You can check out this empowering video and book by clicking here.

I’m enjoying my time on Waiheke Island, a 35 minute ferry north of Auckland. It’s winter with lots of rain but the days of sunshine are beautiful.

I’ve rented my friend’s Michael Fleck’s cottage and a book popped out at me which I read and enjoyed so want to pass it along to you for your consideration: Wisdom From an Empty Mind is a wonderful collection of one page essays that provide practical wisdom from a man who has tapped into the source.

In addition to his excellent book. Liberman had a spontaneous experience and was able to eliminate the need for his glasses and went on to develop an eye exercise system he now offers.

Here is a link and video in which he explains his system.

Here is his bio:

Jacob Liberman, O.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

Dr. Jacob Liberman received a Doctorate of Optometry in 1973 from Southern College of Optometry, a Ph.D. in Vision Science in 1986 from The College of Syntonic Optometry and an Honorary Doctorate of Science in 1996 from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines. He is a fellow Emeritus of The American Academy of Optometry, The College of Optometrists in Vision Development, The College of Syntonic Optometry, and The International Academy of Color Sciences. He is also the recipient of the H.R. Spitler Award for his pioneering contributions to the field of phototherapy.

Dr. Liberman’s first book, Light: Medicine of the Future, established him as an authority in the field of light and color therapy and is considered a classic in its field. His second book, Take Off Your Glasses and See, was inspired by the miraculous healing of his own vision, and offers a radically new approach to restoring and enhancing one’s vision naturally. His latest book, Wisdom From an Empty Mind, is a compilation of one-page essays on light, vision and consciousness. All three books have received international acclaim and have been published in multiple languages.

For the past 35 years, Dr. Liberman has worked with thousands of individuals, ranging from children with learning difficulties to Olympic and professional athletes. He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and television shows, addressing audiences worldwide. His work has been enthusiastically endorsed by luminaries in the fields of science, medicine, consciousness, and professional sports.

In 2001, Dr. Liberman founded Exercise Your Eyes, Inc. and invented the EYEPORT Vision Training System. The EYEPORT represents years of clinical research and integrates Dr. Liberman’s pioneering discoveries in vision science into the first FDA cleared medical device of its kind available to the public.

On Seeing the Invisible

My dear friend, poet and writer, Colette, just sent an update about the latest chapter on her healing journey. You may have read about her illness and hyperbaric oxygen treatments in a past post and which some NPD readers contributed to by purchasing a copy of her exquisite collectors book, Gateways of the Divine: An Illuminated Manuscript for the Modern Age. If you able to purchase a copy for yourself or a friend you will contribute to Colette’s medical expenses and own a copy you and your family will treasure.

Here is what I wrote the first time I set eyes on her extraordinary work: “Colette’s magnificent limited edition of GATEWAYS OF THE DIVINE: An Illuminated Manuscript for the Modern Age is a catalytic portal into the shadow world. During the course of a decade, Colette underwent her own intense initiation and deep process, and through this has emerged a work of art that is both compelling and a powerful transformational tool.”
- JEFF HUTNER, Writer and Producer.

To read more about the book and watch a video I shot for her please visit Gateways of the Divine (http://www.gatewaysofthedivine.com). Colette is offering her remaining copies at cost to NPD readers.

From Colette’s Crucible of Chronic Illness

Moving Forward
10 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Solutio I

And moving forward takes feral courage,
opens the wildest
and most outrageous light of all,

becomes the hardest path of all.
the firm line we drew in the sand
becomes the river we will not cross.

But the river of the soul flows on
and the soul
refuses safety until it finds the sea.

The ocean of longing,
the sea of your deeper want,
the gravity well of your own desire,

the place you would fall becomes
in falling
the place you are held.

-DAVID WHYTE
from “Millennium”

“I don’t know if I should write or scream,” I confess to my sister Carolyn at the end of June. For a month now my body has been riddled with angry, itchy hives, my entire immune system inflamed and overwhelmed, my nights turbulent and devoid of restful sleep. All the symptoms of my chronic health conditions have returned with a blood-sucking vengeance – crippling fatigue, digestive distress, brain fog, a woefully weakened immunity. I am numb with shock, spun out from suffering, unraveled in anguish. I’m outraged, but too stunned to express it. How did I get cast into the Underworld from just one chemical cocktail injected into my veins?

At the end of May, as I complete two months of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments, I feel as if I am sailing off into the healing sunset. I am feeling vastly improved, with greater stamina and vitality, a stronger immune system, and the sense of hope about the unfolding of my life. I feel a great sense of accomplishment, having worked so hard to raise the money for this treatment course, and an enduring gratitude to all the friends and family whose generous support made it possible. I have also completed a month of IV chelation therapy for heavy metal toxicity, which has been going very well, with few side effects. I only have 4 more weeks of IV treatments to go, and then I will be retested to check if I needed additional treatments. As far as I am concerned, I am in the home stretch.

