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The Issue of Suffering

I feel that I am being asked to embrace ALL of life not selective parts of it. Sometimes I feel that since MY God is not a punishing God I can simply cruise through life without suffering.

For some 2 years or so I seriously went by the guidance of the Buddha through the teachings of Sylvia Boorstein. I carefully differentiated PAIN from SUFFERING. Very hard indeed.

Now that I am guided by Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Dr Bruce Lipton,Gary Zukav etc, the focus is different but it is inevitable that I deal with the issue of suffering.

I realize that suffering is to me, any situation where I don’t get what I expect or what I want. But is this objective SUFFERING?

I am more peaceful with Louise Hay whose focus is GRATITUDE. This is easy. I have much to be thankful for.

Wayne Dyer focuses on thoughts and words as related to manifestation of the reality we want.

Dr Lipton focuses on thoughts and words as related to our health and so do Hay and Dyer.

Hay also stresses the havoc our FEARS create in our lives.

Therefore, I think, the better way for me is to be proactive rather than just wait to react to whether or not I gt what I expect. after all I love planning and dreaming.

Current World View

For around 6 years now, because of Joe Vitale’s Ho’oponopono protocol, BLAMING has not been part of my worldview. This Year on my 75th I have been feeling the unpleasant side of aging, to say the least. I have had a lot of allergies. i have even developed lactose intolerance and can no longer enjoy Fettuccine, Carbonara etc. I have even stayed away from pancit, noodles, pizza.

I used to simply spray away my body aches and pains with the magical magnesium spray o Dr Jean Netario Cruz. But lately my skin smarts from the lotion- after 6 years!

I have moved away from the books of Sylvia Boorstein. I am now more comfortable with the Facebook posts of: Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Dr Bruce Lipton and sometimes Gary Zukav. After my recent hospitalization my threshold of pain has gone down even lower. Sometimes I get very impatient with my health challenges. It is getting harder to stay firm in my belief that my God is not a punishing God

Days ago, as if to taunt me Dr Lipton posted on Facebook : “When your mind says ‘Give up. Hope whispers: ‘Try one more time”.”

I am consoled with memories, PLEASANT ones of my recent hospitalization.
I had even more fun with my nurses than in 2016 when I had my hip surgery. I enjoyed the every 4hour ritual of BP and Blood sugar monitoring though I COMPLAINEd a lot, and how. I enjoyed with a female singing elevator operator. I felt secure with the burly wheelchair pusher who brought me to various high tech procedures.

Of course I like my doctors his time around. i realized i can no longer hold on to my claim of being my best doctor. The high tech procedures are far superior to the manual monitoring of my health day in and day out.

I guess I need to RESPOND to the challenges of aging and not to react, muh less to overreact!