In unit 3 my assessment of myself was: Spiritually a 7
physically a 7
Mentally a 9
My expectations of what a Ten requires is what keeps those numbers where they are. I've been working on those numbers for the past 35 yrs. A ten to me is perfection. Spiritually a ten would be to do miracles like Jesus. Physically a ten would be to look like an olympian. Mentally a ten would be to have the mental control of a Monk from Tibet. Actually from my analyse I would say Mentally is a 7 also, there's still to much work to be done to rate it that high.
All of the things that I listed as activities to reach the goals that I have set for myself in those three areas are things that I made part of my lifestyle when I was young. I read everything I can get my hands on about; spiritual matters, health, consciousness, and anything that pertains to them. When Deepak Chopra writes a new book, I order it and read it. I pray in the Spirit everyday, throughout the day and put pressure on the Spirit to get things done that I have prayed about. I can only do my part, then I have to get out of the way and let the Lord do the rest, but I found that my time frame on earth and the time frame in the Spirit world are not the same. Waiting on a prayer to be answered is like waiting for a group of snails to get off the lawn so you don't step on them.
I found that if you are more demanding, and expecting, which activates your faith even more, things can happen a lot faster. Sometimes it does depend on the events and their timing but when the bills are due and they need to be paid, the money needs to come Now!
I meditate daily, use positive affirmations, positive visualization, appreciation, work on walking in Love, use compassion and understanding with people, and I walk each day.
To reach my goals it will take my lifetime.
To summarize; When I started this course I had already been doing all that it teaches most of my life. This actually made it harder for me throughout the course because it was taught with different names and it took me a little bit to translate Dacher's language to the language that i understood. Then, I wasn't learning anything new, I was going over stuff that I had been practicing for years, so it got kind of boring. It made it more difficult to do the lessons. But, doing the course did force me to face the fact that I was using my powers for evil and not good. The one area that I was allowing to become negative was with my husband. So I promptly turned that around and started using my positive visualization, appreciation, and walking in Love to turn the beast around. And it started working right away. I now have to keep the ball rolling, which I will.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Unit 9 Final Assignment
Unit Nine
Project-HW420-01-Donna Baker
I.
Introduction: It is important
for health and wellness professionals to develop psychologically, spiritually
and physically because they are the “professional” that the patient is going to
in order to get help with their troubles.
They need to have already gone before and proven the power of the remedy
that they will be prescribing for the patient.
The
areas that I need to develop to achieve my goals
II.
Assessment:
How do I assess my health in each domain?
Spiritually: eight out of
ten.
Physically:
eight out of ten.
Psychologically: eight out of
ten.
III.
Goal development:
Spiritually: My goal is to be able to do things that Jesus
did here on earth.
I
want to heal people, master matter by walking through walls and walking on
water. I want to know everything
spiritually that Jesus knew. Then, I will rank myself as a ten.
Physically: I want to have the body of a body-builder for
the rest of my life. I want to master
everything in my physical body and have complete control of every cell.
Psychologically: Mentally, I want to get to the point that I
do not “react” negatively for any reason.
I want to have control of every thought that I have.
IV.
Practices for personal health:
Spiritually:
To stay spiritually strong, I pray in the Spirit or in tongues as it is also
referenced. I do it every day and
night. Any time there is anything to be
concerned about; finances, schoolwork, my family, the animals, other people, I
let God take care of it. This
strengthens my faith, uses my faith and puts pressure on God to get things
done. My spiritual being is who I really
am. My mind and body play second fiddle
to my spirit.
Physically: Because I have such a strong spiritual basis,
my body responds accordingly. I don’t
crave sweets. If anything my body craves
vegetables. My blood sugar is low, my
blood pressure is low, my triglycerides and cholesterol are great, my arteries
are clear. This is because I have been
doing what we have been taught in “Integral Health” my entire life. I take walks, garden, mow the lawn, and drink
a lot of water also. And I love hotdogs,
pizza, pepsi, coke, steak, and baked potatoes smothered in butter and sour
cream (these are my soul foods).
Psychologically:
To me, this is where meditation comes in.
