Chapter - 36 -


Stress, a disease affecting us all? 


Many people talk about stress, and the medication they take to fight it.

What is stress? A simple definition would be: Stress is what you feel when you have 
reached the end of what you are able to bear. Your battery is empty and your engine 
is down.

There is stress at work, at home or about something that you think you need to 
accomplish. You have goals in mind, but they are not achievable in the way you try to 
gain them. I wrote "you think you need to accomplish" on purpose. It is you who gets 
yourself into these problems. You are the problem and not the people around you! 
Because you think you can handle everything yourself. You believe that you don't need 
to listen to your body and soul. In the meantime, your battery is running down, until in the 
end it is completely empty. Stress fills you with negative energy, because you do too
little to recharge yourself with positive energy. In the end, you become burned out and
cannot sleep, eat, or do things. In addition, you are unable to enjoy the beautiful things 
around you. Everything around you looks dark. It seems as if there is no sunshine in 
your life anymore.

What can you do about stress? It is not difficult; let me try to tell you what to do in a few 
lines. The problem is in us humans. We need books to learn how to deal with things.
We take expensive pills, but we forget the simple principles in life. TIME. Take time for 
yourself!  You may say that you have no time. In that case, there is no need to read on, 
because you want to be stressed! I can't help you. Perhaps later when you are 
hospitalized, realizing what you did wrong in your life. Then, when you read the last part
of this chapter, you will agree that you should have listened. Are you now willing to take 
time for yourself? It is very important to do so. You should listen to what your body tells 
you to do. In your busy life, you should reserve one hour a day to work on yourself. 
One hour, all of 60 minutes!

First session.
Let us start in the morning when you wake up. Before you open your eyes, concentrate 
briefly on what you have dreamt about that night.
     - Close your eyes and lay your hands beside your body, open, with the palms 
       upwards.
     - Stretch your legs, place them slightly apart and concentrate.
     - Take a deep breath and count to three. 
     - Exhale by counting to ten/fifteen (whatever is possible for you).
     - Do this ten times.
     - When you are connected, thank the Universe for the previous night. Be grateful for 
       waking up in good health.
     - Concentrate on the light that appears to you.
     - Ask the Universe for the power you need for the day that you have just started.

The light will take all negative energy (stress) out of your body and replace it with 
positive energy. Do this for about 15 - 20 minutes.

Second session.
You can do this during your coffee break or at lunch time.
Repeat it when you are home or around dinner time.
      - Close your eyes and place your feet slightly apart on the ground.
     - Lay your hands on your thighs, open, with the palms upwards.
     - Sit upright; do not hang or lean backwards or forwards.
     - This exercise can also be done standing up.
     - Take a deep breath and count to three. 
     - Exhale by counting to ten/fifteen (whatever is possible for you).
     - Do this ten times.

You are connected now. Ask the Universe to recharge your battery and give you the 
positive energy you need. Do this for at least 10 minutes.

Third session.
You can do this when the day is over, and you are lying in your bed.
     - Close your eyes and lay your hands beside your body, open, with the palms 
       upwards.
     - Stretch your legs, place them slightly apart and concentrate.
     - Take a deep breath and count to three. 
     - Exhale by counting to ten/fifteen (whatever is possible for you).
     - Do this ten times.	
    - Then thank the Universe for the day.
    - Tell the Universe what you liked to do today. Concentrate on the light that appears
      to you. The stress of that day will be solved in this light. This session will be about 
     15 to 20 minutes.

You see that in that one hour, you can make your day a good one.

See the light as positive energy. You will notice that all negative energy is flowing 
away into the earth. There it will be filtered, to come back as positive energy. If you 
give yourself this one hour a day, your stress will be gone. You can solve the problems
that may come on your path with a clear mind. Never allow negative energy to enter 
you. It is important to keep your battery charged with positive energy.
You can do this any time you need energy. Go and sit somewhere just for a few minutes. 
Do sessions number two or three, and continue with your daily work.

As you can see, it is simple. There is no need to learn from thick books. You do not 
need to take expensive pills, or visit expensive clinics to get well. You only need these 
60 minutes a day, for a healthy life.


(Chapter 36)


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