How to Buy Happiness

                                Spend Money on Experiences, Not “Stuff”, and

                                                            Give to Others!

Many believe a lottery win would change their lives for the better.

As Marci Shimoff shows from her study of the research on happiness, a lottery win does little to increase our long term happiness.

After the initial thrill wears off, studies show people come to their earlier level of happiness, or their “happiness set-point.”

A January 2011 report from CNN shows that many lottery winners actually become more miserable. Some spend it all and go into debt. Friends bug them for money, their social relationships get worse, they lose friends.

A Quebec, Canada woman won multi millions in a lottery, lost it all, lost her friends, family, husband and almost lost her life. She then studied a number of other lottery winners and found that to be the norm.

The CNN report also quotes studies showing that we do increase our level of happiness as our incomes increase…but only up to a point.

That point is about $75,000 a year. After that, it levels off. (From a 2010 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.)

Be a Giver

“It's a common experience that giving away money makes people feel good, and science backs that up. A 2008 study in Science found that people were happier spending $20 on others than they were on themselves. In general, research supports the idea that people feel good when they feel they are making an impact with their money in a personal way and a sense of shame when they are stingy.” –CNN January 7, 20111

Researcher Michael Norton reports on similar studies his team conducted in Canada and Uganda. They got the same results. People who spend money on others felt better and happier.

Further, it was not the amount of money spent that made the difference. Even small amounts given created a sense of happiness in the giver.

The Gallup polling organization also showed a positive correlation between people who contributed to charity and happiness.

Will it work for you and I?

This is where the rubber meets the road. The only way to find out is to experiment.

Your mission, should you decide to accept, is to find a way to give. Remember, it matters not what the amount is. Just ask the question, “What can I do to benefit someone?” Then do it. Notice the result.

Further, when we spend money on ourselves, studies show we get more satisfaction from spending it on experiences rather than things.

‘Not only do going places and seeing things lead to more happiness, but experience-oriented people are better liked by others than those who are materialistic, a 2010 study found.” –CNN January 7, 2011
 

Enjoy the rest of the read,
Matti

In this issue:

The Seven Most Important Tests to Ask Your Doctor for

Why Laughter May Be the Best Pain Medicine

Every Cancer Can be Cured in Weeks explains Dr. Leonard Coldwell

►BOOKS WORTH READING
►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
►FUN

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"And I'd like to give my love to everybody, and let them know that the grass may look greener on the other side, but believe me, it's just as hard to cut." -Little Richard, Singer/Songwriter
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HEALTH

The Seven Most Important Tests to Ask Your Doctor for (According to Dr. Mercola)
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2012/04/27/vitamin-d-and-blood-test-health-factors.aspx?e_cid=20120427_DNL_artNew_1

Why Laughter May Be the Best Pain Medicine
Laughter with friends releases endorphins, the brain's "feel-good" chemicals
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-laughter-may-be-the-best-pain-medicine

Every Cancer Can be Cured in Weeks explains Dr. Leonard Coldwell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgbdNNfotwM

Cure all Illnesses in 3 minutes!!! Spread LOVE not HATE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufVjdvRw4LM&feature=related

How to Stay Young, Part One…Dance!
Matilda Klein, 94-Year-Old Woman, Wows Judges In Ballroom Quick-Step Dance Competition: Don't let "them" tell you you are "old" at 60, 70 or 80. Matilda is a human, you and I are human. We can do this too. You CAN find a way…OR you WILL find an excuse.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/matilda-klein-94-year-old_n_1438273.html

How Stay Young. Part Two: Gymnastics!
Why do believe the lies about being old in our 60s, 70s or 80s???
Video: 86-year-old Gymnast Dazzles on the Parallel Bars
http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2012/03/29/video-86-year-old-gymnast-dazzles-on-the-parallel-bars/

How to Stay Young, Part Three: Music
Music Training Has Biological Impact On Aging Process
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130172402.htm#.T3uECx82dj8.facebook

Do NOT Multi Task: We do NOT do it Well!
Research conclusively shows that we cannot multitask very well. Beyond simple tasks such as folding laundry and watching television, we are often slow, prone to error and intellectually half-asleep when we multitask. And those who do it the most tend to do it most poorly,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gyro/2012/04/18/returning-to-a-new-world-of-ever-present-work/

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WEALTH

Why Warren Buffett is Wrong: Taxing the Rich Will NOT fix the Debt Crisis. It Is Far Larger Than We Thought
Why the political solutions you hear, read and see in the media have zero chance of fixing this.
The National Debt and Federal Budget Deficit Deconstructed – Tony Robbins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboTeS9Okak&feature=youtu.be


Is Iceland Showing Us The Way? Bankers and Politicians Charged. No Money to the Banks, Mortgages Forgiven

In Iceland, the people have made the government resign, the primary banks have been nationalized and it was decided not to pay the debt that these created with Great Britain and Holland due to their bad financial politics, and a public assembly has been created to rewrite the constitution.

And all of this has been done in a peaceful way. A whole revolution against the powers that have created the current crisis.

This is why there hasn’t been any publicity during the last two years: What would happen if the rest of the EU citizens took this as an example? What would happen if the US citizens took this as an example?

This is a summary of the facts:

2008. The main bank of the country is nationalized. The Krona, the currency of Iceland devaluates and the stock market stops. The country is in bankruptcy

2008. The citizens protest in front of parliament and manage to get new elections that make the resignation of the prime minister and his whole government.

The country is in bad economic situation. A law proposes paying back the debt to Great Britain and Holland through the payment of 3,500 million euros, which will be paid by the people of Iceland monthly during the next 15 years, with a 5.5% interest.

2010. The people go out in the streets and demand a referendum. In January 2010 the president denies the approval and announces a popular meeting.

