Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinations of Human Behavior

David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph. D
Hay House, Inc.

Man’s Search For Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl
Washington Square Press

A Course in Miracles

Anonymous
Foundation For Inner Peace (Introduction and Workbook only)

An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

M.K. Gandhi
Navajivan Publishing House, 1927

Perfect Weight

Deepak Chopra
Harmony Books

Restful Sleep

Deepak Chopra
Harmony Books

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz
Amber-Allen Publishing

Love’s Hidden Symmetry

Bert Hellinger
Zeig, Tucker & Co.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Harold Kushner
Pocket Books

The Mind Body Prescription

John E. Sarno
A Time Warner Company

The Road Less Traveled

M. Scott Peck, MD
Simon & Schuster

Family Secrets

John Bradshaw
Bantam Books

Embraced by the Light

Betty J. Eadie
Bantam Books

Thyroid Power. 10 steps to total health

Richard Shames, MD
Quill. A HarperResource

The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success

Deepak Chopra
Amber-Allen Publishing

Yoga the Path To Holistic Health

B.K.S. Iyengar
Dorling Kindersley

The Spiritual Journey of Joseph L. Greenstein. The Mighty Atom

Ed Spielman
First Glance Pooks, Cobb, CA

When All You’ve Ever Wanted to Have isn’t Enough

Harold Kushner
Pocket Books

Tao Te Ching (A New English Version)

Stephen Mitchell
Harper Perennial

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Jack Canfield
Health Communications, Inc.

Perfect Health

Deepak Chopra
Harmony Books

Psychology of the future

Stanislav Grof
State University of NY Press

Writing about the most stressful experience of your life was an assignment given to a treatment group of patients suffering from bronchial asthma or rheumatoid arthritis for a study at Stony Brook University, in Stony Brook, NY.

These patients were asked to spend 20 minutes each day, for three days, writing about the most stressful experience of their life. They were asked to just write continuously, without regard for spelling or stylistic concern. They could write about a single topic for all three days or move from one topic to another — although they were encouraged to continue a topic from a previous day if necessary, rather than stop it. There was also a control group that was asked to write about planning [planning what?] for the next few days.

The results were remarkable: almost 50 % of the patients writing about their most stressful event improved and stayed better for a long time! This is even more remarkable when noting that these patients had incurable, chronic conditions that required lots of medications. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the reference is JAMA, April 14, 1999 – Vol. 281, No 14 1304-1309). (more…)

Fasting has numerous positive effects on the body, mind and soul. Much like a computer that has frozen or “locked up”, your system may experience a “rebooting” effect born of fasting’s virtues. Cravings for unhealthy foods are decreased by fasting, and in many cases, eliminated completely. Toxins are flushed from the body, and last but not least, there is a natural weigh-loss effect. (more…)

Your body temperature reflects your metabolic rate, which is largely determined by hormones secreted by the thyroid gland and by the ability of your cells to convert these hormones to their more active form. Your level of thyroid activity can be determined simply by measuring your basal body temperature. All that is needed is a high-quality thermometer.

PROCEDURE

1. Place the thermometer by your bed before going to sleep at nights. If using a mercury Thermometer, shake it down to below 95 degrees F.
2. On waking, place the thermometer in your armpit for a full 10 minutes. It is Important to make as little movement as possible. Lying and resting with your eyes Closed is best. Do not get up until the 10 minute test is completed.
3. After 10 minutes, read and record the temperature and date. (A convenient form is Printed at the end of this appendix: Fig. A7.1.)
4. Record the temperature for at least three mornings (preferably at the same time of the Day) and give the information to your physician. Menstruating women must perform the test on the second, third, and fourth days of menstruation. Men and post- menopausal women can perform the test at any time.

INTERPRETATION

Your basal body temperature should be between 97.6 degrees and 98.2 degrees F. Low basal body temperatures are quite common and may reflect hypothyroidism.

Common signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism are:

• Depression
• Difficulty in losing weight
• Dry skin
• Headaches
• Lethargy or fatigue
• Menstrual problems
• Recurrent infections
• Sensitivity to cold
• Menstrual problems

High basal body temperatures (above 98.6 F) are less common, but may be evidence of hyperthyroidism. Common signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism include:

• bulging eyeballs
• fast pulse
• hyperactivity, nervousness
• inability to gain weight
• insomnia, irritability

Making your treatment more effective

Power of prayer has been well observed and studied over millenniums. It has been subjected to vigorous tests of science in recent years and proven to be very valuable.

Making a blessing only a few moments before taking your medication or supplements can enhance their effectiveness. It is well known that placebo effect in most of the clinical trials is close to 40%. So do not throw away 40% of your medicine! (more…)

What to avoid and exclude from your diet:

1. Processed food: TV dinners, canned food, packaged prepared cereal and any other food that has been prepared to be on the shelf for a long time. Usually these foods contain preservatives that your body is not used to, so they can be toxic to you.
2. Junk Food: sugar, chocolate, cookies, cakes, candy, potato chips, artificial sweeteners carbonated drinks, etc.
3. Anything made out of wheat or other refined carbohydrates: breads, bagels, pasta, cookies, etc. Wheat is a major allergen for us and can cause weight gain.
4. White rice, corn, excessive soy products (for women)
5. Cows milk and milk products — it is known to be major allergen to most of us.
6. Large predatory fish, like tuna and sword fish. It has large concentrations of heavy metals. Farm raised fish, like salmon. It is being fed food with high concentration of PCB and other cancerogens.
7. Coffee, chocolate, black tea, alcohol and smoking, as well as any over-the counter medications you are using more than once per month. It is toxic for you and increases your stress.

