Physician Healer
Persistence
Most of us believe that change is hard. I do agree with this. Change is difficult on many levels. First of all, we need to understand why we do the things we do in the way that we do them. Routine things we do are done due to habits accumulated over time as we keep repeating certain actions over and over again so that they become automatic, accomplished without thinking. Change disrupts a very comfortable habit that has become knee jerk responses without thought.
Change, however, is always possible — requires serious effort — but totally possible. Change is encouraged and necessary, because if we remain in status quo, know that the world around us moves forward every minute of everyday and we start to slide into regression and become stagnant.
Whether or not most individuals are aware, we all desire change, mostly in the betterment of ourselves. I see, obviously, folks who want to have improved health and a sense of wellbeing. They yearn to just ache a little less, hurt a little less, in both the body and in the mind. But the failure rate can be high because although one part of the mind wishes for change and believes that there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel, the preprogrammed mindset does not care and prefers that we don’t go there. It enjoys wallowing in the familiar so it doesn’t have to risk the uncomfortable unknown, so it stays committed to fear and pulls us back stopping any effort of wanting to feel and be different even it it is to thrive without disease.
The most effective way to facilitate change, permanent change, is to be persistent. Persistence, obviously, requires serious exploration and implementation of repetition, dedication, conviction and a measure of consistency. It also takes a tremendous amount of focused will power to keep the desired goal in the mind. What I find intriguing is that we can be suffering from pain stemming from disease and illness but the pull back to the familiar is so strong, we frequently give up only to complain about our pain and illness another day, to feel depressed another day. We sometimes get so used to feeling under the weather that we forget that there is another way to be and feel.
More often than not, however, the real reason why we don’t heal from our chronic disease is because our egoic mind is constantly searching for proof that whatever we are trying to change is really going to work. It puts us in doubt and fear. What we have to remember is that each change we make no matter how small, is a bonafide change and eventually and inevitably transforms the eventual outcome as a consequence of altering the trajectory of our actions.
An example I used this week to illustrate this phenomenon and encourage the client to continue creating the new model of how he wanted to be and feel, is let’s say there is a bowl of 1000 red buttons and you want to change that to a bowl filled with 1000 green buttons. And, let’s say that each day you were able to put one green button into the bowl and take one red button out. Now, in the beginning, would you agree that 1 green button amongst 999 is rather a challenge to detect? Over time, as the number of green buttons are put into the bowl in exchange for a red button coming out, a threshold will eventually be reached and visually, you would be able to see one or more green buttons in the midst of all the red ones.
Another example I’ve used previously is if you plant down a seed, just because you don’t see anything break through the soil, you must wait. You do not dig out the seed to take a look. Your job is to water it and provide the right conditions to allow the seed to take root and eventually make its debut above ground. Remember that anything we plant to grow has a necessary waiting or gestation period.
A major consideration to understand is that change happens when we change our image of ourselves, how we see ourselves. Nothing changes if we do not see ourselves looking, acting or feeling differently. In the present time, the reality of individuals with a chronic ailment is that they see themselves as in pain and sick with disease. Whatever the body feels connects with the mind and the mind has a hard time overcoming that picture. This is when the body is running the show. Allow the pain in the body and then hold an image in the mind of the “new you” and eventually you will associate the disease and pain with the old you, as the new image becomes free.
In order to start feeling and getting better from any disease, the mind has to take back the captain’s chair and tell the body its intent is to heal and to go even further and believe that we are already there. As Dr. Joe Dispenza maintains, once the new model of the person is produced, the previous disease is then assigned to the old model and once you stop watering that old version of the tree, and you continue to water and nourish the new, the new one is the one that thrives.
Another important thing to remember is to set aside 45 minutes to 1 hour for quiet meditation and reflection. This is important for the mind and body to connect and allow the mind to clear, and it does it on its own. Remember that all thoughts and images do not belong to us, though they seem like they do. They are just trash that is leaving our system, and whenever we remember this, I have found from previous experience that even novices are able to sit longer than expected the first time.
Remember that we always have a choice. Whenever we want to feel better and heal ourselves from poor health, and let’s say, we are already doing everything else we can with our healthcare providers, we need to also be committed to change how we perceive ourselves. We need to create a new model rather than try to tweak the current reality according to architect and systems theorist Buckminster Fuller. At some point, we all naturally come to a crossroad where we become doubtful that any of it is working. Remember this is the egoic mind trying to turn us back to the old painful familiar.
Also remember that the old patterns within the egoic chatter do not hesitate in exercising its relentless brand of persistence and will continue 24/7 to bully you as it is not your friend. So, if you do not practice persistence tenaciously, it will continue to occupy the helm of your ship. Our persistence is what guides us forward to a new desired identity, a new way of feeling, to heal and level up to the health we desire.
Whatever and however we are feeling at this moment, whatever mental and/or physical capacity we own at this moment are based on all the decisions we made yesterday. Take a moment to think about what I just said. Do and think something differently right now and we begin to change the version of ourselves tomorrow. What is also observed is that there comes a time when it becomes extremely difficult to push forward and we begin to feel pressured, confused and in chaos; we can be sure that this is a sign that the old egoic mindset is actually losing ground. Remember that the universe will always present you with a result that is beyond your wildest dreams, better that what you could ever imagine. There is big magic waiting for you just on the other side. Surrender to this.
Trust me. It’s really there. And, it is also looking for you.
Relaxation and Meditation
1) Write your 8 to 10 gratitudes in your journal or on a piece of paper. Take a few minutes to really feel each one. Remember that they can include anything that you’re grateful for in the future.
2) Find a quiet place and sit comfortably. Close your eyes and take a slow breath in through your nose or through pursed lips (5-7 seconds) and release the breath slowly through the mouth (5-7 seconds). Repeat 2 to 3 more times or more, whatever resonates with you.
3) Meridian endpoints to access today using repetitive pressure from the fingertips or tapping
—Chest point, one or both sides
—Blade of hand, one or alternating both hands
—Brow point, one or both sides
—Corner of eye, one or both sides
—Under the eye, one or both sides
—Chest point, one or both sides
—Blade of hand, one or alternating both hands
—Under the nose above the upper lip
—Under the lower lip at the dip
—Chest point, one or both sides
4) Intentional Statement-Questions to use while tapping the above points (feel free to compose your own).
—Why are so many awesome things happening for me that I didn’t notice before?
—Why has my health been so strong in the last year that I didn’t notice before?
—Why has my life been so abundant in the last year that I didn’t notice before?
—Why have I been thriving so well in the last year that I didn’t notice before?
—Why have I been so happy in the last year that I didn’t notice before?
—Why have my days been so absolutely fantastic that I didn’t notice before?
—Why have I been able to easily change anything I want that I didn’t notice before?
—Why are there so many things I’m grateful for that I didn’t notice before?
—Why has my life improved so dramatically in the last year that I didn’t notice before?
5) Conclude with breathing exercises from 2) and then you can choose to continue sitting in reflection and meditation for the next 30 to 45 minutes or take this time to now stretch/exercise and learn something new if you are doing this in the morning or in the afternoon to early evening. If this is near bedtime, then you can still choose to sit in meditation, which is effective in helping you sleep more deeply or go straight to bed. Do whatever resonates with you.
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Until next time, I send you much to be grateful for everyday of every week!
With Love and Gratitude🙌♥️
Dr. Celeste Amaya
