Month: August 2022

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It’s Hard To Beat Beet Juice For Good Health

Don’t Forget About Me

There are four aspects (or bodies) to our state of being. They are spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. If you want to squeeze as much as you can out of the toothpaste tube of life, then consider all four bodies of your existence. When proceeding with a manifestation, the three bodies of focus are usually spiritual, mental and emotional.

The physical body houses the other three bodies. It is the physical structure whose existence allows you to use your mind and emotions to the best benefit. If your body was able to verbally talk to you (now that’s a scary thought), it might say, “hey those other guys are all important but don’t forget about me”.

If you neglect to do what you are able to do to keep your body working properly, it could lead to minor or major infirmities. When your body is in a state of dis-ease, it has the potential to negatively affect the other three bodies of your existence.

A Beet Juice A Day

You know the spiel. Eat right. Don’t smoke. Drink alcohol in moderation. Cut back on sugar. Exercise every day. Reduce your salt intake. Brush your teeth. Clean between your toes. Get plenty of sleep. And on and on. In other words, your doctor may say to you, “do everything perfect and you’ll be in good health”. Yeah, right Doc, I’m on it. It’s like the preacher saying to you, “follow all the rules and regulations of my religion and you’ll be living large”.

There is however, a really simple thing that you can do every day for your health. It takes a very short amount of time. This thing will bring you a whole basket full of benefits. You have probably heard the old saying, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away”. I am going to amend that slightly to say, “A glass of beet juice a day, keeps the doctor away”. The scientifically proven benefits of drinking a glass of beet juice every day have been well documented by the medical community.

It Ain’t Snake Oil Folks

Something as easy as drinking a glass full of beet juice on a daily basis can (and pay attention now): help reduce blood pressure, keep your arteries flexible, lower bad cholesterol, increase good cholesterol, reduce arthritic inflammation, protect your bones from osteoporosis, reduce the risk of developing dementia, relieve constipation, and improve your stamina during physical exercise. If that sounds like a pitch from an old time snake oil salesman, think again. All of these benefits have been documented as real. Whatever website you choose, be it webmd, healthline, mayo clinic, cleveland clinic, etc., you will see the benefits delineated.

If you don’t like the taste of beet juice (and many do not), try experimenting with blending in a minority portion (80/20) of some other juice or flavoring. For example, apple juice, carrot juice, pineapple juice, lemon juice and fresh ginger all can alter the taste of beet juice more to your liking.

The Bennies

Yes, there are most definitely a bunch of benefits that you receive when you enter the world of beet juice. If the pharmaceutical companies could find a way to create a monopoly on beet juice, they would charge a fortune. There would be no end to their extoling the benefits of beet juice.

Lower Blood Pressure

This one is a biggie. High blood pressure is a huge problem in the United States today. Researchers have revealed that drinking at least eight ounces of beet juice a day will lower blood pressure. It reduces both the systolic (the top number) as well as the diastolic (the bottom number). Beet juice has compounds called nitrates, that convert into nitric oxide in the blood. This nitric oxide helps widen and relax the body’s blood vessels. Presto, your heart says “Thank you”.

Down With The Bad, Up With The Good

In a study published in 2011, it was discovered that beet extract lowered bad cholesterol and triglycerides. Bad cholesterol is the stuff that gunks up your arteries. Moreover, that same study also showed that beet extract increased what is known as good cholesterol. These good guys are called high-density lipoproteins or HDL. HDL is called the good cholesterol because it helps to clean out the bad stuff from your bloodstream.

Increase Your Stamina

Many athletes follow a regimen of drinking beet juice before a competition. The beet juice causes an increase in plasma nitrate levels. This improves physical stamina. During a 2012 study, two groups of pro cyclists were closely monitored. The group that drank two cups of beet juice improved their 10K time trial by about twelve seconds. In the world of cycling, the difference between winning and second place could be mere seconds. Thus, that twelve second improvement is a big deal. In addition, the beet juice cyclists were also successful in reducing their maximum oxygen output.

Reduce Risk Of Developing Dementia

In yet another medical study published in the journal Nitric Oxide, it was established that nitrates may help to increase blood flow in the brain in older people and slow cognitive decline. One group of participants consumed a high nitrate diet that included beet juice. Brain MRI’s were taken. These MRI’s disclosed increased blood flow the the frontal lobe of the brain. Frontal lobes are associated with cognitive thinking.

