terça-feira, 29 de abril de 2014

Emagrece-te a ti mesmo(a) - emagrecimento e autoconhecimento // Slim thyself down – weight loss and self-knowledge


Emagrece-te a ti mesmo(a) - emagrecimento e autoconhecimento (the ENGLISH VERSION is bellow the Portuguese original version)

Então lhe disseram que a dieta, o exercício físico, o remédio ou cirurgia são soluções definitivas para emagrecer? Será que são as únicas soluções?

-E quem é você para levantar dúvidas sobre métodos de emagrecimento comprovados pela ciência médica? – seria uma pergunta sensata.

Não sou nenhuma especialista em medicina ou nutrição, mas posso compartilhar meu aprendizado de quem emagreceu em torno de 30 kg ao longo de 3 a 4 anos, sem recorrer a esses métodos, que são apenas mudanças externas. Será que essas formas de mudanças externas são realmente capazes de reverter as causas que criaram um conflito entre corpo e mente? 

-Como assim, “conflito entre corpo e mente”, o que isso tem a ver com querer emagrecer? – alguém poderá perguntar.

O corpo está a serviço da expressão da sua individualidade e, muitas vezes, confundimos nossa individualidade com a mente. Você convive com seu corpo como um estranho, um inimigo, uma máquina que leva você de um lugar a outro OU convive com seu corpo como um velho amigo, aliado, a máquina mais inteligente que existe?

-Isso não respondeu à minha pergunta! – exclamaria o(a) leitor(a) numa reação impaciente.

Onde está a imagem do seu corpo ideal? Está em sua mente. Esta imagem mental não está em concordância com seu corpo real, temos aí um conflito em potencial. Quando você se olha no espelho e reage com pensamentos e emoções negativas ao comparar o corpo real com o corpo ideal, foi criado um conflito entre mente e corpo.

-Mas isso é ÓBVIO! – você poderá dizer.

Se isso é tão óbvio, porque a maioria das pessoas busca soluções para esse conflito em mudanças externas, mas não busca, paralela ou alternativamente, mudanças internas? A causa do conflito não está nos hábitos externos, no entanto, os hábitos revelam que há atitudes internas a serem revistas e curadas. Se o conflito não for solucionado ou curado, mesmo que você emagreça, o conflito ressurgirá de alguma forma.

-Essa é boa! Como vou “curar” uma atitude? Atitudes tem a ver com minha personalidade, são típicas do meu perfil. Não devo aceitar minha personalidade? – você poderia questionar.

Sim, a autoaceitação pode ajudar a curar muitas atitudes de sua mente, atitudes que refletem uma tendência humana de resistir àquilo que existe aqui e agora, sob a forma que se apresenta. Sua personalidade é uma expressão da sua individualidade que está sujeita a mudanças, pois não manifesta a sua verdadeira essência de forma ilimitada e, a cada limite superado, a personalidade poderá mudar. Voltando às atitudes internas, estas podem ser notadas se você prestar atenção aos comentários e diálogos internos que ocorrem em sua mente. “Já tentei de tudo! Desisto de tentar emagrecer, não gosto de minha aparência e vou continuar não gostando...” Esse tipo de comentário revela o tipo de atitude que precisa ser curada.

-Realmente, não gostar da minha aparência revela baixa autoestima e prefiro resolver isso, ter autoestima elevada.  – você talvez concorde.

Como resolver isso? Para começar, a autoaceitação pode ajudar bastante.

-Ei! Espere aí! Se quero mudar, não vou me acomodar com esse papo de “autoaceitação”. – você pode achar.

Não é verdade que autoaceitação seja sinônimo de acomodação. Isso é um equívoco comum. Aceite a forma física real que existe no momento presente, trate-a com carinho, como se já fosse o corpo ideal, assim poderá um dia vir a ser o corpo ideal realizado. Não alimente pensamentos neuróticos se pesando com frequência, aliás, evite a balança – não meça o valor do seu corpo pela falta de kg. Seu corpo precisa ser ouvido e compreendido, essa máquina inteligente sabe exatamente como precisa ser alimentada e exercitada, mas você não consegue ouvir porque há muitos ruídos interferindo: seus pensamentos e suas emoções negativas; as informações disponíveis na mídia; sua falta de tempo para prestar atenção aos sinais sutis que o corpo envia, etc. Seu corpo sabe o que precisa, você não compreende a linguagem do corpo, há uma falha de comunicação – na verdade, você não está separado(a) do seu corpo, o seu corpo é a sua expressão física na 3ª dimensão (espaço) e você existe também em outras dimensões, como a 4ª dimensão (tempo). Não compreender a linguagem do corpo tem a ver com essa tendência a nos distanciarmos do corpo e nos identificarmos com a mente e/ou a personalidade. Seria interessante prestar mais atenção às sensações do corpo, pois uma dor de estômago é uma mensagem do corpo de que algo está ocorrendo e isso precisa ser resolvido. Também seria interessante investigar suas crenças sobre emagrecimento, boa forma física, o uso de alimentos como compensação emocional e como fonte principal de prazer.

