Namaste Newsletter - November 2008

If you’ve been trying to live in the present moment, you’ve probably found that it’s not so easy to free yourself from emotional reactivity, which always takes us out of the Now, or to rid yourself of repetitive thought, another killer of Presence.

There’s a reason it’s an uphill battle to let go of the anxiety that plagues us, the guilt and regrets we tend to wallow in, and the insecurities that limit us. It’s that, in many of us, the energy in the two hemispheres and various lobes of our brain tends to be out of balance.

If we first balance and harmonize the energy of the brain, it’s a lot easier to become present, shed our timidity and fear, and be the enthusiastic and confident person who has until now been layered over with self-doubt.

Let me illustrate just one simple way in which it can happen. When I was about six years old, I fell into a deep ditch on a building site and suffered a severe blow to my head. The bruise eventually receded, and neither I nor my parents thought any more of it.

When I grew up, I used to wonder why, anytime I was enjoying an activity, I would suddenly experience mental fatigue and crash. I also used to wonder why I sometimes seemed to lack clear judgment in situations others appeared to figure out quite easily. And for a reason I couldn’t put my finger on, I often found myself unable to put into action many of the great ideas that came to me which might have led to the fulfillment of my dreams.

It was as if, whenever I stepped on the gas to really make something of my life, some unknown part of me had its foot solidly on the brake pedal.

I was to learn what had limited me for so many years in a most surprising way. Constance Kellough, who brought Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now, A New Earth, and other conscious teaching materials to the world, had heard about a simple, noninvasive technology that is able to read brainwaves, decipher them, and then use stereophonic sound to let the brain see where it isn’t functioning in a balanced and harmonious manner so that it can spontaneously correct itself.

Constance tried the technology for herself in Vancouver, Canada, where Namaste Publishing is headquartered. She was so impressed, she asked me, as her Editorial Director, to meet her in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Brain State Technologies™, who discovered and developed the technology, is based.

I too tested the brain training Constance had experienced. The results were astounding. An assessment of my brain showed the trauma I suffered at age six! It also revealed that a large part of my left brain was simply shut down, with the right brain compensating by running at around 300%. No wonder I was crashing from mental exhaustion.

And no wonder my judgment was somewhat impaired and my ability to follow through on my dreams handicapped.

I have a graph of the moment the area of my brain that had shut down sprang to life. The graph shows a sudden and dramatic change. As a result, not only did I immediately feel different, there was instantly a brightness—an aliveness—in my eyes.

Constance knew we had to share our experience with the world. We wanted people everywhere who struggle to live in the present moment, who long to experience contentment, and who feel like they are somehow battling with themselves much of the time, to experience a level playing field within the brain, on which they can build successful, meaningful lives.

As Namaste’s Editorial Director, I helped the founder and CEO of Brain State Technologies™ tell how he discovered brain training and share with readers the tremendous effect it is having on the lives of ordinary people who want to increase their level of fulfillment, lower their anxiety, end their depression, and hone everything from their work skills to their score on the golf course.

Of even greater import, in actual clinical trials carried out in the justice system, addicts found themselves freed from their addictions, while inmates prone to serious violence have become nonviolent and cooperative with both the authorities and other inmates as they serve their time. It became clear that their crimes had been driven by a severe brain imbalance.

Brain training is not intended as a healing modality. Yet amazingly, the warden of the penitentiary where the trials were carried out watched his blood pressure drop to normal, and countless other individuals have found that changing their mental and emotional state has had a dramatic impact on various aspects of their physical well-being.

Few of us function at anywhere near our optimum. In this newsletter, you will read of how even superstars such as Naomi and Wynnona Judd, at the top of their field, have experienced life-changing benefits from brain training.

Limitless You isn’t just for people who would actually like to use the brain training technology to change their life. It’s for all of us, giving us a handle on why we do the things we do and how we can actualize our sense of who we were really born to be.

Whether a person feels they would benefit from brain training or not, the information about how our marvelous brain works is presented in straightforward, easy-to-understand language that enables us to make sense of our limiting behavior.

I can tell you that in my own life, all repetitive thought has vanished, and so has emotional reactivity.

By coupling the information in Lee Gerdes’ Limitless You, which I feel so privileged to have edited together with the help of my colleagues, with other insightful works from Namaste Publishing such as Eckhart Tolle’s insights into the Now and Michael Brown’s highly practical Presence Process, I am convinced that anyone can experience what I have: that we don’t have to live in self-doubt, anxiety, emotional reactivity, or repetitive thought.

Read the stories of lives that have been changed, discover what actually goes on inside your head to keep you stuck, and learn how you can unleash the limitless you that is the essence of your Being.

We are thrilled to bring you a carefully selected treasury of key insights from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. This edition is perfect for introducing the teachings of Eckhart to friends and family. It is beautifully bound, with a hardback cover and leather spine, and high quality pages within. It is the perfect Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanza gift for the upcoming season of sharing gifts with those we love. Order now and you will have it well ahead of the holiday season.

When I was a child, I wish I could have known what Milton discovers about how to handle a bully called Carter who menaces him on the school playground.

There was a boy like Carter who terrorized me day after day when I was Milton’s age. But at eight years old, I didn’t know how to handle the nightmare of meeting up with this bully both on the school playground and on my walk home after school.

Milton’s Secret is about a lot more than school bullying, however. In simple language geared to children of elementary school age, Eckhart Tolle, joined by Robert S. Friedman, shows children how they can enjoy life in the Now, even when there’s an aspect of their life that is unpleasant or perhaps frightening.

I’d like to put a copy of Milton’s Secret in every home with a child, every daycare center, and every place where children receive spiritual education.

This is a book grandparents will want to share with their grandchildren, teachers will want to read to their students, and children will enjoy again and again as they go deeper into the import of Milton’s secret through the gorgeous artwork and simple words that tell his story of learning how to live free of fear and worry.

Help bring calmness and joy into the lives of the children in your life this holiday season by sharing with them the wonderful insights of how to live in the Now, instead of dwelling on the frightening Then or When of what happened yesterday or might happen tomorrow.

Specially selected statements from A New Earth reinforce the essential teachings of the book, helping you focus on a particular aspect of understanding until it becomes an automatic part of your daily approach to life.

With each card, you are guided into stillness and inspired to maintain this state of Presence as a way of life.

This set of cards includes a prop-up frame to help you display the cards, thereby assisting you in your reflection on a card’s teaching.

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