (17⅛ in × 12 in) |
| Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
How to Dream Solutions
Carey was flying through the black
night sky. She felt the wind in her hair and smelled the
dampness below her. When she looked down she knew how high
she had flown and was afraid. Yet it is exhilarating too.
She sees someone down below looking up at her. He can see
her flying she wraps the black cloak she wears around her so
he will not be able to see her flying. Then she woke up.
Rubbing her eyes, wondering for a moment where she was. Oh,
it was only a dream or was it a dream? It seems so real.
Whether they are illusionary like the one above or profound
dreams They oftencan help us to actualize our waking goals
Dreams often. indicate personal growth spurts. They are not
prophesy like in the bible but if you can dectect within
their illusionary, spiritual atmosphere a clue they can
help you to know which way you want to go.
When my friend Carey first told me about this dream, her
goal was to start writing again. She had lost touch with the
creative side of herself. She had a good job. She had a
happy marriage with two wonderful kids.
She used her creativity in her job as a window designer. She
was creative with her children. But none of this was
enough. She wanted to write again. Only her writing had
ever made her feel the full extent of her creativity. She loved every
intitute of the process She loved the research
, the words. Oh
how she loved words. through words she found her personal
power. She loved the of writing down the words it seemed
to her that she was nifesting something new into physical
reality. It made her feel like was flying. So back to the
dream of flying through the night. She also feared that
she was not good enough to become a freelance writer
that could make a living with her stories. She wrapped
the cloak around her her so no one could see her flying.
Realizing this Carey was excited but afraid. Change can be
very frightening but she fould no longer hide her need to
be creative by writing. Not the black night sky would hide
it or the black cloak she wrapped around her. Her
creativity was surfacing and would t be denied. no She
talked resoundingly arguing with herself about why she could
not quit her job and just start writing. I actively
listened and back to her what she was saying. We a writing
talked about starting to take class so she would have people
to give her feed back about writing. She set some moderate
goals for her transition to at least
start writing a little each day. The class would give her
support and structure to do that. At the class she started
making friends with other writers who didn't feel they
could write full time. They provided the support she needed
to keep talking about her need to write. She felt
comfortable talking about it after class because they were
all in the same boat.
Carey was flying through the black
night sky. She felt the wind in her hair and smelled the
dampness below her. When she looked down she knew how high
she had flown and was afraid. Yet it is exhilarating too.
She sees someone down below looking up at her. He can see
her flying she wraps the black cloak she wears around her so
he will not be able to see her flying. Then she woke up.
Rubbing her eyes, wondering for a moment where she was. Oh,
it was only a dream or was it a dream? It seems so real.
Whether they are illusionary like the one above or profound
dreams They oftencan help us to actualize our waking goals
Dreams often. indicate personal growth spurts. They are not
prophesy like in the bible but if you can dectect within
their illusionary, spiritual atmosphere a clue they can
help you to know which way you want to go.
When my friend Carey first told me about this dream, her
goal was to start writing again. She had lost touch with the
creative side of herself. She had a good job. She had a
happy marriage with two wonderful kids.
She used her creativity in her job as a window designer. She
was creative with her children. But none of this was
enough. She wanted to write again. Only her writing had
ever made her feel the full extent of her creativity. She loved every
intitute of the process She loved the research
, the words. Ohhow she loved words. through words she found her personal
power. She loved the of writing down the words it seemed
to her that she was nifesting something new into physical
reality. It made her feel like was flying. So back to the
dream of flying through the night. She also feared that
she was not good enough to become a freelance writer
that could make a living with her stories. She wrapped
the cloak around her her so no one could see her flying.
Realizing this Carey was excited but afraid. Change can be
very frightening but she fould no longer hide her need to
be creative by writing. Not the black night sky would hide
it or the black cloak she wrapped around her. Her
creativity was surfacing and would t be denied. no She
talked resoundingly arguing with herself about why she could
not quit her job and just start writing. I actively
listened and back to her what she was saying. We a writing
talked about starting to take class so she would have people
to give her feed back about writing. She set some moderate
goals for her transition to at least
start writing a little each day. The class would give her
support and structure to do that. At the class she started
making friends with other writers who didn't feel they
could write full time. They provided the support she needed
to keep talking about her need to write. She felt
comfortable talking about it after class because they were
all in the same boat.
Later Carey dreamed of a talking owl. Now owls are very
wise and this one could talk. Owls also can fly in the dark
and led the way as they see in the dark. The owl told her
to follow him and he would lead her where she needed to go.
