Nature's Gift 4 Health

TOTAL WELLNESS VILLAGE PROJECT CONCEPT PAPER

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A One Stop Alternative, Holistic and Complementary Therapy Center for Total Wellbeing for Body , Mind, Emotion and Spirit, that has facilities for Wellness Tourism, Retirement Village, Budget Hotel and Orphanage.

Project Concept

By Dr. Thomas Kwan
Msc.D. (U.S.A.), D.M.H. (U.K.) Corporate & Life Coach, Trainer & Speaker on Metaphysics Science.

Table of Contents Page
Introduction 3
Construction Design Models 4
Therapy Center 5
Retirement Village 7
Budget Hotel 8
Organic, Herbal & Flower Essence Farming 8
Orphanage 8
Cultural Center 9
Souvenir Fair 9
Funding 9
Management Team 10
Marketing & Sales 10
Skills Training 10
Summary 11
Appendixes List 12

Introduction
It started in the year two thousand when I had a vision in my meditation of a center to cater to the growing needs of people looking for alternative, holistic and complementary therapy under one roof.
A facility such as this would be an advantage to the consumer because they do not need to look for and travel far for all their wellness needs.
As a practitioner, the main advantage is being in a place that naturally draws the consumer crowd thus reducing advertising and market development cost.

Such a facility would also provide jobs and career opportunities for many through direct or supporting services and industries especially when the wellness village is located in a province with suitable infrastructure.

Some of the economic benefits that the wellness village would bring to the province will be secondary. These would be in the form of increased tax dollars and use of local businesses for operational needs such as food, tours, utilities, long term work force of local employees or service providers etc.

Other benefits will be in the form of tourism dollars through eco-tourism, wellness tourism and alternative health related businesses that will be the major component of the wellness village, which is marketed to become a destination for groups and individuals.

Another long term benefit would be the creation of facilities designed to fulfill the needs of clientele which will be able to afford to invest their time and money into health related workshops and related activities for all four levels of body, mind, emotion and spirit. The wellness village will also be built with eco friendly systems.

The wellness village will incorporate a retirement community that becomes an all season local resident and visitor base with the intention to create a more reliable and diverse economic base over the long term for the province, ultimately benefiting the entire region by bringing in a steadier flow of revenue.

This concept is not new as there are smaller complexes existing that are run by specific religious organizations. There are existing religious organizations that build and run their own orphanages, retirement homes and even health care clinics and hospitals.
However the key to this proposed concept is to have such a complex that is void of any religious influence that are open to all religious faith and in this way will be able to tap upon the vast wellness tourism industry and retirement village for many.

Construction Design Models Depending on the land and funding resources, there are two models put up to ignite creative ideas for the wellness village.

Single Multi-story Building: The first is shown in Appendix # 1 where the therapies are housed in a multi-story building surrounded by other facilities such as orphanage and retirement housing etc. This design requires more capital to construct besides the land cost. The design is only an outline of the purpose filled layout for each floor but the actual plans are dependent on the funding and business concept that determines the total floor area.

Multiple Building Therapy Complex: The second model as indicated in Appendix # 2 shows the wellness village spread out in a wider area. This is a much cheaper way to implement as there is no need for high cost construction.

It is a growing trend in North America, Europe and Australia to use recycled ten year old shipping containers to build housing. The shipping containers have strong framework that are designed to withstand heavy multidirectional loads. The container walls, ceiling and floor can be replaced with other suitable materials for climate and sound insulation, waterproofing etc. Several containers can be combined together to make up bigger floor spaces and even stacked for more floors. Appendix # 4 shows various designs of spaces created from recycled shipping containers.
Construction cost is estimated to be half of traditional way of construction thus making it more feasible and an added advantage of recycling used shipping containers. Before the recent world economic crisis, a 10 year old 20 foot shipping container cost US$1,800. But because of the economic crisis many container yards around the world are filled with old shipping containers and are offered free of charge to any takers.

This second model also makes the implementation much more flexible and cost effective because potential tenants and owners could choose from an array of designs and then build to order on site.

There is also a world wide effort to promote the use of bamboo for low cost housing, resorts and luxury housing as indicated in Appendix # 5.
Another alternative low cost way of building includes the use of “paper-create” where recycled paper are incorporated into the cement mix. There are also other alternative ways of construction where local natural available materials are used.

Location: Regardless of either construction models, the ideal location should be out of city limit to provide the natural healing benefits of nature through a tranquil environment and also blending with earth’s harmonics.

Infrastructure: The location should have available infrastructure for water, electricity, sewerage, waste disposal, service roads, street lighting, security and fire fighting facilities.

Therapy Center The center could attract practitioners and consumers of the following therapies;
Acupressure, Acupuncture, Aquatic-Therapy, Alexander Technique, Anthroposophical Medicine, Aromatherapy, Art Therapy, Auricular Acupuncture, Autogenic Therapy, Ayurveda, Bach Flower Therapy, Bates Method, Bio-energy Healing, Biofeedback, Biomechanical Re-alignment Therapy, Body-centered Psychotherapy, Breath-Therapy, Chirokinetic Therapy, Chiropractic, Cognitive-Therapy, Colon-Hydrotherapy, Color Resonance Therapy, Counseling, Craniosacral-Therapy, Crystal and Gem Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy Detoxification, Dream Therapy, Ear Candling, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Energy Medicine, Enzyme Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Feldenkrais, Gerson Therapy, Herbalism, Homeopathy, Hoxsey Cancer Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Indian Champissage, Iridology, Kinesiology, Kundalini Yoga, Laughter Therapy, Life Coaching, Light Therapy, Lymph Drainage Therapy, Magnet Therapy, Massage Therapy, Meditation, Metabolic Typing, Mindfulness, Music Therapy, Myotherapy, Natural Hormone Replacement for Men, Natural Hormone Replacement for Women, Naturopathy, Neural Therapy, Nutritional Therapy, Ortho-Bionomy Osteopathy, Oxygen Therapy, Physical Therapy Pilates, Pranic Healing, Psychotherapy, Q2 Water Energy System, Qigong, Quantum Training, Raindrop Therapy, Rapid Eye Technology, Rebirthing, Reflexology, Regression Therapy, Reiki, Relaxation Therapy, Rife/Bare Therapy, Rolfing, Rosen Method, Sedona Method, Shamanic Healing, Shiatsu Massage, Sound Therapy, Spiritual Healing (Prayer), Su Jok Therapy, Tai Chi, Thai Massage Therapy, Therapeutic/Healing Touch, Thought Field Therapy (TFT), Traditional Chinese Medicine, Trager Work, Tree-Gong, Trigger Point Therapy, Urine Therapy, Vision Therapy, Water Therapy , Watsu, Yoga, Zero Balancing, etc.

Retirement Village
Rising Market Needs: As can be seen, the world’s largest population group is the baby boomers and they are starting to be in their retirement ages. A new industry has sprung up to cater to this group for their retirement needs and many are looking into options for a place where they can be looked after in a caring and affordable manner.

There are several well managed retirement complexes in Australia and England that cater to the upper middle class. But the worldwide bigger market to cater to the middle class has yet to be tapped upon.

Housing for the Effluent Retirees: The retirement village consists of three housing categories as illustrated in Appendix # 3 showing various designs of British garden design concepts of cottage-like units. ;
The first housing category being “In place housing” describes where the elderly choose to live in their own homes.

The second category is “Congregate housing” where meals are served in common dining room, and housekeeping and nursing services are provided, even though individuals live in their own quarters.
Depending on the consumer requirements and management policies, some congregate housing can be of the “continuing care” type, which is a more intensive community geared to providing health care and maintenance services until death.

The third known as “Shared housing” describes the type in which at least two unrelated persons live together in a dwelling unit, each one having one’s own private space and sharing other common areas such as a kitchen, dinning room, and / or living room.

Independence and control seem to be the most important aspects of elderly housing regardless of housing type (Berkowitz 1988). People who live closer to the ground tend to have healthier lives as they are close to the healing harmonics of Mother Nature.

Life Purpose: Children living in the orphanage within the complex will be able to gain from the experiences of the retirees. This could provide a sense of life purpose for the retirees rather than just waiting aimlessly for the last day of their lives.

Medical Facilities: Apart from the availability of the holistic therapies, there should be a twenty four hour clinic that can provide modern medical services in case of emergencies.

Budget Hotel: Within the wellness village, there should be a budget hotel for tourist and visiting seminar speakers, trainers, therapy specialist etc. Sample designs can be seen in the pictures showing the use of recycled shipping containers.

Organic Vegetables, Herbal & Flower Essence Farming: Many alternative, holistic and complementary therapy use organically grown vegetables and herbs as part of the therapy regime. Batch flower remedies use flower essence for their tincture etc. It is therefore appropriate to have organic, herbal and flower farming within the wellness village. This also serves as farming therapy for some seeking wellness.
As it may not be possible to be fully organic certified due to the soil conditions at the location, a combination of other technologies such as hydroponic and aeroponic may be used to meet the food and remedy requirements. New vertical hydroponic and aeroponic technologies also require less land space for the same yield as compared to traditional farming methods. Organic plant nutrition is now readily available for hydroponic and aeroponic farming.

Orphanage: Facilities to provide lodging, education, skill development and any other needs for qualified orphans could be within the wellness village.
Most charity projects have an annual problem of raising funds for the following year and this can be retified by the following concept; Ten percent of the rental of space and sales of goods and services could go to the financing of the orphanage.
For both the consumer and practitioners, knowing that ten percent of their spending goes to a good cause could serve as an intangible benefit.

Cultural Center: As the complex caters to wellness tourism, there should also be a facility for cultural shows to entertain and familiarize foreigners of the local culture thus making their stay enjoyable. This aspect of the complex feature could also be catered by the local community and perhaps when appropriate by the orphans.

Souvenir Fair: There should also be a place where souvenirs can be bought. Small spaces from as little as two square meters could be suitable for small business owners. Owners who want larger spaces could also use re-modified shipping containers to suit their needs.

Funding: The project could be funded by philanthropist who may have the land and financial resources to build the infrastructure and buildings.
The rental of spaces should take care of monthly expenses for the management and maintenance of the complex.

Management Team: A professional management team will oversee the profitability of the entire wellness village.
The management team should consist of division vice presidents each responsible for the following departments;
1) Marketing & Sales (Local & International)
2) Therapy Center Management
3) Retirement Village Management
4) Budget Hotel Management
5) Orphanage Management
6) Building Facility & Utility Management
7) Administration & Security
8) Payroll and Financial Control

Marketing & Sales: This is the most crucial division that is responsible for promoting the wellness village to the following;
a) As a preferred destination for wellness tourism needs.
b) As a retirement village with the right facilities and topped up with unparalleled professional standard of care givers.
c) Health care providers be it products or services.
The wellness tourism industry is spending huge sums of money on developing new attractions, improving products and for building the infrastructure. The way in which the risk level can be minimized is only through the adoption of a marketing strategy which provides products and services related to the needs of consumers.

Skills Training: The work force has to be trained in new skills in order to maintain a high level of proficiency for the profitability of the center. This is also vital for maintaining a high standard to differentiate from copy cat players who may also see the significant impact on the economy.
Inadequate quality of service and facilities are major obstacles in the wellness industry.
Wellness tourism provides a wide variety of job opportunities at various levels.
a) Entry level employment for relatively unskilled and semiskilled workers.
b) Employment for higher skilled craft persons.
c) Professional level opportunities for well-educated decision makers.
One approach is to entice professional institutions and associations of alternative, holistic and complementary therapies to conduct regular certification courses to train, upgrade and maintain the level of proficiency of care givers. This will ensure the level of professionalism and standard of the center for long term reputation and benefits.

Summary: Tourism is one of the most successful and fast growing business activities in the world and of late, wellness tourism has shown a steady increase over the years. This is because of the growing aging world population and the need to find alternative, holistic and complementary health care.

A total wellness village as presented in this project concept paper has shown the potential for answering the needs of this growing market. It has also shown the extent of creating vast amounts of jobs directly or indirectly that is required to meet the growing consumer needs.
The task now is to find a person or a group of people who share the same vision and have the resources to materialize this vision for the highest good for all.

A project of this scale will definitely leave a legacy behind for many generations to come as it will touch the lives of those who are part of it be it as a giver or receiver of the total wellness village.

Appendixes List: Please refer to attached documents for the relevant appendixes.
Appendix # 1 Page 1 of 6 (Single Building Concept Therapy Center Front View).
Appendix # 1 Page 2 of 6 (Single Building Concept Therapy Center 1st Floor).
Appendix # 1 Page 3 of 6 (Single Building Concept Therapy Center 2nd Floor).
Appendix # 1 Page 4 of 6 (Single Building Concept Therapy Center 3rd Floor).
Appendix # 1 Page 5 of 6 (Single Building Concept Therapy Center 4th Floor).
Appendix # 1 Page 6 of 6 (Single Building Concept Therapy Center Plan View).
Appendix # 2 (Multiple Building Therapy Center Concept Overview).
Appendix # 3 Page 1 of 2 (British Garden Design Retirement Cottages).
Appendix # 3 Page 2 of 2 (British Garden Design Retirement Cottages Interior).
Appendix # 4 Page 1 of 5 (Recycled 10 Year Old Shipping Container Structures).
Appendix # 4 Page 2 of 5 (Recycled 10 Year Old Shipping Container Structures).
Appendix # 4 Page 3 of 5 (Recycled 10 Year Old Shipping Container Structures).
Appendix # 4 Page 4 of 5 (Recycled 10 Year Old Shipping Container Structures).
Appendix # 4 Page 5 of 5 (Recycled 10 Year Old Shipping Container Structures).
Appendix # 5 (Eco-Friendly Bamboo Housing Examples).
Appendix # 6 Pages 1 to 7 (Samples of Dome Housing Etc)

Any person or party that is interested to know more or want to discuss how to materialize such a proposed project can contact Thomas Kwan.

What is Metaphysics?

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by Thomas Kwan.

Metaphysics is about the dynamic interaction and constant evolution of consciousness in tune with the Universal agenda of evolution. It has always been an individual experience and has never stayed stagnant with obsolete man made rules, rituals, superstitions, suppression and control over others.

Metaphysics is non-secular and does not belong to any organizational structure and therefore it definitely has no influence on or political ambitions. In this essay I wish to refer to Metaphysics is not a noun but a verb; it is about the individual’s path to finding the authentic self with the understanding and wide leeway that many paths lead back to the same original source. That is why metaphysics can be and is being embraced by more people of many creeds, races, faiths and walks of life for everyone can resonate with the Universal truth only their authentic self could identify with.

Lessons from Polarity.

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by Thomas Kwan.

"When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created.
When people see things as good, evil is created.
Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low oppose each other.
Fore and aft follow each other.” Lao Tze. Tao Te Ching Passage 2. (McDonald 28).

The Universe and all life within it cannot exist without polarity for they are complementary forces to each other. The problem comes when we view one side of the polarity as negative but chose only to have the positive. This is not possible for it creates imbalance and the cyclic forces become stagnated thus going against the Universal law of cycles and rhythms. When we realize that even within the ‘negative’ side there is a white dot of window of opportunity or an opportunity of wisdom, then we can harness the wisdom that can come from both sides of the polarity.

One of the ways to use this lesson from polarity is; to just look for a good attribute in every person rather than focus on the obvious darkness they outwardly portray. Lives have been transformed this way and my own life transformation is a testament to this powerful tool.

There are other life changing lessons from understanding the law of polarity but it is not within the scope of this essay to cover them.

To find out how to capitalize on the effects of polarity in life, contact Thomas Kwan.

Have You Found the Higher Purpose of Your Life?

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by Thomas Kwan.

The purpose of the soul is to evolve as it is part and parcel of Oneness Consciousness. To deny the existence of the soul is to deny the existence of the science of consciousness that physicist and quantum physicist have researched on. One of the many such researches by physicists on consciousness that I admire are reflected in The Physics of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind and the Meaning of Life. Walker, E.H.. 2000. New York, NY: Perseus.

“Even when we lose in life, it’s important not to lose the lesson.” (Linn xviii).

"The one-sentence secret of soul intelligence, wisdom, and knowledge is: Soul carries power, intelligence, wisdom, and knowledge to heal and transform life; what we need to do is ask." (Zhi 111-112).

“After many years of struggling through life, I’ve finally learned the secret: ‘We don’t need to suffer to grow! You can live every moment with joy, no matter what’s happening around you – it’s often simply a matter of telling the truth to yourself.” (Linn preface).

Life then is the school of wisdom for the soul.

To find the Higher Purpose of your life, contact Thomas Kwan.

The Four Stages of Your Life and What They Mean to You.

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by Thomas Kwan.

To understand the phases of life better we must be aware of the four main stages of life and they are as follows:

Ego/Personality Awareness: This is the process of awareness that starts from birth right till teenage years where one tries to discover what am I really? It covers the stages of childhood mental development, emotional awareness of from between 8 to 14 years of age and the reproductive developments of the body of the creative teen.

Ego/Personality Search: From the lunar node which is about eighteen years seven months onwards, the search for who I am takes a turn when one tries to figure out what career path, social identification, and the pursuit for the finer things in life.

Soul Search: This is the stage when one has or not attain whatever they want in life but begin to ask and ponder if there is more to life or what is the higher purpose in life.

Soul Awareness Living: One has come to a stage where the acceptance of the authentic self is the soul and now begin to live a soul conscious life where it takes a leap in consciousness.

"I invite you to look at your actions. You've deeply involved in your physical life. You've paid little attention to your soul. It's been a challenging period. Yes, all the more reason to have included your soul in the process.” (Walsch 9).

To find the easier path through life, contact Thomas Kwan.

Personality vs. Soul.

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There is no better way to describe the main differences between ego/personality and soul than Gary Zukav’s explanation; “Your personality is that part of you that is mortal. Your soul is that part of you that is immortal. When you look at yourself as a personality, you think of yourself as a body and a mind. When you look at yourself as a soul, you think of yourself as a powerful and creative, compassionate and loving spirit that has entered the Earth school in order to learn lessons and to give gifts. Your personality is a tool of your soul. It is part of your soul that is on a mission. It has all the powers of the soul, but that power is calibrated to a certain set of circumstances. Those circumstances are the experiences of the five senses.” (Zukav 222).

The Four Components of People.

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by Thomas Kwan.

There is no denying that people consist of the following four components and each of them have unique functions, capabilities and purpose.

BODY -Biological physical body.

MIND -Thinking Conscious and sub-conscious Minds.

EMOTION - all aspects of emotional feelings and desires.

SOUL -Super Conscious Mind consisting of soul memory and consciousness.

But do you know which of the four components is the most important?

To find out how each of these four components affects how you live your life and the impact on your happiness and the search for inner peace, contact Thomas Kwan.

Be the Master Over Your Life's Issues

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by Thomas Kwan.

Before you can be the master over your life's issues, you have to be aware of the three stages of soul awareness and they are as follows:

1) Deep Un-Aware: Do not know or acknowledge there is a soul. Think they are their thinking mind.

2) Un-Aware: Acknowledge there is a soul but think it only exists after death. Do not know they can connect with soul.

3) Aware: Acknowledge soul’s existence as the authentic self and embark on the process of Soul Awareness Living.

But just knowing that our authentic self is the soul is only an intellectual concept. The process has to cross the mental stage till it becomes a feeling welling from the core of our being, only then does the transformation take place and life takes on a turn for the better in all aspects of our life. It totally changes our perception of how we view people, situations, death, and every other manner of life’s issues. Unconditional love becomes spontaneous and natural as a verb rather than a noun or something so abstract that it’s too good to be true or impossible to achieve. The thinking conscious mind has its limits where as the soul reaches for the limitless Universe.

To be the master over your life's issues, contact Thomas Kwan.

Conscious Mind (Thinking Mind) vs. Intuitive Mind.

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by Thomas Kwan.

“The soul speaks to you in feelings. Listen to your feelings. Follow your feelings. Honor your feelings.” (14). “Feelings are the language of the soul. And your soul is the truth.” (15). The feeling mentioned here by Welsch is not in reference to the human feeling of emotions but that of intuitive instinct.

The way to use the two minds is 90% should be from our super-conscious mind which is our creative and intuitive abilities for inspirations and creative ideas. Then use the remaining 10% of our thinking conscious mind and sub-conscious mind to figure out how to put the inspirations into reality. The super-conscious mind is the boss where as the other two minds the followers.

To learn how to evolve beyond the limited thinking capacity and harness the infinite power of intuition, contact Thomas Kwan.

Sub-Conscious Mind vs. Soul Awareness.

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by Thomas Kwan.

The Subconscious Mind is a reactive mind based on past experiences, education and upbring of this present life where as the Super Conscious Mind is part of the Soul's awareness and memory that include past lives.

In the book Conversation with God, book 2, Walsch explains clearly; "Reaction is just that - an action you have taken before. When you ‘re-act,"’ what you do is assess the incoming data, search your brain’s memory bank for the same or nearly the same experience, and act the way you did before. This is how the mind works, not the soul. Your soul would have you search it's ‘memory’ to see how you might create a truly genuine experience of ‘You in the Now Moment’. This is the experience of "soul searching" of which you have so often heard, but you have to be literally ‘out of your mind’ to do it. The soul creates, the mind reacts.” (Walsch 13).

To learn how to reprogram your sub-conscious mind and tap upon the power of soul awareness, contact Thomas Kwan.

Consciousness vs. Conscious Mind.

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by Thomas Kwan.

The physical brain is to the thinking conscious mind as different parts of our brain has specific processing functions. The brain can be trained to increase its comprehension of complex tasks or store detailed and academic information. Thinking is the processing of information, images, and stimulus and is usually associated with logic, analysis, rational, and forms its own opinions. The activities of the thinking mind are usually within the left brain functions.

