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Why is the Spine so Important - Part Two
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
Energy Rich, Money Rich
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| Energy |
Time,
energy and money. These are three of the fundamental resources in any
person's life. There may be constraints in one, two or all three and
we can sometimes trade one for another. Of these three, one tends to
dominate the public consciousness. Money.
The
interesting thing about money is that people often see it as a thing
that is "out there" that they have to somehow get. While
this strategy will occasionally work it will often fail. What is
truer is that money is given in trade for value. When we give
something of value people are willing to pay well.
A
2013 study on poverty and decision making found that people who fall
below the poverty line actually have decreased cognitive function and
quality of decision making when it comes to making future choices.
The study researched farmers in India both before harvest and after
harvest. Before harvest the farmers are typically cash poor and after
harvest they have more available financial resources. What the study
found was that the farmers were better long term decision makers when
they had less money stress after the harvest. Before the harvest when
they were cash poor they were focused on activities that would get
them through that day and their focus and attention were diminished.
In
another segment of the study researchers "experimentally
induced" thoughts of poverty on both the poor and the well off.
The aforementioned cognitive decline was only noted in the poor.
In
an interview Eldar Shafir, one of the researchers and a faculty
member at Princeton University stated "Perhaps it's the context
of poverty itself, being in that context, that brings about a very
special psychology, a psychology that's particular to not having
enough. And then that psychology brings out problematic outcomes."
Shafir
and study co-author Sendhil Mullainathan recently published the book
"Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much".
Mullainathan also states "When you have scarcity and it creates
a scarcity mindset, it leads you to take certain behaviors which in
the short term, help you manage scarcity but in the long term, only
make matters worse."
From
a neurological perspective we can see what is occurring here. A
person believing they are energy poor goes into survival and does not
see past that state. This leads to survival based decisions and
outcomes.
While
this study is fascinating lets Reorganize the conversation a little
bit here. The study subjects may have limited funds at a given moment
in time but "poor" is a state of consciousness manifested
by energy poorness. Even Mullainathan (the author and researcher)
looks at this from a Discover perspective when he says "when you
have scarcity and it creates a scarcity mindset. . . " This is a
classical view in Discover. This suggests that the outside
circumstances dictate the internal experience. A person who chooses
this viewpoint is then a victim of their environment and only able to
rise or change to the level that the environment allows them to.
While
it is the job of the researcher to research and report, the authors
also make some suggestions on public policy. This is problematic. No
policy change made from a Discover consciousness will help to bring
about a change that will be empowering or sustainable. Sustainable
changes starts to occur in Transform when the individual has chosen a
new course of action and is actively becoming empowered.
Donald
Epstein, developer of Reorganizational Healing and Living has stated
"The one thing we can control is what we focus on." When
you are money poor, resource poor and /or energy poor and you
continue to focus on that scarcity the scarcity will continue to
manifest. There is no way out and you are constantly trying to run to
avoid the problem without the clear direction and resources that are
available in transform.
When
the researchers state that "Poverty Impedes Cognitive
Function"(study title) it is simply not true. What is true is
that the focus on poverty impedes cognitive function. There are
endless stories that prove this where a person decided to make a
change their focus from scarcity to abundance and they changed their
life.
What
if a followup study looked at educating a similar population on how
to make the transition from discover to transform and how to stay
energy rich? Would the conclusions be the same? Would the
recommendations for public policy be the same?
This
is a place where Reorganizational Healing can make massive change in
our world. It is your and our job to create these changes and the
time is now.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Why is the Spine so Important ~ Part 1
Monday, July 14, 2014
Healing for our Future
Monday, July 7, 2014
Spontaneous Healing
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Gifts of the Spine – Why the Spine Part 2
Last
week we began our discussion on why your spine and nerve system are
so important by looking at their vital role in providing structure
for the rest of the body, being the function between the brain and
the body and the body and the brain, and by being the main meridian
of energy that flows through us.
This
week we will dive further into the next three “Gifts of Your
Spine”.
Emotions. In 1997 Candice Pert wrote a landmark book which outlined her pioneering research in mind body medicine, Molecules of Emotion (an interesting note is that Network Spinal Analysis is one of the mind body approaches she discusses). Her research demonstrated the connection between the emotions and the nervous system. She found that the highest density of neuoreceptors for the tiny neuropeptides of emotions (the molecules of emotion) are found in the dorsal root of the spinal cord. Common sense tells us a similar story. Imagine someone upset and look at the shape of their spine. Now imagine someone happy and look at the shape of their spine. By changing the shape of your spinal cord, and therefore of your spine, you are changing the receptivity of your molecules of emotion!
Perception.
Essentially everything that you perceive is integrated through your
nervous system. Recognize that all of your senses: hearing, taste,
touch, sight and smell are first received by your special sense
organs, then relayed through nerves, and then computed in your
brain. Feeling where your body is in space and balancing your body
is also computed through your nerve system. This is the hard
science. We can also assume that your nerve system is also
involved in your extra sensory perception and intuition. BJ Palmer
the developer of chiropractic spoke at great length about listening
to that quite voice from within. In his words, this was his innate,
which is understood to be communicated through… you guessed it,
your nerve system. Your nerve system is the communication highway
for your perceptions. The clearer the highway, the clearer your
perceptions. Subluxations, distortions of the nerve system, are like
panes of stained glass. They filter the actual facts of your
experiences through your perceptions of yourself, your life, your
environment, etc, and create your perceived
experiences. Many of you experience this after an adjustment, “I
don’t know what it is, the world just seems brighter”.Better keep yourself clean and bright.You are the window through which you must see the world.– George Bernard Shaw
Flexibility/Adaptability. Your nervous system being what perceives all of your life is also what allows you to adapt to and integrate life. When you are able to take in all that life offers you, these experiences are just that, life experiences. This is what people often call “good stress”. If your nerve system does not have the capability to integrate all of your life, either because it is too much or because of what the experience is, these life experiences become a stress, and the energy of them gets trapped inside your body. Ouchh! Think of a straight metal rod, how much give does it have, how adaptable is it?
Now imagine a rod that is bent with a nice curve in it, think how much more adaptable and flexible it is, this is why the shocks in your car are a coil not a rod. The same is true for your spine, think of someone who is rigid and resistant, look at the curve of their spine. Now imagine someone who is flexible and able to adapt to life, look at the shape of their spine.
Wow
you are amazing! Isn’t your nerve system incredible? It really is
the core of who you are; your core essence. No wonder your creator
put it in safe keeping right in the middle of your body behind such a
perfect protective column.
Celebrating
the wonders of you,
Dr.
Norm and The Lifehouse conscious community
Saturday, July 5, 2014
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