Story vs. experience, the cost of extra baggage.

Last night we had a great speaker here at the office, Wyming Sun. I love ancient knowledge, true source with little interpretation or commentary. Wyming is a scholar of Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the New Testament.

Lord's Prayer in Aramaic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOACN-sOK3U

He did a talk about The Kingdom of Heaven. All he does is give the translation and the history of the times and define who people are and there position in life. You get to create meaning of the experience. Often we have the facts of an experience or happening in our lives or other lives and add the emotions.

Take the bible. When you go to church or as I go to Teen Challenge where I volunteer. We hear these bible stories from people interpretations. Powerful stories are sometimes used as metaphors or as motivation or as discipline to move us in a certain direction or thinking. This is not bad or good.

We also use experiences, situations in our lives for these reasons. When we attach emotion to these experiences they become our stories. We all have stories in our lives from our childhood, school, work, relationships, and so on. It is our stories with the most emotion in our lives that can block us from being truly free or move us in a direction that we do not desire.

I have stories about being free. That if I am too specific, time lined and measurable, I cannot be free. I have stories about my father and his behavior that have crept into my relationships. I have stories about my business competition or location that effects my business.

These stories are just experiences in my life that I have put emotion to that I use as excuses or guides consciously and unconsciously to create my destiny.

We need to look with a neutral eye and heart at these experiences in our lives and see them, just as they are, experiences. Facts that happened. We need to learn from them not be controlled by them.

We need to drop this baggage or just like the airline we need to pay the price for carrying on.

Check out this funny video that let's us laugh out loud about our life:

http://www.youtube.com/puppetji69

Who is the real puppet? What are some of your stories that have become the puppeteer.

Blessings,

Dr. Steve

Digging Deep

On Fire this morning,

Just worked with Kath for 2 hours this morning on our homework from the David Essel workshop.

Dug in Deep in the area of resistance to change.

We took time in each of these areas of our lives to speak out the strengths and challenges or weaknesses.

Health

Physical Body

Mental

Emotional

Spiritual

Career

Relationships

Then we picked three people to ask these questions to who know us best in our lives. Allowing them to be honest and just listening and writing them down. Feel the resistance as some of these are spoken, these are the gems.

Since Kathy and I picked each other we took time to do it right there. Just do it, do not think how this will make the other feel.

Do this in your life!!

Write down the topics as above and write down at least two strengths and two Challenges in each area.

Then ask two people who know you best and go for it.

Blessings,

Dr. Steve

How I let go if Stuttering

Oh my God,

I have agonised over putting up a video on You Tube for about year. I even had a way to do it with my new computer no additions needed except some guts.

What a funny people we are that we are afraid of certain things that are no big deal to others. There are 10's of millions of You Tube videos out there.

While growing up I had a terrible stutter, I could not even speak to one person at a time. I had a great third grade teacher who made me sit with another student everyday and talk. I skipped out on every oral exam in school through the years, and was sick and missed school often.

It was my fortune that my brother paid for me to go to an Anthony Robbins seminar. I did the Fire Walk experience, of yes 1200 degree coals moving under my feet. That was powerful and so were the two days of Personal Power on the weekend. By far the most powerful day was Monday called Living Health. This change my life and my way of looking at disease and eating as a lifestyle shift.

In the years to follow I became Tony's Chiropractor when he traveled in the Midwest where I was living at the time. I got invited to great workshops that were invitation only. I went to the first Date with Destiny. I sat as a young 23 year old with about a dozen CEO's and many business leaders. I was like, "who I am to be sitting here and who was I to have stayed at Tony's house".

Here is the big moment:

During a trance induction done by Tony and Michael Hadley, they brought us on a journey by airplane, Tony an Air Force jet, and Michael a crop duster.

We filled out forms before starting telling of our like and dislikes, our fears and joys. My biggest fear due to my stuttering was PUBLIC SPEAKING. I hated even answering a question in public.

During this trance induction, Michael Hadley taps me on the shoulder and said, "Steve everyone screws up on a word, you just hang on to it".

Have never stuttered to this day, I still do screw up on words, though do not hang on to them.

What do you hang on to that holds you back from fully being who you are, and fully sharing that with others?

I have gone on to do public speaking to over 500 people at a time. Introduced other speaking in front of thousands, taught workshops throughout the world, had a radio show for 8 years live, and i was still resistant to making a You Tube Video.

