This is a love letter to ISAGENIX straight-up GANGSTER STYLE!

So, my parents finally got me on Isagenix and I am on day 5, have lost 4 pounds, and feel distinctly clean.  I feel my body alkalizing and my mind growing clearer and me growing more patient and calm.  The first day on the shakes and one meal was a little tough as I obsessed about food all day because I knew I could only incorporate 600 calories with the two shakes.  The second day, much easier, and the third CAKE! The fourth, I did the CLEANSE liquid only and survived it! I think If my mom can do it, I can do it! I did it, and even went to the gym! I feel my body changing, adapting to health.  I feel quieter, more serene and pleased.

I listened to a conference call today with doctors who answered questions on how best to use the products and heard a lot of success stories from people who now incorporate total health and wellness everyday with ISAGENIX. To me, it is no different than a decision to buy something weekly at the supermarket.  Only this time, my money is well spent, on a SUPERFOOD, nutritionally perfect, a cleansing agent that also nourishes my body, and some great snacks to get me through those total Cleanse Days.  I honestly cannot imagine NOT FEELING this good ever again.  I cannot imagine not getting every essential mineral, vitamin, and the necessary herbal supplements that promote health and well being.  I cannot believe EVERYONE is NOT taking this.  I cannot believe how depleted our foods are of minerals and vitamins needed to assimilate nutrition in our bodies.  I cannot believe that people would have to think twice about caring for their body, their temple, their one and only.  I cannot believe that my hands and feet are now warm all the time, due to enhanced circulation.  I have a whole infinite list of cannot believes and I look forward to 30 days of really cleansing and then maintaining my health with a shake a day, and the vitamin products from ISAGENIX. I look forward to looking and feeling 15 years younger eternally.

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Want to cleanse your body at the inner most cellular level of toxins and free radicals?  I know I do and I am doing right now! At the end of every winter I can have about 5-10 extra pounds and feel jiggly all over.  I am leaning up my body mass, cleansing my body of toxins, increasing my energy level AND shedding my extra unwanted pounds with one program that takes all the thinking and cooking out of the equation! 

Also, I can honestly tell you that I have spent upwards of $500 at one time on supplements to amp up and heal my different body systems, such as adrenals, energy, liver, .. etc. you name it. It can be downright overwhelming and who has the TIME to do all the research and create specific grocery lists, and cook special meals and spend so much time at the super market searching for all these items!! UGH! Just thinking about it gives me a headache!! If any of you know, I am a BUSY person, I handmake belts, sell them at shows, work 2 part time jobs, have an internet radio blog interview show, have this blog, have an independent film review blog and now am adding bartending one night a week into the mix! IF ANYONE NEEDS TO BE FIT, LEAN, ENERGETIC and healthy I AM IT! ALONG WITH EVERY ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.. ! With this economy you have to be a hustler! I am excited to introduce to you a great product and am excited to be able to share with you a SPECIAL deal and the ability for you to make money as well! I have a lot of friends out of work, who feel less than optimal, health wise and energetically due to lack of a real schedule!

Isagenix solves all those time issues, educational time including reading up on each and every supplement to figure out which one is vitally important for what you want to improve.  Isagenix is your nutritionist! It is everything you need without all the hassles of having to educate yourself and purchase all the special items!

My stepfather, who is a runner, and very fit conscious falls off the wagon just like all of us once in awhile,  and he and my mother have participated in tons of programs to institute weight loss and facilitate healthand this program has not only been successful, but they feel a marked difference in the way they feel every day! They were so excited to share with me their weightloss and healthsecret– ISAGENIX!  So naturally, I HAD to try it because I know me and most every other person on the planet, IF you can take the thinking out, LOWER YOUR GROCERY BILL ( I spend about 130 a WEEK on GROCERIES!!), instead you spend $135 for a month which includes approx 2 meals a day (shakes)  and one super cleanse a week!

In 30 days, you will be bikini ready or at least shorts ready, maybe even mini skirt ready, without all the hassles of special food prep, without excess time searching frantically for every item in the “recipe” and in the supplement aisle scratching your head and spending a bloody fortune!!

Girls and boys SUMMER IS A COMIN! Get a head start on weight loss now!

