Clear for Life

We live in tough times.

In the US politicians just took $700 billion of tax payers’ money and transferred it to their friends in the banking sector. And eventually we as tax payers have to pick up the bill. Not directly, but via raised taxes and runaway inflation that eats away our savings. And because we live in a globalized economy this affects not only the people in the US but all over the world. Even me, sitting at the other side of the world.

Actually it’s not the politicians who are to blame, but it’s the rich bankers behind the scenes. The crooks who own and run the Federal Reserve and other central banks in the world. And unfortunately $700 billion is not the end of the story. It was just the first installment and many more probably follows.

Anyway, I don’t want to moan and whine about the situation. Just to say that we’ve been dealt a tough hand. One we cannot do much about – at least not in short-term. But there’s no need to get stressed over the situation and hence make it more difficult to cure your acne.

So let’s talk about making the best of the situation.

Napoleon Hill writes that each adversary carries within a seed of an equivalent or a greater opportunity. It’s the old silver lining on a cloud thing. And I do believe it. Often we just cannot see the silver lining while we go through the tough times. Still, it’s there, and looking back it’s often easy to see.

So if money is tighter perhaps it gives us an opportunity to appreciate other aspects of life. To help us to discover that most important things in life don’t revolve around money. That money doesn’t make us happy, and that we don’t need money to be happy.

Of course I realize the practicalities of the world. I like what’s called practical spirituality. Money does make life easier, and having to constantly worry about money makes life difficult.

But at the end of the day, it’s not the money or your situation that determines your happiness. It’s what you think of them.

It’s not the lack of money that stresses you out, it’s the worrying you do over it. Worrying and stressing over paying your bills and making the ends meet.

Now you may say ‘what’s the difference?’. Lack of money causes those worries, therefore lack of money is what causes my stress and unhappiness.

Though it may seem like that, in reality that’s not the case.

Your financial situation is what’s called external circumstance and worrying over it is an internal representation of it. You may not always control your external circumstances but you always have total and absolute control over your internal representations; what you think of the external circumstances and what they mean to you.

Most people don’t exercise this control. That’s why it seems to them that external circumstances dictate their happiness. But whether you exercise this control or not doesn’t mean that it’s not there. You have the power over your emotional state (how you feel). You just have to learn how to use that power. Yes, it does take some work and discipline, but it’s worth it.

Let me share with you an experience that happened to me over the weekend.

I watched two documentaries. One was The Money Masters: How International Bankers Gained Control of America (click the link to watch). Money Masters shows how extremely wealthy and powerful bankers control and manipulate the economies in the US and pretty much in every other country. They do this through the central banks by controlling the amount of money in circulation, and that way causing economic booms and busts (depressions) to further their causes.

The other one was Endgame: The Blueprint for Global Enslavement (click the link to watch). Endgame is a bit wilder story of how ‘the elite’ wants to control the world, and how they believe themselves to be ‘super humans’ with God-given right to control ‘lesser men’.

After I watched these documentaries I was quite shocked. I know men do ‘evil’ things, but these really take it to the next level. These really shook me to the core. In fact I was so shocked I started feeling physically bad.

Now are these documentaries telling the truth? I don’t know. They present quite a compelling case, but in the end I just don’t know. But what matters more (in my case) is what I believe about them.

After watching them I bought into their story. Many pieces of the puzzle clicked after watching them. And that story wasn’t bright. No bright clouds and happy sunshine. It made me downright depressed for few hours.

Then I started really thinking. And now we come to the point that’s relevant to you and your situation also.

I asked myself ‘what changed?’, I was happy yesterday but deeply depressed now. My situation hadn’t changed a bit. But my beliefs had changed. I bought into the dark and oppressing story presented in these documentaries.

So I did some belief work. I cleared out lot of the negative stuff that caused me to focus on the negative aspects. After that I could breathe easier and felt happier again.

The point of the story is that I didn’t choose my beliefs based on ‘reality’; what’s true and what’s not. I chose them based on what works, what makes me happy.

Now I don’t really know if there is some mysterious elite who wants to enslave me. But I do know that believing there is won’t serve me at all. It would just plunge me into depression and take away my power. In that state it would be hard to get any work done, and as a result my business would suffer even more than it already has (because of this financial crisis). So not a good belief to have.

I’d rather deal with the situation at hand now, and not make it any worse by imagining things that probably will never happen. And if they do, I will deal with them then. In the meanwhile I remain as happy as possible.

