Faith

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Hi Faith:

I know how you feel about being able to create things.

When I was first diagnosed with RA, I had been

designing and making jewelry in a friend's business

for about 3 years. I loved doing it - it was my

creative outlet. Unfortunately, because of the RA, I

had to stop doing that - so much work is done with

small tools, beads, and chains, and my hands just

couldn't do it any longer. I also did t-shirt

painting and decorating - that has gone too. I hope

that you are able to continue doing the things you

love once you get your pain and inflammation under

control - I sure miss my jewelry designing -

Kathe in CA

--- fmt2002@... wrote:

> I do mosaic, clay work, silk painting..all of which

> require grip strength.. which i don't have at all

> right now. I am hoping that after I get a treatment

> going, I can return to these things. Right now my

> hands just won't cooperate . I refuse to give up as

> creating things is a big love in my life. My hands

> are stiff and start to loosen up when I use them but

> they get extremely painful and inflamed the more I

> use them. Just going to the grocery store today,

> putting groceries into my cart inflamed them and I

> miserable tonight. You are an inspiration and I hope

> to return to creating things because I love it so

> much, Thanks for you reply.

> Faith

>

> -------------- Original message --------------

>

> FAith, I use a rotary cutter to cut my fabric and

> it at times is

> difficult but I don't give in. My hands are stiff

> to begin with but

> as I use them they loosen up. I don't cut much of

> anything with

> scissors - and I have a rotary cutter that is locked

> open when I am

> using it. I lock it closed when I am done with it.

> I do a lot of

> piecing on my sewing machine and the most difficult

> part I have

> there is my arms ache when they are held upwards for

> that long a

> time so I do about 15 minutes then I sit for 15 and

> read or watch

> tv...I pace myself all day long and actually get

> quite a bit done...

>

> Quilting and crafting is my passion and I just won't

> let this

> disease take that away from me. It hurts and I ache

> but I

> continue...I keep warm electric blankets around to

> wrap around me

> when I sit still - the heat gets into the bones and

> muscles and

> helps a lot.

>

> I don't know how I have been able to continue - the

> doctors are

> amazed that I still hand sew at all but I pray about

> it and I take

> my time and am not rushed in anything. I hope you

> find a way to

> continue with your crafts too.

>

> God bless,

> Althea

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Faith:

I know how you feel about being able to create things.

When I was first diagnosed with RA, I had been

designing and making jewelry in a friend's business

for about 3 years. I loved doing it - it was my

creative outlet. Unfortunately, because of the RA, I

had to stop doing that - so much work is done with

small tools, beads, and chains, and my hands just

couldn't do it any longer. I also did t-shirt

painting and decorating - that has gone too. I hope

that you are able to continue doing the things you

love once you get your pain and inflammation under

control - I sure miss my jewelry designing -

Kathe in CA

--- fmt2002@... wrote:

> I do mosaic, clay work, silk painting..all of which

> require grip strength.. which i don't have at all

> right now. I am hoping that after I get a treatment

> going, I can return to these things. Right now my

> hands just won't cooperate . I refuse to give up as

> creating things is a big love in my life. My hands

> are stiff and start to loosen up when I use them but

> they get extremely painful and inflamed the more I

> use them. Just going to the grocery store today,

> putting groceries into my cart inflamed them and I

> miserable tonight. You are an inspiration and I hope

> to return to creating things because I love it so

> much, Thanks for you reply.

> Faith

>

> -------------- Original message --------------

>

> FAith, I use a rotary cutter to cut my fabric and

> it at times is

> difficult but I don't give in. My hands are stiff

> to begin with but

> as I use them they loosen up. I don't cut much of

> anything with

> scissors - and I have a rotary cutter that is locked

> open when I am

> using it. I lock it closed when I am done with it.

> I do a lot of

> piecing on my sewing machine and the most difficult

> part I have

> there is my arms ache when they are held upwards for

> that long a

> time so I do about 15 minutes then I sit for 15 and

> read or watch

> tv...I pace myself all day long and actually get

> quite a bit done...

