Musings
Here are some of my thoughts and things I've found worth noting. They speak to issues that have woven them selves into my life in one way or another. Perhaps some of these have also touched your life.
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Scroll down for Energy Exchange, Bal-A-Vis-X, Laws of Manu
Energy Exchange
While living in a culture that is based on seeking the lowest possible price, I've come to the conclusion that we are doing ourselves a disservice. By going for the lowest price we don't value the maker of the product or service we are using and, by extension, we don't value ourselves.
Energy exchange is not a concept we have in our culture. There are other cultures that understand it. The idea of energy exchange is that there must be a balance on both sides of the exchange. If the item/service is important in your life, then what you give in exchange for it has to be of value also.
The energy we put out (in our culture, it is what we pay for an item or service) is returned to us handsomely when we use the concept of energy exchange wisely and in ways that go beyond the usual purpose of the item or service we have bought. The same principle of exchange holds true in relationships.
I have noticed a remarkable change in myself when I’ve purchased services or products and paid “full value.” When something is important in my life, and the persons providing it are getting an equal exchange (money) in return, there is a particular satisfaction in knowing that we are being equally enriched by the transaction. The lesson for me has been that in honoring the energy exchange, I have honored myself, and that has spread into all areas of my life. It has changed how I walk in this world and how I feel about myself in a fundamental way.
For more on this subject read "The Gift" by Lewis Hyde.
Energy exchange is not a concept we have in our culture. There are other cultures that understand it. The idea of energy exchange is that there must be a balance on both sides of the exchange. If the item/service is important in your life, then what you give in exchange for it has to be of value also.
The energy we put out (in our culture, it is what we pay for an item or service) is returned to us handsomely when we use the concept of energy exchange wisely and in ways that go beyond the usual purpose of the item or service we have bought. The same principle of exchange holds true in relationships.
I have noticed a remarkable change in myself when I’ve purchased services or products and paid “full value.” When something is important in my life, and the persons providing it are getting an equal exchange (money) in return, there is a particular satisfaction in knowing that we are being equally enriched by the transaction. The lesson for me has been that in honoring the energy exchange, I have honored myself, and that has spread into all areas of my life. It has changed how I walk in this world and how I feel about myself in a fundamental way.
For more on this subject read "The Gift" by Lewis Hyde.
Dyslexia
In school it took me, on average, three years to complete two consecutive grades. In fourth grade everything ground to a halt. I had no clue what was going on. All I knew was that I didn't understand. One day in the fall I did not want to go to school. After sending me to school because I had no fever, my mother found me walking home as she went out to do errands. At that point she realized that something was seriously wrong and she arranged for me to be tested. The outcome was the discovery that I was word blind (dyslexic). I was given Gesell tutoring, which made school somewhat manageable.
Looking back now that I'm older, I can see the ways in which I was locked in my head. There were a lot of thoughts that didn't find their way out when needed. One of the characteristics of my dominance profile* is that my verbal ability shuts down under pressure. One day in 2008 I got stuck, not being able to hold my own in a conversation that had triggered strong emotions. I realized that the time had come to find a remedy for this problem. I decided to go to Eliza Bergeson for Brain Gym to deal with the effects of dyslexia. In the process of working with her, I was introduced to Bal-A-Vis-X. The Brain Gym helped me overcome some of the triggers. After practicing Bal-A-Vis-X regularly and taking one of Bill Hubert's trainings, I find I'm no longer locked up in my head with things I want to say. I can hold my own in most situations now.
* See "The Dominance Factor" by Carla Hannaford.
Bal-A-Vis-X
Looking back now that I'm older, I can see the ways in which I was locked in my head. There were a lot of thoughts that didn't find their way out when needed. One of the characteristics of my dominance profile* is that my verbal ability shuts down under pressure. One day in 2008 I got stuck, not being able to hold my own in a conversation that had triggered strong emotions. I realized that the time had come to find a remedy for this problem. I decided to go to Eliza Bergeson for Brain Gym to deal with the effects of dyslexia. In the process of working with her, I was introduced to Bal-A-Vis-X. The Brain Gym helped me overcome some of the triggers. After practicing Bal-A-Vis-X regularly and taking one of Bill Hubert's trainings, I find I'm no longer locked up in my head with things I want to say. I can hold my own in most situations now.
* See "The Dominance Factor" by Carla Hannaford.
Bal-A-Vis-X
Laws of Manu
Worth Noting
The following is part of a discussion of a Mother’s curse in Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (p. 199):
Laws of Manu
Women must be honored and adorned by their fathers, brothers, husbands and brothers in-law who desire their own welfare. Where women are honored, there the gods are pleased, but where they are not honored, no sacred rite yields rewards. Where the female relations live in grief, the family soon wholly perishes; but that family where they are not unhappy ever prospers. The houses on which female relations, not being duly honored, pronounce a curse, perish completely, as if destroyed by magic.
The Laws of Manu are a post-Vedic treatise on holy law, composed or collected sometime between the 2nd century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D.
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