So in the same way you shouldn’t make the situation any worse by imagining how you cannot pay your bill or can’t make the ends meet. You will, you always have and you always will have.

It you have it tough financially now, be practical about it. Work the numbers on paper and budget your money. Then you know that, as long as you follow your budget, you will make the ends meet. So you can stop worrying over it.

Next focus on making the best of what you’ve got. Ask yourself how can I make the best of the situation. Questions direct your focus; your focus directs your emotions and combined they create your reality.

Questions are really powerful. Use them to help you instead of shooting yourself on the foot. Don’t ask disempowering questions like ‘how come this always happens to me’. Ask empowering questions like ‘how can I make the best of this’ or ‘how can I make extra income in this situation’ or ‘how can I turn this around’.

When you ask those questions, you get answers that fit your situation perfectly.

Perhaps you can use these times to connect and get closer to your family and loved ones. Perhaps you can sit silently and do some self-improvement work and come closer to discovering your true nature, and how you can live happily even with less money.

Finally I want to say that it’s the journey, not where you are right now, that makes you happy. Starting at a lower point and making progress by working upwards makes you far happier than simply staying still at a higher point.

Be well.

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Clear for Life – The Fun, Easy and Delicious Solution to Permanently Clear Skin.

Does it feel like your family is against you getting clear?

Of course I don’t mean that they literally would want you to have acne. But that they don’t seem to get what you have to do to get clear. And because of that discourage you, or at least do not support you. Because they don’t understand natural health they think you are nuts eating the way you do.

Perhaps these people are your parents, or your loved ones, and this situation causes tension in your relationship.

How do you live in such a situation? That was the question Alissa emailed me.

Right off the bat I have to say that I can’t speak from my own experience. I have lived on my own for more than 10 years and didn’t have to go through that. Plus I’m lucky to be blessed with a mother who respects my decisions and doesn’t want to interfere with my life – unless I ask for her advice.

Still, I think I can offer some helpful advice. And hopefully you can pitch in also. Use the comment field to share your own experience and advice.

OK, let’s get back to Alissa’s situation. In her case it was her father who was unsupportive. I’m going to write this to her situation (just because it makes referring to the ‘other side’ easier – I can just use ‘he/him’ instead of a more vague term ‘them’).

First, whatever you do, don’t fight him. This is the most important advice I can give.

We, as humans, always do what we perceive to be the right thing – given our beliefs, experiences, values and ethics. Given his view of the world he does what he thinks is the best. Deep down he probably wants to help you.

He probably thinks you put yourself through unnecessary struggle and suffering for nothing. (Most people still believe doctors can fix health problems.)

Remember that good intentions coupled with bad information is a dangerous combination. This is just one example of it.

Give that, please don’t fight or try to argue with him. It probably won’t do you any good, and most likely just upsets him and causes him to just argue back harder.

If I were in your shoes I’d try to talk to him.

First I would start by understanding his concern over me and thank him for it.

Then I would tell him that I’ve already been to the dermatologists many times (as you probably have), and say that it hasn’t helped. Despite all those visits and all the medicine I’ve taken, I still have acne.

Then, given that be still believes in doctors and that they can help, I would work on that angle. I would say that latest research indicates that diet is linked to acne. Then I would probably tell a little white lie. Cook up a story of a friend or a friend of a friend (someone your father doesn’t know of) who went to this dermatologist who treats their patients with diet modifications. And that your friend, or friend of a friend, cured his/her acne following the doctor’s advice.

Now I don’t really advocate lying or cheating. But framing your message so that it fits into your father’s existing belief system, or the way he sees the world, makes it easier for him to accept. And probably the upside of maintaining harmony in your family outweighs the downside of a harmless white lie.

Then I would tell him again that I appreciate his concern, and that doing this is really important to you. That you really believe this is going to get you over your acne. And finally that it is really important to you that he supports you. It’s not important that he agrees with your choices, but that at least he would respect them and support you.

Finally, if necessary, I would point out that many respectable doctors and researchers say that diet and lifestyle are the major causes of most diseases. Two excellent books on the subject are The China Study by Colin Campbell, PhD  and Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.

Again since he believes in doctors and scientists I would use their books, rather than pointing it to my site or my books, since I lack the formal credibility indicators before or after my name.

So instead of fighting him I would try to talk to him calmly and respect the concern he has over you.

If you are or have been in a similar situation, I would really appreciate if you would share your experiences and help Alissa and other’s in a similar situation.

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