My house is a real talker. I’ve only recently become aware of it. Twice a friend mentioned he heard me in my office when I was at the other end of the house. Well, I live under an oak tree canopy, so the branches make sounds in the wind as they touch the house, and there are always squirrels running across the roof. It could be a dead branch falling, birds dropping acorns. But just now I heard it. Sitting in the living room, I heard a sound coming from the office, as if someone moving around in there. Scary? Nah, I’m pretty excited. Maybe it’s my doppelganger or etheric double. If they’re anything like me, they are workaholics and will jump into work anytime they feel restless. That means I could be getting some unseen help around here! I’m all for that. Want to know my story about getting unseen help? Check out the free download of my Invisible Counselors Workbook – on page 96 through 107 I tell my experience with my own sessions.
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Why darkness is important to recuperative sleep
DARKNESS IS IMPORTANT TO RECUPERATIVE SLEEP. In order to get the highest quality sleep, you need to be in a room that is dark as possible. Even the slightest bit of light can disrupt your body’s circadian rhythm and production of melatonin and serotonin, two hormones vital to your health. Many people are not aware that exposure to the smallest amount of light at night will cause your body to halt production of those hormones. Exposure to light while your body is trying to sleep activates your stress response and weakens your immune system, which is why irregular sleep cycles can lead to stress-related disorders. Many of your major organs and body systems have their own internal clocks. These clocks influence everything from your body temperature to hormone production to your heart rate. When these clocks are out of whack, all kinds of things can happen which impact your daily life and your overall health. See these links for tips on getting good sleep naturally: Continue reading
Our Ancestors Used to Sleep Twice a Night
8 hour sleeping is a modern invention. Imagine you are a denizen of the 18th century. It’s just past 8:30 P.M., you’ve got your night-cap on. You blow out your candles and fall asleep to the smell of the wax and the wick, which gently fills the air around your bed. Some hours pass. 2:30 AM. You awaken, grab your coat, and visit the neighbors because they, too, are up. Doing quiet reading, prayer, or even having sex. Well, apparently before the age of electricity, sleeping twice a night was completely ubiquitous. Back in those times, we slept twice a night, getting up for an hour or two for recreation before heading back to bed until dawn.
Go somewhere different, get involved with new people; they will draw new things out of you
Being an atheist is okay, being a Christian is okay
Being an atheist is okay. Being an atheist and shaming religion and spirituality as silly or not real is not okay.
Being a Christian is okay. Being a homophobic, misogynistic, racist, or otherwise hateful person in the name of Christianity is not okay.
Being a reindeer is okay. Bullying and exluding another reindeer because he has a shiny red nose is not okay.
No excuses, no need to lie, simply “I’m unavailable for that”
Never lie to get out of something. If you are uninterested, you can simply say “I’m not available for that, thank you.” It doesn’t matter whether you will be out of town or have an important meeting or just have other priorities that are more fun. Never lie to get out of something. Maybe just never lie.
Maybe a little too much to share on a first date
A friend writes: “About last night’s guy…. He tells me that he’s a traditional guy and that he should never have married another Army officer because she was too independent. Also I get the explanation of why he was on meds after his near death experience, how he became a narcotic addict for a year but stopped cold turkey, and now uses medicinal marijuana. Not sure how he thinks this is going to help him get his security clearance for his new job. Oh yeah, he hasn’t been working since February when he left his last position for a break. And I got his entire conversion story as well as the details of his new church…. Which isn’t here. I’m thinking that some of this should possibly not have been shared on a first date! LOL”
Kudos to him for being brave to tell it upfront instead of her finding out piecemeal in a soul crushing relationship.
I tell you I’m busy then you see me on Facebook – WTF?
Often I tell someone I’m working and then they see me on Facebook and wonder WTF? They’re not being ignored, it’s just that is part of my working process: I have many projects running at the same time and work on each of them every day. I work alone and do the work of 3-4 people. When I have a few minutes free, yet not long enough to take on another task, I sneak onto FB and take a break. If I didn’t take as many breaks as I take, I wouldn’t get as much done. I’m like the Chinese lettuce farmer who grew bitter lettuce yet wrote wonderful poetry. “Why not stop growing your bad lettuce and simply write your beautiful poetry all day long?” he was asked. “That was impossible,” he said, “because if I did not grow such bitter lettuce, I wouldn’t be able to write such sweet poetry.” Continue reading
Don’t ask for patience or peace unless you want many chances to be peaceful under duress
You know, don’t you, that when you pray for some issue to be taken from you, that means you are asking for that issue to come up in front of you over and over, giving you many chances to react to it differently. Patience, for instance, or peace. Ask for patience or peace and see how many aggravating things begin showing up. Each time you react to it differently, it dispels it a little bit more. That’s how that works. Ok, as you were.
Facebook friends help get a family on the road
Driving in snow, here’s their tire with the ice crystals. Bring them home!
It was fun helping out a friend yesterday. This is why I love Facebook. I saw on the news feed, “Today I choose to let go and let god. I do this everyday but sometimes I try to take over thru worry and panick. Today im going to give my worries to god as my.mistakes are seen.and known and learned from along the way. I stand strong in my family bond and do not run wild into the fears that beckon me. I will mountain pose into warrior and back again for as long as it takes. When on the road u will have many oppertunities to release into the divine and surrender the mind. I choose to go out peacefully with faith we will be blessed to move forward.” As a yogi, I well know the metaphor of transitioning from mountain pose to warrior. In mountain, you stand at rest, yet strong and unwavering. In warrior, you confront your own weaknesses. Continue reading