The Comfort Zone Wellness Program was created to assist a group of participants to attain the level 1 to 3 of the Comfort Zone as per the teachings of Dr. Sherry Daniel, Ph D., Founder of the Miracle School and Director of the Heaven based in San Francisco, C.A. & Maui, Hawaii. We incorporated Nichiren Buddhism Principles of Living and Peace Culture EducationTeachings of the S.G.I. International.
In Amazonian culture, there exists a very ancient healing tradition that, at its most basic level, utilizes a panacea of medicinal plants. This practice has been cultivated over thousands of years, evolving as various tribes lived and thrived throughout the different regions of the South American rainforest. The elders learned to use specific plants to heal all manner of illness, and through a very deep, intimate understanding of their immediate jungle surroundings, a symbiotic relationship was formed between man and nature. The tribes were healed, nourished, and guided by the plants, and in turn, these communities nurtured the forests and became keenly aware of each plant’s healing properties.
In this manner, the medicinal plants have been an ever-evolving foundation of these cultures for millennia. This ancient tradition works with both plants that are seen as strictly medicinal - those that work solely on the physical level and can occasionally have psychological benefits - as well as with those that are considered spiritually sacred. Western medicine categorizes these plants as “entheogenic”.
Looking for a new prescription for serious illness? Take eight
intrepid patients, add a team of indigenous medicine men and shamans,
and mix for 30 days in the Peruvian Amazon. Suffering from conditions
ranging from Parkinson's to prostate cancer to diabetes, these patients
are motivated by a commitment to heal naturally and sheer desperation to
end their suffering. Immersed in nature, silence and solitude, shamanic
medicine ceremonies open them to the emotional and psychological
issues underlying their dis-ease. The experienced shamans mindfully
harvest and prepare specific remedies for their patients, with
treatments that include healing songs and spiritual counsel. Entering
the heart of healing in the heart of the Amazon, we find that saving the
rainforest really does mean saving ourselves.
In light of what is now happening around the world, my collaborator,
Ocean Heart and I have decided to create and dedicate this Track of the
Mantra of NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO and our new BLOG “The Healing Power of JOY" to the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones following
acts of terrorism and violence. Ocean Heart is a great teacher, healer
and friend. We have dedicated our lives to the great Mission of Kosen
Rufu, World Peace. It is our great pleasure to share some teachings and
healing technics with you to help you and yours . Let’s all be grateful
for our loved ones and good friends at this time of Thanksgiving.
Namaste
"Integrate wellness into your everyday and your life
will change forevermore" - Joyce Veeramootoo
This is how I end my day and manage to sleep like a baby.
I fell upon this meditation by Deepak Chopra the other day and it is one of the best meditations I have heard in a very long time. If you do not know Deepak Chopra, I invite you to discover him. Trust and let go, believe me it's like floating in a warm hot fragrant bath, soothing and healing voice and beautiful oriental music. Sometimes worries and activities of the stay still echo and ring in your ears at the end of your working day. Meditation is an amazing way to start and end your day a real gift of self love. You will feel refreshed and feed your cerebra with wonderful soothing Alpha Waves. This will rest and refresh you and I am sure most beginners will simply fall asleep, so please make sure your pijamas are on and you are under your covers before you do this. I have often fallen into a very deep sleep in the middle of this type of meditation with all the lights on and fully clothed. Relax and enjoy in the safety of your home and bed or in a quiet area where you will not be disturbed. No need to believe every word he says, simply trust and be aware of how your body is relaxing and letting go of tension. Namaste : )
Deepak chopra - soul of healing meditations
"Integrate wellness into your everyday and your life
will change forevermore" - Joyce Veeramootoo
Through the 1990's. Dr. Massaru Emoto performed a series of experiments observing the physical effect of words, prayers, music and environment on the crystaline structure of water. Emoto hired photographers to take pictures of water after being exposed to the different variables and subsequently frozen so that they would form crystalline structures. The results were nothing short of remarkable.
The Water in you
Considering the human body is composed of 60% water. I think we can connect the dots...
I am glad to
share a great video by Danny Gerean, L.Ac. about emotions and their direct link
to illness. Each emotion has an effect on different major organs of our
body.I believe in this 100% and so have
the practitioners of Ancient Chinese Medicine after 2,500 years of evolution. I
am also happy to share the concept of “Qi” with you as well. The below article was
written by the University of Minnesota.Keeping the JOY and BALANCE in your everyday life experience begins by
eating well, getting a minimum of 7 hours of sleep, avoiding extremes and
focusing on REAL LIFE priorities such as: Health, family, self love and belief
and taking responsibility for your own state of “Happiness” or “Unhappiness”. It’s
like that song by Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry Be Happy” when he says, “Take
your frown off of your face, don’t bring everybody down, keep a smile on your
face” Have you ever heard that no one can make you happy? I have. I believe that we are all responsible for our
state of resistance in allowing the good in our lives and beings. What can make
you happy right at this very moment? Think of something simple like having a
glass of water, taking a deep breath, eating an apple, a piece of dark
chocolate or just making yourself a hot cup of tea or taking a power nap to
better continue your day’s work.Try
this great affirmation by Abraham Hicks: “I am open and receptive to receiving
all that is good”. If you are having trouble letting go, just think as if today
was the last day of your life. How would you like people to remember you and
what would you be leaving behind?
