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Our preoccupation with materialism in modern society has left a spiritual hole that is being felt across the globe. Students fear for their lives in what should be their safest haven, their schools. In Delhi 4000 students commit suicide each year from stress of fear of failure. It’s time to realize that one more thing in our closets won’t give us the happiness we crave. It’s time to wake up. What we are doing isn’t working. There are encouraging signs that we are seeing the symptoms for what they really are – alienation, loneliness, separation. They are a cry for belonging. In Delhi a representative of the local education department told the Times of India (Nov.30, 2006): “We have observed that there is an increasing sense of worthlessness among kids which forces them to take extreme steps like suicide. And this sense of emptiness has grown manifold over the years as there is no one to give them a good hug, which makes them feel how important they are in someone’s life. We realized that each one of us needs a… magical hug of love to start our day.” So school officials have introduced hugging into the schools! The daily hugging ritual is for students ages 9 to 18 and is limited to same sex. Here is the challenge. Will you take this idea into your local schools and see if they will test the idea. Compare absentee rates, schoolyard bullying or overall happiness rates of the students! What a great experiment we could have. If not you - WHO? – WHEN? – how bad will things have to get before we act? If you accept this challenge, we would like to share your results – email us! |
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Shel Silverstein - “Where the Sidewalk Ends” Hug O War I will not play at tug o war, Nikken, a Japanese company, teaches it staff and associates to hug! Hugs are a big part of the organizations culture. They teach hugging is not - ‘the bear squeeze’ – ‘the stand-off-ish don’t ruffle my make-up’ tap - or the “burp the baby back pat’. Here is what it is! Face the person with whom you are going to exchange a hug. Raise your left hand up and your right arm down by your side. Come together with your left arm over the shoulder of the person you are going to hug. Clasp them lovingly with an appropriate amount of pressure for a few seconds as you exchange heartfelt energies – heart-to-heart. If you don’t think it matters how you hug, then try this. Applied Kinesiology is a form of muscle testing to assess all physical, emotional or spiritual truth. (reference: Dr. George Goodhart, Dr. John Diamond and Dr. David Hawkins) Applied Kinesiology is done like this. Stand facing your partner. The person being tested holds one arm extended parallel to the floor at shoulder height. The test places two fingers on the outstretched wrist. When ready to apply pressure, the tester says resist and applies pressure to the arm. A strong arm is a positive response. An arm that readily moves downward is a negative response. Try this test a few times testing for your name or other physical items. Test for Hugs Now test for hugs. Does it really matter how you hug? Well, your body says it does. Hug someone with the technique described above – left arm up. Do a muscle test. You will usually get a strong response. Next, reverse arms putting the right arm up and the left arm down. Your right arm goes over your partners left shoulder. Test again. You will usually get a weak test. It does matter! When you put your left arm up you are aligned heart to heart with your partner! Congratulations Nikken for making hugging part of your organizational culture! If one organization can do it – all organizations can do it. Take the Hug challenge into your schools and businesses. We can create a kinder, gentler world for all – it can start with a hug! |
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Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate's chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person's illness. As he improved himself, the patient improved. Dr. Len explained that total responsibility for your life means that everything in your life - simply because it is in your life--is your responsibility. In a literal sense the entire world is your creation. Whew. This is tough to swallow. Being responsible for what I say or do is one thing. Being responsible for what everyone in my life says or does is quite another. Yet, the truth is this: if you take complete responsibility for your life, then everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or in any way experience is your responsibility because it is in your life. This means that terrorist activity, the president, the economy--anything you experience and don't like--is up for you to heal. They don't exist, in a manner of speaking, except as projections from inside you. The problem isn't with them, it's with you, and to change them, you have to change you. I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame is far easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I began to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono means loving yourself. If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life. If you want to cure anyone--even a mentally ill criminal--you do it by healing you. I know this is tough to grasp, let alone accept or actually live. Blame is far easier than total responsibility, but as I spoke with Dr. Len, I began to realize that healing for him and in ho 'oponopono means loving yourself. If you want to improve your life, you have to heal your life. If you want to cure anyone--even a mentally ill criminal--you do it by healing you. I asked Dr. Len how he went about healing himself. What was he doing, exactly, when he looked at those patients' files? "I just kept saying, 'I'm sorry' and 'I love you' over and over again," he explained. That's it? |
On INTUITION! What if you suddenly realized you have been going through life with your eyes closed! Wouldn’t it be amazing to open them! What wonders there would be to discover – sunsets – children’s smiles – beautiful flowers!
Let’s teach you how to hug!
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