Take Responsiblity for Your Life By William Lee Rand

Please find the full article at the following address

http://www.spiritualone.com/Online/Oct07/OctNL07.htm

"One unhealthy emotional condition that often crops up is the tendency to blame others. It is easy to get caught up in a feeling of powerlessness, and to relieve the tension, resort to blaming others for our difficulties. Blame may be placed on parents, childhood teachers, spouses, the government, or even God. It is easy to find those who will sympathize and agree with us, thus providing some level of comfort or self-justification, although just below the surface, this behavior is easily recognized as unhealthy and doing nothing to resolve our problems."

Store Wars

"Our Goal is a Healthy Mommy and Baby"

I am simply choosing to report from what I viewed without comment and let the information speak for itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pky9DHxH0uo
Cesarean Birth from Hartford Hospital

C-sections -- "1.2 million are performed each year making it the most common procedure in the United States"

"...certainly one of the most rewarding for an Obstetrician to perform"

Here is what I heard as I listened to this video from Hartford Hospital:

The doctors speak about separating the rectuc muscles and stretch them apart from where they are split in the middle and pick up the peritinium and manipulate that from inside to get to the baby. They make an incision in the peritinium from the inside to get better access to the uterus. Just above the pubic bone above the uterus is the bladder which is somewhat adherent to the uterus, so it must be dissected away from the uterus and out of the way. Recovery time is 3-4 day stay in hospital and 6-8 week recovery time at home. Finally a uterine incision is made to remove the baby from the womb and deliver the baby. Since the mom didn't go into labor the uterus did not have a chance to thin out. This means a longer time for recovery of this part of the procedure. Transverse incision in the uterus is the most common and safest to perform which will allow the possibility of a VBAC. Babies born by C-sections and not the birth canal don't have the chance to remove excess fluids from the lungs which happen naturally during a vaginal birth, therefore "babies born by C-sections are born with more fluids in their mouths" which need to be expressed by the doctors. Unscheduled C-sections will have a Pediatrician in the surgical room for the birth of the baby. C-babies are generally more quiet since there was no transition from uterus to the breathing world. If your OB leaves the uterus inside to suture you up "you will have less nausea and vomiting."

Malpractice concerns is the FIRST reason listed from the doctor in this video when asked for the reasons for the rising rates of C-sections in the United States. "To stay away from forcepts delivery and patients' preference" are listed next.

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/obstetrics
1 result for: obstetrics
Main Entry:
delivery
Part of Speech:
verb
Definition:
childbirth
Synonyms:
Caesarian, Caesarian section, accouchement, bearing, birth, birthing, bringing forth, childbearing, confinement, geniture, labor, lying-in, midwifery, obstetrics, parturition, travail
Source:
Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)

Reiki Spans Religions

Although Reiki IS spiritual in nature it does not hold any one specific religion. The religion of the practitioner does not affect the energy since Reiki energy is Universal Energy and not something coming from the practitioner themself. Many people of many religions practice Reiki. My hope is that in reading this short list of practitioners from various religions, you will be able to overcome any taboos you think you have that your religion does not allow you to receive the health benefits from visiting a Reiki practitioner.

Sister Anny Vogeizang - REIKI Centre DRIELUIK, member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Charles Boromeo. The Netherlands

Sister Mary Mebane, OSF -- member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, headquartered in Redwood City, CA

(The Revd Dr) Alan Sowerbutts -- St John's Read and St Peter's Simonstone, near Burnley, Lancashire, England.

Scott Wyman, M.Div., M.A. Marriage Family Therapist -- Center for Open-Hearted Living

Moshe Bush – Hasidic Jew, Israel -- Bush was introduced to Reiki when his Hasidic Rebbe sent him to a practitioner for healing

Reiki For Peace – Interfaith non profit in Israel designed to bring Reiki to Jews and Arabs

Sister Ann Mc Hugh -- Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk

Sister Laurentine Morgan -- Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk

Sister Hedwig Owsiak -- Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk

Understanding The Pathology Of Pain, Science Catches Up To Reiki

As those who suffer from chronic pain conditions know, there has been very little research thus far, into the methods which help to control or alleviate chronic pain and that most of what Western medicine has to offer does little or nothing to help us cope. That there are finally scientists who are researching the pathology of pain, is in and of itself a major breakthrough and to many nothing less than a miracle and answer to our prayers. Science has been sorely lacking in giving much needed credibility to the reality hundreds of thousands of women live with every day.

The May 2007 edition of Alternative Medicine has done an amazing job at reporting on the pathology of pain in regard to TMJD and reports on those who are studying and researching this disorder and pain in general.

In this edition they report the findings of Dr. William Maixner of the Center for Neurosensory Disorders at the University of North Carolina and Dr. Linda LeReshe, ScD of the University of Washington School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Dr. Maixner’s research has shown that women suffering from chronic sensory disorders (such as fibromyalgia, IBS, chronic fatigue, migraines, tension headaches, TMJD and Vulvodynia) may have “a genetically based “dis-regulation” in their body’s pain processing system which amplifies pain signals and pain perception.”

Dr. Maixner believes that pain is a disease which affects the nervous and immune system. His seven year clinical trial began in 2006 “to identify the risk determinants that predict the susceptibility to TMJD.” He is looking for genes and other biological factors. His study has already shown that women with a particular gene sequence linked to high pain threshold are less likely to develop TMJD.

