Just What the Dr. Ordered! Video Blog

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Terry & Marjorie

“Good health has to be maintained. It is not a place to arrive, but a place to appreciate by keeping good habits in place…I need the balance of both the spiritual world and the world God designed to help all of us, including medicine when vital for health.” ~ Terry Larkin Pg. 111 The Light GAP

Someday we are going to turn on our TV’s and listen to something other than tragic news and prescription drug adds! Professionals in the drug industry spend millions of dollars creating live situations that always “feel” so appealing. In the video clips, these people are enjoying the ideal life of family vacations, family and friend gatherings, and always looking gorgeous with their loved ones around them. We are being “convinced” our lives can be made better if we just take a drug to solve all of our health problems, and certainly this will make all the difficulties in our lives disappear! Meanwhile, during these often-romanticized scenes, we hear a soft voice in the background listing the most horrific side effects we’d never want to have happen to us. But we’ve been programmed through belief to dismiss these words. We hear statements like “oh that only happens seldom and look how much better you can be.”

Well, I learned the hard way, that while all the medications I was taking for two years were masking a lot of symptoms, they never solved the REAL problem. And yes, there were many side effects! I didn’t realize how many there were until I started lowering doses and then eliminating one at a time. BUT, I had to replace them first with a CHANGE.

I’m not against medications, there are times when we really have to use some and need them. If we are in any kind of accident or trauma situation, wow, I’ll be right there looking for the right physician and I’m sure drugs will be involved. But, I do suggest that we all take a really good look at our life style of living. I had to do that with complete honesty (VERY hard to do !) when I began hearing in my moments of quiet meditation that I needed to be doing something MORE with my body, my mind, and my spirit.

Yoga moves, and Qi Gong exercises were flowing out of my body…I had never taken a class in either! I was getting messages of foods to avoid and live high on vegetables and fruit, meat became less important. I began walking again, a little more each day until I was “walking” fast even though the cardiologist had said no running. I was listening more carefully to my physical therapist and pushed harder. I was learning how the energy flow throughout my body was critical for health as well as facilitating healing and health in my mind. And I was listening to my body, it was telling me critical things.

By continued patience with myself learning meditation, I brought my mind to change habits and thoughts. It brought in healing along with realizations of how to let go of old beliefs and past events that no longer needed to be in my life. I totally LET GO of the belief that I would never heal and walk normally again, or that I would suffer with heart disease like my mother. (I had been told all of that!)

The advice was arriving through Spirit in every day life while working hard, exercising with new vigor, and eating better. My prayer life changed dramatically, it now fit my relationship with God and Jesus. Synchronicities were no longer viewed as chance, God was making available all of the resources I needed. YOU need different resources…but you’ll discover them if you open your mind to synchronicities and new learning so your body can thrive!

Slowly my body began to heal and I could withdraw some of my medications! As I explained in our book, my neurologist was at first shocked about the changes, but grew in understanding when I shared what I was doing and what I was learning. AND…he told me the research is there to prove we CAN do this, but most find it too hard. I am off medications now. I worked hard on my emotional health as well. Now, let’s see if we can work together to make all of this simpler for every one of us!

In my video blog pieces, I am continuing with ideas and suggestions for meditation. I am hoping that by sharing, you might be able to make the most of out your practice if you are already meditating. Perhaps an idea or resource will help you expand. OR, if you haven’t really been able to make it part of your life, I hope you’ll consider what a valuable tool it is to have in your life. Not only will you feel more relaxed and centered, but you will develop a very rich spiritual connection that grows and grows. As Marj so eloquently spoke, we live with joy and sorrow, love and fear, health challenges severe or slight ~ existing all at the same time! We are all creations of God and our body is one of God’s miracles. We can learn how to accept our challenges through some new thought patterns. May I suggest you start asking yourself this vital question every day?

What am I learning about myself through this health challenge? God has given me a chance to grow, I wonder in what way?

Send your challenge love. I started sending my body love in words and actions when I was hurting, angry and frustrated. I looked in my mirror each day and said beautiful things about myself. (Even when I wasn’t sure I believed them!) You know what began to happen? I began hurting less, my anger began to dissipate, I was losing needed weight, love was coming through my pain. And I was able to live with it and laugh again!

Hopefully this time you will see a video live with a play button. But if by any chance you are not able to see the visual, click here for Terry’s Video Blog. This video has many suggestions for how to make meditation successful for you!