Hello, Vibrant Reader!

After re-reading Charly Emery's article, Take Time Out for Giving Thanks, about giving thanks during the holidays, I realized that--even though you may do it all other times of the year--it's especially easy to forget to be grateful in all the hubub surrounding the holidays. Adding gift-giving, event planning, home decorating, and the sometimes stressful family interactions to an already packed out normal schedule, can distress even the strongest of us. Charly's point is to make it a priorty to slow down--stop, even--and look around at what you are truly thankful for. It's an automatic lift, and can make all the difference in your outlook--and your intention.

AlterNet last week, posted a long, but very good article entitled, "Is Our Worship of Consumerism and Technology Making Us Depressed?" One of the points of the article is that the way we define happiness and depression in modern society is very different from how Buddha, or Spinoza, would have defined such concepts. And, the spirituality of things has been undermined by a paradigm of materialism.

In this materialistic view, any behaviors outside a narrow band of "normal," is surrounded by a tremendous social taboo. "There are many possible reasons for the increasing rate of depression among Americans, but I believe that one important cause is a culture that demands happiness. The pressure to be in a good mood can make people ashamed of not being in one."

Instead, take a moment a few times a day to step back, reflect and accept your feelings, then embrace in thankfulness the opportunity of just living.

Until next week...

In vibrant health,

Shay Arave
President
Pure Energy Rx

 

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Candice Covington in India
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Time Out for Holiday Thanks
Our resident Life Coach and Synergy Specialist, Charly Emery, explores what happens psychologically during the holidays, and how taking a break to give thanks can be a daily activity, as we sit down to any meal: "I hope you will create time to put yourself on standby, perhaps at the dining table while you enjoy your meal. In the process of manifesting the life you dream of, your every day actions affect what you attract to yourself. If you are visualizing an abundant life, yet you cannot make time to appreciate and get pleasure from what you already have, it may be harder to attract what you want." ... >>>> MORE

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Feng Shui by the Numbers...
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Chi Necklaces!

By customer demand, we are now offering our Chi Necklace with special gemstones corresponding to each chakra all together in one necklace. Just perfect for the gem lover, metaphysician, or energy medicine practitioner in your life! Makes a great romantic gift, too for men or women...

Each gem is carefully hand-selected and lovingly hung on a pure silver finding, by our talented craftsman gemstone expert, Rosemary Beam. Each necklace is strung with a thin black leather cord with a fine, sturdy, silver clip-style fastener. $110.00. >>>> MORE INFO

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