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A Cure For Tinnitus?

I subscribe to WDDTY (What Doctor’s Don’t Tell You) and in addition to the magazine they send out a weekly email newsletter which invites readers to suggest remedies for specific readers’ complaints.

Now, I’ve never felt completely convinced by this approach, that is not until today. In this week’s issue was the following story of someone suffering from tinnitus and some readers’ recommendations.

‘Tinnitus: A 56-year-old male is suffering from mild tinnitus and feels it is getting worse.  He’s tried ear candling, acupuncture and Ginkgo biloba, but has seen no improvement.  What do readers recommend?'....

The Power Of Thought

All the powers in the universe are already ours.

It is we who have put our hands before our eyes

and cry that it is dark.

We are what our thoughts have made us;

So take care about what you think.

Words are secondary.

Thoughts live; they travel far.

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind,

it is transformed into an actual physical

or mental state.

We reap what we sow.

We are the makers of our own fate.

None else has the blame, none has the praise.

There is no help for you outside of yourself;

you are the creator of the universe.

Like the silkworm

you have built a cocoon around yourself….

Burst your own cocoon

and come out as the beautiful butterfly,

as the free soul.

Then alone you will see Truth.

In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.

God sits in the temple of every human body.

Swami Vivekananda (1863 – 1902)

How beautiful was that! This amazing poem says it all. It embodies the principles of The Secret and is a great reminder that we are all powerful beings creating our universe. (If you haven’t seen the film yet, get it NOW!)

It reminds us of our greatness and our responsibility. We can no longer play the victim for we are the creators of our fate. It may be scary to start, but it is also totally liberating.

When I received it, I just immediately wanted to share it with everyone. I’m going to print it out and stick it on my fridge. Put it where you can refer to it, to remind you of your true divine nature.

Perfect Timing

I've been playing email tag with Nicola from Automated Marketing Machine. We've been trying to set up a teleconference to talk about the website for about 3 weeks now. It's been a strange catalogue of missing emails. And, finally just not being unable to find a day or time we could both make.

Just for a moment, I was aware of the frustration, I was keen to make some changes to the website and wanted to get things moving. (Oh, me of little faith!)

It wasn't until after I had had my meeting with WENTA, (see my previous blog) that I realised I had needed to have that conversation before my meeting with Nicola. (Faith restored!)

When I still wasn't able to arrange the call with Nicola for this week, it got me thinking....

What else do I need to know before my meeting with Nicola.

Well, I haven't figured that one, yet. But I do know that when you are in the flow, things happen exactly as and when they should. I'm just curious to find out what it might be. So, I'm trusting and waiting with an open mind.

And I know that things happen as and when they should, I've had proof often enough. Today was a perfect example, as I set off for my appointment I repeated to myself the affirmation 'I arrive in perfect time' and couldn't help smiling to myself when I pulled into the address spot on time, to the minute.

Although, it has to be a question of trust. We have to leave it to the Universe. We cannot know when the perfect time is (which is why I don't specify the time I want to arrive). There may be an accident en route, they may have a prior meeting which runs on... So I always ask to arrive in perfect time and trust that it will be so.

Total Eclipse Of The Moon!

What an amazing sight last night - a total eclipse of the moon here in Leighton Buzzard, England! (Thanks Amos for reminding me.)

It was such a clear night that we had the perfect chance to view the moon in its beautiful red colours, surrounded by the velvety sky and twinkling stars. Sorry, I'm waxing a bit lyrical, you need to have been there!

As soon as I stepped foot outside my front door, I came face to face with my neighbours, keen photographers, who already had their tripod set up and were busy filming the whole eclipse sequence. I shall be putting them on my blog as soon as they've sorted the best ones!

The ocean's tides are ruled by the moon and as we are 90% water ...

Cuba: Where All Men Can Dance!!!

The most astonishing discovery I made in Cuba, was that all Cuban men can dance! Their sense of rhythm must be passed on to them at birth. Everywhere you go you see men of all ages and occupations, dancing, and not just dancing, but dancing extremely well!

www.casa-cuba.com/courses.htm

Well, if I hadn't already decided on Spain for my Spanish Fitness Bootcamp, I'd seriously consider moving to Cuba!

