Meditation has a Multitude of Benefits derived from God.

As a Christian, I was taught that TM, or Meditation was Satanic. Thus, for many years I avoided meditation. As a Christian Theologian and teacher for 35 years, I was brainwashed into being too rigid, fundamentalist and legalistic. Being too rigid, fundamentalist, or legalistic is evil!

Christian fundamentalism (f¾n"d-mµn"tl-¹z"m) n. 1.a. Often Fundamentalism. An organized, Evangelical movement originating in the United States in 1703 in opposition to Liberalism and Secularism. b. Adherence to the theology of this movement. 2. A movement or point of view characterized by rigid adherence to fundamental or basic principles in the Holy Bible. Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers are most often as rigid and legalistic about man's law as Christian Fundamentalists are about God's law . --fun"damen"talist adj. & n. --fun"damen"talist"ic adj.

legalism (l¶"g-l¹z"m) n. 1. Strict, literal adherence to the laws of God, laws of man or to a particular code, as of religion or morality. 2. A legal word, expression, or rule. --le"galist n. --le"galis"tic adj. --le"galis"tically adv.

The Lord Jesus Christ, (Yeshua), wants us to be: "servants of the New Covenant, not

of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." [2 Cor.3:6]

We pay a big price for being too fundamentalist, rigid, or legalistic! I don't know why

people who call themselves Christians tend to jump on bandwagons when Popular

Preacher make ignorant statements like: "Meditation or TM is of the Devil."

It must be due to peer pressure? Everyone wants people to love them, so they

make the big mistake of being coerced or browbeat into accepting what popular

people say without question.

My first book, "The Drifting Church" written in the mid 1980's was a bit rigid. At the time I was studying the Holy Bible in Greek and other early Christian languages, trying to understand the correct teachings of the early church.

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I was studying all the old writings of the early church fathers I could find. Thus, my first book is fundamentally describing my view of what the early church fathers taught in contrast to what was being taught in the Christian Church in the 1980's.

In my opinion, the early Christian Church Fathers were much closer to the true teachings of Christ Jesus (Yeshua) than modern churches. I still believe this is true. Yet, today, I can see that the early church fathers did not fully understand what Yeshua (Jesus) was teaching. I also understand that the modern church is further off in left field than the early church. Reading my book, "The Drifting Church" is important, because it does teach the truth of what the early church taught, which is much better and truthful than what modern Christian Churches teach.

Today I am moving into another dimension of Spiritual reality! Climbing up the ladder (parallel rungs) of Spirituality so to speak. Thus, I moved into Meditation in the late 1990's. Due to my rigid views, I was a very stressed person close to death due to bad health. That is what being too rigid, too fundamentalist or too legalistic does to you. Being Rigid destroys your health! Your health gets bad because God is trying to get your attention. God wants you to understand, being too rigid, too fundamentalist or too legalistic is not good for you or anyone around you! The letter, Rigid Bible Beliefs Kill, but the Spirit gives life. [2 Cor. 3:6]

There are many good benefits to meditation:

Meditation helps you see things the way they really are.

Meditation helps you relax.

Meditation hinders Satan from using your mind.

Meditations helps the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) communicate with you.

Meditation helps control Anxiety and Stress.

Meditation helps you learn to listen, see and hear clearly.

Meditation helps you in controlling your emotions.

Meditation helps you be more Spiritual in positive ways.

Meditation helps you overcome bad habits.

Meditation helps you loose weight.

Meditation helps you do better on your job.

Meditation helps you learn how to focus your mind.

Meditation helps you learn to concentrate.

Meditation helps to get rid of Depression.

Meditation assists you in curing illness.

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Meditation assists in curing addictions.

Meditation enables you to reprogram your bad habits into good habits.

Meditation enables you to rid yourself of insomnia.

Meditation enables you to reprogram your Ghost of Memory which you can't control with your conscious mind.

Meditation enables you to Connect with God's Cosmic Flow, channeling energy to where you need it. This energy can defeat armies.

These are just a few of the many benefits of Meditation.

When I was working for the State of Washington in 1979-82, the State offered to pay for classes on meditation to help employees cope with stress. I refused the free classes because I had been told by popular Christian Ministers that meditation was a ploy of the Devil. Therefore, I needlessly suffered with Stress from 1979 to 1998. Eighteen years of needless suffering because many Christians including myself, had been taught that meditation was Satanic!

Holding rigidly to that false teaching almost killed me. Yet, today I pay ten to twenty dollars per session at my own expense to be taught how to meditate. Turning down the free meditation training was stupid and costly. Why did I take someone's word that meditation was of Satan? Why did I not go and find out what it was all about before ignorantly pre-judging and condemning meditation? There was nothing to fear, but fear itself! It is possible to use anything for evil including the Bible or meditation. But, meditation was designed for doing good. Modern Christian teachers fear meditation because they do not understand what meditation is nor how it could be used. There is nothing more Dangerous or Evil than a Religious Fanatic or Patriot without an open mind!