Consciousness is to that of the Soul. Consciousness can only exist outside our mental world of the thinking mind. Consciousness is the observatory function of awareness and it will not function as long as the conscious mind is working. Unlike the sub-conscious mind, only either the conscious mind or the super-conscious mind can work at any one time and when we are aware of this we can switch between the minds for specific tasks.

“The intellect is characterized by a natural inability to comprehend life.” Arthur Mitchell’s authorized translation of the work of Henri Bergson (1859 – 1941).

Consciousness; Transpersonal experiences are defined as; “the feeling of the individual that his consciousness expands beyond the usual ego boundaries and limitations of time and space. Whereby a person can experience his own identity in a different person, form, an animal, plant, rock; he can encounter supra-human spiritual entities, be one himself, transcend temporal limits, have all sorts of archetypal, para-psychological, and mystical experiences.” (Grof 1996).

To learn how to raise your consciousness, contact Thomas Kwan.

Understanding Your Three Minds.

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by Thomas Kwan.

The many suffering and difficulties in life is due partly to the seclusion of the important role of the soul in one’s life. Our mental thinking capacity is limited as a result of our upbringing, education and experiences in this life alone. But the soul and its ability to tap upon its memory of wisdoms gained through many past lives and its ability to connect to the Universal consciousness opens up unlimited boundaries of creativity, possibilities and abundances.

Before we can understand how to connect with our soul we have to understand the functions of the three minds. The three minds are as follows:
1) Conscious Mind.
2) Sub-Conscious Mind.
3) Super-Conscious Mind.

The Conscious Mind (Thinking Mind); is rational, analytical, thinking, logic and filled with prejudices. It is limited to: This life’s upbringing, education, experience and memory of just this life time. When faced with limitations could end with fear and anxiety. Limitations such as ‘I do not have the proper education or training to do the work, I am not gifted enough, I do not know enough contacts or the right connections, if only....’ are just some of the limitations that the conscious mind faces.

The Illusion of the Conscious Mind:
Because the conscious mind is only connected with and knows only this life time, it has the following illusions:

1) Illusion of separation from Oneness.
2) Illusion of Time & Space.
3) Illusion that the Self is the Body, Ego, Personality.
4) Illusion of aging and that when body dies, the self dies.
5) Illusion that the Mind is the Self.
6) Death is the ultimate end of life.
7) Material Possession is ultimate in Life.

The Sub-Conscious Mind: There are two broad functions of the sub-conscious mind. The first being the autonomous system that controls our basic bodily functions such as breathing, digestion, circulation etc. The second broad function of the sub-conscious mind is the ability to be program by our conscious mind either by direct or indirect, conscious or unconscious inputs. This is where our upbringing, education, prejudices, experiences with life’s issues, and our conditioning become automatic reactions and responses. It is the automatic and spontaneous reaction to both inside our mind and outside stimuli.

When the capacity of the Conscious Mind and Sub-Conscious Mind are combined, they make up about only 10% of our total human potential. This is also the reason why when we just use these two minds to solve life’s issues, we struggle much and life seems to be a never ending steep uphill climb. It is also the reason for much of the soul searching because deep down inside each of us we fell that there is something more about ourselves that is missing.

The Super-Conscious Mind also known as the Universal Mind or God Consciousness; it is our creative, intuitive, abstract capabilities. It is the mind that connects all living species on Earth which includes but not limited to humans, birds, mammals, animals and plants. It is not limited to this life but can tap upon soul’s memory of wisdoms gain through the many past lives we had. It has the ability to connect to the Universal mind of all beings. The super-conscious mind is the major 90% of our human potential. “Divine mind is the one and only reality.” (Filmore 1).

An example of the workings of super-conscious mind is through the observation of babies and how they perceive and interact with their mothers. Before the ability to learn language (conscious mind function), a baby communicate mostly through the connection with the super-conscious mind and he/she could sense how the mother feels or is interacting. It is only when the gateway between the super-conscious minds is disconnected and that is usually on the part of the mother that the baby begins to cry out of frustration to tell that he/she is hungry, thirsty, other physical discomforts or wants interaction and attention.

Another example of how the super-conscious mind works is with our pets. When we want to buy a dog, we do not go to a pet shop and ask if the shop has a puppy that understands Spanish and English. No we don’t but after narrowing down to the species, gender , color and all other physical attributes, we gaze at the eyes of the dog and instantly as if the eyes are the windows to the soul, there is a connection and we make a decision.

There were controlled experiments done in England where dogs were tested if they could sense when their owners were returning from work each day. The controlled experiments entailed sudden impromptu decisions to leave the office at varied times of the day and each time exactly when such decisions were made, the dogs would go to the windows or gates and wait in anticipation for the owners arrival. Likewise too when we are not using our thinking conscious mind and when the phone rings, somehow we instinctively know who is calling.

To understand the above phenomena, science has shown that thought is frequency and emotion is the amplifier and thus our thoughts are broadcast into the ether that all can tune in through their super-conscious mind which is also the Universal Mind. In fact there are successful projects that can broadcast frequencies beyond the hearing ability of human ears that can be used to manipulate human behavior at will through the super-conscious mind. So if we are not aware of the functions of our three minds and learn how to fully utilize them, someone else will control our minds without us knowing and we wonder why!

The power of the super-conscious mind is not just limited to the above examples but could be extended for social, corporate or other human interactive purposes. This is where further research and development could be made to harness this natural human capability for the better of the human race of course.

To learn how to be aware of your three minds and to harness the infinite power of your Super Consciouss Mind, contact Thomas Kwan.

"Mind Power" vs. "Soul Power"

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Mind Power vs. Soul Power: or Mind over matter vs. Soul over matter.

"A human being has a soul, mind, and body. Your mind can do a lot for your life. Mind has the power to heal the body. Mind can create and manifest. Mind can transform consciousness and every aspect of life. Mind-body medicine and mind- body connection are well known. They are examples of mind over matter, which is Mind Power. There has been a great deal of research that demonstrates the power of the mind. We honor the power of the mind, but the power of the mind is not enough. The next step to serve humanity is Soul over Matter, which is Soul Power. 'Soul over Matter' means soul can make things happen. It includes soul healing, soul prevention of sickness, soul rejuvenation, soul prolongation of life, and soul transformation of every aspect of life, including relationships and finances. The final goal of soul over matter is to enlighten your soul, to enlighten all souls of humanity, and to enlighten all souls in all Universe." (Zhi 14).

Soul over matter is not a new age fad, motivation jargon or a new management and marketing business model. It is in fact the way the Universe intends life to be. Except for humans, this is how the rest of the creatures and life forms of the planet have been operating as they do not have the conscious thinking mind of mankind. It is therefore a blessing and a curse depending on how we use our thinking conscious mind. Most depression cases are due to the way we look at life through our thinking conscious mind. It is no wonder we cannot leave the soul and its connection to spirituality out of our existence if we are to live a peaceful and fulfilling life.

Here is where the trained metaphysician can work side by side with psychologist and psychotherapist to bring a well balanced and enhanced therapy. Psychology deals in depth into the understanding of the conscious and subconscious minds. But it is the trained metaphysician that could bridge the gap between the conscious mind and the super-conscious awareness.

"Metaphysics enables and assist us to return to our Divine Source, and ends the sense of separation and feeling of alienation; of wandering in a barren, unfriendly desert wasteland." (Pell xiv).

To learn how to progress from Mind Power to Soul Power, contact Thomas Kwan.

Spirituality is Becoming More Prominent in Psychology.

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Before we dwell on what has spirituality got to do with psychology, let us take a look at the true facts of the history of psychology and how it deviated from the original study of human character.

The true facts of the history of psychology:
Edward Reed who was the associate professor of psychology at Franklin and Marshall College mentioned in his book, From Soul to Mind; Early in the nineteenth century, psychology was considered a science of the soul; by the end of the century, it had abandoned the soul to become a science of the mind. Reed’s research traces back to Robert Whytt (1711-66), a physician who taught at the prestigious school of the University of Edinburgh. “Whytt invented both the idea and the term stimulus, by which he meant a brief application of a physical energy (light, heat, mechanical energy, electricity) to a nerve. Whytt argued that nerves could somehow bring the impression of that stimulus to the spinal cord, where the organism would, in some way, ‘feel’ the stimulus and begin the process of responding to it. Whytt’s conceptual emphasis on stimuli to the nervous system became the basis of virtually all later psychological research and had immense influence during the next century and a half. But Whytt has never been given credit by internalist historians for his fundamental breakthrough, because he called the ‘sentient principle’ (which he explicitly suggested was a sort of subordinate soul) in the spinal cord – an idea that was eliminated from ‘scientific’ psychology in the second half of the nineteenth century.” (Reed xiii).

“Time and time again, I found that psychologist towards the end of the 1800s would restate Whytt’s ideas in the language of the mind rather than the soul, without crediting him. In fact, Charles Sherrington, to whom the modern reflex theory is due, followed Whytt’s ideas closely in everything except the language in which they were expressed, receiving credit for a good bit of the work Whytt had done a century and a half earlier.” (Reed xiv).

Throughout the book From Soul to Mind, Reed relates the historical story of the progressive narrowing of focus, the story of how psychology became a science, divorced itself from literature, and invented that most modern of concepts, the mind. Reed’s research on Whytt and his influence was supported by a Drexel University Research Grant, while bibliographical research on nineteenth century psychology was supported by the Franklin and Marshall College faculty research fund. The research funding alone speaks much of Reed’s work and bolsters the credibility of his work.
“Mainstream psychological theory from 1815 to 1830 had been committed to the existence of a conscious individual soul.” (Reed 128).

The return of spirituality to psychology:
Within the last ten years, some psychotherapists have come up with new treatment based on spiritually oriented treatment models and were recently published by Sperry and Shafranske (2005).

Richard and Bergin (2004) built a casebook on spiritual strategies for counseling and psychotherapy with contributions from a wide range of spiritually inspired psychotherapists.

Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality by Paloutzian and Park (2005) indicate a growing trend in research within mainstream psychology acknowledging the positive effects on health and well-being seen through the combination of psychotherapy with the role of religion and spirituality.

The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence by Roehlkepartain, et al (2006). This is a book that specifically addresses the spiritual requirements of the young generation.

It is a matter of time that psychology come to acknowledge the fact that humans are foremost spiritual beings as spirituality is central to their lived experience. In a landmark study, Kendler, et al (322-329), using a twin study design, found that a personal sense of connection to the creator is about 30 percent attributed to broad heritability, such that (biological reductionism aside) a personal connection to the universe is part of our inherent constitution.

New psychotherapists could be trained to be in touch with their own spiritual experience and this will allow the field to expand beyond its current limitations. Through spiritual awareness pedagogy, new psychotherapists could be trained to enhance their spiritual awareness. Miller and Athan (17-35).

Dr. Lisa Miller, “What has naturally emerged in my work with clients is a process of spiritual awareness psychotherapy (SAP). Ultimately, in the final phase of SAP, the clarity of a fundamental spiritual reality comes to fore, and the client considers a life built upon relying on the spiritual as a foundation.” - Spiritual Awareness Psychotherapy DVD Miller (2005). (Rayburn 225).

The Dutch psychotherapist coined the intriguing expression ‘Spirituality in Exile’ in order to characterize contemporary spiritualities that flourished without religion. This expression indicates that spiritualities have moved to the margin of religious institutions and exist at their periphery, far removed from the center that religion once occupied in people’s lives.’ (Kingsley 56).

The psychotherapist Victor Schermer argues in his book that a spiritually based psychology provides a new paradigm for psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy. He speaks of a ‘psychospiritual self’, and maintains that important empirical evidence exists to show that spirituality is linked to human development. “Three areas support this view: first, research on infants that shows that their development occurs within a living-systems, relational perspective; second, the expanding research on higher consciousness, from dreaming states to the slowed brainwaves of people who meditate, to differentiated left/right brain functions and other experiments; and third, studies on the increased capacity for perception, healing, altruism, concentration, and other characteristics which are developed through spiritual practices.” (170).

“Contemporary psychotherapy reveals numerous links to spirituality. If spirituality can emerge from many experiences and is interwoven with every aspect of human life, then it must also exist within numerous other contexts of contemporary cultures – a culture so often characterized as having lost a sustaining spiritual vision.” (Schermer 121).

“The esteemed editor who brought us the acclaimed four-volume set the ‘Destructive Power of Religion’ also wrote; Radical Grace: How belief in a benevolent God benefits our health turns his attention here to a similarly powerful, yet positive side of religion: how our concept of God can fuel healthy body and mind. This book contends that all health- mental and physical-is shaped, for good or ill, to our spiritual, theological, and psychological notions about the nature of God, and by that form an outlook on life. Across history, a large percentage of people have believed that God is a threat, an attitude Ellens describes as ''sick gods created through pathological beliefs or ''sick gods that make sick people's But Ellens grounds his brighter perspective in this text on God as a sluice of unconditional grace and goodwill, then illuminates the effect this perspective has on people who have incorporated it into their minds and lives. Ellens shows that people with firm faith in God's -radical graced are psychologically strong and healthy. His offering of psychology interfacing with theology is reminiscent of Carl Rogers' teaching on unconditional positive regard and its ability to heal suffering persons. All readers, he explains, can benefit by this understanding that can inspire spiritual and psychological healing whether for ourselves, family, friends, or clients in counseling or therapy.” (Inside cover).

“I saw life as a spiritual journey. I was shown that all the events of existence, even the traumatic ones, were essentially for spiritual evolution.” (Linn xiv).

The mere fact that spirituality is becoming more prominent in the fields of psychology is a testament that the awareness of the existence of soul and spirituality play important and crucial role in the total well-being of humans. Indirectly it reinforces the proof that the soul is the authentic self and that many of life’s issues are spiritually based rather than that of the thinking mind.

Finding The Authentic Self and Living the Authentic Life

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by Thomas Kwan.

I cannot agree more with a complete description of the authentic self written in the book A Life in Balance: Nourishing the four roots of true happiness by Dr. Kathleen Hall; "Discovering your authentic self; your authentic self is when you feel at one with your Self and your experience. It’s your experience of energy, power, and connection. The ancients used to call this 'the place of knowing’. You know you are aware and fully present. This is an experience of fullness and communion. It feels as if you are living in a state of grace. It is your original Self before you were influenced by the effects of your primary family, society, school, and other experienced that began to define and shape your life. Many of us have experienced fleeting of our authentic self.” (35).

The interpretation of passage 13 of Lao Tze’s Tao Te Ching by Timothy Freke and Judy Piatkus is; “Believing you are your personality, is the source of all your troubles. What does it mean, believing you are your personality, is the source of all your troubles? The reason you experience troubles is because you think you are just a persona. If you saw through this - you'd have no problems. Stop clinging to your personality, and see all beings as yourself. Such a person could be trusted with the whole world.”

Most of our own insecurities and quarrels with others are because of our fragile ego/personality. The ego does not want to lose because of the false pride. It feels isolated when others do not agree, support, or challenge our view. The ego/personality craves constant attention from others in the hope to authenticate its existence. The ego/personality is constantly checking for a better me which tends to shift in search of acceptance by self and/or others hence it is unstable at times. This search for a better me ends the moment we find our authentic self and only then will the process of inner peace begins.

To learn about your authentic self and live an authentic life, contact Thomas Kwan.

Relation Between Quantum Physics and Spirituality.

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Ian Thomson, Ph.D., Physics Department, University of Surrey, talk to the ‘Swedenborg Scientific Association’ on 20th April 2002. ‘Are Quantum Physics and Spirituality Related?’

Ian Thomson in this talk made reference to the works of other prominent physicist such as: Hugh Everett, Ph.D. American physicist; Niels Bohr Danish physicist Nobel Prize in physics in 1922; Werner Heisenberg, Prof., Ph.D., Nobel Prize in physics 1932: Eugene Paul E.P. Wigner, Hungarian American physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1963: Henry Stapp, Ph.D., American physicist in particle physics: Shimon Malin, Prof. theoretical physicist; Emanuel Swedenborg, a scientist, anatomist and theologian; Chris Clark, U.K. physicist whose research covers science, spirituality and ecology.

In his number 4 slide, he indicated “Related ideas sometimes held; the wave function looks like an idea; Spirit and nature are: different grades of energy, different frequencies, different dimensions, and/or different ‘fineness’ of materials – So the spirit and the quantum are essentially identical.”

From Swedenborg’s revelation, we have a keener sense of the relation and difference of the spiritual and natural. His talk showed there are multiple generative levels within quantum physics (old and new), that help us to understand quantum processes and they correspond to spiritual processes in revealing ways where there are triadic degrees within each level. Spirit and nature are degrees joined like this. He continued to illustrate that spirit is an essential means in the creation of nature, where the natural world is the final effect of causes working in spiritual wisdom that manifest celestial love.

In his slide 10, “Soul acts by the mind in the body” he illustrate how the triadic pattern is repeated: in the soul and in heaven, in the mind (interior and exterior rational, sensory mind), and in the natural world. He continued to elaborate with other quantum theories from slides 11 to 14 to show that quantum physics and spirituality are related.

From the standpoint of a prominent physicist, he concluded his talk by saying that there is a thorough correspondence between functions in quantum nature and functions in the internal and exterior minds and putting what we know of nature and spirit gives more complete picture of each, and their relation.

The Return of "Soul" into Scientific Terms.

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“It wasn’t until the nineteenth century that Faraday replaced the old idea of the soul with the new idea of the field. In the 1920s, Einstein extended the field concept to gravitation; the gravitational field coordinates and holds together the whole universe, fulfilling the role of the anima mundi, the soul of the world, in the old cosmology. Then fields were introduced in the heart of matter, as quantum matter fields. Fields were introduced into biology in the 1920s, in the form of morphogenetic fields, form-shaping fields, invisible formative fields, organizing the development of animals and plants, maintaining them and underlying their regeneration. So souls have been brought back into science in the guise of fields.” (Fox 81).

As can be seen above, across many fields of science is the discovery of the important and undeniable crucial missing elements that have no quantifiable explanations and is strong proof that science and spirituality be once more be inseparable as it has always been meant to be in the Universal order of harmony and existence.

When and Who Withdrew the Soul from Nature?

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The philosophy of Rene Descartes in the seventeenth century also created a lot of the present confusion. Descartes said that “the whole of Nature is a machine; it is inanimate. In effect, he withdrew the soul from Nature, from all animals and plants, and from the human body as well. How the rational soul interacted with the machinery of the body was an utter mystery to Descartes and it’s still a mystery today, because today we still have the same theory. When Descartes made this division between the realms of matter and spirit, he established a new demarcation between science and religion, defining their territory. Science took the whole of nature, including the human body. All nature was secularized. The arts and religion took the soul, this ineffable something located in a small region of the head. In this way a modus Vivendi was established between science and religion. Science was concerned with the objective realm of facts, religion and the arts with the realm of values, aesthetics, morality, and belief.” (Fox 77-79).

Materialist philosophers, like Daniel Dennett, for example, try to exorcise the ghost from the machinery. But they find it very hard to convince people that they themselves are computerized automata. (Fox 78).

Due to some of these shallow and narrow thinkers, generations have been misguided and this also helped to give the false sense of self as the thinking mind. It is so sad to see many who still think highly of their intellectual abilities and mental supremacy and yet are suffering like paupers isolated from their soul’s higher purpose in life. Sad because they do not realize that their thinking conscious mind and subconscious mind make up only approximately 10% of their total human potential whereas their super-conscious mind or intuitive and creative capabilities make up 90% of their full potential.

“As science has turned its reifying light upon mysteries of the human mind, however, Descartes’ dualism (along with our own ‘folk psychology’) has come in for some rough treatment. Bolstered by the undeniable successes of three centuries of purely physical research, many philosophers and scientists now reject Descartes’ separation of mind and body, spirit and matter, as the concession to Christian piety that it surely was, and imagine that they have thereby erased the conceptual gulf between consciousness and the physical world.” (Harris 207-208).

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Religion and Reincarnation.

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70% of the world’s religions have reincarnation in their central core of believe system. They belief that at the point of death, the human spirit will separate from the human body and travels to another world. They also believe that the spirit will return to live another life.

If 70% of major religions belief in Reincarnation, then why and when onwards till now are the Bibles rewritten without Reincarnation as compared to the original Bible?

It is documented in history that the early Christian church believed in Reincarnation and that the soul returns back to Oneness. But all this changed some 500 years after the death of Christ because of an imperial decree by the Roman emperor Justinian in 545 A.D. Using the full power of Rome through his authority, he stopped the belief in Reincarnation by forcing the ruling cardinals to draft a papal decree stating that those who belief that souls come from God and return to God will be punished by death. The actual decree stated: ‘if anyone asserts the fabulous pre-existence of souls, and shall assert the monstrous restoration which follows from it: let him be anathema. (The Anathemas against Origen), attached to the decree of the Fifth Ecumenical Council, A.D. 545, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2d ser., 14:318).

This is only one of the many discrepancies found in the various versions of the bible that is creating much confusion and is definitely not helping those who are seeking to know the truth.

Scientific Proof of Reincarnation.

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Thanks to the advent of advance multimedia and internet technology, it is very easy to access information and gain knowledge from sites such as ‘YouTube’. Just by simply typing in the subject keyword and a host of information of; Near Death Experience (NDE), Past Life Therapy, Out of Body Experiences (OBE), Dr. Brian Weiss’s famous researches on Past Lives, Science of Eternity, evidences of Reincarnations etc. Many of these videos cover interviews and documentaries of the works and discoveries of prominent scientists, medical doctors, psychiatrist, philosophers and quantum physicist. There are also large array of books available in these subjects of existence of soul and the documentation of reincarnation.

