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Why do Sale of Painkillers Soar Around the US, Fueling Addiction?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Joy Gilfilen - Founder, Uniting Creatives

I just read an article in the Bellingham Herald this morning that made me angry, then stunned, then determined that UnitingCreatives.com will become a household word in America and around the world.  The article is titled:  Sales of Painkillers Soar Around the US, Fuel Addiction.

What is happening in this article is just not o.k. with me on so many fronts I cannot even hardly say.  But I will say it shortly…and I would like you all to go read the article, and give me your feedback.  Please know that I am asking you to read it critically, to pay attention to what you see, and what you feel and what you think when you read it.

And I ask you…why is the sales of painkillers soaring around the US…fueling addiction? Please tell me what you think.

Why?  Because I really want to know what your response is to this article, to the situation and more.

I am tired of unwitting robotic thinking that is promoting our countries destruction, the destruction of our children and our families, and ultimately the destruction of the human species.  I know that this statement is a bit of a jump…but I am incensed at how unwittingly we are promoting our own self-destruction.

And I am exploring how to write in this blogosphere to engage in real live discussion that matters.

Here, read the article as it was published first, and start tracking your thoughts.  Please come back and comment on this thread to let me know what you think.  As soon as I can I will get back to this and share my thoughts and analysis of the article.  Trust me, it will not be what you might think.  To me this article is a perfect example of unconscious thinking on so many levels it just boggles my mind.  I will critique it soon…for it is time to start learning, as creative leaders, how we have lost our common sense; and what it is going to take to get a new thinking cap on.

Right now, we Americans are wearing a dunce cap…and I mean us leaders.  We are.  It is time to grow up.  Share your thoughts…and I will share mine.  And if you share first, don’t worry…I will not tear you apart for I genuinely want to know what you actually see.  I know I have filters on…so I am curious what filters my other readers have on.  My purpose in asking you to write back here, is not to trap you, it is honestly to check for your listening and skills of observation.

And, then, I will start my process of constructively tearing apart this article, the situation, and the unconsciousness of so many professionals involved in all this.  And, once I do that, I will also come back with constructive criticism of how I believe this article could have been written if the writers of the article were actually concerned about the problem and wanted to solve the situation. And I will talk about the ripple effects of this article, the problems we are creating in our world because of the subject matter of the article and the media promotions that go along with it.  How these problems compound and are affecting us all as taxpayers as a result, how it affects your personal pocket book, and much more.

And, moreover, I will come back with solutions and recommendations about what we leaders must do, if we wish to change course, save lives, and redirect our country.  may change a couple lives.

I promise.

Here are some questions for you to start thinking about after you read the article: 

What do you remember about it? Did you just skim over it, or did you actually notice what it said?  What links did you click on?  What were the attached photos about?  Who was promoted?  What images did you leave with?

Here is the article copy (without pictures) in case you cannot get the link to work for some reason:

NEW YORK - Sales of prescription painkillers are exploding in new
areas, and experts are worried that's creating a wave of addiction.
Pharmacies, hospitals and physicians dispensed the equivalent of 69
tons of pure oxycodone and 42 tons of pure hydrocodone in 2010.

That's enough to give 40 5-mg Percocets and 24 5-mg Vicodins to
every man, woman and child in the United States.
An analysis by The Associated Press shows distribution of the
two drugs is booming from New York's Staten Island to Santa Fe.,
N.M. Some places saw effective per-capita sales increase
sixteenfold between 2000 and 2010.
Sue Ogrocki, File | AP Photo - FILE- In this Aug. 5, 2010, file
photo, a pharmacy tech poses for a picture with hydrocodone
bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets, the generic version of Vicodin,
at Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. Sales of the
nation’s two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded
in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows,
worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients’ suffering
is spawning an addiction epidemic. From New York’s Staten Island
to Santa Fe, N.M., Drug Enforcement Administration figures show
dramatic rises between 2000 and 2010 in the distribution of
oxycodone, the key ingredient in OxyContin, Percocet and Percodan.
Oxycodone is the key ingredient in OxyContin, Percocet and Percodan.
Hydrocodone is in Vicodin, Lortab and Norco.
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A Universe Filled With Love

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Robert FitzGerald Theoretical Astrologer

A Universe Filled With Love

Imagine a universe where physical particles manifest from a unified field that is emotional and loving, that love really does infuse everything.

