Mindfulness Challenges

Here is my report with practicing the mindfulness exercise of stating a positive expectation for the day upon waking whether the statement is — today will be a magnificent day or spectacular or stupendous or terrific or amazing or whatever you might actually say.  I have actually been working on this particular Mindfulness Challenge for some time now.  My personal experience has been that I am likely to forget to do it.  Remembering is my biggest challenge.

When I do remember to make the statement upon first wakening, my day does become magnificent, spectacular, stupendous, terrific and amazing.  It is really a magical formula for how to set a positive template for the upcoming day with the right intention.

My experience has been that if I don’t have this thought as my first thought, my thinking tends to rattle around in a somewhat negative vein.  As I begin to get up out of the bed I may be thinking to myself,

“Oh my goodness, looks like it’s raining again today.”

That is not a positive thought or a positive statement.  Or as I’m getting up I might be thinking,

“Boy, I sure have an achy back!  My goodness, what did I do last night?”

Or, I might think to myself,

“That was sure a long nightmare that I had last night; oh yuck!”

These thoughts may sound familiar to you or not – but we all certainly begin our day with thoughts that are often negative. I’ve actually noticed (as I’ve become more mindful with my thoughts) that my thoughts at the start of the day tend to be much more negative than positive.

My experience has also been that when I remember to make my affirmation at the outset of the day, I set in motion a positive expectation. My thoughts all of a sudden spin in a positive direction.  I’m thinking positively rather than negatively from the get go.  My day is magnificent, spectacular, stupendous, terrific and amazing.  I do notice a difference in how my day unfolds.

My experience has little to do with what is happening to me from circumstances outside my control.  The difference is in the way that I respond to those circumstances even if I’m confronting something that is challenging or unexpected, I am able to take the blows in stride, shake them off and move forward to more positive experiences.

As you are well aware, our thoughts have a  profound impact on our lives.  Start each of your days with a positive thought.  Discover that that then sets into motion an experience of more positive thoughts rather than the rattle trap of negativity which will drag you down into the gutter.

Give this challenge a chance, not just this week but for subsequent weeks.  I say again I’ve been working on this now for some time and I am quite pleased with the outcome from actually doing it.  In summary, it is simple to make a positive affirmation in the beginning of the day. It takes at most ten seconds out of your day. The real challenge is to remember doing it. Perhaps I have an unconscious voice deep inside that insists every day be horrible. I now prefer to override that voice before the day even begins.

May the rest of the days this week and may the rest of the weeks in the year be for you absolutely amazing.

Robert

© Parkinsons Recovery

The deeper meaning behind noticing, acknowledging and honoring all sources of light in your life is actually profound.  All humans are light beings.  Many people also are unaware that all objects emit light.  There is an aura that is emitted by rocks.  Of course many rocks, especially crystals, are living entities. The light (or aura) that is emitted from crystals is magnificent.

Light is also emitted from foods.  A marvelous book by David Wolfe entitled “Eating for Beauty” has page after page of pictures which display the light that food emanates.  When food is alive, the light that is emanated is glorious, magnificent and astonishing.  The light that is emanated by food that is dead is pretty inconsequential.  It is of course present, but you do not see many colors. You do not see a brilliant, strong illumination from dead foods. The light emitted is faint and dull.

Extend your awareness, then, to all living objects.  There are some videos that are readily available on the internet that show what happens to plants when music is played.  Plants actually dance just as humans dance when they hear music that is pleasing to them.  When you track the auras or the light that is emanated by plants in such circumstances you see a magnificent light show:

• The light expands.
• The light contracts.
• The light shines brilliantly.
• The light dims proudly.
• The light emits colors that are brilliant. 

One fascinating guest on my radio show (the Parkinsons Recovery Radio Show) is Johan Boswinkel.  He invented a biofeedback machine that is actually able to measure the light that is emanated through the various meridians in the body.  He explains that it really is a very low level of light, something equivalent to a candle at a distance of about 20 miles, so we are not seeing a strong brilliant rays of light beam out of the body as you might see from the sunshine.  Light, however, does come from within all cells of our body.

Johan uses his new invention which draws on the technology of Biophotonics, to measure distortions in the light through the body. If the light is straight there is no distortion. If it is distorted, there is an imbalance. Using his device he determines the source of imbalances in the body which are the source of illness and disease. For example, for chronic conditions such as Parkinson’s, he finds the source of the neurological problem is oftentimes the liver, the gall bladder or even an infected appendix; sources that most practitioners do not even consider.

We are all light bodies.  Individuals who are users of street drugs such as cocaine or heroin or even more harmful substances will often time emit a very dark energy from around their nose or from around their mouth.  For police officers who are able to see auras, there is no mystery about who is addicted and who is not. All they have to do is look at an individual’s aura. They can see dark energy hanging around that person’s mouth or that person’s nose.

A lot of information comes from the color of light that is emanated from bodies and the distance that it radiates from the body itself.  Many people have the idea that auras are stagnant; an aura presumable hangs two or three feet distant from the body and that is that.  Light the shines through the body is not stagnant, so auras are also not static.

Auras around the body are always shifting and changing. They are continuously expanding and contracting light as a reflection of the life force and the pure essence that is emanating from a body.

If you are interested in actually being able to see auras – and I know some of you already see them as a matter of routine and habit – let me just suggest that you not look directly at the person’s body.  Rather, look an inch or two above their head. The other important lesson to learn is not to try and grab the light that is emanated from the body you are observing. Do not go after it. Allow the light to come to you.

Just sit. Quiet your mind. Allow a couple of minutes to pass.  Oftentimes you want to make sure that you are looking at a person who has given you permission or a person at a distance that won’t be upset by the fact that you are staring at them.

Every human being emits light.  There are now instruments that measure that.  You can get readings of your aura if you would like from photographers who have special equipment.  We know that we are all light beings.

Consider giving yourself the fascinating challenge of beginning to track the auras of plants, of food, of other individuals.  You will be mysteriously engaged as you see brilliant colors of light emanating from a person’s head and from their heart.  When a person is excited about what they are doing they exude the most magnificent colors, often times a purple that defies description.

Enjoy yourself as you continue to honor and acknowledge the presence of light in your life whether the source of that light is:

• The sun.
• Headlights on a car.
• Light bulbs in your house.
• Live food
• Plants that dance to music.
• Individuals that you love who exude joyful, gorgeous rays of gold light.

Enjoy yourself this week as you acknowledge the source of light for we are all light beings.

Robert

© Parkinsons Recovery