A Balanced Approach to Wellness!

Guilt works its way into the body and forms physical pain when the guilty feelings are overly consuming. Guilt has many causes, but the most harmful cause is the strong sense of failure over expectations. Failure can be real or imagined, and it generates a myriad of feelings, one being guilt.

When guilt manifests as pain, the pain is hard to cure. Rare is the healer who recognizes this cause. Usually the symptoms seem to belong to a recognizable disease, intense ache or affliction. Treatments sometimes help, but if the cause is guilt, treatments will not work fully. 

Guilt is hard to assuage. It impacts the body in waves of emotional turmoil. It seeps into thoughts without warning. It moves in swirls that overturn physical and spiritual systems in the body. It pools in tubes, branches, and connective tissue. It undulates into crevices and openings. 

The feelings that come from a guilty heart can affect the circulatory and respiratory systems. The feelings that come from a guilty bladder can affect the renal system. The feelings that come from a guilty brain can affect varying systems depending on the area in the brain that is guilt ridden, and can affect the nervous, muscular and lymphatic systems. The feelings that come with guilt over unfulfilled expectations of oneself can affect all of those systems, plus the skin and nails.

Healing from guilty feelings requires learning to recognize them and their sources. Guilt that is forced from others can be as harmful as guilt that is self-inflicted. Guilt that is caused by interactions with others in which each party hurts the others can be less harmful, unless physical injury is performed. 

Self-inflicted guilt that is based on perceived failure can be confused with misperception of one’s abilities and obligations. Self-inflicted guilt that is based on rationalization for actions taken that hurt others and sever trust is guilt everlasting, and it resides in many corners of the brain and the arteries. 

Societally-inflicted guilt causes physical afflictions when it overrides personal thought.  Family-bred guilt causes emotional pain that is heavy in the mind, but has less physical manifestations.

Healing from guilty feelings also requires these three actions:

– Analysis of the guilt and its causes, and then when possible, making amends 

– Analysis of the guilt and its causes, and then releasing the guilt (This action may require body-mind work.)

– Analysis of the guilt and its causes, and then examination of life choices to determine if the guilty feelings are justified or are a hindrance to a meaningful life.

Note: This information has been spiritually received.

Also see the post Emotional pain

Emotional pain

There are times when life presents challenges that feel too painful to bear. These challenges can be physical, emotional and spiritual in nature, and can come from internal and/or external causes, or even from realms that are beyond our comprehension. The challenges are faced in many ways, and each way leaves an imprint on the person facing the challenges.

Humor is considered to be a positive way to face challenges, and in general, that is true. It becomes negative when the humor is aimed at the heart or the insecure perception of oneself. Rationalization can be positive or negative, depending on how it’s built. Escapism is one way to face challenges, but in general, it eventually leads to inability to process reality. Striking out is a hurtful way to approach challenges, and it can lead to guilt, broken relationships, and further troubles. Suppressing feelings of hurt and disillusionment can lead to serious physical ailments, or to future growth if the person decides to abandon the hurtful events and focus on the future. Using the feelings of insignificance to bolster oneself towards achievement is helpful only when the person does not trample others on the way.

The spiritual realm sometimes drives the challenges that people face in ways that people cannot fathom. Changes in physical layering (the atmosphere, the magnetosphere, the auroras, and further on) or within the ground can sometimes be attributed to realms in which spiritual forces are at play. In these cases, people have little control and can only react and conjecture meaning.

When manipulation of groups by other groups occurs, each side faces challenges that can upend their lives. Deliberately setting out to harm other people causes physical injury and injury at the spiritual realm. Deliberately proselytizing is a human endeavor that causes change at the individual, group, and spiritual levels. When force is used in the proselytizing, the harm is irreparable. Deliberately harming a group member in one’s own group is defective, and deliberately harming a member of another group is equivalently defective but is often justified by the offending group. No action that is deliberately vindictive receives atonement; it is forever reverberating.

Reverberations of unkindness, violence, abandonment, brutality, duplicity, torture and terrorization, contemptuousness, gloating destructively, and self-exultation over despicable behavior, are causes of most of the challenges that people face. The actual actions could have happened to oneself or to one’s forebears and they lead to emotional pain that can be overwhelming.

