The Anne Report, Resurrecting Life After 30, reminds us that sometimes we need a little help from our friends or others, to make it through life's losses. The Main article, Life's Basics, describes three concepts that will make your life EZier. The Healthy Living article, Healthy Loving, suggests ways to guide our thoughts and words to enhance our health. The Anne Talk is Hardaholic Mantra. The Featured Product This Month is Words Make a Difference. Click to read What is EZosophy?

The EZ Mantra: "Everything can be EZ or at least EZier." -- Anne Sermons Gillis

Living EZosophy, November 21, 2017
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  The Anne Report

Resurrecting Life After 30

Dear ,

I had a delightful time in Charleston. It's always sad to leave my grandchildren, and it's great to return to the home too. Each side of the coin of life is different, but both sides offer diversity and possibility. Too often we stay on one side of life and don't venture toward that which is new. Our brains get set into a pattern of familiarity and our greatest adventure becomes going to a new restaurant. Or we may go to Paris, but we approach the trip with the same irritation for packing or fear of leaving something behind that we always had. We take the personality we call ourselves to a new location, while continuing to act the same way we always acted and reacted.

A friend once said, "Most people are dead by the time they're 30." He was right. The thought haunted me. I've repeated the thought over the years, and some people perk up when they hear this, recognizing the wisdom and truth of the thought, while others chime in to disagree or they have no idea what I mean. That thought means that most people have settled into a predictable way of life that includes habitual emotional reactivity and thoughts by the time they are 30. I read recently that this occurs by age 35, but regardless, to be set in our ways and in our thinking and feeling realities, before the midway point of our lives, is tragic. That's what transformation is about - getting out of the conditioned personality we call ourselves and reaching into the unknown, to craft a life based on who we are. It means no longer living the habituated life of our patterns.

When seeking enlightenment, one of the instructions we run into around every corner is, "Wake up." Here's a wakeup call: "If we are not uncomfortable in some area of our lives, we are operating on familiar patterns and we are dead to life as it was meant to be." It's uncomfortable to stretch ourselves, but it's a necessary part of waking up. Are you dead? If you are, find out what it means to really live. If we are miserable in our lives, we are not living the life we were meant to live. We have power, and we can use our power to extricate familiar beliefs and prejudices, and when we do, we know the next step to take. Then suddenly the path appears before us and we begin to follow the mystery of life, not the madness or sameness of life. When we follow the mystery and live in the unknown, everything changes, and life becomes not only EZier and EZier, life becomes our personal original art piece.

  Main Article

Life's Basics

Three of life's most important essentials are Profundity, Practicality, and Silliness. Each contributes to our wholeness and enjoyment of life. They are like a three-legged stool. Take one leg off and the stool tips over.

Profundity – when we live with a deep understanding of how profound life is, we gather a sense of inspiration. Inspiration pushes us toward greatness, wisdom, and understanding. That which is profound is sacred, and that which is sacred is connected. When we understand the connectedness of life, we live with compassion.

We only enter into the profound nature of life itself when we are radically present. We each have defining moments that shift us from perceived reality into reality itself. Defining moments are profound, yet each moment is profound. Radical Presence guards each moment, and, when we are ready, we slip into that moment as if it were our favorite, well-worn tee shirt.

One of those moments occurred spontaneously, when I became the embodiment of gratitude. I was standing, while doing my regular household tasks, and I was filled with a deep satisfaction and appreciation of life. I recognized the energy: it was gratitude. While I had flirted with the ideas of thankfulness and appreciation, my thoughts were superficial and naive. This moment of clarity infused every cell of my body and tamed all thoughts. When Thanksgiving comes and we are asked to give thanks, I remember the moment when the very essence of Thanksgiving came alive in me. This is the power of profundity.

Practicality is the element in life that sustains us. It replaces childishness with the skills we need to survive and thrive. Practicality pushes us toward earning money, paying our bills, and providing food, clothing, and shelter. It keeps us from danger and makes our lives easier.

I spent a great deal of my thirties and forties "saving the world." I traveled on a dime and a prayer and went on amazing adventures. Practicality tapped me and said, "Time to repair your home and your life." It was a literal thing, because my house required major repairs and I needed to think about the future. I opened an IRA account, repaired my home, and set my life in order. These actions set the stage for the next phase of my life. I received guidance to sell my home and move to Texas. My life was in order and I was ready to go, when the time came.

