"Kindness in words [worlds] creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love," Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching
Enjoy Your Gentle Day~
Resources:
Dr. Paul Lam, Tai Chi for Health Institute. Paul Lam M.D. helps create Tai Chi forms for better health for all levels of practice.
Deepak Chopra, M.D., Chopra Meditation Center. Deepak Chopra is an author and spiritual teacher. Get started with meditation.
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Image by Dahlis
Crinkled Blue and Silver Foil, reminds me of high mountains
Owl Eyes
* "Where You are Right Now is your Point of Entry,"
Deepak Chopra, M.D.
What does this mean? I took a moment to ponder. I pictured "all views, all creatures, all plant life" and more at their unique moments to moments points of views! I chuckled out loud. I got up and left the room for a moment to clear my imagination.
Point of Entry~Point of Exit?
Then I saw in my imagination a Chinese poem, "Cold Mountain Temple" also known in English as the Maple Bridge Night Poem. Travelers get on the boat and off the boat at various stops along the way. Temple Bells Ring, evening comes with lights reflecting in water.
** Next I pictured Duma, the Cheetah. Duma, an orphan, was rescued by a young boy. The lad raised Duma and was ready to release him into the wild. A traveler accompanied Duma and the boy in a small boat floating down a river. A similar conversation about life occurred. The sage said, "Duma will get on the boat and Duma will get off the boat just like you and me."
Right Now is your Point of Entry. What will your day bring?
"Now is the Moment that Never Ends," Deepak Chopra
Related Posts: Key word Meditation
In Depth (July 2014)
Resources:
* Quote from Super Soul Sunday, OWN Oprah Winfrey Network, Aug 10, 2014. Oprah interviews Deepak Chopra, Meditation 101.
Deepak Chopra: Chopra Center Meditation.
Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey current 21 Day Meditation Expanding Happiness, in progress now, free online, began Aug 11. Sign Up anytime during this meditation series.
** Movie, Duma The Cheetah, 2005, for all ages
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photos by Emilie
Owl Eyes, painted on rocks
Reflection of Water Lilies
Discovery
I'm addicted to Chocolate~
I'm addicted to Thinking!
I'm addicted to Note Taking:
"I wrote it down so I wouldn't have to remember it!"
I'm addicted to music, softly played, "all music all the time."
I'm addicted to Cheese! I love dairy from ghee to old fashioned vanilla frozen custard not too sweet and topped with crunchy pecans.
My mind runs 24/7~
For several months last year, I actually tried "dairy free" three days a week to help lower lactose levels. But "Dairy" seemed to be something I really need. What to do? Recently I tried Kefir, a fermented milk product that is 99% lactose free. It tastes like liquid yogurt and can be sipped by itself, blended into smoothies, or poured over vegetables, pasta, potatoes, or rice. Kefir is excellent for probiotic benefits containing live and active cultures. First In the morning, I sip a cup or two of warm water. Then I enjoy one cup of Kefir. A bit later, I start adding food. I love it!
Now I eat dairy in the morning rather than, my preference, of "All Day All Night Dairy." I also gleefully went back to small amounts of ghee (clarified butter). Ghee is also lactose free. Edam cheese, aged Cheddar, Swiss, and pure Parmesan have low lactose levels. I love eating ghee and cheeses sparingly. I am free of craving constant dairy. (smile)
As a child, the only time I actually ate cold cereal was pouring unsweetened thick whipping cream over (gasp) crisp unsweetened corn flakes. What a treat!
"Grazing," eating small to moderate amounts of food throughout the day and early evening, is my way. Separate courses of food feel better for me. My Dad and I always ate "one thing at a time."
I prefer rich food more than sweets. How about you? I love treat foods but not everyday.
Crispy French Fries sprinkled with Fresh Olive Oil
"You have a one track mind," my father reminded me often as I hyperfocused on drawing and painting with rapt attention.
I am an all or nothing person~
"I" am "all
over the map." A non-sequential *"Random and Sporatic" mind
downloads unpredictably. "Answers" or "Ideas" may come in months (years) later than
the original thought or question.