Emotional pain displays itself through physical and mental manifestations, so that the causes can be hard to discern. The constructive way to handle hurts, be they physical or emotional, is to address them from several angles and rule out causes that do not apply. Generally, emotional pain resides in parts of the body that hold control or judgement, and each person has susceptible parts depending on physiology, age, tiredness, and learned behavior. (Examples of body parts that hold control are the brain, lungs, and pancreas. Examples of body parts that hold judgement are the small and large intestines, the prostate, and certain tendons in the ankles.) Societal pressures also exert influence on emotional pain. Isolating the cause of emotional pain (because there usually is one main cause) requires a willingness to accept that pain–physical, emotional or spiritual–might have its roots in forces that are internal or external.

Note: This information has been spiritually received.

Also see the post Emotional pain, guilty forces

mortality

a few days ago a man died who was a mentor to one of my sons

the night he died he came to me to deliver a message

he whispered to me that his passing from life to not-life felt natural

natural like waking in the morning

natural like watching the clouds go by

natural like humming a beloved song

natural like fearing the prick of the needle administering the life-saving formula

he’s with me now as I write

he says that his life was full and he loved his wife

he says his life was difficult because he was unsure of his direction

he says he hid his struggle with busyness

he says he learned more from the people who questioned their paths because they helped him understand his faith

he says that family is everything

he will only stay with me to help me finish his messages and then he will move on to support the people he left behind

he reminds me to make time for friends (something he would have changed had he understood his mortality)

Spirit is going to share information about the brain.

Recently, my first grandchild was born. To honor this auspicious happening, we’ll start with brain activity right after birth. During the first week of life, a baby’s brain focuses on three activities:

  • recognition of light on his or her body (not only through the eyes);
  • awareness of soft sounds like whispers and humming; and
  • close smells, such as the smell of his mother and other people who come very close, the odor of the clothing and bedding that touch her nose, and pleasant odors that whiff by.

All other reactions and activities are governed by instinctive mechanisms in the baby’s body.
Note: this information is not scientifically provable.

As written in the post Sugar addiction: beating the cravings, sugar addiction “is an addiction that starts in infancy or childhood so that its foundation is deep-seated and broad.” The work of beating the cravings and of eating foods containing sugar in moderate amounts is extremely difficult. Once sugar addiction is created, the pull of sugar is stronger than the desire to resist it.

Prevention is possible, but it requires a commitment of the people surrounding a child to keep the child’s body free of sugar. These people must all be committed to protecting the child from sugar addiction. They must be united in their desire to shield the child from a lifetime of fighting the grips of sugar.

The sooner that sugar is introduced into an infant’s life, the stronger the addiction will be later on. Baby formulas that contain added sugar are the main culprits in bringing about sugar addiction. Sweet solutions or sweetened medications can have the same effects as the sweetened formula if they are administered on a regular basis.

When an infant is fed fruit before the age of five months, the fruit can trigger mild sugar addiction in a child that was breastfed. In general, fruit should be given in small amounts from the age of seven months. Sweeteners such as maple syrup and date syrup can be given in very small amounts from the age of nine months. Honey is considered safe for infants from twelve months, but it is slightly more addictive than maple and date syrups, and so it should be used sparingly.

After twelve months, attention should be given to limiting sweetened foods because they can enter a child’s  diet surreptitiously. Processed foods can contain hidden sugar and sweeteners, and they should be scrutinized before being added to a child’s diet. The more aware a child is of the foods that others are eating, the more diligence required to avoid consuming sweet foods in front of the child. Denying a sweet food item to a child while consuming it yourself is callous. So too are family dinners at which desserts are served but denied to the child. If you struggle with sugar addiction, try to shield your children from your addiction.

Birthday parties and gatherings of children pose a struggle when raising a child without a sugar addiction. When attending these gatherings, make sure to feed your child well beforehand so that he or she has less room for more food. As children grow older, you will be less able to monitor intake of sweets, but the older the child is when sugar addiction grabs hold, the less its stranglehold.

