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Straightening twisted perceptions

“On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.”—Rumi

I figured out how to duplicate my famous hat.

So I’m not clear on whether this is a threat or an exciting promise. But I’m about to step up my blogging game, meaning you will likely be hearing from me more often.

When E-Squared debuted 11 years ago, I blogged a lot. The year I pitched The Course in Miracles Experiment, I blogged near-daily about the Course lessons I follow every year. In fact, it was you guys, my lovely readers, who convinced me to turn those reflections into a book.

Lately, the muses have been tapping me on the shoulder. “Hey, Pam,” they keep bugging me. “It’s time.”

Evidently, they have another book they’d like me to deliver. Like training for a marathon or really anything that requires a bit of time and attention, you have to work your muscles. You have to practice. When I’m writing every day, the words start flowing like lava from Mount Vesuvius.

My belief is that anyone who wants to write just has to show up and start taking notes. The Cosmic Concierge, as I often call it, does the heavy lifting.

At this point, it won’t be daily—especially since I’m heading out of town for a week. But I am making this commitment to the muses and to you. It’s much easier to keep your word when you give it to others. I have this annoying tendency to break some of the resolutions I only mention to myself.

So thank you for being my workout partners. Here’s my thought for the day:

I just read Ellen Langer’s new book, The Mindful Body. I’ve written about this Harvard psychology professor before.  She does lots of research that keeps proving thoughts play a starring role in our health. She’s the one who did the study about the hotel maids who lost weight, lowered their blood pressure and reduced their body mass index once they were told their job amounted to a full body workout. They changed nothing EXCEPT their beliefs.

Langer believes most medicine is simply a prod for our minds to heal our bodies. She mentioned that Thomas Jefferson’s doctor, a prominent physician of his time, regularly prescribed placebos and told America’s third president that disease was largely psychological.

This statement, of course, will get you booed out of most Madison Avenue offices today. After all, there is big, big money to be made from dispensing medicine.

But like everything, it pays to notice who benefits from creating perceptions of need, especially those that involve disease, scarcity and fear.

I prefer aligning my beliefs with Aristotle who said “a quiet, happy mind makes the body healthy.” Happy minds also provide about anything else you might need.

Have a marvelous Tuesday, my dears!!

#222 Forever!

Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)

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  3. Hooray!
    Very much looking forward to hearing from you more often again!
    Regards from Switzerland alumni
    Tatjana 😊

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  4. Aristotle is awesome, but Rumi rocks. And, what wonderful news for a marvelous Tuesday! If you write it, we will read it. Joy-full travels to you, Pam. 🤗

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    1. Thanks for the affirmation. We all have so much to build so others will come. Let’s make a better reality so the old one becomes obsolete. It’s happening.

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  8. You are absolutely lovely! With old lump in my throat I am picking up my fancy ass pen and papers. To Mother Nature I go to record her words.

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    1. Hmmmm. The short post I added isn’t the actual idea for the book, but it is in the same vein. There’s WAY MORE available to us than meets the eye.

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    1. Glad to hear it. After all these years, I still wonder–“What do I, little ole Pammy Sue, have to say to the world?” The thing is we ALL have so much to say–when we listen to the bigger voice that doesn’t buy the conceit that we’re not capable or ready.

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  11. Thank you Pam
    You are able to create a possibility posse on line.
    Please include me.
    Sincerely
    Marianne
    I live in Canada, I am a grandmother of 7, under the age of 7, I am in my 70’s
    And I have been a student of dr Wayne dyer for 40 plus years.

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    1. I love that Wayne and his wisdom is still with us. As is Taz still with me. And all our ancestors that are paving the way for the new world.

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  12. I love that quote by Rumi. And also the Aristotle quote. But I especially love hearing that we’ll be hearing from you more often! 💗

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  14. Thank you Pam. Love your messages and look forward to more 🙂 Such great reminders to get out of my head and into my heart, and to look at the rest of the world as a movie. 💗

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    1. The world IS a movie, one we wrote, directed and star in every day. I love that there’s a bigger story which, to me, is way more interesting.

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  15. Kudos to you for showing up for the muses!! I know I have an uplifting post-it or six on my refrigerator because of your glowing reminders!!

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  18. Thanks Pam!!! I’ve actually been putting it out there for another one of your books to arrive! And an odd synchronicity! A great friend was just telling me about The Mindful Body by Ellen Langer!!!

