All About Energy Healing

2010-09-17T20:45:00.001-07:00

If all that wasn't bad enough, I've got "Zydrate anatomy" indelibly lodged in my head. Don't recognize? don't search for it. Better that way

2010-09-17T20:41:00.001-07:00

Sammie report: numbers are pretty much the same. A couple new drugs. Daddy is burning his brain out worrying. "Lord bless Charlie Mopps!"

2010-06-09T04:34:00.001-07:00

Healing the Chakras - chakra energy healing, chakra opening, and more - http://bit.ly/9a6qce

2010-06-05T07:22:00.001-07:00

So, I forgot the lessons of @puredoxyk ..,. Hour-long exercise right before core sleep = bad idea.

2010-06-02T11:41:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/cmTemi - Summer just left on a 5-week int'l business trip. Farthest and longest we've been apart. Ecstatic for her, sad for me

2010-06-01T10:22:00.001-07:00

I'd gotten signs and everything, with a little help from a good friend. Oh, well, I probably woulda lol'd at the self-destructive haters.

2010-06-01T10:21:00.001-07:00

yeech. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I may not be physically there to counter all the malicious stupidity at Heritage today :-(

2010-05-24T04:57:00.001-07:00

Day seven of polyphasic sleep. Still extremely groggy the first couple of hours after waking up from core sleep. All systems go, however.

2010-05-23T03:54:00.001-07:00

After yesterday, I'm still a little drowsy, but not too bad. Polyphasic day 6 is go.

2010-05-22T06:23:00.001-07:00

Ok, so possible mild food poisoning threw me off a little going into Day 5. The hero emerges, singed but triumphant.

2010-05-20T02:45:00.001-07:00

Day 2 went pretty well, all things considered. Day 3 is a bit of a rocky start, but I'm managing.

2010-05-19T02:40:00.001-07:00

So, polyphasic day 2. Very tough keeping my eyes open. That is all. For now,anyway

2010-05-18T12:55:00.001-07:00

The missus shared her experiences and tips regarding multiple sclerosis and heat. See the video: http://bit.ly/aHt0Zl

2010-05-18T04:13:00.001-07:00

So yeah. Polyphasic adaptation day 1. Hilarity ensued, causing me to stop. Now I'm back, on an Everyan-3 schedule.

2010-05-16T16:14:00.001-07:00

Protesting is a right, but hatemongering around kids is too much. Be there June 1 for counter-protest. http://bit.ly/bSgey4 @KeithOlbermann

2010-05-02T13:49:00.001-07:00

Ugh. Just pushed myself too hard working out. Nausea = ultimate fail.

2010-04-20T15:09:00.001-07:00

Oh, wow. Just got the qr code in from the latest Schlock Mercenary. Pure hilarious genius!

2010-04-16T21:37:00.001-07:00

Life As A Story – My Character Sheet, TV Tropes Style. - http://bit.ly/bBz5QP - What if YOU were a character in a story?

2010-04-11T21:34:00.001-07:00

Thinking maybe it's more that the "me" that has to live as a human being perhaps dislikes having he limits of this world... sleep on it.

2010-04-11T21:32:00.001-07:00

Looks like I've got some surrender work to do. BUT: Now I know, and Knowing is Half the Battle. G.I. JOE!!!

2010-04-11T21:31:00.001-07:00

Odd thing. In meditation tonight, I see myself both as the spirit being and as the physical manifestation, and the one dislikes the other.

2010-04-09T22:58:00.001-07:00

I'm revved up so much, don't know what's going to happen when I try to get some sleep. Should be interesting regardless.

2010-04-09T22:57:00.001-07:00

Just meditated, and then went for the Mended Wings broadcast o.O

2010-04-09T13:04:00.001-07:00

First time card scanning in months. Got 34/52. 2 standard deviations! (see http://tinyurl.com/y2yja3j for psychic/math geeky explanation)

2010-04-08T21:12:00.001-07:00

No Polyphasic for a While, Back to Pumping Spiritual Iron: So, I’ve been shook up a lot recently. I’.. http://tinyurl.com/yay6v42

2010-04-08T21:00:00.001-07:00

No Polyphasic for a While, Back to Pumping Spiritual Iron - http://bit.ly/axHsca

2010-04-05T15:14:00.001-07:00

: Stop Lieberman! Any senator who filibusters the public option should lose their chairmanship http://bit.ly/31.. http://bit.ly/9KgRLf

2010-04-02T07:20:00.001-07:00

Welp, 3 weeks or so in, and in defiance of all that is right and good, very much against my will, my body has re-adapted to monophasic :-(

2010-03-19T06:51:00.001-07:00

Mind you, I'd been sleeping as needed for the last while to get over a cold, but still...