But Wait, There’s More

There is a lot more that beet juice can do for you. It can limit swelling and arthritic inflammation, protect bones from osteoporosis, help protect skin from sun damage, help to promote a healthy immune system and last, but definitely not least, help relieve constipation.

1-800-It’s The Beets

One harmless effect of drinking beet juice each day is something called beeturia, Beeturia is when your urine turns red after you drink beet juice. Over the years, as the advantages of beets have gotten publicized, more and more people have gotten on board the “beet train”. There have been those among that crowd however, that almost shit themselves when they see their red urine and think it’s blood. (Oh yeah, I almost forgot, your stools turn pink also).

A standup comedian once did a small bit on beeturia in his act. Going through his schtick on a guy seeing his pee come out red, he said that he wanted to start a toll free phone line called “1-800-It’s The Beets”.

A Few Precautions

Obviously, if beet juice helps to lower blood pressure, you do not want to be drinking it if you are prone to low blood pressure. Likewise, if you are at high risk of developing kidney stones, stay away from beet juice. Beets contain high levels of oxalates which can cause kidney stones in people that are at high risk for this particular condition. As in any new health regimen, before starting, talk things over with your family doctor first.

Fresh Versus Bottled Versus Cooked

The very best way to drink beet juice is to juice it yourself with a good electric juicer. In that way, you ingest all of the goodies (nitrates, antioxidants, vitamins, etc.) without any degradation. If you don’t want to juice it yourself, stop at the local juice bar (if you have one) and get your fresh beet juice in this manner.

If you have no way to drink fresh pressed beet juice, bottled juice is your next alternative. Bottled juice is good but it has been heat pasteurized to prevent bacteria from forming during the bottling process. Flash pasteurization is a more expensive process. It kills the bacteria but preserves more of the nutrients than standard pasteurization. Think of it as good (standard pasteurized bottled juice), better (flash pasteurized) and best (fresh squeezed).

If you enjoy eating roasted or lightly steamed beets, by all means, go ahead and enjoy. The heat and cooking will dissipate some of the nutrients but that is the case with most vegetables. Most of the nutrients will remain. Stay away however from boiling beets. The boiling method will lose the most nutrients of all methods of cooking beets.

My Personal Experience

I have experience with drinking beet juice. The one benefit that I can quantify without any doubt is the lowering of blood pressure. It works. I went through a period of time where my blood pressure was very high. When I discovered this, I did some research online. I learned about the benefits of beet juice. Consequently, I immediately started a daily regimen of drinking beet juice. I took my own blood pressure with an at-home device. Beet juice did lower my blood pressure. I experimented further. I found even better response with fresh squeezed beet juice.

Since I was on a roll, I decided to put away my dislike of going to the doctor. After discussion with my physician, he wrote a prescription for an anti-hypertensive. Between the prescription and the beet juice, my blood pressure has gone down from the stroke high danger zone to perfectly normal. It is my belief that at some point, I will be able to discontinue the prescription.

Mental mind treatments to bring to fruition a desired manifestation can be derailed by sickness or illness. Spirit, mind, emotions and the physical body are all part of you. They are all important. As you explore your spiritual, mental and emotional bodies, remember to treat your physical body with importance as well.

Conceive. Believe. Receive.

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Kid Detachment Vs. Killer Time Lag

In This Corner………

Somewhere along the way, I am reasonably sure that you have watched the beginning of a professional boxing match. Even if you have never been a boxing fan, you may have been introduced to a boxing match on a television show or in a movie. The popular Rocky movie franchise is an example of where you may have seen it.

Before the fight starts, the announcer stands in the middle of the ring as he holds the drop down microphone. The two boxers are standing in opposite corners of the ring. The announcer intones, “In this corner, weighing in at 207 pounds is Tommie “Kid” Callahan. After the cheers for this boxer die down, the announcer continues, “And in this corner, weighing in at 214 pounds, George “Killer” Kowalski. The boxers then go to the center of the ring to hear the referee’s final instructions and shake hands. Then they return to their respective corners, the bell rings, and the fight commences.

