The Ordinary Mystic

There are a few of these memes circulating, some involving seven random facts and some involving eight. Again, I waited so long after being tagged the first time (by Savvyology) that a couple other bloggers (NancyE at WaterFall’s Paranormal Life and One Mystical Monkey)
tagged me in the meanwhile.

So now to business.

The Rules

Reveal seven (or eight) random facts about yourself in a blog post.
Include these rules in the post.
Tag seven (or eight) other bloggers, listing their names in the post.

The Reveal

1. Ran the quarter mile and mile relay in high school track.
2. Was voted “Shyest” my senior year in high school.
3. Kept a pet caiman (south american alligator) in the bath tub at college.
4. My wife and I were taking a nap with our week-old son (our first) when we were rudely awakened by the Loma Prieta earthquake. That was frightening on several levels.
5. Hated - hated - oral reports in grade school, but eventually learned to give talks in front of groups of a hundred after a few years of ministry training with the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
6. Am in the process of working on an oil painting of Sri Ananda Moyima.
7. My two favorite TV series in recent years are Heroes and The 4400.
8. Married for 20 years (this November).

Solicitations for additional details are welcome.

(It seems this meme has saturated the pool of bloggers that I’d consider for tagging, so I’ll forego that step. )

Or maybe it only took three days, depending on how you look at it. All I know is that last month I wasn’t even thinking that I would be getting another vehicle, didn’t really need one nor had any clue what type I would want, and today I’m driving a 2001 Lexus IS300.

I debated whether to even work on this post. I don’t advocate a materialistic attitude, but I do believe that this is a classic case of manifestation and that there are some lessons here that will help others understand the law of attraction and the manifestation process.

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Listening to good music - relaxing - chanting - laughing - singing - practicing a few yogic breathing exercises - sharing with others an experience of peace … I experienced all these in one evening a few weekends ago at a concert performed by Snatam Kaur.

And it was awesome!

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In support of Mimi Writes global peace blog effort.

Do a Google search for ‘raising vibration’ and there is no lack of information available. But in the spirit of the ‘high vibes game’ meme started at OptimistLab (I’ve just been tagged … twice), I’ll give my take on it as well as five things I do to ‘raise my vibration’.

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Practitioners of tai chi have, for a long time, claimed that tai chi brings about health benefits. Indeed, in the last few years preliminary medical studies involving immunity to the herpes zoster virus in the elderly seemed to indicate that. Now a recent follow-up study funded by the National Institute of Health has demonstrated that “behavioral intervention” can help protect older adults from the virus, which causes both chickenpox and shingles.

In the clinical trial, that behavioral intervention was the practice of tai chi.

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Being featured on the Oprah Winfrey show was one enormous milestone for the movie The Secret.

But in the area where I live, I caught another significant milestone that demonstrates how far the Secret has come in gaining popularity - its appearance in a Frys’ Electronics ad in the paper.

For those not familiar, Fry’s Electronics is a huge chain in the western United States. With its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Fry’s is the mecca for electronics and computer hobbyists. But they also sell appliances, music, and DVDs, so it’s an all around popular place to shop.

So now this vehicle for getting the message of the Law of Attraction to the masses has made it to a Fry’s ad, right alongside PC video games and computer software.

Yeah, we’ve all heard how stress does all kinds of harm to the body, such as increasing blood pressure and increasing the risk of heart attacks.

Now researchers are pointing to a more subtle high-risk factor - feeling that life treats you unfairly.

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