It helps me in a spiritual sense also, but it does clear the mind. I use positive affirmations and positive
visualization to keep my mind strong and also to reach my goals. I read a lot
of books; Non-fiction. Such as; Reinventing
the Body, Resurrecting the Soul by Deepak Chopra, Why God Won’t Go Away; Brain
Science and the Biology of Belief by Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Creative
Visualization by Melita Denning. My goal
is to raise my consciousness to a point where Jesus can reveal more to me of
what He knows. I have hundreds of books in this line that I
have read over the years and at least eight Bibles of different translation.
V.
Commitment:
Assessing
my progress is part of my lifestyle. I
write in journals regularly and look back over ones from a year ago to see if
my beliefs and perspectives have changed about things. I watch regularly to see how I feel about
going to school, my family, how the house is ran, my attitudes toward my
daughter and her father, toward all the animals, and toward the goals I have
for the future. Things change all the
time and I need to know if I’m being guided in different directions then
before. I go by the belief system; “if
you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans”. By staying in contact with Him and His Spirit
daily, I know that the majority of the emotions, attitudes, needs, and desires
are going to be coming from Him, not my physical body, mind or my
emotions. It’s usually me who wants the
hotdog and coke. It’s His strength
working through me that drives me to do my best in my classes, help the
neighbors, be kind to my daughter and husband when they are cranky (it’s “my”
emotions that comes through as irritable back at them). I question what my attitudes all the time,
it’s my lifestyle. If I react in any way
to any person or circumstance in any way but kind, thoughtful and loving, I
question myself and ask “what’s wrong”, and then work on it.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Unit 8-Exercises and Practice Sessions
My favorite of the exercises, practices, visualizations and meditations are; The Loving Kindness practice found on page 69 of Integral Health, and Meeting Aesculapius MP3 from doc sharing. Having forgiveness in your heart and spending time with your Higher Self, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Buddha, whatever it is in a persons life, to me have always been my two greatest powers for staying healthy. Having an abundance of Love in your heart transfers to humans, nature, animals, character, principals, and everything in your life. For me, spending time with Jesus; which is what I was doing when I did the visualization-meditation "Meeting Aesculapius", also strengthens this love.
Using the Loving-Kindness practice helps to get rid of any aggressions I might be holding toward others. It helps me appreciate the people around me and forgive them more quickly.
Having these attributes have helped me to see out into public not as a bunch of people busy about their day, but individual worlds that are all happening all at the same time. Not one any more important than the other, but just as important as the other. It's like what Einstein's proved with the law of relativity. Everything is relative to how each individual perceives it to be, and every person we see when we are out doing our own day, is perceiving their world, which for just a moment by-passes our world, in their very own way. By being able to see this, it gives so much more value to other people. We aren't just living our life her on earth, we are sharing space and time with millions of other humans, animals, and everything in nature, that are sharing space and time with us. It gives you a whole new feeling of duty toward humanity, the earth, and the spirit world.
Just like how the destruction that happened in Japan several months ago will eventually show up on the California coast, and other things that happen in other countries will eventually come to the United States, every thought; negative and positive will eventually become reality somewhere in the future. By spending time with love and a Higher self, our thoughts will become more pure, so that our contributions will be positive and not negative.
Using the Loving-Kindness practice helps to get rid of any aggressions I might be holding toward others. It helps me appreciate the people around me and forgive them more quickly.
Having these attributes have helped me to see out into public not as a bunch of people busy about their day, but individual worlds that are all happening all at the same time. Not one any more important than the other, but just as important as the other. It's like what Einstein's proved with the law of relativity. Everything is relative to how each individual perceives it to be, and every person we see when we are out doing our own day, is perceiving their world, which for just a moment by-passes our world, in their very own way. By being able to see this, it gives so much more value to other people. We aren't just living our life her on earth, we are sharing space and time with millions of other humans, animals, and everything in nature, that are sharing space and time with us. It gives you a whole new feeling of duty toward humanity, the earth, and the spirit world.