Superstring theory in physics says that we live in a multi-dimensional universe of at least ten dimensions, nine spatial dimensions and one dimension of time, but that most of those dimensions have broken off and exist elsewhere. We see three spatial dimensions and the one dimension of time. This leaves six spatial dimensions that leave no trace of their existence.

Current scientific thinking posits that these extra six dimensions split off from our universe and now exist as miniscule tubular membranes at the smallest of points at the base of our world, at what is called the Planck length of 10 -33 cm. At this point space and time break down and stop functioning. The theory that these dimensions are no longer in our universe is based on the scientific assumption that the physical is real, and that spiritual and other non-physical realities are not real.

Interestingly enough, astrology indicates that we live in a multi-dimensional universe with twelve dimensions, and that all dimensions are full size and we walk through them every day. If astrological ages are real descriptors of human history, and they are, then astrology reveals even more connections with our physical universe.

The mathematics of string theory gives us a clue to how this works. In string theory nine dimensions are spatial, and the tenth dimension is time. In the zodiac, the tenth house rules time. There is a strong correlation between these two numbers. This means that there is also a strong correlation between the nine spatial string dimensions and the first nine houses in the zodiac.

We only see three spatial dimensions, length, width and depth. So where do the other six spatial dimensions fit in? In the zodiac, the twelve signs are divided into various groups of complimentary qualities. One of these groupings has to do with actions that relate to creation. They are cardinal, fixed and mutable houses. Fixed signs and houses contain the quality of solid, physical, stable states of existence. In the first nine houses, there are three fixed houses that could easily correspond to the three physical spatial dimensions that we are familiar with. From this we can theorize the other six spatial dimensions are cardinal and mutable dimensions. They are not solid physical dimensions.

The three cardinal dimensions within the first nine, are dimensions of emotion. This means these dimensions are literally filled with love. They support the existence of conscious or aware Love as Divine Love, the Mother Goddess, as well as smaller concentrations of emotion that we associate with lesser gods and goddesses. Nature spirits reside here, as well as ghosts.

The three mutable houses correspond to three mental dimensions, length, width and depth. Here we have the Universal Mind of Buddhism, and the Christian Word of God, serpentine wisdom, universal as well as individual archetypes, laws of nature, mathematical truths and great ideas that emerge at various times to guide humanity.

This gives us a megaverse of infinite size, within which our small physical universe exists, nestling side by side with other universes like eggs in a nest. Emanating from the mega-dimensions, love and wisdom infuse everything within creation. The huge slow vibrations of love and wisdom slow their movement through mega-space. They vibrate in smaller spaces until they compact enough into stationary packets that we call particles of matter.

Physical reality is made up of atoms, which are 99.9999% empty space. This empty space is actually filled with love and wisdom, energies that infuse electrons and nuclei with power as well as physical existence. We only have to open our awareness to these dimensions in order to reap the benefits of a supercharged flush of love and spiritual wisdom into our lives. From this perspective, we live in a universe literally filled with love and built on the creative energy of love.  As we remember to be loving and compassionate in all that we do and say, we open to this loving potential in our own lives and the lives of those around us.

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Chaos Theory to Quantum Shift

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Robert FitzGerald Theoretical Astrologer

Chaos Theory to Quantum Shift

Climate change, pollution, ocean dead zones, species extinctions, and the projection of a Sixth Big Extinction are just a few of the things that promise devastating changes for humanity over the course of the next century. According to a study of astrological ages, we are in the climax of a major end-time scenario that is Biblical in its scope. Astrology tells us what is happening, and has invaluable guidance on how to create something new. Astrology is at present considered an esoteric system of thought that is suspect in the minds of many people. Yet, there is a theory in physics that supports the existence of an astrological end-time cycle, that moves into the next phase.

Chaos Theory is a relatively new theory in physics promoted to be a physics of real world processes outside the highly controlled confines of the lab. This theory says that stable systems will remain stable by being able to absorb incoming changes and irritants to the system. The system adjusts and remains stable. Eventually there comes a time when the system becomes saturated and is unable to adjust to further input. When this happens, the system slips into a period of chaos. But this is not the end. Within chaos, seeds are planted that grow to become the foundation for a new more harmonious stability that is a quantum level higher that what existed before.

