Wildcraft – An Herbal Adventure Game

John Gallagher possesses a passion for the natural world and for herbs as food and medicine. John’s eyes twinkle in fun much of the time, so naturally he would invent a fun way to teach you about herbal medicine.

Wildcraft - An Herbal Adventure Game looks like a great way to teach yourself and your children more about this world. Anything that John offers will benefit you. This current offering will, too.

In celebration of this new product offering, John is hosting a series of teleconferences at no charge. Just sign up and show up on your telephone. Along with signing up for the teleconference comes a complementary e-book, titled – The Dandelion.

I like this children’s ebook quite a bit. It has a parent tip section. You are sharp enough to know that you truly learn when you teach. You’ll discover a plentitude of insights for adults and children.

Among other things, the book trains you and your children in how to use field guides, but it seems to be more fun and more useful than most field guides I have read. Why aren’t adult books this much fun and useful?

=> http://tinyurl.com/yy6gvp

You’ll find all sorts of good stuff on this page –

The teleconference is a purple bar at the top.

Wildcraft is in a box at the top right sidebar.

Go for it!

=> http://tinyurl.com/yy6gvp

Blessings,

William

P.S. Here’s a wild poem for you from Wallace Stevens’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird:

IV
A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one.

Infinite Coach

This sweet gem, The Infinite Coach, will sooth your heart and free you to fly. Alexandra Gayek, ND put this audio series of CDs or tapes together so you could easily absorb and apply the wonderful teachings of Wallace Wattles’ Science of Being Well. The first disk alone is worth the price of admission. I repeatedly listen to this one. I enjoy it with breakfast.

It provides the general overview but who cares… I get Alexandra and her delightful confidence reminding me of truths I already know, that you already know in your bones and in your heart. If you’re like me, you benefit from a regular stream this valuable support.

Each of the remaining seven disks hones in on a particular aspect of health.

Here are the titles to the CDs:

1. Building your Conception of Perfect Health -- My favorite.
2. Transforming your Mind and Body through Forgiveness – This forgiveness has muscle.
3. Healing Now through Gratitude – Don’t miss this one. Really.
4. Healing Quickly from Infectious Disease – She reveals some cool insights here. And you know you will get a cold at least once more. I liked the ideas so much I wanted to get a cold just to appreciate the perspective Alexandra brings to the infectious disease process.
5. Healing for Surgery, Injury, or Chronic Disease
6. Transforming Fear and Anxiety – This one is a hoot, too.
7. Interrupting Addictive Behavior
8. Preparing for Rejuvenating Sleep

Alexandra says, “The tape on addictions doesn’t make much sense unless your addiction is flaring up at the time you listen to it.” How cool is that? I liked what I heard even though when I listened to it my addictions were not active.

Interrupting Addictive Behavior has a set of wonderful questions to engage options. These fascinated me –

In this situation (she refers to the circumstances you are in that make indulging in your addiction seem appealing)

• What would my worst enemy do? Cool, huh.
• What would Spiderman do?
• What would Mother Theresa do?

The disk dealing with infectious disease radically reframes disease from battlefield metaphors to one of a friendly servant. This conversation gives you a good handle for a way to look at health in general.

One force in the universe influences and creates everything. And it likes you. As I say to clients periodically, there is a god and she likes you and is capable of helping.

My research staff of insomniacs tested disk 8 – Preparing for Rejuvenating Sleep. She reports it helped her to get to sleep the first few times but after that, she was familiar enough with it to return to the loops of mental chatter you may be familiar with.

That’s OK. I was curious. The disk aims at rejuvenation, not curing sleep disorders. It sets you up to get the most out of the restoration that sleep provides which some squander or don’t fully harvest. You will be able to take full advantage of the miraculous benefits of sleep.

I recommend you get the Infinite Coach series with Alexandra’s guarantee you have nothing to lose:

Try it for a full three months. Listen to every tape or CD. If you don't LOVE your new audio program and the results you're getting, simply return the set for a full refund of your purchase price.

Alexandra is a long time friend and colleague. Just listening to her voice with the lovely nature sounds in the background makes me happy and peaceful. If you’re like me, you will find these CDs healing in the deeper sense of the word. You will recognize and align with your inherent wholeness.

