How Radical Is It? Options

[Alexandra Gayek]

In your part of the world, among your friends, family, and other associates, just how "radical" is what you've read so far of The Science of Being Well?

Is it just what your grandparents always taught? Similar to what the people around you believe? Does it match what you've been doing for years?

Or are there ideas that really challenge your thinking and habits or those of the people in your life?

These are genuine questions as I seek to learn about you and what life is like for you!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Many blessings to you, and of course,

Be Well!

Alexandra

[JewelNurse]

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Hi Alexandra,
I do not have much to say yet. I was injured on the job, boosting a comatosed heavy man up in bed. I am an RN, and my life has not been the same since! I am so looking forward to getting the CD's I ordered from your web site. I love people, I love the Creator, I believe He wants me well more than I even want health, and I am so ready to be well. Let's get started.

[Heather]

Hi Alexandra

I was delighted to find SOBW not so radical at all. It certainly doesn't match what I've been taught or doing for years, but there was an instant feeling that it was such a "common sense approach". (And having followed Mr Wattles' teachings in SOGR I trusted his authenticity.)

Immediately after reading SOBW, I began opening the bedroom window at night. This, in spite of the fact that it is now winter in Australia and temperatures have plummeted in Melbourne in the past week. However both my husband and I feel we are definitely sleeping better. I have an extra blanket on my side (where the window is!) and I'm pleasantly surprised.

It reminded me of an amazing woman I knew years ago - she was 92 then and went on to live to 105 with full faculties! She insisted on an open window Especially when she was ill. Her much younger family members disapproved and she used to wait until they went out before rushing to open a window.

Prior to reading SOBW, I had been "dieting" for the past 8 weeks, following a radical plan that has thankfully been working. And I use Thought Field Therapy (TFT) to manage any anxiety. However I have always been "challenged" by the idea of "having" to eat breakfast. I love food (hence the need to lose weight) but have rarely felt hungry at breakfast time. To me it is such a relief to know that in the SOBW Mr Wattles contradicts all of the usual ideas on that score. I am happily skipping breakfast again, having an apple if I'm hungry at say 11am. And it feels "right".

It was also a timely reminder to chew food more thoroughly and to appreciate it more clearly.

Thanks for all your extra work on SOBW - to make it palatable for this new century. I feel certain Wally would thoroughly approve.

Best wishes
Heather

[Guest_paula_*]

Hello Alexandra,

SOBW makes good sense and fits in with what I know.
I really liked your comments about the poor old body, and how we treat it in your ezine. It's seldom we think of it from that point of view.
I wish you tremendous success in getting this message across to as many people as possible, for the sake of a happier, healthier and more peaceful world.

All the very best
Paula

[AfricanDiva]

SOBW is what my parents have been practising for many years, without any explanation [to us the children]whatsoever. My dad never eats breakfast and has only one real meal a day and my mum is the slowest and diantiest eater, I've ever seen, she eats so little and so slowly [chews thoroughly]. Its surprising how little we are taught in our families, I grew up worrying that my father wasnt eating 'properly' and that my mother ate too little!! Now it makes sense.
My mother is a professional dietician and teaches a subject called 'food & nutrition' at a high school. But she never once taught me anything about it, in the sense of 'telling' me about it. I see now that she is a great example.
I have been going without breakfast and sometimes lunch as l just wasnt hungry or wanted something I couldnt have at that time. Applying sobw, i see that that really meant l wasnt hungry, we are only really hungry when we will eat any plain old thing!
Now I dont feel deprived or long for the wrong foods and am content with my one proper meal a day, l only eat when l am hungry.
So sobw has made me understand my parents and made me comfortable about my own eating habits.
I havent gone as far as sleeping with an open window for security reasons but we sleep with an open door and l breathe easier at night.

[Guest_Nazmia_*]

Hi Alexandra,
First of all let me thank you for this excellent book. I enjoyed reading it very much.
I am a Muslim from Saudi Arabia , and would like to tell you that what fascinated me most about this book is the fact that it was actually stating what my Prophet Mohammad ( Peace Be Upon Him) taught us to do in regards to eating habits.
One of His famous saying is:"We are a people who don't eat until we are hungray, and when we eat we don't eat to our fill" .
Another saying is :'Suffice a man to have a few morsels to keep him going".
He also gave the following advice to a young boy " Say the name of God, eat with your right hand and eat from what is nearest to you".
He taught us to express our gratitude to God when we finish eating as follows:'Praise be to God Who Fed us and Quenched our thirst without any efforts or power on our part'!
Isn't that amazing?
I have to tell you , though, that we are guilty of not following this sound advice, and I guess that's why we are having so many health problem.
Thank you again for this gift, and may you and yours always be blessed with perfect health!
Nazmia

[Guest_FreeToBe_*]

Hi Alexandra,

I really enjoyed reading the book - thank you so much for compiling and offering it! It has a wealth to offer.