Just five days after completing the HBOT treatments, however, I have a blind date with destiny in the form of a chemical called DMPS, which I later discover was developed in the post WWII era for acute mercury and industrial chemical poisoning, and gets injected into my sensitive body to remove only moderately elevated levels of mercury. In a few short hours, my veins take in an overwhelming blend of IV DMPS for mercury, IV EDTA for lead, and followed by an injection of glucathione, a potent antioxidant, and then a push of minerals, which burns and aches terribly as it goes into my arm. I leave the clinic feeling weak, unstable, in a state of shock. I come home, collapsing into bed at 5PM. All night I feel as if I have poison coursing through my veins. I feel assaulted, but I tell myself that maybe it’s just the toxic metals clearing from my system.

The next morning, though, I don’t feel anything is clearing out from my body. My digestive system is on strike and I feel increasingly toxic. Then hives start erupting all over my body. Inside and out, my body feels inflamed, my immune and nervous systems on red alert. The next night, I am unable to sleep. Something is very, very wrong. I’m sinking in a cesspool of fire.

Ragged and worried at this point, I go to the computer the following morning to research DMPS, since that was the only drug I’d never been given before in the IV chelation series, and I had been tolerating the IV EDTA treatments well. I find out that DMPS is not an FDA approved drug, and its status is only as a “bulk chemical” that requires an informed patient consent in order to be legally administered. I was not warned of any dangers and side effects, nor given a DMPS consent form to sign. I also find out in my research that chemical chelators are not supposed to be combined in one treatment, and that it is necessary to wait 24 hours before receiving the mineral push, neither of which happened in my case. There are serious risks associated with the use of DMPS, especially with in those with chronic conditions and sensitive constitutions. Dr. Thomas Levy, a cardiologist who co-authored the book Uninformed Consent, says “DMPS is an unqualified sledge hammer to the immune system. Immune declines and clinical illness can result can result for weeks and sometimes even months after only one injection of DMPS.” Even Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., who is an expert on heavy metal detoxification and is a big proponent of IV chelation therapy himself writes, “More aggressive approaches, such as I.V. Glutathione, Vit.C, DMPS, CaEDTA and others have a place in reasonably healthy people but often worsen the condition in patients with advanced illness.” If I had known any of this beforehand, I certainly wouldn’t have agreed to this treatment.

What was my naturopathic doctor thinking? When she had recommended this IV treatment course to remove toxic metals several months earlier, I had expressed concern about DMPS in particular, because a friend had suffered permanent kidney damage 10 years earlier from IV DMPS. My doctor assured me that the IV specialist had the latest training, and that I was in good hands. End of discussion. No explanation of possible dangers and side effects, nor an informed consent for me to sign. None of the standard preliminary tests were done on me prior to starting the chelation series: blood and urine tests to assess the health of my kidneys, liver, and immune system, hair test to check mineral levels, nor an EKG and chest x ray to see if my heart would be at risk. Hard lesson learned: no matter how much you like and trust your doctor, do the research yourself before agreeing to any drug or treatment course. I know my doctor didn’t intend to hurt me, but that doesn’t excuse the gross negligence in this situation.

“Acceptance is hard. To accept my pain means holding it in my arms, like a package handed to me, my proper burden to be carried. The package may be as heavy as lead, or burning hot, or stuck through with razors, but I must concede that it is my package, simply because it has arrived in my life.

It is not a mistake. It has not been sent by accident to the wrong person. I may not welcome it, but accepting means I can carry it without protest for as long as necessary—and then I lay it down.”

-JEANNE DUPRAU, author, The City of Ember

In the weeks and months that follow, I do everything I can to recover from this nightmare: juice fasting, strict diets, energy healings, and two weeks of additional HBOT treatments to help me get over the worst of the DMPS poisoning. I am now working with a highly skilled and intuitive MD named Catherine Fehrmann who specializes in safe and gentle detoxification, as well as healing areas of infection and trauma in the body. God knows, my body has been through it. I’m now on a regime that includes chlorella tablets and cilantro tincture for the heavy metals, as well as a host of other pills and potions. So far, the treatment is going well. I feel like I’m in good hands.

It’s been more than three months since the DMPS debacle, and unfortunately my immune system continues to feel weakened, with frequent bodily aches and pains, and swollen glands. I have some good days, but my overall energy and stamina are not good. I wonder how long it will take for me to recover fully. I’m considering going back for more Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments, since they are gentle and have had the most positive impact on my health of any course I’ve been on during the past decade.

I’m worn out from what I have been through, but I’m hanging in there. On September 22nd, just 11 days after 9/11, I celebrate the 10th anniversary of the publication of my book, “Gateways of the Divine: An Illuminated Manuscript for the Modern Age.” At another time I will share the amazing and mysterious synchronicities between the events of 9/11 and the Gateways, but for now I will offer one jewel I gleaned from birthing this 7 lb. book: If you follow your healing path completely, and trust the guidance you receive along the way, you will naturally be led to your path of service in the world.