Why is it that the vast majority of English men just can't dance. Has the stiff upper lip transferred to their hips.  It reminds me of the film with Woody Harrelson about basketball 'White Men Can't Jump'. And then just today a friend of mine lamented the fact that he has 'white man's hips!'

My reply to that was try Ceroc! Anyone who has been following my blog knows how crazy I am about Ceroc. It's so much easier than Salsa or Jive. Ideally suited for anyone suffering from white man's hips. I've seen even seriously rhythmically challenged men (and women) come to grips with Ceroc.

But back to Cuba...

Cuba Libre

Just got back from Guardalavaca, Cuba. Pure magic! The beach at Guardalavaca was sensational. What makes it different from the rest of the Cuban beaches is the large number of trees that grow right at the shore of the beach. And not just palm trees, but a beautiful variety of tropical trees including centuries’ old mahogany trees.

So when the heat just got too much, I’d move my bed a few feet to the right to enjoy the cool shade of my favourite tree. Lying there gazing at the azure blue sky through the branches was pure bliss! (Initially I did make the mistake of choosing a palm tree, a falling coconut soon alerted me to the danger. Luckily it missed! I shudder to think of the damage it would have caused, it dropped from quite a height.)

The trees didn’t just provide shade, they also provided work for the resident sculptor who was busy transforming the trunks of the dead trees into truly amazing works of art. Juan Carlos is a sculptor and philosopher who attracts tourists and locals alike with his wise words. He is currently working on a piece that is to be presented to Fidel Castro at the Museo de Bellas Artes in August of this year.

This beautiful sculpture reflects his hope for the future, it’s about love and the unity of people and planet. It shows the world with hands reaching out, animals, plants and finally doves symbolising peace. He has modelled the hands using people from different nationalities and I felt truly honoured to be asked to participate.  So my hand now forms part of this amazing sculpture!

Guardalavaca means ‘hide the cow!’ But, just how did it get its name....

Anger Management

Usually when we think of anger management, we think of rage, uncontrollable outbursts and temper tantrums. We think of people like Naomi Campbell, Jade Goody, McEnroe and Becker!

But what happens when people suppress their negative emotions, suppress their anger. I'm sure you've come across the consistently mild mannered person, who suddenly and without warning exploded! And you're left thinking, where did that come from.

A friend of mine recently remarked that the quiet ones were the worst. And, in a way they are, because they are so unpredictable. It's so unexpected that it's quite a shock when they do blow!

The film 'Anger Management' with Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler looks at what happens when you suppress anger. Although it's quite a lightweight comedy, it does have a very important message. Don't keep anger bottled up!

Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is usually a mild mannered, non-confrontational guy. But after an altercation on board a plane, he's remanded to the care of an anger management therapist Dr Rydell (Jack Nicholson) who could probably use some anger management himself.

So what's the best way to release anger safely ...

Is This You???

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking ..

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem .

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Football teams had trials and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

PS -The big type is because your eyes are shot at your age

Human Ice Cubes!?!

If you've been following Celebrity Big Brother, you might have seen the task where they had to come up with a question.

Cleo wanted to know if Stan Laurel was Clint Eastwood's father. Jack wanted to know why he had nipples. But it was Jade wanting to know more about Eskimos that really made me laugh. Only Jade could worry about Eskimos turning into human ice cubes! She had absolutely no knowledge about them at all, except that they lived in igloos. She wanted to know the most basic and down to earth things, like how they could be buried if there is no earth and if they would become extinct (as if they were some strange species of animal).

I have to say I'm not a huge fan of Jade's, but do I find her curiosity truly amazing and very refreshing. Unlike so many of us who are afraid to show our ignorance, she is just so keen to learn about all manner of things, that she justs asks question after question after question. Very much like a young child.

She may not have had the benefit of a great education, but she is certainly making up for lost time with her insatiable curiosity. I think she once said that it's only stupid people who don't ask questions and she's quite right.

While in the diary room, she actually issued a public invitation to any Eskimos out there who would meet up with her to tell her all about how they live!

The Secret

Do you want to know the secret to achieving the life you've always dreamt of?

It's all in 'The Secret'!  If you haven't seen it yet, get it here now.

Like 'What The Bleep Do We Know' it shows us how we are not victims of fate, but that in fact we create our own reality. 'As within, so without!' Whatever is in our mind comes into being. Mmm, a sobering thought! But really exciting at the same time.