My Mindfulness Challenge for you this week will consume at most ten seconds each and every day. The exciting news I have for you is that it will transform your day and your week if you actually do what I’m about to suggest that you do.
The minute that you become conscious in the morning after sleeping the night, the first thought that you have needs to be the following;
“Today will be a magnificent day.”
You might want to change that adjective from day to day or simply say whatever comes to mind since you are just coming to consciousness. When waking the first thing in the morning it can be a bit difficult to think clearly. The statement might be as you think to yourself silently,
“Today will be a spectacular day.” or
“Today will be a stupendous day.” or
“Today will be a terrific day.” or
“Today will be an amazing day.”
You get the point. Whatever adjective comes to mind simply state that magnificent expectation as your first thought of the day.
This challenge is actually difficult, not because it consumes time, but rather because it is very difficult to remember to do it as you are waking up. The challenge then is to remember each and every day this week. If you’re up after five minutes, ten minutes or even an hour and you think to yourself, “Whoops, I forgot to do it today,” you can still do it even if an hour has passed. Best however if the minute you come to consciousness, before any other thought creeps through your consciousness, to state the affirmation either out loud or silently,
“Today will be a magnificent day.”
“Today will be a spectacular day.”
“Today will be a stupendous day.”
“Today will be a terrific day.”
“Today will be an amazing day.”
Of course because you are still half asleep you are probably not going to make your affirmation with much enthusiasm, but make the statement as best you can.
To summarize, the challenge of the week is – before any other thoughts creep into your consciousness as you awake in the morning – state in your thoughts or out loud your positive expectation for the day about to be lived.
The deeper meaning behind noticing, acknowledging and honoring all sources of light in your life is actually profound. All humans are light beings. Many people also are unaware that all objects emit light. There is an aura that is emitted by rocks. Of course many rocks, especially crystals, are living entities. The light (or aura) that is emitted from crystals is magnificent.
Light is also emitted from foods. A marvelous book by David Wolfe entitled “Eating for Beauty” has page after page of pictures which display the light that food emanates. When food is alive, the light that is emanated is glorious, magnificent and astonishing. The light that is emanated by food that is dead is pretty inconsequential. It is of course present, but you do not see many colors. You do not see a brilliant, strong illumination from dead foods. The light emitted is faint and dull.
Extend your awareness, then, to all living objects. There are some videos that are readily available on the internet that show what happens to plants when music is played. Plants actually dance just as humans dance when they hear music that is pleasing to them. When you track the auras or the light that is emanated by plants in such circumstances you see a magnificent light show:
The light expands.
The light contracts.
The light shines brilliantly.
The light dims proudly.
The light emits colors that are brilliant.
One fascinating guest on my radio show (the Parkinsons Recovery Radio Show) is Johan Boswinkel. He invented a biofeedback machine that is actually able to measure the light that is emanated through the various meridians in the body. He explains that it really is a very low level of light, something equivalent to a candle at a distance of about 20 miles, so we are not seeing a strong brilliant rays of light beam out of the body as you might see from the sunshine. Light, however, does come from within all cells of our body.
Johan uses his new invention which draws on the technology of Biophotonics, to measure distortions in the light through the body. If the light is straight there is no distortion. If it is distorted, there is an imbalance. Using his device he determines the source of imbalances in the body which are the source of illness and disease. For example, for chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s, he finds the source of the neurological problem is oftentimes the liver, the gall bladder or even an infected appendix; sources that most practitioners do not even consider.
We are all light bodies. Individuals who are users of street drugs such as cocaine or heroin or even more harmful substances will often time emit a very dark energy from around their nose or from around their mouth. For police officers who are able to see auras, there is no mystery about who is addicted and who is not. All they have to do is look at an individual’s aura. They can see dark energy hanging around that person’s mouth or that person’s nose.
A lot of information comes from the color of light that is emanated from bodies and the distance that it radiates from the body itself. Many people have the idea that auras are stagnant; an aura presumable hangs two or three feet distant from the body and that is that. Light the shines through the body is not stagnant, so auras are also not static.
Auras around the body are always shifting and changing. They are continuously expanding and contracting light as a reflection of the life force and the pure essence that is emanating from a body.
If you are interested in actually being able to see auras – and I know some of you already see them as a matter of routine and habit – let me just suggest that you not look directly at the person’s body. Rather, look an inch or two above their head. The other important lesson to learn is not to try and grab the light that is emanated from the body you are observing. Do not go after it. Allow the light to come to you.
Just sit. Quiet your mind. Allow a couple of minutes to pass. Oftentimes you want to make sure that you are looking at a person who has given you permission or a person at a distance that won’t be upset by the fact that you are staring at them.
Every human being emits light. There are now instruments that measure that. You can get readings of your aura if you would like from photographers who have special equipment. We know that we are all light beings.
Consider giving yourself the fascinating challenge of beginning to track the auras of plants, of food, of other individuals. You will be mysteriously engaged as you see brilliant colors of light emanating from a person’s head and from their heart. When a person is excited about what they are doing they exude the most magnificent colors, often times a purple that defies description.
Enjoy yourself as you continue to honor and acknowledge the presence of light in your life whether the source of that light is:
The sun.
Headlights on a car.
Light bulbs in your house.
Live food
Plants that dance to music.
Individuals that you love who exude joyful, gorgeous rays of gold light.
Enjoy yourself this week as you acknowledge the source of light for we are all light beings.
The Mindfulness Challenge that I extend to you this week is to acknowledge, notice, honor and celebrate light which is a resource that we all take for granted. I invite you to extend all considerations of where light shines in your life. When you see sunshine, celebrate the rays of sun as they pass through the leaves of trees. Celebrate the feeling on your skin as the sun touches your body. The sun is a genuine and authentic source of light. Without it none of us would be alive.
It is also been shown in research studies that individuals who currently experience a neurological challenge associated with the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease are seriously deficient in vitamin D3. D3 is a source that is available through the sun. You can acquire D3 in supplement form, but the authentic source comes from direct exposure to sunshine. Individuals who live in the northwest section of the United States and Canada where there’s not as much sun as you find typically in other areas (such as the southern states of the US) are seriously deficient in vitamin D3. Whether you live in the northwest or the south, when you see the sunshine, celebrate its true magical powers. I say once again, without that presence of the sun in our lives none of us would be here today.
Extend your appreciation and acknowledgement and celebration of light beyond simply the natural source which is sunshine.
Notice when anyone turns on a light switch or turns it off.
Appreciate what happens when light becomes available in a darkened room.
Acknowledge the headlights of other cars as they are turned on in the evening.
Give thanks to the light from your own headlights which enable you to see when you drive.
Celebrate the light that emanates from fireplaces.
Recognize all sources of light. Consider the source of that light and all of the individuals who were responsible for making that light become available to you as electricity such as the individuals who manufactured the power lines and the individuals who installed the power lines.
Give thanks to all the persons who made possible the energy you experience whether it comes from solar or water or coal. However your power is generated, honor all of the individuals that were responsible, including the plants and the animals on this earth that contributed to, for example the manufacture and the creation of coal and oil which was actually created millions and millions and millions of years ago.
Notice the light that is also present in darkness for in most dark there is presence of shades of light. In summary, celebrate what we all take for granted––the presence of light in your life. .
