You are light

Wherever you are is lighted.

You are never in darkness.

You are only approaching darkness.

You are never in death.

You are only approaching death

for when death is entered

it is life.

For you are alive.

 

Therefore, once you have found yourself

you are infinitely safe

for you are always who you are.

Ultimately, when you return Home

to be received by God,

you will welcome yourself

with love and understanding.

 

 

 

 

 

Living Comfortably in the Cosmos Part 9

Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.

Some wisdom from the book:

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Is the planet on the edge of destruction?

 

School cannot be dismissed so early.

The bell will not ring.

You will not go on the extended vacation

that many are seeking by saying

“Let’s get it over with.”

 

Man is still so immature

that in believing himself powerful enough

to obliterate the world

there is a sense of grandiosity

that borders on the infantile.

This immaturity gravitates to the false promise

of absolute power that negativity extends.

There is no such thing in your world

as absolute power, even in limited form.

 

Look within yourselves

as to where the satisfaction of an Armageddon

might be lurking.

 

The inappropriateness of such destruction

is self-evident to everyone on your planet.

Why, then, do you suppose

it would be less obviously inappropriate

to the All-Seeing Consciousness of Love?

 

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But yes, there will come a time—

science is quite right—

when your planet will dissolve.

Not in your lifetimes.

But when you have all completed the schooling

the earth can go Home.

It will return to Light.

 

 

 

 

Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.

 

Some wisdom from the book:

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…there is no one in human existence

who is not your soul mate.

 

Strangers on the other side of the world,

at the roots of their being,

are one with you and you with them.

If only this realization

could be fostered throughout your planet,

there would never be another war,

there would never be another clash

of harmful, destructive nature

anywhere.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Because love

is the most powerful force in the universe

it is also the most frightening

until it has been entered into completely.

That generally happens at the finishing point

of the final life.

 

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The only gift that anyone has to give

is the self.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

Living Comfortably in the Cosmos Part 7.

Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.

Some wisdom from the book:

Death is like taking off a tight shoe.

Even when you are dead,

you are still alive.

You do not cease to exist at death.

That is only illusion.

You go through the doorway of death alive

and there is no altering of the consciousness.

It is not a strange land you go to

but a land of living reality

where the growth process is a continuation.

 

^^^^^^

 

Dying is self-regulating.

It is of Divine origin.

It is absolutely safe.

The fear of death

is the fear of letting go.

 

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There is no punishment in God.

There is only eternal love and understanding.

 

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Why does someone die when they are very young?

 

Because they have completed their task.

There is no other reason.

Young?

You are eternal.

Once you escape from the space-time continuum,

the “young”

becomes a very old soul.

 

 

“Emmanuel’s Book “is a manual for doing just that.

 

Some wisdom from the book:

 

 

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Illness is a teaching,

a message from the soul.

When the lessons are learned

the illness becomes

a thing of no moment.

 

^^^^^^^

Illness exists first

in the non-physical realm

of spiritual need,

emotional confusion,

or mental aberration.

It is never primarily physical.

The body is the reactor,

it vibrates to stress

and is an outward manifestation

of inner turmoil.

 

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There is nothing to fear in the universe.

Nothing.

 

 

 Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

Your “Olive Oil” May Be Poisoning You…

 

Most “Extra Virgin” Olive Oil is Not Even Olive Oil

 

 

You buy “extra virgin” olive oil because you believe it’s healthy.

 

69% of the time, you could be buying something else.

 

Something that is “rancid, fusty and musty.”

 

Something that could be mostly soybean oil or peanut oil or canola oil or sunflower oil or any of a number of other cheaper oils.

 

In the well researched book Extra Virginity, The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, author Tom Mueller points out that 69% of olive oil that is labeled “extra virgin” is not olive oil at all.

 

69% of Olive Oils Had…Flaws

 

“A recent survey of supermarket extra virgins performed by the UC Davis Olive Center, in cooperation with the Australian Oil Research Laboratory, revealed that 69 percent of oils tested had taste flaws such as rancid, fusty, and musty, which meant that they weren’t extra virgin oils at all, and had been mislabeled…similar findings were reached by Andreas Maerz in Germany, by CHOICE magazine in Australia, by the regional government of Andalucia, and by documentaries in Swiss and German television about extra virgin quality in those countries…Paul Vossen, a University of California oil specialist (says)…’I would say very seldom do we ever find one that passes as extra virgin…price is by no means an indicator of quality…The high-ticket items can be equally bad.’…

 

Market Awash in Counterfeit Oils

 

Mike Bradley concludes that ‘the market is awash in counterfeit olive oil to the point that most legitimate sellers have given up trying to sell the real thing to wholesale suppliers or restaurants. It is rare to find authentic extra virgin olive oil…even in fine restaurants that ought to know better. It’s nearly impossible in some localities…’”

 

More Money in Adulterating Olive Oil Than (there was) in Bootlegging

 

From Mueller’s book again:

 

“there is more profit in adulterating olive oil than there is in bootlegging. The practice of adulterating this oil has grown until it has become a menace to the honest importers in the trade.” –US Health Commissioner Royal S. Copeland speaking in 1922, two years into prohibition.

 

 

Systematic Corruption of the Olive Oil Market Continues to This Day

 

Over a number of years, Mueller’s research for the book took him all over the olive oil world, to Italy, Spain, Greece, and to the new world producers in California, South America and Australia.

 

What he found was a systematically corrupt network of growers, manufacturers, suppliers and retailers that has made the term “extra virgin” useless. Even the term “organic” is no guarantee that you and I are getting the real deal.

 

Good News: Healthy Olive Oil IS Available

 

There is a strong and vibrant movement underway of growers and retailers who care about the quality of the olive oil they produce and sell.

 

It IS possible to buy real olive oil and receive the anti oxidant and anti inflammatory qualities olive oil is recognized for.

 

The Bad News: Good Olive Oil Stings

 

“If an oil doesn’t sting at the back of the throat, it contains little or no oleocanthol.” (my bolding) If you are used to bland olive oils, the real deal may take some getting used to. The substances that give rise to the health benefits make olive oil bitter and sting at the back of the throat. If it stings to the point of coughing, even better.

