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Issue # 469, Week of September 5-6, 2007
Publisher: David Riklan -
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In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Personal Growth Products and Services
-- Article: Positive Energy [Excerpt] - By Judith Orloff, M.D.
-- Article: Clarity about Clutter - By Molly Gordon, CPC
-- Book Review: The Avatar Syndrome - By Stan I.S. Law
-- Brief News of the World
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement. - Anatole France, 1844-1924, French
Author
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. - Hubert H. Humphrey,
1911-1978, American Politician and Vice President
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not
deserve them. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American Writer and Humorist
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*** Article: Positive Energy [Excerpt] - By Judith Orloff, M.D. ***
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Are you forever in a rush, staving off exhaustion? Are you desperately
overcommitted, afraid to say "no"? Do you have fang marks from being bled dry by
energy vampires? Does the onslaught of violence in the news leave you drained?
A hidden energy crisis threatens our world. Our high-tech, volatile society
thrusts many of us into chronic physical, emotional, and spiritual depletion.
With information overload, we sink into techno-despair, the burnout of being
enslaved by beepers, email, faxes, and phones. Meanwhile, geopolitical realities
grind us down. We're confronted with hostile forces on a global scale. No
surprise: our energy suffers. Most alarming, we come to tolerate tired, joyless
states as normal. We must shift this socially condoned pattern of madness, no
matter what external threats are looming.
Using extraordinary solutions to liberate energy, I'll show you how to alleviate
tensions that can do us in and design a life that nurtures.
In this book I want to introduce you to Energy Psychiatry, a term I've coined to
describe a new kind of psychotherapy I practice which addresses the subtle
energetic underpinnings of health and behavior. It's a subspecialty of Energy
Medicine, which views our bodies and spirits as manifestations of subtle
energies, what indigenous cross-cultural healing traditions revere as life force
-- a concept that's missing in mainstream health care. This is a travesty:
there's no way to fully grasp who we humans are without it. Energy Psychiatry
mixes traditional medicine with how the mysteries of our life force functions in
everyday ways. It distills a broad body of knowledge about subtle energy, and
specifically applies it to psychiatry, an increasingly prescription-dependent
field that could use a little re-invention. All the healing arts can benefit
from my approach too.
As a board certified psychiatrist and Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA with
twenty years in practice, I now believe that the most profound transformations
can only take place on an energetic level. I've met a slew of people who've
spent lots of time and money in intellectually-oriented therapies hoping that
rational insights alone can bring the joy they seek.
It's true, the mind will set you on the path, and the depth of emotional healing
can be phenomenal. However, as much as I encourage and work with both, my
approach coordinates them with a conscious rebuilding of subtle energies --
learning to wield the raw power of your life force itself.
My style has never been to play it safe just to satisfy some status quo. To
offer my patients all that's in me, I've pushed the envelope of what a physician
can be. Along with my conventional training, I'm also an intuitive (from a long
line of intuitives -- including my grandmother, mother and aunts, including Aunt
Bertha, the Tarot-toting undertaker). That is, in Energy Psychiatry I integrate
non-linear messages from images, knowings, and reading energy fields to help
patients -- a potent alchemy strengthening my practice of medicine. (My struggle
to blend intuition with the academic world of science is described in my books
"Intuitive Healing" and "Second
Sight.") What I do isn't just a job. It's my life's passion. I consider sessions
with patients sacred time. For fifty minutes, each one becomes my world; my
attention is total. With all systems on "go," I listen to what they say, and
what they don't say. It's exhilarating to track my patients with both intellect
and intuition, to function as a finely tuned instrument, a medium offering
surprise prescriptions to what often seems unsolvable.
The problem is, we physicians weren't taught the full story about energy in
medical school. I've always been incorrigibly curious with a rebellious streak,
have no qualms rejecting what doesn't ring true. (Like my female predecessors, I
shot out of the womb stubborn and strong!) No wonder that as a student, the
conventional dull take on energy never jibed for me.
Professors, who looked bored themselves, taught that energy was like
gasoline: we fuel up with a healthy diet, sleep, and exercise, then set out to
face the world. (Even these basics were mentioned as a tag on to the "hardcore"
sciences.) Our energy level is gauged by how much we accomplish.
As deeply grateful as I am for my medical education -- I consider it Mystery
school training -- I've come to realize the traditional model that's still
touted is stuck in the Dark Ages. It grasps energy only in its crudest form.
