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2/14/2011

Your true Self waits to be discovered…

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Death is the one common fact of human existence, and yet we choose to ignore it, to avoid thinking about it. We fear it and for most it is the end of life; it may be the end of physicality, but it definitely is not the end of consciousness. Death does not exist. Your being is beyond the experience of birth or “death”- you are eternal. But most of us see existence as identification with the body, this is falsehood. We are playing a role: we are changing a costume-that’s what our body is. It’s a play of consciousness. All fear vanishes when you live in the knowingness of who you are your true identity. There is within you a free consciousness waiting to be discovered. Introspection, silence, meditation, sadhana (spiritual practice) helps you to understand that you live in a world of falsehood. Only by coming out of the ignorance of falsehood and duality do you experience the true knowledge. When you know who you are, you realize the body can be destroyed, can be killed, but never the Eternal in you, which is pure consciousness and indestructible, with no birth or death. This is your soul. Introspection will free you from the most deep fear-based expression of this falsehood and take you to the non-death experience of life. Remember, your being is beyond the experience of birth or death- you are eternal. All disease is falsehood. All illness is falsehood. Remember, for the body the highest victory is perfect health, your natural state is perfect health.
Before you can feel or see any disorders in your physical body, they are in the subtle bodies. As you sit in your meditation, receive strength from your “I AM” Presence. This means full divine power in all of your subtle bodies. Then these subtle bodies will be strong and will refuse sickness, will refuse the force of disease. Healing is created by working with your cells with faith in the Light, returning truth and supreme harmony to those cells. Do you take time for quiet moments or are you always “busy”? Are you willing to fully experience the Divine with in you? There is such power within you. Trust this power. It is God Himself. It is your true Self.

How can I talk to the Self? The nature of Self is so mysterious, so subtle, the subtlest of the whole universe. The Self is form and the Self is formless; nameless, yet it is given names. Self is pure consciousness, is life force and bliss, omnipotent and omnipresent. Self is truth, wisdom, and knowledge, boundless and free, beyond space and time. The Self illuminates everything. It’s strange to speak of the unspeakable. The Self is to be experienced as the most powerful message of God. The Self is beyond anything you experience with words.

This bliss of the Higher Self is always new. The laughter of the Self is completely different from the pleasure of the senses. You know, those of us who depend on the senses for our everyday happiness, how we search for this happiness from one object or place to another, new things, new this, new that, just for the sake of satisfaction. But with the Self, you have “new” by itself. The Self is in you, in its highest, in its fullness. The Self is the foundation of your life experience. It is peace, joy, Love, and truth. It reveals itself by Grace. When you are being “purified,” the Self appears. It can be anywhere, anytime, in any situation, even when you are tired or in a crisis. The Self is Light. The Self is Silence. The Self is the All. The Self is the Witness. The Self is the observer. The Self supports all but does not become involved, is unattached. The Self experiences all and is still unattached. The Self is victory. The Self is glory. There is “no thing” greater than the Self  …and you are the Self! When you understand that you are only consciousness, there is “no thing” to do, no liberation to seek, no ignorance to come out of, no karma, no personal or individual responsibility, “no thing” to become. Just be and it unfolds by itself.

Your true Self waits to be discovered…




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2/9/2011

A few things about coffee

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Coffee is:

·         Acidic, and upsets the pH balance of the body. 
·         Contains caffeine, which acts as “fake energy” producing a short-lived high at the expense of taxing the adrenals and elevating levels of cortisol in the body. You can feel the effects of caffeine in your system within a few minutes of ingesting it, and it stays on your system for many hours—it has a half-life of four to six hours in your body. While in your body, caffeine affects the following hormones:
    • Adenosine- Can inhibit absorption of adenosine, which calms the body, which can make you feel alert in the short run, but can cause sleep problems later.
    • Adrenaline- Caffeine injects adrenaline into your system, giving you a temporary boost, but possibly making you fatigued and depressed later. If you take more caffeine to counteract these effects, you end up spending the day in an agitated state, and might find yourself jumpy and edgy by night.
    • Cortisol- Can increase the body’s levels of cortisol, the “stress hormone”, which can lead to other health consequences ranging from weight gain and moodiness to heart disease and diabetes.
    • Dopamine- Caffeine increases dopamine levels in your system, acting in a way similar to amphetamines, which can make you feel good after taking it, but after it wears off you can feel ‘low’. It can also lead to a physical dependence because of dopamine manipulation.
WEIGHT LOSS AND USE OF COFFEE DO NOT MIX
Some may be thinking that coffee is ok when only having 1 cup daily. After all, what can one cup do? You’re getting great nutrition and cleansing effects from the Isagenix products though what you don’t know is that your ability to go into detoxifying and fat burning mode is being inhibited.   One cup of coffee will cause problems!
  
Over the past 7 years, caffeine use has been monitored and the trend shows that caffeine does and will slow or even stop the release of weight in most people. We are all unique and a few will lose weight as the exception, but the majority will not. Even one cup daily will dump 150 milligrams in your body.  

If you want to lose weight safely and keep it off, follow the recommendations, break the coffee habbit.

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2/7/2011

Spiced Pumpkin Pie

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Spiced Pumpkin Pie
using Young Living Essential Oils                                                                           - Recipe by Judy Jehn, CMT


1 unbaked pie shell
1/4 + 1/8 cup Young Living’s Blue Agave
2 large organic eggs
2 drops cinnamon essential oil
2 drops ginger essential oil
1 drop clove essential oil
1 drop nutmeg essential oil
¼ tsp salt
1 cup fresh organic pumpkin puree
1 ½ cups heavy (double) cream, scalded
 Preheat oven to 375° F.  

In a large bowl, whisk together the agave and eggs until well blended.  Add the cinnamon, ginger, clove and nutmeg essential oils and the salt.  Mix well. 

Add the pumpkin puree and scalded cream and whisk until smooth.  Pour into the pie shell.

Bake the pie for 10 minutes at 375° F, reduce heat to 350° F and continue baking for 35 – 45 minutes until the filling is firm in the center.  Test the center with the tip of a knife; if it comes out clean, the pie is done.

Serve with whipped cream!

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2/5/2011

Wild-Caught Salmon w/Lemon Butter

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Tart citrus fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C, and antioxidant that protects against the harmful effects of pollution, smoking, and heavy metal exposure. Vitamin C is also required for the tissue growth and repair, helps maintain the integrity of blood vessels, and supports immune health. Have you had your vitimin C today? Check out this recipe...

Wild-Caught Salmon w/ Lemon Butter (serves 4)
1 stick organic butter
2 cloves organic garlic, minced
2 organic lemons
1 small bunch organic parsley, rinsed, dried and minced
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 wild-caught salmon fillets
sea salt

Preheat oven to 425. In a small bowl, combine butter and garlic together with fork, mixing well.You can also substitute olive oil (which i recommend) for the butter, you will probably only need 1/4 c at the most. Wash lemons and cut one int0 quarters for garnish. Grate zest of other lemon and squeeze juice; add both zest and juice to butter mixture (or olive oil) and mix well. Stir in 3/4 of minced parsley.(Skip this next step if using olive oil). On a small piece of parchment paper, form butter mixture into a small log; wrap tightly in the parchment paper and chill in freezer. Lightly brush baking dish with olive oil, place salmon filllets (skin side down) in dish and brush with the remaining olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and bake for 8 munutes, or until flesh easily flakes. Remove herbed butter from freezer and cut into 4 1/2" thick rounds. (Save remaining herbed butter for other uses, such as topping veggies.) Place one round on each serving of fish, tent with foil and set aside for 3 to 5 minutes, allowing butter to melt. Transfer fish to plates and garnish with lemon wedges and remaining parsley before serving.

To make this a complete meal, you may want to serrve with sauteed lemon-garlic spinach (use remaining lemon, garlic, olive oil mixture) and wild rice. Enjoy!



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