He told her she was not alone. Some people come along and
challenge her for talking to the owl. They say kill that
bird. She refuses she will not kill the creativity within
her or the support she has now she no longer feels alone.
carl Jung said that dreams were the gateway to the
subconscious mind. Though they may not be prophesy they can
lead you along life's Journey they are a part of you and
should be recognized and nurtured as all parts of you. So use
your dreams to fuel and upbraid your creativity.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
THE SHADOW DANCE, Dancing With Our Shadow
April 6, 2015
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"She sees her image in the glass, -How fair a thing to gaze upon! She lingers while the moments run, With happy thoughts that come and pass,
Like winds across the meadow grass When the young June is just begun: She sees her image in the glass, -How fair a thing to gaze upon!
What wealth of gold the skies amass! How glad are all things 'neath the sun! How true the love her love has won'!She recks not that this hour will pass, -She sees her image in the glass."
Louise Chandler Moulton [1835-1908]
"The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time. " ~ William Bridges
Our dark side contains all the events, stories, and things we wanted to hide about ourselves. Some things on the dark side of ourselves are creative things that we decided did not serve us at some time in our lives so we stacked them in the closet of our dark side. These might be things like being smart if you are a girl. Thinking boys do not like smart girl/women. So you hid the intelligent part of yourself to never show it in front of men or boys. Well, I found a lot of hurtful things too. I found child abuse. I had hidden it away and it was pouring out in my life, jumping out and making me act out without having any control over the hidden emotions.
Many of the ideas hidden there are someone else’s ideas that you took on for yourself. They may not serve you well now. I found it helpful to look for these idea then I could say," Well that was never my idea in the first place so I don't have to think it anymore. Jung said, "To confront a person with his own shadow is to confront him with his own light." I believe that by integrating ourselves both negative and positive we become a whole person. As we allow our holiness to unfold we become more self loving and authentic. Debbie Ford says"The Shadow Process gives us access to loving all of ourselves. This deep and profound work teaches us how to love each and every aspect of our humanity. It enables us to embrace both the darkness of our smallest self and the brilliant light of our highest self. Making peace with our dark side is a sacred journey. It demands rigorous honesty, courage and a great deal of compassion. Embracing our shadow delivers us emotional wholeness and the absolute freedom to be who we are. When we are filled with self-love and self-appreciation, we automatically attract the miraculous experience of love and appreciation from others."
The shadow contains all we judge as unacceptable to show the world all that we judge bad or unacceptable about ourselves. . We expend huge amounts of energy hiding this side of ourselves from the world.. Huge parts of yourself is lost in the shadow side. When we reclaim this part of ourselves dreams are realized. The energy we were using to suppress all of these "unwanted unacceptable parts of yourself. " is made available to you once more. As long as one will not adopt your dark side and claim her, bring her to the light and celebrate her; we are at war with ourselves. We will continue to draw people into our lives that will mirror for us. This is the Universe trying so hard to show us the inner, give us a chance to heal. Haven’t you wondered why some of those angry, depressed people were showing up in your life. Well, they are mirroring for you the dark side of yourself. The Power we once gave away can be reclaimed by loving all of ourselves. Wounds from old situations and experiences heal, we learn from them and go on. Some of the things we thought were a deep flaw became an great asset. Embracing our shadow is self love we then love all of ourselves, not just parts. We will not become perfect. But, we will become all we can be at this time in our lives. It is about revealing to ourselves and the world all our talents and abilities all our flaws and humanness. It is about being authentic. Being authentic takes so much less energy we have all that energy available to create the kind of person we want to be.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Judi Singleton owns and operates bejewelu.com where you can dress the whole family for less.
http://www.bejewelu.com
this is my scoop.it page what a good way get content and traffic to my site.
"She sees her image in the glass, -How fair a thing to gaze upon! She lingers while the moments run, With happy thoughts that come and pass,
Like winds across the meadow grass When the young June is just begun: She sees her image in the glass, -How fair a thing to gaze upon!
What wealth of gold the skies amass! How glad are all things 'neath the sun! How true the love her love has won'!She recks not that this hour will pass, -She sees her image in the glass."
Louise Chandler Moulton [1835-1908]
"The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time. " ~ William Bridges
Our dark side contains all the events, stories, and things we wanted to hide about ourselves. Some things on the dark side of ourselves are creative things that we decided did not serve us at some time in our lives so we stacked them in the closet of our dark side. These might be things like being smart if you are a girl. Thinking boys do not like smart girl/women. So you hid the intelligent part of yourself to never show it in front of men or boys. Well, I found a lot of hurtful things too. I found child abuse. I had hidden it away and it was pouring out in my life, jumping out and making me act out without having any control over the hidden emotions.