Cultivating
our own state of inner happiness starts with planting a seed in fertile soil.
Is your soil fertile? Are you willing to take the time and patience to love
yourself fully and to become the best “YOU” you can be by clearing all self
imposed judgments, fears and doubts retained by your present self and the past
experiences that influence your present actions and impact your future? Are you
willing to water and grow the seed of happiness in your life garden? I once
heard a beautiful analogy to life.
A wise man said, “If you plant one type
of flower in your garden you will have a field, but if you plant different
types of plant seeds in your garden, you will have a beautiful garden filled
with different types of fragrant flowers and wonderful tasty garden vegetables.”
Unknown
INTERNAL CAUSES OF DISEASE AND THE SEVEN EMOTIONS IN CHINESE MEDICINE
THE CAUSE OF
DISEASE
All emotions
affect the liver and heart plus their organ
Anger:
causes the Qi to rise, Liver
Joy: Slows
the Qi, Heart
Worry: Knots
the Qi, Pancreas and Lung
Shock:
Scatters the Qi, Kidney and Heart
Pensiveness:
Knots the Qi, Pancreas
Sadness /
Grief: Depletes the Qi, Lung
Fear:
Descends the Qi, Kidney
YOUTUBE VIDEO
Internal Causes of Disease and the Seven
Emotions in Chinese Medicine by Danny Gerean, L.Ac.
What is Qi? and (Other Concepts)
Qi is energy in the very broadest sense possible.
Qi is universal.
Qi embraces all manifestations of energy, from
the most material aspects of energy (such as the earth beneath your feet,
your computer, and flesh and blood) to the most immaterial aspects (light,
movement, heat, nerve impulses, thought, and emotion).
Life,
it is said in the Chinese medical classics, is a gathering of Qi. A healthy
(and happy) human being is a dynamic but harmonious mixture of all the aspects
of Qi that make up who we are.
Qi is in a state of continuous flux, transforming endlessly from one aspect of
Qi into another. It is neither created nor is it ever destroyed; it simply
changes in its manifestation.
In
order to talk about the relationships between the various aspects and
manifestations of Qi within a given context, Chinese philosophy employs the
concept of yin and yang.
What are yin and
yang?
In the Chinese perspective, given the importance of "taking
everything as a whole," all things are relative. A thing can be understood
only in relation to something else. This is the essential idea behind the use
of the terms yin and yang.
Yin and yang are terms used to describe relative opposite qualities or
manifestations of Qi. If yin is form, then yang is function. If yin is
material, then yang is immaterial.
Yin refers to aspects or manifestations of Qi
that are relatively material, substantial, condensing, solid, heavy,
descending, cold, moist, cooling, dark, passive and quiescent.
Yang refers to aspects or manifestations of Qi
that are relatively immaterial, amorphous, expanding, hollow, light,
ascending, hot, dry, warming, bright, aggressive, and active.
What is their relationship?
Everything that is yin contains some element of yang, and everything
that is yang contains some element of yin. There is nothing so solid or
material (yin) that does not contain some energetic vibration (yang), and
nothing so kinetic or immaterial (yang) that does not also contain some
material substance (yin). Even light, so Einstein tells us, has mass.
Yin and yang are continuously changing; they constantly adjust to one another,
and are endlessly transforming one into the other in an eternal dance of
becoming. This wonderful concept of change is beautifully illustrated in the
simple image of the "yin-yang symbol."
When all of the yin and yang aspects of Qi are in harmony with one another,
there is health, wellbeing and contentment. When yin and yang are in
disharmony, when there is too much or too little of one aspect of Qi relative
to another, then there is illness, pain and suffering.
After 2,500 years of evolution, TCM has become a very rich and
sophisticated system of rational medicine with a great diversity of theories
and applications. But, in its essence, it seeks to understand and facilitate harmony in human life.
It is based on a very simple principle: any system that is in harmony
tends towards health, wellbeing,
and sustainability. A system that is in disharmony tends towards illness,
disease, suffering, and collapse.
What is a system in
TCM?
A system is comprised of everything that creates and sustains it.
Everything is interconnected and interdependent. If all of the parts of a
system are in harmony with one another, then the whole system is in harmony.
Disturb one thing and you create a disturbance that ripples through the whole
system.
This principle applies to any and all systems. For example, it applies
as equally to a human being as it does to a family, community, or the
environment. So we must take care to consider our actions and to take things as
a whole.
