Virtues of the body: Health and Strength.
The Basics:
Good Diet, Moderate Exercise, 7-8 Hours of Sleep
Good Hygiene
Aerobic Exercise 3 or 4 times a week:
Bikikng, Kick boxing, Rowing, Running, Swimming, Walking,
Weight Training or ?
Stretch before and after activity.
Warmup Pre Stretch
Pre Walk/Jog/Cycle/Time -Distance
Basic Resistance Increase Rule (Weight Training)
1. Minimum Repetitions
2. Maximum Repetitions
3. Add Weight (resume minimum reps)
Post Walk/Jog/Cycle/Sprint/Time - Distance
Post Warmdown Stretch
Basic Static Stretch Exercises
1. Groin 2. Trunk 3. Head
4. Eagle 5. Bottoms Up 6. Hurdle
7. Shoulders - Front 8. Shoulders - Back 9. Achilles
Note: To Determine Your Peak Heart Rate
220 Minus Your Age Times .7 = ________
Stretching
by Bob Anderson, 1980/2000
Make and drink natural Gatorade:
½ gallon of filtered water, ½ lemon, 1 tsp. sea salt, 5 slices of ginger.
In the morning: make time for meditation.
In the late morning: make time for good snack. (Fruit or trail mix)
In the early afternoon: make time for meditation. (Breathing)
At the end of day: make time for self or meditation.
Meditation
2 or 3 times a day.
Breathing techniques, Self-hypnosis,
Relaxation techniques.
(See below)
Take Care of Yourself:
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care
by James F. Fries and Donald M. Vickery, 1973/2009
Not only do you need a Living Will but also,
more importantly, you need a Durable Power of Attorney.
(In case of emergencies)
You can pick up a copy of the forms from your Health Care Provider.
Bibliographies
The Gift of Healing
A Personal Stoty of Spiritual Healing
Ambrose A. Worrall
with Olga N. Worrall, 1965
The Gift of Inner Healing
by Ruth Carter Staplrton, 1976
Healing and Regeneration Through Color
by Corinne Heline, 1983
Grandmothers of the Light:
A Medicine Woman's Source Book
by Paula Gunn Allen, 1991
Healing and The Mind
by Bill Moyers, 1993
Take Care of Yourself:
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Medical Self-Care
by James F. Fries and Donald M. Vickery, 2009
Diet for a Small Planet
by Frances Moore Lappe, 1971/1991
In Balance for Life:
Understanding and Maximizing Your Body's pH Factor
by Alex Guerrero, 2005
Against the Grain:
Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food
By Marc Lappe, Ph.D. and Britt Bailey, 1998
Nutrition Now
by Judith E. Brown, 2008
Nutrition for Life
by Janice Thompson, 2009
Smart Drugs and Nutrients:
How to Improve Your Memory and Increase Your Intelligence
Using the Latest Discoveries in Neuroscience
by Ward Dean, M.D. and John Morgenthaler, 1990
Smart Drugs II:
The Next Generation
by Ward Dean M.D., John Morgenthaler
and Steven Wm. Fowkes, 1993
Empowered Patient
by Elizabeth Cohen, 2010
Also on CNN Health
The Soil Will Save Us
by Kristin Ohlson, 2014
Buddhist Meditation
Bare Attention
A period of silent attention to mind and body.
Note the physical sensations of the in and out breath.
Buddhist meditation takes the untrained, everyday mind
as its natural starting point, and it requires the development
of one particular attentional posture of naked, or bare, attention.
Defined as:
"The clear and single-minded awareness of what actually happens to us and in us at the successive moments of perception."
Bare attention takes this unexamined mind and opens it up by observing the mind, emotions, and body the way they are. It is the fundamendal tenet of Buddhist psychology that this kind of attention is, in itsetf, healing.
Concentration
In the Eightfold Path, the Buddha spoke specifically about cultivating two particular kinds of attention: concentration and mindfulness. They are not the same. Traditionally, concentration is taught first. By repeatedly returning one's attention to a central object of awareness---a word, a sound, a sensation, a visual image, or an idea---feelings of tranquility are generated in mind and body. The chattering, discursive mind is quieted, and the experiences of delight begin to unfold.