In March the referendum and the denial of payment is voted in by 93%. Meanwhile the government has initiated an investigation to bring to justice those responsible for the crisis, and many high level executives and bankers are arrested.

The Interpol dictates an order that make all the implicated parties leave the country.

In this crisis an assembly is elected to rewrite a new Constitution which can include the lessons learned from this, and which will substitute the current one (a copy of the Danish Constitution). 25 citizens are chosen, with no political affiliation, out of the 522 candidates. For candidacy all that was needed was to be an adult and have the support of 30 people.

The constitutional assembly starts in February of 2011 to present the ‘carta magna’ from the recommendations given by the different assemblies happening throughout the country. It must be approved by the current Parliament and by the one constituted through the next legislative elections.

So in summary of the Icelandic revolution: -resignation of the whole government -nationalization of the bank. -referendum so that the people can decide over the economic decisions. -incarcerating the responsible parties -rewriting of the constitution by its people.
-    Crowz Eye via Debi Samuels

The President Of Iceland Tells Us How He Had The Balls To Stand Up To Britain
Iceland's President twice vetoed legislation that would have forced taxpayers to bail out the country's failed banks. Each time, the legislation then was put before the voters as a referendum and, to no one's surprise, was rejected again. [The banks folded, and their assets were sold. Now the country is in a state of solid recovery. Is there a lesson here for the rest of the world?] Business Insider Posted 2012 Apr 14
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-13/news/31335368_1_icesave-iceland-financial-crisis#ixzz1scVe37Sd

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FREEDOM

Is global warming just hot air? World temperatures have risen by just 0.29C in the last two decades
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2134769/Is-global-warming-just-hot-air-World-temperatures-risen-just-0-29C-decades.html#ixzz1tIBrC4YN

Global warming alarmists debunked yet again by reality
Penguins, Polar Bears, Glaciers, Arctic Ice All Thriving
http://www.infowars.com/penguins-polar-bears-glaciers-arctic-ice-all-thriving/

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BOOKS WORTH READING

The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing for Small Business – Tom Antion.

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

It’s been a great month for movies.

The War Horse
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Moneyball
The Descendants
Toast
The Big Year

Liked them all. Favourites probably Moneyball and Toast as they are based on true stories.
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FUN

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.
Matti

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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." –Rudyard Kipling

“Words have set whole nations in motion…Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.” -Joseph Conrad

This comes from the book “Aspire” by Kevin Hall, a wonderful read; inspirational, powerful and full of love. http://powerofwords.com/

Kevin tells the story of how he was introduced to “The Secret Word.” It is an ancient Hindi word roughly translating to our word “charity” but with a deeper meaning.

The word is “Genshai.”

Kevin’s mentor, an Indian shop keeper in Vienna, explained: “It means that you should never treat another person in a manner that would make them feel small…Genshai means that you should never treat anyone small—and that includes yourself!”

The shop keeper he was taught as a child to “…never look at, touch, or address another person in a way that would make them feel small. If I were to walk by a beggar in the street and casually toss him a coin, I would not be practicing Genshai. But if I knelt down on my knees and looked him in the eye when I placed that coin in his hand, that coin became love. Then and only then, after I had exhibited pure, unconditional brotherly love, would I become a true practitioner of Genshai.”

He asked Kevin to promise he would never, ever treat himself small again.

So…

Your mission for this week, should you decide to accept, is:

Do not think, say or do anything that would make you feel small.

If you have been diligently practicing Protocol #15, you have already begun the process.

Now, it is time for us to pay attention throughout the day about any thoughts, words and deeds that cause us to feel small.

If and when you find a thought that feels unpleasant, here is a technique that works for me: Smile, say to your inner critic: “Thank you for sharing. Now, I choose to replace that thought with (change the negative thought to its polar opposite).”

Here is an example. When I make a mistake and the thought that might arise is: “Of, what an idiot I am for making such a stupid mistake.”

I can catch that thought and respond: “Thank you for sharing. I am human and I make mistakes from time to time. I choose to let go of any negative judgment of myself, learn from the mistake and move on. I choose to feel good about myself. I am a child of God. I am a worthy human being.”

Or I can say: “Why is it so easy for me to learn from my mistakes and feel good about myself?”

“Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.” – Marcus Aurelius
 

Forgiveness thoughts:

Colin Tipping’s book RADICAL FORGIVENESS. MAKING ROOM FOR THE MIRACLE: “Ninety percent of healing occurs when you become willing to let in the idea that your soul has lovingly created this situation for you.”

Tipping believes we create our experiences, both good and bad, for the development of our souls. We attract people into our lives to show us what needs healing. He suggests we express gratitude to the person for showing us the lessons we need to learn.

If we learn the lesson, we don’t keep repeating it. If we don’t learn the lesson, we keep repeating the same scenario over and over again with a different set of characters.

Dr. Robert Enright’s book FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE: A STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR RESOLVING ANGER AND RESTORING HOPE has a 4 step process.
1. Uncover the source of the anger.
2. Decide to forgive.
3. Develop an understanding for the person I am angry with.
4. Notice how the process of forgiveness has changed me now and how it will change me in the future.
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* I have taken up Connie Domino’s protocol for forgiveness from here book THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS. Feels very empowering.

* My book on Joy will be finished soon. Looking forward to sharing joy with others.

Enjoy the rest of the read,

Matti

In this issue:

* How to live to 100 years old as shared by a centenarian

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN: Mammogram Poem

►FINAL WORD: The Sadness of Maxin Gorky on visiting the US

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Quotes:
 
"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." 

