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We, as Westerners in particular, give a lot of credence to the concepts of independence, autonomy, self-determination and freedom.  Our social and political consciousness is embedded with these notions, and when we are faced with disturbing issues such as health care system changes or incipient terrorism, we reflexively latch onto these abstract concepts believing they are what is at stake.  We get frightened and we become resolute in our desire to hang onto these so-called privileges of civilization.  We believe that what freedom is is not to be controlled by others; that it is the absence of external control.  But perhaps real freedom is the presence and awareness of internal control.

It is our birthright as human beings to have bodies that are imbued with an innate wisdom.  This wisdom includes knowing how to guide and heal ourselves.  Our access to this wisdom requires only that we get out of the way.  We have to establish time and space to attain the mindfulness that enables our inborn compass, but we also have to cultivate awareness—awareness of the everyday ways we “go unconscious.”  One of these ways is the automatic, habitual thinking we engage in.  This is actually not thinking at all; it is the mindless recitation of thoughts we are accustomed to repeating to ourselves in our heads, and out loud to others.  We have long ago stopped assessing whether we actually believe these pronouncements.  They are just place-holders for true thought; but they do take up that mental space where something more authentic could be taking place.

The same is true of our health and healing.  We let superficial symptoms and the soft and not-so-soft addictions that quell them hijack our attention from what our body knows is wrong.  We tend to add, rather than subtract something when we are ill-at-ease, again, not creating the space where wisdom can operate.

The mechanism by which we can cultivate this space is mindfulness.  Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present and aware in our lives from moment to moment.  Mindfulness is a teachable skill, and even the attempt to attain mindfulness is richly rewarding and healing to the body and the mind.  It is my wish that each of us would achieve even a little bit of mindfulness this coming year and beyond.  The payoff would be immense.

Please visit the other pages and resources on this website to find ways that you can be helped and can help yourself.

I was asked by a client the other day whether there are home study tools that would help him “straighten out” his subtle energy disruptions.  The answer is yes; that is the genius of EFT and some of the other energy therapies–they can be learned and then applied in the moment that the help is needed.  Once these techniques become second nature to us, we will use them almost automatically when we hit a difficult patch of road in our lives. 

But what can we do to maintain our energy systems in top order so that we can weather the storms that will surely come our way, psychologically speaking?  There are a number of helpful practices that serve this end.  Many come from the associated field of energy medicine.  Acupuncture, acupressure massage, energy exercises,  and mindfulness meditation are good ways to keep the body energy flowing.  Presumably this will lessen the likelihood that energy will get “stuck” around difficult psychological problems.  Then there are more specific, and in some cases more technological aids such as binaural beat audio embedded within music or nature sounds to induce learning or particular brainwave states such as focus or relaxation.  There are biofeedback technologies now made into multi-media games that are pleasant to play and teach you to autoregulate your heartbeat, respiration , and muscle tension.  There are particular EFT protocols to help with food addictions and cravings of all sorts in order to regain control of your own physiology.  I have collected some of the best examples of these aids on my website for the convenience of my readers.   Please take a moment to peruse what is available to help you attain peace of mind and peak performance by clicking on the Resources page link from the Website and Beyond list, in the sidebar at the right.  While you’re at it, you can visit the other pages of my website as well.  I hope you find it informative, and I would be interested in your comments.