2010-03-19T06:45:00.001-07:00

Alas, no polyphasic sleep for a while. Our little Sammie needs me here during my only my only nap opportunity. Really is to bad. So be it.

2010-03-15T09:54:00.001-07:00

Lol, "wipe out the invaders"

2010-03-15T08:14:00.001-07:00

"Sark, all my functions are now yours... take him!"

2010-03-15T08:11:00.001-07:00

Ugh. Nasty cold. Lots of sleep and sealed orders to my body to use anything and everything to wipe upper the invaders.

2010-03-12T06:38:00.001-08:00

The Unlimited Reiki System of Natural Healing, but calll it Reiki for short. http://bit.ly/b2SZfy

2010-02-01T09:42:00.001-08:00

mmmm.. I welcome our Droid overlords!

2010-01-21T15:29:00.001-08:00

TELL DEMOCRATS: Don't learn the wrong lesson from Kennedy's seat. Be stronger, not weaker, in 2010. Sign here: http://bit.ly/56LMNw #p2

2010-01-14T15:00:00.001-08:00

So, I'm finally relenting and using Evernote. I'd maintained my private wiki instead, but let's face it: Evernote is so much more useful!

2010-01-11T08:10:00.001-08:00

RT @puredoxyk: Cool chart ...Where are you, biopolitically speaking? http://bit.ly/KrP64 (I got the cool-sounding one: technoprogressive!)

2010-01-11T03:55:00.001-08:00

http://ping.fm/M3eln - Heard this guy a few weeks back. Simply amazing. A technical master; "Across the Universe" was spectacular!

2010-01-07T07:34:00.001-08:00

Grounding Techniques - The Virtues of Salt:

Grounding Techniques - The Virtues of Salt In this video I disc.. http://bit.ly/6783rl

2010-01-07T07:33:00.001-08:00

Grounding Techniques - Grounding to Calm the Mind, Grounding after Meditation, Grounding after Energy Healing. http://bit.ly/6VB8Xo

2010-01-04T13:29:00.001-08:00

Self Esteem Affirmations - Affirmations to Heal the Spirit, Overcome Adversity. http://bit.ly/6tLg6X

2010-01-02T14:31:00.001-08:00

Easy Meditation Techniques - Techniques for quieting the mind, easy ways to find stillness and peace. http://bit.ly/6FRMzC

2009-12-29T06:30:00.001-08:00

Cosmic Meditation - Meditation for Enlightenment, Meditation for Guidance, Meditation for Manifestation, Medita.. http://bit.ly/8ZjpCz

2009-12-25T07:26:00.001-08:00

Pranayama Techniques - Yogic Breathing, Kapalabhati, Anuloma Viloma. Taking in lifeforce energy with breath. http://bit.ly/4NMHPZ

2009-12-25T06:28:00.001-08:00

Pranayama Techniques - Alternate Nostril breathing.:

Pranayama Techniques - Alternate Nostril breathing.

.. http://bit.ly/68JgSX

2009-12-22T07:41:00.001-08:00

Fun holiday tip: The AeroPress also works GREAT for straining mulled cider!

2009-12-21T05:56:00.001-08:00

I just signed a petition telling Harry Reid to keep reconciliation on the table. Click here to sign: http://bit.ly/7tB8TA #hcr #publicoption

2009-12-19T07:10:00.001-08:00

Then life gets a lot more fun and interesting

2009-12-19T06:58:00.001-08:00

Important realization I just had: You can't transcend what you can't embrace. In order to surrender and let go you have to first accept.

2009-12-16T09:23:00.001-08:00

Tell Senate progressives not to sit silently by as the #publicoption dies. Please sign and RT (via @credomobile) http://bit.ly/4LmIQ3

2009-12-15T06:20:00.001-08:00

Polyphasic sleep milestone: I can meditate tired WITHOUT falling asleep. I used to have to time meditation carefully. No more!

2009-12-10T07:50:00.001-08:00

Ugh. My everything hurts ttoday. After getting up, I took some Tylenol and went back to sleep until 1st napt (7AM). Taking it easy today.

2009-12-09T11:16:00.001-08:00

EMERGENCY: Harry Reid screwed over the public option. Urge Feingold/Burris/Sanders to fight back. http://bit.ly/5OqcQ3

2009-11-27T14:46:00.001-08:00

Slept off the effect of an all-nighter. Messed up my sleep schedule but sooo worth it. Got to meet and work with a great group of people.

