Monthly Archives: July 2011

Get diagnosed, or not?

I have a friend who’s having some health issues but she’s afraid to go to the doctor.  She knows that once an illness is diagnosed, typically that’s when the disease progresses, and that’s because our focus turns more fully to it.  Whatever we focus on grows and expands, period. Below is what Abraham-Hicks has to say on the matter. I suggested she immediately change to a healthy diet and prayer practice, then do as Abraham suggests:  “Choose another thought, and get locked back on to your signal — and all of that will go away.” Continue reading →

How long from the time you eat food until you excrete it?

QUESTION:  Digestion, how long does it take? How long does it take to digest food — from the time you eat it to the time you excrete it in stool?

ANSWER from Michael F. Picco, M.D:  Digestion time varies depending on the individual. For most healthy adults, it’s usually between 24 and 72 hours.  After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine.  Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion and absorption of water.  Elimination of undigested food residue through the large intestine usually begins after a total of 24 hours.  Complete elimination from the body may take several days. More if you’ve eaten a large quantity, or eaten heavy foods. You digest much more slowly with an overloaded system. Water is crucial to keep everything in motion. Continue reading →

Clearing out the energy also clears out past ties

I wrote yesterday that my tenant of nine years was moving out of the mobile home I own at Holiday Park in Palm Bay.  A friend asked me why that could happen to me since I’m “such a positive thinker.”  I always have to laugh when I get that question because why would someone assume that me losing a tenant is a bad thing?  And it wasn’t really out of the blue.  I always know when things are shaking up for me that I’ve done something to attract it.   I’d written earlier this week that I bought a new bed and re-arranged furniture in the bedroom and sitting room areas.  I also changed up my spiritual practice, and re-did the altar in the living room fireplace.  My life experience tells me that anytime I start moving stuff around like that, that is the butterfly wing that puts the waves of change into motion.
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A friend suggests I change up my spiritual practice

Wayne Wirs and I were talking last week about spiritual practice, and he suggested I change my schedule to expand the time I spent at the healing bench, and shorten the time I spent in personal meditation.  “Just try it for 30 days,” he said.  I love new challenges  like that, changing it up.  Today he asked:  “How is that hour long selfless meditation mod working for you?”   Continue reading →

My new bedroom is finally all put together

My new bedroom

After I bought my new bed last week, I took a few days to redo my bedroom for the first time in several years.  I took down the heavy royal blue velvet drapes from the sliding glass door, and replaced them with navy sheers and a blue and yellow silken sari draped overhead at the curtain rod.  I can see right into the garden and I love the new look.  My former king bed was so big that it basically took up 1/3 of the room.    Tuesday I moved a large white credenza out of the bedroom and into the sitting room, behind the daybed.  What I call the daybed used to be the futon, however I just moved the heavy wooden futon base to the shed and replaced it with a standard twin bed frame.  It’s much more functional and now there’s  room for the chi to flow underneath the bed — good feng shui!  Continue reading →

You choose where to focus your attention

When you focus upon an unwanted aspect of something in an effort to push it away from you, it only comes closer, because you get what you give your attention to whether it is something that you want or not.  It is up to you to focus upon and attract what you want.  How do you know what you’re really focusing on?  By what you are attracting into your life.

Oh, so this is why people get married…

I saw part of a reality show on tv the other day and a bride to be was talking about why she wanted to find a husband:  she wanted someone to tell about her day when she came home from work and someone to help with the chores around the house.  A bachelor friend of mine told me he “wouldn’t mind a woman around the house to cook and such.”  Good grief.

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As usual, I find I already have everything I need

I spent Sunday alternately working on final layout of the the August issue of Horizons, and moving furniture around.  I’d read at a few feng shui websites to learn the beneficial  placements for a bed after I bought my new bed last week.  The first thing I learned was that I needed a headboard.  The past 10 years, my giant king bed had been positioned in the corner, with a dozen pillows arranged like a large settee.  I was glad to downsize to a double bed.  And since the head of the bed would be angled at a corner, I clearly needed a headboard. Continue reading →