Hello Warrior's,
Recently I checked out a copy of a new book by a prominent cardiologist named Alejandro Junger, M.D., it is called Clean. While reading through it, I came upon a chapter called Quantum Detoxification: Cleaning The Mind, and it had a side bar story that really caught my attention. This story is about Hugo Cory who has a program called "Self Mastery", and I found his ideas to be very similar to advice Don Juan Matus gives to Carlos Castaneda about stopping complaining and gossiping to save energy. The following is the sidebar in the book if you are interested:
The Art of Self-Mastery
Along my journey I have met some remarkable people. One in particular was key in helping me "order my library." On On my return from India, I was somewhat confused. I had dived into the practice of meditation and flirted with hatha yoga. I had read the teachings of many spiritual teachers and could almost see the common thread that tied them all together. But as soon as I tried to talk about it, I clearly realized I didn't quite "get" it.
I met Hugo Cory by chance one day at Cafe' Cafe', a trendy coffee shop in Soho's Greene Street. Sitting with him and discussing these ideas for half and hour was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. I discovered that he meets with clients in an office on Madison Avenue and 67th Street and I began to work with him. Hugo describes his work as developing integrity and character through the learning and practing of Self-Mastery. In this work, the simplest advice, which sounds almost superficial druing casual conversation, is a powerful tool for transformation. "Stop complaining," he says, and then remains silent looking right into your eyes. As if downloading a program over a high-speed Internet connection, I saw with a jolt how any complaint is really the expression of a negative emotion or state. It gives the complainer a sense of immediate relief, even pleasure. This is perhaps the reason why it is such a common practice worldwide.
I realized that 90 percent of the time, people complain about everything and everyone. The weather, the government, the economy, their jobs, the basketball game, their spouse, the cost of gas. Complaints are not always abvious. There are masters of disguise who make them sound like a joke, or make them so intellectually complex that they fool almost everyone. Except Hugo. His radar for the subtle energy of complaining has become so refined that it surprises people who truly believe thaty never complain (when he points it out to them without judgment). He explains that negative emotions create a certain inner turmoil that generates a type of pressure. Complaining is like an exhaust pipe in a car, it lets out the pressure, relieving the complainer in the short term. But this negative energy pollutes your envionment and is doubly toxic to the poeple who are listening. The almost victim-like quality that this energy carries generates a curious phenomenon. Most complainers expect you to join them in their complain. Even if it is with a nod of your head, or a lowering of your eyelids. Most people are so blind to this toxicity that they are eager to join the complainer, sometimes going as far as to engage in criticism of someone they barely know. The apparent camaraderie that is generated by this interaction gives the one who joins the complainer a sense of immediate pleasure as well.
Hugo pointed out, and I confirmed by my own observatijon, that slmost without exception, complainers and those who join them later on, when alone, feel depleted, somewhat depressed. Most never put these two dots together and have no way of ever breaking this cycle of quantum toxicity, both personal and environmental. Over the years, I have witnessed several people completely transform their lives and end eternal cycles of drama while working with Hugo on this one aim alone, to stop and master all complaints and expressions of negative emotions. Along the way, some of them saw the resolution of apparently completely unrelated health issues that were resistant to conventional and alternative treatment approaches. Take this idea and run with it. First observe and see if you notice yourself complaining. Then attempt to stop complaining about anything. Learn about Hugo's work by visition his Web site at www.hugocory.com.
-excerpt from CLEAN: the revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself, by Alejandro Junger, M.D. HarperOne 2009
Recently I checked out a copy of a new book by a prominent cardiologist named Alejandro Junger, M.D., it is called Clean. While reading through it, I came upon a chapter called Quantum Detoxification: Cleaning The Mind, and it had a side bar story that really caught my attention. This story is about Hugo Cory who has a program called "Self Mastery", and I found his ideas to be very similar to advice Don Juan Matus gives to Carlos Castaneda about stopping complaining and gossiping to save energy. The following is the sidebar in the book if you are interested:
The Art of Self-Mastery
Along my journey I have met some remarkable people. One in particular was key in helping me "order my library." On On my return from India, I was somewhat confused. I had dived into the practice of meditation and flirted with hatha yoga. I had read the teachings of many spiritual teachers and could almost see the common thread that tied them all together. But as soon as I tried to talk about it, I clearly realized I didn't quite "get" it.
I met Hugo Cory by chance one day at Cafe' Cafe', a trendy coffee shop in Soho's Greene Street. Sitting with him and discussing these ideas for half and hour was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. I discovered that he meets with clients in an office on Madison Avenue and 67th Street and I began to work with him. Hugo describes his work as developing integrity and character through the learning and practing of Self-Mastery. In this work, the simplest advice, which sounds almost superficial druing casual conversation, is a powerful tool for transformation. "Stop complaining," he says, and then remains silent looking right into your eyes. As if downloading a program over a high-speed Internet connection, I saw with a jolt how any complaint is really the expression of a negative emotion or state. It gives the complainer a sense of immediate relief, even pleasure. This is perhaps the reason why it is such a common practice worldwide.
I realized that 90 percent of the time, people complain about everything and everyone. The weather, the government, the economy, their jobs, the basketball game, their spouse, the cost of gas. Complaints are not always abvious. There are masters of disguise who make them sound like a joke, or make them so intellectually complex that they fool almost everyone. Except Hugo. His radar for the subtle energy of complaining has become so refined that it surprises people who truly believe thaty never complain (when he points it out to them without judgment). He explains that negative emotions create a certain inner turmoil that generates a type of pressure. Complaining is like an exhaust pipe in a car, it lets out the pressure, relieving the complainer in the short term. But this negative energy pollutes your envionment and is doubly toxic to the poeple who are listening. The almost victim-like quality that this energy carries generates a curious phenomenon. Most complainers expect you to join them in their complain. Even if it is with a nod of your head, or a lowering of your eyelids. Most people are so blind to this toxicity that they are eager to join the complainer, sometimes going as far as to engage in criticism of someone they barely know. The apparent camaraderie that is generated by this interaction gives the one who joins the complainer a sense of immediate pleasure as well.
Hugo pointed out, and I confirmed by my own observatijon, that slmost without exception, complainers and those who join them later on, when alone, feel depleted, somewhat depressed. Most never put these two dots together and have no way of ever breaking this cycle of quantum toxicity, both personal and environmental. Over the years, I have witnessed several people completely transform their lives and end eternal cycles of drama while working with Hugo on this one aim alone, to stop and master all complaints and expressions of negative emotions. Along the way, some of them saw the resolution of apparently completely unrelated health issues that were resistant to conventional and alternative treatment approaches. Take this idea and run with it. First observe and see if you notice yourself complaining. Then attempt to stop complaining about anything. Learn about Hugo's work by visition his Web site at www.hugocory.com.
-excerpt from CLEAN: the revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself, by Alejandro Junger, M.D. HarperOne 2009