I had studied Meditation and read many books on Meditation, but could not really understand Meditation or how to meditate until I studied: "Meditation for Dummies", by a Zen Monk Stephen Bodian who was the former editor of Yoga Journal. The book is misnamed, because it is not for Dummies. Bodian's book is an excellent book for anyone who wants to become more mature and Spiritual. Bodian's book is the only book you will need to learn to meditate. After studying Bodian's book, [$19.95] if you want to learn other methods of Meditation, try other books. We think you will agree that Bodian's book is the best on learning Meditation.

MEDITATION BASICS

The word Meditation is often misused. True Meditation is not about studying something, thinking about something or thinking. Meditation is more involved with quieting your mind so you can observe without judgement or getting involved in what you are observing.

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After you stop Meditation you can think about what you observed during meditation. This observing is done without getting emotionally involved or acting on what you observed.

Meditation is concentration and focus on an object. The object can be your breath, God, a rock, the Cosmic Flow, a candle, a sound, a mantra, a body part, a feeling, or in my case the object is a ringing or sound in my ears. This is done without thinking. The purpose of the concentration and focus on the object, is to train your conscious mind to stop allowing your conscious mind and/or Satan from putting thought into your mind.

No Mind

The term "No Mind" caused fearful Christians to think that "No Mind" would allow Satan to posses them. The term "No Mind" in Zen really meant to stop your mind from all of Satan's chatter and your own mind's negative chatter. Mind chatter is the thoughts that constantly come to your mind when you should be silent and listen.

Mind chatter is the reason Americans don't listen very well. They are too busy thinking about what they want to say when they should be silent and listen! Mind chatter makes you jump to false conclusions and judgements before you hear the end of a person's conversation. People with chattering minds can't learn much, because they are too busy thinking and speaking.

The term "No Mind", means learning to control the chatter in your mind and has nothing to do with letting down your will allowing demons to enter your mind or body. Drugs, Alcohol, Negativity, Depression and Giving Up are what causes demonic possession. Meditation is used to help stop using Drugs, Alcohol, Negativity and eliminate depression.

If a person put his/her concentration and focus on Satan, demons, or negativity he/she might conger up a demon. However, if you keep your mind focused on doing good, Meditation is good. It is that simple. Like any object or thing, Meditation can be used for good or evil. Do we stop driving a vehicle because it can be used for evil?

Do we stop being Christians or stop reading the Holy Bible because we might become religious fanatics or use the Holy Bible for evil? Do we stop loving God because He allows evil in the world? No! Neither should we avoid Meditation because it can be used for evil. Use Meditation for good and it will benefit you greatly, both Spiritually and physically!

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Loving God helps! God is LOVE! Meditation helps you love God and everyone. Even Satan and demons have a purpose in God's plan to enhance us into being good co-creators with God. NO Mind is really not no-mind, because man can't totally control his mind.

If you try to stop thinking, you will find it is impossible. We are programmed by society to be egotistical. The conscious mind is both Self and Ego not wanting to give up control. Did you understand that? Conscious mind, self and ego are one and the same thing. Denying Self or Ego has nothing to do with lowering your will. As Jesus (Yeshua) said: "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself (EGO), and take up his cross, and follow Me." [Matt. 16:24] Christ very well knew the best way one can deny self or ego is through Meditation.

Christ Jesus (Yeshua) was not a carpenter, He was an architect and world traveler with His uncle Joseph of Arimathea who owned a fleet of ships. Yeshua was born into the wealthy royal family of Judah. Yeshua had traveled to the British Isles, India, Africa and China and studied with religious leaders of many faiths. More importantly Yeshua was in contact with God the Father (YHVH) and God's Natural Intelligent Cosmic Energy Flow [N.I.C.E.]. Yeshua was well informed in how to deny self through meditation. [See Seventh Heaven on my Internet Website www.elijah2.com.]

The point of meditation is to keep gently coming back to No Mind (your focus object) every time your mind starts to chatter or wander from your focus object. Meditation is the art of gently coming back to your object of focus time and time again every time your mind starts to wander from your fucus object. This strengthens the ability of your mind to train the bodies Ghost of Memory [habits] to focus on one thing at a time without Ego or Satan interrupting your thinking process with negativity and bias. It is impossible to stop the thinking process, but you can slow your mind down so there are gaps in your conscious mind [self, ego] thinking. These gaps allow God and His Cosmic Flow space or time to speak to you from your subconscious mind and body from within.

The Catholic Church did not want you to know this, because you would not need to pay the church to communicate with God for you. Since A.D. 325, the Christian church has become a profitable business! The Word of God Never changes, but men do tamper with the Holy Bible in the name of greed, control and power! [See Bible Flexibility Document on my Internet Website]

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For thousands of years Christian Monks have meditated behind closed doors in Christian Monasteries. They used the same techniques as Zen Monks, and Yogis, but used Christian Mantras rather than Mantras from other religions. The church, priests and the monks knew from the beginning the great value of connecting with God's Natural (N.I.C.E.) Power Flow through Meditation.