If grandparents, family friends and relatives insist on supplying sugared foods, your control over your child’s sugar intake is hampered. In these cases, provide your child with healthful meals and abundant time outdoors to counter sugar’s insidious clutches.

Note: This information has been spiritually gifted to us.

Sugar addiction is generally stronger than addiction to nicotine. It is an addiction that starts in infancy or childhood so that its foundation is deep-seated and broad. To break sugar addiction requires more than a desire to limit sugar intake. The pull of sugar outweighs most people’s ability to resist its tremendous power.

The way to beat sugar cravings is as follows:

  • Eat a diet high in at least two of these food items: (a) bell peppers; (b) nuts, such as walnuts and pecans; (c) sesame products, such as tahini and sesame oil; and/or (d) seaweed, such as dulse and wakame. During this time, drink extra liquids such as water and chicory drinks (chicory drinks that aren’t mixed with coffee).
  • Eat amounts of food that fill but don’t overfill. A meal that leaves a sense of something missing usually leads to consumption of a sugary food item.
  • When a sugar pull is felt, do three things immediately: (a) do deep breathing exercises for two minutes; (b) think about a future goal; and (c) empty your mind–no thoughts–for a minute or two.
  • Learn about health afflictions that are caused by sugar consumption.
  • Remove tempting sugary food items from your home. If other people living in your home object, reduce as much as possible the items that tempt you.
  • Design your days to include moments of deep breathing, moments of mild physical activity, and moments of fresh air.

Sugar addiction is powerful, but can be overcome by training your body to respond to the sugar pull clearly–>through eating foods that temper the pull, through breathing exercises and directed thought processes, through education about sugar’s harmful effects on your body, through careful purchasing, and through thoughtful activities that refresh and realign your body. The six steps listed above, when all included in daily living, will guarantee a path to release from the stranglehold of sugar addiction.

Note: This information has been spiritually received.

See also: Child Abuse with a Spoonful of Sugar
The Facts: Sweeteners from natural to laboratory-made, Best & Worst

Contentment is an elusive state of being. It isn’t a natural goal because it feels static and dull.

However, contentment is anything but dull! It requires investment of purpose, focus, and desire. To be content is a constant movement towards stability. And stability requires balance.

Contentment has three requirements:

  • It requires an awareness of one’s situation in the world, that is, an understanding of society with its expectations and its allowances. To be content in society means pushing the boundaries while respecting the framework.
  • It requires respect for others and their accomplishments, foibles, and resources. To be content with one’s own position means releasing envy or expectation of equivalency.
  • It requires internal awareness of personal talents, limitations, interests, and temperament. To be content fully is to be accepting of oneself, truly accepting.

Contentment is the goal for a life that is challenging yet calming, purposeful yet comforting, intertwined yet outward-facing, focused yet relaxed.

Note: Spirit shares this information to provide people with direction. The pursuit of contentment is a well-rounded pursuit. It requires purpose, focus, diligence, practice, and acceptance.


The voices we hear in our heads are self-generated, and each person has the ability to alter the noise. Trauma can cause different voices with different intonations. For example, a person who has experienced childhood abuse from several people might hear reprimands or criticisms in various pitches with varying pronouncements; however, the words come from within. When criticism or put-downs or disparagement or constant fear of abuse are part of a person’s past or are felt in the present, inner voices can either amplify the negative messages or can cause a strengthening of resolve to resist the clutches of the negative messaging.

Life is better lived without the negative messaging. Here are three steps to lessen the impact, lower the volume, and reduce the frequency of negative messages that create internal monologues of self-destruction.

  • A breathing exercise for self-confidence:
    Stand with legs in a comfortable position, head held back, chest lifted and arms extended to the sides with elbows slightly bent. Inhale deeply and think about the air traveling upwards to your hair follicles so that you feel a tingling in your head. Exhale. Do this breathing exercise until you feel a smile on your face. Say to yourself, internally in your mind, that you are able to be <your name>.
  • A thinking trick:
    When internal voices become overwhelmingly negative, use a thinking trick. Here are two types:
    1. Trick your brain by focusing on letters. Recite or sing the alphabet. Think about letter shapes or sounds. Or even letter colors!
    2. Trick your brain by focusing on flowers. Think about them or look at them. Think about their shapes and vibrancy.
  • A cleansing ritual:
    Our minds need clearing out just like closets. When a negative self-perception enters your mind, examine it and decide if it is true or false. If it is objectively true, consider ways of changing your behavior or thinking. If it is false, place the though in front of you, then take it to the exit. Literally! (You decide on the exit. Examples are flushing it down the toilet or taking it outside and letting the wind carry it off.)

