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Yep, you read correctly, having capped off my 8th ride with HPS GUIDED, I'm now getting to a point in my life where things are taking a real turn for the interesting, and I mean that in the best possible way.
I've left a trail of testimony here extending back almost 4 years, I think it's been now, and if you're reading this and wondering what's possible for cleansers here, then by all means find some time to sort through the record.
It deals not only with physical issues that I've laid to rest in that time, but more importantly has seen my personal development pick up and begin to climb ever higher.
In that vein, I'm finding after this last 7DW cleanse that more than ever I'm finding a deeper significance in the work I've done cleaning up in a physical sense to similar improvements in my personal, emotional, and spiritual life that have come as a direct result.
How did I get here? Is it all just physical cleansing?
No, surely not, but by cleaning up my physical environment, little by little I've come to a point where I can begin taking an interest in matters such as, what's a suitable and noble purpose for one's time, energy...one's life, once the immediate threat of health problems is removed? I couldn't stop to ponder that issue when I was too worried about living and dying with all these physical issues.
And what non-physical improvements have I experienced?
Well, for one thing, a calmer mind, an easier time flowing and dealing with things as they occur in my life, an increased capacity for patience and tolerance of others, and with all that a much deeper sense of actually caring for others, seeing them as just like myself, struggling and stumbling at times trying to get by and get better in this world.
Is this what the wise leaders of the ages have meant by the word, "compassion?" I haven't really felt anything like it since I was a kid myself, still clean and healthy and largely unspoiled by the trials of adulthood.
What's that worth in everyday terms, how does that translate into daily life, success, relationships, etc.?
I don't know yet, but I can tell you, it feels great, and it makes me eager to go further, while confident at the same time that I'm going exactly where I want to go, while being exactly where I need to be in the moment.
So anyway, I'm taking some initial steps in what I consider an actual spiritual dimension, which is rooted not in metaphysical ruminations or blissful dreamlike mental states, but rather a very tangible appreciation of the world we live in, the living creatures we share it with, and a whole bunch of other stuff I've been taking for granted for the last 25 years or so. Getting my head out of reliving past episodes, spending less life speculating on future possibilities, and just taking some time here and there to breathe in the now and really experience it for what it is. The amazing part is how difficult it is to sustain one's present tense for more than a few seconds at a time, in the beginning at least.
So what good is this for someone with a leaky gut or arthritis they want relief from, or whatever?
Simply this: what if you had moved beyond your physical concerns to such a degree that the little things taking place around you at all times actually crept into your awareness and held you captive to your own sense of awe and wonder for a change? What if the center of your world shifted from awareness of pain and fear, and settled into peace and gratitude?
Don't get me wrong, I just get the odd glimmer of this stuff myself, and I have plenty of mundane-world baggage weighing me down. But as I unload more of my physical burdens and conncerns, more of my attachment to my "health problems" that have been nagging at me increasingly with age, the more I see how occupied my mind has been with such trifling, petty, selfish concerns, and I've been missing out on the beauty in and all around me.
I continue to miss out on the best life has to offer, but the difference today is that I know not only can I do something about making that situation better, but that I have been doing it, even when I felt at times that I was being lazy or worse at times...and I feel confident that I'll continue making the right choices more and more often, and opening up to higher levels of practice and experience.
Seeing this realization begin to play out in my daily life is a gift that I never dreamed existed 4 years ago when I began my 7-Day Wonder cleansing adventure with Jos-hua and the HPS online community.
I will never be able to put more than a dent in the debt of gratitude I feel toward Jos-hua, his teachers, my own dear friends in the HPS-Online family past and present...without the caring and support from each and every one of you over the years, my life today would be very different. Your personal stories and wisdom, your own trials and triumphs, all this has been an integral part of my own development...try to find that in a bottle of pills!
So many many thanks to all of you, and it goes without saying by now that you'll see me back here for 7DW Master Faster #5, 6, 7...and every time I know I'll have something new to share, because if there's one thing I've learned in my time here, it's that there are always deeper lessons, more discoveries to make, so long as you persist in the effort to keep forging ahead.