The church was insecure and hesitant about introducing meditation to the masses, because they feared the masses would connect so direct with God, the masses would not need the priests nor the church to intervene in their behalf with God. It was fear, power, control and greed in the church that kept meditation from the masses.

We do not have to change our religion or faith in God to Meditate, but we need to keep an open mind to observe what change brings us. The world is in constant change, churches and religious groups change opinions. We need to constantly reevaluate our belief patterns to see if our beliefs are presently in God's truth, love and goodness towards all mankind. If not, we must yield to God [YHVH], change and let go of our false beliefs. If we refuse to change for the good, we will suffer lose. The tree that will not bend to natures winds will break or die.

A Woman at meditation class said: "Have you not seen here that Meditation helps people and does good for people and lowers your stress, improving your health. So, if meditation is of Satan, why would Satan want to do good for a Christian like you?" That was a fair question! The Bible tells us that which is good is of God. [James 1:17]

**************** Meditation Basics ***************

The experts say there is no wrong way to Meditate, because Meditation can't be learned by just reading about it. To learn to Meditate you must actually practice Meditation. You must just do it! Better ways will come to you later after Meditation practice and studying books, because you can use your Meditation experience to better understand what the author of the book is trying to say.

Don't try to understand anything while you are trying to Meditate. The thinking, judging and trying to understand while Meditating will destroy your concentration and focus. When Meditating, you must focus and concentrate only on your object of Meditation, without judging, or trying to understand.

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Just be a silent observer without getting involved, judging, thinking or emotional about the thoughts that come to your mind when you are Meditating. After the Meditation you might want to think about the thoughts and things that came to your mind and write down or record the experiences and thought that came to your mind while you were trying to Meditate. Especially the thoughts that came to your mind in the GAPS. (Gaps are the periods where your mind was still for a short time of a few seconds.)

The GAPS are where enlightened thoughts from above come through. Intuition comes through GAPS. Our best thoughts, Intuition, genius and creative powers come when we are in Meditation GAPS. Gaps also come when we are resting close to the R.E.M. state just before sleep. (R.E.M. is Rapid Eye Movement).

I always get my best thoughts when I am close to going to sleep. I used to jump up and write them down, but this would wake me up and stop me from sleeping. Now my best thoughts come when I am Meditating and I write them down after Meditation. I was the world greatest Insomniac. Now I sleep much better. When you don't get enough sleep, being an Insomniac, it destroys your immune system because your body puts out Human Growth Hormones (H.G.H.) mostly when we are in the deepest stage of sleep.

H.G.H. rejuvenates our bodies and immune system, slowing down the aging process by sending good Eicosanoids to reverse the bad Eicosanoids put out when the body is stressed in various ways (like in Flight or Fight response). [See: The Anti-Aging Zone, by Dr. Barry Sears for more about H.G.H. and Eicosanoids.).

Eicosanoids control the immune system. Eicosanoids are a very complex group of master hormones that control the more common hormones in the body including H.G.H. and other rejuvenating hormones. Eicosanoids are so to speak a microscopic form of Yen and Yang. [Yen and Yang are a balance in nature; Yen is the feminine and Yang is the masculine.]

The only external or conscious way the body puts out H.G.H. is when we are doing very vigorous and labored exercise like pumping iron to the extreme like body builders. This kind of exercise can be very dangerous for people over 45 years of age. For people like me and others with medical problems this kind of exercise is out of the question. For people over 45, Hatha-Yoga, Taijiquan or Qigong are much better forms of exercise. Vigorous exercise only puts out small amounts of H.G.H., but deep sleep puts out large amounts of H.G.H. hormone.

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If we don't get enough deep sleep our immune system is weakened and disease sets in. Thus, it is very important to get plenty of sleep. Meditation and Hatha-Yoga help greatly to overcome insomnia and reduce stress. The deeper we get into Meditation, the longer the GAPS. The more we practice the deeper and more experienced in Meditation we get. Just do it! That is the only way to learn. When we learn to master Meditation, we can get deep enough into the GAPS to enter an altered state of consciousness. In the deep altered state of consciousness in Meditation, we can go so deep into relaxation, we are in a state deeper and more restful than the deepest stage of sleep. When we get to this point, we can use this deep state to pump out lots of H.G.H. hormone.

Often it takes several years to master Meditation enough to be able to go deep enough into GAPS long enough to be able to control your body function like H.G.H. hormones. But, even if you can't get that deep, with a little practice you can reduce stress and improve sleep very greatly. The effect of good sleep and less stress will greatly improve your H.G.H. output and boost the immune system. The more you practice Meditation the deeper your concentration and focus.

When your concentration and focus deepens the longer and deeper the GAPS. The longer the GAP the deeper you are Meditating. The GAPS are just the natural consequences of deep concentration and focus. You can't consciously make your mind create the GAPS no more than you can consciously make your mind stop thinking. But, you can train your mind to concentrate and focus on an object. This will bring the natural GAPS where your mind pauses from thinking. This is the whole point of meditation.