This is exactly what happens with the astrological end-time cycle that we are in today. The trigger signs of chaos are Virgo and Pisces. Virgo rules disintegration and extinction, and Pisces rules dissolution. Today we are in the Pisces Era of the Age of Pisces, with the attendant Virgo energies also present. We are in an end-time period of chaos.

Each age and era supports the existence of a stable astrological expression. With the change from one age to the next, and from one era to the next, new energies are injected into this system of life. They are absorbed and integrated into an evolving expression of stability. At various points around this circle, Virgo and Pisces times are encountered that release disintegration and dissolution into the collective consciousness. At the larger end of astrological ages, these energies become intensified and the world embraces a possible world ending scenario.

While this may seem doom and gloom, remember that there are seeds of a new world order that have been planted during this chaos that become extremely important to the next step in evolution. We simply need to recognize these seeds and align with them. In this way we become agents for change and for new life. Virgo disintegration and Pisces dissolution are simply processes of clearing the table and washing the dishes so that a new feast can be set. This is necessary for the incoming golden age, the Millennium of Christ.

The coming Age of Aquarius is a mental air sign, with the mental planet Mercury exalted in expression. This means that the mind will become extremely important to the birthing and expression of this new age. The current Age of Pisces is a highly spiritual sign, and the Virgo opposite sign is a mental that rules mental discernment, technique and purity. World religions during this age have all stood on the certainty that the mental spiritual techniques of prayer and meditation are the required tools for salvation and moving forward into the new stability, or golden age. The Bible states over and over again that it is the name of God or Christ that is required to graduate to the next level of human life. This name is a mantra that is repeated in meditation, purifying the mind.

Added to this is the New Age of Aquarius teaching that setting mental intentions and repeating affirmations will bring us closer to the Aquarian ideal of manifesting our hopes, dreams and wishes as the religious focus of the next age. During this chaos period it would then become highly advantageous to combine Pisces prayer and meditation with Aquarius affirmations. In this way we become the seeds of salvation that will grow to become the basis for golden age stability in the next cycle of ages.

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2012 and Astrological Ages

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Robert FitzGerald Theoretical Astrologer

Robert FitzGerald Theoretical Astrologer

2012 and Astrological Ages

The current buzz concerning prophecy and what is supposed to happen in the future surrounds the Mayan Long Count calendar and this year 2012. Whether or not we believe in this date, there is not a lot of actual evidence in support for this as a valid end of the world time. There are changes that many point to in support of this date, but whether they signal 2012 as the end-time is anyone’s guess. On the other hand, western astrology has had a long and hidden tradition that reveals an end-time that has far more data to support a paradigm shift that corresponds to what we call the end of the world or of this time cycle.

While the Mayan calendar is supposedly based on the precession of the equinox, a 26,000 year cycle, it gives almost no historical data to support its end-time contention. Our zodiac on the other hand, gives us huge amounts of historical data, with a division of the precessional cycle into twelve astrological ages. The Age of Cancer is dated from 8640 to 6480 BCE. Cancer rules agriculture among other things, and it was precisely during this age that the Neolithic Revolution, from 9000 to 6000 BCE, invented agriculture and changed the world.

Dating at this level of history can be quite sloppy and still be fairly accurate. Within each age there are twelve eras that describe the direction and evolution of history on a smaller scale. Each era is only 180 years long, and this can help refine our dating. The Aquarius Era of the Age of Pisces, from 1800 to 1980, supported the science of the Industrial Revolution and the revolutionary science of the Twentieth Century. Aquarius rules science and genius. These are two powerful examples of the accuracy of ages to describe history. There is yet another smaller division of eras into twelve phases, each 15 years long that helps us to refine our dating even more.

Within this circle of ages and eras, there is a religiously important end-time cycle that reveals powerful information regarding the times that we live in right now. History, mythology and prophecy point to the possibility that the sign Pisces and the opposite sign Virgo act as trigger times for the cyclical culmination of prophetic end-times. Pisces rules dissolution, and Virgo rules disintegration and extinction. The two act in tandem. The Virgo energy is active in conjunction with the primary Age of Pisces energy. Because we are now in the Pisces Era of the Age of Pisces, 1980 to 2160, we are in a double bath of dissolution and disintegration potential.

