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Life Force Books Review: When the Body Says NO!
by Dr. Gabor Maté
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If you read Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time, you are familiar with the Astral Projection (Out-of-Body) experience I went through in the George Washington University Hospital. At that time, over 50 years ago, there wasn't very much information on the subject. Thankfully, my friend, Abhishek Agarwal, has developed a comprehensive set of eBooks, videos, and exercises dedicated to the understanding and practice of Astral Projection.
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Kundalini Yoga
vs.
Kundalini Meditation
Kundalini Rising
by Ashely Foreman |
Many people think Kundalini Yoga and Kundalini Meditation are the same; those who don't think so don't understand the difference. Because of this confusion, what should be a controversial subject isn't. We should be up in arms because these two radically different practices employ the same word (Kundalini) in terms with different means and ends. In fact, the terms Kundalini Yoga and Kundalini Meditation are used interchangeably. Interchangeability is not only misleading, it's confusing. We need to distinguish between the two terms. To that extent, the means and ends of Yoga are still largely misunderstood, especially in so far as Kundalini is concerned. In Chapter Seven of his masterwork Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man, Gopi Krishna addressed the issue head on: "THE ancient treatises exclusively dealing with the subject of Kundalini Yoga abound in cryptic passages and contain details of fantastic, sometimes even obscene ritual allusions to innumerable deities, extremely difficult and often dangerous mental and physical exercises, incantations and formulas technically known as mantras; bodily postures called asanas, and detailed instructions for the control and regulation of breath, all couched in a language difficult to understand, with a mass of mythical verbiage which instead of attracting is likely to repel the modern student. Truly speaking, no illustrative material is available either in the modern or ancient expositions to convey lucidly what the objective reality of the methods advocated is and what mental and organic changes one may expect at the end..."
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Greetings!
On February 15, 2010 I heard Dr. Gabor Maté being interviewed on Amy Goodman's Democracy NOW. His discoveries on the causes of disease have upset the conventional wisdom and shed new light on psychosomatic treatment. Dr Maté is the author of many fine books on mind/body disease. Listen to the DN interview. |
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About When The Body Says
NO!
When the Body Says NO | To endorse a book, Life Force books must believe in the writer and the writing. When The Body Says NO more than fulfills these criteria. This book is not theoretical research; it's one man following his intuition and learning from his own experience. explores the intimate connection between
emotion, stress, and disease. The book combines a fascinating yet
down-to-earth explanation of the scientific research that has
demonstrated the mind/body unity with the stories and experiences of
actual people. When The Body Says No is written for anyone
interested in understanding the links between mind and body, emotions
and health, stress and disease.
Can
a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a
connection
between the ability to express emotions and
Alzheimer's
disease? Is there such a thing as a "cancer
personality"?
Questions such as these have long surrounded an
often
controversial debate regarding the connection
between
the mind and the body in illness and health. As
ongoing
research is revealing, repressed emotions can
frequently
lead to stress - which, in turn, can lead to
disease. Provocative and beautifully written, When
the Body
Says NOprovides the answers to these and
other important
questions about the effects of stress on health.
In clear,
easy-to-follow language, Dr. Gabor Maté lucidly
summarizes the latest scientific findings about
the role
that stress and individual emotional makeup play
in an
array of diseases, including heart disease,
diabetes,
irritable bowel syndrome, multiple sclerosis,
arthritis,
cancer, and ALS, among others. Offering profound insights into the link between
emotions
and disease, When the Body Says Noexplores the
highly debated effects of stress on
health-particularly
of the hidden stresses we all generate from our
early
programming. Dr. Gabor Maté explains how, when
the mind/body connection is not optimal, various
illnesses
can crop up - everything from heart disease and
eczema
to irritable bowel syndrome and ALS. He presents
the scientific
evidence that a connection exists between the
mind and
the immune system - along with illuminating case
studies
from his years as a family practitioner that
reveal how
one's psychological state before the onset of
disease
may influence its course and final outcome. Purchase When The Body Says NO! |
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Who is Gabor Maté?
Dr. Gabor Maté | Gabor Maté
M.D. is a physician, author, seminar leader and public speaker. He is a former
medical columnist for The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail. His four books are all Canadian
bestsellers, published internationally in over a dozen languages on five
continents. The most recently published, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close
Encounters with Addiction has been a #1 national bestseller and has been awarded the Hubert Evans
prize for literary non-fiction.
For twenty
years Dr. Maté had a family practice, and for seven years was Medical
Coordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital. For the past eleven
years he has worked in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside with patients challenged
by hard core drug addiction, mental illness and HIV. He has lectured at universities
and colleges in the U.S. and Canada and has addressed many groups of physicians
and health care providers, educators, law professionals, psychologists,
therapists, parents, and other members of the lay public.
In 2009 Dr.
Maté was honored with an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser
University. His next book, to be published in 2010, will be The Bully
Syndrome: The Making and Unmaking of Bullies and Victims, co-written with developmental
psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld.
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Life Force Books appreciates authors whose work is based on self-exploration
and empirical knowledge. Discoveries in the crucible of the self that are torn from raw life experimentation and applied to new situations. Gabor Maté has applied this process in When The Body Says NO!
Here are some
reviews of When The Body Says NO:"I
was deeply drawn into this compelling and meticulously
researched
book, particularly by the transcribed interviews in
which patients
are allowed to speak in their own voices... Full of
complex and
powerful truths, When The Body Says NO has the
potential
to change medical thinking, and perhaps even save
lives."
~ The
Edmonton Journal
"The
interviewees' stories are often touching and
haunting... Maté
carefully explains the biological mechanisms that are
activated
when stress and trauma exert a powerful influence on
the body,
and he backs up his claims with compelling evidence
from the
field... Both the lay and specialist reader will be
grateful
for the final chapter, "The Seven A's of Healing,"
in which Maté presents an open formula for healing and
the prevention of illness from hidden stress."
~ Quill
& Quire
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Sincerely,
JJ Semple
Life Force Books
Twitter
@jjsemple
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