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Beyond [[attitude]], on an even deeper level that so many shy away from contemplating, you get down to the definition of a [[human being]] as a [[creature]] of [[will]] [[dignity]].  We’ve been careful to point out that for each particular [[individual]] their will power, their power of [[choice]], is only [[potential]].  It also takes [[creative]] [[imagination]] on the part of your [[spirit]] to create the alternatives that gives you some choice to begin with.  It’s something no [[animal]] is capable of since they haven’t a genuine [[unique]] [[personality]] endowed with [[Thought Adjuster|spirit by their Creator]].

Beyond [[attitude]], on an even deeper level that so many shy away from contemplating, you get down to the definition of a [[human being]] as a [[creature]] of [[will]] [[dignity]].  We’ve been careful to point out that for each particular [[individual]] their will power, their power of [[choice]], is only [[potential]].  It also takes [[creative]] [[imagination]] on the part of your [[spirit]] to create the alternatives that gives you some choice to begin with.  It’s something no [[animal]] is capable of since they haven’t a genuine [[unique]] [[personality]] endowed with [[Thought Adjuster|spirit by their Creator]].

But once the [[choices]] are there, my [[children]], you’ve all experienced the [[difficulty]] of following what you know to be right, in this case what would be most [[healthy]]. There are a thousand and one unhealthy temptations on all sides of you that offer substitutes for that [[essential]] [[will]] [[power]].  Consider for a [[moment]] all of your non-prescription [[drugs]] that have delighted and teased and enchanted [[humanity]] for so long now.  In this modern age, looking at the world-wide situation, you could say that the two most popular are [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine nicotine]--caffeine in all the tea and coffee drinks, nicotine in all the tobacco products.  You rightfully call them stimulants.  These are substances you take into your [[body]] that seem to make it easier to get into physical effort, to get up and get going in the morning and throughout the day.  Probably the next two most popular stimulants are [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis cannabis], though each is proscribed or illegal in certain [[cultures]].

But once the [[choices]] are there, my [[children]], you’ve all experienced the [[difficulty]] of following what you know to be right, in this case what would be most [[healthy]]. There are a thousand and one unhealthy temptations on all sides of you that offer substitutes for that [[essential]] [[will]] [[power]].  Consider for a [[moment]] all of your non-prescription [[drugs]] that have delighted and teased and enchanted [[humanity]] for so long now.  In this modern age, looking at the world-wide situation, you could say that the two most popular are [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine caffeine] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine nicotine]--caffeine in all the tea and coffee drinks, nicotine in all the tobacco products.  You rightfully call them stimulants.  These are substances you take into your [[body]] that seem to make it easier to get into physical effort, to get up and get going in the morning and throughout the day.  Probably the next two most popular stimulants are [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol alcohol] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis cannabis], though each is proscribed or illegal in certain [[cultures]].

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===='''''[[Drugs]]''''', '''''[[Free will]]'''''====

(Stimulants and will power)  

(Stimulants and will power)  

The central [[fact]] of these stimulants, my [[children]], is that they [[work]].  They do the job.  But each has a cost to the [[human]] [[body]] and [[soul]].  Those drugs that are smoked are certainly the most debilitating by putting the [[product]]s of combustion directly on tender, sensitive [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungs lung tissue], and then the further [[effects]] of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine nicotine] and the other by-products all through the [[body]]--the diseases that come about most certainly.  Yet the stimulants work else they would not be used so extensively.  But what of the [[will]] [[power]] they replace?  What about that old-fashioned notion of gumption?  What about the [[dignity]] you are able to earn through sheer [[will]] [[power]], when the genuine accomplishment we speak of is done more or less on your own?  Almost without exception you’ve experienced this too, my children.

The central [[fact]] of these stimulants, my [[children]], is that they [[work]].  They do the job.  But each has a cost to the [[human]] [[body]] and [[soul]].  Those drugs that are smoked are certainly the most debilitating by putting the [[product]]s of combustion directly on tender, sensitive [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungs lung tissue], and then the further [[effects]] of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine nicotine] and the other by-products all through the [[body]]--the diseases that come about most certainly.  Yet the stimulants work else they would not be used so extensively.  But what of the [[will]] [[power]] they replace?  What about that old-fashioned notion of gumption?  What about the [[dignity]] you are able to earn through sheer [[will]] [[power]], when the genuine accomplishment we speak of is done more or less on your own?  Almost without exception you’ve experienced this too, my children.

Here seems to be something not of [[ego]], not of your notions of yourself, but something positively [[spiritually]] there when you decide to give up some unhealthy [[habit]].  As day by day when you are able to do so, something of this will power seems to accumulate with a genuine [[freedom]].  Might I suggest this is part of your [[soul]], part of the [[wealth]] you are building as you go through life.  This is the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Regaining_the_Ability_To_Love-2005-10-04 ability] to do [[things]] directly without any intermediary but good [[nutrition]], good [[rest]], and [[will]] [[power]].

