manabunnow4zph – Mindfulness Challenges

Deeper Meaning Behind the Declaration of Independence

Permit me to explain the connection between the declaration of independence that you were invited to sign and post this week and the American Declaration of Independence that was signed by the founding fathers in 1776.

My great, great, great grandfather was named David Rush. David Rush was a cousin of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, by the name of Benjamin Rush. Benjamin Rush, in the early years of his life visited England and was awed by the regality of the Crown. He saw no more awesome heights to aspire to than to become royalty. He was convinced that the British way of life was a way of life to be aspired to, admired and honored.

Soon after his trip he changed his mind, for as it turned out there was significant oppression by the British toward the Americans with regard to taxation. The British held the attitude that the Americans were supposed to be slaves and servants of the British. The Americans were a lower class to be put into the closet and quieted, even if it meant military action was necessary and needed.

The Americans stepped forward and declared their independence. They began to make strong statements about their right to live their life the way they wanted to live it; to earn a living without the encumbrances of having a higher power or authority over them telling them what to do and how to do it.

What then is the connection between the American Declaration of Independence that the Declaration of Independence that I wrote and invited you to sign this week? I have heard now over a six-year period too many horrifying stories of the response people have had to being told that they are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. It is a horrible experience for so many individuals. Being told means that they have lost their freedom – or at least that’s the interpretation. Words that are spoken by those who convey the information have a devastating impact on an individual’s hope, life force and dreams.

I see a profound connection between the event of being told of a diagnosis of Parkinson and the events of the British oppressing the spirit and the life force and the dreams of the American people in the 1700’s. It is really the same in my book of analogies. Are we going to accede to the authority of an other, whatever that “other” might be? Whether a country or whether a person? I think not. I think it is time to step forward and to make a statement that it is time now to assert our own independence.

Our body does have the wisdom and the knowledge to bring all imbalances back in to order. The natural condition of the body is to be in harmony, not to be in disharmony. Once we begin to listen, to be mindful of the signals our body gives to us, once we honor the limitless knowledge and wisdom that is contained within us, we accelerate our ability to reverse symptoms. We look forward to the opportunity to celebrate a life that affords us endless opportunities for abundance, for health, for wealth and for all that our hearts desire.

Of course it is important to seek advice from others, whether they be physical therapists, chiropractors, medical doctors, naturopath doctors, researchers, neuro-feedback practitioners, bio-acoustic practitioners, Feldenkrais practitioners, cranial-sacral practitioners, Bowen practitioners, acupuncturists, herbalists, master of tai chi and Qigong, spiritual masters – the list is endless. Of course it is important to read, to study and to consider options.

But in the end, the decision resides within each of us. We have the power to heal. It is now time to be mindful of that power, to actualize that power, to turn the switch, the switch that says wrongly, falsely and harmfully that Parkinson’s is a degenerative condition; to acknowledge the true ability of the body to heal itself.

Of course medicines may be needed or required. Of course supplements may be needed or required. Perhaps surgeries will be facilitative. Nothing that I have argued here suggests that there is any one or single therapy or option or approach that is superior to another. Your body is truly a unique and sacred vessel. The imbalances are unique to you as a person. Dig deeply and you will begin to identify the options that need to be pursued for becoming symptom-free.

You are warmly and cordially invited if you have decided to sign my Declaration of Independence to recruit others to do the same. No diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is required or necessary, for you see this declaration pertains to each and every individual who occupies a body––which happens to be all of us.

May we join together as a community of individuals who are committed in our hearts and minds and our souls to the idea that we have limitless wisdom that is contained within us. We have the ability to make good decisions.

Acknowledge that wisdom now.
Accept that power now.
Actualize your life force now.
Celebrate today each and every moment of your recover as it unfolds ever so gently and effortlessly.

Robert

Declaration of Independence

My invitation for you this week is to sign and post a declaration of independence and to do so, if and only if it feels right. Many people, myself included, have throughout much of our life looked outside of our inner wisdom for answers. We have referred to the experts, persons in white coats or fancy suits or dresses, individuals with fancy initials beside their name, initials like PhD, MD, ND … You can list for yourself the assortment of initials that you have seen listed beside people’s names who you have sought consultation from. My own list fills up two sheets of paper. Because power was acceded to others, we, you, I and many others gave up our own sense of independence, our own ability to make decisions that are in our best and highest good.