                                                                                        — Sarah Bernhardt
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HEALTH

How to live to 100 years old as shared by a centenarian
At 102 years old, Katharine Weber is still seeking out new adventures. Find out the eight secrets to a longer, healthier and fuller life
http://www.chatelaine.com/en/article/36333–how-to-live-to-100-years-old-as-shared-by-a-centenarian

Scientists Cure Cancer, But No One Takes Notice

with a common chemical called dichloroacetate (DCA), but this fact is ignored in the news and by the medical industry because DCA cannot be patented. [This is exactly what happened with the use of Laetrile in the treatment of cancer, as illustrated in the book, World without Cancer by G. Edward Griffin.]
http://www.moneytrendsresearch.com/scientists-cure-cancer-but-no-one-takes-notice/

Cancer Recoveries Stories
This documentary tells the story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski who developed a treatment for cancer that produced thousands of recoveries for patients who had been given up by orthodox medicine. [It also shows how the federal government has harassed him and continues to try to close down his clinic. Watch the full movie here.]
http://vimeo.com/24821365

Chronic Future: Killing Cancer (The Dr. Melamede / Rick Simpson Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsN6dhhFaao&feature=share

Laughter Yoga: An alternative therapy to cure cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8NjoARCQk&feature=youtu.be

Is sugar toxic?
A prominent doctor who treats childhood obesity believes the high amount of sugar in the American diet is killing us. And, as Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports, new studies seem to support his theory that sugar is toxic. Watch 60 Minutes, Sunday April 1 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. (Available on 60 Minutes Website)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403782n

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WEALTH

Is happiness the secret of success?
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/19/opinion/happiness-success-achor/index.html

How Service is a Route to Happiness
Jack Canfield on Gratitude
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnnjAxZ5K2s&sns=fb

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FREEDOM

Happiness Makes Your Brain Work Better

http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/happiness-makes-your-brain-work-better.html

3 misperceptions that are killing us now
A misperception of the world can kill you." -Bruce Lipton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Pj5LiJ5KLIk

Living proof exercise works

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7393241n&tag=api&fb_ref=belowVideo&fb_source=home_oneline

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BOOKS WORTH READING

Awakening Joy. –James Baraz, Shoshana Alexander.
http://www.awakeningjoy.info/bookAwakeningJoy.html

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

The Way. Starring Martin Sheen, directed by Emilio Estevez.
http://theway-themovie.com/

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FUN

Mammogram poem
For years and years they told me,
Be careful of your breasts.  
Don't ever squeeze or bruise them.
And give them monthly tests.

So I heeded all their warnings,
And protected them by law.
Guarded them very carefully,
And I always wore my bra.  

After 30 years of astute care,
My gyno, Dr Pruitt,
Said I should get a Mammogram
"OK," I said, "let's do it."

"Stand up here real close" she said,
(She got my boob in line),  
"And tell me when it hurts," she said,
"Ah yes! Right there, that's ine."

She stepped upon a pedal,
I could not believe my eyes!
A plastic plate came slamming down,
My hooters in a vice!

My skin was stretched and mangled,
From underneath my chin.
My poor boob was being squashed,
To Swedish Pancake thin.

Excruciating pain I felt, Within it's vicelike grip.  
A prisoner in this vicious thing,
My poor defenseless tit!  

"Take a deep breath," she said to me,
Who does! she think  she's kidding?!?
My chest is mashed in her machine,
And woozy I am getting.

"There, that's good," I heard her say,  
(The room was slowly swaying.)
"Now, let's have a go at the other one."
Have mercy, I was praying.

It squeezed me from both up and down,
It squeezed me from both sides.
I'll bet SHE'S never had this done,
To HER tender little hide.

Next time that they make me do this,
I will request a blindfold
I have no wish to see again,
My knockers getting steam rolled.

If I had no problem when I came in,
I surely have one now.  
If there had been a cyst in there,
It would have gone "ker-pow!"

This machine was created by a man,
Of this, I have no doubt.
I'd like to stick their balls in there,
And see how they come out!!

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FINAL WORD:

“It happened that one of the great Russian novelists, Maxin Gorky, visited America. He was shown all kinds of things that Americans have devised to entertain themselves, to get lost in. The man who was directing the tour was hoping that he would be very happy. But the more Maxine Gorky was shown around, the more unhappy and sad he looked.

             The guide asked him, ‘What is the matter? Can’t you understand?’

            Maxin Gorky said, “I can understand—that’s why I am feeling sad. This country must be joyless; otherwise there is no need for so many entertainments.’

            Only a joyless person needs entertainment. The more joyless the world becomes, the more we need the TV, films, tinsel towns, and a thousand and one things. We need alcohol more and more, we need new kinds of drugs more and more—just to avoid the misery that we are, just not to face the anguish that we are, just somehow to forget it all. But by forgetting it nothing is achieved.

            So joy is to enter into your own self. In the beginning it is difficult, arduous. In the beginning you will have to face misery; the path is very mountainous. But the deeper you enter into it, the greater the payoff, the greater the reward.”

-Osho JOY, THE HAPPINESS THAT COMES FROM WITHIN.

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.
Matti

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How to Retain and Improve Your Memory

Some folks start worrying or getting concerned about their memory when they get into their 50s or 60s.

Believe it or not, there is nothing to worry about.

This is another example of conditioning or programming (I dare not call it brainwashing, of course).

We have messages implanted in us over a lifetime that we can get forgetful at this age. (I hesitate to call it ‘old age’ for obvious reasons; if Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara can have a fulfilling life in his late 90s, why can’t we? Then our 60s is ‘middle age.’)

Understandably, some folks can be concerned, especially if there is a history of dementia in the family.

Let’s dissect this fear into its component parts and see what we have.

First, the fear of dementia “running in the family,” if my mother/father/uncle/aunt had this, it must be in my DNA or genetic makeup.

Illnesses/conditions/diseases have very little genetic component, despite the general belief in the power of family genetic makeup.

Genetics or DNA make up maybe 5 or 10% of the reason for a predisposition to any condition, be it cancer, diabetes, heart disease or Alzheimers. Your doctor may not agree with that statement, but that is the thinking among many in the “natural healing” community.

