There is no magic pill
that can take away your every ill.

Emphasize what thoughts you are digesting.

Thoughts have greater impact on your body than unhealthy foods. The reason: while your body eats only a few times a day, your body continuously digests your perceptions of reality.

If you want to accelerate your awakening into light, try an enzyme-rich vegetarian diet: fresh fruits and nourishing foods such as alfalfa sprouts, vegetables, tofu, etc. Eat as few mucoid-producing (acid) foods as possible (yeasted bread, cake, dairy, meat, fish, fowl, eggs, coffee, alcohol, sugar, chocolate, soft drinks, etc.).

A gradual approach to diet change is sensible. Investigate balanced nutrition. Buy organic you're worth it! Eat foods that nourish you on all levels. Avoid being self-critical about eating unhealthy foods once in a while. "Eat to live, not live to eat."

Eat when hungry. Drink your food. Chew your liquids.

Chew your foods until they become liquids. Sip your liquids until they reach body temperature. Love your body as your Self.

In the World
Before meditation, go for a short walk. Feel tall and keep your eye focus at the horizon. With every exhalation, relax down into your body. Feel as if you are being pulled to earth by a powerful but pleasant magnetic pull. More than ever before, relax your jaw and every area of your head.

Notice that when your eye focus drops below the horizon that you are drifting into an unconscious dream state (the unhealed "past"). When your eye focus moves above the horizon notice that you may be thinking about the future (the "past" finding a way to resolve itself in the "future" via the creative process).

Keep relaxing and finding ways of enjoying each breath and opening your heart. If you do not feel this divine pleasure, know that you are only one breath away from finding It. Walk just long enough to feel energized. Walk close to your home or vehicle so that you can enter meditation exactly at the right moment when you feel a powerful wave of bliss or grace.

Consciously breathe at least five to twenty percent deeper than normal. When you find yourself not breathing deeper, realize that you are daydreaming. When you daydream, you have a hazy connection with both the subconscious (the past) and the conscious (the present). Breathe as deeply as you need to remain fully alert. As your inner connection deepens, breathe less deeply.

In Rest
Lie down on your back in a symmetrical position: position the left and right sides of your body the same. This position facilitates the balancing of the left and right hemispheres of the brain. If you have lower back problems, you may want to bend your knees so that your feet and lower back are flat on the floor.

Rest your hands on your belly and feel the belly move up as you inhale and down as you exhale. (See Breathing Techniques, Week 1; also explained on "Meditate: CD #1".) Breathe as a baby breathes: smoothly, deeply, with the diaphragm. Rest contemplating the beautiful qualities of your immortal nature. Rest with the purpose of waking up awareness of your soul.

Meditation #1
When you first sit to meditate, do not be concerned with posture. Allow your body to slump forward or backwards but not sideways. Move as gracefully as possible into your chair. Simply relax and contemplate the timeless nature of your soul.

Listen as intently as you can to the silence within your gentle soul and forget everything you hear. In other words, listen and let go. Do not place importance on anything you hear. Until you shift your attention into the Silence between thought, inner voices are simply unhealed or unprocessed thoughts.

Do not be in a hurry to find your Inner Voice. All good things come to those who wait. All hurry is ego. Answers come from being in a receptive, timeless state. Simply contemplate your soul: how beautiful, infinite, and full of pure love it is.

Do not be concerned if your body moves, but notice that every move reflects an internal reaction to a thought that surfaced from your subconscious. The more you become Silence, the more you see the nature of the mind its need to move from one perspective to its opposite; never at peace, always seeking but never finding.

As soon as you find yourself feeling sleepy, breathe deeper without compromising your gentle inner connection. Breathe less deeply as your inner connection deepens.

Meditate with both hands resting on your belly. This can be a constant reminder to stay in touch with your breath. When you begin, your breath may feel unnatural and stuttered. Instead, breathe as a baby breathes: when you inhale the belly fills up like a balloon, when you exhale, the belly relaxes into the spine.

Breathe until you feel a floating sensation. Breathe until you are a puffy white cloud floating in an infinite blue sky. Smile inside. Feel the warmth of the inner Sun. Enjoy.