Note: Internal monologues can be difficult to adjust. Spiritual striving can help some people make the changes necessary to support a more positive opinion of oneself.

See also Enough drawers.

Recently, a friend told me about a male friend of his who travels to a country where the laws around prostitution are lax. This man goes there because he is unable to sustain a relationship with women and he wants a woman who will fulfill some of his sexual needs. This man has no problem engaging in sexual activities with the women in this other country because he believes prostitution is a way of life there.

This story prompted me to ask Spirit about prostitution. I received three answers. Here they are:

  • No woman wants to prostitute her body. Nowhere in the world. Woman do it from economic, forced, or defeated positions.
  • Prostitute patrons must make compromises with themselves in order to place themselves in a position to partake of a prostitute’s body. The patrons have choices and they choose the path of personal concern. Concern for the prostitute has no value (this last sentence applies to all prostitute patrons, even those who profess to care).
  • The profession of prostitution has its roots in cultures that profess to protect women. These cultures were/are able to engage in forced sexual relations because they have more concern for the needs of the men.

Note: This information has been spiritually received. It applies to places with struggling economies through wealthy locations. The information does not address prostitution of boys and men because these situations are less universal, and relate to power struggles, homosexuality, societal mores, and sexual abuse.

The ability to overthink existence is human behavior. The human brain is designed to fathom and to describe, then to dig deeper and deeper and to create explanations. A normal question of purpose or evasion: “Why am I here? Who cares why I’m here?”, is a constant accompaniment of human life. The search for meaning plagues humans so that they formulate answers that are plausible or fantastical.

The search for spiritual connection is a normal aspect of human existence. Religions provide spiritual frameworks for fathoming purpose, tragedy, and death. They also provide frameworks for conducting daily endeavors. And they provide paths to spiritual ascension.

When religions align in beliefs about food, apparel and relationships, understanding is possible without agreement on religious tenents. Similar outlooks about the more mundane aspects of life (food, apparel, relationships) enable willingness to acknowledge the other’s way of life. Alignment enables acceptance.
When religions align in outlook towards animals, vegetation or liturgy, there is possibility of transcendent meeting. The connection of these external aspects of life bring understanding that moves beyond tribal kinship.

When religions align against an invading ideology, their connection is tentative and can fray easily. Alignment against something, when there is no alignment in mundane or transcendent aspects, is fragile. This alignment can actually lead to future disagreements. To sustain the alignment, the religious groups must communicate respect for each other’s beliefs.

Note: This subject may seem theoretical, but it is actually in practice constantly. Spirit shares this information to encourage examination of similarities in religious outlooks and practices.

Religions teach right from wrong from the perspective of power. Those with the power set the rules. Power can be wielded through violence, governmental position, cunning, or charisma. The more use of these power tools, the stronger the ability to create religious rules, even if the rules defy intelligent examination. Power, and its righteous cousin, devotion, enable believers to elevate their self-worth.

Conflicts between religions surface when there is envy or self-destructiveness or repulsion. Conflicts also arise within religions through misunderstandings, differing opinions, intrigues, and power plays. People with desire for power or influence can use religious devotion to convince others to abandon reason in pursuit of religious perfection. The resulting effect can be a strong desire to dominate or subjugate others, whether within one’s own religion or against neighbors.

Power that is wielded against the others can go unchecked when the power-hungry have convinced their supporters that they speak for the deity. HERE LIES THE CONCEIT! THOSE WHO USE GOD TO PERSECUTE OTHERS ARE IMPOSTERS! They have confused destruction with goodness, and their actions bring spiritual desolation.

Note: This information is spiritually derived. Religious fervor negates spiritual connection when it transgresses the wellness of others. Spiritual connection is for all and no one can claim it for one religion. The movement towards spiritual wholeness begins with tranquility.