Adepts in Meditation and Yoga can cause all kinds of supernatural things to happen. But, those so-called supernatural things that happen are natural if you are properly hooked up to God's supernatural flow we call God's N.I.C.E. power flow. [See my Web article Seventh Heaven]

Experts in Meditation and Yoga tell us not to have expectations about our Meditations or judge our meditation events, just be a silent observer. We are to learn to accept our Meditation and what we observe in our Meditation without getting emotionally involved. When we have no expectations, or pre-judgements about Meditation while we Meditate, the good changes will come of there own accord automatically. The adepts in Meditation say, just do it! (Meditate!) As you get experience in Meditation the good changes will come to you through intuition while in the GAPS. People also get GAPS and intuition when they relax without Meditation, but not as often, deep or long Gaps as when you Meditate. Some people call these GAPS of Genus and Intuition brainstorms.

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********* Rid Expectations *********

Adepts in Meditation say the American Dream is an evil myth! The expectations of the American Dream of a perfect life or perfection causes you to resist change. Resisting change causes you stress. Expectations not achieved cause you stress. Not being able to live the myth of the American Dream makes you feel negative about yourself. If you can't achieve your dreams, you feel like a failure. Thus, it is better to live in the moment, not in dreams or illusions about the past nor in the future.

Wanting the American Dream of the perfect life makes you discontent with what you have or who you are. The American Dream only works for very few. For you to expect the American Dream to come to you is unrealistic in this changing world of chaos. Expecting the American Dream is living in the future. In a world full of chaos, expecting perfection in or of anything or anyone is not realistic and will cause you stress and pain.

Change causes stress! Most people hate and resist change because of the stress involved. Yet, resisting change will cause more stress and in the end deplete our Adrenal Glands and our immune systems. Then disease sets in. [See my Webpage: "What your Doctor did not tell you!" in my article on Fibromyalgia and Stress.]In all of recorded history, there has never been a time where there is more change than in the last 50 years. It is going to get worse and not better in the 21^st Century. Look at how much change there has been in the workplace in the last twenty years! More jobs are becoming obsolete every day as technology advances. Man was not designed to cope with constant change.

Look back on how slow things changed before A.D. 1800. In order to survive the 21^st Century, we must be able to adapt to change without resistance. We must learn to flow with changing events or we will die! We must accept the fact that we are living in a universe were chaos and change rule the day, every day. The only way to learn to adapt is through Meditation. Learn to Meditate and keep your mind on the moment or die! It is that simple! We are not exaggerating!

Try to avoid thinking of the future the best you can or it will stress you too death. The Holy Bible says: Men will faint and hearts will fail because of fear and expectation of things which are coming upon the world. [Luke 21:26] Thus, It is best not to have expectations of the future. Just flow with the river currents as they come. He/she who flows against currents dies young!

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Ridding Masks Removes Stress

The perfect mate does not exist, because no man or woman is perfect. Be yourself and take off the mask. Let down the facade and you will be happier and less stressed! Be yourself, don't let negative thoughts nor people tell you that you are not good enough. The main reason marriages break up is because the bride and groom were both wearing masks before they were married. If you learn to be yourself and get rid of the facades, there are many people out there that will want you the way you are. Then the marriage will last.

Who wants to wed a playactor who is a werewolf or parasite under the facade? This is what is happening in America most of the time and this is the reason we have so many divorces in America. You don't want someone who does not like you the way your are, because the relationship will not last. Many men and especially women are looking for the perfect mate or soul-mate. They go around looking for the perfect mate that does not exist, being lonely, sad and unfulfilled all the time. The world is full of good men and women looking for a mate but we are passing up good people, not giving them a chance. Those looking for Mr. Right or Miss Right are limiting themselves in this world of chaos and imperfection.

What do you want, an unaccessible movie star illusion with everything in the right place, or a person who is kind, loving, real and accessible? If everything is not in the right place, or the person is not rich only means the person is real. Success is not measured in riches or perfection in looks or dress, but in how far the person has progressed in his/her Spiritual Walk of kindness, compassion, forgiveness, love, goodness and Spirituality. These are the only things that really count. Perfection is an illusion!

The Gurus of Meditation are right when they say to avoid expectation. We all need to learn to accept people and conditions the way they are. Then the world would be a better place. That does not mean we should have a relationship with the first bum that comes along. It only means we should give real people a chance..

Expectation, especially in Meditation and Yoga will only discourage you if you don't reach your expectations right away. For some people the key to understanding how to achieve Meditation GAPS comes soon, others have to work longer. The more you put into Meditation with concentration and focus on an object, the sooner the GAPS will come. When the GAPS start coming no matter how brief, the good benefits of Meditation start to flow.

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It is good to have goals, but keep your goals small, one step at a time. Make your goals realistic and obtainable. If you make big plans like most bipolar people (manic-depressive) usually do, you will not be able to attain your goal, become depressed and give up too soon. Try to have little or no expectations, keep plugging away at your small goals and you will achieve your goals.

****** We Must Judge for Safety! ******

Unlike the teachings of Gurus of Yoga, Meditation, Zen, Buddhist, Hindu, most Christian and New-Age theology, we do need to make judgements, but not when we Meditate.

