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Issue. 1 - Feb. 2003 Thyme for Healing, Time for Love
"Love and you shall be loved."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is the first issue of our newly launched newsletter - Holistic Expressions. This monthly newsletter also serves as an addendum to "Holistic Prayers," our free e-course many of you are or have taken. We hope you embrace our messages and we welcome your feedback and comments.
Health and healing of mind, body and spirit is truly a life long quest for most of us. Today we remind you that organic food is a natural source of health and healing. And why not think of this February as a time for love and healing. Happy Valentine's!
In a separate note, we thank many of you for your prayers for my brother-in-law David Cook and our family these past months. Sadly, Dave (who was diagnosed with cancer last August) crossed over peacefully surrounded by his wife and three children in late December 2002.
We remember Dave with this Dr. Bernie Siegel quote, "The message is to choose life in this moment, not to try and live forever. Someday, when you're tired and sore and want to leave your body, your death will be a healing - not a failure. You will have been an example of how to deal with adversity and leave a legacy of love." Dave remains our family's example of how to deal with adversity and he left our family with a legacy of love.
Love & Blessings,
June Soyka Cook, Founder
Self-Healing Expressions
"Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
- Hippocrates
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Flu & Cold Remedy: Thyme for Healing
Feeling a little "punk?" Try this hot potion of organic apple juice with thyme,
freshly diced pear and chopped ginger root as flu and cold symptoms start. We drink this
concoction in our house when we start to feel under the weather. So far, we have not
succumbed to colds and flu this winter season. Of course, a healthy diet -- filled with
organic whole grains, proteins (as found in beans and soy products), as well as, LOTS of
fruits and vegetables -- keep the immune system strong and healthy.
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The herb thyme has long been known for its powerful
antiseptic properties. Ginger contains bacteria-fighting
properties and has an anti-inflammatory effect. Apple juice
contains vitamins A and C and has anti-bacterial and anti-viral qualities.
Pear, a good source of potassium, helps regulate the
circulatory system and cool the body's inflammatory response. ( Click here for this healing recipe.)
"By buying organic food products, you are voting with your dollars for a healthier, more
nutritious, and better tasting product, from a system that does minimal harm to the
environment."
- Judy Morgan, Environmentalist
Have you reflected upon what you are actually eating lately?
Did you know that U.S. citizens have been eating genetically grown food in the United States
since 1996? That the United States grows 75% of the world's genetically grown food? That
Europe, Japan, Russia and Australia require labeling of genetically modified foods, the
United States does not?
It is estimated that over 60% of US food products may contain at least a small quantity of
crop that has been genetically engineered (GE). While the long term health and environmental
issues are still being raised and debated, concerns regarding GE foods include nutritional
imbalances, new toxins and allergens in foods, foods that suppress the immune system and
increased cancer rates. This does not even mention environmental concerns such disturbance
to ecological balance, loss of bio-diversity in crops, and creation of herbicide resistant
weeds -- leading to increased use of herbicides causing greater food and water pollution.
While the jury is still out on this hotly debated issue, our strategy is "do no harm"
and buy organic. [ Continue reading and find
useful links to identify non-genetically engineered foods.]
"You are what you eat."
- Anonymous
Genetically Engineered Food - Not on my Plate!
By Renu Namjoshi
I am a mother of two children, and like all parents I am very concerned about what my
children eat. Did you know that in the United States we, as parents and consumers, are
rapidly losing our power to choose what we put on our dinner tables? For the past five
years we have been unwitting subjects in a vast experiment. Genetically engineered foods
(also known as GMO, or genetically modified organisms) have been sold in American
supermarkets, without our consent or knowledge, unlabeled and untested. Today, more
than 75% of all the food in American supermarkets contains some GMO ingredients.
Genetically engineered foods are created by a technology that allows scientists to
edit the genetic code of the plants and animals we eat. [ Continue reading]
"Since love is the most delicate and total act of the a soul, it will reflect the state
and nature of the soul. If the individual is not sensitive, how could his love be sentient?
If he is not profound, how can his love be deep? As one is, so is his love."
- José Ortega y Gasset
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THIS FEBRUARY: Get Ready For Love, Romance and Marriage!
By Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway, relationship expert and author.
Valentine's Day, with its focus on love and romance, can be a lonely time of year for
singles still without their beloved. Many of us grow up counting on a fairytale romance,
where love happens magically and soul mates always find one another -- without effort.
Some singles just coast through life wishing and hoping for a loving relationship. While
it is healthy to believe in the miracles and magic of love, it doesn't hurt to also be
practical and proactive in preparing for one's romantic destiny.
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As unromantic as that may sound, the romance will follow as soon as you are super clear on
what you want in a relationship and what you are truly willing to bring to it. Why not take
time this February to prepare for the love of Valentine's Days to come? Take time this month
to get ready for love, romance and marriage! Here are some soulful strategies to help to
get you started. [Continue reading]
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"I wanted to report on my success with the online course "Creating your Romantic Destiny".
I took it in Nov/Dec.......I worked very diligently on beckoning my true love to me. I
joined several spiritual dating sites while I was taking the course. I met a man on-line
in mid-December. I believe, feel and know that this man is my true love. I have prayed for
my soul mate my whole life. I believe your online course helped me get this far. Thank you
for offering this important course!" - a student of the Romantic Resumé e-course.
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Closing Thoughts
"The final word is love."
- Dorothy Day, author The Long Loneliness (1952)
Soul Mate Seeker's Prayer
By Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway
God, Goddess, Divine Spirit of All That Is,
thank you for the gift of knowing that love is my birthright.
And thank you for this opportunity to discover and pursue my hearts true desire.
I call upon the light and love of all the Cosmic Matchmakers,
the Spiritual Power that brings true loves together.
Please make sure I learn to love myself as
you guide me in my quest for love.
Please illuminate the path with wisdom, grace, love and intelligence,
so that I can see my true love in the light of the divine,
And begin my relationship with "the right mate."
Please hold me in your embrace, that I may safely open my heart.
Support me in evoking from within the hero and heroine I once sought from others.
Let me write my own true love story... and let my true love help me craft it.
I pray that you help me find a love that brings heaven closer to earth.
Amen. And so it is.
When I am hungry, give me someone that I can feed.
And when I am thirsty, give me someone who needs a drink.
When I'm cold, give me someone to keep warm.
And when I grieve, give me someone to console.
-Mother Teresa, adaptation of the Prayer of St. Francis
May love burst from your heart center this Valentine's Day and every day!
Blessings for Love and Happiness,
Your Friends at Self-Healing Expressions
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