 

More Good News: The Health Benefits are Awesome

 

From Mueller’s book again:

 

“ ‘A low incidence of cardiovascular disease, dementia, and certain kinds of cancer (my bolding)—these are among the central benefits attributed to the Mediterranean diet,’ says Gary Beauchamp. ‘Since the 1950s, people have accepted that olive oil, the main source of fat in this diet, is the keystone of the dietary regime.’ Some of olive oil’s positive effects stem from its monounsaturated fat profile, but, more and more, medical research suggests that the polyphenols and the other ‘minor components’ of olive oil, which constitute a scant 2 percent of its volume, are the main source of oil’s health benefits. These same substances give a high-quality olive oil its pepperiness, bitterness, and other prized sensory properties; in fact, the oil’s healthful benefits are directly proportional to the strength of its flavors, aromas, and other sensory characteristics. If an oil doesn’t sting at the back of the throat, it contains little or no oleocanthol. if it isn’t bitter, it’s low in tocopherol and squalene. If it isn’t velvety in texture, then it’s missing hydroxytyrosol.”

 

Sources for the Good Stuff and Not All is Expensive!

 

Tom Mueller’s site has sources: http://extravirginity.com/2012/09/toms-supermarket-picks-quality-oils-good-prices

As mentioned above, there are likely to be many more good supermarket oils not included in this list. Please suggest some, and I’ll try them out as soon as I can.”

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Disappointment AND Excitement

 

Corruption of the olive oil market is disappointing. I felt like the carpet was being pulled from under me as I read Mueller’s book. At the same time, it is inspiring to hear of the many producers whose hearts are in the right place. It means that you and I, armed with this new information, can go out and get the real stuff. We can throw out the old and start getting some of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet.

 

Olive Oil is Anti-Inflammatory AND Anti-Oxidant

 

As you may know, inflammation is said to be at the root of all dis-ease. Olive oil is anti-inflammatory.

 

The “bad cholesterol” is only bad if it is oxidized. (My doctor, James Houston here in Victoria, agreed with me when I told him that). Olive oil, the real deal good stuff, is an anti-oxidant,

 

So good olive oil may protect against all dis-ease and against the effects of the ‘bad’ cholesterol.

 

Your Mission Should You Decide to Accept

 

If your current olive oil doesn’t have that pepperiness at the back of the throat, it doesn’t have the oleocanthol.

 

If your current olive oil isn’t bitter, it’s low in other healthy ingredients, namely tocopherol and squalene.

 

And if it isn’t velvety in texture, that indicates there is no hydroxytyrosol in the oil.

 

And if it has none of those, it may not be olive oil at all but any of a number of unhealthy and damaging vegetable oils.

 

Is it time to throw it out then and find a source for the real stuff?

 

I will leave it to your good judgement.

 

Love, Laughter and Smiles.

 

Matti Anttila

P.S. Good olive oil is “worth its weight in gold” as the saying goes. In my opinion, it is far more worthy than gold. Good health and great energy far outweigh material riches. You can always make money IF you have your health and your energy. But if you don’t have your health, money means nothing.

 

Therefore, I choose to pay the price for the real stuff. You wouldn’t put 50 octane gasoline into your car. Why would you put “50 octane or less” fuel into your body? Throw out the old stuff and get the real deal. You and your body deserve it.

 

If you are in Victoria, a great source is “Olive the Senses.” http://olivethesenses.com  They are in The Hudson at 1701 Douglas Street. 250.882.4210.

 

Also: Save On Foods carries O-Live brand. Last price check $14.99 for a litre.

 

 

Love, Laughter and Smiles.

 

 

Matti

P.S. Please enjoy the rest of the read.

 

 

In this issue:

 

Lemon and Baking soda Miraculous combination

 

 

Life Hacks Every Hippie Should Know: Toss that deodorant and never look back.

 

Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme

 

The Man Who Changed Iceland – A Message For The US & Greece

 

 

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN Pure Pete Seeger

►FINAL WORD: He Healed the Criminally Insane in 4 years!

 

 

 

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Quotes:

 

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.” — Henry David Thoreau

 

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HEALTH

 

Lemon and Baking soda Miraculous combination

 

http://www.secretlyhealthy.com/lemon-and-baking-soda-miraculous-combination/

 

 

Life Hacks Every Hippie Should Know: Toss that deodorant and never look back. http://www.buzzfeed.com/video/caroltan/life-hacks-every-hippie-should-know

 

 

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WEALTH

Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme

http://www.naturalnews.com/044090_bitcoins_MtGox_currency_collapse.html

 

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FREEDOM

 

The Man Who Changed Iceland – A Message For The US & Greece http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/08/17/the-man-who-changed-iceland-a-message-for-the-us-greece/

 

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BOOKS WORTH READING

Your Soul’s Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dy3XFeRUD8

 

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

 

Love is All You Need http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854236/

 

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FUN

 

Pure Pete Seeger

http://tinyurl.com/l4c3lhe

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FINAL WORD:

 

He Healed the Criminally Insane in 4 years!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWFKqlLVP5Q&feature=youtu.be

 

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.

 

Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Zen of Joy Consultant and Author of:

 

* The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success. http://zenofjoy.com

 

* 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health. http://joyenergyandhealth.com   (No cost…yay!)

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matti1946

Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/LaughterHealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matti1946

 

☼ No matter how happy or unhappy you are, you can feel “Authentic Joy” within minutes of accessing this video: http://joyenergyandhealth.com Complimentary email course included: 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health.

 

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The Inner Circle

 

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter. The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.

 

It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks. It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.

 

TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE INNER CIRCLE: Send an email to freedombalance@shaw.ca with “SUB INNER CIRCLE” in the subject line.

 

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Publisher Matti Anttila © Copyright 2014 Matti Anttila, 110-174 Wilson Street, Victoria, B.C. Canada V9A7N7

 

Welcome to our new subscribers. Think of someone you know who is interested in health, wealth and/or freedom. Invite them to subscribe to Mastery Newsletter. Just ask them to email me at 88matti@gmail.com with “SUBMASNL” in the subject field.

 

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Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner. Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness. Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols. The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort. All information provided or referred-to on this website is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner. If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.

Some wisdom from the book:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Joy is the God within you

standing up.

Shaking himself off.

And beginning to smile.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^

In your joy

you are celebrating God.

You are celebrating the feast of life.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can create for yourself

a garden of bliss

if you believe in it.

And you can create for yourself

intolerable suffering

if you believe

that it is necessary.

 

^^^^^^^^

Celebrate your life.

Bring pleasure into it whenever you can.

And see that pleasure as truth

not as some secret sin.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^

The entire world is an illusion

spinning nicely through space

even though it does wobble a bit.

You accept the illusion

because you’re good students

and you promised to come and to learn.

You promised to remain here in the illusion,

believing the illusion,

until what you have come to accomplish

has been done.

Then you can release it.

 

Living Comfortably in the Cosmos part 4

 

Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.

