Monday, September 30, 2013

Innovation of All Things Starts With the Mind

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Innovation of all things starts with the mind


The relationship between the mind and the body is very intimate.  When one is affected, the other sympathizes. A mere thought can significantly alter the chemistry of the body. In fact, many diseases are the result of mental depression. Anxiety, bitterness, discontentment, distrust, grief, remorse, guilt and unforgiveness, all tend to break down the life forces. Under these conditions, creativity and innovation are stifled and solutions are always out of reach.

Disease is sometimes produced and can be greatly aggravated by the imagination. Many who are invalids could be well if they only thought so. Some imagine that every slight exposure or injury will debilitate, and the feared effect is produced because it is expected. Some people die from disease, the cause of which is wholly imaginary.

Now courage, hope, faith, sympathy and love promote health and prolong life.  A contented mind and a cheerful spirit stimulate innovative thought.

Depression can be caused by physical interference such as toxic contamination, structural problems, protein or fatty acid deficiency or consistent violations of the basic laws of health. However, depression is more often the result of unresolved anger where the mind is focused on the thorns rather than the roses around one’s life. Under these conditions the creative part of the brain cannot function. Innovation is impossible.

On the other hand happiness is a state of mind achieved through consistent focus on the roses, rather than the thorns. Happy people see the best in others. They see crises as challenges and they thrive on creating solutions. They appreciate trials because they understand how effective trials can be in developing and refining character.

When these thought processes evolve during he early years of life, they initiate permanent changes in body chemistry. Those who have trained their minds in such a way will experience higher levels of dopamine and serotonin throughout their lives. Dopamine increases motivation, innovation and drive, and is associated with the pleasure systems of the brain. Visionaries, entrepreneurs and philanthropists enjoy consistently high levels of this hormone. Serotonin in a neurotransmitter produced in the brain, know to influence the functioning of the cardiovascular, renal, immune and gastrointestinal systems. It is also known as the ‘happy hormone’ because it affects various brain functions, regulating moods, thoughts, appetite, libido and the sleep/wake cycle. When the mind is trained to produce the thoughts that promote higher levels of dopamine and serotonin, it is not unusual to wake up every morning with new ideas streaming from the head.

Chronic self-focus at an early age can hinder the development of s superior dopamine/serotonin metabolism. However, thought patterns can be changed at any age. Change requires ‘decision’ to permanently adjust one’s focus. It may require moving on, letting go, forgiving, etc. It requires willpower and perseverance. It is like a flabby, unfit person deciding to get fit and build muscle. The first exercises really hurt, but the more training performed, the easier it gets. The mind is like a muscle. When someone who is accustomed to ‘stinking thinking’ decides to change, it is not easy.  The art of positive thinking needs to be deliberately exercised daily until it becomes spontaneous.

If the will is kept awake and properly directed, it will impart energy to the whole system and it will be a tremendous aid in the maintenance of health. It is a power also in dealing with disease. It can control the imagination and be a potent means of resisting and overcoming disease of both mind and body. Every person has the power ‘to will’ to be happy, but the key to true happiness is found in ‘the will’ to bless others. A laugh, an embrace, a kind favour, a prayer, an encouraging word, a warm smile - these all result in the production of endorphins in both the giver and the receiver. This is another chemical that makes one feel good. Endorphins produce a sense of well being by dilating the entire vascular system, increasing oxygen supply to the extreme parts of the body and enhancing the elimination of waste. People who get excited about things usually experience better health, regular creativity and a longer life. It is said that laughter is the best medicine because it stimulates the pituitary gland and promotes high excretions of endorphins.

Anger, bitterness, discontent, guilt and remorse often cause break down of the life forces and cause serious ailments.  Through a series of powerful physical therapies, nurture, emotional counselling and lifestyle education, health can be restored.  With the implementation of firm resolutions to deal with issues and move on, it is indeed possible to change the thought patterns to overcome ‘stinking thinking’, to forgive, to accept, to bless others, and thereby sweeten the entire chemistry of the body. When this happens, innovation becomes a natural daily phenomenon.


By Gary Martin ND.AFIAM
  

Sunday, September 29, 2013

The Creative You: Confronting Fears



The Creative You: Confronting Fears










 

 



“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.”
Carol Pearson – author, leadership coach


In the natural world there are many situations that arouse irrational fears – of being alone in a wild place, of dark places, of wild animals, or of open spaces. Acquiring knowledge that leads to understanding will rationalise the irrational.

By extension, fear of presenting creative work to be criticised can also be overcome. Confronting the object of fear may not only neutralise the fear, it will open doors to exciting new worlds.

Photograph: The highly venomous rough-scaled snake snakes are only dangerous to man if they are interfered with.. From 'The Creative You' collection unpublished.  


~Steve Parish, Australia’s foremost Nature Photographer

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Think Your Way To Good Health

Think Your Way To Good Health

The concept that thinking in a healthy manner will assist a person to have a healthier physiology is not a new one.  Far from it; it is at the heart of ancient traditions. Our bodies mirror the sum total of our thoughts and experiences as well as our genetic inheritance.


I was reminded of this fact the other day when I was chatting with an experienced masseuse therapist.  We were discussing the prevalence of back issues in the modern day world, many of which are connected with sitting too long in a bad or inappropriate postural position.


Patients will turn up for an appointment desperately searching for a fast cure for their back issues.  They want a fix and they want it fast.  Few of them are as willing to examine the why part of their problems.  They might think that they are willing but underneath the surface they perhaps have ambivalent feelings regarding this whole issue.


