Peacefully Serene

(post updated July 21, 2010) It has been more than a year since I have posted to my PS blog.  In all of that time I have learned much and spent most of my savings going from one doctor to another looking for solutions.  Oh, the stories I could tell.  Wait a minute.  Isn't that what this blog is for?  First off, let me point out that the person mentioned in the previous blog posting wasn't able to help me at all.  I had such high hopes!!!  In fact, I am removing her name because I don't wan't to mislead people in any way into thinking one type of therapy might work better over another therapy or that this therapist was endorsed by me. This was an expensive lesson. (the following is the original post, only slightly edited to remove the name I mentioned above) This has been an strange month in a lot of ways. Due to a series of coincidences, I discovered a wonderful Doctor of Oriental Medicine. Actually, I started seeing her because I have been experiencing vertigo for

"When Fear Falls Away - The Story of a Sudden Awakening", by Jan Frazier is my book of the week. I loved it so much that I set up an appointment with Jan and we talked for almost an hour. "When Fear Falls Away", is a book about an ordinary woman that was filled with fear, and eventually, she woke up and all of her fear was gone. The book is set up in journal fashion with many entries from the early days when she suffered a lot. It takes the reader through her many different spiritual searches and then suddenly, and shockingly, she experiences an awakening! Her life after the awakening is the most profound part of the book. I had no idea what life would look like without fear and now I know because of Jan's book. Our conversation was mainly about my own suffering (caused by thinking) and how freedom is already here, I am just not aware of it. I took pages of notes but they are very personal and I will treasure them. We talked about her spiritual path and