I have bursts of physical and/or creative energy.
"The Cheetah and the ice box only run when they need to...."
All of a sudden and unpredictably, a painting or story just happens!
Intuitive Eating?
Ketogenic Diet: 50-70 or even 80 % healthy fats plus small amounts of high quality protein throughout the day, and plenty of vegetables may help some people. I naturally do not like cake, bread, pasta, pastry or fruits. How did my body steer me to "cheese and walnuts" for breakfast rather than toast and orange juice? Every Body is different.
Ketogenic Diet may help some people with seisures, Parkinson's disease, certain types of cancer, some types of ADD/ADHD, Dr. D'Augustino's intrview with Dr. Joseph Mercola June 6, 2013. Consult a health care professional before experimenting with diets, herbs, supplements or exercise.
Intuitive Eating with Tai Chi and Qigong: Balance and Harmony
Mostly cooked foods and not too much of any one thing are suggestions. When I went to my Traditional Chinese Medical Doctor she encouraged me to eat soups, stews, moist foods and plenty of vegetables along with the smaller amounts of protein. Tai Chi, Qigong, and/or Yoga practice may help calm the over-full or anxious mind.
In the last month I learned to balance foods containing blends of of dopamine (motivational driving foods) with serotonin foods (calming, stress reducing). Then I added a small amount of fish oil omega three fatty acids, reduced dose (554 mg) every other day. Omega three fatty acids work best taken with some protein. These combinations are working to calm my racing mind and reduce frantic feelings of "too much to do and not enough time."
Food and Mood Journal helps to identify foods and their effects. Am I too hyperactive? Low Energy? Sleepy? Grumpy? Angry? What emotional or physical situations are also triggering these feelings? Self awareness and meditation may help focus on areas needing attention and change.
Discovery
Life is an Evolving Door: What am I learning?
Celebrate You: Maximize Positives~Minimize Negatives
Ask for Help as needed.
Receive Life with Gratitude
Related Posts
Key Word Search: Meditation, Tai Chi
Chocolate Communion and Tincture of Time (July 2014)
Wake Up (May 2012)
For the Love of Chocolate (Jan 2012)
Resources:
http://www.gilbertssyndrome.com
Gilbert's Syndrome, are you very food, medicine, light, and sound sensitive, depressed, low energy? You may have GS, chronic hepatic functional disorder. Bilirubin levels in blood may be slightly elevated. Lifestyle changes may help. See Blog Tab My Story.
Deepak Chopra, Chopra Center Meditation online, Yoga
Dr. Paul Lam, Tai Chi for Health Institute, newsletter, DVD's, articles, medical research. Tai Chi Helps You!
Kenneth Cohen, Qigong the art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing.
Lifeway Kefir, lactose free fermented dairy product may help. My favorite is Greek Style Kefir. I enjoy full fat dairy products for optimum benefit and absorption of nutrients.
ADD/ADHD:
TotallyADD Help for Adult ADD/ADHD
Dr. Edward M. Hallowell, Help for Adult ADD, books, Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction and more
Dr. Oz, TV and Online: Serotonin, Protein, and Omega three fatty acids work together for stress reduction and ultimate brain performance, Aug 7, 2014
The ADD and ADHD Diet, Rachel Bell and Dr. Howard Peiper. I was surprised to find I was already eating the basic foods for my type of ADD/ADHD symptoms.
Dr. Joseph Mercola, articles, research, free newsletter, Natural Health Clinic, Chicago USA.
Articles: The Ketogenic Diet, Benefits of Full Fat Dairy Products, Exercise Tips, Yoga and Tai Chi
Dr. Daniel G. Amen, M.D., Healing ADD (revised ed. Dec 2013) includes the 7 types of ADD and how to heal them, foods, supplements, reprogram your brain. Food and other suggestions may vary for each type of ADD for optimal management and enjoyment of life. Magnificent Mind at Any Age may also help.