Mindfulness
The Buddha taught that one must not escape into the concentrated absorption of the tranquil mind but rather contemplate what he called the "Four Founations of Mindfulness," particularly the body, the feelings, the mind, and the thoughts and emotions, which he called "mental objects" or "mental factors." Like bare attention, mindfulness means being aware of exactly what is happing in the mind and body as it is occurring: what it reveals is how much of a flux we are in at all times.
Mindfulness
To be more present; Moment to moment awareness.
Mindfulness for Beginners:
Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., 2012
Meditation
2 or 3 times a day.
Breathing techniques, Self-hypnosis,
Relaxation techniques.
Altered States of Consciousness
Edited by Charles T. Tart, 1969/72
See Chapter 4: Introduction to Meditation
How to Meditate:
A Guide to Self-discovery
by Lawrence LeShan, 1975
How to Meditate:
A Practical Guide
by Kathleen McDonald, 1984
The Art of Living Consciously
by Nathaniel Branden, 1999
Pointing out the Great Way:
The stages of meditation in the mahamudra tradition
by Daniel P. Brown, 2006
Long Life
We can give only a brief summary of the "recipes" for a long life.
A. To live long it is in the first place necessary to live morally.
Merger feasts and prohibitions must be part of the therapy.
B. Among the positive recipes the most important is the
Meditation upon the One, ("to retain the One")
or rather, upon the Light of the One.
Therein lies the "root of long life".
What this means is a technique for visualizing colored lights,
first red, then white, finally green.
One must become totally illuminated internally and thus eliminate all diseases.
"If you want to live long, you must become illuminated in retaining the One."
As diseases are a result of sin, reflection upon one's faults
tends eventually to accompany concentration.
Another procedure for meditation consists in concentrating upon the images
of the spirits of internal organs, represented in human shape, dressed in clothes
of colors that correspond to the respective elements and seasons.
Taoists School text.
Warning
The Coast News http://thecoastnews.com Vol. 24 NO. 31 AUG. 13, 2010
Husband's cancer spurs wife to warn of suspected cell phone dangers.
Local doctor shares his views on electromagnetic field radiation dangers (EMF)
Page B5
by Lillian Cox
Dr. Dan's advice
Dr. Dan Harper offers a few tips on how to protect yourself from EMFs:
Purchase a Trifield Meter to measure EMF radiation in your home.
In homes, make sure the grounding is done correctly
at the junction box of the circuit breaker
and of the switch box inside that grounds to the hot water.
Keep children more than 4 to 5 feet from the front of the TV
and away from any alternating current devices such as air filters, computers, and stereos.
Use large computer monitor,
with a corded mouse and keypad that can be set 3 to 4 feet away
from the monitor and tower to prevent the strong EMFs from entering your body.
Stay away from laptops.
Turn off electrical equipment at the surge proctor when not in use.
Turn off routers on wi-fi and computers
so EMF radiation is not shot through the house and neighborhood.
Don't use a cordless phone. Get a speaker phone or land line.
Limit cell phone texting and talking.
Turn off the phone when not in use. If it is kept turned on,
it is broadcasting microwaves into the tissues
of the person carrying it and those around him.
Second-hand radiation is more dangerous
than second-hand cigarette smoke in my opinion.
The further one gets from the cell tower,
the stronger the cell phone blast into the tissues trying to reach the tower.
The closer one gets to the tower, the more the tower blast the person there,
whether they have a phone on or not.
Bluetooth phones triple the amount of negative energy entering the body.
Finally, don't live near a cell tower
unless you have your medical life insurance policy
and your medical insurance covers cancer,
autoimmunity, dementia, (including Alzheimer's and presenile dementia),
heart disease, diabetes, and a large number of so called
chronic diseases that have been shown
to increase in the presence of harmful EMFs at low doses.
The Basics:
Good Diet, Moderate Exercise, 7-8 Hours of Sleep, Good Hygiene
Aerobic Exercise 3 or 4 times a week:
Biking, Kick boxing, Rowing, Running, Swimming, Walking,
Weight Training or ?
Stretch before and after activity.
Stretching
by Bob Anderson, 1980/2000
Make and drink natural gatorade:
½ gallon of filtered water, ½ lemon, 1 tsp. sea salt, 5 slices of ginger.
In the morning: make time for meditation.
In the late morning: make time for good snack. (Fruit or trail mix)
In the early afternoon: make time for meditation. (Breathing)
At the end of day: make time for self or meditation.
| Last Updated: 10/19/22 |