Identity

by | Saturday, November 13, 2010 | Spirituality

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Just as depression is often associated with the abandonment of an old identity,

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exhilaration is associated with the acquisition of a new one.

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Develop the ability to distinguish between taking on a new identity and freeing yourself from identity.

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Nothing is Concrete

by | Thursday, November 11, 2010 | Spirituality

Nothing is concrete.

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Everything is a multifaceted abstraction.

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If we reduce something to a concretion, it loses its meaning and grandeur.

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Striving to understand, we do this with ourselves, others, and everything.

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By adhering to a perspective, we limit our ability to understand.

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The Effects of Identity

by | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 | Relationship, Spirituality

To exist means to exist transgradiently.

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Our health is dependent upon our ability to shift spontaneously from one reality to another. When we identify with (hold on to) a reality on a particular level, that holding effects our physiology at every level.

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For example, if we refute emotions as being illogical, we suppress a reality of our being. This sort of suppression causes dis-ease. We refute another level when we don’t cultivate the ability to think rationally, again causing disharmony. When we feel that unease, we conclude that we must improve our ability to function in our reality. Such a reaction only perpetuates the process. As the result of our identification with particular realities, our lives become ever-tightening spirals.

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To counter the tightening process we need to learn to rest into our transgradient nature, our natural state of being. This kind of “resting into” is more easily said than done because we hold on to our ideas of reality not just with our minds but with our bodies and hearts as well. This holding permeates all levels of our physiology—physical, energetic, psychological and spiritual—so completely that we assume the holding is who we are.

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To become wiser, we don’t need to get better at what we know as much as we need to stop holding on so tightly to what it is we think we know.

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Salt Compress

by | Monday, November 1, 2010 | Health

For sore muscles, cramps, arthritis, etc. you may consider a salt compress.

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I heat regular salt in a bowl in the microwave for about 6 minutes.  Then put it in a cotton pillowcase or sock and apply it to the area like a heating pad.

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Note that the bowl gets very hot so you will need to be careful and use potholders to handle it.

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