If you want to be bikini ready in a short time, you have nothing to lose except those extra pounds and sluggish fatigue and EVERYTHING to gain, Energy, Health, Vitality, and a no brain plan to feeling great! Every health and wellness expert out there talks about cleansing the body of toxins and here is a way to do it quickly, efficiently, effectively and easily.  What is there to think about?  If GNC carried this product it would cost twice as much because afterall, they have to pay their rent! Isagenix cuts out the middle man so they can make their superior product affordable! So many companies are now going in this direction for example, Neal’s Yard, which used to havestores all over the place now instead recognizes the genius in word of mouth marketing and direct sales.  These companies want to reward you and your friends for endorsing it.

Use it yourself, feel great and lose those extra stubborn pounds!  You will then feel compelled to share the “secret’ just as I am! The shakes are easy, delicious and fulfilling! Have a sensible meal for your third and cleanse once a week (you will urinate a lot so make it a day where you will be near a restroom … lose that gut and the gut can be stubborn with age!

This is what I recommend for your “starter” program- try it for 30 days and see and feel the results: ONE CHOC AND ONE VANILLA IsaLeanShake, we like to combine them, half and half, or you can do one, with 3 to 4 ice cubes, a banana and water! YUM… essential protein for brain funtion and to retain and build new muscle which will burn fat! 

Don’t be fooled into thinking this is a gimmick, because it’s not. Everyone who knows me trusts my advice, my opinions and knows I am good for everything I say and do.  I would never steer anyone wrong for the sake of making a buck, which is why I blog! I love to share information.  This information just happens to be worth it’s weight in gold!

Imagine if GUCCI paid out everytime you bought from them?  Isagenix is like GUCCI for the body! Trust me ! 

• Call my Nutrition Coach Kim - 518-339-7849 to get this SPECIAL TRIAL DEAL WHICH ENDS SUNDAY, March 7th! If nothing else, you will lose 5 – 10 lbs in ONE MONTH! Can’t beat that with a bat!

You will get: The Shake and Cleanse Kit which includes 2 Isalean Shakes, vanilla or choc, or one of each (I got one of each)!! and one Cleanse for Life liquid or powder! This gives you just about enough for a full 30 day supply for weight loss and optimal health!

• She will throw in for FREE 2 items, and you can select 2 from the list below(I did another shake and the Ionix Supreme): when you call say “sandraoles” sent you, she is only doing this for my FRIENDS! She will also waive the one time $19.95 membership fee to enable you to order from Isagenix!)

• Watch the video here on my web site to learn more… http://sandraoles.isagenix.com/us/en/cleansedlife_landing.dhtml#

Another shake , Isagenix Greens Powder, Accelerator Capsules,  and Ionix Supreme

Product Descriptions included in this recommended BIKINI Ready PACK  “SHAKE AND  CLEANSE PACK” WITH FREE ITEMS!

Cleanse for Life: (tastes like fruit iced tea, chilled mixed in water with ice cubes)

Delicious Tropical Berry! It’s a tasty way to a healthier body.

more energy, think more clearly and safely lose weight. *ve vital nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. So, your body can function more effectively. Cleanse for Life helps you to hath, Yellow Dock and Aloe Vera while infusing it wiD’arco Pau gentle cleansing herbs such as thOver time, impurities from the environment, your food and water build up and cause your body to function less efficiently. Cleanse for Life helps rid your body of unwanted impurities wi

Cleanse for Life offers a number of healthy benefits:

• Helps increase energy and endurance*
• More effectively lose unwanted fat and inches when combined with proper diet and exercise*
• Increases resistance to oxidative stress*
• Improves mental and physical performance*
• Strengthens the immune system*
• Supports heart health*
• Aids digestive health*

ISALEAN SHAKE- A satisfying and delicious meal replacement shake

 You’ll love each sip of our smooth IsaLean shake. This deliciously complete meal replacement contains 23 grams of the highest quality New Zealand whey and casein protein from grass-fed cows with no added hormones or antibiotics, as well as filling fiber, calcium and vitamins to support your body’s vital functions. This perfectly balanced shake also contains Ionic Alfalfa™, our proprietary blend of 70 super-charged minerals, trace minerals and alfalfa juice. Active enzymes in each serving helps maximize the absorption of key nutrients.