Every Day Of Your Life

Every day of your life, you are in an ethereal boxing ring for a boxing match unlike any others. You are “Kid Detachment”. You are pitted against “Killer Time Lag”. The winner of this match determines the very substance of your human existence. If “Kid Detachment” wins, your dreams and desires morph into reality. If “Killer Time Lag” wins, you unfortunately must remain in your state of disappointment and frustration.

What Is Detachment?

Detachment is the most controversial and difficult part of manifesting your chosen desires. There are those that portray detachment as not thinking about the materialization of your desire. This particular school of thought contends that once you set your intention to manifest a specific desire, you then stop thinking about it and detach yourself from the outcome.

True detachment goes far beyond that particular definition. Your state of consciousness called detachment is where your “craving self” dies. Detachment is a state of mind that you, yourself, induce. It is a state of being where your thoughts, your feelings, your actions, your reactions, your emotions all reflect one thing. That one thing is that your chosen desire is real, right now. Detachment means that you believe, you know that your manifestation is complete. The desire is fulfilled. It is not something that you will get. It is something that you have. Wherever you are sitting, standing, or laying down, it is real, right now.

The Purpose Of Detachment

The purpose of practicing detachment is to separate (or detach) from your present reactions to current circumstances. Once that detachment occurs, you have removed the frustration and disappointment of the state of “not having”. You have given space for you faith (belief) to connect with Universal Mind.

Jesus Christ stated quite clearly that whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you have received, and they will be yours. Jesus is telling those listening, that if you practice detachment (believe that you already have your chosen desire), your desire will spring to life.

When you rightly practice detachment, you are detached from your current outer reality, your outer circumstances. You are not anxiously awaiting your desire to come about. If you are in a state of detachment, then you are already experiencing your chosen reality.

Come On, Get Real

You may have pressing problems currently that are causing you to feel distress and anxiety. It feels like most of your day is spent attempting to remediate your problems. Perhaps you are thinking to yourself, “This detachment stuff sounds like you are supposed to live in a fantasy world, like a crazy person. I got bills to pay. I have family issues to deal with. My boss at work is a complete clown. With all this going on, you want me to act like these things don’t exist? Come on, get real”.

Biblical scripture states that those who believe, are physically in the world, but not of the world. Your mind is your own personal domain. It is where your imagination is. Your imagination is the power that brings stuff into your life.

If you want to get real about manifesting your true desire, then you have to do what is necessary to bring that about.

Sorry, The Cavalry Is Not Coming

As a kid, I watched a bunch of tv shows and movies that were westerns. In some of these movies, the wagon train would be surrounded by Indians who were trying to decimate the entire wagon train. Just when things were the most desperate, there would be the sound of a cavalry bugle call. Then over the ridge would appear the army cavalry to save the day.

Sorry, but the cavalry is not coming to your rescue. In manifesting what you desire, it is up to you to do what is necessary. You. No shining knight is coming to rescue you. You must use the power that you were given by your Creator as a child of the Almighty Presence. You can choose a glorious path of consciously manifesting a fulfilling life. Or you can choose the same old shit that you have been experiencing.

How To Practice Detachment

If living a life of fulfillment, experiencing inner joy, sounds good to you, then you must take action. Start today. Tomorrow never comes. Start a daily (every day without fail) practice of setting aside a prescribed period of time each day. Next, in this time period that you have chosen, get into a deeply relaxed state. For example, this is the state of relaxation that you feel before nodding off to sleep. You are still awake but your mind and body are in the deepest state of relaxation this side of being asleep. This state of relaxation is called SATS, state akin to sleep.

Use this state of relaxation to your benefit. It may be five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes. Shift your imagination into high gear during this time of deep relaxation. Next, see your desire already fulfilled in your mind’s eye. Hear what you would hear. See what you would see. Feel what you would feel. Say what you would say. Your imaginal scene changes over into your true reality.

Deliver A Knockout Punch To Killer Time Lag

One of the biggest obstacles to getting stuff that you want via conscious manifestation is the time lag. You do your daily session of experiencing detachment. Then you do it the next day. And the next. And the next. Consequently, after a week, you see nothing changed in your outer experience. You get discouraged. You start doubting. Adverse circumstances activate fears. The time lag is hitting you with body blows.

