Anybody Have a Suggestion?

I am now certified as a Lifestyle Engineer, approved to offer the Virtual Gastric Band Program.  As I've
mentioned, I had this procedure (no surgery!) and continue to shrink!  Because I am so impressed and thrilled, I wanted to be able to offer this amazing program to others.  But, more on that later.  What I learned during the training last week provided subject material for several blogs!  One at a time...

Lifeskills was a personal growth training I took years ago that put me on a completely different path, one with an understanding that what I believe creates my life.  Since then, I've participated in various workshops, trainings, not to mention the mountains of books I've read, that all seem to bring me full circle to - what I believe creates my life.

The message comes in many packages, using different language, but it all comes down to the same thing.  I call it beliefs, ones I accepted to be true based on what I was told, what I read, what I felt, from the day I was born (maybe even before). Lifestyle Engineering uses hypnosis-based language, like suggestions.  Indoctrination is a term used by another personal growth training. These indoctrinated beliefs or suggestions are what the sub-conscious uses to run your programs.  It doesn't always make sense - it's the conscious mind that analyses.  Problem is, the conscious mind can't remember all the beliefs/suggestions we decided were truth.  That's the sub-conscious mind's job.

In Lifeskills, we used experiential exercises to help you remember and look at those beliefs you forgot.  Then, tools were offered to "discreate" those beliefs.  To fill the void, a new, workable belief was provided to create what you preferred.  The question was asked, once, did we really "discreate" it?  Yes and no.  Your conscious mind eventually either forgot it, or, it became so unimportant you just never thought about it again.

During the training last week, I was to give a hypnosis I did not want to do.  I didn't think I could do it and I was afraid,holding back tears.  We had a break just before so I was walking around in circles asking myself "What is wrong with you?"  A memory surfaced. In Lifeskills, I identified that I had a core belief that I was a dangerous person, and that if I did it wrong I could really hurt somebody.  Oh, Yeah!  I hadn't thought about that in years!  My response to the memory:  "I remember.  I also remember that - YOU DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE!"  Pop.  It was gone.  I returned to class confident.

Moral of the story, it doesn't matter if a belief was entirely dis-created.  The good news is that we can convince the sub-conscious to take on a new belief/suggestion, one better to help us create the life we prefer.  There are many ways, many modalities - one is perfect for you.

The experiences and knowledge I've acquired over these past years are a perfect fit for my new services as a Lifestyles Engineer.  The power of suggestion can change your thinking, change your life.  I know, you've heard this before.  Probably cause it's true!

For more information about Lifestyle Engineering and the Virtual Gastric Band Procedure, contact me at the Higher Self Bookstore, (231) 941-5805

The Baking Meditation

As a fundraiser for Kafi, our Tarot Reader Extraordinaire, I decided to have a bake sale.  I don't know how
to do a spaghetti dinner or pancake breakfast, but I do bake and know how to follow a recipe.  The Village Market in Elk Rapids donated ingredients, and my baking "meditation" started last Saturday.

Now, I can meditate sitting, being quiet, and I like it very much.  But I often find that a "doing" meditation gets me the best results when I am looking for answers.  Walking, washing dishes, cleaning house, knitting - the routine lets me be in the present moment and allows my mind to be still.  I must be intentional with this, otherwise I'd just be thinking, thinking, thinking...

I did get some insights as I continued to bake for six days straight - whenever I wasn't at the Higher Self Bookstore.  One that, to me, was huge had to do with my weight-loss hitting a plateau.  I realized that I was holding a belief that if I lost any more weight I'd have nothing to wear! Aha!

So I changed that belief, because it wasn't true - number one.  I also had to give myself permission to shop and spend some money on clothes.  It's okay!  Along with a little hypnosis tweaking, the scale is on the move down once again. I'm a firm believer that what one believes is what one experiences in their reality.  Identify the belief - if it is not working in getting what you want, change it.  If you need help with this, let me know.

The Bake Sale starts today, August 2, and goes until it's all gone.  If you happen to miss it, I have some ingredients left and would be happy to fill an order.  Kafi should be back to the store soon - until she does we are also selling gift certificates for sessions with her at a discounted price.

Meditation doesn't have to be hard, and less thinking gives you a chance to hear what the heart, and Source, has to say.