• May support your body in burning fat*
• May support increased energy*
• Highest quality of amino acids
• Exclusive source of whey and casein protein
• Supports digestive health*
• Low lactose
• Zero trans fats
• No artificial flavors
• Gluten-Free
• Wheat-Free

FREE GIFT CHOICES BELOW!!!

Ionix Supreme- The same powerful ingredients of the liquid formula, now in a delicious and convenient powder! ( My mom says this can REPLACE COFFEE AND CAFFEINE, says people stop needing coffee for energy!)

Now there’s never a reason to leave home without your Ionix® Supreme.
This convenient powder is the ultimate tonic for a busy lifestyle. With over 200 specially sourced ingredients from around the world, this natural, nutrient-rich drink balances, rejuvenates and protects your body from stress.

Ionix Supreme powder provides the same nutritional benefits and uses the same active ingredients as the liquid, only it’s packaged in a small, portable container—allowing you to take your good health on the go!

Why use delicious Ionix Supreme Natural Fruit Favor Powder?

• Portable and no refrigeration needed to complement your on-the-go lifestyle
• Preservative-free with a natural fruit flavor
• Has a smaller environmental footprint with less plastic packaging and less shipping weight
• When mixed with water, contents are equal to a 32 oz bottle of Ionix Supreme liquid

How is Ionix Supreme the missing link to optimum health?

• Includes adaptogens, which help energize cells and increase the body’s resistance to stress
• Supports mental and physical performance*
• Contains antioxidants that fight damaging free radicals
• Increases energy and builds a strong foundation for good health*
• Contains no artificial stimulants

Isgenix Greens- Powerful Health and Cleanse Support in Newly Reformulated Isagenix Greens!™ (great for women’s reporductive health)

 Nutrient-rich plants aren’t all you’ll find in Isagenix Greens!™, you’ll also find a balanced formula of specific herbs, vegetables and more to boost overall health* and enhance the health benefits of Nutritional Cleansing!

• Unstoppable energy*
• Greater focus*
• Increased vitality
• More effective cleansing
• Greater overall health*

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Isagenix® products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Natural Accelerator Capsules -Burn fat without the “jitters”!

• Natural weight loss
• Reduced appetite
• Improved muscle tone
• Reduce unwanted inches
• Improved energy

• No stimulants – no jitters

OR ANOTHER SHAKE!!

ISALEAN SHAKE- A satisfying and delicious meal replacement shake

Cleansing and Fat Burning System and may help you slim down, while preserving and building lean muscle mass.*Isagenix Shakes are an important part of your IsaLean

• May support your body in burning fat*
• May support increased energy*
• Highest quality of amino acids
• Exclusive source of whey and casein protein
• Supports digestive health*
• Low lactose
• Zero trans fats
• No artificial flavors
• Gluten-Free
• Wheat-Free

I am reading the book, Healing and Recovery, by David Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. and it is fascinating!  Just barely through the first chapter and I am completely wishing for 48 hours in a day so that I can be done with this book and even more on my way to spirituality! If you look at this map, you can pretty much surmise where we should all be and how we should all be behaving because every negative emotion contributes to poor health!

It is such a thrill to know that we can all change and become better at our lives and having great reference materials is essential to the journey!  It is also a lot of fun to implement these lessons and watch how the world unfolds around you.. I urge each of you to to attempt to monitor your thoughts and behavior and see how it can transform your life to a much more peaceful one.

The first chapter of this book explains this map clearly and it makes sense! It is probably stuff you already knew, but didn’t look at through the right lens, or have it explained to you on a level where it appears exciting and remarkable. The book gives real life examples of how these principles work and you can relate completely. I believe we all have something to recover from whether one can admit it or not is the opening that needs to be created for change, spirit and peace.  Pick up the book, it is truly a great tune up for the brain, mind, body and spirit!