In manifesting, there is almost always a time lag between activating your desire and fulfillment. Killer Time Lag uses this time period to go on the offensive and score a knockout. This is where your faithful and consistent practice of detachment will be your salvation. Every consecutive day of your practice of detachment delivers a solid punch to Killer Time Lag. Then, one day, you will deliver the knockout punch and Killer Time Lag will go down for the count.

When You Believe It, You Will See It

Faith is power. Faith is belief. Belief is the key. Hebrews 11:1 has a beautiful and concise definition of faith. Faith is the assurance of things hoped for; the conviction of things not seen. The word assurance means total confidence; complete freedom from doubt; 100% certainty. The word conviction means that your Subconscious Mind is convinced that the circumstance that you created in your imagination is real. When you remain in a state of detachment and your Subconscious Mind buys into what you are selling, there is no force on earth that can prevent your desire from becoming reality.

Conceive. Believe. Receive.

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The Magic Of Deep Relaxation

Hypnotism – Mystery Of The Mind

The cliché of the hypnotist when I was growing up was of a guy with either a Vandyke beard or a pencil thin moustache. He also wore a black cape and perhaps a top hat. I pictured hypnotists along the lines of the Mandrake the Magician character from the comic strip.

The hypnotist would hold a gold pocket watch attached to a chain. Next he would then proceed to swing the watch slowly back and forth in front of the person. He would say, “Just focus on the watch, back and forth, back and forth. You are now getting very sleepy, verrry sleepy. Your eyelids are getting very heavy.” And so on until the subject would go into a trance-like state. The hypnotist would then give hypnotic suggestions to the person being hypnotized. Stage hypnotists would then entertain paying customers by having the hypnotized person quack like a duck or cluck like a chicken.

Other stage hypnotists have opted to astound their audience by having a person in a hypnotized trance-like state keep their arms in a rigid state. All efforts to make the arms go down through various means would fail. Or perhaps the hypnotist would give a person, who is not fluent in the French language, a post hypnotic suggestion to recite French poetry upon hearing a word cue.

As a result, the stage hypnotists, with their flair for theatrics and entertaining an audience, have planted in the minds of many, the rejection of hypnotism as a science of the mind.

Franz And James

The word hypnosis comes from the ancient Greek word hypnos, meaning sleep. Sometimes the word mesmerize, is used as an alternative word to the word hypnotize. This comes from an early practitioner of the forerunner of modern hypnotism, Franz Mesmer. He was a physician of the late 1700’s, early 1800’s. He practiced in Vienna, then Paris, then Switzerland.

Mesmer used different types of hypnotic techniques to place the patient in a trance. He claimed the existence of a natural energy transference called animal magnetism or mesmerism. He postulated that the transference of this animal magnetism from doctor to patient resulted in the cure that came about in the patient. A royal commission ordered by King Louis XVI, which included Benjamin Franklin, concluded that the cures were real. However, the commission found that the results of the cures were brought about from the mind of the patient. The commission refuted the notion of any animal magnetism transferred from the doctor to patient.

James Braid was a respected Scottish surgeon and scientist of the early to mid 1800’s. He has been referred to as the “Father of Modern Hypnotism”. Braid became interested in those who were practicing Mesmerism because of reports of healings. He attended some public demonstrations of Mesmerism and was further intrigued. The surgeon and scientist subsequently took it upon himself to conduct numerous experiments.

He ultimately came to the conclusion that the changes in condition of the patient were not brought about by any animal magnetism transfer between doctor and patient. His scientific experimentation led him to the conclusion that all changes in the hypnotized patient originated from the mind of the patient. The doctor, or hypnotist, was only responsible for helping the patient get to the required trance like state of consciousness.

Move Him Out Of The Way

Studies have shown that suggesting to a hypnosis subject under deep hypnosis that he feels no pain can actually bring about that status. There was a famous experiment involving a willing subject/patient. A minor surgical procedure was done on the patient without any anesthesia being used. All through the procedure, the hypnotized patient showed no signs of feeling any pain. Likewise, hypnosis has been scientifically proven to be of therapeutic value today in treating a number of different infirmities and conditions.