Here seems to be something not of [[ego]], not of your notions of yourself, but something positively [[spiritually]] there when you decide to give up some unhealthy [[habit]].  As day by day when you are able to do so, something of this will power seems to accumulate with a genuine [[freedom]].  Might I suggest this is part of your [[soul]], part of the [[wealth]] you are building as you go through life.  This is the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Regaining_the_Ability_To_Love-2005-10-04 ability] to do [[things]] directly without any intermediary but good [[nutrition]], good [[rest]], and [[will]] [[power]].

MICHAEL:  You’re [[welcome]], my son.  My [[peace]] is here; open your [[heart]] and [[feel]] it.                                             

MICHAEL:  You’re [[welcome]], my son.  My [[peace]] is here; open your [[heart]] and [[feel]] it.                                             

   

   

Student:  Well, Michael, [[thinking]] of the well-known [[phenomena]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosomatic_illness psychosomatic disease], there are without a [[doubt]] poor spiritual [[habits]] that can result in somatizing (Sp?) [[stress]] or something else--bad [[psychological]] [[behavior]] or [[stress]] in the [[body]], and disease results.  It would seem each of us has something that we [[express]] as disease in our body that really must be traceable to [[childhood]] or inherited [[patterns]] of [[behavior]], imitated from our [[parents]].  I currently have a reoccurring malady in my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_system respiratory system] that I seem to get every year, and it must be the [[expression]] of something really deep.  Can you make any comments about this sort of [[thing]], maybe some [[idea]] of how to [[work]] through an issue like this?

Student:  Well, Michael, [[thinking]] of the well-known [[phenomena]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosomatic_illness psychosomatic disease], there are without a [[doubt]] poor spiritual [[habits]] that can result in somatizing (Sp?) [[stress]] or something else--bad [[psychological]] [[behavior]] or [[stress]] in the [[body]], and disease results.  It would seem each of us has something that we [[express]] as disease in our body that really must be traceable to [[childhood]] or inherited [[patterns]] of [[behavior]], imitated from our [[parents]].  I currently have a reoccurring malady in my [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_system respiratory system] that I seem to get every year, and it must be the [[expression]] of something really deep.  Can you make any comments about this sort of [[thing]], maybe some [[idea]] of how to [[work]] through an issue like this?

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===='''''[[Health]]'''''====

Student:  I get [[infection]]s in my ears and nose and throat, and once or twice every winter it seems to do the same thing.  My ears get blocked, and it finally occurred to me this must be something other than the [[health]]y [[things]] I do--the prevention [[work]], because the exact same thing keeps reoccurring.

Student:  I get [[infection]]s in my ears and nose and throat, and once or twice every winter it seems to do the same thing.  My ears get blocked, and it finally occurred to me this must be something other than the [[health]]y [[things]] I do--the prevention [[work]], because the exact same thing keeps reoccurring.

   

   

MICHAEL: I don’t want to embarrass you with something that seems too simple perhaps, but you are right now in one of the worst seasons in this part of the country for allergies--these gorgeous enormous yellow [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia acacia trees] of yours are some of the very worst for respiratory irritation.  Are you sure this is not just happening every spring?

MICHAEL: I don’t want to embarrass you with something that seems too simple perhaps, but you are right now in one of the worst seasons in this part of the country for allergies--these gorgeous enormous yellow [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia acacia trees] of yours are some of the very worst for respiratory irritation.  Are you sure this is not just happening every spring?

   

   

Student:  Well, it’s winter, so I don’t know if that…

Student:  Well, it’s winter, so I don’t know if that…

   

   

MICHAEL, laughing:  But everything’s blooming!  It may still be winter--technically, by the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar calendar]--but these hundreds of acacias and other trees surrounding you are at their peak of producing pollen right now.

MICHAEL, laughing:  But everything’s blooming!  It may still be winter--technically, by the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar calendar]--but these hundreds of acacias and other trees surrounding you are at their peak of producing pollen right now.

   

   

Student, laughing along:  Maybe!  I had no [[idea]].  I didn’t think of that.  I’ll look into this.

Student, laughing along:  Maybe!  I had no [[idea]].  I didn’t think of that.  I’ll look into this.

Back to your point: I’ve seen studies about how, if we get caught up in negative thoughts, we need to go out and shoot some hoops, or go for a hike, or just get out and [[breathe]] and get the [[energy]] moving.  I know if I feel stagnant within myself I’m not good for anyone.  So I get out--especially if the sun’s shining.  

