"For her, he was the kernel of life, to touch him alone was bliss."
D.H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
LOVE
Loving and staying open and forgiving in the face of hardship is the challenge in life. To be able to love God, love ourselves, receive love from and give love to others is both the means to and the goal of true healing.
FORGIVENESS
Max Strom, a wonderful yoga teacher based in California, teaches the healing power of forgiveness in his classes. Max teaches that, in addition to forgiving others, we need to forgive ourselves for carrying around a file of our own inadequacies. He notes that we feed this list by constant comparison to others. Max adds that this file acts like a vise-clamp on our heart and if we don’t deal with this vice-clamp we will not see joy anytime soon. So, we need to practice non-harming through self-forgiveness to decrease the clamp on our heart.
CLEAN FOOD
Going organic is one of the most important choices each of us can make for personal and planetary health. In buying organic you
1. avoid chemicals
2. increase nutrients
3. have a better tasting item
4. avoid genetically engineered food
5. avoid hormones, antibiotics and drugs in animal products
6. preserve our ecosystems
7. reduce pollution
8. preserve agricultural diversity
9. support farming directly
10. keep our children and future safe