"The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order."
-- Henry Miller
"It is not action or effort that we must surrender; it is self-will, and this is terribly difficult. You must do your best constantly, yet never allow yourself to become involved in whether things work out the way you want."
-- Eknath Easwaran
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
-Maimonides
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
"True spiritual surrender responsibly opens itself to the unknown."
-- Stephen V. Doughty
November 2007
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the November issue of Higher Vibrations. I want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope that your holidays are stress free and full of love and joy with family and friends.
Special News
THE FIT ZONE opened October 1st. Find out more details about what we do and offer by clicking here.
This new business venture is in partnership with my good friends and owners of the MindBodyZone Michelle Robinson and Linea McPherson. It will expand their current location to 5000 square feet. We will be able to offer elite personal training, weight loss and other programs to change your body and life. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements about this new space and our upcoming open house.
Please check out the featured article this month
Cultivating the Crops.
Listen to one of my previous appearances on the Seeing Beyond radio shows click here.
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Love and Blessings,
Tim Custis
Spiral Release Bodywork
Practitioner, Teacher, Founder
FEATURE ARTICLE:
Cultivating the Crops
Thanksgiving started as a harvest celebration with prayers of thanksgiving for provisions, and safety. Over the years it has evolved and changed but it has remained a day for giving thanks.
Most of us do not grow our own crops for food -- we just go to the store and buy what we need. But we do cultivate the crops of our lives. As the saying goes, "As we sow so shall we reap." continue
This article was written by Tim Custis and edited by Elaine Baskin
Please read the featured article before reading these tips.
Self-Esteem
The same experiences and people that form how we become on auto-pilot also form our self-esteem. How we are treated, listened too, getting hugs and praise: these all go to form self-esteem. When we have low self-esteem then we need to correct our inner critic, practice self-care and get help from others to name a few. You can also raise your self-esteem by raising someone else's: give hugs, really listen to someone, give honest praise.
Inner Critic
Is Unfairly Harsh: "People said they liked my presentation, but it was nowhere near as good as it should have been. I can't believe no-one noticed all the places I messed up, I'm such an impostor."
Be Reassuring: "Wow, they really liked it! Maybe it wasn't perfect, but I worked hard on that presentation and did a good job. I'm proud of myself. This was a great success."
Pay attention to the inner critic and change what it is saying to you is one way to raise self-esteem.
Practicing self care like eating properly, getting enough sleep, have fun, reward yourself for a job well done and so forth.
Getting help from others friends, counselors and anyone you trust that will listen and not try to fix you.
Increasing Motivation
Exercise is a great way to being increasing your motivation.
Associate with positive people, there is nothing less motivating than someone telling you your dream is not possible.
Read or listen to motivational material. Instead of reading the daily newspaper with breakfast or coffee in the morning, try reading inspirational material instead.
Take time off; even a long weekend can bring renewed focus.
Acceptance - Reprinted from http://www.selfcreation.com/
Acceptance exists at the core of your being. It is your default status. In order to reach this base level of acceptance, you need only remove the items lying on top. To do this, you must first identify all the things you do not accept about yourself. Then, one by one, eliminate them by examining and questioning your beliefs around that issue.
- Know yourself and your beliefs
- Take a good hard look at your honesty level
- Know you are doing the best you can
- Relax your value judgments
- Examine guilt
- Understand your motivations
- Ask yourself questions about what you don't accept
Self-Forgivness
Nine Steps to Self Forgiveness - By Fred Luskin, author Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness.
- Know exactly how you feel about what you did. Be able to articulate the specific wrong you have committed and the harm it caused. Tell a couple of trusted people about your experience.
- Understand your goal. Forgiveness is to enable you to feel at peace even though you did things you wished you had not. You do not have to reconcile with the person you have hurt and you can make peace with yourself.
- Self forgiveness can be defined as the recognition that everyone including yourself makes mistakes, that blame and shame can be replaced by making amends and developing better ways to behave, and that your grievance story can be changed and relinquished.
- Recognize that your primary distress is coming from the hurt feelings, thoughts and physical upset you are experiencing right now not what you did two minutes or ten years ago. Make the commitment to yourself to feel better now.
- At each moment that you feel upset practice a stress management technique to soothe your body's fight or flight response.
- Recognize the unenforceable rules you have that demand you be loveable and competent at all times. Remind yourself that every single human being makes mistakes and has much to learn. Remind yourself that no one is a failure: Each of us is only someone who was unable to successfully accomplish something at a particular place and time.
- Learn to do good rather than feel bad. If you have hurt others or yourself instead of mentally replaying the hurt look for ways to apologize, make amends and when necessary develop new skills so you won't make the same mistake again.
- Appreciate your good points. Take time out of each day to keep track of the kind and loving things you do.
- Amend your grievance story to reflect your heroic choice to learn, grow and forgive.
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