Dieting - & Then Eating Cream Cakes, More Personal Difficulties Options

[SteveX]

"... Dr Wattles talks about sleeping with the window open, but I can't do this because my father lives off a main road where police car, ambulance and fire sirens constantly screech by + yobs walk by late at night on their way back from pubs and clubs loud, drunk and swearing. Then in the morning there's lots of traffic and people clearing bins (trash cans). So if I leave the window open, my sleep is constantly disturbed."

In his brief chapter on sleep, Wallace Wattles insists, without compromise, that we should sleep with an open window to ensure plenty of the fresh air that we need in order to be revitalised by sleep. If that is not possible, his only advice is to move where it is possible.

However, in a situation like yours, Debbie, then personally I would temper that with what Alexandra says in her introduction to SOBW:
"Start where you are, with what you have, and do what you can to the best of your ability. This is not an all-or-nothing program that only works if you do it “perfectly ... If you can'’t do it all ... Focus on and do what you can do, and it will make a difference."

So, what can we do? Would leaving your bedroom door ajar allow fresh air to circulate from other parts of the apartment? Have you experimented with different types of earplugs or headphones that might enable you to leave the window open? Maybe they will help, maybe not. I know some people just can't get comfortable with earplugs.

The next step down, from sleeping with the window open, would be to do all you can to keep the air in your room as fresh as possible. Try to have the window open for an hour or so before your bedtime, or perhaps whenever you leave your room, such as meal times.

And speaking of mealtimes, if you cannot, at present follow the guidlines on sleep, then it becomes more important to pay extra attention to the guidelines on eating.

It is well worth doing whatever you can to ensure fresh air while you sleep. Personally,I find it the single biggest factor that determines how refreshed I feel when I awaken. On the odd occasion when I've neglected to leave my bedroom window open, I felt incredibly "groggy" the next morning.

Whether the window is open or closed, it also makes a big difference if, as Wattles recommends, we end the day with a practice of Gratitude, and from there, go to sleep purposefully, with a confident attitude that we are being renewed.

And speaking of attitudes ... it is far better to keep turning your focus away from begrudging your current situation, and instead look forwards to the day you are working towards, when you can sleep soundly by a window that is open to fresh mountain air (not to mention the views when you awaken!)

Live well!
Steve

[britdeb87]

I posted the above this morning, but tonight I feel better - more in control and more of a creator. I caught up with an old friend of mine that I haven't spoken to for 10 years. She did an MSW at Oxford University and worked as a Social Worker: Children & Families, then as a Child Protection Chair. I told her that I'd been beating myself up for not doing the course with her in 1989 and asked her whether she thought I should do it now. She said she can't wait to retire in 3 years and told me that it would have been totally the wrong move for me if I'd gone in that career direction and no way should I consider it now. She recounted all the pitfalls of SW and basically made me feel a whole lot better! I've been held back from creating what I really want by identifying with my "contracted self" and feeling that the way to get from A (England) to B (America) is via C (a course in England), which isn't even necessarily the right career direction or move. Between yesterday - the rejection from York - and today, I feel like I've been given signs from the universe and the pressure has been taken off. Now I don't have to suffer the torture of 2 more years in the UK and I can focus my attention on creating what I really want and hopefully a lot sooner.

Going back to SOBW, chapter 7 of the How to Stay Well book advises that you treat your organs and cells as conscious beings and talk to them to stimulate your recovery! What do people think of this?

Debbie

[SteveX]

Going back to SOBW, chapter 7 of the How to Stay Well book advises that you treat your organs and cells as conscious beings and talk to them to stimulate your recovery! What do people think of this?

Debbie

Chapter 7 of SOBW is titled "Health from God". It is about getting into harmony with the Principle Of Life, and since that Principle intends "more life to all", then we must also get into harmony with all ..." A most interesting chapter, revealing, amoungst other things, the foundations for attaining wisdom and faith.

But nowhere in that chapter is there any mention of what you are asking about. If you are talking about another book, well, we are not reading that book; this forum is primarily about SOBW. If you want to introduce a different idea that you feel is related, you need to explain what it is and what YOU think of it. And maybe also, posting it as a New Topic would be better than having lots of different topics jumbled up on the same thread?

Live well,
Steve

[britdeb87]

Sorry Steve, but I don't know any science in the world that restricts itself to just 1 book, do you? To me the Science of Being Well means just that, ie it's a SCIENCE and as such should involve an investigation and analysis of theories and methods concerned with health and wellness. No one theory or method in any science offers the complete answer. It is usually a combination + there are valuable bits and bits to be discarded. I agree with parts of Dr Wattles' book and believe some of it is valuable, but not all of it. However, I will indeed post the suggestion in chapter 7 of the book How to Stay Well re talking to organs and cells under a new topic.

Debbie

[Tom Strong]

I loved SOBW the book; the thinking part. Unfortunately I was less impressed with the action part.

The thing that I like about SOBW and the thing that keeps me coming back is Alexandra. Her introduction to the book, her comments throughout the book and her afterward of the book are invaluable. I believe that I owe much of my health to her because of the SOBWB course.

An important thing that I learned in her Sience Of Being Well and Beyond course (SOBWB) is that we are encouraged to develop our own health plan!

Regarding sleeping with the window open at night; I do when the weather is comfortable and I can sleep comfortably. On hot summer nights I close the windows and use the Air Conditioning! On cold winter nights I close the windows and use the heater. I love fresh air, during the day I spend quite a bit of time outdoors and leave windows open. My home is large enough that there is enough fresh air in it for me to breath well. If I am too hot or too cold I don't sleep comfortably and wake up grumpy!

[SteveX]

My home is large enough that there is enough fresh air in it for me to breath well.

Hi Tom!

Interesting, all that you say, but especially the bit I've quoted above. You've highlighted an important factor that I had not thought of before ... room size! I tend to wake up a touch "groggy" any time I sleep with the window closed, but as you suggest, it may have a lot to do with the size of the room. In England, rooms are on the small side, so, of course, the air becomes stale much quicker.

I recall from my visits to the States that often just the wardrobe of an American hotel room can be as big as a whole hotel room in England.

I once lived in a place where the bedroom window was tiny, just a little "porthole", but the room itself was enormous. One thing I noticed in that place was that my dreams (the ones when I slept) seemed to "expand" into scenarios that covered much more territory.

Live well!
Steve