Back to your point: I’ve seen studies about how, if we get caught up in negative thoughts, we need to go out and shoot some hoops, or go for a hike, or just get out and [[breathe]] and get the [[energy]] moving.  I know if I feel stagnant within myself I’m not good for anyone.  So I get out--especially if the sun’s shining.  

   

   

I remember from a talk by [http://www.drwaynedyer.com/ Wayne Dyer] (Sp?) that if we do an [[act]] of [[kindness]], even something simple like opening a car door for someone, or giving someone a flower, the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin serotonin] level in our bodies rises, and that leads to a greater sense of [[Health|well-being]] and [[happiness]].  Not only that, it affects the person we’re being kind to.  So it’s a win-win-win situation.  That act of kindness can have a ripple effect on to others as well.

I remember from a talk by [https://www.drwaynedyer.com/ Wayne Dyer] (Sp?) that if we do an [[act]] of [[kindness]], even something simple like opening a car door for someone, or giving someone a flower, the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin serotonin] level in our bodies rises, and that leads to a greater sense of [[Health|well-being]] and [[happiness]].  Not only that, it affects the person we’re being kind to.  So it’s a win-win-win situation.  That act of kindness can have a ripple effect on to others as well.

   

   

About [[physical]]-ness, I [[wonder]] if maybe we don’t really [[love]] being human and having a body--not [[romantic]] love, but what it means to be [[human]].  For some it just means having a nine-to-five job--if they have a job--or working two jobs to make ends meet.  They may get a lot of physical activity done, but there’s no [[attitude]] of [[love]], only [[survival]]--and there’s a distinction there.  There’s got to be more an unconditional love, love that has no boundaries or limits, no [[ego]] to it.

About [[physical]]-ness, I [[wonder]] if maybe we don’t really [[love]] being human and having a body--not [[romantic]] love, but what it means to be [[human]].  For some it just means having a nine-to-five job--if they have a job--or working two jobs to make ends meet.  They may get a lot of physical activity done, but there’s no [[attitude]] of [[love]], only [[survival]]--and there’s a distinction there.  There’s got to be more an unconditional love, love that has no boundaries or limits, no [[ego]] to it.

MICHAEL:  And a lot of [[pure]], innocent fun--although that might seem an oxymoron to some.  But all kinds of love, yes.  It’s [[essentially]] wanting something really [[good]] and fine for someone else.   

MICHAEL:  And a lot of [[pure]], innocent fun--although that might seem an oxymoron to some.  But all kinds of love, yes.  It’s [[essentially]] wanting something really [[good]] and fine for someone else.   

   

   

Student:  I went to a bookstore meeting on [http://www.quantumtouch.com/ Quantum Touch], and although I was the only [[person]] there with the presenter, he [[demonstrated]] how it’s just the laying on of hands to various parts of the [[body]] to facilitate [[healing]].  It’s just [[love]], unconditional love.  Through certain [[techniques]], and [[breathing]], you’re able to precipitate healing even on [[things]] like cancers and respiratory problems--maybe not [[immediate]]ly, but over time.  It doesn’t matter if the patient is [[skeptical]]; it depends more on the part of the healer.  I’d like to alleviate--in my small realm--some of the suffering I see, but not in any intrusive way, or, what’s the [[word]]--I don’t want to proselytize, but do it in a quiet, simple, unassuming way.  There are already enough people who want to call [[attention]] to themselves and their [[organization]]s.  

Student:  I went to a bookstore meeting on [https://www.quantumtouch.com/ Quantum Touch], and although I was the only [[person]] there with the presenter, he [[demonstrated]] how it’s just the laying on of hands to various parts of the [[body]] to facilitate [[healing]].  It’s just [[love]], unconditional love.  Through certain [[techniques]], and [[breathing]], you’re able to precipitate healing even on [[things]] like cancers and respiratory problems--maybe not [[immediate]]ly, but over time.  It doesn’t matter if the patient is [[skeptical]]; it depends more on the part of the healer.  I’d like to alleviate--in my small realm--some of the suffering I see, but not in any intrusive way, or, what’s the [[word]]--I don’t want to proselytize, but do it in a quiet, simple, unassuming way.  There are already enough people who want to call [[attention]] to themselves and their [[organization]]s.  

   

   

So I’m kind-of asking--and I know what you’re going to say--is this something I ought to look into?  And you’re going to say, Yes!  Or: Do what you want!  Because, as I’ve mentioned, I do have an allergy to organizations.  I need to come from my own [[point of view]].  I just wanted to throw that out there.

So I’m kind-of asking--and I know what you’re going to say--is this something I ought to look into?  And you’re going to say, Yes!  Or: Do what you want!  Because, as I’ve mentioned, I do have an allergy to organizations.  I need to come from my own [[point of view]].  I just wanted to throw that out there.