Just like how the destruction that happened in Japan several months ago will eventually show up on the California coast, and other things that happen in other countries will eventually come to the United States, every thought; negative and positive will eventually become reality somewhere in the future. By spending time with love and a Higher self, our thoughts will become more pure, so that our contributions will be positive and not negative.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Unit 7 Blog
Hi There,
I love the Meeting Aesclepius practice. I translate it to what I have grown up with which is Jesus. But this is a very natural meditation for me.
Mindfullness or meditation to me means Going Within. I learned early not to wish that others would change but that I was better. Going inside of oneself gives you a chance to appreciate your body, mind and spirit. It gives you a chance to get to know yourself and Love yourself.
The statement: One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself to me is exactly what I live for. Every experience I have had I believe has happened in order to be able to serve someone in the future better because of it. I did not understand a person feeling suicidal because I had so much zeal for life. So, God allowed me to be put into situations over a period of time so that I to became suicidal. I didn't go down easy though! It took seventeen years of harsh physical, mental and emotional abuse, no friends except God, the failure of my precious businesses that I started from the ground up, filing bankrupcy three times, having several in laws die, one to suicide, and watching my poor son go through so much with his mentally ill father. But it wasn't until my mother suddenly died without any warning, and having to live without her but still deal with the rest that made me buckle!
Looking back, it was one of the most important lessons I could have learned. Understanding the pain and suffering of others is paramount to being able to help them. The other thing that is important is to learn how to hear the word of God in situations. If I am trying to help someone with something, I always ask God to guide me to what this person needs. I allow Him to work through me.
I love the Meeting Aesclepius practice. I translate it to what I have grown up with which is Jesus. But this is a very natural meditation for me.
Mindfullness or meditation to me means Going Within. I learned early not to wish that others would change but that I was better. Going inside of oneself gives you a chance to appreciate your body, mind and spirit. It gives you a chance to get to know yourself and Love yourself.
The statement: One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself to me is exactly what I live for. Every experience I have had I believe has happened in order to be able to serve someone in the future better because of it. I did not understand a person feeling suicidal because I had so much zeal for life. So, God allowed me to be put into situations over a period of time so that I to became suicidal. I didn't go down easy though! It took seventeen years of harsh physical, mental and emotional abuse, no friends except God, the failure of my precious businesses that I started from the ground up, filing bankrupcy three times, having several in laws die, one to suicide, and watching my poor son go through so much with his mentally ill father. But it wasn't until my mother suddenly died without any warning, and having to live without her but still deal with the rest that made me buckle!
Looking back, it was one of the most important lessons I could have learned. Understanding the pain and suffering of others is paramount to being able to help them. The other thing that is important is to learn how to hear the word of God in situations. If I am trying to help someone with something, I always ask God to guide me to what this person needs. I allow Him to work through me.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Unit 6-Integral Assessment
Hello,
The assessment wasn't difficult for me because I've done this type of evaluation before. I've known for a while what the source of my troubles are; having a spouse who does not communicate, is not affectionate, and shows no love except at certain times, and my daughter has separation anxiety, is kind of hyper, bored, and is high maintenance.
From these relationships comes any stress and irritation that I have. Basically, a high majority of the time I am not as happy as I could be, nor as healthy as I could be.
I feel very unappreciated, I do housework that I would rather not do. In fact, I'd rather have a good job where I was really needed and pay someone to take care of the other two. They have very powerful, overbearing, demanding personalities and I become the least important person in the house. It probably wouldn't look that way from someone on the outside. I have my own office, and I get to go to school, but what I am trying to accomplish is not looked at as important.
I am my husbands and my daughter's best friend, but they are not mine. I would do anything for them (and I do) but it is not the other way around. My daughter is very spoiled because of her father, and if I had it my way things would be a lot different in that regard.
With my husband, I get up between 5:30-6:00a.m. to make him breakfast and give him his medications. He is gone right after that until about 6:00p.m. When he comes home, he talks a little about what happened with everyone at work, takes a nap for 30 minutes. I make dinner, give it to him, he watches television till 9:00pm. then he goes to the gym. That's five days a week. Basically, I cook, clean, do his laundry, and all secretary things, and see him for a while on the weekends. He is the least affectionate person I have ever met in my life. He gives no complements about anything. In my opinion I work hard for both of them and get back very little in return. We both pay the bills, it's not just on his shoulders.