Though most religions tell you not to judge, we all know that everything in life requires judgement. When you practice Yoga, you must get an instructor to judge your Yoga posture form, because it is hard for beginners to judge correct form. God would not have given us big brains if He did not want us to use our brains to judge good and bad. We must judge whether we want someone for a friend. The Holy Bible tells us not to associate with bad people. [1 Cor. 5:11-13, 15:33, 2 Thess. 3:14, Psalms 26:4-5; Prov. 22:24, 29:22] The Holy Bible also tells us to Judge everything and everybody. [John 7:24, Luke 12:57, 1 Cor. 6:2-3, 2:14-15, 11:31] But, we are to judge a righteous judgement.

The only way to judge a righteous judgement is to first be spiritual enough to take the log out of your own eye by growing spiritually, so you can see clearly to take the cinder out of your brothers eye. Holy Men are hard to find, but most older holy men and holy women are wise enough to be able to judge righteously! Anyone who tells you it is wrong to judge are taking scripture out of context. They are also being hypocritical, because everything in life requires judgement. We must make judgements to survive.

We should be very cautious about judging others, because it is very difficult and sometimes impossible for us to see the whole picture like God does. It is very dangerous to judge or condemn others, for we don't usually have enough information to correctly judge. If we judge wrongly we will get bad Karma or condemnation for our wicked judgements. So, it is better not to judge. Yet, there is nothing wrong about judging whether we want to associate with someone. We must do this in the name of safety! Be very slow about Judging others. Refrain from judging when you can. Be quick to forgive.

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The Meditation Instructors, Yogis (male) and Yoginis (female) will rightly tell you, that you must open up your heart to others to become healed and healthy, which is true. But, they don't tell you the safe limits of how to open your heart without getting your heart cut out again.

My advise is to open your heart to everyone, forgive everyone, but don't let them into your pocketbook until you have know them long enough that you know for sure they can be trusted. I had to learn that the hard way. Being too open, trusting and forgiving in the past bankrupted me financially and hurt me physically.

****** Avoiding Trouble ******

There are people you can't help, because they will not help themselves. They are professional parasites who are too lazy to work. The Holy Bible tells us: If a person will not work neither should he/she eat! [2 Thess. 3:10] It is a sin to give healthy people money or food if they will not work. Helping dead-beats will bring you bad Karma like I got for ignoring this passage! When you help freeloaders, it depletes your finances so you are not able to help good people who are down on their luck. God takes a dim view of helping lazy dead-beats and not helping good people down on their luck! Helping loafers brings you nothing but stress.

When someone does you very wrong or hurts you badly, forgive them and treat them kindly, but be very cautious about letting that person back into your association. If the same person does you very wrong or hurts you badly two or three times; when you run across them on occasion, treat them kindly, but, break off your association with that person. The stress is too great to keep the relationship going. Stress kills! This does not mean to break off with a good friend over an argument. It means to break off with people who keep stressing or abusing you! Especially after you have warned them two or three times.

It is best to not dwell on the past or the future. Dwelling on the past or future will stress you, especially if they are negative thoughts. if you must think of the past, try to only think about positive and joyful things of the past. Try to keep your thinking on the present moment and you will have less stress and sleep better. Yet, the only way we learn how to live in the present, is from past experience. As we get experience, we learn how to avoid past mistakes. The more we correct our mistakes and learn not to repeat them, the less stress, the better health and life we will have. Everything in life is a balance, but keep out of the past the best you can.

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****** Worrying about the Future *******

I have the bad habit of thinking too much about the future. I am a survivalist and try to prepare for the future the best I can. Worrying about the future is inherited when you study too much and know too much for your own good. It would be foolish for me not to get ready for the coming earth changes, the coming financial crash and famine when God has shown me they are coming.

They are coming soon, but, I don't know when. Knowing this, one must balance getting ready for the hard times with living in the present. If we over prepare for the future, it makes it financially hard to live in the present. Thus, we must balance the two. Getting ready for the future does stress us because our resources are limited. But, we don't know what else to do but balance resources and pray.

It is not good to hide from coming trouble or the trouble might kill us in the future. Being concerned with the future does cause us stress. If we kick over a bees nest, I hope we don't get so mesmerized in the present moment that we make the mistake of kicking the same bees nest again in the future. If we worry too much about the bees nest, the stress might kill us long before we come in contact with the bees nest in the future. In most cases, the things we worry about in the future never happen. So, in most cases, it is a waste of energy and needless stress worrying about the future. Yet, it is dangerous if we don't keep in balance. To avoid stress, it is best to stay out of the past and future about 97 percent of the time.

******* Parasite Control *******

Yogis and psychologists often say if you forgive people, but don't forget, you have not really forgiven. In some cases it might be true, but if you kick over a bees nest and get badly stung, we hope you will forgive the bees, but we don't think it wise to go near the bees nest again, taking the chance of getting stung again. It is the same with people who do you badly wrong. It is often best to avoid them. That does not mean you have not forgiven them. It is your way of avoiding stress that will kill you in the long run. STRESS KILLS!