>

> Quilting and crafting is my passion and I just won't

> let this

> disease take that away from me. It hurts and I ache

> but I

> continue...I keep warm electric blankets around to

> wrap around me

> when I sit still - the heat gets into the bones and

> muscles and

> helps a lot.

>

> I don't know how I have been able to continue - the

> doctors are

> amazed that I still hand sew at all but I pray about

> it and I take

> my time and am not rushed in anything. I hope you

> find a way to

> continue with your crafts too.

>

> God bless,

> Althea

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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--- twokiddays <jessdelaney@...> wrote:

> I think there was a misunderstanding with my former

> posts. While I do miss some food, it is more that I

miss NOT thinking

> about it. Debbie Padilla (and others) mentions that

now she doesnt

> think about food, and it is liberating. I think

more about it now, as

> there are things I miss, which is just PART of what

is hard about this.

I can see what you are saying. The situation might be

a bit different for you. But here's how it goes for

me. When I ate food that I knew I shouldn't, that I

knew better than being blissfully ignorant that they

were good for me, there was a lot of guilt associated

with it.

Also when I ate carby foods, it wreaked havoc on my

blood sugar and I dealt with constant hunger. So in

that sense, with the constant hunger and guilt and

viscious cycle, I did spent a lot of time thinking

about food.

Also initially I did think a lot about the food I

missed, and I did my best to change my thinking about

the foods I missed, and think about what I *didn't*

miss, like being sick, not being able to walk well due

to obesity and arthritis, not being able to stand for

long, itchy butt, etc.

What I would say in your case is stick with it a

while.. it takes a while to get to the " liberating "

part. Maybe some take longer than others.. maybe

some will never feel that way. But if you are going

to feel liberated, it will take a while.

You have to stick to it 100% for a good amount of time

and then your body just grooves with eating this way.

Also you want to have a good no-brainer routine for

cooking that you don't have to think about. At least

this is how it works for me.

> I used to eat in moderation, and not reallythink

about it, now

> when Im a little hungry and think a crisp apple

sounds good, Im a

> little sad bummed.

Oh yes, sometimes I feel that way too. I just try to

focus on what I'm gaining and not what I'm losing..

it's mind over matter.

> What is harder is the physical symptoms that are

> painful.

It's hard for me to say anything on this one as I feel

better each day and never really felt terrible either.

Much of my detox is in my skin and I have skin

problems all over the place with the toxins coming out

(except my face which is now clear).

BUT, I do think the way I did this made a huge

difference for me. I started doing this very slowly

and gradually, over several months - at least 4-6

months. I don't remember the exact date I started

weaning, just when I got on plan fully, which next

week on 10/11 will be my year anniversary.

Doing it slowly and gradually gave me a chance to

adjust both physically and emotionally to what I

needed to do. As I let go of each food that was not

on plan, my die-off must have been slow, and I got a

chance each time to kind of mourn and adjust to not

having that particular food any more.

I think sometimes people get really gung-ho and are

sick of things the way they are so they do things way

too fast for themselves and don't let it become a life

style change.

So you see a bunch of people at the gym in january and

on new diets. But if you made the changes more

gradually and adjusted to each one slower, it's so

much more easy to deal with and ingrain in your way of

thinking both physically and emotionally.

I tell anyone who asks to do this slowly.. what's the

rush? But unfortunately not many people listen to me.

I just know that for me this made all the difference

and I think it will for others too if they'd try it.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

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 Faith

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and

his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, " Pray

that you will not fall into temptation. "   He withdrew about a stone's

throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, Father, if you are willing, take

this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. " An angel from heaven

appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more

earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

(Bible- Luke 22:39-44) 

 

Jesus said, Faith is the surety of the omnipotence of God and man;

the certainty that man will reach the deific life. Salvation is a ladder

reaching from the heart of man to heart of God. It has three steps; Belief

is first, and this is what man thinks, perhaps, is truth. And Faith is

next, and this is what man knows is truth. Fruition is the last, and this

is man himself, the truth. Belief is lost in Faith, and in fruition is

lost; and man is saved when he has reached deific life; when he and God

are one. (Aquarian Gospel Ch. 22:26-31) 

 

A flowing spring that people called the Healing Fount, was near Persepolis.

