To teach, promote and practice physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and planetary wellbeing

• One can only serve in the healing process of another to the extent one has healed.
  
• True healing takes place on all levels internally and externally and is reflected by relationships in the world.
  
• Healing is becoming fully alive and present and being responsible in every sense of the word.
  
• Love is the greatest healer and laughter is the best medicine.
  
• Pleasure is its own reward.
  
• We can choose love at any time.

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The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz's book, The Four Agreements was published in 1997. For many, The Four Agreements is a life-changing book, whose ideas come from the ancient Toltec wisdom of the native people of Southern Mexico. The Toltec were 'people of knowledge' - scientists and artists who created a society to explore and conserve the traditional spiritual knowledge and practices of their ancestors. The Toltec viewed science and spirit as part of the same entity, believing that all energy - material or ethereal - is derived from and governed by the universe. Don Miguel Ruiz, born and raised in rural Mexico, was brought up to follow his family's Toltec ways by his mother, a Toltec faith healer, and grandfather, a Toltec 'nagual', a shaman. Despite this, Don Miguel decided to pursue a conventional education, which led him to qualify and practice for several years as a surgeon. Following a car crash, Don Miguel Ruiz reverted to his Toltec roots during the late 1970's, first studying and learning in depth the Toltec ways, and then healing, teaching, lecturing and writing during the 1980's and 90's, when he wrote The Four Agreements (published in 1997), The Mastery of Love (1999), The Four Agreements Companion Book (2000), and Prayers (2001). Don Miguel Ruiz survived a serious heart attack 2002, since when his teachings have been largely channelled through seminars and classes run by his followers, notably his sons Don Jose Luis and Don Miguel Ruiz Junior. Like many gurus and philosophical pioneers, Ruiz has to an extent packaged, promoted and commercialised his work, nevertheless the simplicity and elegance of his thinking remains a source of great enlightenment and aspiration. The simple ideas of The Four Agreements provide an inspirational code for life; a personal development model, and a template for personal development, behaviour, communications and relationships. Here is how Don Miguel Ruiz summarises 'The Four Agreements':

Agreement 1

Be impeccable with your word - Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Agreement 2

Don’t take anything personally - Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

Agreement 3

Don’t make assumptions - Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Agreement 4

Always do your best - Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

The Doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. - Thomas A Edison

The greatest treasure in the world is a pure heart. - Anon

Unless the Doctors of today become the dieticians of tomorrow the dieticians of today will become the doctors of tomorrow. - Alexis Carrell, MD, Nobel prize winner in medicine.

Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can At all the times you can To all the people you can As long as ever you can. - John Wesley

Breakdown & Breakthrough: We are now witnessing the death throes of the domain of denial & rationality & what we are being showered with by newspapers, radio, TV and other media are these death throes being exploited. Yes - denial domain - is in breakdown and it is inevitable that it would be. When we recognise that breakdown is always an opportunity to experience new possibilities we can be open to breakthrough. Breakthrough happens when we are open to our full potential, to being fully present, to breathe fully, to feel everything, to release limiting beliefs and judgements, to committing to freedom on all levels, to being open to receive what is truly ours from God or Goddess or that which is and to live the Truth of our chosen reality. Remember: Breakdown is always an opportunity for breakthrough. Breakdown is always an opportunity for new possibilities.