Pisces also rules the fulfillment of prophecy. If the prophecy of the Apocalypse is to be fulfilled, it will be during this Era. Already climate change and huge increases in earthquake and volcano activity over the last 40 years have presented us with a deteriorating environment and a doom and gloom prophetic future. But all is not lost. There is a huge potential for something great to happen during this time. Because Pisces rules dreams, illusion and spiritual truth, we have the ability to imagine and dream a different more loving timeline for ourselves. Pisces is a plastic time that is open to our dreams and imagination. The Apocalypse was a warning that does not have to be a part of our future.

Pisces also rules contact with other worlds, with its spiritual quality also implying higher, heavenly realms as well as physical worlds. The planet of love, Venus, is exalted in Pisces. The spiritual teachings from all religions tell us that love, compassion and forgiveness is preferred pathway through the potential destructive prophecy of Apocalypse and Armageddon. By embracing love and forgiveness in everything that we do, we align with a future that is more loving and prosperous, free from the harsh prophecies that sit before us. From this perspective, we do have the ability to choose our own future.

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Bridget Cantrell, an advocate for veterans

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Katie

Katie Lawson

About Bridget Cantrell, a Uniting Creatives Writer

One of the Uniting Creatives writers, Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D. is committed to helping people realize their full potential.   She also has a passion to assist veterans, all military personnel and their families by offering assistance with the issues they deal with after serving in the military.   Dr. Cantrell travels around the globe conducting her workshops and working with our troops at military bases and various other locations to help them gain a better understanding of the challenges they face, while offering them tools to make more positive choices as they go along their journey.  She also provides educational forums to the public sector to help bridge the gap that occurs between the service member, family and the community.

She is the founder of Hearts Toward Home International, a non-profit organization, which is dedicated to the Restoration and Reintegration of Trauma Survivors.

Dr. Cantrell is the Author of the following books:
1.       Down Range to Iraq and Back
2.       Once a Warrior: Wired for Life
3.       Souls Under Siege: the Effects of Multiple Troop
Deployments- and How to Weather the Storm

Her personal vision is to create a Veteran’s Retreat Center where veterans will be able to live, rehabilitate, heal, and  tap into their strengths, in order to find their way home.

She also has a psychotherapy practice in Bellingham and Mt. Vernon, Washington where she provides counseling for veterans free of charge.  She welcomes people from all walks of life who are working through a vast array of life’s issues.  She is an advocate for veterans and sits on several boards on their behalf.

Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D.

Her non-profit website is www.heartstowardhome.com

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Nine Minutes to a Peaceful, Happy Feeling, a Powerful Depression Dissolver

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Katie

Katie Lawson

Nine Minutes to a Peaceful, Happy Feeling; a Powerful Depression Dissolver

Step One.  Into the Quiet  (3 minutes)

If you practice meditating, then use your own form of meditating to go into a quiet, peaceful state.
If you don’t meditate, then simply think of a gentle word, such as ‘peace’. Silently think that word as you relax comfortably with your eyes closed.
Just be there in the silence as you think the word ‘peace’, and enjoy for about three minutes (or longer).

Step Two.  Uplift and Affirm  (4 minutes)

While you are in that silence, think of one thing in your life that makes you feel happy, feel uplifted. It could be a person, an object or an action – perhaps your mother, or your favorite car or your favorite outfit that you wear. It could be seeing yourself hiking in the woods or walking along a beach or skiing or looking at a sunset.

Just be in that silence for about four minutes (or longer), thinking and feeling yourself being in that picture with this person or object or doing this action.

Then, while still in this quiet state of mind, say one of these statements (or more if you want):
• I’m feeling peaceful and uplifted as I picture this that makes me happy.
• I now keep this feeling with me as I come back to the present moment.
• I now keep this feeling with me as I do my next task or action.
• I CAN be happy! I AM happy! I’m in charge of me!
• I’m in charge of how I feel. This is MY technique now.
• I can go into the silence any time I choose and I can come out of that space of silence feeling happy, peaceful and uplifted any time I want to!
• I am no longer at the mercy of anything outside of myself!

Step Three.  Coming Back  (2 minutes)

Now slowly bring your awareness back to the room, and to your everyday life, choosing to keep that feeling of joy, of peace, of happiness. Enjoy the knowledge and feeling that you have escaped for awhile from the active world of doing and thinking.
If you don’t have much time, you can do this in nine minutes. If you have more time, you can stay in that space of silence for a longer period of time.