Dr. Henry Grayson, www.henrygrayson.com

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sandra-oles/2010/02/14/dr-henry-grayson-talks-about-his-upcoming-spring-s

Yesterday, on my Blog Talk Radio show, Henry Grayson, Ph.D. spoke about what makes his seminars different than most mindbody teachings.  He is interesting to listen to and everyone should learn his techniques for healing.  He tells us how he has experienced total regeneration of a disc in his back and gives us some other examples of how powerful the mind is.  We also discuss the placebo effect which is integral to the message and his teachings.  Dr. Grayson travels and has been teaching mental health professionals and lay people his Synergetic Therapy for over 4 years now and if he comes to your town, you should definitely go to the workshop as what you learn will be priceless in terms of health, healing and happiness!

$79.50, but worth every penny!

I keep hearing about A Course in Miracles through reading about Gabrielle Bernstein and talking with Karen Salmansohn on my blogtalkradio show and countless others, so I borrowed this book from a friend called, The Way of Mastery, which is a laymen’s version of the “Course” that has easy to understand principles and anecdotes, and paragraphs of totally useful information to remind us to take the path less followed, of forgiveness and understanding. 

It is a difficult thing to do when one feels wronged or poorly treated to keep up a smiling face and remain in any sort of relationship that proves to be problematic.  I choose to extricate myself but send along well wishes despite my parting words, which may or may not be perfectly chosen.  Sometimes you have to be heard, and say the very things that make you feel so uncomfortable just to honor yourself.  This book definitely does NOT PROMOTE that.  This book promotes being godly in all ways, which is the goal of most spiritual practice.  To love those who wrong you, and to be even more godlike in the presence of opposition. 

We all have a problem with this which is why these books exist, why we try to better ourselves, and try to understand that lower energy that happens as a result of bad choices.  This book serves as a great reminder of common sense philosophies but also illustrates ways in which we can all grow and become more peaceful as a result.

The Cute: Wayne Dyer

I am not terribly familiar with Dr. Wayne Dyer. I don’t know his background, have never read one of his books and didn’t know what to expect.  I saw an advertisement for this film, Wishes Fulfilled, on facebook through my friend, Henry Grayson’s list and decided to give it a whirl. 

Being a recent student of quantum physics with respect to human potential led me to go see this adaptation of Dyer’s work.  I have to say for a 69 year old man, he is sort of attractive!  Although, typically, men with a microphone commanding a room full of people tends to infuse a woman that way… I kept noticing how nice his skin was at first, and then he embarked upon story telling to guide the audience to where he was going and how he got there in his life. 

I wondered how people came to think that other’s would want life advice and how one becomes a self anointed guru of sorts to teach people what they have learned.  I wondered why so many people are searching for answers outside themselves.  I then realized I was there as a seeker of information and that it is natural to want to listen to people telling other’s of their journey because I believe people ultimately want to feel that they are OK because of the nature of life’s ups and downs.  But are they really ups and downs, or are they just that.. life.. why do we title them as such? 

Wayne Dyer and many others like Tama Kieves feel that the downs in life are what really forms the person, creates them, and instills in them an ability to ascertain their true calling in life.  Many teachers believe that each and everyone of us has a true calling that we are here to answer and we must find it in order to have complete fulfillment.  Dyer begs of us to FIND that passion and to follow it, and not let others shape our lives, as we often do.  I would suggest you getting in touch with a spiritual life coach, if you are unable to begin your own self exploration.  Dyer also tells us it is NEVER too late! Louise Hay of Hay House began her company at the age of 61! She is now 80 and has the biggest publishing house of inspirational and spiritual books in the world. 

I personally have had to run the risk of sounding crazy and delusional so much with my family in trying to explain to them what makes me happy, what makes my heart beat fast and furious.  My passions are writing, designing, and I have always been a natural at inspiring others.  The parents of my generation happen to be a bit conservative and think having a state job is a good thing, pension, protection, etc. They were taught differently, so be patient with them… if they do not get it right away, they will when they experience you happier, full of life and passion.  Don’t just talk about it with them, do it.. and let them see what it does to you.  Money doesn’t drive me, my passions do.  You can’t worry about the Joneses, the opinions of others, other’s expectations, you can only answer to yourself and please do not be driven by the media and don’t listen to people trying to make money off you (media)… that is a sheep mentality.  Live your life for you and you will attract the best possible people in your life to enhance your experience.  DO NOT SUBSCRIBE to the mass fear mongering of others saying you are not young enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, etc.. YOU ARE ALL THOSE THINGS.. we all are.. It is all relative, isn’t it? Thoreau defined success this way:

