SICK OF BEING SICK

I don't need to tell you that being sick sucks. Especially when you feel sick all the time. My question to you, my friend, is why do you deliberately make yourself FEEL BAD and perpetuate those bad feelings by doing the very things that cause you to feel bad in the first place? Whether it's eating foods that ultimately make you feel bad, drinking too much alcohol that eventually makes you feel bad, getting not enough movement in your day, subjecting yourself to repetitive bombardment of negativity in the form of twisted television and skewed news media leading to fearful,  judgmental ways of thinking and acting and on and on and on...

I loved being sick. Well, not consciously. I was addicted to it and I hated myself like you hate yourself, again, not consciously. How do I know you hate yourself? Of this I'm certain... You hate your future self. Otherwise you wouldn't be doing to yourself now what will negatively affect the FUTURE YOU. Like pulling the pin on a hand-grenade and throwing it into the lap of your future self, the excess alcohol consumption will result in a hang-over and vomiting, unprotected sex could result in an STD or a baby, over eating and under exercising results in health problems down the road etc. None of these consequences manifest themselves in the moment. They are like seeds planted in the moment that germinate over time without any thought of the effect it will have on the future you.

"Future me?", you say. But I'm the same person. Sorry, you're not. Our bodies are constantly changing, shedding dead skin cells, healing itself from injury, and generally replacing most of you within about a year. Yes, studies have shown that it takes approximately 11 months for you to be a new person from the inside out. We are constantly changing and evolving, both physically and mentally meaning that we are literally not the same person from moment to moment.

The most difficult thing for me to do was to first admit that I was the cause of my own ills and the only one responsible for turning the tide of my own health and happiness. I was, like many, caught up in the medical system, the treadmill of medical care for ailments that were made to  seem more than they really were. 

So I was on this perpetual conveyor belt of GPs and specialists for a list of life threatening (sarcasm) illnesses like the flu, pneumonia, bronchitis, laryngitis, stomach pains, headaches, stress, depression and more that no one could seem to diagnose. One specialist diagnosed allergies, one diagnosed back problems causing phantom stomach pains, one told me it was my diet, one my inability to handle stress, one IBS, one acid reflux etc. And each and every one wanted to prescribe some form of medication that I believed would be the magic bullet, the cure-all. What did it all do? It made me more stressed out, more depressed, and more sick, not to mention addicted to all the meds I had been legally prescribed. It got to the point that I literally sat in a clinic one day, shaking my finger at the doctor blaming her for making me that way.

During my initial period of awakening which lasted from about September 2007 to May 2008, I underwent one massive epiphany after another. What is an epiphany? In the simplest terms I would say it's like that pesky math problem you just can't seem to understand. Why this formula? How did they come up with that answer? You just can't seem to get it to stick in your brain. That is, until someone puts it into terms that you can FULLY UNDERSTAND and suddenly, as if the clouds part, the whole thing makes perfect sense. For me it felt like I had burst out of the water after almost drowning, gasping for that fresh, life-giving oxygen I'd been deprived of for so long. What a sense of relief! You have that, "Oh my God, that is so simple, why didn't I see that before?" feeling of absolute clarity.

One of the epiphanies I had after suffering greatly in the last moments before pacifying my ego, was to realize suddenly that I was SICK OF BEING SICK. I'd had it. I'd finally decided to take responsibility for my own health and happiness. I remember the exact moment... It's now 4 years later and I've been to see a doctor once for a complete physical which proved that I'm in fantastic shape for my age. Sure I've had colds since, but trust me, they are a lot less painful and disappear sooner when you pay little attention to them and allow your body to do what it's designed to do naturally.

Many have asked me since then what the diet was I started, or what plan I was on to quit smoking cigarettes after almost two decades, or how I've managed to stay at 160lbs for 4 years despite eating anything I want. The only thing that changed was the firm decision I made to no longer live in a sick world. Period, end of story. From that moment on, every choice I was faced with that would easily allow me to fall back into that way of thinking, was now met with the clarity I had rediscovered from the Light Inside. No guilt, no feeling bad, just choices based in clarity, not to mention love and respect for my future self. You, too, have the power to make similar choices which will literally change your future from that moment on.

Choose wellness, choose wholeness, choose life...

A LOVELY THOUGHT

Here are some wonderful words from a wonderful man who's writings I admire:

"We few who are brought together by providence to work hand in hand for the divine Message,
are entrusted with the most sacred duty
to spread the Message with selflessness and unshakeable trust
in the ever present Spirit of Guidance".

