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The Power of Meditation on your Weight

Monday, April 15th, 2013
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Focusing on the present rather than letting the
mind drift may help to lower levels of the stress
hormone cortisol, according to new research from
the Shamatha Project at the University of
California, Davis.

The ability to focus mental resources on immediate
experience is an aspect of mindfulness, which can
be improved by meditation training.
“This is the first study to show a direct relation
between resting cortisol and scores on any type of
mindfulness scale,” said Tonya Jacobs, a
postdoctoral researcher at the UC Davis Center for
Mind and Brain and first author of a paper
describing the work, published this week in the
journal Health Psychology.

High levels of cortisol, a hormone produced by the
adrenal gland, are associated with physical or
emotional stress. Prolonged release of the hormone
contributes to wide-ranging, adverse effects on a
number of physiological systems.
The new findings are the latest to come from the
Shamatha Project, a comprehensive long-term,
control-group study of the effects of meditation
training on mind and body.
Led by Clifford Saron, associate research
scientist at the UC Davis Center for Mind and
Brain, the Shamatha Project has drawn the
attention of both scientists and Buddhist scholars
including the Dalai Lama, who has endorsed the
project.
In the new study, Jacobs, Saron and their
colleagues used a questionnaire to measure aspects
of mindfulness among a group of volunteers before
and after an intensive, three-month meditation
retreat. They also measured cortisol levels in the
volunteers’ saliva.

During the retreat, Buddhist scholar and teacher
B. Alan Wallace of the Santa Barbara Institute for
Consciousness Studies trained participants in such
skills as mindfulness of breathing, observing
mental events, and observing the nature of
consciousness. Participants also practiced
cultivating benevolent mental states, including
loving kindness, compassion, empathic joy and
equanimity.

At an individual level, there was a correlation
between a high score for mindfulness and a low
score in cortisol both before and after the
retreat. Individuals whose mindfulness score
increased after the retreat showed a decrease in
cortisol.
“The more a person reported directing their
cognitive resources to immediate sensory
experience and the task at hand, the lower their
resting cortisol.

If you didn’t know it cortisol is a steroid
hormone, produced by the zona fasciculata of the
adrenal cortex. It is released in response to
stress and a low level of blood glucocorticoids.
Its primary functions are to increase blood sugar
through gluconeogenesis; suppress the immune
system; and aid in fat, protein and carbohydrate
metabolism. It also decreases bone formation.
If there is too much cortisol in the body you will
never lose weight– the kind that shows up as
belly fat and when you are stressed you produce
even more of it. That’s why meditation is so good
for you. It calms things down and helps reduce
your stress levels.

In the program “Turn Stress Into Power”
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I spell out exact exercises and meditations to
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and
Happiness!

Dr. Wu Dhi

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Change in Our Collective Consciousness

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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This week is when both Easter and Passover are
the main activity of millions of people all over the world.
On some level the collective consciousness has us all involved
in doing ritual work, if we know it or not.

It may be just a family gathering for dinner, or coloring Easter eggs
for some, or going to your house of worship, eating a ritual diet
and conducting a ritual ceremony. This is Holy Week.
I have been getting up at 5:O’clock in the morning,
having a cup of tea before starting my meditations and
reflecting on my spiritual life, even my dreams have
intensified with matters of spirit.

“Human beings are of such nature that they should have not
only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well.
Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and
maintain peace of mind.”
– Dalai Lama

It was back in the seventies when I first started
studying with Spiritual Masters. They are rare beings
who have realized their oneness with the Supreme, – the
highest transcendental Consciousness. A Spiritual Masters
is one who has realized their true self and work selflessly
to inspire humanity to seek the divinity within them.
A Master is able to accelerate the progress of his/her
disciples through their close connection to the Devine and
their connection with the Source of humanity.
Spiritual Masters have taught the timeless spiritual truths
in a variety of ways through time.

Here is some sound spiritual technology that will help
you with your internal growth. We have all heard the
expression, “Go with the Flow.”
The collective consciousnesses of the masses are doing
Spiritual Work NOW and you can too just by hitching your wagon to the flow.

There is a story about social change.-
– By Ken Keyes Jr.

The 100th Monkey
The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been
observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.
In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were
providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand.
The monkey liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes,
but they found the dirt unpleasant.

An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve
the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream.
She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also
learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by
various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists.
Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to
wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable.
Only the adults who imitated their children learned this
social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes.

Then something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958,
a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet
potatoes — the exact number is not known. Let us suppose
that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on
Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes.
Let’s further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth
monkey learned to wash potatoes.

THEN IT HAPPENED!

By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing
sweet potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this
hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough!
But notice: A most surprising thing observed by these
scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then
jumped over the sea. Colonies of monkeys on other islands
and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began
washing their sweet potatoes.
Thus, when a certain critical number achieves awareness,
this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind.
Although the exact number may vary, this Hundredth
Monkey Phenomenon means that when only a limited number
of people know of a new way, it may remain the conscious
property of these people.
But there is a point at which if only one more person
tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so
that this awareness is picked up by almost everyone!
I have tried and tested this phenomena many times and it
works 100%.

Years ago when I started studying Qi Gong, my friends,
family and associates thought I was wacked. It didn’t
seem to have any martial application to my fighting friends.
The mediators didn’t get it and regular people that I knew
couldn’t understand why I would spend hours and hours of my
time in practice.

Well it’s been more than 30 years of practicing Qi Gong
for me and guess what. It finally caught on.
Yes…. The collective consciousness, the 100th Monkey theory
has proved itself again. There are millions of people all
over the world practicing Qi Gong, making them selves younger
Many of those who thought my practices were foolish aren’t with
us any more and many more have been dealing with Dis-Eases in their lives.
Don’t wait until you are confronted with some Dis-Ease get going,
Go with the flow and start practicing Now.
You can get the two DVD’s and the Qi Gong meditation package today
by going to

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Stay healthy, live long and have a wonderful holiday.

I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and Happiness

Dr. Wu Dhi

PS.
If for some reason you can’t get the Flying Crane Qi Gong
program now, I still want you to be able to make these
important shifts in your well-being.

What I would suggest is ordering the Yin Set. It is an
instant download and you can start practicing today!

http://rechargingqigong.com/yin-set.html

Dr. Wu Dhi