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Illnesses caused by shallow breathing

Shallow, or stunted, breathing is the cause of many illnesses. The list below includes items that might not seem like illnesses to you, but your body relates to them as illnesses.

Lowered functioning of the sensesLowered functioning of the heartLowered functioning of bronchioles in the lungsLowered functioning of white blood cellsLowered functioning of sweat glandsEsophageal spasmsEmotional outburstsCertain types of headachesMenstrual irregularities resulting in lessened outputHeightened ...

My rant about…

This post is completely from me and not from Spirit.

I went to an alternative spiritual festival this past weekend and attended a rebirthing session, which I’d never done before. It was a VERY interesting experience, and it brought up strong emotions and thoughts that basically became a rant.

As I entered the rhythm of the session, my first thought was one of anger at my mother for having filled me with medications when I was a child and having fed me extremely unhealthy foods. (When I...

“Love Leads the Way” is published!

Hi everyone! I’m back to let you know that I finished the book about love and the heart, and have had it published. Here are excerpts:

“There are countless songs, poems, and stories about love and the heart. Often they come from places of wishful thinking and buried reality. “Love Leads the Way” contains no wishful thinking, rather it provides information about love and the heart that is important to know so that we can build nourishing relationships that guide us.”

– Forward

To be conn...

Anxiety is riddled with misunderstandings

Being anxious has become standard behavior for us modern folks. Ask a person to describe himself and there’s a good chance he’ll include anxiety as a lifestyle descriptor. Feeling anxious is how many teenagers and children generally feel, especially those who are in step with the modern conveniences of smartphones and social media apps. Those who overeat or undereat, those who question their abilities or physical features, those who pretend to be experts or moderate proficients, and those wh...

Conflict and contempt disrupt the global rhythm of all living things.

Previous section: “Here’s how we can all contribute to less conflict in the world“

The final section from Descending into War, Descending into Contempt, pp. 46-47:

How People Can Connect

Dynamic and beating rhythm vibrates endlessly. The rhythm resonates with the movements of each living thing—each blade of grass, each infant, each orangutan, each beetle—and connects them all unseeingly. People live within the rhythm of the connections, just as the other inhabitants of the world do....

Here’s how we can all contribute to less conflict in the world:

Previous section: “How People Should be Interacting“

Today’s section from Descending into War, Descending into Contempt, pp. 41-46:

Investing in Potential

This book has offered explanations for the cycling of contempt and conflict within human existence. Contempt and conflict have become catalysts for distancing from the ideal. They destroy societies and they harm future generations.

Ideal is possible when contempt and conflict are moderated. Events will always occur that enable ...

How People Should Be Interacting

Previous section: “Remodeling Reality“

Today’s section from Descending into War, Descending into Contempt, pp. 40-41:

Investing in Potential

Horrific acts imbalance societies terribly. Their far-reaching effects upset family structures and societal arrangements. The people who perform the horrific acts are permanently scarred, and the people who are their community suffer proportionally.

Conflict breeds conflict breeding more conflict, but why? The natural live-and-let-live forma...

The key to reducing conflicts is described here.

Previous section: “Facing Death“

Today’s section from Descending into War, Descending into Contempt, pp. 36-39:

Remodeling Reality

Changing reality diverges (di, two; verger, to incline [to bend forward or prompt to do something]) the future. The making of the future accompanies every action and every interaction that occurs. The future is constantly changing.

Objectification enables treatment of others to be inhumane. Whether the others are hated or not, inhumane treatment cause...

“In the struggles of conflict, death is a possible outcome.”

Previous section: “Capital Punishment“

Today’s section from Descending into War, Descending into Contempt, pp. 34-35:

Facing Death

In the struggles of conflict, death is a possible outcome.

A struggle in a family can lead to volatile emotions that result in death. A struggle between competitors can render death when the competition matters too much. Struggles because of desire for wealth or power have many negative effects, and death is in the possible realm of actions considered...

“Capital punishment has emotional side effects for the people who administer it…”

Previous section: “Casualties of Resentment“

Today’s section from Descending into War, Descending into Contempt, pp. 30-31:

Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is a payment that should never be extracted. No matter what another person did, capital punishment is not for people to use. Death that is deliberately meted out is improper for people to do. It creates imbalance in the people who cause it to happen—in the judges, in the juries, in the officials overseeing the event, and i...