The flow of information from Spirit is an ongoing, abundant supply. The information is available to all who are open to receive it.

I was blessed to receive spiritual information for me and for others. However, I lessened the amount of spiritual information I was receiving for many reasons, but kept the line of communication open. Lately I’ve started to feel that my connection to Spirit is too large to not share, and I’m beginning to feel selfish that I’m mainly using it for myself. I needed the break but it’s time to come back.

The flow of information from Spirit has a wave-like pattern. The position of the flow is descending and it is time to push it upwards!

More and more debate has been occurring over the use of weight-manipulation drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus. Those in the “pro” group focus on the health problems of obesity  and elevate these issues in order to halt focus on side effects. Obesity has its risks, but they will be increased as the use of the weight manipulation drugs is extended into years and decades.

The previous posts,  Weight control nightmare and Weight control nightmare, part two, present the warning. Obesity is not a disease. It is also not a modern concept. It is a preventable state of being that is obliterated through moderate eating, regular physical movement, awareness of trauma responses, and adjustments in treatments for eating disorders .

Notes: Spirit says to pay attention to these posts because the future is fraught with regrets. The information is this post has been spiritually gifted. It is not scientific theory.

Creating a home

There are four universal aspects to creating a home. Without them, the dwelling space will feel bereft of comfort.

1. The home must have sentimental elements.

Sentimental elements differ from society to society. They include photographs of loved ones, collected objects, favorite books or games, gifted items that are wanted (not gifts that aren’t liked), prized mementos, and items passed through the generations.

2. The home requires space for connection.

If the dwelling is occupied by a couple (with or without a family), they need a place for coupling. If the dwelling is occupied by a single person, there needs to be a place for visitors. If the dwelling houses unrelated people, an area to interact with one another is required.

3. The dwelling becomes a home when it feels embracing.

A dwelling can be beautiful or devoid of character. It can be tiny or too large for the inhabitants. The key to feeling like a home is the fulfillment of the desire to feel safe–by all the people who live there. Feelings of safety include feelings of being understood, heard, and appreciated.

4. The home provides specific protection.

The home provides protection from three things: weather changes that aren’t drastic, wars and disruptive events, and landlords who are intrusive.

The line between dwelling and home is narrow.

All four requirements must be fulfilled for a person to feel at home, and each person in a dwelling feels the requirements for himself/herself. The same dwelling can feel like a home for one of the dwellers, but not like a home for the others. A home is a place that gives comfort and security.

Note; This information has been spiritually received.

The drugs that are being pushed on people who have weight issues are destructive. They interfere with bodily functions to the extent that the body remains in a state of confusion. The longer these drugs are used, the deeper the destruction.

The systems affected are the digestive systems (absorption of proteins and fats, transference of amino acids, and insulin production), the nervous system, the endocrine system, and the system of muscle repair. Together with these disturbances are the affects on the senses of taste and smell.

These drugs are useful for generating enormous sums of money for their producers, advertisers, and pushers.


Note: This important warning has been spiritually received and is not scientific theory.

Nightmare is the word to describe the pharmaceutical industry’s latest foray into weight-loss drugs. People who are seduced into using them are setting themselves up for future misery. These drugs promise success and deliver pain and breakdown, if not immediately, then in the not-so-distant future. The side effects are actually features, and they will be hard to calm the longer the drugs are taken.

Weight control is not solved by magical pills. Weight control is achieved by moderation.


Note: This important information was spiritually gifted to us.

Natural death has its percentages. In the distant past, the percentages were the same as they are in today’s world. We think that modernity has changed that fact, but it hasn’t. In general people in modern societies live longer, but the causes of decline remain the same. Here are the percentages:

  • Genetics: 40%
  • Nutritional intake (food, water, and empty calories): 20%
  • Mental flexibility: 5%
  • Traumas: 6%
  • Physical fitness: 6%
  • Isolation: 8%
  • Spiritual assistance: 15%

Genetics

Our parents transmit the bulk of our ability to weather aging, or not. They are equally responsible for our genetic percentage. This percentage is large because of our natural design.