For the purpose of this essay, I have selected just two videos on the scientific researches of life after death and they are as follows;

- In 1874, one of the greatest scientists that Britain ever produced was Sir William Crooks, president of the Royal Society, the most prestigious scientific body in the world. He came across one of these discoveries - experiments called ‘A Materialization Medium’ which was suppressed. In 1983, Crook’s experiment was repeated. In the summer of 2007, Michael Roll was interviewed by Lou Bondi in Malta. cfpfuk. July 27, 2008. YouTube.

- The Science of Eternity. “The greatest question affecting each and every human being is the question of death and dying. Do we simply cease to exist or do we pass quite naturally into the next world? Astounding personal encounters with supposedly dead relatives coupled with new scientific evidence based on quantum physics – the study of the invisible part of the universe – suggest that we all survive death. Written and presented by Alan Pemberton this 60 minute video features: Ronald Pearson – The scientist’s papers linking surviving after death with subatomic physics have been peer-refereed and published by physicists in Russia and USA. Michael Roll – The author of the pamphlet ‘The Scientific Proof of Survival after Death’. Gwen and Alf Byrne – These parents have been physically reunited with their ‘dead’ son, Russell, in several hundred repeatable experiments. Tom Harrison – He tells the story of his incredible medium ship of his mother, Minnie Harrison, who was one of the greatest materialization mediums ever to make contact with people in the ether universe. David Lcke – Talks about life after death.” cfpfuk. September 03, 2007. YouTube.

Dr. Ian Stevenson, M.D., a psychiatrist from Charlottesville, Virginia, has done the largest number of case histories of children who remember past lives, over 2500 case histories to date, which he researched and documented for over thirty years before he published his book Reincarnation and Biology in two volumes consisting of over two thousand two hundred pages. In his acknowledgement, he mentioned a long list of medical doctors, assistants, associates and others from various countries that assisted in the reporting, research and documentation of over two thousand five hundred cases of reincarnations. It is probably the largest medically documented proof of the possibility of reincarnation available.

Dr. Stevenson in his conclusion said that reincarnation was the best possible explanation for the following reasons: the large number of witnesses and the lack of appropriate motivation and opportunity due to the vetting process thus making the hypothesis of fraud extremely unlikely. The large amount of information possessed by the children is not generally consistent with the hypothesis that the child obtained that information through investigated contact between the families. Demonstration of similar personality characteristics and skills not learned in the current life and the lack of motivation for the length of identification with a past life makes the hypothesis of the child gaining his recollections and behavior through extra-sensory perception improbable. When there is correlation between congenital deformities or birthmarks possessed by the child and the history of the previous individual, the hypothesis of random occurrence is improbable. Flash memory according to Dr. Stevenson is out of the question!

Interview of Robert Almeder, Ph.D., Dept of Philosophy, GSU “Reincarnation Evidence: Stevenson's Research” - meaning by implications, that human beings are more than their bodies. At least their personalities are not reducible to a state about biochemical states or any states biological properties produced by brain states or anything like that. I can't think of any alternative explainable as plausible for the data. It's irrational to disbelieve in, that there is a very strong argument here that you cannot refute. And not to accept the argument is to act irrationally. One of the implications would be that something wrong with psychology as we know it as purely on a physically model. That it will not be able to succeed in explaining these kinds of cases and probably not another number of others. Also this data suggest that there are some incredible mysteries here about human nature that we can't begin to fathom. Stevens research for 30 to 40 years and if reincarnation couldn't occur because we don't know the mechanism how it occur – from a scientist view is that you don't have to know why things end up the way they are. Although mature science all our explanations will be causal. But there all kinds of explanation that are that are not causal but statistical, that there are some things occurring but you don't know why. It’s just like electricity where you need not understand how it works but everyone can benefit from knowing that it exist and works.” twipley Nov 10, 2008. YouTube.

Soul Awareness Living: It's Impact on Global.

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by Thomas Kwan.

I must profess that I am totally new in the area of ecology but I am very encouraged by the vast array of work that is being done by so many quarters of science, technology, societies and non-governmental organizations around the world. It is a bright light at the end of the tunnel when we are now faced with global warming, greenhouse effect, depleting natural oil and other natural resources that we have taken for granted for generations. "The rise of ecology, the environmental sciences, and the search for sustainable development provide a creative new vision which may make it possible to counter, perhaps even reverse, some of the destructive human interventions in nature." (King 47).

In a way the awareness of the eminent coming of these calamities have stirred and awaken the soul consciousness of these driving forces behind such projects as energy conservation, alternative energies, organic farming just to name a few. This trend can be illustrated by but not limited to a few such projects mentioned as follows:

"New technology created for more efficient batteries.” Paris - A nanoscale material developed in Britain could one day yield wafer-thin mobile phones and light-weight, long-range electric cars. AFP. 17th Feb 2010. (18). Today newspaper.

“Record number of entries for competition on environmental sustainability.” SINGAPORE: A competition on environmental sustainability saw a record number of entries from local schools. The Green Wave Environmental Care Project received a total of 292 submissions. - Saturday, January 30. Channel NewsAsia

“First eco—town in Punggol, solar panels in more HDB precincts.” SINGAPORE: Plans are underway to turn Punggol into Singapore’s first eco—town as part of the sustainable development blueprint. The aim is that over the next five years, energy consumption in public areas will go down by up to 30 percent while energy use in households is targeted to decrease by 10 percent. - Friday, January 29. Channel NewsAsia

Only the people that are driven by their soul consciousness will see things from a higher perspective of being one with and part of Mother Earth. How we live our life has an effect on everything and everyone around us in so many ways because we are all intertwined and linked within one enormous living organism. The micro vision of understanding this macro concept is imagine you and I are but just one part of a cell in the living human body that whatever state we are in has an impact on the entire body.

"The consciousness of the global, of one planet, of one world, possesses many positive features. It can point to a greater sense of being together, a new global sense of responsibility and ethics, which tries to address global problems through concerted human effort and consensus, created by sharing the same intentions and spirit. As Ewert Cousins and others have pointed out, contemporary spirituality needs to be a 'global spirituality'-global in the sense that it is both rooted in the earth, and connected to the diversity of peoples, cultures, and faiths around the globe." (King 44).

“If we take care of nature, harness its energy, and learn to adapt to it, we will feel that this is our world and be grateful for it.” (Steger 174).

“The biosphere provides us with a biological vision of oneness- the web of life- but human history, philosophy, and religion, also know of the dream of a cultural and social oneness of humankind. This theme is very ancient, found in numerous creation stories and myths. The vision of a common beginning, of a shared origin and destiny, is also deeply enshrined in the teachings of different world faiths. In Christianity, for example, there exists the notion of the oikoumene, the whole inhabited world, an idea that the early Christians took over from the Greeks and Romans. The oikoumene expresses a belonging together, a common identity, beyond particular individuals and groups. Other faiths posses their own images and words pointing to this greater, underlying unity of humankind patterned by the flux of history and destiny. Numerous religious teachings speak about the inclusiveness of creation and salvation for all human beings, visions that are all embracing and universal in their intentionality. Traditionally, religions foster wisdom and morality, have guided individuals and groups through life, and shaped entire civilizations. Yet their noble teachings on human unity, peace, and justice have shown few outward signs of real success, since religious' loftiest ideals have rarely been fully put into practice." (King 51).

Besides this Earth and all her inhabitants is all that we have, it’s our only home in this vast universe. There are still billions of people out there somewhere; that are deprived of basic living fundamentals not due to their own choices. They are also part of us as Universal family and if they hurt and are suffering, so are we.

This includes seeking wholeness for the human community, living with nature, taking seriously our responsibility for the future well-being of planet Earth, and for the future of all people but it can only come when we are conscious of our own soul and the soul of our planet.

Conscience only comes when people are aware of and guided by their soul otherwise it’s just an elaborate and extravagant whitewash that even supersede the Oscars.

For the many people who are soul aware and helping to make our global community and Mother Earth a better place, I thank you and may you be blessed with more inspirations and aspirations fulfilled.

Universal Law of the Rippling Effect.

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by Thomas Kwan.

Many people are not aware of the enormous power of the Universal law of the ‘Rippling Effect’. From time to time I would remind myself of this empowering observation in nature that I realized by observing the reaction of the ripples generated by the dropping of a stone in a still and calm pond. It is not so much of the ripples that the dropped stone generate outwards from the point of entering the water surface but the returning rippling effect once the ripples reach the shoreline. The stone may have a circumference of about three inches but the ripple at the circumference of the pond is thousands of inches to say the least. The energy generated coming back towards the point of entry by the stone into the water is now multiplied thousands of fold over.

This Universal law applies to every thought, word and action that we have and some people are confused and wonder why things turn out the way they are in their lives in terms of business, social, family etc. Our reality is our own creation regardless if we are conscious of it or not. When we change out intentions, we change ourselves and we change the rippling effect to and from the world around us.

“We shall serve for the joy of serving, and prosperity will flow to us and through us in streams of plenty.” (Filmore 2).

I have heard of corporations using the concept ‘win-win-win’ and ‘social responsibility’ in their sales and marketing drive. But their clients and consumers can easily sense it is just a marketing gimmick if there is no soul in the corporate direction.

When we do things for the universal good for all, it is inline with the Universal law of peace, harmony and abundances. If we chose to work against this natural law, then we must be prepared to face its consequences thousands of times over. Would it not then be better to work in line with the Universe and be blessed thousands of times over?

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Soul Awareness Living: It's Impact on Corporate.

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by Thomas Kwan.

The concept of corporate soul is not new as can be recalled in the following few quotes:

Sir Edward Cook’s famed words about corporations lacking a soul were common parlance in the 1800s, joining the sayings of Bacon (“Knowledge is power.”), Baccaria (“The greatest happiness of the great number…”), and Hobbes (“Words are wise men’s counters, but the money of fools.”). Familiar Quotations, New York Times, August 28, 1881, (4).

In 1864, a rider of the Harlem River Line wrote to the New York Times saying, ‘I know that corporations have no souls – especially railroad corporations. But they have hides, and it is hoped that they are not yet so thick, that the shafts of outraged public justice and decency may not penetrate them.’ Letter to the Editor, Complains to the management of Harlem Railroad, New York Times, January 31, 1864, (5).

In 1900, Professor Franklin Russell of New York University School of Law predicted that the public’s reaction to corporate illegalities and unethical acts would likely prompt change. Corporations, he reasoned, ‘will some day have a soul. It cannot be that we will have long to wait before an enlightened public opinion will demand that every corporation act be judged by the same standard of lofty morality by which we measure the conduct of the individual man.’ Women Graduate in Law, New York Times, March 30, 100, (2).

The consumer public can never be fooled forever and the truth will always come to the surface in a matter of time and this can be reflected with; “We at Philip Morris are learning the painful lesson that if you turn your back on society, society will turn its back on you. Opinion research consistently shows that people expect companies not simply to obey the law, but to act in ways that are consistent with a society’s sense of what is right.” Greenberg, July 22, 2002.

“The prime purpose of corporations has been to make profits, and perhaps for this reason corporations have not carefully examined their values. The emphasis of corporations on profits creates an environment in which social irresponsibility and unethical practices by management can flourish. In turn, this emphasis may set the stage for law violations, inasmuch as corporate practices often tend to conflict with the values imposed by law.” (Quinney 1964).

Here I would like to bring into focus the philosophy of one company that has inspired me and could also help to inspire those who are thinking of going into business or at a point of reframing the vision and mission of existing businesses.

The company in view is the humble beginnings of Ben and Jerry’s Ice cream founded in 1978 which is now a giant in its industry. This company is based on social responsibility in the sense that business has a responsibility to give back to society. This humble company started its business in the State of Vermont and shared profit by community of Vermont. Its business is values met products and the use of products that are kind to our environment as part of its integrated social responsibility. The inspiring history of this company can be found on the internet.

Over time, top management may change and reset the tone and direction of organizations which are spelled out in print or spoken rules that shape the morality of the corporate culture.

“Corporate leadership affects not only the culture of the organizations but also the general culture of the country as they have contact with political leadership, law makers, and other powerful leaders within the country and abroad. Corporate employees in turn spread their leadership’s culture as they spend long hours at work, absorbing the corporate culture and the assumptions of how people behave and should behave – that is, the society’s culture. Before changing the culture of corporations, leadership must change its own culture.” Tamar. 2006.

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Soul Awareness Living: It's Impact on Society.

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by Thomas Kwan.

People will look after their own interests and a natural tendency to ignore the interests of others and of society, and willing to protect themselves against other people. The reverse will be the exception until the people evolve to a soul conscious living society.

"Because of the critical stage of the world we live in we have to pay attention to the deep need for spiritual well-being beyond the existing physical, mental, and moral needs of humankind. This was already recognized in the 1960s by the Burmese U Thant (1909-1974), the third secretary-general of the United Nations, and former assistant secretary-general Robert Muller from Alsace-Lourraine in France, who reflected in the early 1980s on the place of spirituality in secular society in his inspiring book New Genesis: Shaping a Global Spirituality." (King 45).

Society is made up of individual members of its inhabitants regardless if they are citizens, permanent residences or long and short term work permit holders. As such, personal habits are in a way reflected in the culture of a society. A visitor to the country would not be able to tell if the inhabitants are citizens or foreign professionals working on a temporary basis. In order for a society to evolve into a graceful society, a change in the general consciousness of its inhabitants is required.

This change starts with the fundamental requirement of awareness. For without being aware, one could not and would not know where one is as a reference point. Awareness also helps to pin point the old programmed reaction of preconceived and prejudice concepts of outdated habits that may no more serve the needs and growth of the society.

After awareness, the next element towards a graceful society is to know that the change could and should be beneficial to the individual as well as the organization or society at large. It is only human nature to ask ‘what’s in it for me?’, ‘why should I make a change if it does not benefit me or my family?’ The third and most important step following awareness and knowledge is the self motivation and commitment to action with perseverance that eventually becomes part of the new habit over time and help to blossom a community into a graceful society.

It’s an undeniable fact that our children are our future and what kind of future will we have is determined by how the young creative minds are molded and guided. One of the historically proven ways is to schedule back the teaching of ethics and social studies into schools. Virtues and ethics education are among the many links to higher consciousness thus also leading the way towards spirituality and building a society with a soul. Sir Winston Churchill is quoted as saying: “A nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it,” One must learn form the past in order to be free from it.

Singapore’s Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said “Singapore must project a new identity, one that captivates the eyes, moves the heart, stirs the soul and inspires the mind.” Today Newspaper, News section, (4), Friday November 6, 2009.

A small country whose only resource is human talents and capabilities, must provide its products and services with a soul and only then can she stay ahead of competition and continue to prosper through the ups and downs of global economic climates. In short its ‘service with a heart’ that can only come from sincerity of service for every potential customer and consumer can intuitively detect superficial front of the service provider and be turned away. Service with a heart cannot be faked but can only come when a person is aware and in touch with his/her own soul. Since society is made up of individuals then collectively they determine the soul of the society.

Robin Dunbar, professor of psychology at the University of Liverpool in the UK, asserts, “The lack of social contact, the lack of sense of community, may be the most pressing social problem of the new millennium.” (Cutler 12).

Due to globalization, the societies of the world are becoming more culturally diversified, multiracial, multi-religious and in order to try to create a homogeneous, harmonious and peaceful society, the inhabitants must evolve spiritually. Only then can the people go beyond their obvious dense differences and connect at the soul conscious level and see each other as part of the global Universal family.

With the onset of a new breed of global citizens, reflected in the ever growing numbers of ‘Indigo ‘adults and children, ‘Crystal’ and ‘Rainbow’ children, a general trend started to emerge and is becoming more prominent than ever. These are the future leaders of the world and their battle cry can be reflected but not limited to the following two quotes;

" The increase in interest on a global scale for spiritual truth to spear head global economy, ecology ......An immense spiritual hunger exist today, a deep longing for a life of personal wholeness and meaning and a society of greater justice and peace. The universal upsurge of interest in spirituality in all its different forms is the urgent call to find new ways of mindful and authentic living, and to spiritually transform our economy, politics, education, and culture." (King Cover Page).

"The stress is on unity, integrity, holism, individuality; their language often invokes 'harmony, balance, flow, integrations, Being-at-one with, centered." Heelas, Paul et al., The Spiritual Revolution. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. (26). this study is set in a community in England. It is clear that the themes here are very similar to those invoked in the U.S., or indeed, anywhere today in the Atlantic world. (Taylor 507).

From my observation over the last ten years, I would add that this theme is also reflected in the East and this change is inevitable because of the new breed of global citizens that are slowly but surely replacing and taking over from the old guards. As Lao Tse said; ‘Nothing is permanent or forever – change is inevitable'. Hence societies all over the world are evolving as part of the Universal evolution process. To sum up in a few words, “Change is inevitable which is in line with the Universal expanding Consciousness.”

Living in the "Now" Solves Mind Worries.

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by Thomas Kwan.

The past is gone and cannot be changed. The past is for us to reflect and learn from it in the hope of gaining wisdom from the experience. Reflection and observation of the past helps us gain wisdom for the soul. No one knows what the future may bring. But the future is dependent on what we do now.

We only have this very moment which is the essence of the moment. If we let this moment just go by with frustrations of the past and worry of the future, we have lost the moment of opportunity to make our lives meaningful. The moment is all we’ve got to make life the way we want to feel.

If we can apply this simple task of living in the moment, we will experience more of the essence of the moment in everything that we do and every relationship that we have and see the beauty of life unfolding before our eyes. Just like a flower in bloom is but a tender brief moment but capturing its moment lives in our hearts forever.

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What was the Greatest Revelation of the Human Genome Project?

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When the available evidence of the Human Genome Project was completed there were stories in the media everywhere about how we share 99.9% of our genetic code with every person on the planet and 99% same with all creatures.

"If you examine the beauty of the double helix, and then go to have your own genome sequence fully analyzed, you will be at once impressed that such a near-perfect phenomenon is at the core of your being, and assured (I hope) that you have so much in common with other tribes of the human species-'race' having gone, along with 'creation' into the ashcan-and further fascinated to learn how much you are part of the animal kingdom as well." (Hitchens 8).

“We show how empathy and compassion cause specific changes in brain function that alter the way we perceive and interact with others – for example, causing us to perceive others as being more similar to ourselves. These changes result in relating to others based more on our similarities than our differences, removing the barriers between “us” and “them”. (Cutler xvi).

The Illusion of Enlightenment

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by Thomas Kwan.

Many people have a notion that enlightenment is a destination and a state of which they aspire to attain and be in. Enlightenment is not a destination but little wisdoms gained along the way in this Earth life, past lives and future lives to come. Collectively these little wisdoms gained contribute to the soul’s purpose to evolve which is part of the purpose of the Universal Consciousness. Enlightenment therefore is an endless process of the soul’s evolution through wisdoms gained through life’s issues and challenges that is not a destination, not affected by time and space, not a state of mind nor is it only reachable by a select few of evolved beings.

I would like to use the analogy of the academic school for the thinking conscious mind to help shed light on understanding the school of wisdom for the soul. If one were to stretch the imagination of the impossibility that all of a sudden a toddler is suddenly bestowed with the wealth of knowledge of a professor as if mysteriously popped out from a genie lamp – it’s impossible and ridiculously improbable an accomplishment. The process of gaining knowledge is a gradual exposure to the learning process from infancy, toddler, preschool, primary, secondary academic education and so on. Every step of the learning process will bolsters, fosters and expands the person’s knowledge of the world he/she lives in.

The moment the person stops learning is the time the person becomes stagnated in growth. Knowledge for the conscious mind is only limited to this single life span on Earth. Whereas, the school of wisdom for the soul, is not constrained by the limitations of this Earth life, which is subjected to the fragility of the physical body, through ageing, illness, diseases and eventual death and decay of the body.

Wisdom gained through the many past lives are never lost as they are stored in the soul’s memory and can be called upon when needed and this explains why some people are wiser than others given the same demographic, economic, educational, environmental backgrounds. The saying that a person is an old soul is a testament to his/her ability to see through and beyond the thinking, analytical, logical and mental memories of the average person. Hence we are not our body, mind or emotions but our authentic self is our evolving soul!

On the same note, for some people, they have been also mislead to belief a misconception that this could be their last life on Earth without any need for more reincarnations because they have been told by astrologers that based on numerological calculations and according to their stars and destiny they have reached their ultimate spiritual achievements. I personally feel that the effect of being told such a misconception would only help bring temporary relief and hope to those people who are encountering hardship and sufferings beyond their understanding. Yet having told this the search for higher meaning in life still goes on. It is only when they find their authentic self that they come to terms with life and end the cyclic suffering.

It is the purpose of the Universal Consciousness to evolve through souls and this misconception runs in total contradiction of its purpose. If people were to realize that every life issue and situation is an opportunity for wisdom for the evolution of their soul, they would not be focusing on the negative side of the polarity but rather look at life from the elevated higher level of the soul’s consciousness. But this view goes far beyond the bird’s eye view on life as it opens up to looking at life from the way that Oneness intended us to do.

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The Illusion of Haven and Hell

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by Thomas Kwan.

“In the summer of 1999, Pope John Paul II stated that heaven and hell were not actual places but rather that they were states (of this life) involving being in relation with God or out of relation with him. I was in Costa Rica when the pope said this, and the newspaper were filled for weeks with letters from disgruntled Catholics wondering if the aged pope was losing his mind. My friend Marcel Kinsbourne, a distinguished cognitive neuroscientist, told me that American and European Catholics, including members of his family, had similar reactions.” (Flanagan 185).