Go for it => http://tinyurl.com/p33sw

May these tapes bless you on your journey,

William

P.S. You can download the Science of Being Well here

=> http://tinyurl.com/92hjg

Cure for Overwhelm

Suzanne and I are moving to a new home. We have just completed the process of finding a home and buying it. We are now in the stage of gutting the kitchen and building a new one.

This all sounds like fun doesn’t it. Well so far, we just suffer. We feel swamped emotionally with the hundreds of little losses and some large ones and with the transitions I wrote about recently. (See related articles at the bottom of the page.) We feel we have too much to do; we feel helpless much of the time and a bit hopeless. I fret and worry. Hopeless, helpless and scared form the ingredients for overwhelm. Overwhelm equals suffering.

I have been relying on all that I teach my clients -- rest, eat well, talk to supportive friends, exercise. Remembering the following phrase serves me as the most useful strategy I can apply myself.

You may have heard me use this phrase.

There is no-where to go and no-thing to do.

This phrase uttered repeatedly will echo deeply enough to remind me and pull me from despair.

“Ah, there is no-where to go and no-thing to do. Ahhh.” Then I can rest and open my heart and my chest, which I have clenched with worry. I rest in that truth while at the same time with a bit of Judo like leverage flip myself into peaceful action. I can go about my business, the activities of life knowing there is nowhere to go and nothing to do. I am calm and serene. It is a lovely trick that is worthy of mastery.

My recommendation: Play with the phrase and see where it takes you. Ideally, play with it before you think you need it. I say “think you need it” because in fact you need it right now. It is a core truth, which negates the lies of the modern world – everything is urgent and you’re late.

Here’s how Eckart Tolle says much the same thing.

Do you treat this moment as if it were an obstacle to be overcome? Do you feel you have a future moment to get to that is more important?

When I am in the midst of suffering I cry, “Yes! Of course, get me out of this. Now!”

But when I read his questions, take a breath, and remember that there is nowhere to go and nothing to do, I can relax and look for the joy and ease in this moment. In this moment as it is without need of changing anything.

The quote comes from one of my favorite books of Tolle’s -- Stillness Speaks. It is a collection of bite-sized truths. Here’s what you do -- read a bite-sized truth, close the book, and ponder. They can profoundly improve your life.

Buy it here => http://tinyurl.com/pvvhd

Go for it. And, oh yes, put a smile in your eyes.



William

Notes from the Universe Revisited

I suffer from feeling unloved by the Universe, by God. More accurately, one of my little Williams, the three year old, feels this way.

Right now, I have many circumstances in my life that overload my resources and I feel overwhelmed. So especially at this time, I find that getting daily reminders from the Universe helps me to rebuild and bolster the truth – little William is loved by God and it will all work out.

Below is a recent example.

***
Okay! So, finally, {firstname_fix}, I think you're ready to learn the real reason time and space was invented... dancing.
That, and somersaults. You know, for when you were even younger.
And skipping. And humming. And playing make-believe...
Okay, okay, okay... The real, real reason, {firstname_fix}... was you.

It's true.

Just didn't want to hit you with that in the first breath and have you spill something.
You make me even younger -
The Universe

***


You can get your own daily reminders by going here. It will cost nothing and may make your day.

Go for it => http://tinyurl.com/fnklm

Have you checked out the no cost e-book Altar Making yet? It can also help plug you into Spirit.

=> http://tinyurl.com/qxkjr

You'll Like Tear Soup

Tear Soup

Add this book, Tear Soup by Pat Schweibert, to your list of books everyone must read.

Why? Because it kindly and compassionately guides you through the journey of grieving. You will find no academic language or obscure theory in Tear Soup, just kindness and clarity. You will know why you are feeling the way you are, and why people are acting the way they do. Furthermore, you will allow more compassion for yourself (a miracle) and for others.

The Portland, Oregon author has turned her home into a hospice and has hosted dying people there for years. She knows what you need for your tear soup.

Because you will experience loss and grief over and over again, it behooves you to know how to move through it. Knowing the ropes will make your journey safer and more comfortable even in your discomfort and loss. Grieving belongs to us as humans just as does falling in love and finding your soul’s work contributions. Don’t skip it. It makes our lives rich.