Source:University of Minnesota
Feel free to visit this link to read the complete article
To complete my daily buddhist practice of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, I have incorporated the following two daily meditations by Doreen Virtue, Master of Psychology and Dr. Wayne Dyer for the past 3 months. To tell you the truth I thought they were a little strange at first, but being inquisitive by nature and open minded, I just kept listening and following their meditations and online conferences. I have been following these two amazing teachers, guides and wisdom keepers for the past three years. Today I owe them a great debt of gratitude for their healing teachings and writings. Their teachings have brought great JOY into my life and help me to keep focus, clarity and peace in my every day life. I have decided to share these two meditations with you and trust that you will enjoy and be uplifted by them. Namaste
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CLEARING AND CLEANSING MEDITATION
BY DOREEN VIRTUE, MASTER IN PSYCHOLOGY
I do this meditation daily as I wake and at night before I go to sleep to clear my vibrations and energy. Try it and share your results with me. You will begin to see changes in the way you feel and in what you attract into your life.
AH MEDITATION WITH WAYNE DYER
"Integrate wellness into your everyday and your life
will change forevermore" - Joyce Veeramootoo
Dr. Ikeda, my mentor and President of SGI International has been an
advocate for world peace since the age of 19. He has been nominated by
the United Nations to receive the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. It is my
pleasure to share the 2015 Peace Proposal available online. Please do
not hesitate to share this information and great news with your family
and friends and those of need of inner peace and healing. Namaste
SYNOPSIS
On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of
the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer some thoughts
on ways to generate greater solidarity among the people of the world
for peace and humane values and for the elimination of needless
suffering from the Earth.
The United Nations is working toward a new set of goals to follow the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, last July, the Open Working
Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) released a proposal that
expresses a commitment to inclusiveness, the determination to protect
the dignity of all people without exception.
I would like to discuss three priority themes for promoting the
achievement of these goals and, on a broader scale, accelerating efforts
to eliminate misery from the face of the planet. This was the repeated
desire of my mentor, Josei Toda, and remains the inspiration behind the
activities of SGI members around the world.
The first is the "rehumanization of politics and economics"
making their prime motivation the alleviation of the suffering of
individuals. The most important driving force for this is the solidarity
of ordinary citizens who have raised their voices based on an
unyielding commitment to our collective future.
The second is what I call "a chain reaction of empowerment,"
encapsulated in the idea that a great revolution of character in just a
single individual can help achieve a change in the destiny of an entire
society and make possible a change in the destiny of all humankind.
The third theme is the expansion of friendship across differences in order to build a world of coexistence.
Expanding human solidarity based on a shared concern for the threats
faced by all of us holds the key to the alleviation of human suffering.
The one thing any of us can do at any time to contribute to building
that solidarity is to generate a broader network of friendship through
dialogue.
I believe there should be two prerequisites for the resolution of
global problems at the heart of the creative evolution of the UN as it
marks its seventieth anniversary this year: the participation of all
states and the promotion of collaboration between the UN and civil
society.
I would like to make specific proposals in the following three fields
in which I think there is urgent need for shared action in order to
eliminate the word misery from the human lexicon.
I have been practicing Buddhism for 9 years now. Buddhism is not a religion, but a philosophy and lifestyle transmitting Peace Culture Education. Founded in
1930, SGI International is a non-profit organizationwhich has built Soka
Universities and World Peace Centers all around the world for 85 years now. I am
very grateful for this practice; it’s teachings and the Words of Wisdom my
mentor and the president of the Soka Gakkai International, Daisaku Ikeda. Dr.
Ikeda has dedicated his life’s work to Kosen Rufu, the great mission of peace
on earth and the happiness of all living being. The teachings and values of
Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism have changed and healed my life. It is my great
pleasure to share this practice with you in the hopes that it can help you and yours in
your everyday. Dr.
Daisaku Ikeda has been nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, as confirmed
by a Nobel Peace Laureate. Dr.
Ikeda is also an honorary member of the Club de Rome he has received his 300th academic honor. (Source: Wikipedia)
I invite you to discover more about more about Dr. Ikeda and the SGI by
clicking on the links below.Please do
not hesitate to share this information with your friends and family who may be
seeking healing and joy. Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is for LIFE. Namaste
SGI Buddhist Movement: An Introduction (full-length version)
My healing journey began in 2006 while I was at a friend's house. She was preparing for her evening Gongyo and asked me if I would like to join her. I said yes and I was introduced to the practice of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo also known as Nichiren Buddism. My friend later invited me to a district meeting (local neighborhood meetings in small groups and monthly World Peace Gongyo in a larger group at Montreal S.G.I. Center). I really enjoyed the meetings and finding out more about the Soka Gakkai International Association of Canada. I have been practicing Buddhism for 9
years now. Buddhism is not a religion, but a daily practice and life philosophy, a
lifestyle transmitting Peace Culture Education. Founded in 1930, SGI
International is a non-profit organization which has built Soka
Universities and World Peace Centers all over the world for 85 years
now. I am very grateful for the Words of Wisdom by our mentor, Daisaku Ikeda, for it
has changed my life. Buddhists are said to be Masters at the Art of Living. I am grateful for every breath I take and my life is renewed and refreshed each new day thanks to this wonderful healing practice and I will forever be grateful to the founders of the Soka Gakkai International. Namaste
