New Type of Nutritionists?

With the Spring comes gardening time in my backyard and while I was reconditioning and tilling a new plot for planting I came up with the following thought. I know there are different types of "nutritionists" available to the public and it just made sense to me that if someone is going to help others understand about nutrition and food and health and the effects/benefits from what we eat, drink, and breathe, would'nt it be great if that person was also a gardener? There's something about the whole process: from preparing the soils, planting the seeds, watering, pulling out weeds, to full blossoming into ripened fruit onto your plate for a cosmic experience we call a meal.

How many nutritionists or health/wellness professionals that coach clients about food, diet, and nutrition have their own garden? I'm not saying that they should and if they don't they're any less of a professional but my point is the whole process of the experience of taking care of one's own garden connects them deeper with the very subject in which they make a living on.

Consuming organic and/or locally grown produce is great, but wait until you've tried something from your own garden.

I've been in the medical/health/wellness profession for over 13 years now and it wasn't until last year that my wife, son, and I started our own garden. Previous to that I thought I had a decent understanding of food but now I've evolved into a deeper understanding and relationship to the Earth, the Universe/Cosmos, and Man in between. When you eat or drink something, what's your experience? What's behind the initial "it tastes good or it tastes bad" reaction? What's the process all about for you? It might be easier for you to answer these questions after you've consumed something fresh from your garden.

Maybe I'm on to something here. What if in order for one to graduate with a degree in nutrition they had to grow their own garden as part of the curriculum? In fact, everyone of us could be "nutritionists" if we tended our own food. Why go to school when you can start today and plant some seeds.

Successful Liver & Gallbladder Flushes

With the Spring comes the sense that it's time to clean up and many choose to do so with some liver and gallbladder flushing. Here's the thing: a successful flush is not in how many stones you poop out but in what did you experience during the process. What did you learn and come to an understanding about yourself, your body, and life in general? Focus on how many stones expelled is a reflection of how one lives their life guided by the misguided ego where it's all about the "results" and not so much the process. Focusing on the results takes one out of the present by living on expectations. Expectations inevitably brings suffering.

You have the power to eliminate suffering from your life.

Live the moment. Be the moment.

Billions of Dollars and Still No Cures

Ever wonder where all the money that goes into finding cures goes after all these years? Have they been effective? Cancer is still significant. AIDS doesn't seem to be going anywhere. And now we're trying to find a "cure" for obesity. Maybe it's time to look outside the box?

Here's the thing: It's quite possible that the human physical body is not too concerned about being cured. It'd rather be stimulated to wake up its healing capabilities. It'd rather learn through the process of healing rather than be given the result of a cure. What happens when someone always gives you the answers without you trying to figure it out on your own? You get lazy and lose the ability to think for yourself. Just imagine if this possibility was understood by those seeking cures. What would life be like? I'd probably be a very rich (financially) man but being that ours is a society that contines to look for the easy way out or the quick-fix, I'm actually very poor, for now. Emphasis on results leads to chaos; emphasis on the process expands the possibilities and allows one to break free of the "box".

Humanity Ascending

I just saw a documentary with Barbara Marx Hubbard where she eloquently expresses our possible future by reviewing our past and present. It reminded me of what I've recently been observing where others are constantly "searching" for answers and data and information and are going from one source to another in the ultimate quest for knowledge. My question is: What are people looking for? My answer: Their Selves. Man has always had a yearning to find out who he is, where did he come from, and what's his purpose in life. I know one of my peers who's taken a lot of training this past year and has sort of opened up a Pandora's box of information and can't seem to quench her thirst to know more. Sooner or later she'll find her journey will eventually lead her to her spiritual Self. Times are changing and Consciousness is accelerating.

Drug Company Caught Lying!

Pharmaceutical companies making up research studies with favorable outcomes? Why would they do such a thing? To make money of course. This recent NY Times article is just a reminder to the public and to the medical community of how low pharmaceutical companies will go to make the almighty dollar. Just because your doctor recommends a drug for your condition because "the studies show it works" may not be necessarily true. It may be a partial truth to some degree but there's still a significant amount of deception involved.

Hmm..if a drug is so effective, why lie and fudge the results of the studies?

The best protection for the public is to educate themselves and be open to research and experiment for themselves. Better yet, an even better approach is start taking a more active approach to one's health and well-being right now and stop putting them on hold.

NOTHING

Have you ever received an email trying to sell you something and as you read through it you find yourself scrolling down at what seems like a never ending sales pitch and towards the end they always make like what they're selling is worth a shitload of money and if and only if you take advantage of this special email offer now, you can get this product for an insanely low price. And if you do act now they'll throw in all these special bonus "gifts". Come on, admit it. You've seen a lot of these and you've probably asked yourself, "what's the catch?".

From my experience (ok, I'll admit it. I have bought some of these products in the past and don't regret it), the longer the "sales pitch", the less the product actually has to offer and that's why the seller does their best to hype it up.

Along with these emails, we typically also receive newsletters in which everyone has one nowadays to the point people are becoming more selective in allowing which newsletter they choose to read. The one commonality of the majority of newsletters out there is that they all want something from you. This isn't wrong. It's just business and marketing. This brings us to the point of why I'm posting this topic. What do I expect from anyone who reads my newsletters or blog posts or watches my youtube page? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NADA. ZERO. ZILCH.

It doesn't make a difference to me if thousands of people or no one reads my work. I'll still be me. I love me. I love you. I love everyone. I love life. What else would I need? Money? Nope. You can never have more money than you already have; so why be so concerned about having more? That's worrying about the future. How do you feel worrying about the future? Probably unpleasant, so why bother wasting your precious energy on it?

I write my newsletter as a way to create. I share my experiences with others who are interested and what I write is from the heart. I give from the heart without expecting anything in return. This is one characteristic of unconditional love. Can you dig that?

I love you as you are and thank you for Being you.

Why do we judge?

We judge because we have an ego. The more inflated, or fed, the ego, the more judgement, whether it be of others or oneself. Where there's judgement, there's control. The opposite of control is freedom. Where there's control, there's fear. Love can not be fully expressed when fear prevails.

When we let go of judging others and ourselves we become free. When we're free, we can truly love.