-Gosto de comer, qual é o problema em comer com prazer? – você pode questionar.

Não há problema em comer com prazer. Há um problema se essa for sua principal fonte de prazer. Se atividades como ouvir música, cantar, caminhar ao ar livre, ler, meditar, etc. podem proporcionar prazer, seria interessante buscar nessas, ou em outras atividades, fontes alternativas de prazer e satisfação.  Ver TV é uma atividade que muitos associam à atividade de comer/beber, se for o seu caso, evite ver TV e assim evitará o desejo de comer petiscos sem perceber e sem necessidade. Comer sem perceber pode ser como um veneno para o corpo...

-Está bem, mas como faço para curar completamente as atitudes que me trouxeram até o ponto em vejo que preciso emagrecer? Como faço para compreender a linguagem do meu corpo para saber como me alimentar e exercitar? – você pode querer saber.

Essas perguntas são um excelente começo, mas a resposta não pode ser dada em poucas palavras. O corpo ideal pode ser o resultado de um processo de mudanças e manter o corpo ideal será a prova de que a cura das atitudes equivocadas realmente ocorreu. Esse processo de mudanças e de aquisição de compreensão da linguagem do corpo não ocorre da noite pro dia, pode demorar meses ou anos, você quer mesmo começar? Você precisará se auto-observar e isso vai “dar trabalho”, você não terá resultados imediatos. Muitos querem alcançar o sucesso, mas poucos estão dispostos a fazer mudanças que resultem em novos e melhores resultados. Posso voltar a falar sobre este assunto, mas você já pode começar a sua jornada e emagrecer sem dietas, sem remédios e outros recursos externos. Lembre-se de:
>Aceitar seu corpo tal como é hoje e tratá-lo com carinho e atenção;
>Não alimente pensamentos derrotistas, VOCÊ PODE EMAGRECER!;
>Ouvir seu corpo - dores e incômodos são alertas para sinalizar que você não escutou quando os sinais foram mais sutis;
>Busque prazer em fontes “ alternativas” (que não estejam relacionadas à comida) e saudáveis;
>Note quais são suas crenças sobre boa forma e emagrecimento, veja se estão atrapalhando.

---------- ENGLISH VERSION-----------


Slim thyself down – weight loss and self-knowledge

So you’ve been told that diet, physical exercise, medication or surgery are the ultimate solutions to lose weight?  Are they?

- And who are you? What makes you think you can question scientifically proven weight loss methods? – this would be a reasonable question.

I’m not a specialist in Medicine or Nutrition, but I can share what I learned by losing 30 kg (about 66 pounds) in a period of 3-4 years without making use of those methods, which are only external changes. Is it possible to say that those types of external changes can really reverse the original causes that created a conflict between body and mind?

-What? “Conflict between body and mind”, what does that have to do with slimming down? – someone might ask.

The body is at the service of the expression of your individuality and we often confuse our individuality by identifying it with the mind. Do you live with your body as if it were a stranger, an enemy or a machine taking you from here to there OR do you live with your body as if it were an old friend, an ally, the most intelligent machine there is?

-That didn’t answer my question at all! – might think the reader in an impatient reaction.

Where is the image of your ideal body? It is in your mind. This mental image isn’t in accordance with your real body, so here we have a potential conflict. When you look at yourself in the mirror and react with thoughts and negative emotions while comparing the real to the ideal body, then a conflict between mind and body has been created.

-Well, that’s kind of obvious… – you might say to yourself.

If it’s that much obvious, then why do most people look for solutions to this conflict in external changes (diet, physical exercise, medication…) but don’t look for solutions in internal changes simultaneously or alternatively? The cause of the conflict is not in the external habits, but external habits do reveal that there are attitudes in need of revision and healing. And if the conflict isn’t solved/healed, even if you achieve the desired weight, the same conflict will reappear in a different manner.

