Praise, Thanks, Love the Best Medicine Sing praises Look around yourself and choose something – an object, a person, anything. Now find things to appreciate about it and sing its praises. It is as simple as making a decision to find its good and useful qualities. How do you feel after praising? Give Thanks Next, remember when you last were very grateful for something or to someone. Besides thankful, how did it make you feel? Did you act differently afterwards? Feel Love Finally, summon a loving memory and extend your love out to something or someone. Do you feel loved too? Does the whole world look rosy? This is a very powerful emotion, but also the most difficult to summon. Beyond Emotions Praise, thanks, and love are much more than feel-good emotions, they have an impact on everything around us. For example, water reflects the energies and thoughts it is exposed to. Dr. Masaru Emoto, researcher and author of Messages from Water has documented the energies held by water by freezing itand looking at the crystalline pattern. The words “you fool” resulted in disorganized crystals whereas “thank-you” freezes in symmetrical, beautiful crystals. He also looked at the state of natural waters around the world and found lots of the waters polluted, freezing in disorganized patterns. In a 2000 interview, Dr. Emoto described the special combination of words that would be most helpful for cleaning up the natural waters of the world. His research shows that they are “love” plus the combination of thanks and appreciation reflected in the English word “gratitude”. He says that just as water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, you need two parts gratitude to each one part love to purify water. What does this have to do with our health? Just as water responds to thoughts of appreciation or degradation so does our health. USA Today reports that “up to 90 percent of the doctor visits in the United States may be caused by a stress-related illness. . . . severe cases of stressextend beyond the temporary increase in blood pressure and begin to injure cells of the body–which may accelerate the aging process, leaving people susceptible to various diseases.” Appreciation, thanks, and love are antidotes to stress. In fact, it is possible to live in a constant state of appreciation, gratitude and love. The experience of the world is then quite magical. Inner peace, our birthright, is easily at hand. Inner Peace The Ishayas teach a series of reliable techniques to easily access peace. They are based on praise, gratitude, and love, but you do not have to be feeling any of these emotions in order to use these techniques. They are simple statements of truth that instantly bring us to that place of peace. They are structured to bring both hemispheres of the brain into coherence, which is evidence of feelings of peace and harmony. They change the way you look at the world. They are not associated with any religion, and do not require any belief in them to work; theyjust do. Benefits You Can Experience Improves your relationships Naturally improves your quality of sleep Quickly decreases & eliminates your stress Optimizes your usage of time to create more efficiency Compatible with anyone’s lifestyle, background, and culture Worldwide network of courses, communities and connections My Experience I have been fully qualified to teach these techniques of the Ishayas since February 2005, and have been doing so with excellent results. I am grateful for the peace and expansion of compassion it has brought me. I am excited about the changes in the lives of the people I have taught. Most comment on how calm they can be handling upsetting situations. My students have overcome insomnia, anxiety, and depression and improved their relationships with these techniques. How to Start The best medicine is easy to take; praise, thanks and love antidote stress and make life joyous. Learn how to live life to its fullness and experience peace and joy in every momentstarting with one of my free introductory talks. Learn the basic techniques of the Ishayas of the Bright Path in a 15 hour course, taught on weekends or evenings. You can look up current listings of free talks and courses in the Verde Valley and around the world at . Once you have taken the course, we encourage you to take advantage of free repeats whenever it comes around again. Start with downloading the free ebook Ascension from . This provides satisfying descriptions of what the Ishayas meditation is about and what it can do for you, including the root of stress, the eternal choice, and the growth to freedom. All of Creation is praising . . . 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