It was liberating for me on so many fronts - I have had a long history of never "liking to eat" - meaning that I usually felt bloated, a little sick and really tired after eating. (I have no health problems.)

It was difficult to follow my natural patterns because then my mom would worry about a possible eating disorder - which is, of course, serious, but completely unrelated to me.

My pattern then has been to be a junk food junkie - cookie dough, cake batter, all sweets, ... I just assumed I had a sweet tooth. BUT, I have realized that I have developed these "appetites" in order to eat at the level that has been perceived to be "normal." - at least in my family and community.

I have always searched for an eating system that left me with energy and vitality. I have long known what the correct foods are, but I just couldn't bring myself to eat them so often. I know now, I just wasn't hungry.

I have to admit, originally, I felt a little deflated realizing that I HAD a wonderful eating system naturally and I changed it, BUT more than that, I am grateful to know that it can be done.

Now, I am beginning my battle to get over my numerous appetites - I have tried this weekend and have had one or two mini successes. I hope this board will give me support in getting over the deliciousness of my daily "treats."

With gratitude!

[Guest_Kelly_*]

I couldn't believe how common sense Mr Wattles approach is!!! I was telling my sister about the book when i first downloaded it, before i had read it. I was telling her how it tells you what to eat, when to eat, how to eat etc. The other day when she came over I said "guess when you're supposed to eat?" And she replied "morning", I said " guess again', "lunch-time?", "guess again", "dinner???" "NO....when you're hungry"
Its great...so practical!!
Im looking forward to enjoying the results!!

[Alarak]

Hi Alexendra,
My family and friends are very allopathic oriented; "If the doctor says ...... then it's true." I, on the other hand, have always been looking at alternative ways of thinking and doing. Which up till now sometimes translated into finding the fastest and shortest route (instant gratification) to fitness and weight loss, and as a side point throw in good health for good measure.

SOGW goes against everthing I believed ... up till now.

I do not know what it is like to feel hungry. I have eaten emotionally since I was a kid, and long term use of Prednisone has altered my satiety set-point.

BUT, this week I tried eating only when I thought I was hungry and much to my amazement, I went a long time without food. I had also became vegetarian, again, for health reasons, I thought, and for other esoteric reasons. Now I am rethinking my position because of SOGW.

This book has definitely struck a chord with me and I am on the path. I will keep you posted.

I am working both books (SOGR, SOGW) and feel in harmony.

Thank you for making this available.

Alara

[Guest_Guest_*]

Hi Alexandra,

I was never much of a breakfast eater. People always repeated the mantra "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" to me. Now I understand why I wasn't much on breakfast......"I just wasn't hungry!"

I love sleeping with the bedroom window open. I've been doing that most of my life.

I'm American (former Bellingham, WA resident) living in Australia. It's winter here now, and the bedroom window is open!

Thank you for your efforts in this important subject of health. I will spread the word and this book to allmyfamily nd friends.

Regards,
Tom

[Tom]

I forgot to "Log In" in my previous post as "Guest."

Tom

[Gail]

OK now that we have read the book once...or twice lets get to the nitty gritty.

How do you "think" health?

How do you have "faith" in health?

Is it just a matter of "vision" or are there some tasks that can be completed
to help us on the way?

The "old" definition of health was the absence of disease....that does not work
with SOBW.

I have difficulty with the concept of "thinking only thoughts of
perfect health."

Can you give me a few "methods" to direct my "thinking" to health?

Gail

[Alexandra Gayek]

Hi Gail,

You have arrived at the reason I'm creating a course! Meanwhile, focusing on chapter 4 is a place you might start.

What happens when you try what Mr. Wattles suggests about forming a conception of perfect health?

Many blessings to you,
Alexandra

[Guest_Guest_*]

Yes I have read chapter 4 several times. To quote.

"But if we have never seen ourselves in a perfect body, a clear mental image is hard to form."

It is fun trying to picture a perfect body with my head attached but in real life...??????

Sometimes I feel as if I am lying to myself.

Gail

[Alexandra Gayek]

Hi Gail,

And he goes on to say that it's very difficult to imagine oneself in a perfect body if you've never experienced it, so instead to focus on an image of what a healthy, strong person can DO, and on yourself doing what a healthy, strong person can do, walking the way a healthy person walks, etc.

I like to imagine myself as an Olympic athlete. It's fun, and it feels great!

I've also experimented with cutting out pictures of women athletes and putting a picture of my face instead of theirs.

Have fun!

Many blessings to you and of course,
Be well!

Alexandra