America is full of moochers, users, deadbeats, and parasites who are too lazy to work or too selfish, greedy and irresponsible to handle their own resources wisely. This type people are losers by their own choice. It does no good to help this type, because they will not help themselves. They will not do without luxuries. They expect to have what their parents have on a silver platter without working and saving up for it. They spend their money and resources on foolishness, luxuries, beer, drugs, cigarettes, eating out, foods and drinks which they can't afford.

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They waste their resources driving up and down the road excessively having a good time. They taxi their deadbeat friends around like rich people. Then they wonder why their car wore out and expect their parents or someone to help them get another car. They expect others to pick up the tab for their foolish-ness when they run out of resources.

They get angry at people who will not help them. When you are reluctant to share the hard earned resources you have saved up by doing without, they chide you and play on your Christian goodness. Yet, they are not willing to do without anything. They want everything now and are not willing to work for it or save up for it, because of their wanton greed! Since they want everything now, their welfare money is gone by the middle of the month.

It does no good to help people like this. When we help people like this, we are enabling them, like giving alcoholics beer. It is evil to help such people. The Lord wants us to help people who will help themselves. The Lord does not expect us to give up our doing without savings to help losers. Learn to say NO! Learn to not let it stress you to saying NO! You are doing them a favor by saying NO! They need to experience hard times in order to get them to work and save for what they want and need.

Americans have had it too easy. We constantly see people on welfare, the first two weeks of the month, eating, drinking and buying things we can't afford. Then in the last two weeks they mooch off everyone. The U.S. and state governments are taxing working people too much and giving the money to losers. Yet, government gives nothing to those who help themselves. This must change.

We are helping poor people plenty through our taxation, and we should not be required to give them our savings we have acquired by doing without. Let the losers do without for a change! Don't feel guilty when you refuse giving poor people (especially moochers) the savings you have created by doing without. Most of them would not give you anything if you were dying. They will try to put a guilt trip on you, but calmly say NO, like the five wise virgins below!

We know young women who are on welfare and/or Social Security with 3 or 4 children getting $500.00 per child, plus $500.00 for the mother. It pays under such a system to shell out as many children as you can. They don't spend the money on the children. They squander the money the first part of the month and mooch the last part of the month. The children go without.

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Working women with four children who are lucky enough to make eight to ten dollars per hour get no help at all. If you can afford to help someone, help the women with children making less than $15.00 per hour, they are trying to help themselves. If you have more money than you need, it is evil to help deadbeats.

Moochers say things like: "You are not a very good Christian or you would share what you have with me." They like to quote scriptures like: "If you have two coats give your neighbor one. If someone asks of you don't turn them away." (sic) But, they don't tell you about the ten virgins. [Matt. 25:1-9 or 2 Thess. 3:10-11]

The five wise virgins turned the foolish virgins away giving them nothing, because the wise virgins had only enough for themselves. The Holy Bible applauds the wise virgins actions. [Matt.25:1] "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.... some... are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies." Keep aloof from every brother who leads an unruly life..." [2 Thess. 3:6]

There are lazy, selfish and irresponsible people who work no more than they have to work, who can't make it financially because they live beyond their means. They want what everyone else has worked for without working, doing without and saving up for it themselves. They think people who have nice things are loaded with money. They don't realize many middle class people (Those who have Vs. Have-nots) had priorities and went without unnecessary luxuries to save up for the more lasting things to make life more comfortable in the future.

The have-nots are jealous thinking the people who have nice things are rich. Yet, they themselves had the same opportunities to work hard, do without and save up for those items. But they were not willing to work hard, do without, and save up for those same comforts. When the have-nots want something like tomatoes, fruit, beer, pop they will go to the store and pay big prices because they have to have everything right now! They will not wait for those items to go on sale or down in price like we do.

When prices are high, we do without. But, losers (have-nots) go ahead and buy at the high prices. We try to save trips to town to save money because we know that today it costs 35-40 cents per mile to drive a vehicle. We consolidate our trip in a circle going several places in the same day to conserve.

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****** Economy *******

It is a lot of work and trouble at our age, but we push ourselves to save money. Losers drive their vehicles up and down the road wasting there resources like there is no tomorrow. Then when they are broke, or their car breaks down they want to mooch off their friends and relatives.

We watch the sales and buy in large quantity to save money. It is a lot of work and trouble to buy up on beef steak and put it in the freezer when it is $1 to $1.50 per pound. Often three big steaks come in one package and we have to break it down into smaller package.

That is a lot of work. We buy food several cases at a time when it is on sale. It is a lot of work to find a place to store the food in a small house and rotate your stock so things don't get too old. Losers say they can't afford cases of food, a freezer or buying up on meat. They can't afford not too! They think like losers which makes them losers. Most of them are too lazy to go to the trouble it takes to stock up.