Further, we can actually influence and even change DNA with habits, practices, lifestyle decisions, food, supplements, exercise, meditation, positive mental imaging and the list goes on.

In other words, WE ARE NOT VICTIMS.

We can choose to have power.

So, even if the entire family succumbed to mental derangement and/or dementia, that is not a final sentence for us!

We can choose to learn what tools, techniques and practices can avert that sentence.

You may think: “Come on! I have eyes to see. Can’t you see families where mom and dad and all the children are overweight? That’s gotta be in the genetic makeup.”

There is a simple answer to that: They are all eating the same, exercising the same, thinking the same and that may have nothing to with DNA, just lifestyle decisions passed on from the parents.

Secondly, if we closely analyze it, we may find that we are not any more forgetful than we were in our 20s, 30s or 40s.

But we have been bombarded with information that suggests we lose memory in our “old age.”

So, we notice that we walk into a room and forget why we are there. “What did I come in here for??”

Guess what? We did that all through our lives, even in our 20s. We just never thought anything about it.

It is only because of the pervasive messages all through our lives that we have come to believe:
•    Old people lose memory (and other faculties) and therefore,
•    Because we are getting older, we must be losing memory,
•    We then are on the alert and looking for examples of memory loss,
•    When it happens (as it has happened all through our lives), we believe we are on an inevitable decline of our mental faculties,
•    We then get concerned,
•    We then become more alert, and:
•    Lo and behold, we find more examples,
•    We get more concerned,
•    And this becomes a downward spiral or self-fulfilling prophecy,
•    We now have been enrolled in our own “memory loss program.”
•    Whatever we focus on grows, especially if we focused on it with emotion!
•    We are now well on the way to buying into the fiction that we are getting older,
•    We start acting older,
•    We notice we are acting older,
•    We believe we are getting older (of course we are, but I mean older and weaker and losing our faculties),
•    We don’t like it (we inject emotion into the mix),
•    Focus on something with thought with emotion and what do we get?
•    We get what we focus on!

And all because we have been taught/conditioned/programmed (I dare not say brainwashed) to believe we lose faculties as we age. So, we are on the lookout, find examples, then focus on those examples and cause them to grow.

Solutions?

Use it or lose it!

Try Kim’s Game.

Rudyard Kipling, the English author, came back with this from India, I believe. We would practice this in Boy Scouts.

One person takes about 20-24 items, places them on a table. These can be everyday stuff: a pen, a card, a book, a key, a wallet, a computer mouse, a calculator, a cup, a pen knife, a saucer, a piece of chalk. It matters not what the items are.

Then the person lays a table cloth over the items.

The subject then comes to the table. Person one removes the table cloth for 60 seconds. The subject tried to memorize as many of the items as possible.

Most humans can remember 7 items, give or take a couple. That’s normal.

As we play the game more and more, we may find we can remember more and more of the items on the table.

I can’t remember now how many I got up to (ho ho…can’t remember, get it?)

This game ties right in with the brain’s neuroplasticity that we covered in Tip # 15 of "108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health." If you have not subscribed yet, now is a good time. http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

The more we exercise the brain, the more we increase its capacity.

In fact, by now proactively focusing on increasing memory function, we are focusing on the positive memory function and taking away our learned tendency to focus on memory loss and focusing on memory increase.

Whatever we focus on grows.

You may have heard of Harry Lorayne, a memory expert and also a magician. Here is part of the entry in Wikipedia:

“To demonstrate his memory, Harry Lorayne would stand beside the president of the club he was visiting and be introduced to each member. The number of members of a club could reach up to 1,500. After an hour and a half, Lorayne would speak about memory for about 20 minutes and then ask if anyone had a question. He promised that he would pay any questioner whose name he could not remember a thousand dollars. He always remembered the names of every member of the audience…

In 1961, Lorayne published a book called Secrets of Mind Power. The book tells readers how to improve their thinking skills for success. In Chronicles, Volume 1, Bob Dylan writes that he read Lorayne's book shortly before breaking through as a music star after finding it in the book collection of a friend.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lorayne

We are all humans. If one human (Harry Lorayne), can do that, why do we believe that we can’t?

In 2007, Lorayne published “Ageless Memory: Simple Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young.”

We may not get to his level, but surely focusing on reading a book like his is better than wallowing in the self defeating thought patterns and practices of believing that we are doomed to dementia.

Your mission, should you decide to accept, is to:

1)    Play Kim’s Game with a friend, and or:
2)    Get Harry Lorayne’s book, read, digest and practice.

And: HAVE FUN WITH IT. Life’s too short not to have fun.

Colin Tipping’s book RADICAL FORGIVENESS. MAKING ROOM FOR THE MIRACLE: “Ninety percent of healing occurs when you become willing to let in the idea that your soul has lovingly created this situation for you.”

Tipping believes we create our experiences, both good and bad, for our for the development of our souls. We attract people into our lives to show us what needs healing. He suggests we express gratitude to the person for showing us the lessons we need to learn.

If we learn the lesson, we don’t keep repeating it. If we don’t learn the lesson, we keep repeating the same scenario over and over again with a different set of characters.

Dr. Robert Enright’s book FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE: A STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR RESOLVING ANGER AND RESTORING HOPE has a 4 step process.

1. Uncover the source of the anger.

2. Decide to forgive.

3. Develop an understanding for the person I am angry with.

4. Notice how the process of forgiveness has changed me now and how it will change me in the future.

Law of Forgiveness/Law of Attraction Action Plan

1. Topic for desired goal (money, relationships, business, health)

2. Affirmation (afformation) for the goal. Measurable with a goal date.

3. Affirmation for any blocks

4. To do list for making the desire manifest (include “I state my affirmations ______times a day…minimum of 3)

5. Synchronicities which prove your desire is manifesting. Make note.

6. Date/time that the desire manifests and how I felt when it did.

This is best for 1-3 goals at any one time.