The other issue is; I already understand that I am in this position as a learning tool. I have to learn how to deal with it and use spiritual vices to grow. Just like the suggestion about doing the best you can at your work and make it your own. I do that with being a wife and a mother.
I live in a whole different world then they do. I am very aware of the spiritual world and this is kind of like make-believe. It's hard being reduced to the role that I've been playing.
But, I will continue to pray for them, walk in Love, be grateful, appreciate everything that I have, and be a great example for them each day. Things will change, including me, they always do. :O)
The assessment wasn't difficult for me because I've done this type of evaluation before. I've known for a while what the source of my troubles are; having a spouse who does not communicate, is not affectionate, and shows no love except at certain times, and my daughter has separation anxiety, is kind of hyper, bored, and is high maintenance.
From these relationships comes any stress and irritation that I have. Basically, a high majority of the time I am not as happy as I could be, nor as healthy as I could be.
I feel very unappreciated, I do housework that I would rather not do. In fact, I'd rather have a good job where I was really needed and pay someone to take care of the other two. They have very powerful, overbearing, demanding personalities and I become the least important person in the house. It probably wouldn't look that way from someone on the outside. I have my own office, and I get to go to school, but what I am trying to accomplish is not looked at as important.
I am my husbands and my daughter's best friend, but they are not mine. I would do anything for them (and I do) but it is not the other way around. My daughter is very spoiled because of her father, and if I had it my way things would be a lot different in that regard.
With my husband, I get up between 5:30-6:00a.m. to make him breakfast and give him his medications. He is gone right after that until about 6:00p.m. When he comes home, he talks a little about what happened with everyone at work, takes a nap for 30 minutes. I make dinner, give it to him, he watches television till 9:00pm. then he goes to the gym. That's five days a week. Basically, I cook, clean, do his laundry, and all secretary things, and see him for a while on the weekends. He is the least affectionate person I have ever met in my life. He gives no complements about anything. In my opinion I work hard for both of them and get back very little in return. We both pay the bills, it's not just on his shoulders.
The other issue is; I already understand that I am in this position as a learning tool. I have to learn how to deal with it and use spiritual vices to grow. Just like the suggestion about doing the best you can at your work and make it your own. I do that with being a wife and a mother.
I live in a whole different world then they do. I am very aware of the spiritual world and this is kind of like make-believe. It's hard being reduced to the role that I've been playing.
But, I will continue to pray for them, walk in Love, be grateful, appreciate everything that I have, and be a great example for them each day. Things will change, including me, they always do. :O)
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Unit 5 Blog
I found the Unit 5 MP3 assignment very calming. I liked it better then the Loving-Kindness one. If I felt like I needed to work on being more loving I would have felt more attachment to it. As of now, I give any cash I have in my wallet to anyone I pass that needs help, I drive through neighborhoods and pray for the people in their homes for whatever they are dealing with, and I wake up in the middle of the night at least once a week with a pressure to pray for someone I know. Often it is my 22 year old son. Later without him knowing I had done this he will call me and let me know he was having a difficult time. He was raised with a very abusive, controlling father.
When you make controlling your mind and your attitudes a way of life, instead of flying off the handle about something that happens, you will respond in a more relaxed way. I was taught that when a person gets angry about something there are enough harmful chemicals released into the body, that if a small amount were drawn out and inserted into a guinea pig, it would immeditely kill it. Type A personalities are not born, they are created. People who have rode rage have not trained their mind. All it takes is looking at things differently. Perspectives need to change.
Because I have worked on having the right attitudes, using forgiveness when someone hurts me, very appreciative of anyone who tries to help or just shows kindness towards me, and learned how to walk in Love, I have been protected in situations where many have been killed, I am just as healthy now at 47 yrs. as I was when I was 27 yrs, even though I've been through enough for twenty people's lives. I already had the power of a strong mind, love in my heart, a strong spiritual base under my belt going into the hard times.
I plan to live way past 100 yrs old. I want to be the person who lives the longest on record in our time frame. Because I believe this can be done and because I have so much in my heart that God has shown me to accomplish, I already know that I will. It takes everything this class is teaching us.