 

Some wisdom from the book:

 

 

Meditation is a path

that will help you release

the treasures of self-love

that rest deep within you.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^

You experience as you believe.

The very world in which you exist,

the positive and the negative alike,

is a product of what you hold to be true.

 

^^^^^^^^^^

Fear is a fungus

that grows rapidly in the dark places

of the consciousness.

It is the most powerful of doors

that closes off the Word

and the Light of God.

 

Fear

is the dragon at the gate.

It is the denial of Light

and denial of Light

is resistance to god.

It is the falsehood that separates you

from God.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can allay fear

through prayer, through meditation,

through clear thinking.

 

^^^^^^^

Fear

is only looking in the mirror

and making faces

at oneself.

 

Living Comfortably in the Cosmos. Part 3. Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.

Some wisdom from the book:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You will not exhaust

the love in the universe

if you were to absorb it

from now until the end of time

 

Love is all that exists.

 

Love is the universal communication.

it is the energy that has created the

universe and is keeping it going.

God is love.

All matter is formed by love.

There is an organic love

that speaks to everyone

if they could but hear.

A leaf holds together

for love.

 

 

^^^^^^^

True self love is not ego.

True love is great humility.

Love and compassion for others

cannot exist

until there is a goodly supply for self.

How can you feel the love of god

if you do not love yourself?

Are they not one and the same thing?

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Every religion at its roots

has been inspired by God

and then has been seized by the intellect

and limited, distorted and many time

all but destroyed.

 

^^^^^^^^

 

Living Comfortably in the Cosmos Part 2

Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.  Some wisdom from the book:

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The heart is an unerring compass

within each one of you.

The heart knows the soul

better than the mind does.

Unless your mind is in the service

of the heart

it becomes a warped and twisted master.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Surrender can be proclaimed as the most selfish act

because it leads to total fulfillment.

 

^^^^^^^^

The final lesson for each soul

is the total surrender to the will of God

manifested in your own heart.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^

One does not have to stand against the gale

One yields and becomes part of the wind.

 

 

 

 

 

 Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

How to Make Stress Your Friend and Increase Your Chances of Living a Healthy Life into Your 90s.

 

We have been told (over and over again) that stress is harmful. We hear constantly about how stress is a killer.

 

We are advised to reduce stress through meditation, yoga, guided relaxations and so on.

 

But what if stress can be harnessed for good…for our benefit?

 

Is it as simple as changing our belief about stress?

 

What if we “reframe” stress?

 

What if, instead of believing that stress is our enemy, out to harm us, we embrace stress as a friend who is plugging us into more life energy?

 

Can that make a difference?

 

In a TED talk, psychologist Kelly McGonigal quotes a US study that tracked 39 adults over eight years. They asked them about their level of stress. They also asked them if they believed that stress was harmful to their hearts!

 

The study showed people who experienced a lot of stress had a 43% increased risk of dying.

 

But…that was only true if people also believed that stress is harmful to their health.

 

McGonigal estimates that 182,000 people died because they believed stress is harmful to them. If she is correct in her estimate that means that more people died as a result of believing stress is bad for them than died of skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide!

 

A Harvard University study encouraged participants in a stress study to view stress as a friend, energizing their bodies to meet the challenge in front of them.

 

The result? The participants were less anxious and more confident!

 

But the real surprise was their bodies’ physiological response. Stress can constrict the arteries. This is one of the reasons stress is associated with cardiovascular disease.

 

In this study, when the participants viewed stress as positive, their blood vessels stayed relaxed and open and did not constrict!

 

McGonigal contends that this one biological change may make the difference between dying of a stress-induced heart attack at age 50 and living well into your 90s.

 

Whew! and Wow!

 

I have been leading Laughter Yoga sessions for years now and referring its benefits in reducing stress. And I will continue to extol the benefits of laughter. However, this information can be wonderfully life affirming.

 

So, how do we put this to use in real life?

 

McGonigal tells us it is this simple: When we are in a stressful situation, when we find our hearts pounding, our breathing increasing and so on, we simply remember this article and this TED talk.

 

We think to ourselves: “This is my body rising to the challenge.”

 

When you view stress that way, your body believes you and your stress response becomes healthier.

 

There is more. I encourage you to watch the 14 minute video here to get the other benefits: http://tinyurl.com/lfvlogo

 

Love, Laughter and Smiles.

 

 

Matti

P.S. Another way to make stress work for you: The Zen of Joy manual. Click here for info: http://zenofjoy.com/

 

 

In this issue:

 

The Power Of Thought: Alter Your Genes and Cure any Disease

 

How Centenarians Explain Their Longevity

 

U.S. is now officially a ‘police state’ says NSA spook 

 

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN

►FINAL WORD:

Thirty-three Pieces of Good News that Show Things Are Getting Better

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Quotes:

“Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.” – Helen Keller

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HEALTH

 

The Power Of Thought: Alter Your Genes and Cure any Disease

http://themindunleashed.org/2013/12/power-thought-alter-genes-cure-disease.html

How Centenarians Explain Their Longevity

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/09/centenarians.aspx

 
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FREEDOM

 

 U.S. is now officially a ‘police state’ says NSA spook 

http://www.naturalnews.com/043599_police_state_National_Security_Agency_United_States.html#ixzz2r2r4JWWB

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BOOKS WORTH READING

Emmanuel’s Book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/545265.Emmanuel_s_Book

 

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

Unfinished Song. Lovely and emotionally powerful Brit film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047011/

 

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FUN

 

“…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.” – Henri Frdric Amiel.

 

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FINAL WORD:

 

Thirty-three Pieces of Good News that Show Things Are Getting Better http://consciouslifenews.com/33-pieces-good-news/1165421/#

 

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.

 

Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Zen of Joy Consultant and Author of:

 

* The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success. http://zenofjoy.com

 

* 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health. http://joyenergyandhealth.com   (No cost…yay!)

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matti1946

Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/LaughterHealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matti1946

 

☼ No matter how happy or unhappy you are, you can feel “Authentic Joy” within minutes of accessing this video: http://joyenergyandhealth.com Complimentary email course included: 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health.

 

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The Inner Circle

 

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter. The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.

 

It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks. It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.

 

TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE INNER CIRCLE: Send an email to freedombalance@shaw.ca with “SUB INNER CIRCLE” in the subject line.

 

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Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner. Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness. Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols. The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort. All information provided or referred-to on this website is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner. If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.

Emmanuel’s Book is a manual for doing just that.

 

Some wisdom from the book:

 

 

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The purpose of life is exploration.

Adventure. Learning. Pleasure.

and another step towards home.

 

^^^^^^^^^

This is a schoolroom of illusion.