And all the people thought that at a certain time of year their deity came

down and gave a virtue to the waters of the fount, and that the sick who

then would plunge into the fount and wash would be made whole. About the

fount a multitude of people were in waiting for the Holy One to come and

potencies the waters of the fount. The blind, the lame, the deaf, the dumb,

and those obsessed were there. 

And Jesus, standing in the midst of them, exclaimed, Behold the spring

of life! These waters that will heal are honored as the special blessing

of your God. From whence do healing virtues come? Why does he bless this

spring today, and then tomorrow take his blessings all away? A deity of

power could fill these waters full of healing virtue every day. Hear me,

you sick, disconsolate: The virtue of this fount is not a special gift

of God. Faith is the healing power of every drop of all the waters of this

spring. He who believes with all his heart that he will be made whole when

he has washed; and he may wash at any time. Let every one who has this

Faith in God and in himself plunge in these waters now and wash. 

And many of the people plunged into the crystal fount; and they were

healed. And then there was a rush, for all the people were inspired with

Faith, and each one strove to be among the first to wash, lest all the

virtue be absorbed. And Jesus saw a little child, weak, faint and helpless,

sitting all alone beyond the surging crowd; and there was none to help

her to the fount. And Jesus said, My little one, why do you sit and wait?

Why not arise and hasten to the fount and wash, and be made well? 

The child replied, I need not haste; the blessings of my Father in

the sky are measured not in tiny cups; they never fail; their virtues are

the same forevermore. When these, whose Faith is weak and who must haste

to wash for fear their Faith will fail, have all been cured, these waters

will be just as powerful for me. Then I can go and stay a long, long time

within the blessed waters of the spring. 

And Jesus said, Behold a master soul! She came to earth to teach

to men the power of Faith. And then he lifted up the child and said, Why

wait for anything? The very air we breathe is filled with balm of life,

Breathe in this balm of life in Faith and be made whole. 

The child breathed in the balm of life in Faith, and she was well.

The people marveled much at what they heard and saw; they said, This man

must surely be the God of health made flesh. And Jesus said, The fount

of life is not a little pool; it is as wide as are the spaces of the heavens.

The waters of the fount are Love; the potency is Faith, and he who plunges

deep into the living springs, in living Faith, may wash away his guilt

and be made whole, and freed from sin. (Aquarian Gospel Ch. 41:1-24) 

 

There is no Faith without the prayer of Faith. Faith is the wings

of prayer; but wings alone fly not. By prayer and Faith you can bring down

the mountain peaks, and cast  them in the sea; the little hills will

skip about like lambs at your command. (Aquarian Gospel ch 130:19-20) 

 

I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,

you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move.

Nothing will be impossible for you. (Jesus- Bible- Chapter 17:20) 

 

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, " Let us go

over to the other side. " Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along,

just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 

A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it

was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The

disciples woke him and said to him, " Teacher, don't you care if we drown? "  

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, " Quiet! Be still! "

Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples,

" Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no Faith? " They were terrified

and asked each other, " Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him! "  

(Bible- Mark 4:35-40) 

 

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked

them, " Do you believe that I am able to do this? " " Yes, Lord, " they replied.

Then he touched their eyes and said, " According to your Faith will it be

done to you " ;  and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly,

" See that no one knows about this. "   (- Mt. 9:28-30) 

 

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in

me.  In my Fathers house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would

have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare

a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where

I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

(Bible- Ch. 14:1-4)

The Symbol of Faith- The Secondary Symbol of the Body

The Logos of the Circle Seven is the Native Symbol of the Second Chakra

on the Governing Vessel, The Chakra of Faith.

 

The Logos of the Circle Seven

Anatomical Aspects

(Above)

Mother and Jesus

Healing

Golden Light

The Astral Body

The Seven Bodily Systems 

The Circulatory System

(Below)

Faith

Orange Ray

 2nd Chakra on the Spinal Chakras

Pancreas

Second Heaven 

Second Chakra- Giving and Receiving- gut area 

Pancreas 

Orange Ray