The audio recording by Manly P. Hall, well educated in the esoteric schools of understanding talks about the corollation between physical, mental, and emotional health, human spiritual advancement and the magnetic energy fields both of the planet and of human beings living during a certain time period.  It is worth waiting through the (I thought) rather long introduction.  As a student of Reiki and other healing modalities, I understand that certain sensitive human beings have the ability to sense blocks or other problems in the subtle energy layers surrounding the body and work with these to restore or augment the health of the individual.  Medical science as it is presently conceived can not do this because it either can not or will not change its limited paradigm - cut it out or medicate the symptoms - which seems dangerous in light of what we now know from many experiments in quantum physics and other related areas. 
Certain emotions allow the frequency or vibration of the person to rise and remain at a higher level - love, joy, gratitude, for example - while others - boredom, sadness, anger, fear - vibrate at a much slower rate, thus keeping the individual at a lower level of energy.  The person who is experiencing these "negative" emotions will have more difficulty with their health.  This is not merely speculation.  It has been proven and can be substantiated by careful observation.  Truly happy and loving individuals are sick far less often than those who are angry and critical. 
Watch your feelings and thoughts next time, or review them just as you realize you are feeling unwell.  Were your thoughts loving, grateful, happy?  Or were you instead dwelling on injustice, plotting revenge or feeling envious of someone?  How we feel has a direct correspondence to the life energy flowing freely through out bodies.  Feel good and you will!  Namaste!

Unfortunate how true the above statement often is.  It only goes to prove how little, sanctioned education, the conferring of degrees, has to do with wisdom and truth.  One might wish that the accumulation of knowledge alone might lead to wisdom and virtue.  Alas!  It is rarely the case.  Too often it is the experience of life, generally the less pleasant aspects, which leads one in the path toward understanding and with the application of discipline and hard work, further up that path to wisdom.  I don't want to get started on a general rant against higher education and the lack of virtue or truth that resides in those hallowed halls, so I'll stop now.  What Theodor Roosevelt said is warning enough - caveat emptor (let the buyer beware!) Namaste! 

Most of us have heard, or used the term kharma but what about the term dharma?  Both of the terms come from the Buddhist tradition, which holds to the reincarnation of the soul through different lifetimes.  Kharma is the debt occurred when one wrongs another.  It is held to be the law, and justice, that any debt incurred must be repaid.  This is not a punishment meted out by an angry god; It is simply the spirit's acknowledgement that the scales must be balanced before more progress can occur. These kharmic debt repayment plans are as many and varied as are those that incur them but suffice it to say, they are generally unpleasant experiences.  Hence the idea of "bad kharma".
Dharma is described in general terms as the stuff which holds all things together.  Your dharma is your "reasonable service" to the world, the end realization of your particular gift, whatever that might be.  It is the legacy (if any) that one leaves to the world.  It is a combination of all you have to offer and it must be freely given with no thought of return.  Someone who might personify dharma is Mother Theresa.  Each of us has the ability to be extraordinary and at this particular juncture of history it is important that we all use our gifts to help solve the problems we must now face.  You are not "normal".  We are all spiritual beings having an earthly experience and as such we are talented and extraordinary, each in their own way.  Try telling yourself that on a regular basis.  At first you might laugh, or have a little voice in your head that says "Are you kidding me?", or you might hear your critical aunt, father, mother, teacher, or someone else's voice saying "You?  You'll never amount to much!"  Ignore it.  Keep telling yourself that you are extraordinary and unique and that you have a gift to share with the world.  If you don't believe that anyone can be extraordinary and you are making excuses to yourself, watch this and be inspired.  No whining, no excuses!  Just embrace your destiny and be everything you can!  Someone is waiting for you to inspire them!

In talking with my bff of over thirty years tonight, I was reminded of the difference over time between those who keep learning and those who think that learning stops when you leave school.  She is a teacher, who has never stopped learning and is at the top of her game.  It has been a great comfort that I have had such people in my life to validate my own view of learning and growing throughout my lifetime.  Society does lip service to promoting learning past high school or college.  They tell us that we are here to work, and then retire and relax.  They encourage us to consume as much as possible but they don't really encourage us toward mastery of anything or toward continuing to learn and grow throughout life.  People who subscribe to that paradigm (way of thinking) often age rapidly and seem to deteriorate quickly after retirement.  Without growth, there is decay; Without purpose, we wither. Michelangelo, when he was 87 years old, is quoted as having said, "I am still learning."  Now that to me is a role model.  I refuse to accept an end to life which is not about being useful and living to the fullest possible extent.  We need to stop thinking that we need to be frail and demented as older human beings.  This is a modern concept and it is not worthy of people who should have wisdom to share with the younger generations.  Every situation, every person of every age, and every moment has something to teach us - don't miss any of them!

Yesterday after writing about time, I recalled a TV show I had once seen as a child.  (I believe it may have been an Australian show)  It was titled The Magic Boomerang.  It was a story of a person who had a boomerang and every time they threw it, time would stand still until the boomerang came back.  It made an impression on me. 
Years later while watching the Secret for the first time, I recalled the show and thought how our thoughts, feelings, and actions were like boomerangs, always coming back to us.  It is a concept which resonated with me and has become very much a part of my daily life.  Gandhi said "Be the change you want to see."  It is the same concept, except that the boomerang is the change unleashed, which then returns to you the similar. If we want peace, we need to be peaceful.  Any so-called proponent of peace who is having difficulty with their temper, needs to get busy working on that.  We can not change anger with anger.  We can change anger with love.  Ergo the above quote from Aesop, remembered for writing his Fables.  Be Kind.  Train your heart and your mind and choose to be kind.  That is not a small thing and if we all do it, it would truly change things. And you will reap a great harvest of kindness, if that is what you sow. Namaste!

Connection is.  We like to think we are separate entities, especially us city folk.  There is some strange kind of twisted idea of freedom that we feel as a disconnected entity, earbuds, or headphones in place, plugged in and tuned out to the now, walking through the mall.  It is not really freedom at all but it is often the best we can garner. 
Real connection exists, like fire, whether we believe it or not.  Gravity applies whether we want it to or not.  So does our connection with all that is and all the creatures that are.  It has been proven that transplant recipients often have strange traits which develop upon the acceptance by the body of the transplanted organ.  Some of these traits are dramatic, like being suddenly much more disposed to play the piano or do some manner of exercise, others are not so dramatic, such as a new preference for a certain food, yet they are evidence that we are connected.  Modern quantum physics has even more dramatic proof of our connection.  The experiments with photons and human DNA are very telling in this regard.  We are part of the ancient idea of the web of Indra.  The fact that what hurts one hurts all.  Conversely what helps one, helps all.  Acts of kindness and love matter and they are helping us along the road away from war and heading to peace.  On the other hand fracturing layers of the planet for a fuel which we can largely bypass the use of at the moment, or could if we would work on it, and then wondering why we are having difficult weather patterns, are these not connected?  How can we thing these things are separate?  How many atomic bomb tests and other such detrimental environmental factors have we subjected the planet to over the past half-century and yet we are astonished that things are different now than they have ever been.  It is possible that we are not the only factor in this, given the longer term cycles of the planet and the corresponding changes, yet we should not be so surprised by the lack of stability we see around us.  Many of us are decidedly unstable, with a life built around making money, as if that is man's highest aspiration.  Why would our environment not mirror our inner condition?  Wake up!  Connect with the earth, with your own heart, and with others!  Send love to everyone you know - especially the ones who are difficult to love!  That is to honour the connectivity that we all share.  Namaste!