Re: How to stress IN...take the stress out of your life...

Hi Gordon!

> You need more SUN. Look at the earth, a
> change in GEOGRAPHY can bring about a change
> in what your body is either used to or
> optimized for.

> You need some BEACH time friend.

Gordon, I think some BEACH time would do wonders.... :)


(This is Manly Beach, in Sydney - a place I used to go sometimes when I lived there.... From this web site....)


(The very majestic Twelve Apostles.... a couple hours drive from where I live now, in Melbourne, Australia.... From this web site....)

> Control the NOISE with music, whatever it is
> that either stimulates or relaxes you. You
> need to get PHYSICAL and move. Dance is
> great and the IDEAL would be to dance on the
> beach after spending a day in the Sun.

> Dance or ANY kind or workout, a brisk walk
> by a river will work (right?)...

> You want to be by water, for the ion
> efffect, and a falls in the woods works
> great.

You're right, sometimes you just need to "get away" to clear the mind and re-invigorate yourself!

I enjoyed the story too.... Thanks, I agree it's true! We do "burden" ourselves with lots of unneeded "stuff" sometimes....

By the way, this ties in with the meditation approach I mentioned too.... "Letting go" of these images is also an approach to lightening the burden, at least for a while....

> Now here is the essence of this mental
> picture, freedom is seldom about ADDING
> anything, it is usually a ridding process.

> We become attached to our own ambition, and
> creative efforts. We hold on dearly to
> projects and people which are not in our own
> best interest.

Gordon, I believe you've hit the nail on the head here (regarding a particular offline activity I'm doing....) After reading your post and the others, I think I've zeroed in on this particular activity.....

> What would happen to all those projects in
> the air, the ones you are juggling, if you
> just walked away for a day or two and went
> surfing? Or to the beach, mountains, or
> wherever you need to reconnect with your own
> natural rhythms?

> They go nowhere and will be waiting for you
> when you get back, and with a more BALANCED
> mind/body and refreshed view, and maybe even
> an AH HA or two, you'll see which projects
> are pumpkins and vines you can get rid of
> for now.

YES! One thing I've really LOVED about your writings, Gordon, is that not only do you have great advice, but you know the reasons WHY behind the advice too.... :)

> When I feel like you do, then I head to Mary
> Campbell's cave, and into the pristine
> national park of the Cuyahoga Valley and see
> that Nature isn't stressed out. And I can
> then start dumping my self created garbarge
> and lighten the load.

I can imagine walking there now too, as we did when I visited last year.... Especially with the soothing sound of the Cuyahoga Falls in the background.... :)

> You can change the SOUNDS you hear, the
> things and people you SEE on a daily basis,
> and what you FEEL in your stessful
> days...and by changing the physical you can
> change the mental...because as you know from
> SQ1 Master Pictogrigm...what effects one
> will effect the other.

> The answer my friend, is blowing in the
> wind.

> Are you starting to see and understand the
> POWER of the SQ1 now? I think so.

Gordon, terrific advice, and thank you also for explaining the deep wisdom behind it.... And showing how this wisdom truly is captured in the SQ1 Pictogrigms!

Thanks! :)

- Dien