{"id":5288,"date":"2009-10-11T23:14:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T04:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2009-10-11T23:14:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T04:14:25","slug":"questions-about-%e2%80%98sweat-lodge%e2%80%99-rite-where-2-died-creating-new-neurological-pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/questions-about-%e2%80%98sweat-lodge%e2%80%99-rite-where-2-died-creating-new-neurological-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions About \u2018Sweat Lodge\u2019 Rite Where 2 Died.  Creating New Neurological Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRESCOTT, Ariz. \u2014 As Arizona authorities on Saturday investigated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/11\/us\/11lodge.html\" target=\"_blank\">how two people died<\/a> and more than a dozen others were overtaken during a ceremony at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesray.com\/company\/about-james-ray.php\" target=\"_blank\">James Arthur Ray<\/a>&#8216;s new age  <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesray.com\/events\/spiritual-warrior.php\" target=\"_blank\">Spiritual Warrior Retreat<\/a> near Sedona, questions arose about the circumstances surrounding the simulated Native American rite.\u00a0 A sweat lodge is similar to a sauna. Traditional lodges are usually made of willow branches and covered in canvas or animal skins, and are not meant to be air-tight. The authorities said that the lodge at Angel Valley was covered in plastic and blankets.\u00a0 Questions have also arisen about the length of time the people were in the lodge \u2014 about two hours. A ceremony usually lasts no more than an hour, Joseph Bruchac, an expert on Native American traditions and author of \u201cThe Native American Sweat Lodge,&#8221; said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now this is where the media begins misleading people.\u00a0 Little comments that are made as statements of fact, creating more outrage than there needs to be.\u00a0 Covering the lodge with blankets is done all the time.\u00a0 Covering with plastic is not.\u00a0 Two hours is not an excessive time for a lodge, when you&#8217;ve got a water pourer who knows how to regulate the heat, and isn&#8217;t trying to break records and be a rock star.<\/p>\n<p>Now the media will have people thinking it&#8217;s abusive to stay in a lodge for two hours.\u00a0 Under the proper conditions, it&#8217;s not.\u00a0 Covering the lodge with blankets didn&#8217;t violate anything.<\/p>\n<p>The media states the cost of the retreat was listed on Ray\u2019s website as $9,695 per person.\u00a0 Being in the business, I am aware that in all events, not everyone pays full price.\u00a0 I get media passes to everything.\u00a0 They always give out a certain number of scholarships, meaning those attendees get in free or at greatly reduced rates.\u00a0 So it&#8217;s likely Ray was NOT walking away from the event with $500,000 in tuition payments.<\/p>\n<p>About the  <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesray.com\/events\/spiritual-warrior.php\" target=\"_blank\">Spiritual Warrior Retreat<\/a>, Ray says its participants will \u201cexperience a new technologically-enhanced form of meditation that creates new neurological pathways.\u201d\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know anything about Ray&#8217;s work so I don&#8217;t know what his technology is.\u00a0 But I do know that what creates new neurological pathways is thinking a new thought.\u00a0 What creates new neurological pathways is envisioning a better life.\u00a0 What creates new neurological pathways is thinking a new thought with attention to repetition, doing so purposely and mindfully, and training yourself until it is automatically the thought of least resistance. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=3379\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Visualization.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what creates new neurological pathways.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what transforms your consciousness.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what makes you resonate vibrationally in tune with something new, and begins the attraction process.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy enough to do and just takes some practice to get good at.<br \/>\nNo sweat.<br \/>\nAndrea<\/p>\n<p>Related Post: <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5233\" target=\"_blank\">How did James Arthur Ray attract this?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5233\" target=\"_blank\">2 die at James Arthur Ray\u2019s Sedona Spiritual Warrior Retreat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=113664862\" target=\"_blank\">Update from NPR on this matter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Breaking news: Inside accounts of James Ray sweat lodge tragedy and retreat\" target=\"_blank\">10:20-09: an Inside Account<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-11245-Philadelphia-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Breaking-news-James-Ray-urged-sweat-lodge-participants-to-stop-prescription-medications\" target=\"_blank\">10-22-09: James Ray urged sweat lodge participants to stop prescription medications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOTE:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=6615\" target=\"_blank\">This is a link to ALL updated info on this matter in chronological order<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.technorati.com\/pix\/fave\/tech-fav-1.png\" alt=\"Add to Technorati Favorites\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/Andrea\/End_of_Death_As_We_Know_It.html\" target=\"_blank\">The End of Death As We Know It<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/Andrea\/End_of_Death_As_We_Know_It.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,\u00b8\u00b8,\u00f8\u00a4\u00ba\u00b0`\u00b0\u00ba\u00a4 :\u00a6:- Visit<\/span> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.horizonsmagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/questions-about-%e2%80%98sweat-lodge%e2%80%99-rite-where-2-died-creating-new-neurological-pathways\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Questions About \u2018Sweat Lodge\u2019 Rite Where 2 Died.  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