Do not give permanent reality

to temporary things.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Joy is the sound that echoes through the universe.

You hear that sound

when all of your struggles are seen

for the disappointment that they are.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Freedom is not an illusion.

Freedom is the natural way of being.

It is your birthright.

It is your home.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In spirit

the essence of your being

is love

 

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Your mind

cannot possibly understand God.

Your heart already knows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overwhelm is an Emotion

It has nothing to do with what is going on outside of you. You may THINK you are feeling overwhelmed and/or stressed out because of the sheer number of tasks at work.

 

You may feel frazzled by the demands of your family be it sick kids, aging parents and demanding daily schedule.

 

It could be that you are facing financial challenges…not enough money at the end of the month syndrome.

 

Whatever is happening OUTSIDE of you is NOT the cause of the emotion. Even if everyone around you agrees with you that you are doing too much and how do you do it and so son.

 

No, the feeling of being overwhelmed is an emotion separate and apart from the “triggers” that we may identify as the cause of that feeling.

 

The stimulus hits our physical, mental and emotional system and causes a reaction. Let’s take an example. Say you were on your way to a job interview for a position you really wanted and felt would be perfect for you and someone bangs into your car from the rear. No injuries ensue but now you are not going to make the interview, you have take time to exchange information, maybe call and wait for the police. You will have to get the car fixed and deal with all the time consuming paperwork. You missed the appointment so you didn’t get the job. Now you don’t know where the rent or mortgage is coming from for next month. You may even get a tongue lashing from a close family member.

 

Would you now be justified in feeling overwhelmed? Well, sure. If you play “victim!”

 

Here’s the secret: There is a space in between stimulus (the car accident) and the response. We can actually choose how we respond. We can choose to rewire the brain and nervous system to respond in a way that allows us to feel joy, the inner and authentic joy that permeates every cell of our being.

 

Here’s what we don’t know. The universe IS a friendly place. It is always arranging things for our best and highest good. It could well be that the “fender-bender” caused a delay that prevents us from being in a far more serious accident further down the road.

 

It could be that the “ideal job” was not in our highest and best good and something far better is waiting for us.

 

It becomes a question of do you trust the universe of not. I, for one, do.

 

Regardless, whatever the stimulus, I can choose to remain in joy. By doing so, I have the greatest chance of making the best of the situation.

 

Why?

 

Because when we are in joy, there are more neural connections in the brain and that allows us to make wiser choices in any given situation. As simple as that.

 

“The Zen of Joy” is a 24 protocol course manual on how to rewire the brain for happiness and success so that we have the ability to retain our wisest choices for our highest good…at any time.

 

Here is more: http://zenofjoy.com/

 

Love and Laughter and Smiles…they help too.

 

Matti

Life, God, the Universe, Life Force Energy, call it what you will, only wants the best for you and I.

The pain, the suffering of having an illness, be it a cold, a flu, pneumonia or anything else, is not a punishment. It is a message.

“Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”

When we are in the middle of a bout of flu, that hardly seems to be true. And yet, yet…

Let us suppose that perhaps the Universe IS a friendly place and only wants to steer us in the direction of our highest good.

In that case, if we get off track, perhaps the Universe sends us a message, a kick in the butt: “Hey kid. You’re off the path here. Get back on track.”

It could be a stubbed toe. If we ignore the message, then guess what? Our “guardian angel” (another way to think of the Universe) sends a stronger message. Perhaps the next one is a fender bender car “accident.” Perhaps it is a cold or flu.

Consider any event in our lives that we think of as negative is actually a message and happens for our highest good.

Consider that perhaps everything happens for our highest good. If we continue to ignore the messages, the Universe, our Guardian Angel sends increasingly stronger messages until we “get it.”

So, rather than falling into the victim mentality: “Oh woe is me. Why does everything bad happen to me,” why not take the “time out” we are given with an illness and reflect on the message the friendly universe is sending to us?

A number of folks I know personally who rarely get ill have had an extended bout this year, myself included!

If  it is true, as I contend, that living in joy is our best “recipe” for success, then one answer to pain, illness and/or suffering may well be….wait for it…laughter and smiling.

When we allow joy into every moment, we have better cellular communication, i.e. the neurons are “firing on all cylinders” and we can more readily find solutions to whatever “ails” us.

Yes, I know it can be a challenge to find a way to laugh or smile when in pain and wondering if it something more serious. It can easy to give in to worry.

As we know, worry never solved anything. Why not try another tack? There are plenty of ways to laugh. Search for “laughing babies” on the internet. Or you can download my “Authentic Joy” video here: http://joyenergyandhealth.com/ and laugh along with me as often as you like.

Love, Laughter and Smiles!

Matti

 Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

How to Feel Good Even When Ill

 

It’s Christmas eve and I am with family in the Finnish countryside. Now, in Finland, Christmas Eve is when everything happens.

 

At noon, there is the Christmas Peace proclamation over the TV. Traditionally, everyone watches. Then, the Christmas sauna in the afternoon.

 

Early evening, the huge and delicious Christmas dinner. The Tension mounts as the children wait for “Joulupukki” or Santa to show up. In some homes, he actually comes inside and distributes the gifts. In others, we see him briefly outside the window and the gifts are dropped at the door.

 

The only problem is just as we are starting to eat, I come up with a fever and the chills. Uncontrollable shivering AND I can’t eat a bite!

 

Now, you may think this a disaster. I would have thought so too in previous times.

 

But with my experience with Laughter Yoga, I now have a secret weapon: a smile.

 

That’s right. Even though I am shivering with a fever and my body is rebelling against eating, I still feel good.

 

And it is the smile. As long as I maintain it, I continue to feel good. This is truly amazing.

 

We know that laughter causes the body to produce endorphins. It is the same with a smile.

 

I can feel the joy despite my body being racked with fever. What an amazing discovery.

 

I suspect the smile produced endorphins are also a major healing agent.

 

If you have not yet discovered laughing and smiling for joy and health, you can do so here: http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

 

You will notice the site says how to have authentic joy even when unhappy. I can now happily add: even when ill.

 

Try it out for your next illness.

 

Love, Laughter and Smiles.