When losers tell us they can't afford to stock up when prices are low, we tell them just start out by buying one item in large quantity; like buy one or two 25 pound sacks of Pinto Beans at Costco for $9.00 or 25 pound sacks of rice for $7.25 each. No-one can afford to stock up on everything all at once.

I drove my pickup truck 250 miles to Eastern Washington and bought a load of grain direct from the farmer to save money. I helped the farmer at the winnow mill bucketing my grain into round 6 gallons plastic buckets with sealed lids. Most people are too lazy to go to all this trouble to obtain a stockpile of grain at reasonable prices. People have their own priorities and they must suffer the consequences if their priorities are misplaced. Either have a good time today or work hard and save to be comfortable in the future. It is your choice. You must learn to balance the two. Out of balance in extreme is very bad.

Losers are accustomed to opening a can the lazy man's way. It never don's on them to make their own chili to save money. That requires a little work. [Look at my recipe page on my WebSite for Chili Recipe. It is better than anything you can buy.] You can save lots of money by making things from scratch basics using Pinto Beans, Rice, Wheat, Dry Peas, Oatmeal, Sprouts, and Popcorn, especially if you have your own grain grinder. My mother will be 81 years old on January 22^nd A.D. 2000. She is still grinding her own grain, baking her own bread, making Chili in large pans and freezing it in small containers.

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Mother uses 25 pounds sacks of white rice, beans, dry peas, and wheat in various way to save money. She does all the laundry, keeps the house clean, does most of the cooking and dishes. She went through the Great Depression.

Losers today are too lazy, and have had it too easy, so they open a can, because it is work cooking from basic items. Most of them have never even been taught how to cook from basics and don't want to learn. When they can't make it financially, they come to people like my poor old mother wanting a handout! Losers want to live off the wise woman's sweat, sacrifice and resources wise women obtained by doing without. Losers squandered their resources, now they want to squander the wise woman's hard earned resources. Losers get upset because women like mother won't go live in a cave and give losers what wise women have.

We understand that working women don't have time to do all this. But losers do have the time if they would stop driving up and down the road having a good time. Losers need to learn to be responsible ! As long as losers get handouts they will never learn to be responsible. Thus, if you help losers, you are enabling them to continue in their error. Helping losers is an error! We are not talking about handicapped people here, the handicapped do need our help. We are referring to able bodied people.

The have-nots did not use enough wisdom, they spent their money foolishly and now they want the money you saved by sacrificing and doing without. Just remind them of the Ten Virgins! [Matt. 25:1-9 or 2 Thess. 3:10-11] The five wise virgins turned the foolish virgins away giving them nothing, because the wise virgins had only enough for themselves.

The Holy Bible applauds the wise virgins actions. [Matt.25:1] "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.... some... are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies." Keep aloof from every brother who leads an unruly life..." [2 Thess. 3:6]

When a person owes money on Credit Cards, he/she is poor and can't afford to help others. When a person is out of debt, and has sufficient resources, then they are in a position to help others. You are not expected by God to help others until you are out of debt and have sufficient resource for your own family. The Holy Bible tells us to avoid debt, because we becomes slaves when we are in debt. The Bible tells us not to be slaves when we can avoid it. God does not want us to help others or waste our resources when we are in debt.

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Losers think people who are in debt with Credit Cards are rich as long as they still have credit. Losers think you should go in debt deeper to help them. God thinks people in debt are so poor they had to become slaves to survive. When you are in debt, you are the one who needs help. You are not expected to help others when you are in debt. Going deeper in debt to help others is insane. We had to learn this the hard way. It is impossible to help losers until they learn to change their ways and start helping themselves. When you help losers you both end up bankrupt. You both lose.

We have written the last few pages to help you deal with stressors. The previous few pages are about the only issues where I would disagree with some bleeding heart Meditation Instructors, Hatha Yogis and Yoginis. I also don't want anything to do with worshiping gods, goddesses, idols, icons, demons or praying to saints, angels, ancestors, or spirits. I don't use mantras from other religions because I don't know what they are saying. They might be worshiping devils for all I know!

I do ask God to send angels and spirit guides to do things I can't do by myself. I then ask those angels and spirits to do things for me, but I don't pray to them. Christians don't use pagan spirit guides. I do like to hook up with God's N.I.C.E. power flow and direct energy to where I want it. There is great power in the flow and it was put there by God, for us all to tape into.

We have the right to Judge, but not to Condemn people unless they are so evil they must be either jailed or put to death. The Holy Bible suggests, if people are so evil they can't be rehabilitated within seven years, they should be put to death. Rapists, murders, child molesters and habitual criminals should be put to death. Let God deal with them! The public is not required to be out the expense of keeping people in jail more than seven years. If they can't be rehabilitated in seven years, give them lethal injections.

