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Renegade Interview #1 – Chuck Bartok
As part of my talk show on Talkshoe.com, this morning was the first of a hopefully long, and getting longer, series of interviews of men and women who have decided to stand up and take the less beaten path, the Renegade path.
“Renegade” according to Webster means “traitor” and while I do not encourage becoming a traitor to governmental control I STRONGLY becoming a traitor to the mindset we are taught today and so quickly fall into of thinking everything told us is gospel truth. Whether we are told by government, school, church or even parents and friends, let’s not just assume it is always correct.
On the interview this morning Chuck Bartok, a true Renegade at Heart, who has become my friend and mentor started off explaining how his earliest years were spent in an environment where questioning and debating and true learning was encouraged and held in high esteem.
We should all be so fortunate, but if not it is never too late to begin today to change our mindset, change our approach, and surround ourselves with the people and materials that will encourage the Renegade within and help us become who we are on this planet to become.
Be sure to listen to the show. It is provided here for your convenience or you can go directly to the show from this link.
Blessings,
Dr Jon
Body-Spirit Connection
Recently a follower on Twitter made the comment that we do not have a soul, we are a soul; we have a body. This is a true statement. We are primarily spirit, spending some time in body for the experience which it can add to our spirit. But we are also body and have to deal with body. In general terms, the Eastern world tends to emphasize spirit; the Western world tends to emphasize body; both often de-emphasize, minimize or even vilify the aspect not emphasized.
Here’s an approach, a thought, that has been helpful for me in understanding how both body and spirit are necessary, important and work together.
Begin with this: yes, we are primarily spirit but the body is not just something to contain spirit, the body is a reflection of what is already in spirit. Body shows us in the physical world what is actually real in the spiritual world. Body is the lowest energy level, the lowest vibrational state of spirit which is a very high energy level.
Think of body as the slow motion rendition, the instant replay, if you will, of spirit.
As such, by looking at body you can see what is right/wrong/going on in spirit; you can see clearly what spirit is, what spirit needs to work on. Don’t perceive body to be an end in itself which needs to be “fixed” when a dis-ease shows up. Rather, the dis-ease shows up to let you know there is already a problem in spirit which is asking to be addressed and changed.
This makes body, the physical, an amazing tool; we can use it to direct us how to bring to spirit what it needs to grow and develop. We can also use it to increase its vibrations to live at higher levels of awareness.
Let’s look at the “educational” aspect of body. Any dis-ease is a point of vibration that is less than harmonious with the remainder of spirit. Each body part is indicative of some aspect of spirit. People like Louise Hay have helped us know what each part signinfies.
For example, the heart is significant for joy and the flow of life. A person with heart disease needs to let his body tell him that the real issue is not which drug or treatment to take to fix his heart, but how and where can he find and experience and live in joy. My Dad lost his wife at 42; 37 years later he “died” of a broken heart – a ruptured aortic aneurysm. (He actually came back – read the story in Loving Father.)
Shoulders are where we carry the weight of life and its responsibilities. Hands are what we use to grab onto things. Low backs hold our support, our core – finances, sexuality. Learn more about these ideas in Louise Hay’s books “You Can Heal Your Life” or “Heal Your Body“.
Let’s also look at how we can increase the vibrations and bring body toward the reality of spirit. We’ve said earlier that “It is all about Love.” Love is the highest vibration – God is Love. Loving God, self and people will increase our vibrational level. Interesting isn’t it, that Jesus pointed out that the First and Second Great Commandments were to do exactly that. Other ways to also raise our vibrational level are being our true selves, living from our true, good heart as John Eldredge encourages us. Meditation, Worship, Music, Inspirational words/stories, Massage, Laughter, Sex all will raise our vibrational level. Using, feeling the five senses of our body, with emotion, (naked and unashamed?!) will increase its vibrational level.
What might that all look like? The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Galatians pointed out that living in Spirit would be freedom and would look like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfullness, gentleness, and self-control. Jesus himself pointed out that Spirit was like the wind, uncontrolled but leaving tracks.
So here it is. The body is an awesome tool when we can look past its symptoms and see it as a roadmap to what spirit needs for correction, for growth and development. At the same time we can use it to begin to harmonize with spirit, the true “me”.
Love & Blessings,
Dr Jon
Half Full or Half Empty?
Perspective is a wonderful, and a frightening, thing.
We all have one.
Every one in the world is different.