Silliness is almost the opposite of practicality. That's why we need it. It holds practicality in balance and fuels our lives. Silliness is a great gift. It dissolves the somberness of life. Silliness is the refreshment of life. Adults are trained in seriousness. This solemnity not only takes away energy, it stifles our imagination and vision.

Once I had an experience of a unique realm of consciousnesses. My personality dissolved and I went into what I call "The Comedy Zone." It was the place where humor emerges. It was euphoric and wonderful. For days after my experience, everything that came out of my mouth was funny. It is true, "In my father's house are many mansions." One of them is filled with silliness.

Profundity, Practicality, and Silliness serve us well. When we apply them liberally in our lives, our lives become EZier and EZier, and, in this world of layered complication, EZ is the medicine that brings peace and calmness. Happy Thanksgiving.

Anne

Update: The main article, Our Amazing Minds, in the 11/07/2017 issue, included a guided meditation, You Are The Placebo, by Dr. Joe Dispenza. The video for that meditation was removed from Youtube, and the one available there has ads which disrupt the meditative experience. The link above is a CD of the meditation available from Amazon.com.

  Quotes

Anne Quotes

"Compassion erases judgment."

"Forgiveness releases you from the harm of self-righteousness, resentment, and jealousy."

"Go gently into every expression of life. Meet each moment, new and fresh, forsaking all prejudices, judgments, filters, beliefs, and forms."

"Discover what is now. Be still, and let life reveal itself to you."

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  Healthy Living

Healthy Loving

Our health is our responsibility, and the words we tell ourselves have a tremendous effect on our bodies. Every cell in our body has a natural intelligence that responds to our outlook on life. If we believe that life is hard and there is little to look forward to, our cells go to work to get us out of the situation, but not in a good way. The subconscious mind starts killing us off, cell by cell, organ by organ, and system by system. If we think life is an inconvenient series of mishaps and all we can do is get by, we suffer a slow, steady, physical and mental decline. When we live in chaos and mayhem, the deterioration is swifter. We head to the finish line of life with fervor. It’s all unconscious, but by now, we know that most of our power is in the subconscious decisions that live themselves out in our lives.

We have more power than we know, and when we are ill, we need to ask some important questions, if we want to reclaim the path of healthy living:

• Why don't I want to be here?
• What am I trying to get out of?
• What do I think I am guilty of?
• What are my most depressing thoughts about being alive and growing older?

These questions can be addressed through contemplation or journaling. The answers give us clues as to why our bodies are creating illness or degeneration. We need to take our worst fears and most life denying decisions to the Source and surrender them.

The following life-affirming statements are powerful words for our bodies. They are body love-tion. We were created to be super humans, but we slumber in ill health and believe our bodies will slowly and systematically destruct. We need to flood our conscious and subconscious minds with thoughts of miraculous health and well-being, so as to nourish our cells with new thoughts, words, feelings, and beliefs. Whatever we nourish, flourishes.

Radiant Health Affirmation

I step into the universal template of well-being and let my body renew itself, restore itself, and rejuvenate. I turn back the hands of time, and my cells return to an earlier, healthier time. I feel the restoration of life at a cellular level, as all beliefs and attitudes harmonize for radiant help. I relax, knowing fully that my body is healing and whole-ing itself. I know that my body brilliance is alive within, and I tune into my natural health and will to live a healthy and fulfilling life. I affirm that every atom in my body responds with an affirmative choice for life. There is a wellspring of love passing through me, blessing every part of my physical and nonphysical body. My mind is at peace and works in gentle ways, bringing only thoughts of love and approval into my body. I am free to be happy, knowing it is safe for me to exist and to be fully alive. Therefore, each micro-particle of my body relishes in relaxation, renewal, and rebirth. I am the embodiment of my cellular cell-a-bration of life. I attract all the resources, ideas, and attitudes that keep my body radiant and healthy. I give thanks for the radical renewal of my body. I am at peace, and I rest in resplendent health. And it is so.

With the holidays starting Thursday, with Thanksgiving, it's good to remember that our health is more valuable than our appetites. It's best to eat right and eat light, but whatever we chose to eat, let's do it with a light and life-affirming attitude. "Everything I eat turns into health and nourishes my body."

If you have any healthy living tips for the newsletter, send them to me at [email protected].

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