Pearls of Wisdom - Pure & Powerful. Dr. Liz Anderson Peacock

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СКАЧАТЬ In respect for time, I explain with minimal detail by saying there were the unrelated deaths of my godmother, my father-in-law, my father, my sister-in-law and our oldest sixteen-year-old dog. In the same year, I had another dog hit and dragged by a truck and survive, a mother who had congestive heart failure, a mother-in-law who suffered an extensive stroke, and a brother who’s experimental brain surgery kept him in the ICU for twelve weeks during the SARS epidemic. In addition, I had a vehicular accident, when my car skidded on black ice, rolled-over and crossed two lanes of on-coming traffic. With all of these events I did not slow down, but kept my usual pace. These significant events were not fully dealt with; I just chalked them up as more life experience. I dealt with them intellectually, but not emotionally. I shifted more into my head and stayed there. I kept myself busy, which was the first clue I was not fully connecting with my feelings.

      Dealing with my emotions was inconvenient. I did not want to stop what I was doing. My avoidance was excused by not having time to feel. Over time, life slowly began to feel more difficult and I became frustrated with any little mishap. Being strong, I muscled through it all using my stamina and endurance, focusing on the tasks needing to be completed. I was so busy doing I did not see it.

      I recognized my disconnection when I finally caught myself saying, “I think;” whereas I more commonly say, “I feel.” A variety of other events also occurred to the point I had to literally stop to reassess who I was and how I defined myself. The doing stopped so I could just focus on being. Over the years, my neurology has been wired to the process of activity and busy-ness, and to stop long enough to change my neurology felt cruelly difficult.

      “There is no process which does not require time,” Principle #6 of Stephenson’s 33 Principles. Knowing this still becomes difficult to apply. For someone accustomed to being busy, allowing time to unravel is not an easy transition for change. A principle in neuroscience is: “Neurons that Fire together, Wire together.” The reverse is also true. So I worked on reversing my neurological wiring.

      With my re-evaluation of who I was unfolding to become, I began loving the down time. I needed to be reminded of who I am and distinguish it from what I do. In retrospect, it was quite plain that my outer world was reflecting my inner world. I am thankful to the Universe for providing me with the chaotic challenges, for they served as a wake up call to making change.

      ‘Response – Ability’ is aptly named because humans live and experience life through their nervous system. Our ability to respond has everything to do with the quality and quantity of our nervous system function. A healthy response is free to be creative. Through our ‘response – ability’ we communicate who we are to the world. In our practices, our ability to palpate demonstrates and communicates to patients our wisdom supporting what we do. In life, our response to the world determines outcomes. What we are capable of ‘seeing and not seeing’ is dictated by the limitations in our perception and experience. Our ability to adapt in the world determines our survival and health. Responsibility is an inside out process.

      When we adjust our thoughts and adjust our actions, we adjust our life. Like Chiropractic, when life is pure it is without a doubt powerful.

      It is not the strongest of the species that survives. It is not the fastest of the species that survives. It is the one most able to adapt to change.

      ~ Charles Darwin

      •To help others, first change yourself.

      •There is no failure, only lessons.

      •Ask for help and it appears.

      •Continue being a student of life.

      •Love them when they do not love themselves.

      •We each have a unique path – celebrate it!

      •The journey is everything.

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      Living And Leading A Vital Life

      Dr. Janice Hughes

      I no longer have the privilege every day of adjusting people. My own search for vitalism and living a life of vitality is the reason this occurred.

      I now realize the messages about vitalism I’ve received along my path were delivered to teach and encourage me to stand up and be me. I’m a strong and driven woman, in roles and positions in my profession that – to date – have not had many women involved. In challenging the status quo and trying new things, I began to create opportunities to truly define vitalism for myself. My path is to get the message out to other women that you can be more. By embracing vitalism, you can be incredibly powerful.

      Vitalism in action has shown me:

      ♦Balance is an illusion, but being in the flow is not.

      ♦We can succeed in spite of ourselves.

      ♦Discipline determines our destiny.

      ♦Wisdom is recognizing that any adversity has incredible benefits.

      ♦Life is all vibration, at a deep cellular level, and expressing our unique vibration creates a life of authenticity.

      ♦Life is good!

      What Is Vitalism?

      Vitalism is the doctrine that life involves immaterial and incorporeal ‘vital forces,’ and cannot be explained scientifically. This subtle essence is what we – as Chiropractors – come close to touching every day with every adjustment. Vitalism is not unique and specific to Chiropractic. Chiropractors did not create this word and its use is certainly not exclusive to us. Although, because it is such a critical part of practicing Chiropractic, it is one of our guiding Principles.

      The challenge for so many of us in the profession is that some days we forget about this magic and connection to vitalism. We get caught in the business reality of running a practice, raising a family, or daily to-do lists. Yet, all it takes is adjusting an infant and seeing almost instant changes to remind us that we have influence on that subtle substance, that vital life force within people.

      More than ever before, there is currently a focus on what is vitalistic versus mechanistic. Philosophically, mechanism is the theory that Laws of Nature can explain all natural phenomena. In opposition, vitalism postulates that organisms have ‘vital forces’ that are not physical. In our current day there is greater awareness of the concept of vitalism as it pertains to health care, food, and life in general.

      In the world of a healer, vitalism is expressed and revealed to each of us in unique ways. There are so many phenomenal women writing in this book about their lives and connection to vitalism. Since many of them are currently still in practice, I know and trust they will be sharing healing examples of vitalism truly at play. For this reason I chose to focus on the consistent vitalism in my life. Vitalism was distinctly full force in my practice, yet in hindsight I have come to realize how it was vitalism at work in my life that has created my entire path in life.

      Three Acts Of Life

      Several years ago I read an amazing interview with Jane Fonda speaking about the stages of her life, similar to acts in a play. She referenced three distinct acts, and in looking back saw a thread of connection. She said while living through those days, it felt like three distinct and separate lives, with a different focus in each. This is so similar to a stage play, where often the second act is so distinctly different than the first act. The third act is often where all the details СКАЧАТЬ