Fear of the unknown: we will pick this up tomorrow. Enjoy the video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IdHp63l40

Great Sleep always does the trick

Hey Folks,

I finally got a good night's sleep. Feel great today and got up at 5:30a. I was ahead of the game until I noticed a smell in the kitchen and my poor doggy who is challenged with a spleen tumor had pooped all over the floor. While that got my attention, I was grateful to still have him around.

Started my homework with Kath writing mission statements, intentions, gratitude statements, and action steps. We had done this already with David Essel at the course but Kath was now writing it and I was reviewing it.

We then read a chapter in David's book Slow Down, the fastest way to get what you want. THis chapter was about physical fitness. It brought up the feeling of, I used to weight train years ago. I have now made a new commitment in a new way to start training on July 5th, a new New Year.

In the book they suggest using resistive exercise bands, Kath has used these for many years and will will get two sets of these to start the work. We will do an intense workout of each muscle group which will take about 20 minutes. We will do this 3 days a week and some yoga on the alternate days.

I am stating these out loud to help me be accountable and suggest that you can play along to.

I will find a source for resistive exercise bands and training for you in future blogs.

Love and Blessings,

Dr. Steve

Here is an event coming it at my office:

THE KINGDOM ON EARTH

Wyming P. Sun Aramaic Scholar

Monday June 28th 7-9 PM
Dr. Steve's Office
$10 Love offering Optional

Jesus of Nazareth said his kingdom was not of this world. He set up his kingdom in the only place where it couldn't be overthrown -- in your heart and mine. In the Sermon on the Mount we have Matthew's notes on Jesus teachings -- how to live in peace and joy in this world, how to start your experience of heaven while on the earth.

*Why do the scriptues say, "And opening his mouth, he taught them," when you have to open your mouth to speak.

*Who are the poor in spirit and how are they blessed?

*Why isn't meekness weakness?

*Who are the pure in heart?

*Is it possible to see God?

*Who are the peacemakers and how are they blessed?

These questions and more will be covered in this fascinating seminar taught by Wyming P. Sun, linguist, feng shui master, pupil of Dr. Rocco A Errico. Wyming's talk will be full of telling phrases that will linger in the memory and rise to aid you in your daily living just when you need it most.

Wyming can be contacted for personal work at (646) 713-9184 or housemagic2000@yahoo.com.

Levity is the remedy for gravity in our lives

Questions

1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

6. Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

7. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?

17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?

21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?

22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?

24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?

27. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

Big Daze, Big Knights, Early Morn

Lost my Voice yesterday, if that is not a metaphor.

Still had a full day. Brought Kathy to work at the Gym. Went to my Service or Seva project, taking care of the men at Teen Challenge. I have been going there 1x a week for the last 2 and a half years. I adjust 10-15 men each time I go and get to see the results over weeks and months and see the graduates come back to serve.

These men 18-60 years old and I mean old, have hit the bottom many times. This program which cost nothing to them brings them back from the bottom step by step in a strict program of study and service to God.

They have great success I believe because they put in the time necessary even if it takes 2 years. A 35% success rate in addiction is amazing.

It is hard work each day for these men, that's why it works because they work it.

To donate time and money to Teen Challenge go to: http://www.syracusetc.com/

I brought a friend to AA years ago. Since I stop drinking when I was 22, it was an eye opener to see how addictions ruin people's lives, not only their own.

It made me look at my addictions in life, especially the socially acceptable ones:

What are you addicted to: money, shopping, being liked, internet, phone, texting, food, sex?

Look in life at things you cannot do without, things if I said don't do that for a month would bring up your stuff.

Blessing,

Dr. Steve

Bad case of the dogs.

Had a bad case of the dogs yesterday.

My dog BJ is dying, he has a tumor in his spleen and has gone through many of the same stages my mom went through and many other hospice patients do.

Yesterday afternoon I picked up my younger son at the sitter. I had BJ in the stroller because he cannot walk far. I am watching a dog for a friend, who has become the hospice nurse and sits and hangs with BJ all day. Kathy came along with her new guide dog Sandra.

Picked up V-man, I call my son that and he sat we the dog in his carriage, how dare the dog sit there. He compromised and they sat together.

We were walking back and I pulled out my new flip CAM and made a video of Kathy pushing the carriage with the dogs and V-man, very cute and funny.

I will post it here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzsxLGp1xo

By the way the camera is great. I have convinced Kathy it is on all the time and she is so nice to me. Did you ever think that our higher power, angels and God is always watching. Wow what a concept.