-That’s a good one! How am I supposed to “heal” an attitude? Attitudes are related to my personality, they are typical of my profile. Shouldn’t I accept my personality? – you might ask.

Yes, self-acceptance can help heal many attitudes of your mind, attitudes reflecting a human tendency to resist to what exists here and now, in the way it presents itself to us. Your personality is an expression of your individuality but it’s subject to change, because it doesn’t manifest your true essence without limits so, each time a limit is surpassed, your personality can change partially. Let’s go back to internal attitudes, these can be noticed if you pay attention to the inner comments and chatter going on in your mid. “I’ve tried everything! I give up trying to slim down, I don’t like my appearance and I’ll go on not liking it…” This type of comment reveals one of the types of attitudes that need healing.

-That makes sense actually, not liking my own looks is a sign of low self-esteem and I’d rather fix it, I want to have high self-esteem. – you might even agree.

How can this be “fixed”? To begin with, self-acceptance can help a great deal.

-Hey! Wait a minute! If I want to change, I won’t just stay in my comfort zone and practice “self-acceptance”. – you might figure.

It’s not an unusual mistake to view self-acceptance as a negative feature, related to the idea of staying in a comfort zone. Accept your real physical shape, just the way it is now, treat it kindly, as if it already were the ideal body, then one day it might indeed become the ideal body. Don’t worsen neurotic thinking patterns by weighing yourself too often, in fact, avoid the scale – don’t try to measure your body’s worth by its weight loss. Your body needs to be listened to and understood, this intelligent machine knows exactly how it needs to be fed and exercised, but you are unable to listen because there is too much noise interfering: your negative thoughts/emotions, the information available in the media, your lack of time to pay attention to the subtle signs sent by your body, etc. Your body knows what you need, but you don’t understand its language, there is failure in this communication – in fact, you are not truly separated from your body, your body is a physical expression of yourself in the third dimension (space) and you also exist in other dimensions, such as the fourth (time). Not understanding our body’s language has to do with this tendency to distance ourselves from the body and identifying ourselves with the mind and/or personality. It would be interesting if you could pay more attention to the body’s feelings/sensations, because a stomach ache is a message of the body saying that something is going on and it needs to be fixed. It would also be interesting for you to investigate your beliefs about weight loss, fitness, the use of food as emotional compensation and as main source of pleasure.

-I like to eat, what’s the problem with eating with pleasure? – you might question.

There is no problem in eating with pleasure. There is a problem if that is your one main source of pleasure in life. If activities such as listening to music, singing, walking outdoors, reading, meditating, etc. can give you pleasure, it would be interesting for you to resort to these, or other healthy activities, as alternative sources of pleasure and satisfaction. Watching TV is an activity that many have associated with eating/drinking, if this is your case, I suggest you avoid watching TV and this will help avoid the craving for snacks and eating them without paying attention and without the need. To eating without paying any attention to how fast we eat and how our food tastes can have a poisonous effect on our bodies…

-Alright, I see your point. But how can I fully heal all the attitudes that brought me to the point where I see I need to slim down? How can I understand the language of my body to know how to eat and exercise? – you might want to know. 

These questions are a great way to begin, but the answer cannot be given in just a few words. The ideal body can be the result of a change process and to maintain your ideal shape overtime will be the proof that at least some of those mistaken attitudes were healed indeed. This personal change process and understanding of the body’s language doesn’t happen overnight, it might take months or years, do you really want to get started? You’ll need to engage in self-observation and this means you will work hard without immediate results. Many wish to be successful, but few are willing to make changes that result in new and better results. I can return to this subject and write more about it, but you can already start your journey and slim down without diets, medication and other external resources. Remember to:
>Accept your body just as it is now and treat it kindly, paying attention to it;
>Don’t indulge in thoughts of self-pity,YOU CAN DO IT, you can slim down;
>Listen to your own body – pain and annoyances are alerts to signal the message you didn’t listen when the body sent more subtle signs;
>Find pleasure in healthy “alternative” (non-related to food) sources;
>Notice what are your beliefs about the ideal body and weight loss, check if they are helpful or not.
 



segunda-feira, 21 de abril de 2014

Dolphins’ Chronicles – Chapter 3 – The Vampire Hunters



Dolphins’ Chronicles – Chapter 3 – The Vampire Hunters 
by Anna Catharina Mp


The Fall of Mankind altered the balance of the living beings on the surface of Planet Earth. Beings that lived a life of service to humans were forced to hide behind veils of perception or false human identities. In the case of Vampires and Dampires (offspring of human and vampire), some became overwhelmed with a sense of superiority and despised humans for their weakness. These powerful Vampires and Dampires had little compassion, a deep thirst for justice and, therefore, were not patient enough to wait in the silent shadows until humans returned to pacifist social systems, so they thought on global terms and decided to solve part of the fallen mankind problem acting locally, through gradual partial extermination of the human global plague.  