2009-11-14T19:39:00.001-08:00

Lotus Flower Symbol - The Lotus as a Healing Symbol, Lotus as a Symbol of Enlightenment. http://bit.ly/3mSiky

2009-11-02T02:19:00.001-08:00

Oh, wow. From the same source as Carl Sagan's Glorious Dawn: The Symphony of Science. http://bit.ly/3k4Yzp Thanks @puredoxyk

2009-10-31T13:30:00.001-07:00

Stop Lieberman! Any senator who filibusters the public option should lose their chairmanship http://bit.ly/31uhkO @credomobile Please RT

2009-10-29T15:11:00.001-07:00

Are we going to let Joe Lieberman screw up health care reform? Hell no! Sign
the petition to hold him accountable

2009-10-26T08:24:00.001-07:00

Ah. Feel less undead after my scheduled nap. Off to work!

2009-10-26T06:35:00.003-07:00

That extra nap has me feeling more tired than ever. Totally unfair.

2009-10-26T06:35:00.001-07:00

Ugh. I was shorted on my nap and my core sleep, so I thought I'd grab an extra nap. Big. Mistake.

2009-10-24T20:42:00.001-07:00

Yay, I'm getting to see all my siblings at one time and place. Haven't done that in forever!

2009-10-24T11:40:00.001-07:00

I just told President Obama we need him to FIGHT for a public option. Join me? http://bit.ly/3vTFXz #publicoption #p2 via @BoldProgressive

2009-10-19T05:29:00.001-07:00

The Chakra Diagram - Knowing the Chakras for work with Reiki or Any Energy Healing http://bit.ly/2Ifw8V

A fresh perspective on my back.

2009-10-18T20:51:00.001-07:00

So, my back has been acting up recently. I've taken on some physical challenges and I had back surgery only a couple of months ago, yet I felt it was time. At the same time, it's late in the year, and my spiritual tone is getting harder and harder to maintain.

A while back, a teacher told me that healing after surgery is like mending a broken relationship. I thought I'd smoothed things over pretty well, but I was about to find out I'd gotten the flowers but still wasn't listening :-D

I've recently been teaching a loved one the value of surrender; releasing emotional hang-ups to better stay in the present. With that I'd like to share the following quote:

"Think you the relationship between Master and Padawan is only to help them? Oh, this is what we let them believe, yes! But when the day comes that even old Yoda does not learn something from his students-then truly, he shall be a teacher no more." ―Yoda

I was meditating tonight, noticing the sensations produced by my unhappy back when it hit me. I still have emotional mending to do. I thought I'd just picked up and moved on, but instead I realized that I had basically pretended that (for the most part) it never happened. The other half was that even with that attitude, I was treating my back like it was permanently less than what it was. Putting all of this together, I gave my love to my innerverse, especially my poor back. For so long, it had toiled on, without the love and support of the guiding intelligence (me), yet it continued on and was only now crying for help and attention.

Having come to this realization, I was shocked to realize just how cruel one can be. Here I am trying to refine myself into a light upon the world, and I blithely ignore an entire universe entrusted to me and reliant upon my direction? No more.

I finished my meditation, and also realized that along with the ghost hunting that comes with this time of year, also comes the need to really focus on maintaining my spiritual tone. I spent a while collecting more energy and working on my tone (Water of Life, for those of you in-the-know). After that, and equipped with fresh perspective, I am once again back in the captain's chair.

2009-10-16T02:21:00.001-07:00

Ugh. Core sleep massively interrupted by muscle cramps. To quote a Harold Ramis character, I feel like the floor of a taxi cab

2009-10-15T14:22:00.001-07:00

I just learned that the Mysterious Cities of Gold is available at Hulu! Now we just need to get Spartakus on there, too!

2009-10-14T02:14:00.001-07:00

Polyphasic adaptation day 6. Getting better slowly still. Awoken during core sleep by headache. Took OTC meds for it.

2009-10-13T03:33:00.001-07:00

Polyphasic adaptation day 5. One note: My normal meditation is suffering for now, as I'm in sleep-dep. Practicing mindfulness to compensate.

2009-10-12T04:56:00.001-07:00

Just had my body try to turn the lights out. Evasive action saved the day.

2009-10-12T01:51:00.001-07:00

Polyphasic adaptation Day 4 and not bad. Still tired, though

2009-10-11T02:01:00.001-07:00

Start of Day 3. A new timer insures against oversleep, and I'm doing pretty good with few sleep-dep symptoms. I think my body remembers.

2009-10-10T05:33:00.001-07:00

Day 2 of polyphasic adaptation, and I overslept my core sleep 3 hours, AND I have a headache, AND I'm STILL tired....*growl*

2009-10-09T07:13:00.001-07:00

Almost time for nap #1. Here's hoping the body remembers how this all works, and adapts faster than last time.