To plug into a far vaster source, we must also draw on the dormant, subtler
energies that lie beneath. In most people they remain only potential.
This book is a call to activism, an imperative to claim your vitality using the
methods of Energy Psychiatry I'll share. It's dedicated to people under stress
who may have low energy or only so much to give. You'll find it pivotal if
you're a workaholic, if you have a job that devours every last minute, or if
you're a parent balancing family and career. You'll sigh with relief, suddenly
finding answers to "psychosomatic" symptoms such as chronic fatigue,
fibromyalgia, depression, and anxiety. The book is also for those inundated by
the upheaval of our times, struggling to keep themselves together. You'll learn
ways to protect yourself from draining people, and also how to counter feelings
of helplessness or doom about societal tumult.
Further, you'll benefit if you feel good but want to feel better. All of us can
soar with higher energy.
We live in a world of violence, selfishness, an erratic economy, and scary
diseases -- as well as a world of love, miracles, and healing. All this affects
our energy, while ours affects people around us. We are part of great swirling
invisible energy fields, positive and negative, that shape personal and
planetary health. The formula for expanding energy you'll apply is to both build
the positive and turn negativity around -- a calculated tact requisite for our
peace of mind and our survival. In the words of Helen Keller, "To keep our faces
toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength
undefeatable."
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expert offers information you can immediately put to use in your life!
This series of easy-to-follow, inspiring, short videos (2-10 minutes long)
includes "The Art of Remembering and Interpreting Dreams," "Why Do I Need
Intuition?" and "The Sacredness of Energy." Keep checking for more video
mini-courses on topics such as "How to Combat Draining People" and "How to
Protect Your Energy in an Overwhelming World."
This series is Dr. Orloff's gift to you! You will find more inspiration by
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About the Author:
Dr. Judith Orloff, a psychiatrist and intuition expert, synthesizes the pearls
of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition and energy. She
is author of the bestsellers Positive Energy, Guide to Intuitive Healing, and
Second Sight. She passionately believes that the future of medicine involves
integrating all this wisdom to achieve emotional freedom and total wellness. For
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*** Article: Clarity about Clutter - By Molly Gordon, CPC ***
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I'm an organized person -- just ask anyone who knows me. In spite of my talents
at organization, clutter loomed its ugly head during our recent move.
You see, I'm committed to making the most from what I have, and I can find a use
for practically anything. As a result, I turned our home and my studio and
office into an attractive, well-organized landfill.
I'm over it. After vigorously pruning before the move only to find that I had an
additional ten boxes of books and magazines (Are you beginning to get the
picture?), six more giant sacks of clothes, and six boxes of unclassifiable junk
to get rid of, I saw the light.
Never again am I going to collect more than I can keep attractively and
accessibly in the space I already have. No more will I hold onto odd screws,
outdated clothes, and books just because they could conceivably be useful to
someone, somewhere, someday.
If you, too, have been slowly suffocating under growing piles of indispensable
clutter, it's time to take the clutter challenge. Evaluate how true each of
these statements is for you on a scale of 1 to 5. Be honest.
Then choose one area in which you fall short and resolve to de-clutter there,
this week, without fail.
1. Each season I discard or donate the clothing that I did not wear, whether or
not it still fits and regardless of whether or not I made it myself.
2. I buy quality books in hardcover and donate them to the library when I finish
them, except only books that I use in the day-to-day operation of my business or
that I resort to on an ongoing basis for inspiration and delight. (Note: the
test is not whether I might use them, but whether or not I DO use them.)
3. I give away, recycle, or toss anything I have not used for a year. (If I do
find I want something like it in the future, I will happily borrow, rent, or buy
it, knowing that in the meantime I have not had to pay to store it, clean it, or
look for it.) 4. I return -- immediately -- any purchase that does not fit or
function.
5. I repair anything within a week of when it breaks or stops working or I
discard/donate it.
6. At the end of each year, I discard files that are more than seven years old.
7. I discard, donate, or recycle any souvenir or memento that is not framed and
displayed within thirty days of acquisition.
Action tip: Get a clutter buddy and make a commitment to each other that you
will put these principles to work. Make a date to go to the recycling center,
the dump, and Goodwill together. Help each other say "no" to the clutter in your
lives. Phone each other for support and intervention whenever you are tempted to
rent a storage unit, buy new shelving or drawers, or build a shed.