Many of the ideas hidden there are someone else’s ideas that you took on for yourself. They may not serve you well now. I found it helpful to look for these idea then I could say," Well that was never my idea in the first place so I don't have to think it anymore. Jung said, "To confront a person with his own shadow is to confront him with his own light." I believe that by integrating ourselves both negative and positive we become a whole person. As we allow our holiness to unfold we become more self loving and authentic. Debbie Ford says"The Shadow Process gives us access to loving all of ourselves. This deep and profound work teaches us how to love each and every aspect of our humanity. It enables us to embrace both the darkness of our smallest self and the brilliant light of our highest self. Making peace with our dark side is a sacred journey. It demands rigorous honesty, courage and a great deal of compassion. Embracing our shadow delivers us emotional wholeness and the absolute freedom to be who we are. When we are filled with self-love and self-appreciation, we automatically attract the miraculous experience of love and appreciation from others."
The shadow contains all we judge as unacceptable to show the world all that we judge bad or unacceptable about ourselves. . We expend huge amounts of energy hiding this side of ourselves from the world.. Huge parts of yourself is lost in the shadow side. When we reclaim this part of ourselves dreams are realized. The energy we were using to suppress all of these "unwanted unacceptable parts of yourself. " is made available to you once more. As long as one will not adopt your dark side and claim her, bring her to the light and celebrate her; we are at war with ourselves. We will continue to draw people into our lives that will mirror for us. This is the Universe trying so hard to show us the inner, give us a chance to heal. Haven’t you wondered why some of those angry, depressed people were showing up in your life. Well, they are mirroring for you the dark side of yourself. The Power we once gave away can be reclaimed by loving all of ourselves. Wounds from old situations and experiences heal, we learn from them and go on. Some of the things we thought were a deep flaw became an great asset. Embracing our shadow is self love we then love all of ourselves, not just parts. We will not become perfect. But, we will become all we can be at this time in our lives. It is about revealing to ourselves and the world all our talents and abilities all our flaws and humanness. It is about being authentic. Being authentic takes so much less energy we have all that energy available to create the kind of person we want to be.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Judi Singleton owns and operates bejewelu.com where you can dress the whole family for less.
http://www.bejewelu.com
this is my scoop.it page what a good way get content and traffic to my site.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Saturday, April 4, 2015
In Search Of Alternative Cures To COPD
I have tried the world being abundantly healthy and not so much healthy and I much prefer the former. So I am seeking through natural means to obtain health and have more control of my body. I turned it over to the medical profession for a while, and soon realized that was a mistake that I have a big part in being healthy or not. I had always thought so until my whole body shut down about four years ago now. I have been struggling with my health ever since. Since I believe strongly in the Law of Attraction I feel my thinking has a great deal to do with that struggle. Now I am very grateful for the doctors who helped me through this time. I was angry and bitter at my circumstances. I had to let go and let God again in my life. But when it happened I was angry with God and angry with the doctors. I believe I still have some of that to deal with in time but that is for another blog article in another blog on Spirituality however, we are one being housed in this impermanent body so one thing is very dependent on the other and sometimes the lines run together. Maybe that was Jacob struggle in the Bible the struggle between those different parts of his being.
Today what I want to talk about is my lungs being abundantly healthy. They are not as healthy as I want them to be. So I have been researching what I can eat. What supplements to take. What herbs are helpful in healthy lungs.
This is some of what I found out:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of diseases with one common feature: airway obstruction. Two major diseases, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, are prominent members of this group. COPD ordinarily features constricted airways clogged with excess mucous (bronchitis) or damaged and deteriorating air sacs (alveoli), which limit the amount of oxygen the lungs are able to deliver to the bloodstream. To top this information off I have congested heart failure which adds to common symptoms of shortness of breath and cramping legs (which cause doctors to send me for tests to see if I have blood clots. Since this is a world of specialists and one does not talk to the other, and my GP is not great at communicating with me it leaves me with a lot of research and writing down lots of questions about my condition.