People should be rejoicing when finally told by the authority that there is no heaven and hell but instead are wondering if he is losing his mind. This is the natural spontaneous reaction of a programmed habitual belief system. But over time people will begin to wake up and wise up and start questioning what else have they been told for centuries and then contradicted at a later time, which just adds to the confusion to their spiritual path.

On the lighter side of things; in the constant search of the vast multi-verse out there by astronomers for new stars, galaxies, asteroids and planets, they have yet to name one such discovery as ‘heaven’ or ‘hell’. Surely with such clear and vivid religious descriptions of ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’, these two prime and important planetary properties would be glaring into our scopes the moment we gaze into the stars.

So heaven or hell on Earth is really what we make of our life by how we view life’s issues. In quantum physics terms this is known as ‘The Observer Effect’ which when simply put is that we create our reality. This not only apply to life’s issues but also how we gauge and perceive people in our life. They can be ‘devils’ or ‘angels’ depending on how we chose to see them. But what we chose with our thinking conscious mind determines how we feel inside and thus how others see us on the outside. Hence people are our reflection of what is inside us. Our outside world need not change but when and its easier we change from the inside, our outer world responds accordingly.

We are responsible for our own happiness and not someone else. We tend to expect others to make us happy but since no two people have the same interpretation of expectations, and therefore expectation are never met, this is a fruitless pursuit and thus no one is happy. It is time to take our own responsibility to create heaven on Earth.

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The Misconception of "One Life"

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by Thomas Kwan.

There is also a misconception on the concept of one life as most people are only aware of their physical body that must eventually die.

But to view the concept of one life with regards to the infinite soul is like looking at a rain drop falling from the clouds onto a leave and eventually merging with the stream and back into the ocean to be evaporated once more into rain clouds. This process of the experience of the single rain drop is repeated in an endless cycle of rebirth, merging and reemerging.

Just like the many lives that the soul reincarnates into for the purpose of evolution and yet between reincarnations is part of the ocean consciousness of Oneness.

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The Illusion of Death

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by Thomas Kwan.

E. Ecker Steger, Professor of philosophy at St. John’s University, wrote in his book The Many Dimensions of the Human Person; The dimension of eternal life. “In this contemporary age statistics show that approximately 97% of people belief in an afterlife. Belief is partially based upon the experiences of dying persons. Deathbed visions are common in both Eastern and Western countries, as indicators of survival after death. Data on such experiences reveal the following facts. (Karlis Osis and Erlendur Haraldsson, At the Hour of Death (New York: Avon Books, 1977). Research reveals that sex, age, and education have little influence on the death bed experience and, whereas religion appears to facilitate afterlife experiences, many ‘who were slightly involved in religion and did not express a belief in afterlife, still had otherworldly emotions.’ There was no relation whatsoever between medication and experiential characteristics suggestive of an afterlife.’ Mood elevation near the time of death often accompanied visions of oncoming post-mortem existence. The dying experience a heightened consciousness of those they leave behind in this dimension. Such factual reports, however, neither prove nor disprove immortality.” (168).

When we know our authentic self is our soul and that the soul does not die, then the death of the physical body is but a change of ‘vehicle’ for the soul. If this is the case we need not try to prolong the physical body as if we are clinging onto a vintage car and deprive ourselves of the advantages of having a new vehicle to serve our growing needs. Would you not prefer to drive a dashing eye-turner Ferrari, over that of the outdated, slow and sluggish Henry Ford’s ‘Model T’?

“If you do not fear death, then how can it intimidate you? If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot do.” Lao Tze. Tao Te Ching. Passage 74. (McDonald 117).

Once we realize that the purpose of the soul is to evolve through the school of wisdom in this Earth life; then death is our graduation and time for celebration. That is why I prefer to refer to funerals and wakes as farewell parties rather than a time of sadness and lost. Don’t worry as outwardly I still wear the somber look to blend in but deep inside I rejoice for and with the departing soul.

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The Ilusion of Time

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by Thomas Kwan

A physicist who explains timelessness and eternity; “In an interview in Discover magazine with the famous physicist Julian Barbour, author of The End of Time, ‘there is no past and no future. Indeed, time and motion are nothing more than illusions. In Barbour’s universe, every moment of every individual’s life – birth, death, and everything in between – exists forever. ‘Each instant we live, is, in essence eternity’ Barbour says.” (Yahya 170).

The unprepared elderly and the people who are given a short time to live due to terminal illnesses are usually the ones that are anxious about death. This is because they are not aware that their higher self that is in charge of this Earth life are reminding them through their sub-conscious mind that their contract with their physical body in this life time is coming to an end and that the lessons and higher purpose which they were meant to fulfill has not been done.

I would use the analogy of the academic school to shed light to this understanding. Imagine if you will that a student has not been serious about the studies for three quarters of the school year and suddenly realize that there is not enough time to cram all the learning required with the little amount of time left. I do not know about you but I sure did have my share of anxieties and panic during my school days because of this illusion of time syndrome. This is exactly how the subconscious mind disturbs us when we have not fulfilled our lessons in this life time. Hence this gives rise to the anxiety and fear of death syndrome.

We have heard about how the dying can experience their life flashing past them as if viewing the movie of their life in super speed. Well this is what the higher self does as it reflects the life’s experience against the list of lessons it was meant to learn in the life time.

When we are aware that our soul’s purpose is to evolve in this Earth school of wisdom for the soul, then we are much more prepared and at peace when the time comes when we are to graduate - knowing that we have fulfilled our higher purpose and also gained the wisdoms we were here to have.

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Catalyst for Our Wisdom

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by Thomas Kwan.

"Forgiveness: happy people know forgiveness sets the soul free. A famous person said, 'Living with resentment is like taking poison and expecting the other person to get sick.' open your heart to the gift of happiness by letting go of pain, judgment, anger, and resentment." (Hall 29).

People struggle to forgive because though they may say they have forgiven, in actual fact they cannot forget the hurt they suffered. The pain lives on because it is literary etched in the memory of the brain and can be triggered anytime in the future because the ego still hurts and sometimes they feel they are victimized or misunderstood. Forgiveness is a state of consciousness of the thinking conscious mind and because of this it has the habit to dwell on unpleasant things, issues and people thus keeping the toxic emotions brewing for a long time which over time is detrimental to our health.

But the soul see others as catalyst for the soul’s wisdom, this changes the perception completely. First we do not expect others to change because as catalyst they themselves do not change their form but they create reactions upon those they come in contact with. Then there is no need for forgiveness but instead we become thankful for the role of the catalyst for being part of the process of our evolution. Everyone, every event, issue in life, experience provides an opportunity of wisdom for our soul’s evolution.

“Compassion sprang forth from my heart when I saw that all human beings, even those who were cruel and selfish, were majestic and magnificent at their core. Each was an essential part of the great wonderment of life. It was a blessing to be here on this planet, even in the bad times, and that there was a Divine plan for each of us. I understand that everything was good – everything – and eventually each occurrence in life would allow us to raise our level of consciousness.” (Linn xiv).

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How to Tap on the Power of Prayer

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by Thomas Kwan.

All religions teach their followers to pray but yet many feel that their prayers are not answered. Over a period of unanswered prayers anyone will give up and start to doubt that the infinite even exist.

It is not just the reciting, frequencies and numbers of repetitions of prayers that the prayers will be heard or answered. Prayers being answered or not is another extensive subject but will not be covered in this essay or else this essay will have no ending. The key here is connection and the question is effective communication with the infinite. If the communication is effective, one only need say the prayer once and there is no need for endless nagging. This sounds familiar even when we communicate with each other let alone Oneness. Let’s examine what happens when we pray with specific minds and what are the implications;

When we pray with our Conscious Mind, it is only “Wishful Thinking”. And since humans are the only species on Earth that are given ‘Free Will’, the celestial and infinite consciousness will not interfere and intervene.

As with most people, they are taught how to pray with the rote method and over consistent practice becomes a Sub-Conscious Mind activity of repetitive action and reaction. Prayer in this way is created into our “Belief Systems” and habits. Yet there is still no connection with the higher consciousness.

It is only when we pray with our Super-Conscious Mind that the connection to the Universal Mind or God Consciousness is made. Why do I have to learn this the hard way after years of kneeling on my knees and rubbing the prayer beads till my finger prints almost disappeared but more importantly my prayers were heard but not answered. But now it is a different story when I know the science of prayer. Yet again we see that science and spirituality are meant to be inseparable.

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Spiritual Healing: The Importance of Spirituality in Healing

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SPIRITUAL HEALING: THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUALITY IN HEALING
by Thomas S. H. Kwan

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction 1
2. Review of Literature 3
3. Methods 5
4. Findings 7
5. Discussion 14
6. Summary and Conclusions 15
7. Appendices 16
8. Bibliography 18

INTRODUCTION – CHAPTER 1
The practice of religious rituals in the healing of illnesses is as old as religion itself. In this present time, the use of religious belief and rituals to heal is often labeled “spiritual healing” or “faith healing”. Common to the diversity of religions, is the belief in the healing power of religion and ritual practices that are designed to heal or enhance other forms of treatment of illnesses. This may also include touching, reading religious texts, employing ritual objects such as prayer beads or other forms of religious items, administering holy liquids, and other ritual practices. An example is that Christian Science places much faith in religious healing primarily through prayer. Frank A. Salamon. (2004). Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals.

The term healing used in this essay is in reference to both ancient and modern therapies classified as “Energy Healing” and/or “Spiritual Healing”, which are based on, touch, non-touch, laying on of hands, prayers, absent healing, and/or life force, primordial consciousness, which is identical to the respective source stated as Chi and Prana, but not including the use of product based healing therapies, body manipulation and message techniques.

Since the year two thousand, I have come across many healers who get sick because of and also through their healing work. Some have even dropped out of the healing circle when they reached a level beyond their ability and understanding, only to face the daunting fact that they are unable to progress further into their healing arts. There are also a handful of known cases where healers died as a result of spiritual warfare. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6).
The numbers who were frightened away due to difficult and scary encounters during the healing process could not be determined, as these once upon a time eager healers would rather not talk about their bad experience for reasons only known to the individuals.
This pattern seem not to be confined to geographic boundaries as the cases were observed in countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore. Perhaps if a research is done on a worldwide basis, the trend could prove to be universal too.

It began as a curiosity on my part to want to know how and why some of these healers got into the healing arts in the first place only to give up within months of acquiring the knowledge and certificates and at best just a few years of practicing as healers and then drop out of the healing scene completely.

There are only a few ways by which the general public can learn healing and they are usually through the wide array of readily available self taught books that seemed to have mushroomed over the past fifteen or so years, learning through courses and workshops taught by teachers and healing masters, learning and receiving attunement through internet, gaining personal experience through the years and a very exceptional few through tapping upon their soul’s memory of past lives as healers. Many of these teachings are packaged with man-made rituals, belief systems, superstitious beliefs with some that are even fear based, hand-me-down hear-say through the ages of man-made techniques and possible ignorance of Universal Laws.

It is a natural process that a metaphysical practitioner will encounter request for healing as part of his/her diverse fields of expertise. It is therefore important that metaphysicians be armed with the truth of the highest order what Spiritual Healing could entail and not be misguided or unprepared.

There could be instances that a healer does not know before hand the extent and direction of where the healing process will lead to and thus will not be able to preselect which cases to take on or decline until it reaches a point too deep into the healing process. At times the problem is a combination of physiological malfunctions (such as hormone imbalances and/or brain malfunctions), emotional bruising, and the complications of mild to severe demonization, Dr. Ed Murphy, (2003), “The Handbook of Spiritual Warfare”.

Through this essay, it is my intention to share the limited knowledge that I have gained through hands-on experience healing healers and empowering them to evolve to higher consciousness, so that others who may be in the field of or have interest in metaphysics may be better informed and prepared should they have the chance to encounter challenges in their healing routine.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE – CHAPTER 2
In this chapter, I will refer to a very small portion of the wide array of readily available self taught books on healing that anyone could purchase from bookshops or borrow from some libraries. To try to dissect all the books available on healing would end up writing an encyclopedia of healing arts which is not the objective of this essay.

”The Reconnection”, in this book, Dr. Eric Pearl (2001), describes the many books and tapes that teach healing as just another book that seem to be similar to books that teach steps of ‘how to dance the Tango’ and not really teach healing as they seem to be similar in structure of instructions such as where to place the hands, position to stand in reference to the patient and the many rituals that go into the healing process. He paraphrased Dr. Reginald Gold, a chiropractor and present-day philosopher who said that the myriad seminars on the subject of healing don’t teach healing at all; as they teach history of certain healers. Dr. Eric Pearl described this surge of interest in healing as high gullibility combined with what he calls ‘The Lemming Factor’ has people running en masse and jumping off one New Age cliff after another, looking for answers, yet drowning in a sea of continually redirected indecision. I tend to agree with him as I read through each and every book listed in the bibliography of this essay, trying to find out how much is taught or emphasized on the importance and role of spirituality in healing.

In his book “How to Heal the Sick”, Charles Frances Hunter (1981), wrote that God never intended for healing to be complicated. He made it very simple, but man tends to make it difficult. Jesus the great physician, gave the earthly healing job and said that those who believe shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover (Matthew 16:18).

“Spiritual Healing: Simple guide for the healing of the body, mind, spirit” by Stuart Grayson (1997) quoted many passages from the bible emphasizing that faith in the Almighty be put into action rather than believing in techniques and rituals.
Could it be perhaps a book will not sell at a profitable retail price if it just contains the truth of simplicity described in just a few lines? Or could it also be that many people who write books on healing have not reached the spiritual level of the healing process? Whatever the reason may be, there is a need for more books to teach people the spiritual connection which is the key to spiritual healing.

In her book “A Doctor’s Guide to Therapeutic Touch”, Susan Wagner, M.D. (1996) wrote that Therapeutic Touch is based on three fundamental beliefs. First that there is a universal healing energy that is available to all. The second is the belief that there is an underlying unity among all life forms. How we think and feel can affect our physical health is the third belief. She illustrates the first belief of the universal healing energy by explaining the order in the universe, giving examples of how things function according to universal principles and systems but what I find missing is any spiritual understanding of the healing process. Although the major part of the book brings together, for the first time, the studies and research that support the validity of this treatment when used as an adjunct to regular medical care, I feel that the mention of spirituality could have added more punch to the healing results.

David Furlong (1995), describes in his book “The Healer Within”, that the depletion of the Aura energy field can be an indication of potential illness and he goes on to write that all the training which induces a quality of sensitivity to the energies of others will weaken its protective quality thus explaining why therapists can sometimes have health problems, unless measures are taken to counteract this. He also illustrates that there are some places that may not be in harmony with the healer because the energy in these places could be appreciably stronger than the healer and thus it can influence the healer adversely.

“All pain, all suffering, is caused by separateness” as Richard Ellis quoted Barbara Ann Brennan in his book “Empower Your Life with Reiki” when he refer to the forgotten notion that we carry both masculine and feminine principles within us, regardless of our physical sex. Interestingly, he used photographs of faces to illustrate the emotional conflict and the imbalance of power between the masculine and feminine within each person. The rest of his book reads just like most other books written on Reiki, without dwelling into the spiritual aspect of Reiki. I would interpret separateness as the conscious mind’s illusion of being separate from Oneness that causes all pain and suffering rather than Richard Ellis’s interpretation of masculine and feminine principles.

Roy Stemman (1999) did not write his book titled; “Healers and Healing” as another book on alternative medicine but instead is a book that cited individuals in search of the invisible ‘spiritual’ healing power. A quick glance may lead one to conclude that there are many different healing forces at work. However in his finding, there is a single healing power, freely available to everyone, which has been labeled differently around the world according to local culture or religious beliefs. The healing methods he examined are just various attempts – all of them successful – to harness it to best effect. So there seems to be an essential element common among the world’s best known healers who are famous for their amazing cases. Through these cases, shows the reinforcement of the importance of spirituality in healing.

Dr. Norman Shealy (1999), the founder of the American Holistic Medicine Association, published his findings in his book “Sacred Healing”, he concluded that all healing ultimately comes from a Divine Source, and all illness stems from an imbalance or sickness in the spirit of the individual patient. He also concludes that we all have the power to heal ourselves.

METHODS – CHAPTER 3
Between the year 2000 and 2003, I had the opportunity to do healing work on a substantial number of healers. This sparked my curiosity as to why so many healers got sick and through their sharing, I was able to observe the methods, techniques, rituals and belief systems that determined their healing skills and limitations. There is a common misconception among healers that they try to ‘cure’ their clients rather than ‘heal’ them.

As Steven J. Sutcliffe (2003) in his book “Children of the New Age” wrote, healing is an open-ended engagement with the illness or disease (often rendered ‘die-ease’) where the emphasis is upon the process rather than the goal which may or may not lead to quantifiable ‘recovery’. Without knowing this, healers can become discouraged if they do not see any significant ‘recovery’ in their clients that can lead to not pursuing further into their healing art.

There were also cases which involved witched craft from Thailand and Indonesia that were not solved through religious means that I was asked to help out. In such cases my first question to them is have they exhausted all other means of assistance and secondly do they really want out of their situations. It is always my intention not to be known or tagged as a person to go, to be free from witched craft or possession as this is not my calling. To the surprise of those who came for such healing, they did not see me perform any rituals and not even gestures with my hands, but only to realize later that they were free from their afflictions.

The whole of 2004, Singapore experienced a decline in the economy. A few days before the end of that year, in one of my daily meditations, I was ‘told’ to help the Singapore economy by clearing the negative energies that were still lingering on from the Japanese occupation period. At that time I had no idea as to where in Singapore that I had to go to do such a task. But then the specific locations were only given during my Saturday evening meditations where I needed to go the following day. This routine continued every weekend for a period of twelve weeks and to my surprise, each location was a designated historical war site that prior to this I never heard of or visited. It was as though I signed up for a ‘historical tour’ but with a spiritual mission. During that time, I had a group of people learning meditation from me and they tagged along curious about the process. Together with this group were two spiritual teachers who were curious as they were wondering what such task would be like and also wanted to be part of the healing process. One of the two spiritual teachers was from United Kingdom and the other form Japan who witnessed the heavens opened with thousands of angels floating down and who later escorted the lingering souls back into heaven. The Japanese spiritual teacher also shared that the healing was not only in Singapore but she saw that the healing reached the corresponding families in Japan. At the end of the three months which was by then the end of the first quarter of 2005, the Singapore economy started to climb as reflected in (Appendixes 1), Economic Survey of Singapore, Third Quarter 2006. Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore. All the credit for the rise in the
economy was due to the brilliant implementation of economic policies by the country’s leadership and it was just my ‘coincidence’ to be on a ‘historical tour’ during that time.

In all the above mentioned healing encounters, the only method I used was just ‘Being in the presence of Oneness’, and allowed the will of Oneness to take effect in every single case. I did not channel any healing energies, there was no need for protection or grounding, no rituals, but just sitting quietly fully focused on the presence of Oneness.

FINDINGS – CHAPTER 4
In this chapter I will share my observations and experience through subchapter titles that have some common topics found in many books on healing.

Healing Masters: Because there are many people who teach healing, resulting in large numbers of individuals becoming ‘Reiki Masters’ after three weekends of training or less. Many doubt and question this type of training because how can one teach others a healing art that one just learned and not have time to practice, Pamela Miles, (2006), Reiki: a Comprehensive Guide. To me this is one of the main reasons why so many healers are ill equipped to handle spiritual healing as they have not gained in depth and diverse experience to cope with cases that are difficult and possibly spiritual in nature. This is a typical scenario where the blind leading the blind especially when the title of ‘master’ is more of an ego trip than the understanding of the true meaning and process of mastership where one evolves spiritually. As Jesus said; ‘if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit’ (Matthew 15:14).
Mrs. Takata (the lady who brought Reiki outside of Japan) practiced over ten years of healing people before she taught her students. Even the spiritual teacher Ryuho Okawa (1987) “10 Principles of Universal Wisdom” did not teach any students until he has gained over ten years of experience and research to make sure he only taught the truth so as not to misguide others. He emphasized the horrendous karmic effect on masters who knowingly and unknowingly misguide others because peoples’ lives are changed for the worse by the teachings of such spiritually un-evolved masters.
People tend to depend on healers to have a quick-fix to their mental and emotional life issues rather than address the root cause of their problems (which in most cases may have a spiritual root) to the extent of some people becoming over dependent on healers. For new healers, this dependency from their clients may seem like a good initial business trend and ego trip but in most cases is only short lived as the clients become aware that their health and life issues are not rectified, hence the social trend of hopping from one healer to another in the hope to find a more powerful healer that could solve all their problems. Add on to this with the practice of not taking responsibility for one’s own health, some people tend to blame healers for not being able to heal them thus creating a vicious cycle of seeking a better healer. I have personally come across people who just want to know if I can heal them but only to turn away when I said my work is to empower them with knowledge so that they can heal themselves. This mind set could be due to the notion that healers are like doctors to whom they pay a fee for the treatment without effort on the part of the client to be responsible for their own health.
The ancient art of spiritual healing has somehow been tainted in recent years due to the fact that it is more profitable to teach healing by charging thousands of dollars for master level, than to do the healing and charge a nominal fee for the service. Hence the commercializing of healing arts resulting in the mushrooming of healing masters. This is not a general rule as there are truly very skilled, highly experienced and spiritually evolved spiritual healers who I would recognize, admire and respect as true masters in their own right.