What do I mean by ambivalence?  They might perhaps think that there is nothing they can do to change their posture.  They might not want to stop doing something that has been putting stress upon their body.  They might not be willing to spend the time performing compensatory exercises and stretches.  They might not wish to compensate that doing something they love doing is what is causing their problems.


The tendency when a person is willing to look at issues of causation is to ask what one specific thing brought this issue about.  As this particular masseuse therapist pointed out, it is highly unlikely or almost impossible for there to be one single cause.


A combination of things will have all contributed to the current physical discomfort.  He was actually talking more in terms of purely physical causes, such as a combination of bad posture when working at the computer or playing golf without stretching first.


This made me ponder upon the fact that people are even less likely to seek to see if their might be causes in terms of thought and attitude.  And what mental changes could be set in motion to assist in a more flexible physiological experience?


Your mind and body are inevitably linked.  Mental processes have an unavoidable effect upon your body just as powerfully as physical pain has a knock on effect upon your mental state and emotional equilibrium.  You hear people say, "This pain is grinding me down", yet you rarely hear people commenting that their attitude is having any impact upon their physical health.


It is worth thinking about this interaction between mind and body and seeing what you can do to help create your best health possible, to see how you can use your mind to heal your body.  There are several ways in which you can do this.  One of the most powerful is to employ self hypnosis.

 October 2013


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Saturday, September 14, 2013

Inspiration and motivation

 
In case you haven't heard, yesterday [10th Sept 2013]  Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.

What's even more impressive is that Ms. Nyad is 64 years old and this is the fifth time in 35 years that she has attempted this 110-mile swim through the Florida Straits, notorious for its strong currents, sharks and swarms of stinging jellyfish.

After completing the 53-hour feat, Ms. Nyad shared this,

"I have three messages...

One is we should never, ever give up.

Two is you never are too old to chase your dreams.

Three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team."


These are three very important lessons for any of us.

Are there things in your practice that you have given up on? Or maybe you think you cannot find success because it has been too hard or too difficult?

One thing I have learned in my own business is that it is never too late to improve! It is never too late to find success regardless of how many times you have tried! And it is definitely never too late to chase down your dreams.

Success is a team sport! If you aren't finding the success you desire, then maybe you need to take a team approach like Diana did.

This is an inspiring story. I hope it helps you re-center and re-focus on what you really want from your practice instead of settling for less...

~~Doc Grassel

Friday, September 6, 2013

Alcohol and the development of adolescent brain

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Binge drinking, defined as more than five drinks on one occasion, has become a common and more extreme pattern of drinking among young Australians.
Recognising that adolescence is a critical period for brain development, we are conducting research into how excessive drinking affects the teenage brain. This research will be crucial to informing our alcohol licensing laws and public health advice.

About our research 
In adolescence, the brain undergoes active rewiring of circuitry that is necessary for successful development of ‘adult’ adaptive patterns of behaviour and cognitive functioning, with particular focus on the frontal lobe and its connections. Prof Lindy Rae is examining this connectivity in the brains of binge drinkers and comparing these ‘tracts’ to those from control (abstaining) participants. We are also studying the size of brain regions known to be affected by alcohol, such as the hippocampus, to see whether brain structure is altered by binge drinking.
We are using questionnaires, cognitive testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to look for changes in structure and connectivity as well as chemical differences in the brain.
Alcohol is thought to induce a state where the glutamate system – the major excitatory system in the brain – becomes unbalanced. We have found significant elevations in frontal lobe glutamate in boys who binge drink. Binge drinkers showed impaired neuro-cognitive function, with significantly slower responses and greater errors on the tests of inhibition and poorer emotional face recognition compared to non drinkers. These changes were positively correlated with binge drinking episodes and alcohol consumption.


Monday, September 2, 2013

7 STEPS TO ABSOLUTE EMPOWERMENT

reprinted by Grassel Hypnotherapy Clinic


Life is filled with learning lessons. With these lessons, we need instructions that will help us to absolute empowerment. Having easy steps to self empowerment will bring the result of absolute love of self and sense of completeness and wholeness. 


  
1
SELF LOVE/REALISATION
needs never to be defended or protected for there is nothing to protect only the illusionary needs protection when it feels threatened and only the ego can feel threatened.
2
ABILITY TO LOVE
is based on the ability to love yourself.
3
SELF WORTH
is the totally related to your thoughts and negative feelings, behaviour and other people’s behaviour toward you. By loving yourself totally, rejection or approval from others can never affect you.
4
FORGIVENESS
is ceasing from making a perfect situation wrong. Because you forgot who you once were (love and perfection), you judged someone or something as bad or wrong.
5
SELF RESPOSIBILITY
is taking charge of your life and living it the way you really want, independent of how others or society says you should.
6
EXPRESSION
is the ability to say how you feel and think and act without feeling bad, anxious or fearful. It is the ability to be assertive in the running of your own life and overcoming timidity.
7
SELF ACCEPTANCE
acceptance of nonacceptance     
self acceptance vs. indifference
acceptance of physical body
acceptance of your intelligence
acceptance of your emotions
acceptance of your uniqueness
acceptance of self as well as others
self acceptance vs. guilt
self acceptance without complaint


Complete = Absolute Empowerment
 

 Never place anyone or anything
above your own self

7 Steps to Absolute Empowerment ©- Article By: Jean Sheehan,