About the half-breeds’ participation in this terrorism, although these first generation dampires shared some of the physical and most of the psychic powers of their vampire parents, they had no need of blood as nourishment. Rebel dampires denied and despised their human half by rejecting the company of humans and by choosing to serve vampires who disrespected human’s right to live. Many times, dampires were the ones left to do the dirty job of killing humans after rogue vampires finished their meals. 


As a response to this imbalance, a prosperous tribe of farmers in the mountains of a secluded region, that nowadays would be located in Eastern Europe, heard a Calling to Serve in their untainted heart, unaffected as they had been by the general Fall of Mankind. The Calling could be worded as, “There is a need of strong-willed, pure-hearted and clear-minded workers to keep peace among humans and the Vampire Race. These workers will dedicate their lives to protecting humans from their vampire and dampire rogue brothers who thirst for bloody justice and lost any respect for human life.” 


Men and women of this tribe gathered in a meeting and collectively agreed on accepting the mission Calling. All were fully aware that they would need to leave behind their beloved portion of motherland and spread themselves all over the world, wherever vampires would be. From now on, their motherland would be the entire planet Earth, the material manifestation of Mother Gaia. Their animal friends would accompany them and be great helpers, whether they were canine, feline, horse, reptile or birds. These farmers had a shamanic culture and devoted themselves to spiritual practices that developed psychic abilities such as remote viewing and telepathy. They led healthy and balanced lifestyles which resulted in a very long lifespan. They were also much stronger than fallen humans because their higher level of awareness, strong connection with the Divine Self and purity of mind provided them with abundant energy and great ability to manifest. Preparations were made and each family, couple or group of friends left their birthplace, one by one and, according to the Calling, they knew intuitively what direction to take. To confirm the exact location where their service was needed, they used remote viewing. For this reason, the youngest who had not yet fully developed and trained there psychic abilities took longer time in preparing to leave. 


It is important to point out that Vampires need not kill humans to feed on their blood, but the rebellious ones saw no harm in exterminating the corrupted humans that smelled badly of greed, of hatred, of fear of death, and other offensive smells. The olfactory sense of vampires and dampires made them sensitive to human pheromones and the stench of the fear-based fallen human society sickened them. They wished to turn back time to the days before the Fall, when the Human Race treated the Vampire Race with reverence and gladly paid for the service of vampires with offers of blood donations¹. Since their wish would not come true, these rebellious beings began to impose respect through violence and cursed themselves to fall along with mankind. Vampires who committed murder broke their vows of non-violence and shattered their own subtle energetic structures, causing a shock that produced long-term memory loss – they lost connection with their own noble purpose and their sacred culture. What remained was thirst for human blood, superhuman strength, psychic abilities, a sense of superiority over humans and strong sex drive. The fallen rogue vampire made humans their prey and hunted them to fulfill their need of blood without any intention of preserving the lives of their victims.


There was a sense of urgency lingering in the emotional atmosphere shared by mankind - men and women cried out for help and stood defenseless against the blood thirsty predators. Sensing this, Valkiria and Thomas were the first farmers to leave the peaceful mountains on a vampire hunt.  As a middle-aged couple in the prime of their health, their grown-up children were proud to bid them farewell and they were able to depart swiftly on horseback, with little need to stop along the way to rest, eat or sleep. Their wolf friends followed them faithfully, eager to help. In two days they approached a village terrorized by fallen vampires and observed closely to prevent the next attack. 


First, Valkiria located the vampire leader through remote view, making sure he was alone and far enough from the village. Silent and skillfully, she moved close enough to allow him to capture her fearless body odor, but remained out of his sight. After picking up her scent, the leader was intrigued. “Leader of vampires, I am here to prevent further murder of humans. My name is Valkiria and if you choose to defy me, you will not prevail.” After the first telepathic contact, Valkiria allowed herself to be within the eyesight of the leader. 