Dr. David Permutter, Grain Brain
Total Memory Makeover by Marilu Henner. Index your memories and explore possibilities. Blogging helps me!
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist Author an Tai Chi Instructor
Photos by Dahlis
Chocolate Tartufo and Golden French Fries, Papa Vino's Italian Kitchen, St. Joseph, Michigan USA. Chocolate Tartufo is a rich dessert, not too sweet. Photos taken and displayed with permission.
Owl Eyes
A couple of days ago, I thought of my friend, Debra, when I received this "owl" photo....
* Skipping through E-mails and posts today on my way to blogging: I see Bench Chat by Debra Basham....
I am transfixed!
I read Debra's photo and story: I contemplated, who would appear to connect? Instantly "from years ago" my silver collie Sky came! He put is furry head on my lap and smiled! Then "we" smiled and hugged then ran and danced on the beach!
Happy Times!
Silence
** "Let the world be what it is....the silence is not out there....it's within you," Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Resources:
Read Debra's Entire Story
* Debra Basham, author, CHTP, NLP, HTt, RMT, Debra's Blog: Yellow Brick Road, Your Path to Heart and Health, Post Bench Chat, July 30, 2014
http://dbasham.blogspot.com
Deepak Chopra, M.D. Author, Spiritual Teacher, Chopra Center Newsletter, July 2014
Music Let it Be by The Beatles, ( lyrics, music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney), "Speaking Words of Wisdom Let It Be...."
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photos:
Owl Eyes, photo by Emilie, printed with permission from photographer
Bench Chat, photo reprinted with permission from Debra Basham, Debra's post, Bench Chat, July 30, 2014
Sky and Dahlis, photo by Paul
"Summer Afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
Henry James
It is summer here in the northern hemisphere, what a beautiful time! Our refreshing summer this year is relatively cool with low humidity, mostly clear skies and fresh breeze. Our bodies feel relaxed enjoying, for now, less blazing hot parching weather. It feels like early fall "already."
What do I feel about summer?
I feel: a four year old child running gleefully through the sand at Daytona Beach, Florida. I tossed vanilla wafers to the flying seagulls circling and shrieking overhead. They caught the cookies in mid air! I laughed with joy and wonder! My parents and I dug in the sand, I filled my blue and white sand pail with fresh seashells.
I feel: "three months with no school" freedom. I remember one June, I stood in the back yard surrounded by tall trees feathering overhead. Spots of sun coins peeked through the deep shade illuminating the emerald grass shadow land. I was seven years old, and my Mom had planted small Sweet William flower bushes gloriously blooming. The fragrance spread through the air from candy pink and white blossoms tossing in the wind.
I feel: touching my grass forest with my hands, pretending the seeded fronds were really giant forest trees. I took my toy animals out under the trees.
I feel: my first puppy Patches the Beagle's shiny smooth short coat. His playful puppy bark, and his puppy way of chewing things remains in my memory. Later Patches found his true home, a friend took Patches to become his hunting companion. Patches loved playing with my smooth walking stick. I picked it up in Cooks' Forest in Pennsylvania under the quiet canopy of pines.
Later I found Albert Payson Terhune's Collie books and became a Collie Fancier.
Breathing and Stretching into my day:
"It doesn't get any better than this...."
Namaste~
Blog Key Word Search: Horse, Dog, Cat, Tai Chi and Meditation
Resources:
Albert Payson Terhune, author, journalist, mystic. Lad a Dog, Grey Dawn and other books captured many collie lovers' attention.
Paul Lam, M.D., Tai Chi for Health Worldwide. Tai Chi enters the entire arena of your life.
Deepak Chopra, M.D., author, spiritual teacher, Chopra Center Meditation
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Photos
Capturing a Shell, photo by Dahlis
Grass Forming Seeds, photo by Paul
Dahlis with Patches and Dahlis and Laddie, photos by my Dad, Robert G. Diess
Dahlis, Tai Chi in Arizona Mountains, photo by Paul