Nutritional intake

People have been ingesting empty calories for millennia, but the industries of modern processed foods and non-foods have taken empty calories to a summit. The more empty calories ingested, the sooner death approaches. Modern medicines have managed to wrangle extra years for many people, but the approach towards death has become a painful struggle. (Non-foods include cigarettes and other tobacco products, overconsumption of alcoholic beverages, and overuse of addictive drugs [legal or not]).

Mental flexibility

The ability to take in events that happen throughout one’s life and interpret them in a harmful or neutral way affect longevity and suffering.

Traumas

People cannot control all the traumas that happen to them throughout their lives. They control their interpretation of the traumas.

Physical fitness

In general, being physically fit contributes to longevity. It also contributes to life quality.

Isolation

People are meant to interact with people, with other creatures, and with the natural environment. Isolation shortens longevity by inducing suicide, illness, and mental rigidity.

Spiritual assistance

Connection to spiritually uplifts and buoys people.

Notes

The information presented here has been spiritually received. For information about the categories listed, refer to these earlier posts:
Connection to Spiritual Presence
Connections=living that is correct
Overcoming Yourself
Would cancer disappear if we all took care of our bodies

I recently watched a Netflix movie about a ghost in a house. I became curious about ghostiness and decided to break my hiatus from writing EGC wisdom to ask. Here’s what I got:

Ghostiness is the phenomenon of spiritual existence in the physical world. It occurs frequently because of attachments to life, either through a strong desire to remain attached to a place or person, or through a directive from higher up to lend voice to spiritual processes. Ghostiness manifests through whispers heard at night, pulls at the heart, and vibrations in spaces. Ghostiness is not visual appearance of spirits.

A ghost communicates because of a need to share information and explanations. And because of a need to be remembered. And because of a need for connection. And because of a need for penitence. Also to focus people’s attention on spiritual wonder and existence.

Ghosts are fragments of spiritual energy that “float” and collide. They can collide with people who are open to connection and with children. Children are not yet removed from the prior world and so they can accept messages delivered in whispers, requests, and spatial disturbances.

A ghost presses its listener to notice information that is being passed. The listener might feel an intuitive spark or a sudden enlightenment. Ghostiness exists as a regular part of the spiritual realm. It is never vindictive nor is it expectant. Ghostiness simply provides a gateway to the beyond for those who wish to access beyond-life worlds.

Below are quotes from the book Descending into War, Descending into Contempt which I published in 2017. Spirit requested that I share them with you to help you understand the motivations behind the current invasion.

“War is always a descent. It is never a positive choice. Contempt, too, is always a descent. It brings only negativity and misguided thinking and actions.”

“Contempt—that which stays unspoken and that which erupts into action—when allowed to mix with laws, regulations, and edicts, putrefies daily comings-and-goings and deliberations for future legislation. The members of society who create legislation that sanctions contempt and determine to continue contemptible frameworks for their society, lower their society’s true potential.”

“Conflict isn’t present when people want the amount that quenches their natural hungers. It isn’t present when people objectively assess their needs and notice the needs of others. But, when people covet or want more than they need, the equation begins to form, and it pulls in the people who create the conflict and all others who directly participate or indirectly become involved.”

“…feelings of superiority, feelings of inequity, and feelings of emasculation—are intensified when disappointment accelerates feelings of despair or demoralization. Disappointment can be a strong emotion, and it intensifies feelings of contempt and the possibility of conflict.”

“When combined with the other causes of contempt, the sense of superiority feeds conflicts among families, communities, regions, and nations. The sense of superiority is very insidious.”

With Alzheimer’s disorder, the body accesses information that is stored away from the brain.

Information is stored in the body in three places: in the brain, around the pancreas, and by the uterus in women and in the scrotum of men. When brain functioning freezes (because of Alzheimer’s disorder), the body searches for information stored in the areas that do not freeze. Because freezing in the brain is either a slow or a fast process, the body can only move information from the brain to the other storage areas when time allows.

Accessing the non-brain stored information is less direct than accessing the brain-stored information, which causes Alzheimer’s-afflicted people to struggle with recall. An Alzheimer’s-afflicted person who cannot remember new information does not remember because the information was never stored.

Note: This information has been spiritually received.