“Woman, you have no business here, us rogue ones do as we please and we do not care to spare human lives.” To demonstrate the reality of his words, the leader headed towards the village with the intention to kill whoever he found in his way. Valkiria summoned the strength of the Elements of Nature and Thomas followed her lead in pursuit of the defying killer. Their wolf friends called their pack and positioned themselves between the village and the attacking killer, preventing humans from approaching the area.


To the surprise of the vampire, Valkiria and Thomas appeared in front of him, blocking his way, “You are not fallen humans, I respect you, but I do not owe you any obedience. I shall not harm you if you get out of my way.” 


“Oh, fallen creature! Do you not remember the non-violence vows you have broken? If you despise the fallen humans, you must keep your judgment to yourself and respect their right to life!”, Valkiria’s voice did not respond aloud but her words resonated deeply within the rogue one. 


Thomas looked straight into the leader’s bewildered eyes and spoke aloud calmly, but firmly, “Brother vampire, if you wish to regard humans simply as meal sources, why not use your psychic abilities to induce them to sleep and feed on them carefully, so that when they awake they have no memories of violence and still have enough blood to live on? Or perhaps, catch them by surprise when they are alone and unguarded, then erase the traumatic experience of direct blood-giving from their memories?” 


Sensing he was out powered, not only numerically, but also do to his poor use of free-will, which made him an outlaw and removed his ability to draw power from the forces of Nature – those same forces that he could sense protecting these fearless humans - the leader considered to surrender and accept the man’s suggestions about feeding. “But if I disrespect human life again? What are the consequences?” 


Valkiria replied directly to his conscious mind and frozen heart, “Soon enough, you will shatter beyond repair your own subtle energetic structures that hold vitality and thus reduce your lifespan, slowly losing your physical and psychic strengths until you resemble the same fallen humans you so strongly despise. Your body was not designed to allow violent behaviors.” Again, Thomas looked him in the eyes and added, “We shall not allow you to slaughter, if necessary, we will capture you and hold you prisoner, in underground confinement, until you change your mind. Please do your mates a favor and pass this information onto them. If they rebel, we shall capture the rebel along with the leader whose leadership was shown to be weak. Remember that our source of strength and authority comes from serving Life.”


From that day on, the village was safe from vampire murderers. It took a few years for the message of the Vampire Hunters to spread and for peace among vampires and humans to be restored. Over the years, humans thought it would not harm them to allow vampires to execute death-sentenced criminals. This was a way of giving rogue vampires and dampires a legitimate social role, but most preferred to avoid unnecessary harm to their own subtle energetic system and refrained from feeding long enough to kill their human meal source. Although some rebels still enjoyed these opportunities to express their blood thirst for justice, helping eliminate what they called "inferior and corrupted members of the human race". In fact, some vampires and dampires also found social roles as policemen or armed force members, another path to do justice or participate in legal violence. Nowadays, vampires are also the owners of blood banks and they rarely kill humans or make abusive use of their psychic powers.


In fact, many humans unknowingly invite vampires to feed from their misused sexual energy during their dreamtime, but there are laws regulating these psychic interactions and vampires obey by not attacking either innocent neither vigilant humans. Many erotic dreams or fantasies are not as unreal as they might seem… To feed in this manner is also a form of ridding the world of stagnate energy and it is not “illegal” according to the laws of circulation of energy, because any attachment or imbalance that results in accumulation and stagnation will require a loss to restore the lost balance of energy flow. 


Thankfully, the Vampire Hunters keep track of the vampire population, especially of the rogue ones, and assure that no abuses are allowed against human life. Vampire violence was reduced to rare occasional occurrences or attempts since the Vampire Hunters used mostly preventive strategies, contacting potentially violent vampires before they attacked. This provided Vampire Hunters time to serve humanity in other ways while keeping their watch.


With their free time, Vampire Hunters invested their energy in practicing and assisting the development of martial arts that defended powerless people from powerful elites such as Ninjitsu and Capoeira. They also shared their shamanic knowledge with many tribes and taught how to connect with Nature to achieve healings, knowledge of its mechanisms and inner peace.

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¹ see more about the service of vampires in Dolphins’ Chronicles – chapter 2 – the Noble Purpose of Vampires - http://vitrineindignacao.blogspot.com.br/2013/11/dolphins-chronicles-chapter-2-vampires.html