With a feral courage, I’m moving forward…

“Solutio I,” 4×6” collage on paper from The Oracle of Alchemy, ©2006-2011 by Colette de Gagnier. To order prints from this series, please visit Alchemy of the Divine and Colette’s Visionary Art Gallery at www.MysticAlchemyDesign.com

To learn more about Colette’s book, Gateways of the Divine, please go to www.gatewaysofthedivine.com

For more information on the risks and side effects associated with DMPS, please go to http://www.dmpsbackfire.com/dmps/default.shtml

For more information on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, please go to: www.ImproveHealing.com

For more information on the healing work of Dr. Catherine Fehrmann, please go to http://www.catherinefehrmannmd.com

For more information on the writing of Jeanne Du Prau : http://www.jeanneduprau.com/books.shtml

For more information on the offerings of poet David Whyte: www.davidwhyte.com

More and more bio-energetic healing and other mind body modalities are being explored with good results and from time to time I will highlight some of these emerging protocols and their practitioners.

I met Thessa Egan, the founder of vitalintuitive.com and her husband Rob in Vilcabamba, Ecuador a few years ago. Thessa recently wrote to let me know about her new website and work with intuition to help clients focus in on physical and emotional issues. She looks at physical, dietary and herbal additions that may optimize her client’s health. Thessa differs from medical intuitives in that they often focus on a medical problem while she works by tuning into how much vitality, chi, prana, or life force is flowing between the physical, emotional and mental domains.

Thessa goes through a diagnostic process of the energetic anatomy and advises clients on how to address their challenge on nutritional, physical and emotional levels. Her goal is to get to the causal layers, gauge what suggestions the client is open to at the time and suggest a healing plan based on those factors. She works with anyone who feels they would like some insight into the energetic cause of a particular problem they are dealing with. That problem could be physical, mental or emotional; a phobia, or relationship issue – practically anything.

I have been experiencing a heart arrhythmia for about a year now and worked with Thessa to see what she could tell me about it. During our illuminating one hour session she suggested that I experienced a shock sitting with my Dad in the hospital after he passed and that part of the shock was stored in the nerve that feeds my heart. It caused the energy to be interrupted, therefore blocking the message to my heart which caused an arrhythmia. By working with this blocked energy and resolving the trauma stored in the nerve, she suggested that my chi or energy flow might be partially or fully restored.

Thessa suggested that I was dealing with an existential issue and that there was nothing problematic with my heart which was recently confirmed by my cardiologist.

As part of my healing path, she suggested nourishing and calming the myelin sheath surrounding the nerve nutritionally with cottage cheese and UDOS Oil, Dr. Christopher’s nerve tonic, a pinch of Himalayan salt, goat cheese every other day, sardines once a day+veges and wild salmon. I began adding these and will resume after a 10 day juice fast I am currently doing.

She also saw a stuckness in my life and lack of a center which was actually a doorway into an empty void – infinite potential and creative potential awaiting activation. Thessa said that I was already well into the healing process and I just need to continue it. She suggested experiencing and meditating on the stuckness anytime I have the thought I should be doing anything I’m not. By becoming aware of this, it could help release it and accelerate the shift to creative flow. This is a specific application of what Gurdjieff called self-remembering.

For me, this is definitely a time of movement forward on several levels: With my music, to study and take to the next level and my first public performance on my 70th birthday next June. With my body, to take daily beach walks, yoga, using Miracle Balls to loosen my back, adding a mini trampoline with weights and restarting tennis. And with New Paradigm Digest, to edit an e-book based on the top 100 postings to date.

When I mentioned that I was having a tooth extracted soon, she correctly identified the tooth and suggested it could be a contributing factor to my arrhythmia as well as an arm pain I have been experiencing. The tooth is now extracted and the episodes of missed beats have definitely subsided. I will report back in a few months on my progress. I suspect Thessa’s suggestions will continue to be helpful, but only time will tell.

In the meantime, if you have a health issue you would like to explore with Thessa, you can connect with her through her site, www.vitalintuitive.com.

Thessa and Rob are also the founders of Alchemy Techniques, a consultancy that provides a set of effective tools to move from experiencing the clouds of past traumatic experiences to the ‘sunshine’ of core expression. Some of their students have described this process as being like ‘falling in love with life’. I blogged about AT and you can explore this work by clicking here.

The following article from Daily Good gave me some great insights on benefiting from criticism. If anyone you know is challenged by receiving criticism, you might want to pass this along or send them the link.

With this post. New Paradigm Digest has reached a milestone-its first 1000 posts! It’s been great scanning for hopeful, inspiring and empowering new paradigm people and projects in such challenging times.  I hope you have enjoyed the journey so far. My next step is to assemble the 100 top stories into an interactive e-book. You are invited to help with this project. If you have one or more favorite posts that particularly stand out for you, I would appreciate your letting me know at jefhut@gmail.com. Thank you for being a subscriber. I look forward to the next thousand posts and to multiplying readership in the coming months and years. If you enjoy reading NPD, I would appreciate your letting your friends know about us. I will announce the new e-book as soon as it becomes available.

–by Lori Deschene , Original Story