In that silence your ability to create is amplified. Going there every day can be a great ‘depression dissolver’.

Feel free to print or copy this article and use it any time you need a ‘mood lift’.

Note: What I call the silence is often called by scientists ‘The Zero Point Field’. It’s also called ‘The Field of All Possibilities’ by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation.

 

 

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The Secret to the Empowered Life

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Steve Whytman Uniting Creatives Optimal Potentials Coach

Steve Whytman UnitingCreatives Optimal Potentials Coach

The Secret to the Empowered Life

While it’s true that there are many things you can do to empower yourself in this life, I find the key to an empowered life is directly proportionate to your heart and your ability to make those around you better. Rather than be an empowered person it is better to be an empowering person. As a highly successful high school and college basketball coach…who was also less knowledgeable of the sport then probably every coach I coached against (I wrestled in high school)…I found another way to win. I didn’t look for the best players and I surely didn’t try to outthink other coaches. I looked for the players with the most heart, players who made others around them better and built my teams that way. When everyone is making the other better we compound our team greatness. If the best players didn’t fit that description then they failed to be significant players on my teams. I made the game as simple as I possibly could and had my teams master the simple.

When you have a team with heart and one that makes each other better you step into your greatest potential as a team. And when they can master the simple they learn unstoppable excellence. The traits I found in these types of players are always the same. You can examine your own life to see if you possess these traits as well as notice whether you make the people around you better because you are in their life.

TRAIT ONE: Trust others unique greatness

People can sense if you trust who they are. They know you see their best, not their worst. People seem to want to live up to our expectations if in our eyes they see the best they can be.

TRAIT TWO: Authenticity

Authentic people tend to not be too full of themselves and don’t need to put on a show. They don’t have to be the center of the universe. They say what they mean and mean what they say, yet choose to say it with kindness and respect. Authentic people understand our value to each other so they have learned not be judgmental. Being judgmental only reduces our value to each other.

TRAIT THREE: Encouragers

They are the greatest cheerleaders. They put as much effort into cheering you on while they are sitting on the bench as they put into when they are in the game themselves. They understand we are all in this together.

So how do you grow into an empowering person? It’s not as difficult as you may think. Develop the habit of continuously elevating your approach to life. When you feel fear, raise your thoughts even a little to greater faith. When you feel anger, seek to elevate your heart to better understanding. Learn to choose to see the best not the worst…you will always find what you are looking for. Another key approach is to seek to discover how to bring about the best outcome in every situation rather than mediocrity or conflict. Last, learn to keep your heart free of the things that only diminish you as the great person you are.

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Creating Change Together: Welcome to the power of Synergistic Marketing

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Joyanne Sloan, Synergistic Marketing Maven

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by Joy Gilfilen, Uniting Creatives Founder

Perhaps you can relate to my exhausting quest to find the best and most effective way to create positive change in the current world and be happy as we do it.

When I started on my quest, the marketplace had changed. It seemed like an impossible task to sort through the jumble of massive information, to live into my highest potential, to make a living, and to deal with the pressure of adapting to accelerating high speed technological, social, environmental and global shifts.

Why not figure out how to team up and unite like kind minds and hearts and build an oasis online? What if people like you and me, identified as ‘cultural creatives’, could really get it together and learn how to give voice to common challenges, collaborate in business, find solutions to social challenges, then get things done that matter? It would be awesome.

Today, I am delighted to say persistence pays off: Some great friends and I have now produced an online solution where we all can succeed even as we create positive change together.

I invite you to breathe, open your heart, your eyes and your mind to a new idea. It’s time to allow in a breath of fresh air – to smile.

Wouldn’t it be delightful to find one, simple, streamlined solution to… ?

  • Make a difference for yourself and others without struggle
  • Create connections with people who support you in reaching your goals
  • Discover quality tools that bring fast results
  • Market your creativity, products and gifts in a way that works
  • Celebrate your accomplishments with a caring community of Cultural Creatives

Watch the above presentation NOW or find out how to join Uniting Creatives here

We NOW have that solution for you!

I am proud that this multi-purpose solution is really an all new way of conducting the business of real life in the modern world! As it evolves it will become like a “cultural creative’s oasis”- an extraordinary center for proactive change. It is driven by a deep love of nature, by passion, creativity and constructive action!