Enacting the Law of Forgiveness.

Make list of those I would like to forgive.

Find a quiet space.

Visualize the person in my mind’s eye.

State the forgiveness affirmation.

Healthy At 100: How You Can, At Any Age, Dramatically Increase Your Life Span And Your Health Span

The lack of love is a greater risk to our health and longevity than smoking.

John Robbins is the son of Irv Robbins, co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire. In the late 60s, John turned down the opportunity to follow in father’s footsteps and take over the empire. In his words, he did not think the world needed a 32nd flavour of ice cream.

John and his wife moved to Saltspring Island off the coast of BC, built a log cabin and held massage workshops. That’s where I first met them, attending their workshops. They taught me much about life.

In the 80s, John wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book “Diet for a New America.” http://www.amazon.com/Diet-New-America-John-Robbins/dp/0915811812

“Healthy at 100” was published in 2006 and is a study of how to live a longer and, more importantly, a fuller live.

Referencing a 1973 National Geographic research project into four societies whose members lived healthy, happy lives into their 80s, 90s and 100 and beyond, John discovers the root causes of their longevity and happiness.

Diet and exercise play important parts as you might imagine, but another discovery bears emphasis. That is:

The lack of love is a greater risk to our health and longevity than smoking.

In a time when we in our so-called civilized society cast our elders into the oblivion of loneliness in “rest homes,” the wisdom from these societies can help us to create a more fulfilling and healthy life.

Imagine a life where you have more joy, energy, health and happiness in your 80s, 90s and beyond than you had in your 20s and 30s.

This is the potential of the simple practices from John’s book that anyone at any age can choose to incorporate into their lives.

Okinawa is one of the four long-lived societies studied. (The others are Vilcabamba in Peru, Abkhazians in Georgia and the Hunzas.)

Here is a story from the book:

“A KARATE MASTER AT 96

Okinawa is the birthplace of karate. It is also the home of Seikichi Uehara, who at the age of 96 was still teaching a rare karate-like martial art (mutubi-unundu). And he wasn’t only teaching: he was still extraordinarily proficient, as he demonstrated on January 1, 2000.

On the first day of the new millennium, Seikichi Uehara, only four shy of 100, was featured in a New Year’s Day boxing match that was televised throughout Japan. His opponent was Katsuo Tokashiki, a thirty-nine-year-old former World Boxing Association flyweight champion, also from Okinawa. Quite a spectacle unfolded.

The bout began with the young boxer, nearly sixty years the junior of Seikichi Uehara, punching powerfully and repeatedly at the elder martial artist. But his blows never landed. The old master, displaying amazing flexibility and agility for a man his age, kept evading every punch the younger man threw at him. Deftly twisting and turning, he managed to avoid the lightning fast blows of the powerful former world champion boxer. This continued for more than twenty minutes, during which time the older man never sought to strike a single blow. The young boxer, Tokashiki, was becoming increasingly exasperated and fatigued.

Eventually, a moment arrived when Tokashiki dropped his guard. At that instant, the Okinawan elder martial artist deftly landed one quick blow, knocking the boxer off his feet, and the match was over. It was the first and only punch of the match.

As the young boxer left the ring in a daze, he kept shaking his head in disbelief, muttering, ‘I can’t believe it! The old man beat me! I couldn’t hit him!’

Tokashiki was stunned, but not injured. It was clearly the intent of the elder martial artist to defeat but not hurt him. The philosophy of the martial art of mutubu-unundi teaches avoiding confrontation, and calls for striking only after all other options are exhausted.

When Seikichi Uehara later spoke of the match to researchers conducting the Okinawan Centenarian Study, he laughed and said, ‘It was nothing. He was just too young and had not yet matured enough to beat me.’

The performance of this ninety-six-year-old man presents quite a contrast to the prevailing experience of aging in the West, where most people think it inevitable that as they age, their muscles will weaken, their reflexes slow, their eyesight deteriorate, and their physical coordination plummet. Seikichi Uehara is no doubt extraordinary even by Okinawan standards, but his example speaks vividly of the human potential for healthy aging.”

This is just one of many inspirational stories in John’s inspirational book.

There were some surprising revelations. One is a study indicating that taking calcium does basically nothing to prevent osteoporosis. What does do the trick is weight bearing exercise.

This is one book to read and digest and thoroughly enjoy.

There is also a companion website with many resources: http://www.johnrobbins.info/

Matti Anttila
July 8, 2007 updated March 8, 2012
 

                                                      Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

How Happiness Can Lead to Success

A 5 Part Protocol to Increase Happiness, Joy and Productivity

For those of who are acculturated (fancy word for conditioned/programmed/trained, I-dare-not-say-brainwashed) into seeing science as the be all and end all and final arbiter of proof:

The Harvard Business Review did a cover story titled: The Value of Happiness. How Employee Well-Being Drives Profits.

Happiness is not a sometime, frivolous thing to be pursued on the weekends while we keep our noses to the grindstone during working hours. Happiness can make business and work more productive, effective and profitable!

Shawn Achor, who spent nearly a decade at Harvard University, now delivers “happiness trainings” in over 40 countries. His “TED Talk” on Youtube on “The Happy Secret to Better Work” has over 800,000 views.

http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

As you will note from his presentation, his work on happiness is backed up by scientific research. He says our model for happiness is broken. We work in order to be successful so we can be happy. This model, contends Achor, does not work for this reason: every time we have a success, we move the goal posts. If we get a good job, we want a better one. If we get a good house, we want a better one. So we never reach happiness with this model.