What’s left to eat or what is good for you?

1. Fresh organic fruits, vegetables and nuts. Brown rice.
2. Organically raised animals and eggs. Goat milk and goat cheese.
3. If you have “a sweet tooth” you can use Stevia drops (helps to regulate blood sugar metabolism and is 50x sweeter than sugar) or raw honey (in limited amounts)
4. Wild small fish.
5. Fish oil from Nordic Sea (it is the only sea that is not polluted with heavy metals). Use oil stored in bottles (keep refrigerated after opening), not in capsules (it has a tendency to get rancid). Take 2 teaspoons of oil daily. Mix it with olive oil and use in your salads or have it straight.
6. Virgin olive oil, sesame oil.

How should I eat?

1. Bless your food before a meal. Thank god, or the universe for giving it to you and those people who made it possible to have it on your table. Ask for food to be helpful and healing for you.
2. Eat slowly. Focus on your food and only your food. Consume small portions and notice everything about your food: smell, shape, color, taste, texture, etc.
3. Monitor how full your stomach is as you eat. Put your arm on your belly and notice how full it is. On a scale from 1 to 10, your stomach should not exceed more than a 7. Stop in time.
4. Take a “liquid day” once per week. Do not consume solid food; only water and freshly made juices. It will help you to get rid of toxins and “reset” your gastrointestinal tract.
5. Drink 6-8 glasses of water per day.

This is a very important exercise helping you to open your mind to healthy choices in your life. Do this exercise 4-5 times per day for 6 weeks. It takes only 1-2 minutes. But it can bring amazing results. (more…)

ERT is a very effective way to resolve physical, emotional and energetic trauma and symptoms that follow them like anxiety, depression, stress, pain, anger, nightmares, etc. Many of the traumas have been long forgotten by you, but your body continues to remember and remind you through your symptoms. (more…)

MFT is one of the emerging energy psychology healing methods that connect an understanding of energetic (acupuncture) meridians with psychological issues. Tapping specific acupuncture points facilitates effective and rapid resolution of physical, energetic and emotional issues. To be effective you need to observe several rules:

• Focus intently on troubling sensations, emotions, or memories while tapping.
• Tap points by using all 10 fingertips. Keep wrist relaxed and flexible. Tap strongly and slowly about one tap per second.
• Tap yourself in a rhythm of the heartbeat or waltz. Tap every point nine times.
• Look at yourself in a mirror and make eye contact with yourself, or have somebody listen to you, to be a witness to your healing.
• Take a deep breath after each round of tapping, notice sensations in your body, feelings, emotions, memories. Focus on them again while tapping.
• Hum or repeat affirmations while tapping. “Even though I… (Say several negative and troubling things you are working on), I fully and completely accept myself and love myself the way I am.” (Repeat all affirmations while tapping initial four points, and only negative issues when tapping the rest.)
• To deepen an experience, move your eyes side to side or put on glasses of a specific color.

MFT points:

• Crown line (Governor 19-21 points)
  Along sagittal suture (it is a line between two bones on the top of the head, from the crown of the head toward the nose). Position all fingers along this line.
• Eyebrow (Bladder 1-2 and extra points)
  Little finger positioned over the beginning of the nose, with the rest of the fingers around the eyebrow.
• Temple (Gall bladder 1)
  From the corner of the eye, where pinky should touch during tapping, toward the ear. Feeling two bones connecting, position the rest of your fingers.
• Nuchal line (between Gallbladder 20 and Bladder 10 and many extra points)
  Immediately behind the mastoid all the way to the midline. Tap with the side of your palm, like in a karate chop.
• Stomach line (Stomach 1, 2, 3)
  Position index finger on the bone just below the eye, the rest of the fingers curving down the face with the pinky just to the side of the corner of the mouth. Thumb falls under the zygoma bone (Small intestine 18).
• Upper jaw line (Governor 26 and upper jaw dental acupuncture points)
  The middle finger is on the spot halfway between the nose and the upper lip. The other fingers lie naturally to both sides over the teeth.
• Lower jaw line (Conception Vessel 24 and lower jaw dental points)
  Pinky in the middle under the lower lip, the rest of the fingers on both sides of the teeth.
• Under the arm pits (chicken wings) (Spleen 21)
  Tap on the line under the arm pits with the thumb and index fingers forming a V shape, while hands flex as if chicken wings.
• Thymus (breast bone line) (Kidney 27, 26 and Thymus)
  Thumb lies in the hollow underneath the clavicle, just adjacent to the sternum, with the other fingers going down the sides of the sternum.