One of my teachers said rightly, “All therapy is grief therapy.”

Taylor Bills beautifully and lovingly illustrated Tear Soup. These illustrations help me immensely. I find the illustrations soften my heart, but not my head. I recommend you read this to children long before they have a need for it as if loss isn’t a continual occurrence during life.

To preview his sweet, inviting illustrations go to Amazon and look at some. To do that, click here. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0961519762/williamwittmannvA/

... then click the title to go to the main Tear Soup page. Then click the link on the book cover in the upper left hand part of the page. It says – Look Inside. You have to see the illustrations to appreciate their full value.

“William, it looks great for kids, does the book work for adults?”

“Yes! Tear Soup came to me from one of my adult patients who is grieving the most grievous loss you can imagine. Its gentleness held her confidently and supported her through this “more than she can bear” time.

“Don’t worry, although the book is sweet and compassionate, it does not lack for muscle.”


One of the opening pages displays soup pots lined up on a kitchen counter. The tiny saucepan sits on the left and the huge institutional pot on the right.

She labels them, smallest to largest –

• Not Fair
• Bad News
• Big Disappointment
• Serious Heartache
• Profound Loss
• Major Tragedy
• More Than I Can Bear

Get the book. Read it. Read it to your children and/or grandchildren. Bring it out as needed. Leave it lying around for guerrilla therapy.

Blessings and thanks for buying from my Amazon bookstore,

William

***
Notes to self: Write review for Amazon.

Altar Making – A Spiritual Practice to Deepen Your

This lovely free book will walk you through the whys and hows. I

asked some dear friends to contribute.

click the link below =>

http://vitalarts.net/art/altar.html

Blessings be upon you,

William

A Profitable Promotion for You

Salutations,

STOP: This newsletter may not be for you.

I am helping Mark Joyner promote his new book. The book is
for anyone who wants to earn his or her livelihood with less
effort and more clarity of purpose. Is that you?

One could easily get confused and decide this book serves
sales people only. That's a mistake.

I have owned and operated by own business for over 30 years
so I understand if you earn your living vs. living on a
trust fund or investing, you will want this book.

I recognize that some people don't feel they sell anything
to earn their living. I think they are in a mild state of
denial. We present our products to the marketplace all the
time. For most people their product is their skill set that
they bring to the work place. What skill set do you sell?

My primary skill is the ability to be present and help
others to be in presence, too.

Read on for the fun…

The Great Formula: for Creating Maximum Profit with Minimal
Effort by Mark Joyner http://tinyurl.com/kw22z

I like the subtitle. This appeals me, too -

"The Great Formula works because it stresses simplicity and
focuses just on those actions that get results. It's real-
world, down-to-earth selling advice that's so
straightforward even the smartest people often overlook it.
But great businesses, whether they know it or not, use The
Great Formula everyday. As proof, Joyner examines a variety
of successful businesses-some you might already know about-
and shows you how they used The Great Formula to great
success."

Recently, I sent you a newsletter suggesting you take
advantage of Simpleology - the Simple Science of Getting
What You Want. http://tinyurl.com/rt9hz

In that newsletter, I told you I have found value in
everything of Mark Joyner's I have read. I feel the same
about this promotion.

Here is the offer -

If you buy the book and put the sales receipt in the box on
the page, you will get a cool bonus. Mark's web site will
reveal all.

Here's what you do.

1) Go to his web site => http://thegreatformula.com/ .

The site will help you decide whether you want the book, or
not.

2) If you like what you see, come back here and buy the
book from me. Why come back here, because Amazon will shell
out a 4% commission to me for your purchase. And I
appreciate these little trickles of income. Thanks in
advance.

3) Copy the sales receipt number you get from Amazon and go
back to http://thegreatformula.com/ and place your sales
receipt number where indicated.

4) The site will whisk you to another page where you can
enjoy your bonus. Have fun.

Blessings,

William

P.S. I continue to enjoy and employ Joyner's companion book
-The Irresistible Offer: How to Sell Your Product or Service
in 3 Seconds or Less.
Amazon has them in their BETTER TOGETHER section. If you
buy them together, you will have the benefit of a discount.
You'll want them both.