Instead, if we find away to be happy first, then success in work and business is easier. “Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy level rises…every single business outcome improves. Your brain…is 31% more productive…you’re 37% better at sales…”

Reversing the formula and putting happiness before success has been shown scientifically according to Achor to improve our success potential…while being happy. The dopamine that fills out system when we are positive has two functions. It makes us happier and “It turns on all the learning centers in your brain allowing you to adapt to the world in a different way.”

Here are his 5 practices to increase happiness, to train our brains to become more positive. “In just a two minute span of time, done for 21 days in a row, you can actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to work more optimistically and more successfully.”

Here is the “brain rewiring formula:”

1.    Write down 3 new things you are happy for every day for 21 days. In his research with companies, Achor found that at the     end of 21 days, the brain starts to retain the pattern of scanning the world not for the negative, but for the positive.
2.    Keep a “Gratitude Journal.” Journaling about one positive experience in the last 24 hours allows our brain to relive it.
3.    Exercise teachers our brains that our behaviour matters.
4.    Meditation allows our brains to focus on the task at hand and not fall into the culture of “multi-tasking.”
5.    Random acts of kindness: send one email of praise or support every day for someone in our social support network.

Achor tells us that by doing the above 5 practices, we can create ripples of positivity and a “real revolution.”

His “TED Talk” on Youtube on “The Happy Secret to Better Work:”
http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html

His website: http://www.shawnachor.com/

Other Articles In this issue:

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN If Dr. Seuss Studied Abraham Hicks and the Law of Attraction

►FINAL WORD: Tyler Perry on Success

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Quotes:
 
"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it." – Pearl Buck 1892-1973, Winner of both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for her writing.

"To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world." – Santayana

"Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends soley upon what you think."
-    Dale Carnegie

"Happiness depends upon ourselves. To live happily is an inward power of the soul." — Marcus Aurelius

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy." — Guillaume Appollinaire

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HEALTH
Does waking up earlier mean waking up happier?
http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/does-waking-up-earlier-mean-waking-up-happier-.html

How MS Responded Positively To 29 Days Of Giving: How Giving Can Change Your Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdH8xZ6eer8&feature=youtu.be

Loving Yourself is the Most Powerful Thing You Can Do –Louise Hay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkVzn9drSKs

Boost Your Youth Hormone by 771% in Just 20 Minutes
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2012/02/10/phil-campbell-interview.aspx?e_cid=20120210_FNL_art_1

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WEALTH

Sleeping Your Way to Success
http://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep.html?source=facebook#.T05MAVYngl5.facebook

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FREEDOM

"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage." -Thucydides

Ho’Oponopono to Clear Emotional Blocks
http://www.energeticforum.com/personal-development/1766-hooponopono-clearing-blocks.html#17244

 
Top 10 Media Manipulation Strategies – Noam Chomsky
http://theinternationalcoalition.blogspot.com/2011/07/noam-chomsky-top-10-media-manipulation_08.html?spref=fb

What is missing from this list, possibly because it is so all pervasive (the fish is the last to know about water) is this: competitiveness. Continually, we are bombarded with sports analogies. Witness the pervasiveness of sport in our culture.

It programs us to believe in scarcity, in the zero sum game or the win-lose model. It is so much in our face that perhaps even Noam Chomsky has not noticed. This deeply embedded belief in the zero sum game is at the root of much of our problem.

It supports our belief in scarcity and in the belief that there is something "out there" that is out to get us, be it terrorists, a collapsing environment, someone competing for our job and it goes on and on. Sport is often held up as a positive influence for good and it is exactly the opposite.

It supports and nourishes aggression in us rather than cooperation.

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BOOKS WORTH READING

The Law of Forgiveness – Connie Domino
www.thelawofforgiveness.com

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

Pina: A tribute to choreographer Pina Bausch. Director:
Wim Wenders  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440266/

Two to stay away from: Tree of Life and Bridesmaids. You may like them. I did not.
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FUN
If Dr. Seuss Studied Abraham Hicks and the Law of Attraction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWvx6avs6A

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FINAL WORD:
Tyler Perry on Success http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyD7ox4HY74&feature=share

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.
Matti

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A Garden of Eden in Hell: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer

by Melissa Muller, Reinhard Piechocki

(Video interview with her at the end)

Alice Herz-Sommer was born in 1903 in Prague–the Prague of the Hapsburgs and of Franz Kafka, a family friend.

Musically very gifted, by her mid-teens Alice was one of the best-known pianists in Prague. But as the Nazis swept across Europe her comfortable, bourgeois world began to crumble around her, as anti-Jewish feeling not only intensified but was legitimized.

In 1942, Alice's mother was deported. Desperately unhappy, she resolved to learn Chopin's 24 Etudes–the most technically demanding piano pieces she knew–and the complex but beautiful music saved her sanity.

A year later, she, too–together with her husband and their six-year-old son–was deported to a concentration camp. But even in Theresienstadt, music was her salvation and in the course of more than 100 concerts she gave her fellow prisoners hope in a world of pain and death.

This is her remarkable story, but it is also the story of a mother's struggle to create a happy childhood for her beloved only son in the midst of atrocity and barbarism.

Of 15,000 children sent to the camp, Raphael was one of the 130 who survived. Today, Alice Herz-Sommer lives in London and she still plays the piano every day.

If you buy this book from my site, I make enough for a latte…which I will probably spend on green tea: http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

This is amazing. An interview with a 108 year old survivor of a concentration camp.

Her mother taught her two things: Learn, learn, learn and be thankful. She says everything is a present.

"I was always laughing."

"Smiling helps a lot."

"Hatred eats the soul of the hater not the hated."

"I know about the bad, but I look for the good things."

At 108 years old Alice Herz Sommer lives by herself in a tiny London flat without assistance. She practices piano three hours a day.

Lessons in joy, health and longevity from a true wise elder.

Tony Robbins interviews her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTwnlW5lscg

You can get the book here: http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

Is there more to the Law of Attraction than we’ve been taught?  What if you could harness this power to make your dreams come true?

THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS by Connie Domino plugs into the transformative power of forgiveness, the fastest way to attracting what you want and making your goals a reality.

Author Connie Domino makes the case that forgiveness has the power not only to bring peace of mind to the forgiver, but also pave the way to reach our goals faster and more effortlessly.

She takes us through a step by step process to achieve this peace of mind by forgiving everyone in our lives, including ourselves.

“Just like the Law of Attraction, the Law of Forgiveness is a spiritual or social law that involves the exchange of energy,” says Domino. “And spiritual laws can be used in a positive way to affect the physical or material world.”

Through 10 easy guidelines, Domino teaches a simple affirmation technique people can use to forgive others, for others to forgive them and for self forgiveness

“Lack of forgiveness can be blocking goals and dreams from manifesting in every area of your life. When you are hung up on negative issues from your past, that negativity is like a barrier that blocks positive energy and prevents good things from coming your way,” says Domino.

“The technique I teach for using the Law of Forgiveness can move energy so fast some people have manifested goals in minutes or hours. They don’t just feel better, their material goals also come true.”

I highly recommend this book as there are ways to use the Law of Forgiveness to heal our relationships. There are also specific action plans for reaching relationship and other goals as well as using forgiveness to reach higher consciousness and live our best lives.

You may choose to buy the book from Amazon though my site. If you do so, I make enough for a latte, which I will likely spend on green tea. http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

 -Matti Anttila

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Connie Domino, M.P.H., R.N., is a nationally-acclaimed life coach, author, trainer, registered nurse, support group facilitator, motivational speaker, and clinical assistant professor who teaches public health nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Raleigh with her family. Visit her website at www.thelawofforgiveness.com.

THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS: Tap Into the Positive Power of Forgiveness—and Attract Good Things To Your Life

Connie Domino, M.P.H., R.N.

Berkley Trade Paperback Original

ISBN: 978-0-425-22995-8

Visit us on the web at www.penguin.com

 Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

The Cure for Cancer

The Fear, The Dread, The Cover-up and The Cure

Now that Facebook is here, I am noticing a number of posts about cancer among my FB “friends.”

There are very sad stories about folks who have lost loved ones and about loved ones who are still suffering.

It is beyond sad, it is a tragedy.

The so called “War on Cancer” has produced only the result of more cancer than ever and a huge cancer research business.

Those who have long time readers of my Mastery Newsletter already have read more than a few times about the cancer cure cover-ups. For you, this is a review and an “inoculation” if you will, against the rampant propaganda about this nutritional deficiency.

Cancer is a Nutritional Deficiency.

For that is what cancer is. Simply put, it is similar to scurvy.

When the discovery was made that adequate amounts of vitamin C prevented scurvy, it took almost a century before that information was applied to cure and prevent scurvy.

While there have been a number of practitioners who have had success with cancer, it was in the 1970s that the discovery was made at the Sloan-Kettering Institute that vitamin B-17 prevented and cured cancer. That cancer was a nutritional deficiency of this nutrient that is not consumed to any great extent in our modern society.

What follows are the highlights from the research conducted by author G. Edward Griffin into how that discovery was made and its subsequent cover-up.

Enjoy the read,

Matti

SPECIAL REPORT: WORLD WITHOUT CANCER

Cancer is a nutritional deficiency.

Just as scurvy is easily avoided by ensuring adequate vitamin C consumption, so cancer is just as easily avoided by ensuring an adequate supply of vitamin B-17.

This is the theme of a book by G. Edward Griffin.

Disclaimer: This article is authored by an independent researcher, not a doctor. This is presented for information purposes only, not medical advice. You are advised to take responsibility for your own health, decisions and treatment by seeking the advice and/or supervision of qualified health-care professionals who are specialists in their field.

“With billion of dollars spent each year on research, with other billions taken in on the sale of cancer-related drugs, and with fund-raising at an all-time high, there are now more people making a living from cancer than dying from it. (Italics and bolding mine) If the solution should be found in a simple vitamin, this gigantic industry could be wiped out overnight. The result is that the politics of cancer therapy is more complicated than the science.

WORLD WITHOUT CANCER blazes the trail into unexplored territory and reveals how science has been subverted to protect entrenched commercial interests. It delivers the kind of impact that could topple and empire; and perhaps it will.”

–from WORLD WITHOUT CANCER by G. Edward Griffin.

More from the book:

“The purpose of this book is to marshal the evidence that cancer is a nutritional deficiency disease. It is not caused by a bacterium, virus or mysterious toxin but by the absence of a substance that modern man has removed from his diet. If that analysis is correct, then the cure and prevention of cancer is simple. All that needs to be done is to restore that easily obtained and inexpensive food factor to our daily meals.”

That substance is Laetrile, a naturally occurring substance found in abundance in the seeds of apricots and also in apple seeds.

If this were true, “… it would also mean that the million-or-so professionals now gainfully employed in the cancer-research, cancer-therapy, and fund raising industries would rapidly be out of work…It should not be surprising that these experts have rejected the vitamin-deficiency concept of cancer. There is nothing in it for them. Not only would a world without cancer lead to pay-check shock, it also would represent a blow to professional prestige. Imagine: a cure for cancer found in the seeds of fruits, not in research laboratories, and discovered by people without government grants or prestigious diplomas hanging on their walls!”

Griffin claims that the process used by the Food and Drug Administration in the US (FDA) to approve therapies is part of the problem.

“The testing protocols established by the FDA are costly….(and) can take years and consume over two-hundred-million dollars per study.