 

 

Matti

 

 

In this issue:

 The Power Of Thought: Alter Your Genes and Cure any Disease

 The man who saved the lightbulb

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN

►FINAL WORD

 

 

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Quotes:

 

“Every cell in your body has a direct relationship with Creative Life Force, and each cell is independently responding. When you feel joy, all the circuits are open and the Life Force or God Force can be fully received. When you feel guilt or blame or fear or anger, the circuits are hindered and the Life Force cannot flow as effectively. Physical experience is about monitoring those circuits and keeping them as open as possible. The cells know what to do. They are summoning the energy.” –Abraham Hicks

 

 

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HEALTH

 

The Power Of Thought: Alter Your Genes and Cure any Disease

http://themindunleashed.org/2013/12/power-thought-alter-genes-cure-disease.html

 

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WEALTH

“Fear is a part of life. How you deal with it (or if you do at all) will dictate whether you’ll become successful.”

– Robert Kiyosaki

 

 

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FREEDOM

 

The man who saved the lightbulb http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/12/16/man-who-saved-lightbulb/

 

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BOOKS WORTH READING

How to Take Charge of Your Life. The User’s Guide to NLP.

–Richard Bandler, Alession Roberti, Owen Fitzpatrick. Bandler is co-founder of Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP. This is a short, but powerful book.

http://www.amazon.ca/How-Take-Charge-Your-Life-ebook/dp/B00FD98BLI

 

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

 

Sherlock. The new BBC TV series, starring Bendict Cumberbatch. Excellent. The first two seasons are out on DVD now. Watched the first two in the third season.

 

For my money, this is one of the best ever things that British TV has produced.

 

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FUN

 

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -Oprah Winfrey, Television Host, Actress, Producer and Philanthropist

 

(Even when ill, we can be thankful we can remember to smile and speed up the healing.)

 

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FINAL WORD:

 

“What can you do right now to begin to turn your life around? The very first thing is to start making a list of things to be grateful for.” -Joe Vitale Author and Speaker

 

 

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.

 

Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Zen of Joy Consultant and Author of:

 

* The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success. http://zenofjoy.com

 

* 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health. http://joyenergyandhealth.com   (No cost…yay!)

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matti1946

Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/LaughterHealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matti1946

 

☼ No matter how happy or unhappy you are, you can feel “Authentic Joy” within minutes of accessing this video: http://joyenergyandhealth.com Complimentary email course included: 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health.

 

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The Inner Circle

 

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter. The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.

 

It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks. It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.

 

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Publisher Matti Anttila © Copyright 2014 Matti Anttila, 110-174 Wilson Street, Victoria, B.C. Canada V9A7N7

 

Welcome to our new subscribers. Think of someone you know who is interested in health, wealth and/or freedom. Invite them to subscribe to Mastery Newsletter. Just ask them to email me at 88matti@gmail.com with “SUBMASNL” in the subject field.

 

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Disclaimer: Please make your own decisions about everything. That includes investment, taxation, health and/or any other area. Seek professional assistance before attempting any of the ideas, tools and/or techniques discussed herein.

 

Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner. Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness. Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols. The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort. All information provided or referred-to on this website is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner. If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.

 Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

“Dense Joy” These words came to me at night. Is it true that to have higher and higher levels of joy we must experience deeper levels of its opposite? I suspect not. Mostly because joy has no opposite!

 

Happiness, which we can define as being caused by something outside of ourselves, on the other hand has sadness as its opposite counterpart. Studies show that, at best, a lottery win creates a 10% increase in happiness. Nothing to write home about. Oh yes, the winners get REAL happy but it only lasts for a few months. After about a year they are back to their same level of happiness, or their “happiness set point.” This from a study of 20 lottery winners.

 

Joy is something that resides inside us all the time, In fact joy resides everywhere. It has no boundaries. It is joined at the hip with love and has no counterpart. It just IS. “Dense Joy” is just another way of saying I am deeply connected to love, to the energy that flows through the Universe. The deeper the connection, the denser the joy. Or more correctly, our experience of joy, of love of connection to others and the Univese.

 

How to feel joy more of the time? Many techniques exist. Laughter is one, of course. A more easily accessible way is the smile. Just smiling creates the same “feel good” hormones such as endorphings.

 

And smiling is easy to do anytime, anywhere…once we get used to doing it. If you are having difficulty getting it going, there is a handy tool to help out: your pen. Just put a pen sideways into your mouth and notice what happens. That’s my Christmas gift to you. May the joy be with you always.

 

Love, Laughter and Smiles.

 

 

Matti

P.S.

 

Notable events of 2013: Lots of Laughter Yoga sessions. Attended the All America Laughter Conference in Surrey, BC outside of Vancouver. (At Camp Alexandra, where I went as a 8 year old boy!) Moved three times, Whew. (That was a lowlight.)

 

Finished my ZenofJoy.com website http://zenofjoy.com/. It took a year, almost as long as writing the book. Must learn how to delegate more.

 

Had some delightful Laughter Yoga gigs as a leader. One was a two day at the camp for children with Type one diabetes. What courage and fun from them all. Inspiring.

 

A session I held at the naval base of Esquimalt caused delight for me as at least one person continued on coming to Laughter Yoga sessions and credits Laughter Yoga with allowing herself to laugh more and not care what others think about it. Just hearing that one story made my day.

 

One of the great treasures in life is giving and when I can give something that makes a real difference, I just get tickled pink. Enjoy the rest of the read,

 

Matti

 

In this issue:

 

The 55 Best Herbal Remedies

Iceland thumbs nose at international opposition to advance $1.2bn debt relief plan

 

The Radiation Warnings You Won’t Get from the Mainstream Propaganda Machine

 

►BOOKS WORTH READING

►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

►FUN

►FINAL WORD:

 

 

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Quotes:

 

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.” – Anthony Robbins

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HEALTH

 

The 55 Best Herbal Remedies

http://www.herbalremediesinfo.com/best-herbal-remedies.html

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WEALTH

Iceland thumbs nose at international opposition to advance $1.2bn debt relief plan

http://rt.com/news/iceland-debt-relief-measure-535/

 

 

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FREEDOM

 

The Radiation Warnings You Won’t Get from the Mainstream Propaganda Machine

http://dreamhealer.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/the-radiation-warnings-you-wont-get-from-the-mainstream-propaganda-machine/

 

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BOOKS WORTH READING

 

Psycho Cybernetics. Maxwell Maltz http://www.amazon.com/Psycho-Cybernetics-New-More-Living-Life/dp/0671700758

 

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

 

Kon Tiki. Well done recent historical film about the cross Pacific adventures of Thor Heyerdahl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_%282012_film%29

 

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FUN

 

HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD

Alt + 0153….. ™… trademark symbol
Alt + 0169…. ©…. copyright symbol
Alt + 0174….. ®….registered ­ trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 …°……degree symbol
Alt + 0177 …±….plus-or ­-minus sign
Alt + 0182 …¶…..paragr­aph mark
Alt + 0190 …¾….fractio­n, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 ….×…..multi­plication sign
Alt + 0162…¢….the ­ cent sign
Alt + 0161…..¡….. ­.upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191…..¿….. ­upside down question mark
Alt + 1…….☺….smiley face
Alt + 2 ……☻…..black smiley face
Alt + 15…..☼…..sun
Alt + 12……♀…..female sign
Alt + 11…..♂……m­ale sign
Alt + 6…….♠…..spade
Alt + 5…….♣…… ­Club
Alt + 3…….♥…… ­Heart
Alt + 4…….♦…… ­Diamond
Alt + 13……♪…..e­ighth note
Alt + 14……♫…… ­beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721…. ∑…. N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251…..√…..square root check mark
Alt + 8236…..∞….. ­infinity
Alt + 24…….↑….. ­up arrow
Alt + 25……↓…… ­down arrow
Alt + 26…..→…..r­ght arrow
Alt + 27……←…..l­eft arrow
Alt + 18…..↕……u­p/down arrow
Alt + 29……↔…lef­t right arrow

 

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FINAL WORD:

 

Laughter May Lengthen Your Life. http://ow.ly/m7JyQ

 

 

That’s it for now. Enjoy your month.

 

Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Zen of Joy Consultant and Author of:

 

* The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success. http://zenofjoy.com

 

* 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health. http://joyenergyandhealth.com   (No cost…yay!)

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matti1946

Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/LaughterHealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matti1946

 

☼ No matter how happy or unhappy you are, you can feel “Authentic Joy” within minutes of accessing this video: http://joyenergyandhealth.com Complimentary email course included: 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health.

 

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The Inner Circle

 

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter. The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.

 

It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks. It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.

 

TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE INNER CIRCLE: Send an email to freedombalance@shaw.ca with “SUB INNER CIRCLE” in the subject line.

 

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Disclaimer: Please make your own decisions about everything. That includes investment, taxation, health and/or any other area. Seek professional assistance before attempting any of the ideas, tools and/or techniques discussed herein.

 

Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner. Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness. Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols. The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort. All information provided or referred-to on this website is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner. If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.

Saturday morning 11am. I have just spent the better part of an hour laughing. And wow, does it feel great.

 

It is spring of 2009 and having been recently certified as a Laughter Yoga Leader, I lead these sessions of 5-15 like minded folks who also love to laugh.

 

There are smiles and hugs aplenty after the session and we all feel good…or great.

 

“What a great way to start the weekend” is what I am thinking as I bound down the stairs ready to face the day, get some shopping done and prepare for a Saturday evening.

 

Sunday morning rolls around and I don’t feel so great anymore. Truth be told, I am angry. What the…?

 

This goes on for weeks.

 

Fast forward to July 2009 and I am on the southern coast of Finland with a couple of dozen other Laughter Yoga Leaders from my home country of Suomi (Finnish for Finland) and some Leaders from Norway, Belgium, Germany and Croatia.

 

This is heaven. We get up early for 7 am meditation. (Hey, it’s early for me. In fact, I am late a couple of times.)  The rest of the day is spent in laughing, learning and laughing some more.

 

Not only that, but there is a wood fired sauna by the ocean so I can indulge my Finnish-ness and jump in the water after being properly heated up. Paradise for a Finn-Boy.

 

It is here where I learn what was going on when I felt anger on the Sundays following a Saturday morning Laughter Yoga session.

 

Dr. Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter Yoga and our trainer during the week, explained it.

 

In India, he tells me, when there is a death, the family grieves openly. There is lots of crying, wailing and openly releasing the pain of losing a family member.

 

In our western society, not so much. (Perhaps this is partly what Gandhi meant when he responded to the question of what he thought of western civilization. His answer? “I think it would be a good idea.”)

 

Instead, we tend to hold on to our emotions and trap them. And where we trap them is in the diaphragm!

 

When I laughed for an hour on Saturday mornings, I started a process of releasing trapped emotions by laughing and moving the diaphragm rather dramatically for an hour.

 

Eventually I no longer got angry the next day after a Laughter Yoga session.

 

It is as if, a layer of pain had been released.

 

So, while Laughter Yoga does feel great as it releases the “feel good” hormones like the endorphins, it also served the function of peeling a layer of the “pain onion” and releasing it.

 

In the process of doing that, I re-felt the emotion around that pain. That pain showed up as anger.

 

So the purpose is not so much to feel good as to “peel the onion” of what Eckhart Tolle calls the “pain body.”

 

Fortunately, I now have extra tools and techniques to continue peeling more layers of the onion. Laughing is one. Smiling is another. (I just reminded myself to smile while I write this.)

 

In fact, Laughter Yoga has led me to deepen my study of the human condition and I wrote down the lessons in my book The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness and Success.

 

It contains 24 protocols or practices that take only minutes a day and work together to peel those layers from the pain body and reach for higher levels of what is termed “The Happiness Set Point.”

 

Smiling is one of them. You have easy access to this at any time. Here is a simple way to do it. Take a pen and put is sideways in the mouth. Notice what happens when the facial muscles form a smile around the pen.

 

 

Here is more on the book: http://zenofjoy.com/

 

Love and Laughter,

Matti

 

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Comment from Jeffrey Briar, Laughter Yoga Master Teacher extraordinaire

 

Thank you Matti.

In the Landmark Education (which Madan also attended) it was referred to as a ?fundamental break in Being? ? that traumatic moment when we experienced it was not okay to simply BE (due to a scary emotion) and the way we reacted was by stopping ourself from breathing (and thus stopping ourself from feeling).? (This likely occurred within a few days of birth, possibly even prior to being born.)

Ever since that first, fundamental, lesson in Stopping our Emotions, we inhibit uncomfortable emotional expression by limiting the breath (internally seizing the diaphragm).? And as you said, when we stimulate that dear old diaphragm (from nice safe laughter), the old suppressed emotions may get stirred up (to be released). ?Hence, after laughing we may feel anger, fear, sadness, etc.

Not to worry – it?s just Emotional Energy being Set Free!

Enjoy the adventure,

Jeffrey Briar

Director, The Laughter Yoga Institute?? www.LYInstitute.org  

Phone/fax: (949) 376-1939?? Mobilephone: (949) 315-5801?? Email:? JBriar@LYInstitute.org

Healthy Glowing Complexion from the Inside Out with Oil Pulling.

 

Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic healing technique.

 

According to Wikipedia, “It is mentioned in the Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita, where it is called Kavala Gandoosha or Kavala Graha. Ayurvedic literature describes oil pulling as capable of both improving oral health and treating systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus or asthma.”