A skilled hypnotherapist is able to guide you to a deep, relaxing sleep. Your Conscious Mind is then moved out of the way. Utilizing verbal suggestions from the therapist, you then make contact with your Subconscious Mind. Without the interference of the Conscious Mind, the hypnotic suggestions are accepted as truth by your Subconscious Mind. Once this happens, the Subconscious Mind immediately goes to work on your behalf to make literal truth out of such suggestions. Your Subconscious Mind does not care in the least about the nature of the suggestion. If your Conscious Mind is not there to object, the Subconscious Mind accepts the suggestion as truth and proceeds to make it real.

First Convince, Then Experience

In order to bring forth your desired manifestation, you must get through the portal. The portal is that transition from your Conscious Mind to your Subconscious Mind. You must convince your Subconscious Mind that you are now experiencing your chosen desire. Once you convince, you will experience. Once your Subconscious Mind is convinced you have something, then through one means or another, you will subsequently have it in reality.

One proven way to get through the portal is via SATS. SATS is short for state akin to sleep. It is that netherworld when you are deeply drowsy but still conscious. It is that very relaxing time just before a nap or drifting off to sleep at night. You are relaxed to the max. Consciousness is about to tuck you in before you fall sleep. However, you are still conscious enough to use your Conscious Mind to create a vision. You are treading that fine line betwixt and between awake and asleep.

Waste Not, Want Not

Discipline yourself to start using this state akin to sleep to conjure up a desired reality for yourself. As you are floating in that netherworld, see, hear, feel, know your desire as real. When you are very tired and in that state, your natural desire is just to drift off to sleep. Make use of your SATS time to the fullest extent. Every moment of it that is wasted is equivalent to flushing money down the toilet. This is a golden time for you to engage in an action to manifest your desire.

SATS can also be called self-hypnosis. For example, you desire to go on a fishing trip, but life keeps getting in the way. Get yourself into a state akin to sleep. Create the vision in your mind. Have the pole in your hand. Hear the water splash up against the boat. Feel the sun as you stand in the boat and fish. Feel the fish as you catch them. Hear the reel of the pole as it unwinds. If you fish for food, taste the fish after you have cleaned and cooked it. Make it so real that you actually feel everything you would feel if actually fishing.

Doubt Is A Ship Sinker

After a session of self-hypnosis, your Conscious Mind will return. Consequently, it may even be a little annoyed that you pushed it out of the way. As a result, your Conscious Mind may start nagging you with logical reasons why your desire can’t possibly be fulfilled. It may present itself as your protector against disappointment and frustration.

One of the jobs of the Conscious Mind is to protect you from harm. It starts injecting different thoughts as to why your desire is out of bounds based on stored memories. When this happens, crowd out those different thoughts with thoughts of God – The One Universal and Perfect Mind. God is true peace. Your are a child of God thus you are an expression of peace. God is true power. You are a child of God thus you are an expression of power. And so on. Just start dwelling on God until those conflicting thoughts go away.

Depending on a number of different factors, the time factor for successful manifestation through using SATS, or self-hypnosis, can vary widely. If you commit to the process with all your heart however, you will ultimately bear fruit. Stick with it. Simply refuse to allow doubt to get any type of foothold on your ship. Scripture is crystal clear about doubt. I don’t care how good a person you are, if you continue to harbor doubts, your ship will sink. Universal Law is impartial.

Inspect Your Hand Closely

Stop for a moment and inspect one of your hands closely. Look at your palm. You see at the different lines in your palm. Take the forefinger of your other hand. Run it over your palm. Feel those lines that run across your palm. Feel the texture of the skin. Note the coloration of the skin. Next, place your hand upon your cheek. Feel the differentiation between all the fingers and the thumb. Take your hand off your cheek and turn it over.

Next thoroughly inspect the back of your hand. Likewise, notice all the features of the back of your hand. Inspect all the knuckles how they allow your hand and fingers to bend. Take your other hand and feel your fingernails. Rub the nails gently across the palm of your other hand. Tap the nails on something hard. Listen to the sound that they make. Rub the inside of your other fingers across the back of your hand. Feel the hair and the texture of the skin. There is not the slightest shred of doubt that this is your hand.

What you are going for during your SATS session is seeing and experiencing your desire with the same clarity with which you inspected your hand. It is called clarity of vision. You feel and see and hear your desire. You do not wish it was your hand. It is with certainty that you know it is your hand. That is what you want to impart to your Subconscious Mind when you are creating your vision in that deeply relaxed state.

Conceive. Believe. Receive.