How would you act differently if you were in the eye of a camera all the time?

Think reality show in the beginning and towards the end of the season.

Felt a sore throat coming on last night, resisted the story that this was going to change my tomorrow. Watch Invictus with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Great movie about South Africa and Apartheid and how rugby was a healing force, imagine that. Nelson Mandela used the Invictus to get him through his long prison time.

It was so timely with South Africa hosting the World cup soccer matches and the politics that have come with North Korea, France, USA, and African host countries. This is how the Olympics were born to work out our stuff on the field.

Now we do this blogs and you Tubes.

Here is the poem that the movie name came from:

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley

Fell this in your pure soul and know it is us who see our faults and short comings of our Body, Mind, and Emotions, though our soul is untouched, let this part shine through and be uncovered. Show who you truly are to all. Take steps each day to connect with this soul, and uncover and let it shine.

Blessings to all,

Dr. Steve

So Far soooo Good

Hey Folks,

Woke up got out of bed dragged a brush across my teeth.

I am on my second day of a 30 program from a 2 day Life Coach/Life Mastery program. Up before 6am and sitting down with friend Kath to work on our 30 project, finding the ONE THING that is blocking us or that will move us forward by answering questions and looking deep inside then taking action.

3 steps to manifestation from the book Slow Down by David Essel

Intention

gratitude

Action

My problem was not with any of these three. It was that I was not congruent to focus on these three in a systematic fashion on on topic of subject at a time.

Question for the day?

What is one thing you intend for your life?

How are you grateful in how this already shows up?

What is one action step you can take today to move forward?

These can be used at any time in your day.

With Love and Blessings,

Dr. Steve

Our Deepest Fear

by Marianne Williamson

from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Uncover Your Health from Within

Awesome day to you.

Just finished taking a 12 hour Life Coach certification course to add to my ability to help you uncover your health within.

The trick is to assist you with questions to show you, you have all the answers to your life's questions.

The best advise in within you.

Your body works perfectly. Your mind is clear. Your soul is pure.

It is our job to fill these up.

Question?

What do I put in my Body, Mind, and Soul on a regular basis to create the life i have??

Take a few minutes and answer these question, I would love to hear from you.

Blessings,

Dr. Steve

Article I read today about thyroid.

By Caleb Hellerman
CNN Senior Medical Producer

Flame retardant chemicals found in a wide variety of products may affect the function of the thyroid gland, according to a study published Monday by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), the chemicals are used in television and computer screens, as well as in polyurethane foam for furniture and carpeting.

Researchers examined 270 pregnant women, checking the level of PBDEs in their bloodstream, and the level of TSH, a hormone linked to thyroid function. On average, higher levels of PBDEs were linked to lower TSH levels – which means that women with a high PBDE exposure tended to have overly active thyroid glands. (The lower the TSH level, the more active the thyroid gland).

The study is published in the journal “Environmental Health Perspectives.”

When low TSH is found alongside high levels of another hormone, T4, a patient can be diagnosed as hyperthyroid. In pregnant women, “hyperthyroidism is associated with miscarriage, birth defects and fetal growth problems,” says Brenda Eskenazi, one of the study authors. The TSH levels noted in the study are not enough to warrant a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism, but Eskenazi says the findings are worrisome because the level of PBDEs in the women were fairly typical, compared with levels in the overall U.S. population. She worries that the risk of hyperthyroidism may rise for people with more exposure – such as long-time residents of California, where flame retardants became ubiquitous with the passage of state laws in the 1970s.

Health concerns about PBDEs are not new. In December, the Environmental Protection Agencyannounced steps to phase out the chemicals. Albemarle and Chemtura, two large manufacturers of PBDEs, as well as ICL, a major importer, signed letters promising to end their use in new electronics products by the end of 2010, and in all products by January 1, 2013.

Ray Dawson, an official with Albemarle, questioned the relevance of the new paper, saying most of the chemicals detected are an older type – so-called "pentaBDEs" – that were phased out several years ago.

Eskenazi says the changes are welcome, but says that PBDEs can linger in fatty tissue, and notes that older products with PBDEs will remain in use. “I’m sitting on a couch with foam cushions, right now,” she told a CNN reporter over the phone. “As the foam of this couch continues to disintegrate, I will continue to be exposed to PBDEs. We’ll be living with this stuff for a long time.”