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
—Henry David Thoreau

Wayne Dyer’s new principles for self help are based upon Neville Goddard’s writings.  Dyer suggests that the imagination is the greatest power we all possess and if we can harness it, utilize it and align it with higher good, we can achieve whatever it is we want.  Anything in this world that is now existent was the product of someone’s imagination.  We need to be able to imagine it is what we want, then consciously create the feeling of already having it, and then in the evenings while in bed, focus on what we want vs what went wrong during the day.

Wait.. there is one integral step I missed, that is after I imagine it, feel it, feels what it is like to have it, I need to operate as if it already happened.  For example, if someone is planning on writing a book, they need to work from the finished product backwards. This is a rather esoteric theory to grasp for the average mind, but simply stated, act is if you already finished the book.  That act will propel you forward in writing the book.  Not sure about this… but this is Dyer’s message. Many people marinate on negativity (while laying in bed trying to fall asleep) that occurred throughout their day and focus on things they don’t want.. and Dyer believes that for our 8 hours of sleep if we go to sleep focused on the negative, that is what we will get.

What was interesting about Dyer to me was his many references to literary giants like Thoreau, Emerson, Blake, and the like.  Interesting that he picks these as he has been on a major metaphysical and more spiritual journey as of late, particularly after being diagnosed with Leukemia.  He mentioned Bruce Lipton as a friend, and Henry Grayson appeared with Mr. Lipton in his new movie, The Truth, to come out soon.  These overlaps for me are no coincidence.  I spend every day marketing and working along side Dr. Grayson and it is an act I treasure because of how he assists people in recognizing their power. www.henrygrayson.com

On another note, it is disturbing to me that 10% of the people in the world buy 100% of the books written.  What also amazes me and I find astoundingly sad is that people want to keep playing the same old records in their lives and not open up to new ways of operating, thinking, and living to enhance their experience.  How can people keep getting up, and saying, “SAME OLD”, “SAME SHIT, DIFFERENT DAY” and not try to summon a new way of behaving or becoming interested in learning?!! I cannot fathom such an existence and if there is one thing I would like to give to this world’s people it’s the curiosity to learn about new ways of doing things, behaving and SEEING.  I would love to experience people being open to education, science, and the bigger picture.  I would love people to tap into their best possible selves instead of operating in the SAME OLD mold because evolution doesn’t occur that way… to not move ahead and do things differently is a veritable entropy for the human race… a stagnance that is ever so boring, predictable and abhorrent.  How can I appeal to you, the reader, reading this? How can I impress upon you the very exciting ability to CHANGE and to LEARN?  Please pick up a CD, if you don’t like to read, or Pick up a Great new book this weekend on how you can improve upon yourself and how you relate to the world and others.  LIFE IS SO EXCITING.. USE IT FOR ALL IT’S WORTH!!!

Each time I, Sandra, search on the internet or read in a book about the existing connection between these two items: Quantum Physics and Consciousness… I can become so BORED because the explanations are rather scientific and complex in nature.. but it truly is fascinating..

I am going to try to single handedly attempt to explain this phenomena in a way that is interesting to human beings because:

it is VITALLY important that you are AWARE of these principles, theories, and proven experiments by accredited scientists so that you and I can DECIDE whether or NOT to implement it our lives!  WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU, ME and FOR ALL OF US?

**I began reading Lynne McTaggart’s book, THE FIELD, while at the gym doing cardio yesterday. ** info from BOOK…

 French Philosopher, Rene Descartes, a French Philosopher said that we, represented by our minds, were separate from this lifeless inert matter of our bodies, which were just another type of WELL OILED MACHINE. 

Descartes’ resolution to become a spectator rather than an actor in the events of the world around him amounts almost to a renunciation of his physical existence. Long after Descartes, scientific study was governed by the ideal of detached observation advanced by Descartes.

Descartes also said that the world was composed of a load of little discrete objects, which behaved PREDICTABLY!!

                                                                                                                                                              

Isaac Newton, do you really want to continue to believe the studies from this man? Look at his hair, his clothing.. NOT SO MODERN.. he is outdated..