When you make controlling your mind and your attitudes a way of life, instead of flying off the handle about something that happens, you will respond in a more relaxed way. I was taught that when a person gets angry about something there are enough harmful chemicals released into the body, that if a small amount were drawn out and inserted into a guinea pig, it would immeditely kill it. Type A personalities are not born, they are created. People who have rode rage have not trained their mind. All it takes is looking at things differently. Perspectives need to change.
Because I have worked on having the right attitudes, using forgiveness when someone hurts me, very appreciative of anyone who tries to help or just shows kindness towards me, and learned how to walk in Love, I have been protected in situations where many have been killed, I am just as healthy now at 47 yrs. as I was when I was 27 yrs, even though I've been through enough for twenty people's lives. I already had the power of a strong mind, love in my heart, a strong spiritual base under my belt going into the hard times.
I plan to live way past 100 yrs old. I want to be the person who lives the longest on record in our time frame. Because I believe this can be done and because I have so much in my heart that God has shown me to accomplish, I already know that I will. It takes everything this class is teaching us.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Unit 4-Loving-Kindness
First I read through the instructions on page 69 of Integral Health, and then I listened to it on the computer. I enjoyed and understood all of it and it's meaning, I was just apprehensive about the part of taking on the loved ones suffering and allowing the dark cloud of suffering to enter my heart. I have years of experience with spiritual healing, and this teaching didn't coincide with what I've been taught. So I adjusted it to fit what I know to do. Instead I engulfed my person with the pure-white-light of the Christ. This is for healing and protection. I believe that this exercise would help a person if they were trying to change and become more loving, and forgiving. I think they would really have to want to change though. With this societies huge and crazy schedules I find it hard to believe that many would dedicate their time to doing this exercise. I see this as one of those discoveries that would work for someone who was told by their doctor that they were going to die of a heart attack if they didn't change their ways. Having loving-kindness as a part of my life and nature is something that I was blessed with, it's not that easy for many personalities and dispositions.
The concept of a Mental Workout means to do things that create new ways of thinking. The easy way to explain it is using Jesus as a reference. In church growing up, people are taught that Jesus is your example of being the perfect human. He was not self-centered, but cared about everyone around Him. He spent time with just God and the Holy Spirit on a daily basis in order to have a strong foundation to stand on. He could hear God's voice inside of Him, and He knew what He was suppose to be doing and when. He studied the scriptures which gave Him guidance on how to live His life successfully. These are the steps a person has to take to be successful at life, to have a strong mind, and a strong inner life.
Besides studying the Bible, I have read hundreds of books over the past forty-years. Mostly Non-Fiction, and not romance, or mystery books. I don't have time for entertainment. There is so much suffering going on in this world, it makes me uneasy on a daily basis. I know I am not normal, but you actually can't be like everyone else in order to accomplish integral health. Everyone else is taking the easy road, not being disciplined, and dieing of everything that's out there. I was taught in the business world that you can't be like one of the cows, just following the herd, you have to be a rhino if you want to be successful!
The concept of a Mental Workout means to do things that create new ways of thinking. The easy way to explain it is using Jesus as a reference. In church growing up, people are taught that Jesus is your example of being the perfect human. He was not self-centered, but cared about everyone around Him. He spent time with just God and the Holy Spirit on a daily basis in order to have a strong foundation to stand on. He could hear God's voice inside of Him, and He knew what He was suppose to be doing and when. He studied the scriptures which gave Him guidance on how to live His life successfully. These are the steps a person has to take to be successful at life, to have a strong mind, and a strong inner life.
Besides studying the Bible, I have read hundreds of books over the past forty-years. Mostly Non-Fiction, and not romance, or mystery books. I don't have time for entertainment. There is so much suffering going on in this world, it makes me uneasy on a daily basis. I know I am not normal, but you actually can't be like everyone else in order to accomplish integral health. Everyone else is taking the easy road, not being disciplined, and dieing of everything that's out there. I was taught in the business world that you can't be like one of the cows, just following the herd, you have to be a rhino if you want to be successful!
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