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  19. Pam, the upcoming book project sounds really interesting…You may want to check out the website and work of Dr. Kim D’Eramo or even interview her. She was trained as an osteopathic emergency room physician and eventually created the American Institute for Mind/Body Healing. Her first book is titled, The Mind Body Toolkit. She just wrote a new one that will be out soon. Dr. D’Eramo has great anecdotes from about what happens in the body when energies attached to limiting beliefs are released. She doesn’t refer to healings from illness/disease as remissions but rather as resolutions. Powerful, cool stuff 🙂 … xxoo

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  20. Dear Pam, I have been eagerly awaiting a new book from you!! Thanks so much for the good news. I just started a bucket list of people I would love to meet and you are one of those people. So glad you will be writing more. LOVE, Julian Hazlett

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  21. Yay! I think this is very exciting! I look forward to the extra blog posts, the book, and whatever else you end up sharing with us.
    To Julian: I manifested meeting Pam Grout several years ago! I know you will meet her, too!
    And Pam, I’m putting it back out there to meet up with you again, before long.
    Love to all,
    Pamela Joy

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  22. Oh, and I have listened to a couple of interviews with Ellen Langer, and I have her book at the top of my reading list. At the moment, I happen to be finishing up The Course Experiment, for the second or third time. The first time, I read it as a daily. Then, I decided that I will re-read it many times, but not on any schedule. I may read a page a day, or two or three pages a day, or none at all for a few months. Right now I’m reading as many pages as I can keep my eyes open for before bed, and I’m almost done. Then onto The Mindful Body.

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    1. She’s quite the woman–the first to be tenured in the psychology department at Harvard. And I LOVE that she’s even MORE FAR out than academia usually allows.

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  23. Can’t wait to read more from you Pam, you’re the smile that lights up my inbox! I just know I’m going to have a mindset shift whenever I see an email from you.
    And from an Aussie, I love your jumper!!

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    1. I love your comment Cassie – that Pam is the smile that lights up your inbox! What a great way to put it, and I feel just the same. 😄 I also noticed Pam’s Aussie top, as I’m an Aussie too! Woohooo! 🌏

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    2. Thanks! I love that jumper, too, bought it in Sydney when I was there last. And wow–I love that my words are a smile and a light!

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  25. Perfect response to an unasked question, if that makes sense…it created a question for me and immediately answered it! Love how you do that for me!!! Hedgehogs 🦔 Forever!!!!

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  26. It’s an exciting promise for sure!! As I used to say when I was excited as a little girl – “goody, goody gum drops!!” 😄🥳💃 I love your blog posts Pam so it’s a big ‘Yay!’ for the news we will be hearing from you more often!! And it’s also a big ‘yay!’ for the prospect of a new book from you too!! I can hardly wait in fact! 😁 Yay for the exciting research by Dr Ellen Langer, and for the book she has written – I’ll be looking out for that one next time I’m in my local bookshop. So, there’s one big yay after another going on here in my space this morning! Woohoo! Thank you for your encouraging, uplifting, possibility-thinking posts, and for the delightful news we will be hearing from you more often dear Pam. You’ve made my day!! 😁💃🎶🌺🥰

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  27. Super great article. The mind loves to interject and distract. Fearfulness is also a favorite. Sitting daily is the best thing I do for giving a rest to the mind and it’s constant comments. Your notes always help my perspective. Thx for sharing your insights.

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  28. I am looking forward to reading more of your work! It’s always incredibly insightful, and reading it is always like receiving a gift. Thank you for all you do! 💗

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  30. So excited I can’t stand it. I so look forward to reading your blog. You lift me up and remind me of my divinity every time you write. My daughter and I a devotees of discovering 222’s where ever we are and I dedicate that sharing to you and Tazz everytime. I’m an ACIM student and teacher for over 35 years and adore how you can lighten and ground me through Spirit. Inspired.

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  31. Hooray! I am so glad to hear this and look forward to hearing more from Pam and her wonderful musings. I’m also excited to hear the muses are leading her to a new book!

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  32. Hope this reply finds you! As of lately my comments don’t stick
    Hey I’m thrilled to hear that you will write more and I’ll be one of your
    teammates to keep it coming! Love you uplifting posts! Totally agree and love Langer’s work! ✌️💜🦋

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  33. Yes! Glad to know there will be more of/from you!!

    When I feel I need for Over the Counter medication (aspirin, tums, etc), sometimes I just hold it in my hand instead of taking it. Then I think of the properties that my mind would believe make the medication effective and imagine they are traveling through my aura and into my body and mind, where the belief lies. It usually releases whatever I’m experiencing as discomfort, and I heal just as quickly (or quicker) than if I actually took the medication.

    **Warning: I don’t recommend this for anyone taking prescription medication for conditions that require it. Please don’t try this with your blood thinners or other meds like that. I only do this with temporary discomforts that an OTC would be effective.

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  35. I agree with T. Jeffersons’ physician that dis(ease) is largely psychological. I’ll take it a step further and add that the NEWS, TV, and COMMERCIALS are largely to blame in planting those fears for the profit of others. Did you know that 75% of the FDA is OWNED by big pharma companies? (Arte, “Very interesting.”)

    Have a beautiful and blessed week Pammy Sue- {{Hedgehugs}}

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