Dr. Linda LeReshe is studying the link between pain and hormones. Through her research she notes that 80% of those with TMJD are women and that there are more cases reported during women’s childbearing years than before or after. The same has been found true in studies of migraine sufferers. Dr. LeReshe says that “low estrogen causes the perception of more pain.” She believes that “rapid fluctuation of hormones is a cause of increased pain, which is what happens around the time we menstruate.”

Alternative Medicine goes on to report that “emerging evidence suggest that some patients benefit from Acupuncture, herbs, and naturopathic treatment, which may involve hands-on healing techniques such as Reiki…a study of 160 women at Portland Oregon TMJD Specialty Clinic found that patients receiving traditional Chinese medicine and naturopathy experienced more pain relief than those with standard care.”

Also in the May 2007 edition of Alternative Medicine are the findings from the Journal of Alternative Medicine on how to treat Alzheimer’s disease. They found that receiving Reiki once a week for four weeks demonstrated significantly improved memory and reduction of behavioral problems.

The May edition of Alternative Medicine can be purchased for $4.95 and is sold at Barnes and Noble.

Statistics Don’t Lie

The safety of Reiki is 100%. There are no medical contraindications from receiving Reiki.

Not so for drugs, yet in the West we are quick to take them and seek them out from the doctors. Countless times I have heard “I just don’t believe in Reiki” or “sounds screwy to me” from the same people who will take pill after pill looking for a way to feel better.

Here are some interesting facts the pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know:

According to a Time article written on February 2, 2004, “each year an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people die as a result of adverse reactions from FDA-sanctioned pharmaceutical drugs sold in America. In fact, mistakes in administering drugs, often in hospitals, are the fourth- or sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., depending on how the cases are counted.”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,581399-3,00.html

According to the researchers at the University of Toronto, who studied harmful drug reactions from normal medical use, by looking at U.S. hospital studies dating 30 years back from 1998, 75,000-100,000 people die each year from prescribed medications.

And Mother Earth News reports “the General Accounting Office (GAO) reported in 1990 that more than half of the drugs newly approved by the FDA in one decade had "serious post-approval risks, including heart failure, birth defects, kidney failure, blindness and convulsions."

Currently only heart disease, cancer and stroke cause more deaths in the United States than harmful drug reactions from normal medical use.

Explaining The Unexplainable, The Science Behind Reiki

In researching the topic of the science behind Reiki I found a fantastic book by Barbara Ann Brennan, “Hands Of Light”. The scientific information I write about today I learned while reading her book. Hands Of Light is a great source of reference and I highly suggest it to those who wish to delve further into this topic.

Recently I felt incredibly pulled to write about this subject and while I had previously heard of Barbara Brennan I must admit that I didn't know much about her before picking up her book. I have never been one to follow people, as name dropping has NEVER impressed me and those who know me personally can tell you that most often when asked, "Do you know about such and such person?" my answer will almost definitely be no. What I do "know" is that I put the message out to the universe that I wished to find a source that gave information about the science behind Reiki energy and the very first book presented to me when starting my research was Ms. Brennan's. I only had a brief synopsis about the contents of the book, available to read online. My gut told me this was the source I needed, my head told me to go touch a copy and look first. I picked up her book at the store days later and thumbed through the table of contents and sure enough I had the information I had requested to complete today's article.

Have you ever known that the phone would ring right before it did? Have you ever had the experience of knowing who was on the other end of the ringing phone before you picked it up?

Many of us have lived these experiences but we do not have the words to explain how this happened for us. Does that make the experience any less real?

All beings have the ability to connect with one another through electromagnetic fields, just as a Reiki practitioner acts as the conduit for Universal Energy to connect to their client. A Reiki practitioner works with a being’s energy or electromagnetic field to balance the chakras and allow the being to free up “stuck” energy. When you knew who would be on the other end of the phone, it was because your energy was connecting with the energy field of the person calling you.

Science cannot explain how we tap into the energy fields and practice Reiki but what it can do is show us what it is that Reiki practitioners work with. Through the history of science we can help the rational mind understand and accept what the gut already knows to be true.

Every fiber of our being is made up of electrical currents. Today we have machines to measure and prove this to be true. The electrocardiogram is a machine that measures the currents in the heart. The electroencephalogram measures currents in the brain. There is even a machine to measure the electromagnetic fields around the body. It is called the SQUID. SQUID is an acronym for super conducting quantum interference device.

In 1979 Dr. Robert Becker “discovered” the direct current control system and found particles the size of atoms in the electromagnetic fields around the human body.

Dr. Victor Inyushin calls the electromagnetic fields around the body bioplasmic fields and calls this the fifth state of matter. The first four are solids, liquids, gases and plasma.

What many people refer to as “vibes” Michael Farady and James Clerk Maxwell coined the Field Theory. They believe that each electrical charge creates a disturbance in the space around it, causing the electrical currents around the original charge to feel a force, which create a domino effect. What this means is that the information in our energy fields send a message to the energy fields around our energy fields and so on and so on, as the old shampoo commercial goes, until it hits the energy fields of the people around us and automatically sends the initial information, without words said or for us to be present. The Field Theory gives scientific explanation to distance Reiki healings that Reiki practitioners provide to their clients.

The most famous person to study and explain energy is Albert Einstein. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is that matter is just slowed down energy, therefore matter and energy are one and the same.