Isaac Newton, the father of Modern Physics, created theories from the seventeenth CENTURY, but still forms the backbone of modern science! (this does not make sense as new ideas, studies and information forever emerges, look how many changes have come about each year, each month, in essence ALL THE TIME.. in medicine, science, technology!) 

Newton suggested that: we live in a material world in which individual particles of matter followed certain laws of motion through space and time, the universe AS MACHINE…

The elements of the Newtonian ontology are matter, the absolute space and time in which that matter moves, and the forces or natural laws that govern movement. No other fundamental categories of being, such as mind, life, organization or purpose, are acknowledged. They are at most to be seen as epiphenomena, as particular arrangements of particles in space and time.

…”THE MOST SEPARATE OF THESE WAS THE HUMAN BEING. WE SAT OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSE, LOOKING IN.  EVEN OUR BODIES WERE SOMEHOW SEPARATE AND OTHER FROM THE REAL US…

THEN Charles Darwin comes along… his theory of evolution, ” a life of random, predatory, purposeless, and solitary. Be the best or don’t survive. You are a evolutionary ACCIDENT” EAT OR BE EATEN. THE ESSENCE of your humanity is a GENETIC TERRORIST. Life is about WINING, GETTING THERE FIRST!”

 

 

 

Charles Darwin. another unfashionable, outdated scientist…

Charles Darwin simply brought something new to the old philosophy — a plausible mechanism called “natural selection.” Natural selection acts to preserve and accumulate minor advantageous genetic mutations.

 These paradigms communicated WORLD AS MACHINE, MAN AS SURVIVAL MACHINE.

“QUANTUM PHYSICS STUDIES HAVE DISCOVERED:

 THAT THE TINIEST BITS OF MATTER (think of matter as humans here)  WEREN’T EVEN MATTER (humans), AS WE KNOW IT, NOT EVEN A SET SOMETHING, BUT SOMETIMES ONE THING, SOMETIMES SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT (brought on by different emotions). 

AND EVEN STRANGER, THEY (humans) WERE OFTEN MANY POSSIBLE THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, THESE SUBATOMIC PARTICLES (humans) HAD NO MEANING IN ISOLATION, BUT ONLY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. 

AT ITS MOST ELEMENTAL, MATTER COULDN’T BE CHOPPED UP INTO SELF CONTAINED LITTLE UNITS (body separate from mind and separate from other humans), BUT WAS COMPLETELY INDIVISABLE. 

YOU COULD ONLY UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE AS A DYNAMIC WEB OF INTERCONNECTION. (please note that my little notes are metaphors for the scientific description of matter so that you can begin to wrap your head around the implications of these studies)

 Enough for today.. think about it…

What is quantum physics?

Quantum Physics is the study of the building blocks of the universe; the science that explains how everything in the world comes into existence. It basically deals with the tiny little things that build up the entire world.

 

Last night while re-watching the film What the Bleep do We Know I had an idea… the film can create discomfort for the average human being due its theories and proven experiments that show us that there is much more to life than what meets the eye.  Apparently, Quantum Physics shows us that there is an infinite universe of interconnectedness and an ability to create your own world. What does this mean?  I am having a hard time fathoming it for myself and thought if I am having a hard time, many people will as well.  I have the desire to study further these physics based theories  because they dispel organized religion, totally destroy our Newtonian world view, and show us that new sciences illustrate that our potential is limitless!  It is a rather daunting task to try to explain, but I am willing to try as I study all sorts of spiritual rituals, practices, and quantum physics to hopefully show through my education to you.. what is humanly possible.  Many gurus out there simply try to guide you without a real background simply telling you that you have this potential but then don’t give a detailed background of WHY and HOW and from where it was derived.

Being an eternal student of life, I have the desire to learn about it and definitely have my reservations about “going there” fully because it means letting go of my old identity, which I do like.. but instinctively know that I and everyone out there is meant for betterment, success, and peace of mind.  I am going to attempt to give a thorough background of what is being taught, what is available to us as students of betterment, and to hopefully create through my education an understanding of why it is crucial that we all open our minds to these new ideas and theories of human potential.. what it means for me, you, and the world at large.