Four Areas of Being: Healing should be a holistic and spiritual approach as a person is made up of four components and they are the body, mind, emotion and soul. Therefore illness could also be on any one or combination of the four components as they each and collectively affect each other as Dr. Caroline Myss Ph.D. (1996), mentioned in her book “Anatomy of the Spirit”.
Having had the opportunity to sit in as observer in numerous healing sessions by healers of various levels and diversity in abilities and skills, it is obvious that many healers just apply a ‘one-for-all solution’ approach to healing for all four levels of body, mind, emotion and spirit illnesses simply because many books on healing indicate that, healing is on all four levels of being.
As for the body, I believe that people require the basic nourishment of sensible and balanced diet that includes nutrients, minerals, vitamins, food with life force and ample amount of clean water to maintain a healthy body. Medical science has shown that the vast majority of people in many countries including the developed ones are malnourished due to poor eating habits resulting in modern diseases and illnesses. No amount of energy healing can replace this fundamental requirement of physical and biological need of a body to be and stay healthy.
The mind affects the emotions by triggering the respective hormones in our brain and thus affects how we feel, as explained by Dr. Peter Breggin (1991) in his groundbreaking book “Toxic Psychiatry”. Through over fifteen years of helping people with depression, I have noticed that the vast majority of cases only show signs of improvement the moment they choose to change their perception on life’s issues and stress causing events. “A person will get well when he is tired of being sick”, Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. This is where spiritual healing takes the form of understanding the true meaning of spiritual awakening through the knowledge gained in the teachings but more importantly the application of religious and philosophical knowledge that most people already have intellectually.
The role of a metaphysician is vital in helping people look at life from a holistic point of view through the process of spiritual awakening but more importantly is to follow through to guide them by the application of the knowledge gained. Knowledge is only good when put into use until the spiritual tools become part of daily habit. Otherwise it’s just knowledge in the head and mind but not understood on the soul awareness level.

Higher Purpose in Life: The majority of people try to find happiness in life through pleasure, wealth and power not knowing that all worldly benefits are by-products of finding meaning in life as illustrated by David Guttmann (2008), in his book “Finding Meaning in Life at Midlife and Beyond”. Many people tend to just exist trying to run the rat race, coping up with the Joneses and drifting aimlessly in the ocean of life. This to me is because people are ignorant of the fact that to pursue things for pleasures of the body, mind and emotion are but just temporary and stressful if the true self has no part in all their activities.
In the 1940s, Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, studied people around the world and reported that those who were not spiritual did not thrive. He stated that the doubt about higher purpose or spiritual meaning in life may be a major root cause of many illnesses.

The Dwindling of Spirituality in Our Societies: Dr. Ushi’s original Reiki practice focused on spiritual development, with healing as a by-product. Whereas Reiki, as it is often practiced today, tends to focus on healing with spiritual development as the by-product, as according to Pamela Miles, (2006). Couple this to the possibility that many masters and healing teachers may not be spiritually evolved themselves there is therefore a big spiritual void in many of today’s healing arts.

Christian Scientists are not primarily concerned with bodily health; in fact they undoubtedly give far less attention to their bodies than most people. The words “health” and “healing” as used in Christian Science apply to the demonstration of spiritual wholeness in all the aspects of human living as according to The Christian Science Publishing Society (1966) in the book “A Century of Christian Science Healing”.

Somehow through the ages, the importance of spirituality has given way to emphasis on how the body should look and feel. Perhaps this is not a coincidence if we trace the decline of spirituality with the advancement of mass media where our modern life style is molded by an endless bombardment of subliminal advertisements and drama programs emphasizing on aesthetics and materialism, thus eroding the moral and spiritual fiber of societies. I am not saying here that we should not advance in technology but rather how the technology could also be put to better use in the evolution of human consciousness.

The transpersonal psychology movement emphasizes a connectedness with spirit, soul or God. The holistic health movement emphasizes the importance of the spiritual aspects of life in over-all well-being. There is a slow but gradual come back of the use of the concept of body, mind and spirit as being parts of the whole.

The Polarity Level: With people becoming more misguided by materialistic pursuits at the expense of spiritual awakening, it is no wonder that many illnesses of the mind and spirit are linked with the increase of sorcery and dark magic. One reason why religion and ritual play a major role in the treatment of disease is the widespread belief that at least some diseases are caused by supernatural forces. One survey of a world sample of societies indicates that in almost every society (137 out of 139 studied) some illnesses are believed to be caused by supernatural agents. Attribution of disease to supernatural forces is found among people in all regions of the world and especially deep in East Asia region. Magical explanations for disease attribute illness and often death to the deliberate actions of humans who use ritual magic to cause others to fall ill or die. The most common forms of ritual magic in South East Asia are sorcery and witchcraft. Frank A. Salamone (2004).

In my most trying spiritual warfare in the year 2003 when for one whole month was receiving on a daily basis psychic attacks simultaneously by four Bomohs (some Bomohs choose to work from the negative side of polarity), I realized one of the true purpose of polarity. Being over exhausted from the tedious heavy bombardment of psychic attacks from all corners for about thirty days, the fight finally ended when wisdom was gained. I realized that there is no end to this but to go beyond the polarity back to the Oneness level. As stated in passage five of Timothy Freke’s (1995) interpretation of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, ‘do not dwell in the polarity but focus on the Oneness for this is where it all began and will end’. The moment I realized this, and proclaimed in a meditation ‘lets all go back to Oneness’, the entire premises became vibrant with positive energy and people started coming back to the meditation centre.

Having heard from a significant number of healers who gave up on their healing skills, I realize that it is when they were tested at the polarity fight that brought them to face defeat. Many of these healers entered into the polarity fight by calling upon their healing masters and other entities by invoking their presence through prayers and rituals. Healing Cults, also known as ‘cults of affliction’ are religious associations which respond to ‘illnesses’ that are believed to be the result of intervention by spiritual entities in the lives of living persons.

Traditional Malay healers would also have to deal with Spiritual sickness (Sakit Semangat), Reverse sickness, Witchcraft (Jin) sickness, Sickness caused by evil spirits (Sakit Hantu), Drive away Satan (Iblis) etc. Roland Werner (1986). This is not limited to only Malay healers but is spread across Thailand; Salguero, C. Pierce(2006), “Spiritual Healing of Traditional Thailand” and Chinese cultures too. Just like the Hawaiians believe that disease was understood to be the result of an evil spirit inhabiting a person’s body and much of the cure lay in the removal of the offending spirit (that had been sent by another person). Another form of possession is where unscrupulous people could send spirits of the dead (artificially created ghost) to torment or to possess the living. Scott Cunningham (1994),”Hawaiian Magic & Spirituality”.

Because many people are ignorant of the true purpose of the laws of polarity that they become enslaved fighting and struggling within the realm of polarity. Polarity is unavoidable and a necessary natural universal phenomena. Without polarity the universe would not exist. But to understand polarity one has to embrace the fact that neither side of the polarity is truly what it is, that is because within each side of the polarity lies the other side as illustrated clearly and simply by the ‘Tai-Chi’ design. Each side of the polarity is no greater than its opposite side and hence when one struggles within this level, it just would lead to endless struggles and test as energy is cyclic. The idea is to reflect on what the situation has as a gift for wisdom for the soul’s evolution on either side of the polarity. Jonathan Daemion (1989) describes the 86 Tantric Polarities and the Tao in his book “The Healing Power of Breath” to show the diversities of wisdom that can be gain within the polarity.

Protection & Grounding: I like the frank way Joyce Hawkes, Ph.D. (2007) puts it in her book “Cell-Level Healing”; ‘There are hundreds of activities designed for protection that are supposed to prevent negative energy from disrupting the healthy or healing states, such as wearing amulets, or saying magical words. After a lot of disappointment, dashed hopes, and discouragement regarding techniques, I found that the true stability and protection is the connection with Nature, Source, God, or the Universe – however you name it.’

There are many books on healing that teach the use of protection and grounding. Two such books are “The Seven Levels of Healing” by Lilla Bek and Philippa Pullar (1986) and “Your Healing Power” by Jack Angelo (1994). Through my experience, there are situations where protection does not work because of two Universal Laws. The first is that high pressure flow to low pressure and in a healing situation where the client has a higher sick or negative energy, it tends to overwhelm the healer that has a lower energy potential. I have seen that this could lead to a healer falling seriously ill when the grounding is not large enough to transfer the higher negative energy from the clients. The second is that there are, sick energy with ‘spiky’ characteristic and this does break any bubble of protection with its focused sharp property. This type of energy need not be higher potential than the healers to do damage.

Through my experience, Joyce Hawkes is right when she recommends the best protection is to connect straight to the Source. “Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (I John 4:4).

Channeling: There are several books that teach channeling. Examples are two books by Barbara Ann Brennan (1987 & 1993), “Hands of Light” and “Light Emerging”. I do not subscribe to channeling be it channeling of healing energy or an entity. The reason being, a person who channel is like a conduit of energy or consciousness. Then the question of how pure and large is this conduit? Taking into consideration that a person is made up of body, mind, emotion and spirit, it would be impossible to keep all four areas of being in the purest and largest capacity to channel effectively. As quantum physics states that matter is energy and consciousness, then whatever is channeled through the healer will be passed onto the client. Those that are psychic and sensitive will be able to pick up the state of condition the healer is during the channeling procedure. What I subscribe is to “be in the Oneness”. Imagine like being in and being part of the ocean of Oneness consciousness. This to me is the purest of energy and consciousness when we immerse in the Source rather than to be a conduit. There is no reason to call upon healing masters, angels, guides, ancestors or all other entities when everything and everyone originally came from the Source. Hence it is best to connect to the Oneness by being in the Oneness.

According to Charles Frances Hunter (1981); “If you are spirit-filled, you have in you the very same resurrection power that brought Jesus Christ out of the grave – the power of the Holy Spirit. You have the power residing in you at all times! You do not have to work up an emotion.”

Ted Andrews (1993) in his book “The Healer’s Manual” indicates that a healer is one who learns to attune to vital, curative forces both physical and spiritual so as to be a conductor of healing energy. He also went on to write that the degree to which it is conducted determines the degree of healing that occurs. That is why all the more a healer should be one with the Source and not channel!

Shift in Consciousness: Mary Rockwood Lane (2000), made an important discovery in her research study for her Ph.D. in nursing, ‘Over and over again, people said that they went into a space inside themselves where they actually experienced a shift in consciousness. This shift allowed them to see their whole lives in a new way. When the shift in point of view occurred, the life healing began.’

“Genuine Christian healing is never projected from person to person through space but flows freely to all who understand that infinite Mind is no respecter of persons. This does rule out the ‘suggestion’ which plays a key role in much psychological counseling. A Christian Science practitioner does not ‘suggest’ health to his patient any more than he would try to make the sun shine. His task as he sees is simply to rise into the altitude of thought in which the unobstructed light of Truth shows him man as he really is. This is not a matter of mystical transportation or the result of repeating esoteric formulas; it is a humble and rational turning to Mind for light.” The Christian Science Publishing Society (1966).

Though this is a well known fact that there has to be a shift in consciousness for the healing to take place, but in reality, many do not know how to make this consciousness shift or connection. Not until they discover that there are three minds, they being the ‘The Conscious Mind’ which is the thinking logical mind. Then there is the ‘Sub-Conscious Mind’ which is divided into the autonomous systems that runs our bodily functions and the memory that is programmed by our conscious mind that creates our reactions to situations, issues and outside stimulus. The third and most important is the ‘Super-Conscious Mind’ which is also known as the Universal Mind, God Consciousness, Intuitive Mind and by other names. It is the ‘Super-Conscious Mind’ that is the gateway to the Source.

But then even if people know that they have to use their ‘Super-Conscious Mind’ to connect to the source, the question is how do we know which of the three minds are we using? This can easily be identified by being aware of and learning to manage the brainwave as illustrated in (Appendix 2), Brainwaves and Three Minds Connection from “Key to Life’s Mysteries” public seminar by Thomas Kwan (2008).

For those of scientific mind, I would like to refer to the pioneering work of the German physicist, Burkhard Heim (1925 – 2001), (Appendix 2), there are twelve dimensions that bring matter into direct contact with consciousness. Communication between these areas happens by means of time-wave. The research work of Soviet physicist, Nicolai A. Kozyrev, describes time as the force that turns cause into effect. Where time is a force – as wave, and its patterns contain information about every physical process in the world. This research gives time a key role in the communication between the information-space and matter. The influence of time-wave turns information into matter and vice versa. Every material process generates a pattern in the time-wave. This pattern is accessible everywhere in the universe, independent of space and time.

Hence the connection through the Super-Conscious Mind with the Source where all the blue print of creation is available, can now be downloaded for the process of healing.

As is being now medically documented in United States of America, the new children (probably the Rainbow Children and not the Crystal or Indigo) who were born of AIDS but are able to heal themselves from AIDS without medical intervention. (Children of the New Dream Interview with Drunvalo Melchizedek By Diane Cooper).

DISCUSSION – CHAPTER 5
A Chinese proverb: “If we don’t change our course we will end up where we were heading.” For those who respond to the call as healers and have not been spiritually involved, it is never too late to start to focus on ones spiritual growth.

In this exciting period of Earth’s evolution, it is our calling as metaphysicians to help people to realize their true self as Spirit Beings (Soul) and rise above the illusion of the body, conscious mind and human emotions.
Just after the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic that hit China in November 2002, I received an email that was circulating in the Internet about the personal observation of a Chinese doctor who was on duty in the critical ward where victims of the SARS were cared for. Having been a doctor of that hospital for many years, he knew many of the patients, doctors, nurses and care givers. He noticed that those who died of SARS which included doctors, medical staff and patients were either religious but not spiritual or did not belief in any faith.

Being religious does not necessarily make a person spiritual. Religion involves adherence to a particular set of beliefs where Spirituality on the other hand is how a person relates to the invisible art of life. How we grapple with issues such as higher meaning and values which is intensely personal and not optional. People are more likely to heal if they are spiritually engaged people, even those who consider themselves religious, don’t have the tools to engage spiritually. Pamela Miles (2006).

Many people are guided to think that practicing ritual and praying is the way to Oneness. However if they are just using their conscious mind, there is no connection but merely ‘wishful thinking’. They have to learn how to manage their brainwave to open up their Super-Conscious mind to Oneness.

“Natural forces within us are the true healers of diseases”, Hippocrates. Though people may see us as healers, but in actual fact we do not heal them. Our true work is to empower them by showing them how to connect with their true self and by doing so they will know how to be one with the Source where the true essence of healing comes from.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS – CHAPTER 6
It has been proven time and time again through history that spirituality is important as the very core of our existence. It is the very foundation that puts higher meaning into our lives. The spirit cannot be separated nor ignored, pretending that it does not exist for no matter how secular rationality has created a false dichotomy between ‘matter’ and ‘spirit’, we cannot function as a whole until we merge spirituality back into our lives.

Out of ignorance, many people think they are being spiritual when they follow the wide array of ‘new age’ activities. Spirituality is not determined by the type of, frequency of doing, or the pursuit of perfect postures, chanting of mantras, recital of texts but rather the connectedness to nature and Oneness.

Perhaps its time we redirect more energy to review our personal spiritual journey reflecting how we strayed, where we are and how to move back having side tracked for so long. It is also time we review the sources of our spiritual information that we may not be misguided. It is also not too late to check our belief systems and activities so as to help to make sure it leads us back to the Source.

As Zen Master Shunru Suzuki said; “The most important thing is to find out the most important thing”

APPENDIXES
Appendixes 1:Economic Survey of Singapore.Third Quarter 2006. Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore.

Appendixes 2: Brainwaves and Three Minds Connection from “Key to Life’s Mysteries” Public Seminar by Thomas Kwan (2008).
Appendixes 3: Research work on Consciousness according to German physicist Burkhard Heim (1925 – 2001).
German physicist Burkhard Heim (1925 – 2001), the four-dimensional visible world – the dimensions d1 to d4 is only the lower level of the universe.
Above that lies the Energetic Stimulation Field (ESF) – the dimensions d5 to d6 – and the information space – the dimensions d7 to d12.
The two lower levels of the information space form the Global Information Field (GIF).
These twelve dimensions bring matter into direct contact with consciousness. Communication between these areas happens by means of the time-wave.

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How to Prepare for & Survive 2012 & Beyond

2009-11-29T09:56:00.000-08:00

Here is the summary of my talk for your guideline:

1) Accept there will be Major Changes.

2) Focus and use your Energy for Constructive efforts rather than dissipating energy in unnecessary worries and anxieties.

3) Do your Higher Purpose in Life (Fulfill Soul's Needs as this is why you are here).

4) Be Spiritual. Being religious does not necessarily mean you are spiritual. Performing rituals does not mean you are spiritual. Doing new age activities does not mean you are spiritual. In the 1940's, Carl Jung the Swiss psychiatrist, studied people around the world and reported that "Those Who Were Not Spiritual Did Not Thrive", He stated that the doubt about higher purpose or spiritual meaning in life may be a "Major Root Cause of Many Illnesses". (Learn to be Connected with Oneness and not at the polarities). Anything that creates Fear is not of or come from Oneness. Fear is an indication of seperateness from Oneness.

5) Know Your True Self. As Quantum physics has proven that you are light vibration and consciousness (Soul), your true self is not your body, or your mind or emotions but you are a Soul. Your true self does not die.

6) Know how to use your Three Minds. Conscious Mind and Sub-Conscious Mind (10%), Super-Conscious Mind (90%).

7) Live Intuitively. This is your 90% of capacity that will guide you to the right places at the right time, for the right purpose and with the right people for the right reasons. This way you would not be a victim of the 2012 effects just like the birds, animals and mamals who avoided the Tsunami of 26th December 2004.

If you want to know more about the above or feel that it would be useful information for others to know, then contact me to arrange for similar talks, seminars or workshops to prepare for and survive 2012 and beyond.

The Secret Life of Plants

2009-02-12T14:13:00.000-08:00

I started to teach "Tree-Gong" since year 2000.

One year into teaching "Tree-Gong", in my meditation, i had a prompting to find scientific backing for what i was teaching with the notion that i will be asked for scientific proof. Without knowing the name of the author, book title or ISBN number, but using the guidance of my intuition, i went to Boarders and within a few minutes found this book "The Secret Life of Plants". Since then i was interviewed for life style magazines and newspaper featured articles. If you are interested to know more about the facinating world of plants and how they interact with humans, do get yourself a copy.

How to Attract What You Want in 2009

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Hi everyone,
As all segments of society including Fung Shui masters have predicted a bad 2009, i wish to draw your attention to where you have the power to choose to focus your attention and energies this year.

Just to share with you - be conscious not to use words such as "hope", "try", "wish" etc.
as these will be programed into our subconscious mind that we may not receive what we wish for.

The Universe awaits for our definate decision that we know what we want and our subconscious mind starts to attract what we really want as brain waves are frequencies braodcast into the Universe.

Our emotions are the amplifiers of our thought frequencies and thus enhances our subconscious mind.

We are in an era of higher consciousness where we can "Co-Create" with Oneness rather than unlike before where we have to ask in hope that we deserve to receive.

Also be in the Alpha or Theta state of brain wave when you pray as the Beta brain wave is only "Wishful Thinking" and the Universe does not interfere because humans have the power of choice and there is no communication connection made at Beta brain wave.

Believe in your heart that its going to be a good year for you and it will happen.
This is done by consolidating your energy only in the outcome that you want and your intuition will guide you to the right people, things, events, timing in accordance to the Universal Good for All etc to create the outcome.

Remember that you are a dynamic soul that is made in the image of the Oneness and therefore are able to Co-Create.
Know what you want, focus on the end result you want and your believe is the amplifier to attract.

Remember that within the Polarity, there is also the eye of opportunity within the body of the black tadpole.
Therefore focus on the opportunity and not the adversities which the average person is trained to only see pesimisism.

Use this knowledge until it becomes part of your habit and you will have a good year ahead.
Thomas

Sea-Gong Featured in Shin Min Newspaper

2009-01-16T07:24:00.000-08:00

Tree-Gong Featured in Wan Pao Newspaper

2009-01-16T07:20:00.001-08:00

"Life Force" - The Missing Vital Factor in Processed Food

2008-12-30T04:45:00.000-08:00

(This is Thomas's Actual Energy Field by Scientific Photography).

“Life Force” – The Missing Vital Factor in Processed Food.

Impoverished soils of modern agribusiness increase the problem of bad diets as they fail to contain adequate supplies of essential nutrients.

Stresses and modern lifestyles may produce a greater need for certain nutrients as well as a decreased capacity for the digestive tract to absorb them.

Fruits, vegetables and natural sources of nutrients from nature contain millions of substances besides the identified vitamins and minerals. Perhaps some of these provide additional benefits beyond the bare sustenance of life itself, benefits that refined, processed vitamins and minerals can’t duplicate such as the ionic size these minerals come in.

Purified vitamins and minerals are not natural. When foods are processed and refined, they are no longer foods; they are chemicals and not natural products.

The only natural vitamins and minerals come from raw, unprocessed or unrefined foods as they still contain the whole food and life force.

Modern food processes remove the essential life force that plays a vital role in the sustenance of life.
Imagine a battery that is devoid of the electrolyte which is the most essential component that provides the power. Without which the battery is as good as just matter without energy.

The most potent sources of life force are found in volcanic rock dust, glacial rock dust and Himalayan Crystal Salt.

Now that we know, its time to make the right choices on food and lifestyle to maintain and possibly increase our life force for better health.

It is also time for collective efforts to help mother nature heal from decards of over cultivation through waste and pollution. It all starts with everyone playing their own role in the conservation process.

Mineral Deficiency Info Quoted from Various Resources

2008-12-29T18:18:00.000-08:00

Mineral Deficiency Info Quoted from Various Resources
(Quoted for educational research purpose only. Please refer to the respective sites for more info.)

