Physician Healer
Courageous Gratitudes
Over the years, mentors have instructed us to really go big with being grateful, that it was of the utmost importance to feel grateful for the little things, as well as the larger things, for the past and for the present, for what we labeled as good and the bad. But, to be truly bold with the gratitudes, we were taught to bring our future wishes, desires and goals into the present moment as if they were already here and to behave as if we were already enjoying them.
This takes tremendous courage to do, because our 5 senses tell us we lack evidence to make them believable and then they pull us back into the comfort zone convincing us that they are merely lies. We are then encouraged bypass our primitive 5 senses, to anchor emotion into these future dreams and that the key was to not let our present circumstances dictate our visions for the future.
Growing up, we were always told to show gratitude by saying, “Thank you,” if someone gave us something or did something for us. Since my dad was a southern Baptist he would also remind us to give thanks to God. My parents were always told by friends and relatives how lucky they were that they had such great kids —because we were so polite and well-behaved with our thank-you’s. No other qualities were required to be praiseworthy.
We were also told that if we wanted more than what we had, if we yearned to have more than what they gave us, then we would be punished by the heavens for not being grateful. Being grateful was part of being satisfied and being satisfied was part of being grateful. One day when my parents and I were in a department store and they had these shoes I really wanted. I was about 13. My dad quickly compared me with a girl my age across the room who wanted the same shoes but told her mom that she would settle for a cheaper pair. That, he pointed out, was a good girl who loved her mom. That, he said, was a sign she cared about her mom.
I know now, what that was. It is called shaming a child because she wants something better. My dad operated from a state of lack and limitation, that there was just not enough resources. Thank God my mom was not like that. She bought me the shoes and I had enough sense not to let my dad guilt-trip me. But, despite the fact that I was a strong child and I rejected the things he said, I do believe that part of my occasional mental state of stuckness, hesitancy, and uncertainty does stem from the dichotomy experienced as a child.
Everyday, I focus on moving forward with grace and courage. I read as much as I can. I study and learn as much as I can. Personal development author and speaker Bob Proctor talks about ignorance as a reason for our fear, doubt and worry and that the solution to ignorance is knowledge and understanding. I cannot be angry with my dad because he had preprogrammed mindsets from how he was raised and he did the best he could as a parent. But, he unknowingly still had a hand in my belief system, which I work on upgrading everyday.
And now, my personal development studies are teaching us that we should never be ok with staying in the comfort zone, that we should continue growing everyday, that it is our birthright to reach beyond the stars. One of the many lessons was the importance of remembering to be happy and grateful for the present circumstances, but to avoid being satisfied. Satisfaction leads to the sameness of everyday, the status quo, routinely doing the same things every week and going to the same places for our vacations.
This now leads me back to being bold and courageous with our daily gratituding. Yes, we can list everything in the current moment, in our present circumstances for which we are grateful, but an integral part of my helping clients and patients heal is using gratitudes for how they wish to be and feel in the future, their vision of their new selves, one of wellness and being cured, and to bring that into the present moment, living life as if healing has already occurred.
I have discovered that many individuals do not step up to the challenge; they act as if they don’t feel worthy of feeling better. When I question them further, it is inevitably the same reason — when they were children, a parent or some other adult made them feel ashamed, guilty and insignificant, that how they felt didn’t matter, which now serves to contribute to their belief that they are undeserving of good health, which ultimately results in their inability to heal.
Consistent use of daily gratituding has been shown to yield significant changes in our health and well-being. Whenever we feel grateful, we generate thoughts and images in the mind, which then translate into feelings. Gratitude brings us closer to true faith that convinces us that we may get better after all; and, that gets us closer to our source of supply. Mental science literature indicates that any thought or desire anchored with strong emotion propagates that thought or desire into reality. When left to its own devices, the mind automatically drifts off to negativity and the subconscious mind seems to accept negative thoughts much easier than positive ones. Perhaps it is because we have an inherent harder time with generating positive thoughts and images.
So, if you are not already doing this, write out how you wish your goal health to be in the near future and turn it into something you’re grateful for right now, as if it has happened already. Something that has helped my clients is I tell them to visualize all the different things they would do if specific aspects of their health resolved completely. For example, for hip pain, you can say the hip is already strong and flexible but go further and write down if you would see yourself hiking, biking, and bungie jumping, (you get the idea), and really put some emotion into all that.
This method also works with other types of goals we wish to achieve, such as being the weight we want, receiving the high grade on a test, getting the promotion or job or the relationship we want, the house or car we want, the raise we want, and so on. Our thoughts and actions have to be in harmony with the vibrational energy of our desires. Remember that through constant repetition, the body will follow as it is a faithful servant of the mind and does not question whether your gratitude is the truth or imaginary. Only then, through the law of attraction, will the end-goal of what we want finds us, whether it be our health or material things.
The most common question is how long will it take to see the results. This is a variable that is different from person to person and is dependent on the individual’s will power, discipline, focus, persistence and consistency, as well as the patient understanding that once a change is made, no matter how small, there will be a change in the trajectory of the future. Gratituding with courage is highly transformative and life-changing for anyone and everyone.
Meditation and Relaxation
1) If you haven’t already, list 8 to 10 things you’re grateful for in the present moment and then 8 to 10 things about your future that you’re grateful for right now as if they have happened already.
2) You can keep them in the form of positive affirmations or change them to intentional statement questions and then use them during your Meridian meditation time.
3) Close your eyes gently and begin taking a deep breath in through your nose or pursed lips and follow the breath all the way down to the belly (5-7 seconds) and then exhale through pursed lips (5-7 seconds). Repeat 2 to 3 times or as desired.
4) Meridian area points to access
—Chest point, one or both sides
—Blade of hand, keeping to one hand or alternating between both
—Brow point, one or both sides
—Corner of eye, one or both sides
—Under the eye at the top of the cheek bone, one or both sides
—Under the nose at the moustache area
—Under the lower lip at the dip
—Ribcage, (side, under the armpit) one or both sides
—Chest point, one or both sides
5) Intentional Statement-Questions (use with Meridian points)
—How has my health been completely transformed for the past year that I didn’t notice before?
—How have I felt so energetic for the past year that I didn’t notice before?
—How have my joints been so flexible for the past year that I didn’t notice before?
—How have I been so resilient for the past year that I didn’t notice before?
—How have I been in the most perfect health for the past year that I didn’t notice before?
—How have I been so athletic for the past year that I didn’t notice before?
—How have I been able to bounce back so quickly that I didn’t notice before?
(Feel free to compose your own based on specific goals you have)
6) Conclude with breathing exercises in 3). You can continue with quiet sitting and reflection/contemplation or get ready for the day if it is the morning, or get ready to sleep if it is bedtime.
Remember to be patient. Even the smallest change you make everyday will get you where you want to go. Your 5 senses and the egoic mind will try to convince you that nothing is happening and that you should just stop trying. The body continues to change with time whether or not you are doing anything new to it so you might as well keep going.
Transformation requires you to ignore your present circumstances and to be persistent with the gratitudes. Remember that whatever is going on right now comes from everything negative you thought about yesterday, every negative emotion you felt yesterday. With the gratitudes, you are actively creating a “new you” and by feeding and nourishing the new model, the old sick one will disintegrate naturally from neglect. The laws of nature do not allow both versions of us to exist in the same reality.
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Until next time, I send you blessings to receive much everyday to be grateful for 🙌❤
With Love and Gratitude,
Dr. Celeste Amaya