The first tool for this course that I have undertaken is viewing What the Bleep Do We Know which features many of the great minds of this new science.  They are credible professionals who have dedicated their lives to the study of these scientific theories and they give a great introduction to the world of Human Potential.

You can shop ipopnin by categories that include: Attitude, Body Image, Communication, Confidence, Creativity, Health, I AM, Success, Unwind, Wake UP.. etc.  They are 99 cents each and you can store them on your Ipod, and do an IPOD MIX and have them come up randomly during your workout mix at the gym.. or.. just have a file of affirmations and listen at your leisure.

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Affirmations are words or phrases which are said over and over to AFFIRM a single thought about yourself or other people. This is the way you have formed negative and positive programming through out your lifetime, saying things to yourself, about yourself, over and over. After thoughts are repeated, they soon become a BELIEF, and then we think this belief is our reality. In this way we form fears of poverty, health, weight and relationships and the emotions connected with these beliefs can even become our comfort zone, no matter how negative they might be.

Many people make the mistake in thinking that something so simple isn’t effective! You will learn soon enough that we have instilled in ourselves negative thinking by not even thinking about it, if that makes sense.. and when you realize how easy it is with simple repetition how to rid yourself of this unintentional self programming, you will do it.  Why wouldn’t you?  It doesn’t make sense to not incorporate something so simple into your day.  If you don’t buy these affirmations off the web site for your files, then simply make up affirmations and say them daily.  What could it hurt? It won’t hurt at all.. what does hurt you are those negative thoughts you rehearse over and over again, implanting them into your reality unconsciously.. creating your reality!

I frequently philosophize with friends about what gets us through the day, the week, the year and life in general.  I keep going back to the same theory that each and everyone of us should have confidence in who we are as individuals.  No one should feel bad about who they are, what they feel, and work to have a great perception of themselves.

The first way to achieve this is to throw away any shame based thinking regarding your life and experiences up until now.  There is no manual for life and if we make no mistakes, we don’t learn what works for us.  Also, titling experiences as “mistakes” can be potentially damaging to one’s self esteem. Maybe we should come up with a new term for engaging in an activity that didn’t yield the best results.  Perhaps better termed, “a momentary lapse of reason”.. but my point is, without them, life wouldn’t be as interesting, as thought provoking and wouldn’t inspire you to go in another directions.

I wish for everyone confidence in who they are, the decisions they make, and the path they beat.  I relish in people’s differences and enjoy so much being around someone who I can learn from, or have them inspire in me  a different way of thinking or seeing.  I value opinions because they are the fabric of character.  Without character, one wouldn’t have any boundaries, and someone with out any boundaries can live a slippery existence.  Slippery meaning, no edge, nothing for anyone else to hold onto when conversing and having an experience with..

I feel hypocritical at times because I do work towards a path of total tolerance for other human beings because we are sharing everything together.  We share oxygen, the same energetic field of consciousness, the roads, stores, parks, stores, work.. we need each other in order to succeed.  Without customers, one has no business.. without friends, one has no companionship.. without others, we cease to exist.  But I do find myself getting annoyed when driving and feel hypocritical because I do get angry when people are driving too slowly, or in my way when I have to get somewhere… I become aware of my discontent with people in situations where I am in a hurry or if people serve as barriers to where I need to go, emotionally, physically, whatever it is that my immediate experience needs…. this is where I personally falter.

The biggest challenge of all is in accepting what your “experience needs” and what others are “able to give.”  This is the hardest balance to strike.  Being an assertive, strong personality, I like to go for what I want.  Life and business are two different arenas, or are they?  Should we pursue things that aren’t easily gotten? Don’t businesses pitch for other business even if accounts initially say no?  Tenacity is a great asset and trait if asserted carefully.  When there is potential money to be exchanged, as in business, tenacious is cool.. but in terms of social situations, tenacity can be frowned upon because if the two people are not symbiotic and even in their communication with an ebb and flow, it is time to hang up the hat.

