Monthly Menu - November, 2005

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"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. "
-Thich Nhat Hanh

Life is a feast, and half of the poor suckers think they are starving to death!
- Auntie Mame
 

This Month's Specials:

 

Inspiration Soup

The Law of Vitality - Dr. John Demartini

Today I would love to share with you another inspiring law called the Law of Vitality. Some people come to me and say, “John, I’d love to have your energy. Where do you get all the energy for all the things you do?” And I say, “Well, being clear on where you are going in life is important.” Here are some of the secrets that help me to live life with vitality .  One of the secrets of the Law of Vitality is to know where you are going. If you have a clear road map, it is easy to get there. Your energy soars. Another key is gratitude! If you have gratefulness to life, your energy picks up. If you are depressed about life and ungrateful, your energy shuts down. A third aspect of building vitality is to make sure that you have some sort of moderation in your diet. Many people go out and try to gain energy by “pigging out,” thinking they are going to gain energy from food. This is not the way to do it! It has actually been shown that if you eat less, you will have increased vitality. I don’t mean starving yourself, or going on the “Gandhi” diet, but what I mean is to “eat light.” Always walk away from the table feeling a little less full, rather than more. You will find you have more vitality. You might be a little thin. That is fine. It is better to have two pounds less than it is to have two pounds more. It has been shown that we live longer if we eat less. And we also have more vitality. Eating less! Being grateful! Being clear on our mission! All these make a difference. The next key to vitality is water! People who drink a lot more water, rather than any other liquid, increase their vitality. I encourage you to make sure that you drink lots and lots of water every day! Even when I am writing and speaking, I am drinking water, because it is a universal solvent, and it opens up to the universal mind.
Another element is breathing! Sit down and take deep breaths! My observation of some of the most magnetic and charismatic people in the world is that they breathe diaphragmatically. They breathe deeply. Like Pavoratti they breathe a very deep breath. I encourage you to stop now. Let your chest and abdomen fill up when you take a deep breath. In! Out! Let the oxygen come in! Let the toxins dissipate in the air! In Eastern mysticism and in the philosophies of the East, they describe a Prana in the breath. It brings life force in the breath. I believe that every time we take a breath, we do bring in a life force. So I say, “Breathe deeply. Drink a lot of water. Be grateful for what you have in life. Have certainty and clarity in your mission. Eat moderately.”  The next way to increase your vitality is to make sure that your vocation and your avocation are the same, or that they are connected. If you are not doing what you love and loving what you do, you have a “brake” on all the time. That is the fastest way to break down your energy! Do you want to run down and distract yourself with things you do not love doing? Hardly! Define what you love doing. Be clear about it. And follow these principles that add vitality to life.  Last, but not least, one of the most powerful aids to add vitality is to smile! You know, if you do a little smiling, it does make a difference. It tends to change your physiology. And look up to life! Go outside and stand out there in nature and look up into the heavens and smile at life. Say “Thank you, Universe! Thank you for the gifts that I have been receiving!” Your vitality will pick up! Not only will you have vitality in your body, but also you will have it in your creations and in your actions. You will be a creative and a productive individual by following the Law of Vitality.

 

Thoughts on a Half-Shell

    Just wondering.....  I don't know how many of you have ever seen what a typical chicken farm looks like.  I've seen documentaries about poultry farms and I am shocked that there hasn't been a poultry pandemic earlier.  These farms already use incredibly strong antibiotics and vaccines to keep the chickens alive in abysmal conditions.  Frankly, I wonder if the powers that be are choosing the correct party for extermination - should it be the chickens or the poultry farm owners?  Maybe the positive that comes out of this is we see more free range chicken farms of which I haven't seen one labeled with an infection.

 

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Sweet Web Pudding

www.silentbetrayal.com - An great website - I've always wondered where those Doctors are who see the problems with "Disease Care."

 

http://www.westonaprice.org/index.html - Thanks Judy for pointing this site out.  Lot's of ideas on health.

 

The Spiritual Cinema Circle - Excellent product & service.  Everyone is jumping on the Circle's bandwagon - Deepak Chopra, the producers of "What the Bleep...", etc. , its an AMAZING service!  A DVD filled with in-spirational content.  Try one month and see what I mean. 

 

After Dinner Reading

Because of numerous requests I am including my questionnaire about the Flu Shot in this months newsletter - feel free to print it off or email it to friends.

1.      Q:  What is the desired effect of a Flu shot?

A:  Prevent the Flu.

2.      Q:  How does a Flu shot supposedly work?

A:  By “boosting” your immune system.

3.      Q:  What system controls your immune system (and every other system in your body)?

A:  Your Nerve System.

4.      Q:  Should your body be able to resist a Flu virus?

A:  YES!  If your Nerve System is functioning properly.

5.      Q:  Knowing that your nerve system controls your immune system, what could make your immune system weak?

A:  Interference in your nerve system (i.e., the subluxation process).

6.      Q:  What causes the subluxation process (i.e., nerve interference)?

A:  Stress beyond your body’s internal resistance (i.e., beyond your ability to adapt).

7.      Q:  What are the 3 categories of stress?

A:  Physical stress, chemical stress and mental/emotional stress.

8.      Q:  Are there chemicals in a Flu shot other than a Flu virus?

A:  YES.

9.      Q:  Are some or all of these “extra” chemicals harmful to your body if injected into your blood stream?     

A:  YES.  

10. Q:  Might the chemical stress from a Flu shot be difficult for your body to adapt to?

A:  YES.

11. Q:  Might it cause nerve interference (i.e., might it initiate the subluxation process)?

A:  YES.

12. Q:  What would the effect of nerve interference be on your immune response?

A:  Your immune response would be decreased.

13. Q:  What removes nerve interference?

A:  A Chiropractic Adjustment.

14. Q:  Knowing that a chiropractic adjustment will remove nerve interference and allow the free flow of Life Energy through your nerve system, how does an adjustment affect your immune response?

A:  An adjustment increases your immune response.  **A study published in 1994 showed that specific upper cervical adjustments increased the CD4 (white blood cell) counts in HIV positive patients by 48% over the six-month duration of the study.”

15. Q:  What can you do you keep your immune response high?

   A:  Keep your nerve system clear from interference through regular visits to your Chiropractor and live a lifestyle that stops recreating that interference and instead builds health!

 

Far too often, the body is seen as inferior or not able to handle processes without outside intervention.  Chiropractic adjustments allow your body to perform at it’s highest level by addressing the nerve system.


 

News & Views

Are Your Family’s Lunchboxes Serving Lead for Lunch?

It’s a particularly unsettling notion: that the lunchboxes we use to send our kids packing off to school with a healthy noontime meal may be tainting their midday repast with a side order of unhappy surprise. Yet that’s the conclusion of a new report from the Center for Environmental Health, which examined a variety of popular lunchboxes and found that 25% of those tested contained a heaping helping of hazardous lead.

At issue are lunchboxes made from soft vinyl, an increasingly popular choice with manufacturers because of their ability to insulate foods and absorb all kinds of punishment on those rugged journeys to and from school.  Cont. on website here.
 

Questions at the Café

Does anyone else see a connection between Halloween (candy - sugar) and soooo many kids getting sick this time of the year?  I remember Dr. Kira Frketich, N.D. telling me (I paraphrase), 1 tblsp of refined (white) sugar suppresses the immune system up to 50% for an hour (or so).

 

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