By Open

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Can you believe it, 70% of Americans are on some kind of prescription drug and more than half receive at least two prescriptions. High on the list of drugs prescribed are antidepressants. I find that shocking. Not least, it speaks about the dysfunctional nature of society in terminal decline. The system is not working! I imagine practically everyone suffers from some kind of unhappiness or depression from time to time. Why does that happen? How might we deal with it in an effective, spiritual way, without prescribing medication?…

The not-so-merry-go-round of society

I believe there are many reasons why people suffer bouts of depression, and to me, I sense it’s mainly – if not always – due to a dysfunctional relationship with the divine. I observe in the work I do with people, if we can get that inner relationship aligned and ticking well, then depression and other disfunctional experiences dissolve away.

I put it to you, that the root cause of all Depression,
is a dysfunctional relationship with the divine.

by Shelly Wilson 

We are always getting ready to live, but never living. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each one of us has chosen to incarnate at this time in order to have a human life experience in a physical body. This journey may include the proverbial roadblocks, pot holes, and pit falls.

Sharing my own personal story, I consciously made the decision to stop existing and to start living my life fully without regret several years ago. Doing so transformed my life in a multitude of ways. My perception of life and all of my life experiences shifted.  I recognized that from the moment we breathe the first breath of life, we are beginning to die, and there is no guarantee that we will live for any specific length of time. Therefore, I believe it is important to live each day as though it may be our last.

With this new-found awareness, I consciously began living my life, and I actively encourage others to do so as well. If you are not currently doing so already, allow yourself the opportunity to begin living your life fully right now...

Sweep the floor of your mind. Have no old crumbs sitting there. Sweep out the old. Your life is not be spent on crumbs from the past. Anything of the past is to be swept up and taken out. No matter how vital something from the past may seem to you, it is gone. It’s not worth it to calibrate it over and over again.

Troubles and woes are to be taken out. No matter how important they have been to you, they are out of date. Cross them off your list. Your greatest happiness from yesteryear can amount only to a recollection now.

There are many things in life to keep fresh. Repeated memories are not one of them. It is as if you have chained yourself to a wall, and you chant over and over again, Why? Release yourself from chains of the past. Holding on is a weakness. Holding on is certainly not a strength.

Let go. Let go is what today tells you. When you hold on to the past, the accumulation holds you back. Stay alive in what is called the present, this moment of now that also is slipping away as We speak. Even when you get into nostalgia of the past, you set limits upon yourself. Both the beauty of the past and the pain of the past are not to be held onto. Why? Because the past is the past. Now is not the past. It is not to your benefit to hang onto the past, either the sweet or the unsweet.

You do not wear the same clothes today that you used to wear. You wouldn’t think of it. You know that the clothes from yesteryear no longer fit. You don’t persist in trying them on and looking at yourself in the mirror.

Nature – it is the world’s largest, most eclectic and expansive pharmacy, with literally millions of species at our disposal to plant, cultivate, harvest and make use of in our everyday lives. And yet, most of us remain uninitiated into the highly practical and powerful realm of natural remedies that Nature herself offers to us with open hands.

While most of us grew up disconnected from the natural world, it is never too late for us to discover the endless sources of natural remedies hidden all throughout nature – and make use of them ourselves.

Whatever your personal context, natural remedies can be grown almost anywhere or in anything, from large paddocks and small patches of ground, to pots and window boxes. Healing plants of all varieties can also be bought at local nurseries, swap meetups, garage sales, online stores, or even foraged in the wild and transplanted into your own garden.

James Hall, Guest
Waking Times

Whether to require labeling on GMO foods should be the easiest and simplest of decisions. If health and safety is really a mandate of federal agencies, where is the beef in their policies? Come on people, banning such modifications is not even remotely being considered, so why will the government not lead the way and allow the public to be reasonably informed with full disclosure of exactly the makeup and alterations to the very essence of the food we eat.

Advocates stressing caution provide Top 10 Reasons to Label Genetically Engineered Foods. Where are the warning labels that sheer common sense demands?

“When we have completed all the journeys and adventures through our variety of lives we are supposed to return to the creator with our accumulation of knowledge. It is then absorbed. In this way we are considered cells in the body of God.” ~ Dolores Cannon

Whether we are comfortable with the idea of reincarnation or not, there will be certain patterns and reoccurrences in our lives that are impossible to ignore. Why are we so different from each other in how we react with and digest the world around us? Why do some succeed in material terms while others ‘fail’? Why are some born with such hardships it can seem overwhelming for others to even comprehend? Everything that makes up US can probably be attributed to a past life or experience we have had along the way, and in some capacity was most likely a choice our soul made, whether we’d like to admit it or not.

HJ: Life can be overwhelming at times.  We are constantly presented with a myriad of complex choices.  But what if you knew how to hone in on those choices most likely to create happiness, health and flow in your life?  It would be a game changer, right?  Well, in this interesting and fresh article below, Dr. Susan Biali explores the philosophy of essentialism, that is the art of focusing only on those things that are essential to creating what you want in your life.  A powerful practice indeed.

- Truth

You’ll Be Healthier & Happier When You Know What’s Essential

It’s time to decide what isn’t essential and make room for what matters most.

By Susan Biali M.D. | Psychology Today

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