Judging your Meditation Progress

"When you condemn yourself as unacceptable you are unavoidably lost. Without a credible sense of your own self, you're left to depend upon other people's values, ideas and beliefs as the bases for your identity- your family, community or church; fads or trends; media deceptions; a life based on 'How I'm supposed to act.' You're like a child living in somebody else's world. You can't trust yourself. In fact, you can't really trust anyone else, because you don't have a reliable sense of self to make such decisions." [Page 85, The New Intimacy, by Dr. Judith Sherven & Dr. James Sniechowski]

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When you are judging your progress with Meditation or any other goal, don't judge yourself harshly. Harsh, critical or perfectionist judgement will discourage you. Mildly judge your progress without expectation and you will get to your goal faster.. Don't beat yourself or others for your lack of progress. Any progress is an improvement. Accept your progress without getting discouraged and keep practicing your Meditation. Practice makes perfect! Harsh judgement destroys your desire to continue moving toward your goal.

******* Fantasy of Expectation *******

Expectation is Fantasy! Fantasy is an illusion and Not Reality! The following Quotes are written by Psychologists (PH.D.'s) about finding true love. Yet, these quotes are also true about Fantasy vs. Reality when it comes to Goals, Meditation and Stress Control:

"All of us are susceptible to having the reality of our relationships (Goals) collide with our expectations of 'how it's supposed to be.' Tragically, we're liable to side with our illusions rather than give reality a chance." [The New Intimacy, page 23]

"In fact, the true spiritual journey of real life love can only begin when the fantasies end, when you and your partner are willing to be exactly who you are - no masks, no games." [ The New Intimacy, page 8]

"Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you deal with it is what makes the difference." [--Virginia Scott]

"When you confuse your fantasies with actual life, you flounder between what is real and available and what is an impossible illusion. That's very dangerous. You're stuck yearning and pining for something that was never attainable in the first place--in other words, you are chasing ghostly lovers. [The New Intimacy, page 81]

"When you want someone to be different than they are, remember that 'should' is wishful thinking, not reality. These are sure signs of being possessed by fantasy, and nothing but trouble." [The New Intimacy, page 89]

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We need to use our Creative Powers in Meditation and other things in life to be successful. I believe destiny does play are role in our lives: "But, if you depend on destiny or fate as the governor of your life, you abandon your own Creative Powers, a Power that is only available through self-responsibility, self-reliance and personal initiative. By surrendering to what you believe are the whims of forces of fate, you blind yourself to the needs to remain aware and alert about who you are, what you want and what you're doing with your life." [The New Intimacy, page 91]

I've seen many people, especially Christians who have a defeated attitude about life because they think (expect) the mark of the beast or the end of the world are just around the corner. This attitude of fate, destiny, doom and gloom about the future, is living in future illusions rather than present reality. It may well prove to be an unwarranted fantasy because Christians throughout the ages have believed they were living in the end_times. Meditation teaches us to live in the present. Stress control psychologists teach us to live in the present.

"Do you expect or demand perfection? No one else can ever compensate for the self-destructive ideas you hold. They are yours. But you are now overdue to set yourself free. You will have to face the negativity you grew up with. You will have to decide it's time to leave home. What you learned was false-- no matter the pain it may cause you to betray your upbringing." [The New Intimacy, page 147]

According to researcher John Market and Forbes Magazine, in 1991 approximately 25 million women read romance novels at an average of 20 novels per month. Real men trying to please these women by "becoming sensitive", were being compared to the bold and daring men in romance novels, real men did not stand a chance in compared to the hero's in the novels. This is an example of Reality Vs. Illusion.

"If you opt for distortion, denial or any other form of regression, you can only create illusion, because you've abandoned who you actually are in preference for what can only then be fantasy. That cannot-- we repeat-- cannot lead to anything but disillusionment and, ultimately, depression and despair.Feelings must be felt and expressed as truthfully as possible in order to honor the truth of who you are. Otherwise they bottle up and become an emotional tumor standing in the way of resolution and intimacy." [The New Intimacy, page 172]

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"The activity of love requires continuous, conscious attention to the real-life needs and desires of both you and your partner. To be actively loving you can't be either self-centered, so your partner doesn't count, or self-sacrificing, so that you don't count. If you don't love yourself, you will judge and punish yourself for every little thing. You'll treat your partner with the same impossible expectation and crippling judgement you burden yourself with."

[The New Intimacy, page 308]

"When your partner objects to something, that can be a real act of love. It can mean that he or she is self-loving and insists on not being being mistreated or made invisible. Your partner loves you by demanding that you grow in awareness and change to become more respectful, to become a larger, more conscious person. That is the healing effect of love. When you want the best for yourself and for your spouse, you're inspired to risk becoming more emotionally vulnerable, more willing to point out your partner's self-sabotaging behaviors. [Page 308, The New Intimacy, by Dr. Judith Sherven & Dr. James Sniechowski]

We have made many quotes from the excellent book called: "THE NEW INTIMACY". We did this to wake you up to the value of the book in its ability to help you overcome stress and to be able to help you live as stress free life as possible. Buy the book! There were dozens of other excellent quotes we would have liked to make from The New Intimacy, by Dr. Judith Sherven & Dr. James Sniechowski. This book is not just about love and relationships. But, will help you deal with other people in general reducing your stress.

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Part two of Meditation & Stress Control is being written and is forthcoming soon!

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