Diet and lung disease, food selection
Eating plenty of fruit, vegetables and fish keep lungs healthy. A good amount of fresh vegetable juices are a good way to start healing, along with adding a variety of spices such as ginger, onions, and garlic. The Mediterranean diet seems to be the closest to a great eating plan as there is:
Key components of the Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet emphasizes:
- Eating primarily plant-based foods, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts
- Replacing butter with healthy fats, such as olive oil. I use a lot of different kinds of oil and have learned to enjoy them. I prefer coconut oil for a lot of things but like , (For salads, olive, sunflower, safflower, flax seed, or walnut oils are excellent choices. With the exception of extra-virgin olive oil, olive oil has a robust flavor, while sunflower oil (pressed from the seeds) and safflower oil (pressed from a thistle-type flower) have a delicate taste and a lighter texture. If you opt for sunflower oil, you can get either high-oleic sunflower oil, which has monounsaturated levels of 80 percent and above, or the more common linoleic sunflower oil, which is high in polyunsaturates or linoleic acid, an essential fatty acid. Flaxseed’s rich, nutty taste adds a pleasant flavor to a salad, and it’s a rich source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which your body converts into omega- 3s. It goes rancid quickly—high or even room temperatures destroy its fragile structure -- so keep it in the refrigerator and use it within a few months of opening. Walnut oil is best used uncooked or in cold sauces because it becomes slightly bitter when heated. I like sesame oil to use on salads or stir fry. I love avocado oil for salads. ) For Cooking many a chef recommend virgin oil but it does not do well at high heat.
- Using herbs and spices instead of salt Peanut flavor foodsThe high smoke point of peanut oil makes it a good choice for cooking over high heat. It contains heart-healthy phyto sterols, essential plant fats known to lower cholesterol and inhibit cancer.
- Limiting red meat to no more than a few times a month
- Eating fish (I upped my fish consumption to six meals a week. This is easy to achieve if you eat canned fish and have maybe three lunches and three fresh fish at dinner per week. poultry at least twice a week. (I eat chicken but only chicken I get at local farms that is field raised and fed a special diet. Same with eggs I want them organic, free range. Mostly I want them fresh. )
- Drinking red wine in moderation (optional) I drink a lot of non-alcoholic wine it taste fine to me and I get all the benefits of regular wine from what I read(. Since I do not drink alcohol it is a good alternative for people like me who choose not to drink alcohol.)
The diet also recognizes the importance of being physically active, and enjoying meals with family and friends.
Supplements for lung disease
I think several could be helpful including fish oils since they act as anti-inflammatory agents, acetyl cysteine since it is a potent antioxidant, and perhaps a wide range of carotenoids and flavonoids. A multivitamin preparation could be helpful such as MultiVit Rx in providing the basic vitamins and minerals to maintain healthy lung tissue. Since ginger, onions, and garlic are helpful, one could take supplements instead for instance Ginger extract. Vitamin D could be helpful taking a 20 min walk each day could get you some sunshine. Also as Fish oil acts as a decongestant it might be helpful.
Probiotics
tive system are closely related. . Probiotics in the management of lung diseases. Probiotics have been defined as "live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, (Here everything I read became a little hazy as I think one would have to consider the amount of probiotic taken by the person, their type of lung disease, and that persons symptoms. )probiotics include lactic acid bacteria, particularly Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Saccharomyces, and these are often used as dietary supplements to provide a health benefits. Probiotics are another supplement that can be added since the repository system and the digestive system fit in digestive disease such as ulcers, inflammatory bowel disease, and colon cancer. In this respect, probiotics probably act as noninflammatory agents and activators of host defense pathways which suggest that they could influence disease severity and incidence at sites distal to the gut. There is increasing evidence that orally delivered probiotics are able to regulate immune responses and help control inflammation in the respiratory system.
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
is often used to clear the airways of people with COPD I know that I made an onion soup that had a lot of garlic and thyme and it acted like a decongestant. Whether it does any real significant clearing of the lungs needs more study. There is one small study from Germany that says the use of thyme oil in essential oils clears animals lungs.
Ginseng (Panax ginseng)
There are a couple of studies from China that suggest taking Ginseng might be helpful. The subjects were able to do more exercise than the control group that took a placebo.
Curcumin (Curcuma longa)
Turmeric, a spice commonly used in curries, is the source of powerful medicinal compounds collectively called “curcumin. . So far, scientists have found that curcumin may have significant antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antioxidant effects. Asian traditional medicine had long used , curcumin has also been shown to reduce airway inflammation. As a powerful antioxidant, curcumin may help fight the oxidative stress believed to underlie COPD, while blocking inflammation at the molecular level. It may also be of highly valuable in the treatment of COPD.
Breathing Exercises Like pursed lip technique, breathing from the diaphragm, Yoga breathing can help improve your lung function. These breathing techniques work best when one is short of breath.
Exercise is another way to improve breathing health. It seems strange that when one is short of breathe to ask
them to exercise but strengthening your arms and legs does help you to improve your breathing.
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Judi Singleton is the owner of bejewelu.com where you can dress the whole family for less
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