1) Quote from Beta Info: Mineral Deficiencies and Disease

"The most startling fact is that foods that consist of our main dietary foods, i.e. fruits, vegetables and grains, are being grown on land that is depleted of the essential minerals needed to maintain proper health. A vast majority of the American population is "minerally starved." No wonder we are seeing such a large increase in disease. Americans are eating more but consuming less! "

"The Senate Report
Is this new news? How long has the government, the medical and food community known about this serious issue? For decades now mineral content in a large part of America’s farming land is seriously deficient in vital trace elements. This issue, as it regards to personal health, has been known since 1936! The situation is so serious that the United States senate in 1936, 74th Congress, 2nd Session warned the American people of major mineral depletion due to "modern" farming methods.

The Senate Report was based on a study conducted by Dr. Charles Northern. It was further supported by research completed at Yale, Rutgers, John Hopkins, Columbia and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Northern demonstrated "that countless human ills stem from the fact that impoverished soil of America no longer provides plant foods with mineral elements essential to human nourishment and health."

Other excerpts from this eye opening report;
"Our physical well-being is more directly dependent upon minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins, or upon precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume."

"Do you know that most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies which cannot be remedied until depleted soils from which our food comes are brought into proper mineral balance?"

"Laboratory test prove that the fruits, the vegetables, the grains, the eggs, and even the milk and the meats of today are not what they were a few generations ago"

""It is not commonly realized, however, that vitamins control the body’s appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of minerals they have no function to perform. Lacking vitamins, the system can make some use of minerals, but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless."

Has anything changes since 1936?
Has modern technology solved this decades old problem?

The 1992 Earth Summit Report documents declining mineral values in farm and range soils over past 100 years: North America 85% South America 76% Europe 72% Asia 76% Africa 74% Australia 55%. North America is leading the pack for the worst mineral depletion!

Organic versus Commercial Foods
Is the mineral deficiency issue confined to just commercial farming? Foods grown organically do produce a higher amount of the essential minerals required to maintain proper bodily function.

However the cost associated with a organic diet can range anywhere from 20 to 100% more then standard commercially grown foods.

Also, the lowering of the organic food standard in recent years calls into question the actual mineral content of present organics. "

2) Info from Net Industries
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Early Vitamin Deficiency Diseases, Scurvy, Beriberi, Pellagra, Rickets, Other Vitamin Deficiency Diseases - Mineral deficiency diseases
Nutrient deficiency diseases occur when there is an absence of nutrients which are essential for growth and health. Lack of food leading to either malnutrition or starvation gives rise to these diseases. Another cause for a deficiency disease may be due to a structural or biological imbalance in the individual's metabolic system.

There are more than 50 known nutrients in food. Nutrients enable body tissues to grow and maintain themselves. They contribute to the energy requirements of the individual organism and they regulate the processes of the body. Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins provide the body with energy. The energy producing component of food is measured in calories. Aside from the water and fiber content of food, which are also important for their role in nutrition, the nutrients that serve functions other than energy production can be classified into four different groups: vitamins, fats, proteins, and minerals. All are necessary for proper body function and survival.

There are about 25 mineral elements in the body usually appearing in the form of simple salts. Those which appear in large amounts are called macro minerals while those that are in small or trace amounts are micro minerals. Some that are essential are calcium, phosphorous, cobalt, copper, fluorine, iodine, iron, sodium, chromium, and tin. Aluminum, lead, and mercury are not as essential.

Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Early Vitamin Deficiency Diseases
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Scurvy
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Beriberi
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Pellagra
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Rickets
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Other Vitamin Deficiency Diseases
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Goiter
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Protein (amino Acid) Deficiencies
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Marasmus And Kwashiorkor
Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Treatment And Prevention
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Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Recent Research On Vitamins A And C
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Nutrient Deficiency Diseases - Early Vitamin Deficiency Diseases, Scurvy, Beriberi, Pellagra, Rickets, Other Vitamin Deficiency Diseases - Mineral deficiency diseases

Mineral Deficiency
The body needs various minerals for health. Inadequate diet can lead to mineral deficiency, or at least to insufficient minerals. Some of the more common deficiencies are iron deficiency, iodine deficiency, and calcium deficiency. Iron is needed by the blood and iron deficiency leads to anemia and various other symptoms. Iodine deficiency leads to goitre, but is less common in industrialized nations due to the addition of iodine to table salt. The body needs calcium for bones and other purposes. Calcium deficiency or at least an inadequate intake of calcium can be implicated in osteoporosis and other diseases.

Common Misdiagnosis of Mineral Deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis). See symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency or misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

3) Info from Merck Manuals Online Medical Library for healthcare professionals www.merck.com/mmpe/sec01/ch005/ch005a.html

4) Info from Answers.com Medical Encyclopedia

5) Info from Net Industries www.faqs.org/health/topics/47/Mineral-deficiency.html

"Sea-Gong" is the Art of Sea Energy Awareness

2008-12-23T11:30:00.000-08:00

“Sea-Gong” is the Art of Sea Energy Awareness.

Be one with the Sea for Stress Relief, Health and Enjoyment.

Proprietary Course Developed by Thomas Kwan

1) Sea-Gong provides most of the benefits described in the resource below.
Apart from these benefits, participants also learn to:

a) Overcome the fear of water especially beneficial for those who cannot swim.

b) Help to develop self confidence over one's own body abilities.

c) Help to overcome anxiety through awareness of wave patterns.

d) Learn how to float face down without the worry of wave splashes.

e) Experience total relaxation through total trust in nature.

f) Experience the energies of the sea passing through the body.

g) May be a vital information to save life if falling overboard without a life vest. (As most drowning is caused by exhaustion through treading water and drifting further away from land.

h) Etc.

2) Resource:
Here are some known benefits of going to the sea;

a) Studies have shown that sea-gazing was the most effective way to reduce stress levels - unless you are stranded on an island, ha, ha, ha.

b) Immersion in warm temperature water is also relaxing as it stimulates pain-reducing endorphins and reducing stress hormones.

c) Floatation replicates the benefits of eight hours of sleep as researched by Dr. John C. Lilly, a neurophysiologist. He also discovered that a weightless body freed the brain to stop computing how to move without falling, which is believed to accounts for over 90 per cent of neural activity.

d) After the initial temperature shock upon entering the sea water, the metabolic rate drops, which has an overall tranquillizing effect.

e) Different water temperature also helps to stimulate the release of mood-enhancing endorphins quicker than a workout.

f) Thalassotheraphy or sea-water cure resorts recommended by French doctors are known to enhance the healing effects of sea water, seaweed and marine algae. The procedure entails being wrapped in seaweed or in marine algae and then jetted with sea water.

g) In Japan, showering beneath a waterfall is known as "Utesayo" literally translated as "let it beat water". This form of meditation is done under the falling waters over the head and is known to calm the mind and other health benefits.

h) Surfing helps one to gain an intense connection with and respect for the tides, currents and forces of nature that puts worries into perspective.

i) Sea salt, seaweed, minerals and mud contain phyto-nutrients and ingredients like potassium, bromine and magnesium that calm the skin disorders.

j) Breath in the electronegative ions of the sea and be charged with the beneficial trace elements that revive and distress the body and emotions.

k) Water is the element associated with the sacral chakra which is the energy center around the kidneys thus helping to balance issues related to this energy center.

l) Our body is around 70 per cent water and to immerse in water seems to be a natural attraction.

m) Immersing into the sea also helps to tune our body vibration to that of earth's harmonics and gives us a sense of balance and centeredness.

n) The sea also stores the wide array of the sun's energies that is both lives giving and supporting in essence.

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan. C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.).
Email: thomaskwan52@yahoo.com H.P.: 65-9617 4308
“Tree-Gong”, “Sea-Gong” &” Quantum Meditation” Founder, Life Coach (Cancer & Depression Guidance), & Certified Master Clinical Hypnotherapist.

Key to Life's Mysteries Seminar

2008-12-23T11:16:00.000-08:00

Key to Life’s Mysteries Seminar©
(Seminar on Mastering Life’s Issues)

Common Questions asked by many:

Meaning of Life:
- Is there more meaning to life than just routine existence?
- Is there a higher purpose for this life?
- If there is then what is mine?
- What is a legacy?

Problems:
- Why people fear loosing things, power, status, loved ones, business, jobs, time, youth, life etc.?
- Why some problems in life never seem to go away?
- Why is there so much suffering in this world?
- Why are some of my prayers not answered?
- Why are some people so problematic?
- Why it is so hard to get what I want?

Death:
- Is there scientific proof of life after death?
- Why so many people fear death?
- When my body dies, am I dead?
- What happens when I die?
- Is there heaven & hell?
- How to die peacefully?

Body:
- Why do people place so much emphasis on their bodies?
- How can we let our body do what it is suppose to do?
- How to deal with terminal illness?
- How to be beautiful forever?
- Is there eternal youth?
- Am I my body?

Mind:
- Is there a problem if we think too much?
- Is the Mind same as Consciousness?
- How to stop mind chatter?
- Am I my mind?

Emotion:
-Why do people feel emotionally insecure?
-How to detach from my emotions?
- What triggers my emotions?
- Why do we react?
- Am I my emotion?

Soul:
- What are soul mates, time souls, twin souls, soul clusters, soul search, graceful living etc.?
- What is Soul and what is its purpose?
- Am I this Ego-Self or Personality?
- Is the Mind the same as Soul?
- Is there a thing called Soul?
- Who am I really?

Inner Peace, True Love & Happiness:
- How to have Inner Peace, Harmony, True Love & Happiness?

Seminar:
This seminar is non-religious but is spiritual based on scientific discoveries and metaphysical science.

Duration:
Full one day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist. He has conducted seminars & workshops in U.K., Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia & Singapore.

Quantum Couple Retreat

2008-12-23T11:12:00.000-08:00

QUANTUM COUPLE RETREAT©

Many are conditioned into a fairytale concept:
“They Met, Fell in Love and Lived Happily Ever After”, as in the many storybooks and novels.

Many people fall into a relationship without any clue as to what they are really going into and they rely on hope, nature, time and illusions.

To be able to land a job, people invest a minimum of one year for basic knowledge to prepare them for the specific job they look for.

But when it comes to another very important aspect of many people’s lives, and that is to have a meaningful long term relationship, there are very few basic non-religious courses.

Quantum Couple Retreat addresses some important issues such as;
- Why the honeymoon period only last about
two years, then what?
- Why the seven year itch, then how?
- Why are there in-law issues and what to do?
- What happens to the relationship when
children arrive?
- Why money and sex are the two main couple
quarrel issues and what to do about them?
- What are the Universal Spiritual laws of
relationships?
- What are the specific wisdoms that each
couple bring as gifts for each other?
- and other important topics and knowledge.

Workshop Duration:
Conducted over two whole days either as residential or non-residential workshop.
Day 1 from 9 a.m. to 9p.m.
Day 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Who Is This for:
- For those who are considering marriage.
- For those who are in an intimate relationship.
- For married couples who want more out of the
relationship.
- For those who are at the crossroads and
wondering what to do next.
- For those who want to discover more of
themselves.
- must be 21 years and above.

DISCLAMER:
This workshop does not guarantee that participants will improve their relationship as there is the human privilege of “Power of Personal Choices”.

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.), has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist.

His experience includes some of the most difficult cases ever encountered. His approach is to address the root of issues while complementing methods for the symptoms.

He is the founder of “Tree-Gong” & “Sea-Energy” Awareness Workshops that has been featured in local magazines and Japanese newspaper.

He developed & conducts the following workshops: Quantum Meditation, Quantum Intuitive Living, Quantum Manifestations, Principles of Energy Healing, Key to Life’s Mysteries & Self Hypnosis. He has conducted public talks & workshops in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & United Kingdom since year 2000.

Quantum Meditation for Assisting Health Rejuvenation Through Imagery Therapy

2008-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:00

Quantum Meditation© for Assisting Health Rejuvenation through Imagery Therapy.
Psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology

For years it has been widely known that the mind exerts a tremendous influence on our physical well-being – often determining the difference between health and disease.

The key to the process of Imagery Therapy lies in the interconnection of mind, emotions, sensations, images and bio-energy.

Our mind body system is designed to heal itself and has almost unlimited self repair capabilities, but most people deny themselves any access to them through ignorance.

If your finger is cut by a sharp object, the wound heal itself and if the damage is not extensive, the repair is so perfect, that after a few weeks you cannot even remember which finger was hurt. Even the fingerprints are reconstructed. Exactly the same self-healing processes occur constantly in all possible organs of the body.

Even if we abuse our body, it tries to heal itself, unless the damage is extensive and we continue to abuse and ignore warning signs for years. Severe illnesses are largely result of our ignorance on both: the physical level (diet, poisoning, lifestyle) as well as on the mental level (thinking that affects our emotions, wrong understanding of Purpose of Life). Pain and suffering are crucial signals to our conscious mind that we have to change our ways. The moment we decide to consistently act to change our ways to live a balanced life, we are on the road to recover.

Disclaimer:
Complementary therapies assist in the healing process that is holistic and does not replace any treatment or medication(s) you may be receiving. Complementary therapies take into account the physical, mental, emotional and bio-energy needs. Thus it may or may not provide the results you expect. This is one form of increasing and helping your well-being. Proper medical attention should always be sought for specific ailments. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking medical treatment due to information obtained from anywhere. Any information perceived from this is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure. This information is not intended to replace proper medical care.

QM Workshop Code: “HIT” Level 1:
4 Session Workshop, Topics include:
- Understanding the interconnectedness of
body, mind, emotion & bio-energy.
- Implications of mental & emotional effects.
- Breathing methods for health and rejuvenation.
- Imagery techniques for specific illnesses etc.

Time duration 2 hours per session include theory, practical and question & answer.

(Quantum Meditation workshops are non-religious but based on scientific research & cater to all)

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.), has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist.

His experience includes some of the most difficult cases ever encountered. His approach is to address the root of issues while complementing methods for the symptoms.

He is the founder of “Tree-Gong” & “Sea-Energy” Awareness Workshops that has been featured in local magazines and Japanese newspaper.

He developed & conducts the following workshops: Quantum Meditation, Quantum Intuitive Living, Quantum Manifestations, Principles of Energy Healing, Key to Life’s Mysteries & Self Hypnosis. He has conducted public talks & workshops in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & United Kingdom since year 2000.

Quantum Meditation for Looking Younger, Anti-Stress & Hormone Balancing

2008-12-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

Quantum Meditation© for Looking Younger, Anti-Stress & Hormone Balancing.

Scientific research on Medical Meditation show that people who have been meditating over a short period of time have reduced their biological age by five years and those who have meditated for a longer period by as much as twelve years.

DHEA is the most abundant hormone in our blood, and adequate blood DHEA level is critical for many vital hormonal and metabolic functions of our body. Our bodies produce less and less DHEA as we age, and as a result, our blood DHEA level decreases as we get older, generally falling significantly by the age of 30, and by as much as 50% by age 40.

Low levels of DHEA are associated with aging and disease states. Specifically, a deficiency of DHEA has been found to correlate with immune dysfunction, inflammation, greater risk of certain cancers, heart disease in men, and osteoporosis in both sexes.

People who meditate secrete more of the youth-related hormone DHEA as they age than people who do not meditate. Meditating 45-year-old males have an average of 23 percent more DHEA than those that do not, and meditating females have an average of 47 percent more. DHEA is produced primarily by the adrenal glands for anti-aging benefits because it lowers stress, heightens memory, preserves sexual function, and helps control weight.

QM Workshop Code: “YAH” Level 1:
4 Session Workshop, Topics include:
- Controlling your brain waves.
- Methods of relaxing your body and mind.
- Breathing methods for health and rejuvenation.
- Modalities used in meditation etc.

Time duration 2 hours per session include theory, practical and question & answer.

(Quantum Meditation workshops are non-religious & cater to all)

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.), has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist.

His experience includes some of the most difficult cases ever encountered. His approach is to address the root of issues while complementing methods for the symptoms.

He is the founder of “Tree-Gong” & “Sea-Energy” Awareness Workshops that has been featured in local magazines and Japanese newspaper.

He developed & conducts the following workshops: Quantum Meditation, Quantum Intuitive Living, Quantum Manifestations, Principles of Energy Healing, Key to Life’s Mysteries & Self Hypnosis. He has conducted public talks & workshops in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & United Kingdom since year 2000.

Quantum Intuitive Living

2008-12-23T11:03:00.000-08:00

QUANTUM INTUITIVE LIVING©

What is Intuition:
Intuition is a natural part of everyone. It is sometimes called a hunch, or a gut feel. When we least expect it, it is a creative spark of brilliance that explode out of no where.
It is not by coincidence that we meet the right people at the right time for the right purpose when we sharpen our intuitive powers.

Many times when we misplace something, and no matter how we try to trace back our sequence of events, we do not seem to remember where we left it, and it is when we finally give up in desperation, somehow from no where the answer pops up in our mind.

When we need answers, our intuition will provide it almost instantaneously. However due to the way we were educated, left brain dominant education system, we seldom listen to our intuition.

When you learn to listen to your intuition and use it to create prosperity on all four levels of your being (body, mind, emotion and spirit), you will realize that living intuitively is as natural and essential as breathing for life.

Quantum Intuitive Living Workshop:
4 Session Workshop, Time duration 2 hours per session include theory, practical and question & answer.

(Quantum Meditation workshops are non-religious & cater to all)

Topics Include:
- How Universal laws of prosperity affect intuition.
- How to use Intuition to enrich relationships.
- What is whole mind approach to life?
- Tuning in & listening to your body.
- Solving work issues with Intuition.
- Discover who you really are.

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.), has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist.
His experience includes some of the most difficult cases ever encountered. His approach is to address the root of issues while complementing methods for the symptoms.
He is the founder of “Tree-Gong” & “Sea-Energy” Awareness Workshops that has been featured in local magazines and Japanese newspaper.
He developed & conducts the following workshops: Quantum Meditation, Quantum Intuitive Living, Quantum Manifestations, Principles of Energy Healing, Key to Life’s Mysteries & Self Hypnosis. He has conducted public talks & workshops in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & United Kingdom since year 2000.

Feedback From Past Seminar Participants

2008-12-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

Feedback From Past Seminar Participants:

Thank you very much for conducting the Soul Awareness Workshop. It has helped me to discover some of the answers pertaining to my life's journey. The workshop has also enriched my awareness on the different mind states. I am now able to apply some of the techniques to my daily life more effectively. Thank you very much for all your wonderful sharing and guidance..Eleanor Wong (Singapore).

Thank you for the powerful and enlightening workshop on Saturday. I believe that the workshop with its relevant materials and your dedication have help me in the understanding of many metaphysical issues. Looking forward to participating in your other workshops. B.K. Tan Teacher (Singapore).

Its definitely an eye opener for me. The presenter has his own special way and approach to get his message across. I enjoyed the course and look forward to more interesting seminars. Sheralee (Singapore).

Overall the content is a lot for me to absorb although it is relevant to me. Maybe the seminar could be stretched to two days. Azreen Teacher (Singapore).

I have learned a lot of wisdoms from you and it is an honor to have you as a teacher and friend. I am really grateful. Thank you so much and may God always be with you. Dr. Suria B Rahman. (Singapore)

Now I have found the reason why you keep on saying to be a “Lighthouse”. Thank you master. Sarinah S. (Singapore)

Thank you master Thomas for helping me to understand more about life. Now I can use this knowledge to touch the lives of others through my teaching and sharing. Aishah. Energy Awareness Teacher (Singapore)

The workshop was useful to understand myself better and try to find purpose in life. Ko C. S. Account Executive (Singapore)

It is very useful and effective. I make some changes and changed my view and feeling towards things and people. I am more daring to dream and feel that we humans are invincible. --- Alex T. Trainer (Hong Kong)

As a Christian, I have some believes different from this workshop. I will spend more time to know more now that I have attended your course. --- Lee Y. H. Trainer (Hong Kong)

This is one of the best workshops that I have ever attended. I have learned a great deal through the excellent presentation, reflections and sharing with other participants. I look forward to level 2 workshop. The framework introduced is very clear and useful. Thank you so very much! I shall practice it every day. --- M. Chow. Trainer (Hong Kong)

Thanks Thomas for sharing metaphysics in an easy to understand way. Michael B. Yoga Master, Reki Master, N.L.P. Master. (U.S.A.)

I learned a lot in your workshop and it helped me to understand more about life M. Antoinette Yoga Master, Reiki Master. (Denmark)

You helped my family to understand life better and this has helped us to look at life from a bigger picture. This knowledge gained has helped us reduce much stress within our whole family. Kamal R. Businessman (India).

Thank you Thomas for showing me that there is more to life than just the obvious. Clark J. Hypnotherapist (U.K.)

You have shed some light to my many questions about life and now I am clearer about my higher mission in life. It is not a coincidence that we met in England. Jan. R. Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master (U.K.).

It started with my curiosity and then you showed me that there is more to life than what we can see on the surface. Paul H. Hypnotherapist (U.K.).

I learned how to take charge of my busy mind and now am able to reduce my stress to a manageable level thus increasing my productivity. C. Wallace. Corporate I.T. Consultant (Australia).

I have learned so much from you over the last three days. Marryanne V.A. Reiki Master (Australia).

I cannot express my gratitude to you for helping me find my true self. Life from now on is much more meaningful. Lisa T. Businesswoman (China).

I was brought up to understand that I cannot change my destiny but you showed me that I have the power to do so. This knowledge is the most valuable lesson I have learned. Sandy Wong (China).

Clinical Hypnotherapy

2008-12-23T10:57:00.000-08:00

Clinical Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis in a wide variety of medical and psychological disorders.