2009-10-09T03:14:00.001-07:00

So polyphasic day 1 is underway. Not too bad, but the rough bits are still ahead.

2009-10-06T16:30:00.001-07:00

Check out Keith Olbermann's hour-long special comment on health reform this Wednesday. (Wow!) Click here: http://bit.ly/1Fd2su sign/RT

2009-08-31T14:19:00.001-07:00

I've got the Bad Horse Chorus lodged in my brain and I can't dig it out... @drhorrible

2009-08-31T12:36:00.001-07:00

I've got the Bad Horse Chorus lodged in my brain and I can't dig it out...

2009-08-31T11:06:00.001-07:00

Felling physically better and reuniting with the missus soon! Happy camper.

2009-08-31T10:48:00.001-07:00

omfsm, I've been eating cruddy the last couple days. Got back on my green smoothies today and I'm feeling pumped!

2009-08-31T10:09:00.001-07:00

RT @puredoxyk: Go ye, and harass the 13 Senate Democrats who're holding out on the Public Option! Here they are: http://is.gd/2JAOG

2009-08-31T07:59:00.001-07:00

Vice President Biden Asks Your Help: Why We Need Reform Now - Reality Check: http://bit.ly/8LJ3j #health via @BoldProgressive

2009-08-31T07:55:00.001-07:00

Great new TV ad - longtime Republican voter for the public option. http://bit.ly/2WAEXq #health #p2 #health via @BoldProgressive @DFAaction

Life upside-down? Check. Finding New Balance? Check!

2009-08-28T22:05:00.001-07:00

Forgive the rather free-form nature of this blog post, but there's been lots going on and thus there is a lot to share.

Firstly, some physical updates:

I had been cruising along on my polyphasic sleep setup (Everyman 2-nap) and all was well, except that my midday nap spot was slowly doing Bad Things to my back (For those of you who read the newsletter at energy-healing-guide.com, please forgive if some of this is familiar. Not all of this will be the same). Eventually, the back gave up on my stupidity entirely and decided to Teach me a Lesson. Lucky me.

As such things go, it was a lesson well learned. Several, in fact.

* Reading the safety instructions isn't enough. Safety protocols are there for a reason.
I was closing in on the end of the month-long adaptation period, and my back was starting to hurt at the end. I didn't want to give up when I was so close to a complete adaptation, and that was long enough for my napping spot to finish it's job.

* Pay closer input to the minutia of sensory input.
It's all in the details. I didn't even know what physical agents caused the back problems until I reclined in a car seat. Then suddenly, all became clear. My midday spot was in my car, and the absence of lumbar support, coupled with the awkwardly-positioned sit-up at the end meant that it wasn't a matter of if, but when.

* I really, really, really miss my polyphasic sleep schedule.
PureDoxyK recently published a post (check it out at puredoxyk.com) about the horrors of having to sleep monophasically ("normal", sleep-all-in-one-lump-type sleep) for about a week and a half. I let my body sleep as much as it wanted during recovery phase, and I made a promise to my wife and my body that I wouldn't re-attempt polyphasic transition until New Year's. This would give me time to fully recover and get geared up for the switch. . .

And yet, I find myself wanting to cheat. I find myself thinking things like "Well, I can still take my naps..." or "Well, I can pick up a Siesta schedule, that's not REALLY polyphasic" or "I'm well enough to return to work, so that means I should be well enough to get back into a polyphasic schedule, right?!" Mark Twain divided lies into three categories, I'll let you categorize these as an exercise.

*But for all of that, the real lessons and new understandings have been spiritual and emotional in nature.

To be physically helpless and dependent is not something I've had to deal with. I've always tried to be Mr. Big Strong Stoic Silent Helper Handy Man Person. Yeah. When you're immobilized on the ground and it takes several strong rescue personnel to scrape you off the floor, and wheel you out of the house, it shocks you out of your mental patterns.

So often we imagine that the roles we play and the things that we do, and the personae we put on are ourselves. It's no surprise; we get so used to them, that they take on a life of their own. Through patient work, I've made some progress distilling who I am by noting over and over and over that which I am not. This experience (the immediate and the recovery) was such a shock to the mental/emotional system that I had no real way out but to take a closer look at myself, my body, and the interactions between them.

I've been meditating regularly for well over a year now. It's been of incalculable benefit to me. I used to post content on this blog which was basically self development from a technological perspective. But the meditation practice was such a quantum leap forward that I couldn't write about what I had been writing about, and I didn't have a handy frame-of-reference to describe what was happening. It really is too bad; that would have been some good stuff. But I digress.