Clearly it makes good sense to seek out advice from the experts. To see what people recommend is often a wise and smart course of action. Yet many of us, and I say again myself included, have many times wanted simply someone else to fix us, to make it all right. In so doing, we acceded our power, our inner wisdom––our ability to know what is right for us.

It is one thing to say that the body knows how to heal itself. That is certainly a mindful statement. It is also one thing to be sensitive to the signals that our body sends to us. Yet, it is also easy to slip out of that mindful space and to seek relief without checking in with our bodies; without asking whether or not this is in fact what our body truly needs in order to come back into balance and harmony.

Your body, my body, any body contains limitless wisdom. We have the power and the ability to know what is in our best interest. Becoming mindful of that wisdom is the key to recovery. Our body is the one and only resource that knows what is best for us.

My invitation then, only if it feels right, is to sign a declaration of independence.

Print it.
Sign it.
Post it.

Declare that you have the inner wisdom contained within your body to know what are the best and the right choices to make––the options that can help your body come back into full balance and harmony.

The Declaration of Independence follows. If it feels right, print it off, sign it and post it this week:

In the beginning, one cell was formed inside the womb of our mother that contained the wisdom of all that we are today. The wisdom of one is ten-billion times sevenfold today, as we are now equipped with a mind to organize our thoughts, a heart to evaluate them and a voice to express them. At this time and in this hour we declare our minds, hearts and voice to be independent of any and all control over the health and well-being of our bodies that we have blindly accepted in the past.

We acknowledge the miracle of life itself. We celebrate the ability of our body to rejuvenate itself despite any and all limitations that we may currently experience. We see the limitless possibility for manifesting any and all dreams for the future. We release any and all limitations for recovery we have imposed on ourselves. We assert our independent right to decide what actions are in our best and highest good.

We understand that the conditions which foster neurological imbalances are complex and multifaceted. We ask for and openly receive healing. We pledge from this day forward to listen to the wisdom of our body. We commit to take any and all actions that are required to bring our body back into balance. We agree to transform habits that have been making us ill. We declare independence from the oppressive and dehumanizing claims that recovery is not possible.

We accept full responsibility for the well-being of our own body. We realize it is not constructive to judge any particular treatment option to be superior to any other option or to criticize another person for the options they have chosen to pursue. We know that a therapy or a treatment which helps ourselves or another person may not necessarily be helpful to others. By affixing our signatures below, we join with others who honor the power of the body to heal as we restore, rejuvenate and regenerate the inner wisdom of our body to heal.

Affix your signature to the bottom of this statement. Post it in a public place in your house. Invite others to affix their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. Honor their decision to sign or not to sign.

By affixing your signature to this Declaration, you have become more mindful of the power of the body to heal itself.

Robert

Deeper Meaning Behind Noticing Sounds

What is then, the deeper meaning behind being mindful of hearing all of the sounds that surround you from outside your body as well as inside? What’s the big deal here? We’ve been exposed to sounds long before we were even born.

Sound has a profound impact on our body. A new revolutionary approach for healing individuals is known as BioAcoustics. By listening to a 40 second sound track of my voice, BioAcoustics can identify what is out of balance in my body right now. This is done merely through the sound that I am now emitting from my body with my voice. Isn’t that incredible?

The second phase of the therapy involves using sound to bring what is out of balance in my body back in. For example, if this analysis shows that I am deficient in Vitamin C, Vitamin C resonates at a very specific frequency. It is possible for me to get Vitamin C through the specific sound that is identified with the frequency that Vitamin C resonates at. Isn’t that also incredible?

Everything in the body has a vibration. It is possible to diagnose and treat imbalances with sound. I believe this is the medicine of the future. Medicines and supplements do the same thing. They vibrate at a specific frequency once they are ingested in our body. It is that vibration that winds up having the impact that it has. When a medicine has conflicting frequencies that are emitted, side effects result.

Did you notice over the last few days that certain sounds were grating to your body? There is no doubt about it. Some sounds create significant harm. Some sounds are dangerous. Be attentive to which sounds that were unpleasant or egregious to you. It may be the case that you are exposed to a sound that is not in your best and highest good. It may be in your best interest to eliminate that vibration or that sound, or move to a place where you are no longer exposed to that sound.