Since the beginning of recorded history, procedures that today are labeled suggestive have been used to treat a wide range of psychological disturbances and physical conditions (Gravity, 1991; Spanos & Chaves, 1991).

The seemingly magical and dramatic changes in hypnotized subjects’ appearances, experiences, and behaviors have largely been responsible for the widespread interest in hypnosis both as a catalyst for psychological & physical treatments and as a fascinating phenomenon in its own right.

Fortunately clinical researches indicate that hypnosis is more than a faddish addition to the clinicians’ grab bag & psychotherapeutic tools.. Meta-analysis (Kirsch, Montgomery, & Sapirstein, 1995; Smith, Glass, & Miller, 1980) have demonstrated that the addition of hypnosis to cognitive-behavior and psychodynamic treatments substantially enhanced their efficacy, and researches have made important contributions to understanding hypnosis, assuring that clinical hypnosis can be more firmly grounded in scientific findings (see Lynn, 1994; Nash et al., 1988)

Clinical Hypnosis for:
Stress Management. Anxiety. Post-Traumatic Stress. Obesity & Eating Disorders. Smoking, Addictions & Habit Disorders. Concentration, Academic Performance & Athletic Performance. Sleep Disorders. Fears, Public Speaking Fears. Phobias. Dental Anxieties. Physical & Emotional Pain Management. Hypnoanesthesia & Preparation for Surgery. Hypnoanalgesia. Ego-Strengthening: Enhancing Esteem, Self-Efficacy & Confidence. Cancer Patient Recovery & Ego-Strengthening. Obstetrics & Gynaecology: Childbirth, Hypnoflexogenous Techniques in Obstetrics, Antenatal Hypnotic Training, Preparing for Obstetrical Labor. Emotional & Psychiatric Disorders. Sexual Dysfunction & Relationship Problems. Time Reorientation: Age Regression, etc.

Facilitator:
Thomas Kwan C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.), has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist.

His experience includes some of the most difficult cases ever encountered. His approach is to address the root of issues while complementing methods for the symptoms.

He is the founder of “Tree-Gong” & “Sea-Energy” Awareness Workshops that has been featured in local magazines and Japanese newspaper.

He developed & conducts the following workshops: Quantum Meditation, Quantum Intuitive Living, Quantum Manifestations, Principles of Energy Healing, Key to Life’s Mysteries & Self Hypnosis. He has conducted public talks & workshops in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & United Kingdom since year 2000.

Past Life Regression

2008-12-23T10:53:00.000-08:00

Past Life Regression

A) Have you experienced past life before?

If you keep an open mind, your answers to the following questions might provide clues to possible past life existences.

1. Have you experienced a feeling of Déjà vu, the experience of recognizing scenes, places, events, houses etc., as if you are very familiar and yet it has never been physically seen before?

2. Are there any particular people(s) that you feel drawn to or try to avoid?

3. Are there recurring dreams of particular place(s) or time?

4. Are there unexplained fears & phobias that you remember having had your entire life, since childhood?

5. Are there talents of which you knew you have had since young even if you have never used them?

6. Are there chronic illnesses since birth?

7. Have you ever had out-of-body experiences or near-death experiences?

B) Some reasons for past life regression:

1. To tap upon your Soul’s memory.

2. To understand the root cause of fears & phobias.

3. To address past life traumas.

4. To negate (balance) Karma effects.

5. To consult your Soul’s wisdom.

6. Just curious & want an experience in past life regression.

Please Note:
Past Life Regression is non-religious & is based on clinical proofs.

Past Life Regression should only be done by trained and certified professionals incase of encountering past life traumas during sessions.

Past Life Regression sessions are by appointment only.

Facilitator: Thomas Kwan C.M.H. (U.K.), D.M.H. (U.K.), has been a Life Coach (Metaphysics) for over fifteen years and is a Certified Clinical Master Hypnotherapist.

His experience includes some of the most difficult cases ever encountered. His approach is to address the root of issues while complementing methods for the symptoms.

He is the founder of “Tree-Gong” & “Sea-Energy” Awareness Workshops that has been featured in local magazines and Japanese newspaper.

He developed & conducts the following workshops: Quantum Meditation, Quantum Intuitive Living, Quantum Manifestations, Principles of Energy Healing, Key to Life’s Mysteries & Self Hypnosis. He has conducted public talks & workshops in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong & United Kingdom since year 2000.

The Miracle Mineral Solution

2008-12-20T16:48:00.000-08:00

About MMS - The Miracle Mineral Solution

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Miracle Mineral Solution is a 28% solution of sodium chlorite in distilled water. Miracle Mineral Solution is a water purification product. It is not a mineral supplement nor is it sold as a mineral supplement of any kind. Though often referred to in acronym (i.e. "MMS"), an important distinction must be made between Miracle Mineral Solution and the "MMS Protocol" established by chemist and metallurgist Jim Humble and detailed exhaustively in his book, "Breakthrough, the Miracle Mineral Supplement of the 21st Century".

When Miracle Mineral Solution is activated as detailed in Jim Humble's protocol (1:5 drop solution using vinegar with 5% acetic acid or greater, lemon or lime juice, or a 10% solution of citric acid), the chemical compound chlorine dioxide is produced.

If your privately intended use for Miracle Mineral Solution is to activate it in accordance with Jim Humble's protocol, it is advised you read Mr. Humble's book and/or study various third party resources which are made available here for your convenience and safety.

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MMS Resources:
· New - Read Dr Larry A. Smith PhThD - "MMS Simplified Series"
· Listen to "Life Saving Chemistry", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with Jim Humble!
· Listen to "MMS: Simplified", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with Jim Humble!
· Listen to "MMS and Cancer", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with Jim Humble!
· Listen to "Valerie: An Early MMS User", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with "Valerie"!
· Read "No Miracle, Just Wonderful Chemistry - MMS De-Mystified", Blogged by Adam Abraham, author of "I Am My Body, NOT!"
· Watch "Mix MMS" - A YouTube production explaining the MMS protocol
· Watch a child with malaria being administered MMS ("Mercy Drops") by a physician (also here on YouTube)
· FREE - Download Part I of Jim Humble's eBook, "Breakthrough, the Miracle Mineral Supplement of the 21st Century"

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What is Chlorine Dioxide?
Chlorine dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula ClO2. Prominent uses include water purification, oral hygiene, and more recently, oral supplementation. According to third party sources:
· Chlorine dioxide is used in many industrial water treatment applications as a biocide including cooling towers, process water and food processing.
· Chlorine dioxide was the principal agent used in the decontamination of buildings in the United States after the 2001 anthrax attacks.
· Chlorine dioxide was also used after Hurricane Katrina (2005) to eradicate dangerous mold from houses inundated by water from massive flooding.
· Chlorine dioxide is less corrosive than chlorine and superior for the control of legionella bacteria.
· Chlorine dioxide is more effective than chlorine against viruses, bacteria and protozoa � including the cysts of Giardia and the oocysts of Cryptosporidium (parasites).
· Chlorine dioxide is the topic of author, scientist, chemist and humanitarian, Jim Humble's book entitled, "Breakthrough, The Miracle Mineral Supplement of the 21st Century". In Breakthrough, Humble describes how he discovered the use of chlorine dioxide as an alternative treatment for Malaria, which has since led to over 75,000 documented successful treatments of the disease in Africa. Humble's research aims to establish MMS as a powerful alternative treatment to many pathogen-borne diseases.
· Chlorine dioxide can be used to kill "disease-bearing bacteria, yeasts, molds, fungi and algae", including MRSA and other deadly pathogens.

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Sources:
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_dioxide - Wikipedia, see "Uses"
· http://miraclemineral.org/ - Breakthrough, The Miracle Mineral Supplement of the 21st Century, by Jim Humble, available in hardcopy or as a free download at http://miraclemineral.org/)
· http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/30105.php - "New MRSA Bacteria Killer Registered by EPA"
What is a Pathogen?Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
A pathogen is described as "any biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host". Types of pathogens include Bacteria, Viruses, Protozoa, Fungi, Parasites and Proteins.
Examples and/or typical effects of Bacteria pathogens include:Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
· Urinary Tract Infection
· Peritonitis
· Typhoid
· Foodborne Illness (i.e. Salmonella, E. coli)
· Tuberculosis
· Anthrax
· Toxic Shock Syndrome
· Pneumonia
· Strep Throat
· Stomach Ulcers
· Tularemia
· Lyme Disease

Examples and/or typical effects of Virus pathogens include:Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
· HIV / AIDS
· Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E (liver disease)
· Herpes
· HPV (i.e. Genital Warts; HPV infection is a necessary factor in the development of nearly all cases of Cervical Cancer.[)
· Warts
· Chickenpox, Smallpox, Cold Sores and Measles
· Colds, Influenza Virus (i.e. H5N1, "Bird flu")
Examples and/or typical effects of Protozoa pathogens include:Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
· Malaria
· Giardiasis
· Cryptosporidiosis
· Chagas Disease
Examples and/or typical effects of Fungi pathogens include:Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
· Opportunistic Pneumonia
· Ringworm
· Candidiasis (i.e. Yeast Infection)
· Histoplasmosis (i.e. "Darling's Disease")
· Cryptococcosis
Examples and/or typical effects of Parasite pathogens include:Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
· Roundworm
· Tapeworm
Examples and/or typical effects of Protein pathogens include:Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen
· BSE (mad-cow disease)
· vCJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen

Example of Oral Hygiene using Chlorine Dioxide:
http://www.frontierpharm.com/bacteriakill.php

Important Third Party Resources:
· New - Read Dr Larry A. Smith PhThD - "MMS Simplified Series"
· Jim Humble's website: http://miraclemineral.org/
· The Malaria Solution (website)
· Listen to "Life Saving Chemistry", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with Jim Humble!
· Listen to "MMS: Simplified", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with Jim Humble!
· Listen to "MMS and Cancer", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with Jim Humble!
· Listen to "Valerie: An Early MMS User", Adam Abraham "Talk for Food" radio interview with "Valerie"!
· Read "No Miracle, Just Wonderful Chemistry - MMS De-Mystified", Blogged by Adam Abraham, author of "I Am My Body, NOT!"
· Watch "Mix MMS" - A YouTube production explaining the MMS protocol
· Watch a child with malaria being administered MMS ("Mercy Drops") by a physician
· FREE - Download Part I of Jim Humble's eBook, "Breakthrough, the Miracle Mineral Supplement of the 21st Century"

Excerpts from the research paper "War Against Microbes" written by the Bradford Research Institute.

The following is a description of the characterization and mechanism of action of Dioxychlor, researched and developed by American Biologics, as relates to its antiviral, antibacterial, antimycoplasmal and antifungal activities. Dioxychlor has been in clinical use for over fifteen years with tens of thousands of infusions at the American Biologics Intergrative Hospital and Medical Center as well as other clinics and hospitals throughout the world.
To understand fully the action of Dioxychlor on target organisms, it is necessary to describe in detail the chemical structure of this oxidant as well as the biochemical structure of substances found in these target organisms with which Dioxychlor interacts. These targets include viruses (the nucleic acides, RNA, DNA), bacteria and fungi.
The formula known as Dioxychlor is the same active ingredient derived from MMS, only weaker.

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Frequently Asked Salt Questions

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Krystal Salt Frequently Asked Salt Questions
By Dr. Christian Opitz

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1. Is there a difference between Unrefined sea salt and Miracle Krystal Salt?

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Celtic Salt and Sea Salt are subject to environmental pollution, whether it is from seagull droppings in the water or an oil tank leaking into the ocean. "The trouble with sea salt is that the oceans have been turned into waste disposal-dumping facilities and are being polluted with heavy metals like lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and more. Oil disasters and leaking tanks frequently cause headlines as they pollute our oceans. The poisons from these sources are harmful to our bodies. Today, Sea Salt doesn't have the same positive impact on our health as it did in the past. Also, 89% of all the Sea Salt producers are refining their salt!"*
*("Seasalt's Hidden Powers", Jacque de Langre, PhD) Crystal Salt is pure, and has been undisturbed for millions of years. Celtic Salt and Sea Salt’s minerals are also not in a compound structure, which mean the chemical elements and minerals in those salts are not connected. The body must work harder to process these salts. All the minerals in crystal salt are fully usable and are in their natural original structure because the minerals are all connected in a wonderful crystal structure. Many sea salt companies say they are natural, yet they are still refining their salt! Refined salt can destroy the true usable state of the minerals.

2. What are Electrolytes, and why are they important?

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Electrolytes such as Sodium, Calcium and Potassium in crystal salt help restore your body’s fluids.*Electrolytes in Crystal Salt are important because they are what your cells (especially nerve, heart, and muscle) use to maintain voltages across their cell membranes and to carry nerve impulses and muscle contractions across themselves and to other cells.*Electrolytes must be constantly replaced whenever we sweat heavily, and we need a constant supply of electrons. By integrating Crystal Salt into your diet, you may increase your bodies ability to maintain it's electrolyte balance, which is crucial for nerve conduction and muscular function.*Muscle contraction depends on the action of Calcium, whose balance and function depends on the presence of other chemicals including Potassium and Sodium. In Crystal Salt, your body will receive the necessary Potassium and Sodium that your body needs for basic functions.*Not having balanced electrolytes shifts our bodies out of homeostasis (the balance of chemicals which is conducive to the body’s function). By using Crystal Salt, your body can utilize all the Electrolytes and find balance in the body.

3. Why do you take Krystal Salt?

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Crystal Salt has up to 74 essential minerals and trace elements that harmonize with our bones and enzymes. Our bones and enzymes are full of minerals. We need to keep replenishing the supply of these minerals, with a proper diet to stay healthy. Crystal Salt is a great addition to any diet for your body’s mineral needs. Krystal Salt holds a perfect structure, and when we take in whole foods, like crystal salt, our body remembers how to balance itself and begins to resonate to the whole foods we are taking in. This means our body can return to its natural state of health by ingesting crystal salt. We have approximately 84 elements and minerals in our bones and enzymes. It is important to maintain these minerals through our diet. We are often told that the body consists of 70% water therefore it’s important to drink water, but that is not the entire truth. Drinking water is important but our bodies actually consists of 70% of a saline solution containing salt, and it’s the quality of the salt in the water of your bodily fluids that will determine whether or not your bodily fluids can perform their biological functions. Now as we know from medicine, dehydration is a problem that can support the origin of any disease that we know of. On the other hand, Hydration on a cellular level, which requires more than just drinking water, it requires water and the right type of salt that can help us with any health condition and can also improve our well being in general. The benefits of Crystal Salt are truly endless and the best way to find out is to try it for yourself.

4. Will I get enough Iodine in my diet if I am just using Krystal Salt?

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Yes, because Crystal Salt has naturally occurring iodine in exactly the proportion your body needs. Regular table salt is usually iodized. Naturally occurring iodine is essential, but added iodine is considered a toxic metal. Crystal Salt offers a balanced spectrum of minerals and trace elements including ionic iodine, which is the most absorbable iodine that you can possibly have. So if you use Crystal Salt in your diet regularly, you should have sufficient iodine coverage. *("The Salt Conspiracy", Victoria Bidawell, Get Well, Stay Well America Printing ©1990)

5. What is the difference between Refined and Unrefined salt?

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When you refine salt you bring it down to just two elements, sodium and chloride out of 74 elements that are essential for the human body. Also a lot of refined salts on the market contain toxic anti- caking agents that sometimes contain aluminum in a metallic form which is not something you ever want to have in your food.
Unrefined salt on the other hand contains up to 74 minerals and trace elements that are the essential building blocks of human life. The differences are vast because any imbalance of singular nutrients like isolated sodium and chloride will imbalance your whole mineral metabolism in your body. We all need the nutrients in the right proportions and unrefined salt contains the 74 essential minerals and trace elements in very similar proportions as are found in human blood or in the fluids inside of human cells.

6. What Health Benefits will I feel when I take Krystal Salt?

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You may start to find your cravings for sugar or alcohol diminish fairly soon after beginning to use the salt. Of course this depends on how healthy your lifestyle is. You really need to institute all the components of a healthy lifestyle. (Drink high quality water, no chlorinated water, no caffeine, and exercise in fresh air, NO TABLE SALT.)

7. How long will it take to notice these Benefits?

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The duration varies on a variety of factors such as your overall health condition, your lifestyle, your diet, but most people report that they recognize tangible benefits within the first weeks of taking crystal salt.
Now in some cases crystal salt may lower high blood pressure within a few days. This is a reoccurring phenomenon that never ceases to amaze me. Other effects that people may notice rather quickly is that their bodies are more easily Hydrated. They drink water, but it seems to finally do what water’s supposed to do in the body. A lot of people report that chronic pains lessen to some extent even after taking crystal salt for only one or two weeks. Other benefits are more of a long-term nature such as the detoxification of the body which is something you would never want to rush. Also with weight loss, crystal salt can help over time. There are immediate, midterm and long term benefits from taking crystal salt but I would not try too much to envision when these benefits should occur because the wisdom of your body always knows best.

8. Tell us about the Krystal Salt solution called "Brine", and how do I make the Brine?

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Cover the bottom of a small glass jar with washed Salt Rock Crystals and add enough filtered or artesian Water so that you have three times the amount of water as crystals. The Brine can be used after two hours, but allow 24 hours for it to reach a full saturation point of 26% in solution. Start with one drop per day and work up to a maximum of one teaspoon per day. Take in a glass of pure water on an empty stomach. The brine is very powerful so start slowly and find the proper amount for your body. It is highly recommended that while taking the brine you drink two quarts of pure water a day. When you have used up half the Brine, add more water and Salt Rock Crystals as necessary.
I put several drops in all my drinking water ~ Keth

9. How is the Salt related to Human Blood?

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Salt is related to human blood in two ways. First of all, human blood plasma has a mineral balance which is very delicate and the maintenance of which is very important for the maintenance of our overall health.
The other reason why salt is related to blood so much is the wrong type of salt, refined salt, dehydrates us so that blood actually gets thicker and then the body has to increase blood pressure to still move that thickened blood into the arteries and capillaries.
Crystal Salt, on the other hand, provides the minerals and trace elements that are needed in human blood in very similar proportions that are needed for optimum blood plasma. Crystal salt helps us to stay Hydrated because it electrically charges the body in such a way that we can use water more efficiently so our blood will stay naturally thin, move easily and gracefully through our arteries and capillary system without increased blood pressure.

10. Can you describe how Krystal Salt Tastes to you and will it change the Taste of food?

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Yes, crystal salt tastes better than table salt. It will make your food taste better. Table salt or sodium and chloride has a very harsh flavor and is hyper-salty. Table salt is harsh on the taste buds or the nerve endings on the tongue; it may actually shrivel the nerve endings. Crystal salt has a gentle almost sweet flavor. In fact some people call it the “sweet” salt.

11. How does Crystal Salt effect Blood Pressure?

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The effects of crystal salt on blood pressure are truly amazing. In my practice, I have seen people who have come in with High blood pressure and have tried everything from medication to exercise and other lifestyle changes. They use crystal Salt and within weeks their blood pressure has normalized.
On the other hand if people have Low blood pressure Crystal Salt helps them to raise their blood pressure up slightly so it’s at a normal level. Whatever your particular problems are, they are probably related to mineral deficiency and dehydration. Crystal Salt can help with both. If you take Crystal Salt and you’re also on medication, you might want to monitor yourself closely and under the supervision of a healthcare professional.
The reason being is that Crystal Salt may correct blood pressure and you may not need the medication any more, if you take medication that is not necessary, you may have harmful side effects.

12. Can Krystal Salt help with ADD/ADHD?

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People who are afflicted with ADD always suffer from much lower electrical life force in their brains than average people who do not suffer from ADD. There is a portion of the brain called the substancianigra which is responsible for producing dopamine that is the neurotransmitter which is deficient in people who have ADD. If you’re deficient in dopamine and you try to concentrate that part of the brain, the pre-frontal cortex that should increase its activity actually decreases its activity. All this is directly related to the amount of electrical energy you have available in your brain.
Krystal Salt being probably the most powerful carrier of electrical life force is one wonderful element in combating ADD and together with a whole food natural diet, exercise and certain applications in how a person learns material. So use Crystal Salt, drink enough water and eat a natural whole food diet, use organic foods, eat enough raw foods, use Klamath Blue Green Algae (or E-3 Live, which is another wonderful wild food supplement that helps people with ADD.

13. Why do the Salt Crystals have a pink color?

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The pinkish color is a form of Hematite, which is a form of iron oxide, and the beauty of that is Ionic Iron which means we can absorb it really well, so if you need some extra iron in your diet this would be an excellent source. At the same time ionic iron does not build up in the body and cause potential harmful side effects which many forms of iron supplementation potentially can do. So, hematite is another great reason Crystal Salt is the best mineral supplement you can get.

14. Can Krystal Salt help with muscle pain and Arthritis?

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One thing that is not commonly known about Arthritis is that when the body dehydrates there is of course a whole chain of reactions going on to insure rationing the little water that is still available for the body. One of these reactions is an over production of a substances called histamines. Histamines can cause all kinds of health problems, from allergies, to chronic inflammation to arthritis.
Rehydration of the human body will fight anything we do to reduce histamine production. Using antihistamines, or anti inflammatory drugs, for example, can only produce symptom relief for so long. Of course, there is more that goes into the healing of arthritis than just using the right type of salt. So crystal salt, again as the foundation in helping with arthritis in itself, is not enough, but is very important. In addition to the ingestion of Crystal Salt, using the Crystal Bath Salt is an enjoyable experience. You can soak in a bath tub for an hour at the least, and the water will stay warm when the crystal salt is in it and is a wonderful way to ease arthritis discomfort.