My meditation practice went out the window after the injury. No good trying to meditate when you're flat on your back and doped up on pain pills.

Oh, and an aside to anyone who reads energy-healing-guide.com and sneers at me for "selling out" and enlisting the aid of modern Western medicine; you didn't read all the way down to the bottom. I'm very pragmatic: I use what works. I write from experience and personal study and I lay out what has worked and (occasionally) what hasn't worked for me. Modern Western medicine is great for treating the physical stuff. I wouldn't use it as a stand-alone, but I wouldn't really use anything as a stand-alone, so there you go. Thankfully, I haven't gotten any such flames in my inbox yet, and hopefully won't any time soon. Again, I digress.

Not meditating for a month really messed me up. The world was darker. Heavier. The petty things of life became more important until it started to become hard to see anything else. I was aware of what was going on, but I was unsure how to handle the situation or what I could do about it.

During recovery after the surgery, I started watching some suggested spiritual movies. Most notable was "Ram Das Fierce Grace". Yowza. Watch it. If you have Netflix, load it up on View Instantly (after you finish reading and share your thoughts, of course). The true story of a renowned spiritual teacher and how he coped with a much larger version of the same problem. The same kinds of reactions, and how he re-united with his spiritual core... it just gave me a great kick to the complacency.

For the one-two punch, when I shared my experience with the community at energy-healing-guide.com, I was greeted with warm wishes and (in one case) a gentle chiding for not including the community to begin with. The ensuing conversation was a real eye-opener. For those who have read of what Steve Pavlina calls "lightworker syndrome", the story will be pretty familiar: I felt (and still do) that my place was to serve. I incorrectly extrapolated this to mean that I shouldn't be asking for help, thinking that such would be presumptuous and selfish of me. Instead, I walked into selfishness and presumption by not sharing. Not only did I take an interesting dialog off the table, one with discussion of what the various events and situations were doing with mind and emotions, but I deprived a community of healers of the chance to do what their heart yearns to do: help heal others. The twin chance to help someone and sharpen the skills, and I didn't even give them the chance.

But. I live, and I learned. I wound up missing what sounded like a great meditation retreat just last week, but I seem to be getting back into the swing of things, and I'm starting to feel more and more like my true self again.

Biggest lesson of all, perhaps: When life falls apart, take a quick look to see what lies behind and between the cracks!

Until next time,

Namaste

2009-08-26T08:25:00.001-07:00

RT @puredoxyk: The verbalization of thought is not thought; it is an echo of thought.

2009-08-26T08:05:00.001-07:00

Just watched Dr. Horrible (http://bit.ly/2mbcZ9). I can't believe I haven't seen this until now. I've been working on my Evil Laugh for ages

2009-08-17T08:25:00.001-07:00

RT @anachronistiqu3 .. Write the White House and tell them you still want a public option: http://ping.fm/CgPIf #healthcare #hcreform

2009-08-17T08:16:00.001-07:00

Sorry to get up in peoples faces, but this is important. Not to me personally, but to the country as a whole. Too important to screw up.

2009-08-17T07:57:00.001-07:00

RT @huffingtonpost White House Mixed Messages On 'Public Option' http://bit.ly/1616Bj With no public option this health care bill is crap.

2009-08-17T07:56:00.001-07:00

RT @WholeFoods support the public option

2009-08-15T06:08:00.001-07:00

Getting to space without rockets? Oh yeah... http://bit.ly/8RmNM

2009-08-14T13:22:00.001-07:00

http://bit.ly/3hgSe - 18 Days. Looks like a futuristic retelling of the Kurukshtera War (See: The Mahabharata) Awesomeness!

2009-08-12T07:08:00.001-07:00

First day back at work since the surgery. Wish me luck, everyone.

2009-08-10T09:02:00.001-07:00

To paraphrase Mark Twain: The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I yet live. Moreover: I'm back!

2009-07-14T05:51:00.001-07:00

Meditation Quotes - Collected Wisdom on Meditation http://bit.ly/5oZaZ

2009-07-11T01:36:00.001-07:00

Two weeks on Everyman 2-nap. Going pretty good, despite my back giving me grief after the first week.

2009-07-10T05:40:00.001-07:00

Pranayama - Yogic Breathing or Pranic Healing, Using Breath to Draw In Energy http://bit.ly/10BZoH

2009-07-08T04:46:00.001-07:00

Recommended media http://bit.ly/1xtKN

2009-07-06T05:50:00.001-07:00

Free Healing Meditation - Guided Meditation for Healing, Science Fiction Gives A Sliver of Spiritual Truth http://bit.ly/2m2qFK