 

There are many other claims for oil pulling including detoxing the body, increasing energy, whitening teeth, clearing up acne and giving a glowing complexion. Those claims from Nutritionist and Naturopath Dr. Bruce Fife.

 

According to dermatologist and author Dr. Debra Jaliman “…oil pulling is probably most helpful for the gums, as it stops the growth of strep bacteria…” (quoted in Huffington Post)

 

 

How to do it

 

Rinse the teeth and gums very thoroughly with a tablespoon of coconut oil. Do it slowly for 15 to 20 minutes up to three times a day on an empty stomach. As our digestive juices dilute it, it becomes thin and milk-white in colour. Then, we spit it out and brush our teeth.

 

More claims:

 

From oilpulling.com: “Dr. (med.) Karach said the Oilpulling heals totally ‘head-aches, bronchitis, tooth pain, thrombosis, eczema, ulcers and diseases of stomach, intestines, heart, blood, kidney, liver, lungs and women’s diseases. It heals diseases of nerves, paralysis, and encephalitis. It prevents the growth of malignant tumors, cuts and heals them. Chronic sleeplessness is cured.’”

 

Dr. Bruce Fife: “It acts much like the oil you put in your car engine. The oil picks up dirt and grime. When you drain the oil, it pulls out the dirt and grime with it, leaving the engine relatively clean. Consequently, the engine runs smoother and lasts longer. Likewise, when we expel harmful substances from our bodies our health is improved and we run smoother and last longer.”  http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/article%20oil%20pulling.htm

 

A free 115 page ebook on oil pulling is available here: http://oilpulling.com/

 

 

 

Sources for this article:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_pulling

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/08/oil-pulling-benefits_n_3940361.html

 

http://oilpulling.com/

 

 

Video with Dr. Bruce Fife:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAi2SD6wO9Q

 

 

 

Matti Anttila, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher. Zen of Joy Consultant and Author of:

 

* The Zen of Joy. How to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness & Success. http://zenofjoy.com

 

* 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health. http://joyenergyandhealth.com   (No cost…yay!)

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matti1946

Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/LaughterHealth

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matti1946

 

☼ No matter how happy or unhappy you are, you can feel “Authentic Joy” within minutes of accessing this video: http://joyenergyandhealth.com Complimentary email course included: 108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health.

 

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The Inner Circle

 

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter. The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.

 

It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks. It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.

 

TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE INNER CIRCLE: Send an email to freedombalance@shaw.ca with “SUB INNER CIRCLE” in the subject line.

 

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Disclaimer: Please make your own decisions about everything. That includes investment, taxation, health and/or any other area. Seek professional assistance before attempting any of the ideas, tools and/or techniques discussed herein.

 

Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner. Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness. Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols. The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort. All information provided or referred-to on this website is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner. If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.

Your brain is waiting to be tickled.

A part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens loves to be flooded with a substance called dopamine.

When dopamine hits the nucleus accumbens, we feel great!

 

There are a number of ways to tickle that part of the brain.Eating food is one, sex is another, seeing scenes or pictures of pleasant emotional scenes is another. One of the easiest, most accessible, readily available at any time and effective ways is laughter.

 

The relatively new science of pscyhoneuroimmunoendocrinology or PNI deals with the interplay of the organs and glands that regulate our behaviour and physiological balance.

Laughter and happiness researchers Drs. Berk and Henslin coined a phrase “dopaminergic upregulation in the nucleus accumbens.” (Thanks to  Laughter Yoga Teacher Jeffrey Briar for this info). It is their scientific way of saying “feeling happy.”

 

What it refers to is dopamine flooding that area of the brain and we feel great. But to the scientists indicates that in a certain region of the brain (the nucleus accumbens) there are biochemical influences (dopaminergic upregulation, or “higher levels of dopamine”).

 

Laughter, and here is a major key to finding a way to “tickle your brain,” fake laughter produces this dopamine to flood that specific area of the brain. You don’t even have to consciously do anything else. You don’t have to say: “OK, now I direct my system to send dopamine to the nucleus accumbens.” No, our systems are hard wired to do that for us. All we have to do is laugh or fake the laughter.

 

For many of us, the big hurdle is “feeling silly” while doing it. The challenge is to push through that stage, which doesn’t have to last very long. You may remember the book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. Well, this is similar, feel silly and do it anyway.

 

Beyond Feeling Great

There is another reason to laugh beside just that it allows us to feel great. That other reason is that your life may well depend on it.

 

In his wonderful book When the Body Says No – The Cost of Hidden Stress, Dr. Gabor Mate’ outlines the many diseases from cancer on down that feed on stress.

 

The stress factors, cortisol, adrenaline and catecholines depress the immune system…for a good reason. When we are faced with a threat, our bodies respond by preparing us for flight or fight as a defense mechanism. Were it not for this process, our ancestors would have been meals for the Saber Tooth Tiger or other predators and we would not be here. So stress has a hugely important function in our survival as a species and as individuals.

 

Why is Stress Bad Then?

When we have continuous release of the stress factors, the our immune system becomes compromised and can no longer work at anywhere near peak efficiency. (I am not a doctor, so this is super simplified, but the concept is still valid)

“Chronic” stress is the term when we are in a constant state of “flight or fight.” We were not designed for this constant flow of stress hormones. It has been said that stress is the number one killer as it has now been shown to be linked as at the least a contributing factor in many illnesses.

If so, how can we release the hold those stress hormones have on us?

You guessed it: Laughter.

One of the secrets I recently came across is this: the stress hormones cannot coexist in our bodies with the feel good hormones like the endorphins.

 

So…your mission should you decide to accept is to find a way to release the chronic stress. (Yes, we all tend to have it in modern society).

I humbly propose laughter as one of the most effective, easily accessible ways. Just for you, I have produced a 10 minute video so you can laugh along with me. By the way, it’s no good saying “I laugh a lot anyway.” It takes about ten minutes of sustained laughter to get the health benefits. In every day life, that rarely happens. Most of the time when we laugh at a joke or a humorous situation, the laugh lasts for a few seconds. That’s not quite enough.

 

On the right had side of this page, you will see a way to access my “Authentic Joy” video. http://joyenergyandhealth.com/

 

You may also choose to laugh with others at a Laughter Yoga Club. Here in Victoria, these are the club schedules: http://victorialaughteryogaclub.wordpress.com/laughter-schedule/

 

May the Joy and Laughter be with you always, all ways.