15. Explain Anti-Oxidant and why is Krystal Salt the most complete Anti-Oxidant?

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The importance of antioxidant protection for good health has become common knowledge in recent years. Free radicals are now considered to be the single most significant cause of premature aging and degenerative diseases. A free radical is a molecule that is missing one or more electrons to be in a state of balance. Since seeking balance is intrinsic to everything in nature, free radicals aggressively steal electrons from every source they can find. In the human body the phospholipid membranes of the cells are a great supplier of electrons for free radicals - to our great disadvantage. By losing electrons, cell membranes literally become rancid and dysfunctional.
The accumulated damage shows up as signs of premature aging and virtually every disease known to medicine. Antioxidants are nature’s way to minimize this ongoing damage. These are substances that can give spare electrons to free radicals, thus neutralizing them without damage to the cell membranes. This shows the paramount importance of electrical life energy to maintain health and youthfulness.
While there are many antioxidants that are very health enhancing, they all have one fundamental limitation: They work only in some areas of the body. Vitamin C and E for example, provide fine antioxidant protection in the blood vessels and in the extra cellular fluids; however, they do little inside the cell. Selenium works well in the blood and in the brain. OPC’s (Oligoproanthocyanide- An antioxidant found in some tree saps and pine bark) are most effective outside the cells and in the lymphatic system.
However, Krystal Salt is the only anti-oxidant that works everywhere in the body. The simple reason for this lies in the fact that crystal salt contains 72 elements that the human body consists of in ideal proportions. Due to the immense amount of spare electrons that all of these elements carry in crystal salt, they all have great antioxidant properties. Once Crystal Salt is introduced into the body, a profound regeneration of the cell membranes becomes possible. Other antioxidants are also enhanced in their effectiveness when Crystal Salt is taken.

16. Can Crystal Salt help with Heart Disease? (Please consult your health care professional)

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In my opinion, when I talk about Heart Disease, I first would like to expose the myth that cholesterol is causing heart disease, to say that it does is like saying the nail in the coffin has killed the person in it.
See, what happens is we are exposed to so much free radical damage that free radicals begin to tear up our arteries from the inside and the body would bleed to death if it didn't do anything about it. Cholesterol is simply nature’s super glue, so wherever there are free radical induced injuries in the arteries and capillaries in the body, we’re using cholesterol together with proteins and other substances to glue over these injuries so we don’t bleed to death.
Krystal Salt has the broadest spectrum antioxidants you can possibly eat, and ingest in any form. So by using crystal salt you provide anti-oxidant protection which makes it unnecessary for the body to produce the plaque that is then considered to be atherosclerosis and can help heart disease to be easily prevented.

17. How does Krystal Salt affect our body’s Acid Alkaline Balance?

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A common question my clients have these days is about the acid alkaline balance of the body because we read more and more how important it is to maintain this balance. There are so many factors that go into acid forming and alkaline forming properties of the human body. Crystal Salt, because of its balanced mineral spectrum affects your acid alkaline balance in the most positive way. If you are overly acidic Crystal Salt helps to alkalize very quickly. If you are overly alkaline, which is rare but happens in some cases, crystal salt helps you to rebalance your minerals because over alkalinity is usually simply a mineral imbalance in the mineral metabolism of the body. Within an over all healthy life style hopefully you will be more and more drawn to whole natural foods. Crystal salt is a great asset in having completely balanced acid alkaline metabolism in the human body.

18. Tell us about the Bath Crystals?

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19. What are the benefits of the Brine?

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20. Will Krystal Salt affect blood pressure medication?

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21. Tell us about Klamath Blue Green Algae, and what is your recommended dosage?

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22. Can children use the Salt Solution (Brine), and what amount?

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23. Is Krystal Salt contaminant free?

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24. What does the term, "Crystal Matrix" mean?

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25. Will Krystal Salt help with environmental illness or heavy metal poisoning?

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26. Explain enzymes and their interaction with Crystal Salt?

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27. How does Crystal Salt affect Hormones?

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28. How does Krystal Salt affect my Immune System?

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Our immune systems are under stress now-a-days as they have never been before in history. So to make sure that our immune system works to the best of our ability we need to stay hydrated. The thymus gland is the part of the body where white blood cells, antibodies, and the parts of our blood that forms our first line of defense, are maturing and the thymus gland also is very easily hindered in its ability to perform that function by dehydration, calcium and magnesium deficiencies. Rehydrate by drinking enough water but by also using crystal salt. Reintroducing all these minerals that tend to be missing in our foods due to soil depletion in agriculture is the first fundamental step in having a functional immune system.

29. Can crystal salt affect mental clarity?

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30. To recap, what are the most important things people can do to achieve Radiant Health?

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31. Introduction about Christian Opitz.

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32. Tell us the ways that Krystal Salt could help women with PMS?

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33. In your book you state that the rediscovery of Krystal Salt may be the most important health discovery of the 21st century, explain why?

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34. What is the difference between refined and unrefined salt?

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35. What is the single most important thing a person can do to improve their Health?

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36. Can you drink too much Brine?

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37. Could Krystal Salt be the ultimate Mineral supplement?

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38. Can Krystal Salt help with weight loss?

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39. Tell us about the Minerals in Krystal Salt and why we need them?

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40. After a hard work out how can Krystal Salt help?

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Because of its’ electrolyte properties, crystal salt can be wonderful after a hard workout. The way to do this is to take a glass of water and put a good pinch of crystal salt with a squeeze of lemon. This way the electrolytes naturally occurring in the crystal salt plus the fruit acids and the natural electrolytes occurring in the lemon will combine in such a way that you will have a wonderful electrolyte spectrum that is just what your body needs after exercise.

41. Arsenic? Mercury?
Yes, these minerals are present in the 74 elements. They are present in the human body at the same level as in the crystal salt and they are not toxic heavy metals when they exist in their natural ionic form.

42. I eat healthy already, why should I eat Salt?
In March of 2002, another prominent laboratory in Europe did a Hagalis Analysis on our crystal salt. The analysis showed that the minerals are in an ionic state with a very large surface area, which is optimal for human metabolism. The necessary trace elements are so small and dispersed that they are available in their entirety for our bodies use. The analysis also proved that the crystal salt has a high range of trace elements as well as 72 traceable minerals. The analysis displayed the crystal forms, which enlivened the life force of the water sample, which means when we take crystal salt, we can expect more life force within our bodies. “I was already living a healthy lifestyle when I discovered crystal salt but when I started taking it, I discovered some interesting benefits. My body seems to have a better ability to deal with stress, it was easier for me to stay hydrated, and I really enjoyed the taste and actually enjoyed the taste of my food more when I used this instead of unrefined types of salt. Then I told friends and later told my clients about it and they all seemed to recognize some immediate benefits. Now, whether a person is already in a very healthy lifestyle or they want to switch to a healthier lifestyle crystal salt is probably the most versatile health enhancing product people can take”. Christian Opitz

43. Does Krystal Salt have valence electrons? And what are they?
Yes, crystal salt has valence electrons. It is a very expensive test to prove this. A friend of mine with a laboratory in Germany performed the test and yes, the salt gives off negative ions and does have valence electrons which are extra electrons that are available for the free radicals to attach onto.

44. How will Krystal Salt help my system and what can it do for me?
Many studies have been done in Europe on crystal salt. These studies show that crystal salt contains calcium and magnesium. These minerals are essential for staying healthy. Peter Ferreira conducted a study on 400 people (done over a 2 year period) that proves the importance of crystal salt in our diets. In his book “Water and Salt”, he found that by using crystal salt, blood pressure can be balanced, calcium deposits can be eliminated, usable oxygen in blood can increase, red blood cells can be un-clumped, blood can be detoxified, the full spectrum of elements that resonates with our bones and enzymes and builds bone marrow can be utilized, radiation is neutralized, capillaries can become more elastic and blood flow increases, extra electrons are added to the body, (which are free radical scavengers), the entire spectrum of electrolytes that the body needs can be received, uric acid can be detoxified from sodium chloride intake, a possible increase of elimination of heavy metals through the stool may occur, and cravings for sweets are reduced. You can now enjoy salt in your food and in your life.

45. Why 250 million years old and why is this good for me?
Crystal salt is pure, and has been undisturbed for at least 250 million years. As the mine is inside a mountain at an altitude of 10,000 feet, it has been protected from chemical pollutants such as PCB’s which are found everywhere, even in the Antarctic.

46. How do they mine Krystal Salt?
Crystal salt is mined by hand without the use of explosives, and hand-washed without the use of any chemicals.

47. Where is it from?The Himalayan Mountains.

48. How is it ground?
It is hand and stone ground.

49. How do they refine salt?
When we speak of refined salt, we are speaking of table salt that has passed through numerous processes to clean it and then “free flow agents” are added for clumping. Crystal salt is natural, just as it was created millions of years ago. Refined salt is washed to remove excess magnesium and other minerals which render the salt whiter and dryer. However, important elements of salt are lost which alter its natural ratios and constitution.

50. How will it detoxify me?
The salt can detox in two different ways: By taking the brine or salt you detoxify through the elimination process and the other by bathing in a salt bath, using the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt you detoxify through the skin. The bath is a gentler way and can be used by people who have been more severely poisoned through industrial chemicals. The bath is gentler because the toxins come through the skin and do not have to pass through the liver and kidneys to exit the body.

51. Will it make me sick with the detoxifying effects?
If you are heavily toxic, for instance from industrial poisoning, yes, you can experience a healing crisis (such as headaches) using the brine, in which case just salting your food and bathing is recommendable. By salting your food, you will detox slowly and not experience headaches, etc. Take the bath, maybe twice a week for some weeks until you no longer experience symptoms. It is good to work with your health care practitioner.

52. What are detoxifying symptoms?
One of the first symptoms of detoxification that a lot of people notice when they start using the brine is that they have a natural desire to drink more water. This is not the same as being really thirsty from over-eating salt, as you may have experienced in the past with table salt, but it’s a natural inclination because the body needs more water to flush out the toxins that are set in motion by the use of the brine. Some people experience mild detoxification symptoms in the form of a light headache for a day or two, maybe some skin rashes, change in body temperature, a skin irritation, constipation or bowel movements. Usually these detoxification symptoms are very mild and only if they should persist and bother you would I recommend you stop using the brine and simply use the granulated salt on your food which will not cause a detoxification reaction.
Brine Detox Information: For some people the brine can be a powerful detoxifier. Those who are taking any prescriptions or over the counter medications, or have any condition that may be salt sensitive, are advised to consult a knowledgeable healthcare professional before taking the brine. We strongly suggest that you start with one drop and slowly increase to a maximum of one teaspoon per day. More is not necessarily better. Small amounts on a daily basis will bring the best results. If you experience any symptoms of discomfort, stop taking the brine immediately and consult your healthcare professional. Not recommended for children under the age of 18. Not recommended for pregnant or nursing women. Drink a minimum of two quarts of pure water daily when using the brine.

53. How does it pull toxins out of my skin with the bath salt?
The salt is alkaline and it pulls out the toxins which are acid.

54. Can I cook/bake with this Krystal Salt?
Yes, you can use it just like you would use any other type of salt or condiment on your food and in any of your cooking purposes and it will enhance the flavor of your food so much better than any other type of salt that’s on the market.

55. Can I add fragrance to the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt?
Yes, of course you can mix crystal salt with your essential oils for bathing, just be sure you use them in the recommended strength.

56. Does it have an added fragrance?
No, the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt is completely natural. It does not provide fragrance of its own, some people would like to add natural fragrance to there bath while others do not. I highly recommend only natural fragrance products like high quality essential oils. Do not use products that are artificially and/or chemically synthesized because they may not combine well with the skin rejuvenating effects of crystal salt.

57. How fine is it ground?
80 mesh.

58. Can I use tap water for the Brine?
No chlorinated water. We suggest artesian or filtered water.

59. Can we eat too much salt?
Of course, you can eat too much as you can do with anything, but the beauty of crystal salt is you can not overdose it as long as it tastes good to you in your cooking purposes. More is not better. crystal salt enhances the flavors in your food. There are two basic applications of crystal salt, one is to use the rock crystals and to dissolve them in water and make what we call brine or a salt solution, and of this concentrated brine we should use only a drop to start a day in the morning on an empty stomach with an 8 ounce glass of water. As far as the granulated form of the salt goes, the kind that comes in the salt shaker, in which you can use in all your cooking purposes, just use to taste.

60. Can my children take the Brine?
(Per Christian Opitz)
Yes, it is perfectly safe. In my experience, it is actually wonderful if children use the brine. Children are a special interest for me since I’m counseling a lot of families with children who are having a hard time giving up junk foods, such as lot of sugar and often being addicted to sweets. The brine helps so many children to develop natural instincts toward healthier eating. so it’s not because they're parents tell them, it’s not because they're forced to do it, but because their own taste buds actually regenerate using crystal salt in the brine form. They will gain less pleasure from super processed junk foods and more pleasure from natural whole foods. This is one of the most magnificent effects of the application of the brine that I’ve seen personally in my clients.

61. What will it do for my children?
The same balancing effects it has on adults. They should start to find their cravings for sugar diminish fairly soon after beginning to use the salt. Of course this depends on how healthy their life style is. You really need to institute all the components of a healthy lifestyle as I have written about in my book. (Drink high quality water, no chlorinated water, no caffeine, and exercise in fresh air, NO TABLE SALT.

62. How much Miracle Krystal Bath Salt do I use for a bath?1 to 2 cups or more if desired in a tub of warm water.

63. I am finding processed food too salty, why?
When you eliminate Table Salt from your life and replace it with crystal salt, you will become more and more adverse to the harsh flavor of Table Salt.

64. Will the Krystal Salt cleanse my blood?
Yes, it helps detoxify the blood.

65. What kind of container should I use for the Brine?
Glass, always.

66. Do I take the Brine with water?
Yes, 1 drop up to one half of a teaspoon brine in an 8 oz glass, or 1 drop up to one half of a teaspoon in your "Five Element Smoothie".

67. Do I take the brine on an empty stomach or with food?
With water, as above, on an empty stomach for most people, so it will get into the blood stream faster.

68. How will my skin look after a bath?
This is the most pleasant application of crystal salt. Using the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt Crystals in the tub will be surprising for you. It will maintain the heat in the tub for at least an hour and maybe more. There is also a myth in dermatology where we’re usually told that the skin has an acidic protective layer. It is true that most adults have acidic skin, but this is not because there is a protective layer there, in fact babies whose skin, we all admire and envy, have an alkaline skin, they were born with skin of a PH of 8.0 which is very alkaline. Amniotic fluid has a PH of 8.5 which is even more alkaline. Using crystal salt in your bath alkalizes your bath water significantly, so you can actually get to and 8.5 PH in your bath tub, just like amniotic fluid in the mother’s womb. This will result in an incredibly soft, smooth silky feeling on your skin that rejuvenates the skin. A lot of women tell me that since they are using crystal salt in the bath tub that they have a much lesser need for other expensive skin care products, moisturizers and so on. So using crystal salt in this way is a wonderful home spa that you can treat yourself to. It also helps with detoxification. A lot of people who are in chronic pain report that taking a bath with crystal salt on a regular basis really helps with decreasing their symptoms. So try it for yourself and see how wonderful it can feel to soak in crystal salt.

69. Should I apply lotion after bathing?
Not necessary, in fact it’s much better to let the salt water dry on your skin with nothing else added. You will not feel dry after the bath.

70. Will it dry out my skin?
Sometimes people ask me if taking a bath in the crystal salt will dry out my skin, on the contrary this will help to rehydrate your skin and this is why everybody who takes a bath with the crystal salt experiences the skin to be incredibly smooth and silky and just feel wonderful. So if you want to rehydrate your skin use the crystal salt and this is the fastest way to get dead skin cells off and to hydrate the healthy skin cells that are these and give your skin a wonderful overall feeling.

71. What are the things remaining in my tub?
There may be little pebbles in the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt. These are not in the food grade crystal salt.

72. Will this effect other medications I am on?
(Per Christian Opitz, see Brine Detox Information)
Brine Detox Information!! For some people the brine can be a powerful detoxifier. Those who are taking any prescription or over the counter medications, or have any condition that may be salt sensitive, are advised to consult a knowledgeable healthcare professional before taking the brine. We strongly suggest that you start with one drop and slowly increase to a maximum of one teaspoon per day. More is not necessarily better. Small amounts on a daily basis will bring the best results. If you experience any symptoms of discomfort, stop taking the brine immediately and consult your healthcare professional. Not recommended for children under the age of 18. Not recommended for pregnant or nursing women. Drink a minimum of two quarts of pure water daily when using the brine.

73. How big is the mine?
4 million tons a year are hand-mined.

74. Is it clean? How is it cleaned?
The crystal salt is naturally clean, being deep within a mine, and not susceptible to environmental pollutions. The crystal salt is hand-washed.

75. Is heat applied?
No.

76. What is the difference between Rock Salt and Krystal Salt?
Rock salt does not have the crystalline formation. Rock Salt is like Sea Salt.

77. Can I preserve food with Krystal Salt?
The brine makes for an awesome food preservative and being a real German, of course, I like to make my own sauerkraut, and I, as well as many other people have found that using the brine as a food preservative, for example, to make pickles, brings out a flavor in these foods that we have never experienced with anything else before. If you are into preserving your own foods, use the brine and expect a lot more flavor than you ever have before.

78. Epson Salt vs. Krystal Salt?
Epsom Salt is a magnesium salt.

79. How did Krystal Salt become crystallized?
The term crystal matrix refers to natures’ favorite way of storing electrical energy. Now we have to understand that we are electrical beings in a very real sense because our entire metabolism, all the processes of life, death, health and disease are governed by electricity, by the exchange of electrical energy. So our food is not only a supplier of chemical nutrients, calories, vitamins and fatty acids, but also a supplier of electrical energy. Much like a diamond is condensed out of simple carbon atoms due to millions of years to exposure to high pressure and temperatures, crystal salt is condensed out of a simple form of sea salt which contains all the minerals and trace elements found in the human body due to the exposure of high pressure and temperature, probably over 250 million years old. This means that crystal salt gives our bodies, not only the minerals and trace elements which are the essential building blocks that are found in the human body, but that these minerals and trace elements are carriers of an enormous electrical life force field of electric life energy which we need to have for a healthy metabolism.

80. What is the shelf life?Indefinitely.

81. When cooking with Krystal Salt, does heat diminish the mineral content?
Ionic minerals such as those in the salt are not altered or damaged by heat at all. Only complex chemicals substances like vitamins or proteins are changed through heat. Cooking with crystal salt is no problem.

82. What is the difference between Colloidal minerals and Ionized minerals?
Colloidal refers to a particle size of around one micron that these minerals come in. Ionized refers to having an electrical charge, which is unrelated to particle size. Ionic minerals as they occur in crystal salt are one angstrom in particle size. An angstrom is one million times smaller than a micron which is the particle size of colloidal minerals. Therefore minerals in crystal salt are more absorbable and usable than colloidal minerals, since the body does not have to break them down into smaller particles.

83. How do I store it?
In a jar or bag in the cupboard or in a salt shaker.

84. Will it clump?
Yes, it may.

85. How do I keep it from clumping?
Keep the salt in a dry place and put a cracker in it.

86. Why is Table Salt bad for me?
Table Salt is highly refined Sodium Chloride. The majority of the other 70-82 elements that occur in natural sea salt or rock salt have been eliminated. This leads to a one-sided overload of Sodium and Chloride that in turn leads to all the well-documented undesirable effects of diets that are high in refined salt. Table Salt also comes with additives such as aluminumhydroxide, sodiumferrocyanide, calcium phosphate, stearic acid and others. Some of these are harmless, but some are definitely toxic.

87. Will Krystal Salt oxygenate my blood?
If your blood is thick it will thin it provided you practice all the components of a healthy lifestyle as I have discussed in my book, “The Miracle of Krystal Salt”.

88. What is the difference between the Iodine in refined salt and the Iodine in Krystal Salt?
In refined salt the iodine is added. In unrefined crystal salt the iodine is naturally present.

89. Why is it contaminant free?
Because it is mined out of the inside of a mountain where it has sat for millions of years protected from environmental pollutants.

90. Will my cravings for sugar and processed foods subside?
Yes, "According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), refined Table Salt creates an energetic imbalance in the body that we then crave to neutralize. Since refined sugar creates the opposite imbalance, TCM maintains that consuming Table Salt increases sugar cravings. Instead of balancing one extreme with the opposite extreme, we can use crystal salt to balance our energy field within a few minutes upon intake, as extensive studies in Europe have shown. The use of crystal salt will greatly enhance the body's instincts towards eating natural foods rather than craving unhealthy stimulants like refined sugar. In my own practice I have observed many times how incorporating crystal salt into one's diet resulted in an effortless change towards a more natural diet and lifestyle."(Stated in Paul Pitchfords book "Healing with Whole Food")

91. What are the studies you have had done on the salt?
Please read Christian’s book, “The Miracle of Krystal Salt”.

92. Can I use plastic to make the Brine?
It’s better to use a glass jar for the brine but for short term or travel plastic is okay.

93. Why do I need to use artesian water?
Any water in its clean natural state is good to use. Artesian water like Trinity bottled spring water is unlike most other bottled waters. It is not heated, ozonated or treated in any other way that would diminish its life force, making it outstanding high quality artesian water.
Alkaline Water is great too.

94. How much water do I have to drink a day when taking the brine?
It is suggested to drink a minimum of 2 quarts of pure artesian water daily.

95. Will it take time to build up in my system?
Each person is different. The important thing is to use the crystal salt in combination with all the components of a healthy lifestyle. Please read Christian’s book, “The Miracle of Krystal Salt” for more information.

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