            Only the large pharmaceutical companies can play that game…Substances found in nature cannot be patented: only those which are invented by man…

            Therefore—and mark this well—as long as the present laws remain, the only substances what ever will be ‘approved’ for cancer therapy will be proprietary. No substance from nature will ever be legally available for cancer of any other disease unless its source can be monopolized or its processing can be patented. No matter how safe and effective it may be, and no matter how many people are benefited, it will forever be relegated to the category of ‘unproven’ therapies. As such, freely available cures from nature will always be illegal to prescribe, to promote, and in many cases, even to use.”

“For five years, between 1972 and 1977, Laetrile was meticulously tested at Sloan-Kettering (Institute, one of the premier research facilities in the world) under the direction of Dr. Kanematsu Sugiura. As the senior laboratory researcher there, with over 60 years of experience, Dr. Sugiura had earned the highest respect for his knowledge and integrity…

Sugiura broke his experiments down into a series of tests using different types of laboratory animals and different tumors: some transplanted and some naturally occurring. At the conclusion of his experiment, he reported five results: (1) Laetrile stopped metastasis (the spreading of cancer) in mice, (2) it improved their general health, (3) it inhibited the growth of small tumors, (4) it provided relief from pain, and (5) it acted as a cancer prevention.”

Griffin looks at the research and also at cultures around the world that are cancer free, analyzing their native foods.

He concludes that the seeds of apricots have a substance that prevents cancer as do the seeds of apples. He also looks at the contention that these seeds contain cyanide and details the campaign to discredit Laetrile based on faulty science.

Case histories of terminal cancer patients who attribute their recovery to the effect of Laetrile are presented.

This book has done two things for me personally: First, it has erased any and all trace of fear about cancer. I have no more fear of getting cancer than I have of getting scurvy. Secondly, it has caused me to buy a whole bunch of organic apricots during the summer months, eat the flesh of the apricot, hammer on the pit until it reveals the seed inside. I then put those in a jar in the fridge and eat them throughout the year.

The book is well worth the read and is available from my site. (if you order from my Amazon link, I earn enough for a latte…which I will likely spend on green teaJ) Just scroll down the right side until you come to the Amazon icon.

 http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

Also In this issue:

-Vitamin D is better than ANY vaccine and increases the immune system by 3-5 times.

-Every Cancer Can be Cured in Weeks, doctor claims

-Starve cancer by avoiding these 4 foods.

-Superbrain yoga. 1-3 minutes a day to better memory and clearer thinking

- Banking – the Greatest Scam on Earth

-108 year old survivor of a concentration camp.

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN: Singing Yourself Alive

►FINAL WORD: 95 Year old dancer’s flexibility

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Quotes:

"The whole secret to existence is to have no fear." –Buddha

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HEALTH

Vitamin D is better than ANY vaccine and increases the immune system by 3-5 times. Note the cancer commentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdLNMEXWTL8&feature=share

Every Cancer Can be Cured in Weeks, doctor claims

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1hrqrKcE3A&feature=share

Starve cancer by avoiding these 4 foods.

Dr. Horner, believes red meat from animals reared in confined animal feeding operations (CAFO's) is also a MAJOR contributor to cancer. These animals are given antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that get stored in their tissues. Additionally, cooking the meat over high heat creates heterocyclic amines, which further add to its carcinogenic effect.

While I do recommend eating meat, I agree that there is absolutely NO benefit to eating CAFO beef. The ONLY type of meat I recommend is organically-raised, grass-fed meats. It's hard for a lot of people to grasp the difference between CAFO and organic meat, but truly, they are like two different species in terms of their nutritional content. One is health harming while the other is beneficial.

So when we're talking about the detrimental impact of red meat on your health, especially in terms of feeding cancer, please understand that we're talking specifically about CAFO beef, aka "factory farmed" meat. Next on the list of cancer-promoters is sugar (this includes ALL forms of sugar, including fructose and grains).

"To me, sugar has no redeeming value at all, because they found that the more we consume it, the more we're fuelling every single chronic disease," Dr. Horner says. "In fact, there was a study done about a year ago… and the conclusion was that sugar is a universal mechanism for chronic disease. It kicks up inflammation. It kicks up oxygen free radicals. Those are the two main processes we see that underlie any single chronic disorder, including cancers. It fuels the growth of breast cancers, because glucose is cancer's favorite food. The more you consume, the faster it grows."

Next is the type of fats that you consume. It's important to remember that every cell membrane is made out of fat, as is your brain. According to Dr. Horner, bad-fats in the diet are a major contributor to ill health and cancer. On the list of fats to eliminate are:

• Animal fats from CAFO-raised animals
• Trans fats
• Partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated fat MORE AT:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/14/dr-christine-horner-interview.aspx?e_cid=20120114_DNL_art_1

Superbrain yoga. 1-3 minutes a day to better memory and clearer thinking

http://homeopathyplus.com.au/poor-memory-can-be-improved-by-one-simple-exercise/

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WEALTH

Banking – the Greatest Scam on Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9IH-XKQpOI&feature=share

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FREEDOM

108 year old survivor of a concentration camp.

Her mother taught her two things: Learn, learn, learn and be thankful. She says everything is a present.

"I was always laughing."

"Smiling helps a lot."

"Hatred eats the soul of the hater not the hated."

"I know about the bad, but I look for the good things."

At 108 years old Alice Herz Sommer lives by herself in a tiny London flat without assistance. She practices piano three hours a day.

Lessons in joy, health and longevity from a true wise elder.

http://training.tonyrobbins.com/1575/my-interview-with-alice-herz-sommer-108-year-old-survivor-of-a-nazi-concentration-camp/

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BOOKS WORTH READING

Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton

http://www.brucelipton.com/biology-of-belief-overview

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

The Way Back

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023114/

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FUN

Singing Yourself Alive

Here's what happened when one man made a commitment to sing every day for a minimum of 15 minutes..for a whole year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It8VtkHwtd4&feature=share

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FINAL WORD:

95 Year old dancer’s flexibility

http://vimeo.com/31733784

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Matti

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