Thanks everybody,
Rick
I've left a trail of testimony here extending back almost 4 years, I think it's been now, and if you're reading this and wondering what's possible for cleansers here, then by all means find some time to sort through the record.
It deals not only with physical issues that I've laid to rest in that time, but more importantly has seen my personal development pick up and begin to climb ever higher.
In that vein, I'm finding after this last 7DW cleanse that more than ever I'm finding a deeper significance in the work I've done cleaning up in a physical sense to similar improvements in my personal, emotional, and spiritual life that have come as a direct result.
How did I get here? Is it all just physical cleansing?
No, surely not, but by cleaning up my physical environment, little by little I've come to a point where I can begin taking an interest in matters such as, what's a suitable and noble purpose for one's time, energy...one's life, once the immediate threat of health problems is removed? I couldn't stop to ponder that issue when I was too worried about living and dying with all these physical issues.
And what non-physical improvements have I experienced?
Well, for one thing, a calmer mind, an easier time flowing and dealing with things as they occur in my life, an increased capacity for patience and tolerance of others, and with all that a much deeper sense of actually caring for others, seeing them as just like myself, struggling and stumbling at times trying to get by and get better in this world.
Is this what the wise leaders of the ages have meant by the word, "compassion?" I haven't really felt anything like it since I was a kid myself, still clean and healthy and largely unspoiled by the trials of adulthood.
What's that worth in everyday terms, how does that translate into daily life, success, relationships, etc.?
I don't know yet, but I can tell you, it feels great, and it makes me eager to go further, while confident at the same time that I'm going exactly where I want to go, while being exactly where I need to be in the moment.
So anyway, I'm taking some initial steps in what I consider an actual spiritual dimension, which is rooted not in metaphysical ruminations or blissful dreamlike mental states, but rather a very tangible appreciation of the world we live in, the living creatures we share it with, and a whole bunch of other stuff I've been taking for granted for the last 25 years or so. Getting my head out of reliving past episodes, spending less life speculating on future possibilities, and just taking some time here and there to breathe in the now and really experience it for what it is. The amazing part is how difficult it is to sustain one's present tense for more than a few seconds at a time, in the beginning at least.
So what good is this for someone with a leaky gut or arthritis they want relief from, or whatever?
Simply this: what if you had moved beyond your physical concerns to such a degree that the little things taking place around you at all times actually crept into your awareness and held you captive to your own sense of awe and wonder for a change? What if the center of your world shifted from awareness of pain and fear, and settled into peace and gratitude?
Don't get me wrong, I just get the odd glimmer of this stuff myself, and I have plenty of mundane-world baggage weighing me down. But as I unload more of my physical burdens and conncerns, more of my attachment to my "health problems" that have been nagging at me increasingly with age, the more I see how occupied my mind has been with such trifling, petty, selfish concerns, and I've been missing out on the beauty in and all around me.
I continue to miss out on the best life has to offer, but the difference today is that I know not only can I do something about making that situation better, but that I have been doing it, even when I felt at times that I was being lazy or worse at times...and I feel confident that I'll continue making the right choices more and more often, and opening up to higher levels of practice and experience.
Seeing this realization begin to play out in my daily life is a gift that I never dreamed existed 4 years ago when I began my 7-Day Wonder cleansing adventure with Jos-hua and the HPS online community.
I will never be able to put more than a dent in the debt of gratitude I feel toward Jos-hua, his teachers, my own dear friends in the HPS-Online family past and present...without the caring and support from each and every one of you over the years, my life today would be very different. Your personal stories and wisdom, your own trials and triumphs, all this has been an integral part of my own development...try to find that in a bottle of pills!
So many many thanks to all of you, and it goes without saying by now that you'll see me back here for 7DW Master Faster #5, 6, 7...and every time I know I'll have something new to share, because if there's one thing I've learned in my time here, it's that there are always deeper lessons, more discoveries to make, so long as you persist in the effort to keep forging ahead.
Thanks everybody,
Rick
. It is so simple, and yet so difficult to realize and accept for most of us!
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