This is pointed out in the old and common analogy of the glass with water in it up to the halfway line. Some look at it and think it is half full (optimist) while others see it as half full (pessimist). Of course the implication is that these would also look at life in a similar fashion, with a similar positive or negative perspective.
I, for one, have tended to be in the pessimist camp. True Confessions time.
However, as I have grown as a person, it has become obvious that I both need and want to change that mindset and view life and circumstance from the positive perspective.
The best way I know to do that, besides really drilling in Scripture and the personal, daily, moment-by-moment listening of the voice of Loving Father, is to listen to others who either have or have learned to keep the positive mindset. I was fortunate in my quest for such to come across some people who do this together in a group called the Focus Society of Overachievers. Unique name for a unique and wonderful group of folk.
They share their Half Full perspective on an internet talk forum and have done so for a couple of years. Enlightening, Uplifting, Encouraging, Butt-Kicking – the whole deal. It is all available online to listen to.
More interstingly, they have taken the recordings and edited them to the “meat” and now made it available to the public in an equally unique format – on an .mp4 player!
The player itself is top of the line with video and camera, etc. and loaded on it is 40 hours of encouraging, positive, encouragement about life and self development and mind-body connection. There is LOTS of room left to do whatever you want with the .mp4 player.
Here is where the perspective difference comes in:
Some will see this as an .mp4 player that happens to have some audio on it.
Some will see this as a not-to-be-missed opportunity to improve themselves with
information that just happens to be loaded onto a very cool tool.
Which perspective will you take?
Let me know; comments below.
Blessings,
Dr Jon
P.S. Here is the link again for the .mp4 player/audios.
MRSA in the News!
Our local Fox News Station did a feature on this evening’s news just a couple of hours ago about community-acquired MRSA. They featured an 8-year old who almost died as a result. Then they went on to talk to an Afro-American Doctor who has a clinic in the city. This all was the result of a study just done by the Washington University School of Medicine here in St Louis who did a study on MRSA.
They found that Afro-American youth are several times more likely to get MRSA infections that other ethnic groups. The clinic physician pointed out that many of these youth live in poverty where there is a lack of cleanliness and where personal items are shared more than they should be.
They also found that the Staph bacterium is everywhere.
Again, I would like to remind you that we have discussed this before on this blog. I would also like to remind you that the all-natural, food-based, non-toxic, effective remedy BioDefense works against MRSA.
The best treatment for MRSA, as the TV article pointed out, is prevention. Wash your hands, don’t share personal items. The other thing to remember, which the TV article failed to mention, is that a strong immune system will fight off MRSA and make it difficult for it to take hold. Besides making a frontal attack on the MRSA bacterium itself, BioDefense is also an immune system builder.
Go get your supply today!
Blessings,
Dr Jon
Mr. Trump, you made the right choice but the wrong decision
The final episode of Celebrity Apprentice was pretty intense. Was definitely lots of fun to watch; as such it was great TV!
It pitted the “nice guy” Trace Adkins against the ruthless Piers Morgan. Trace made points with people, making relationships and friendships. Piers made money. Trace was a gentleman, Piers was manipulative.
In the end, Mr. Trump HAD to choose the money-maker because that is the focus of business today. It is about how much you make in terms of money. Forget the people. Go for the few BIG money donors who can give without even feeling it, forget the little people who give of themselves more than of their money.
So, based on modern business philosophy, Mr. Trump had no choice. But, IMHO, it was the wrong decision because Mr Trump had the opportunity to completely change the philosophy of business. He could have elevated business to a people-based, client-based relationship. In the long run it would generate even more money, I bet!
Blessings,
Dr Jon
You Gotta Love Technology!
See the new look on the blog – Google Ads posted along the sidebar.
No big deal, you say. Everyone has them.
True, except everyone but me until a few minutes ago!
Have you ever taken one of those surveys where part way through they are asking at what level of computer literacy you are?
- Newbie
- Know a little bit
- Advanced
- Expert, college degree, twenty figure income from, etc.
Have you ever wished there was a category something like
- Pretty good at email and surfing the net but too stupid to figure out how to use the thing really productively
Well, that’s me. But now I figured out how to do it – finally. Actually there is ONE MAJOR SECRET! and that is not to get too smart, but to
ASK!
Someone who already knows how!
Amazing how that works.
Think there is a lesson to be learned there, for life……
Blessings,
Dr Jon
P.S. If you would like to find out who I asked, go HERE!