These very important historical statements certainly refer to the responsibility of each,
in as much as one's attunement to the Message is in harmony with the original word,
without drifting away from the Goal.

Years have passed since our Master offered these significant words,
but his luminous presence is as bright as ever before,
shining as a stream of inspiration,
silently guiding our steps,
and helping us to discover the spirit of the Message,
which is gradually shaping human thinking
in the direction of freedom from dogmatic limitations.

On Visalat Day pilgrims from all over the world come to the holy shrine in India,
offering their devotion and gratitude to the bringer of the 'Message in our time',
whose historical proclamation known as the "Unity of Religious ideals"
has so deeply moved the hearts of thousands, over the years.

Each religion strikes a characteristic tone,
and if all would come together,
alike a religious symphony,
one would then encounter the possibility of a unity of all original ideals,
beyond the boundaries of cultural differences.

As one proceeds onward through the darkness of human ignorance,
steadfastly displaying the torch of "Spiritual Liberty"
one may perhaps discover
that Truth could be interpreted as being an invitation
to incorporate the great ideals of Love, Harmony and Beauty,
when communicating with each other
- in each one's language -
and holding fast to the only secret which there is on the spirituality path,
which is to be sincerely in attunement
to the Divine Spirit of Guidance. 

Hidayat Inayat-Khan

ZEITGEIST

I watched the first of the Zeitgeist movies in 2008 shortly following my own awakening. At the time, the film had only been out for a year. Since then, there have been two additional movies released as follow-ups, not to mention a growing movement connected to the recent Occupy Movement associated with the peaceful warriors of Anonymous.

In addition, a new installment has been announced for 2012 called, 'Beyond the Pale'. These movies are free! They are privately funded and available to anyone. To me that's the true measure of altruism and compassion.

This series of movies is like Michael Moore times 1000. Call it what you want, but regardless of being labeled a conspiracy film, it will definitely make you see things differently once you've seen it. The original Zeitgeist is broken up into different parts. It goes into 9/11 theories, facts about the origins of the Christian faith, the facts behind the war in Iraq, the US Federal Reserve and more. 

I'd recommend it to you, my friend. Watch it with an open mind and it will make you question your own uninformed opinion of many things. If nothing else, it will make you want to go out and try to prove these theories wrong... If so, make sure this is the start of questioning everything you've simply trusted on the 'NEWS' and in the 'PAPER'...

Here is the original Zeitgeist:

The second installment is a bit more out there with talk and an actual plan by the filmmaker, Jacque Fresco, for a system of living based on his own utopian ideals. His plan makes perfect sense, however, it would require such a radical and complete shift in the way the world really works, that it would take generations starting from now to make it happen. I believe we're too far gone for such a plan to be effective.

Here's the full movie for Zeitgeist, Addendum:

The third installment (2011) goes into the science of brainwashing. It describes to the viewer in stark detail how we as a collective society have been brainwashed in a scientific and psychological way since most of us were born. Again, watch it with an open mind and I guarantee it will change the way you think.

Here's the full version of 'Moving Forward':

For the skeptics (that should be us all) here's someone who's made a film debunking the debunking of the original Zeitgeist in the religious section:

There's films are all over the web on every side you can imagine. The key is to watch as many as possible in order to make your own decisions. The best part? When you've read and watched enough, you'll discover the common theme in all of it. That it's the same thing; us as conscious matter trying to figure out what this all is and what it all means.

The sheer multitude of ways we express those questions is what makes us all one. I tend to think of the multitude of ways we express and reaffirm our connections to the creator like those who are slaves to the pharmaceutical industry, popping one pill after another. 

If one particular company that markets a pill had a product that worked, there would be no competition for them because they would have found the definitive cure to that particular disease (dis-ease). 

As it stands, there are just as many companies selling pills as there are believers in a particular pill to provide them with a cure. And of those CHEMICAL CONCOCTIONS we're putting our faith in to 'keep us alive', how many of them CURE you?  If they cured you, those companies would no longer exist which goes against the mandate of the very corporations that manufacture the pills you're taking. We'll talk more next time about the black hole of the Medical System...

QUESTION EVERYTHING YOU'VE NOT DISCOVERED YOURSELF THROUGH RESEARCH OF MULTIPLE SOURCES.