It is a center where cooperation, mentorship and teamwork are central to the process! We can use it to expand our circles of influence, save time, money and resources, evolve from conflict, resolve tension, remove chaos,- and provide a productive way to bring forth our wisdom and our quality products to share with the world.

As you may know, I’ve been working on this awhile. It has taken time to build a high-powered team and an online platform that can do all of this and more. The platform is called UnitingCreatives.com and the team is what brings the platform to life.

Let’s take it one step at a time. First, I want to introduce you to one of my teammates – a remarkable woman named Joyanne. Her insights into relationship based commerce and authentic marketing communications have made her both a close friend and trusted colleague. Joyanne has spearheaded multi-million dollar marketing campaigns for large companies; and is now focussing her wisdom for small enterprise. And this expertise is a considerable asset to Uniting Creatives, for she will be extending her knowledge to help everyone within our community succeed, including you.

You’re invited to join me and Joyanne for this special webinar in which you’ll learn exactly how Uniting Creatives will offer you the opportunity to transform your life, your business and your world in 2012 and beyond.

We freely share this knowledge with you because you are a thought leader and wisdom keeper who we honor far too much to waste your precious time on fluff or hype. We are serious about our commitment to make a difference NOW and sincerely want to celebrate this journey with you. We invite you to join us as we create change together in the coming years!

Click here to join Uniting Creatives and learn more about our membership benefits!

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INVISIBLE CHILDREN

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D. President/CEO Hearts Toward Home International

Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D.

Amazing what we can do when we join together as one voice to end pain and suffering! It is the right thing to do and the only way we will survive as a world! We can change the course of the future in many aspects of life if we stop all the bickering and join hands to shape the future. Please take time to watch this video to stop injustice.

“In the right formation the lifting power of many wings of many birds can achieve twice the distance of any bird flying alone”-Milton Olson

This is one of my favorite quotes!

 

 

 

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Depression Quiz

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Katie

Katie Lawson

Depression Quiz

Do you have depression?  Here is an exercise.  Answer Yes, No or Sometimes to each question below.

_______ Feeling down, depressed or hopeless?

_______ Feeling bad about yourself, or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?

_______ Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way?

_______ Little interest or pleasure from doing things?

________  Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed?  Or the opposite – being so fidgety or restless that you are moving around more than usual?

________  Trouble concentrating on things, such as watching TV or reading the newspaper?

________  Trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?

________  Feeling tired or having little energy?

________  Poor appetite or over-eating?

If  you have answered Yes or Sometimes to any of the first 4 questions (the ones in bold-face), consider going to your health practitioner for help.

If you have answered Yes or Sometimes to any of the questions, be on the lookout for ways to bring your mood up out of the doldrums.

Here is one idea for you.
Depression Dissolver:   Practice Ho’oponopono

Practice what??  A therapist in Hawaii, Dr. Hew Len, cured a whole ward of criminally insane patients, through a simple technique called ho’oponopono. He did this by taking responsibility himself for their problems, and repeating a statement while picturing the patient.

“Father, I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank You. I love You.”

Sounded really weird to me when I first heard it.  But after trying it myself for a few weeks, I found that it worked for me.  The book by Joe Vitale, Zero Limits, explains Dr. Len’s experiences in a delightful way.  The website is http://www.zerolimits.info/.

You can use this phrase yourself for your mood of depression.

I think it works best when you picture the problem as already resolved, while you repeat the phrase.  See it resolved by picturing yourself happy and carefree, perhaps dancing or walking on a sandy beach.
You can say a phrase of your own choosing.  The exact words are not as important as your
intention to come out of the mood.

So it could go like this:  You see yourself as happy and carefree.  You close your eyes and repeat for several minutes, “I’m sorry.  Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.”

Expect to feel happier, lighter.
How do you feel after repeating the phrase for several minutes?  If it has helped your mood, then add this technique of ho’oponopono to your repertoire of depression dissolvers.

Notes:
The Depression Quiz is paraphrased from the Mayo Clinic.   http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/depression/MH00103_D.  You can go to this website for Mayo Clinic’s online Depression Self-Assessment and to get your own scores.

This article is informative but it cannot replace a doctor’s advice. If you think you might be depressed, please consult a specialist.

 

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