What music do you like to listen to? The music that you are attracted to has the tones that your body needs to hear. Listen to that music. It is truly and genuinely healing.

What is the business of cupping your ears all about? Now I know that is the mysterious and magical answer you have been waiting to hear (I say hear here rather than read because this week we are focusing on sound).

Our bodies naturally emit a vibration at a very, very low level. It sounds something like a refrigerator humming though even that is a derelict description. When you cupped your hands, you heard a sound humming or buzzing or vibrating inside your body. That, as it turns out, is precisely the sound that your body needs to receive to come back into balance. By cupping your ears you are giving back to your body precisely the vibrations that it needs to have in order to come back into full balance and harmony and to return to wellness.

Isn’t that simple technique quite magical indeed? No diagnosis is necessary. No healthcare practitioners are needed. This simple technique is available to you anytime of the day or night. It is simple. It takes a few minutes. It is easy to do. And best of all it will always be free.

Your body is always emitting the frequencies that it needs to absorb. Listen to your body by cupping your ears and as you hear those vibrations, allow them to be returned to each and every cell of your body. In doing so, you are healing yourself. Now, if that’s not cool I don’t know what is.

Click on the horn below for an audio presentation of this week’s mindfulness challenge:

Robert

Notice Sounds

Depending on our physiological make-up, our background and our genes each of us has a preference for how we take in information from the world. Some of us are visual. I’m raising my hands because that’s what I tend to do. We take in information through our eyes, through sights and through images. Whenever we enter into a new space we see what is there primarily. Noises are secondary and touch is tertiary.

Some of us however aren’t seers or visual people. Their nature is to be auditory. They take in information through their ears. They process information through sound. Finally, some people are kinesthetic which means that neither the visual or the auditory tends to have much punch. The primary sensory input for kinesthetic people is through touch. When anybody, any person, any entity, any living creature is touched, a wealth of information is conveyed to the person who is kinesthetic.

The mindfulness challenge today and this week is primarily for individuals who do not typically take information in through sound. Each and every day when you are in a safe space, when you are sitting down, turn off your visual senses and your kinesthetic senses, then activate your hearing senses. Take into your body everything that you hear, however loud or soft; however abrasive or however sweet to the soul and heart. It doesn’t matter what sounds you are hearing. Simply acknowledge them and hear them. Notice that the sounds come from many different places and sources. There are layers and layers on top of sounds once you begin to be attentive to them.

It’s even more complicated however – we don’t just hear sounds that are external to our body. There are also sounds that come deep within our body. Our body actually makes noise continuously. Our body makes noise all the time. Notice what noises your body might be making internally. Simply hear and acknowledge those noises.

Finally, there is a sound that many people also hear; it is almost as though there is a voice outside of them talking with them, consoling them, giving them advice. I have a very well-known songwriter friend who tells that all of her songs are heard by her before she actually writes them. Where does that sound come from? Where does that music come from? She says she has no idea. It simply happens to be a gift that has been given to her from somewhere far, far away.

The invitation however doesn’t have to do with these sounds that come from some place other than physical. Focus your attention on all physical sources of sounds whether they are external to you or internal in the sense of sounds that your body actually emits.

I now have a companion invitation that will fascinate all of you whether you happen to be kinesthetic, visual or auditory. As you are in bed and about ready to go to sleep, I invite you to cup both of your ears with your hands and listen to what you hear – to what sounds your body is making. Do it every night. Do it for at least a couple of minutes and if you are so motivated, keep your hands cupped for at least 10 minutes. Place your hands in a comfortable position so you don’t have to hold them up – literally rest them on the pillow, cup and enjoy.

May you treasure each and every sound bite that you hear continuously throughout the week. Be sure that when you turn your full attention and focus to sounds that you are in a safe place, that you are seated and that you are not required to perform any particular duty or have any particular responsibility. It’s important not to activate those new neural pathways if you are doing driving or operating heavy machinery, or doing anything that might result in injury.

May you delight in listening to sounds all week long. Some of you of course take in sounds as a matter of routine, so this challenge won’t be new to you, but cupping your hands and listening to your body will. Enjoy and we’ll talk more about the deeper meaning of listening to the sounds in a few days.

Robert