Bonus tip: Lose the catalogs. Recycle them immediately and write the Mail
Preference Service of the Direct Marketing Association to stop future mailings.
You'll prevent clutter from both the catalogs and the umpteen goodies that you
don't buy because you'll never know you need them.
About the Author:
Molly Gordon is a Certified Professional Coach. Visit her website at
http://www.mollygordon.com for
hundreds of articles, exercises, book reviews, and quotes and to subscribe to
her free email newsletter.
Check out the Experts page for Molly Gordon:
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*** Book Review: The Avatar Syndrome - By Stan I.S. Law ***
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Stan I.S. Law, author of over twenty books, is releasing his latest jaunt into
the uncharted realms of human potential. "The Avatar Syndrome" follows Anne from
childhood, to womanhood; from a troubled, taciturn youth, to a world-renowned
violinist; from misunderstood recluse, to messiah of a higher truth and beauty.
A product of the expansive cultural landscape of our times, Law -- an architect,
sculptor, and a consummate student of ancient myths -- fuses the teachings of
Lao Tzu, Jesus, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Indian mysticism with contemporary
issues of family, youth, feminism, fame, and power to deliver a singular vision
of what it could mean to be human. --Bryn Symonds, Montreal writer and editor
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*** Brief News of the World ***
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Positive:
* Jerry Lewis' telethon hits new record *
Showman Jerry Lewis raised nearly $64 million on Monday during his annual Labor
Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association, topping last year's
event by $3 million. "We did it. We did it. I got my buck more.
And more. We can go shopping," a jubilant Lewis said as the tote board topped
$63.7 million for his 42nd telethon. Last year's record was $61 million. (Click
here for complete news story)
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/04/jerrylewis.telethon.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
* Winner of diversity award matches donation *
When Mike Flemming won the Merrill Lynch Leadership in Diversity Award in April,
he was able to choose the nonprofit company that would benefit from the $20,000
donation that came with it. But for Flemming, regional managing director for
Florida, that wasn't enough. He matched the donation with his own $20,000
contribution, for a total gift of $40,000 from himself and Merrill Lynch, to the
Boys and Girls Club's Universal Orlando Foundation Branch. ... (Click here for
complete news story)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-giving0307sep03,0,4418440.story?track=rss
* Sweden to donate $3 mln to preserve Bergman works *
Sweden said on Monday it will donate 20 million Swedish crowns ($3 million) to
ensure the films and scripts of the late director Ingmar Bergman are preserved.
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth,
writing in the daily Dagens Nyheter, said the support would mainly cover films
that Bergman directed or for which he wrote the script. (Click here for complete
news story)
http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSL0311620620070904
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Other:
* Green Machines: Interest In Alternative Fuels Gives Birth To Many New
Businesses *
Colette Brooks' sprawling ocean-view property is dotted with tricked out cars --
from a low-rider Lincoln Continental to a Cadillac with plush leather seats. But
it's her 1996 Chevy Tahoe that turns the most heads with a rear window decal
declaring "It's time to kick gas" and a personalized license plate reading "OFFOIL."
The petite 49-year-old business owner might be a car junkie, but she's indulging
her obsession without polluting the air by running her rides on biodiesel and
other alternative fuels. (Click here for complete news story)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/04/tech/main3229705.shtml
* Faster Wi-Fi in works to transfer data *
With a wave of his hand over a homemade receiver, Georgia Tech professor Joy
Laskar shows how easily -- and quickly -- large data files could someday be
transferred from a portable media player to a TV. Poof! "You just moved a movie
onto your device," Laskar says. While Wi-Fi and Bluetooth have emerged as
efficient ways to zap small amounts of data between gadgets, neither is well
suited for quickly transferring high-definition video, large audio libraries and
other massive files. (Click here for complete news story)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_hi_te/untangling_the_tangle;_ylt=AgZjpHCzSsoxXQ9tPeEk02sDW7oF
* Calif. water limits imposed to save fish *
A federal judge on Friday imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps
sending water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta to users around the
state, saying the pumps were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish. U.S.
District Court Judge Oliver Wanger said pressure from the pumps helped reverse
the natural direction of water within the estuary, damaging habitat and killing
delta smelt, a fish experts say might be on the brink of extinction. (Click here
for complete news story)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_sc/troubled_delta;_ylt=AsZ98.CWteQHOj0MUEjhOQqs0NUE