 

Enjoy the rest of the read,

 

 

Matti

In this issue:

The Cold & Flu Prevention Strategy You’ve Been Missing

How to Protect Against Superbugs:

Sugar Substitutes—What’s Safe and What’s Not

Reverse type 1 diabetes with a raw food diet

10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science

►BOOKS WORTH READING
►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
►FUN
►FINAL WORD: Don’t Worry, Eat Chocolate

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Quotes:

“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.”

Sophia Loren, Actress

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HEALTH

The Cold & Flu Prevention Strategy You’ve Been Missing http://tinyurl.com/lotjcn4

 

How to Protect Against Superbugs: The role of Tea Tree, Lemongrass and Eucalyptus

http://tinyurl.com/lwyelsf

 

Sugar Substitutes—What’s Safe and What’s Not http://tinyurl.com/m9rasv5

 

Reverse type 1 diabetes with a raw food diet http://tinyurl.com/lxa43s2

 

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FREEDOM

10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science

http://tinyurl.com/l3mny7n

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BOOKS WORTH READING

When the Body Says No -Dr. Gabor Mate’http://tinyurl.com/yjworl9

Dr. Mate’ on Wikipedia: http://tinyurl.com/mwyul6k

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

The Sapphires http://tinyurl.com/aupc6t3

Based on a true story

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FUN

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Dale Carnegie

(Hey, another reason to laugh: Success!)

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FINAL WORD:

Don’t Worry, Eat Chocolate 🙂  http://tinyurl.com/ma66vl4

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

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The Inner Circle

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter.
The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.
It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks.
It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE INNER CIRCLE: Send an email to freedombalance@shaw.ca with “SUB INNER CIRCLE” in the subject line.

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Publisher Matti Anttila © Copyright Matti Anttila 2013.

110-174 Wilson Street, Victoria, B.C. Canada V9A7N7

Think of someone you know who is interested in health, wealth and/or freedom.
Invite them to subscribe to Mastery Newsletter.
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Privacy statement: I take your privacy seriously and do not distribute your information to anyone.

Disclaimer: Please make your own decisions about everything. That includes investment, taxation, health and/or any other area.
Seek professional assistance before attempting any of the ideas, tools and/or techniques discussed here (or anywhere else I might write).
Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner.
Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness.
Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols.
The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort.
All information provided or referred-to herein is for informational purposes only.
It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner.

 

If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.

Saw this posted from one of my Facebook friends this morning:

“If tomorrow, women woke up and really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.”

My response:

Hits the nail on the head. The humongous propaganda machine has worked its magic and created this unhappiness in women about their bodies. If you are unhappy in any way with your body, you may well have fallen victim to this propaganda machine. The trick is how to release that unhappiness and actually love your body. (Men, you are not immune to this either). What’s working for some folks is Super Slow exercise. I am wallowing in love with Super Slow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Slow

If you are in Victoria, email me for a recommendation of who to go to here.

Elsewhere: http://www.bodybyscience.net/home.html/?page_id=889

For Vancouver area, I can find someone for you. email me. 88matti@gmail.com

Mastery Newsletter:  Dedicated to Health, Wealth and Fr~eedom

Enjoy the rest of the read,
Matti

 

In this issue:

How to heal cavities naturally

Healed by wheatgrass

8 Damn Good Reasons Not to Get the Flu Shot

America: Soon to Fail Financial System?

Arctic Ice: Not Gone Yet

►BOOKS WORTH READING
►MOVIES WORTH WATCHING
►FUN
►FINAL WORD:

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Quotes:

“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 1749-1832, Poet, Novelist and Philosopher

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HEALTH

How to heal cavities naturally
http://www.naturalnews.com/042204_cavities_natural_healing_tooth_decay.html

Healed by wheatgrass: 74-year-old man with cancer told he would be ‘dead in a matter of weeks’ proves doctors wrong
http://www.naturalnews.com/041911_wheatgrass_healing_cancer_therapy_natural_treatment.html

 

8 Damn Good Reasons Not to Get the Flu Shot
http://vactruth.com/2013/02/01/8-damn-good-reasons/

 

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WEALTH

America: Soon to Fail Financial System?

Greenspan admits ‘no viable long-term solution’ to America’s soon-to-fail system of debt and despair. http://tinyurl.com/p2553fy

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FREEDOM

Arctic Ice: Not Gone Yet. Al Gore’s 2007 prediction that all arctic ice would be gone by 2014 now proven to be alarming fear mongering
http://www.naturalnews.com/042074_Al_Gore_global_warming_predictions.html

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BOOKS WORTH READING

The Power of Habit. Why we do What we do in Life. http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/

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MOVIES WORTH WATCHING

The Impossible. Based on a true story of a family caught up in the Tsunami in Thailand http://theimpossible-movie.com/

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FUN

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.
– Charles Bukowski

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FINAL WORD:

Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk http://ow.ly/ov4Yx

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

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The Inner Circle

You just might want to see more of these kinds of stories/anecdotes than the once a month Mastery Newsletter.
The “Inner Circle” explores a whole lot more subjects than I can fit into a monthly newsletter.
It is “ad hoc,” meaning it arrives in your inbox whenever I run across something, that could be once every 2 or 3 weeks.
It might also be a few times in a single day. As always, simple to unsubscribe if it gets to be too much.
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE INNER CIRCLE: Send an email to freedombalance@shaw.ca with “SUB INNER CIRCLE” in the subject line.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Publisher Matti Anttila © Copyright Matti Anttila 2013. 110-174 Wilson Street, Victoria, B.C. Canada V9A7N7

Think of someone you know who is interested in health, wealth and/or freedom.
Invite them to subscribe to Mastery Newsletter.
Just ask them to email me at 88matti@gmail.com with “SUBMASNL” in the subject field.

Privacy statement: I take your privacy seriously and do not distribute your information to anyone.

Disclaimer: Please make your own decisions about everything. That includes investment, taxation, health and/or any other area.
Seek professional assistance before attempting any of the ideas, tools and/or techniques discussed here (or anywhere else I might write).
Any and all information provided here is not a substitute for the advice of a licensed medical practitioner.
Individuals are advised not to self-medicate in the presence of significant illness.
Always consult with your licensed medical practitioner first before undertaking anything…be it supplements, exercise programs or other protocols.
The information on this website is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Do not construe the information provided here as authoritative health advice…or authoritative advice of any sort.
All information provided or referred-to herein is for informational purposes only.
It is not intended to be health, medical, financial, accounting or tax advice, nor should it be relied upon as such. Matti Anttila is not a licensed financial planner, doctor or health practitioner. If you’re not inclined to Do-It-Yourself then please, before you Do-It-To-Yourself, obtain professional advice.