If you are forced to “hang up a hat” I am urging you to take yourself out of the equation and understand that it isn’t YOU.. it is the situation that isn’t working. . the combination of the two forces are simply not symbiotic.  That is where confidence comes in and is necessary to redeem yourself and to not take things personally.  Think of actors auditioning and all the rejection they face, ALL THE TIME.. rejection simply because the “PART” doesn’t qualify them.. think…QUANTIFICATION vs. QUALIFICATION… we all feel like we don’t QUALIFY.. but that isn’t true.. it is simply that the mathematical equation isn’t working out with the seeming numbers (people)…

It is difficult for people to remove themselves from the equations happening on a daily basis, but you must in order to retain a strong sense of yourself.  Everyday people don’t step up to do what it is they want because of self doubt.. a self doubt created by the reaction of someone else to them at a particular time during a particular experience or during a particular situation.  You cannot keep taking these experiences and imprinting them into your memory bank and making them part of you.  Once an experience happens that doesn’t work out you must move forward, work, romance, family, child, pet, ANYTHING… and learn from it.  Without these valuable experiences we wouldn’t realize what works!  We can’t let these experiences chip away at who we THINK WE ARE.  It is essential in life that you retain your strength of purpose, personality, and whatever it is that makes you uniquely you and to not ever doubt it or falter unless you have done something immoral or reprehensible.  I am speaking on the broadest of terms here.. ACCEPTABLE human behavior which we all can rightfully conceive.

I also wish for everyone not to possess limiting beliefs instilled upon them by the media, and a fear-based society. Being a human being is comprised of personal freedom.  If you allow yourself to be shaped by the masses and more importantly the media, we all are sold a sheep like perception.  I have a friend who will say to me, “Just because People magazine tells me JLO is the most beautiful woman in the world, who says I HAVE TO BELIEVE IT?”  The world is much bigger than the media! Human potential is much bigger than the small minds of television, advertising, and product marketing would have you believe! Go with your gut, not with what seems to be popular at the moment. I for one, am completely embarrassed to follow any sort of “trend” because I refuse to be manipulated by ANYONE or ANYTHING.  It is a conscious decision that I have made my whole life NATURALLY (as ironic as that may sound)! I never desired to “fit in” anywhere.  I would be mortified to conform to any standard.. I can only be me.  Thank GOD I had the common sense since childhood to retain my individuality.  As much as I retain being an individual, I have the intellectual ability to realize that aside from being individual, I must also realize that I am sharing the world with many others and must peacefully assert my individuality.  There is a fine line of being deemed spiritual and a door mat.  I feel I have managed to strike a balance reasonably well.  Ask anyone who knows me, they will make say that I am direct, honest, golden, and a well meaning human.  Make no mistake, I do ensure that it is known if I want something or if something is not sitting well with me.

Back to self imposed limitations due to the great effect of other’s expectations of you and the god forsaken media, including VOGUE, and all the other fashion and girl type magazines with airbrushed images! Air brushed images is such a catastrophe because so many people who don’t bother to educate themselves don’t realize that A HUMAN BEING CANNOT LOOK LIKE THAT.. a photograph contained in an ad or in a MAGAZINE is more than likely doctored and NO ONE CAN ACHIEVE THAT PERFECTION.  Also, while I am on this subject matter, and in this flow, AGE.. age is a number, not an indication of anything other than chronological years of existence.  Everyone chooses to do with their time here in a manner in which works for them.  This decision can include: education, fitness, health, maturation, ignorance, self destruction, so on and so forth.. and those decisions have ramifications and outcomes.  For example, I have seen people in the same age group look vastly different, behave vastly different and have different priorities.  Select people based upon the choices they make for their existence.  If it is congruent with how you live, go with it.  Don’t be a mental midget and base decisions solely on age.  If you do, you are a victim of the media and of society at large and shame on you for buying into a billion dollar industry or the way the media manipulates you to think or perceieve!

People, you have your own mind, your own life, your own decisions and choices and you are in control of how you feel about yourself!  Take advantage of the good, the bad and the ugly and realize that it all needs to exist in order for you to create your life.

Everyone’s life should be limitless, with no shame about your past, we are all human after-all, the only thing that matters is how firstly, you treat yourself and how you treat others.  All the rest, forget about it… it’s gone, it’s over.. every day presents for each of us to begin anew, to change a little bit, to create something better for yourself!