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with Cyndi Dale

by Cyndi Dale

New Beginnings: Trading In For ten years, differing by tissue. If we can change molecularly, we
can alter organically.
A Better Deal
Other studies show that releasing stuck feelings, modifying neg-
Every year were provided the opportunity to ative beliefs, and believing in higher values improves our health,
start all over again. Maybe its time to take healing capacity, well being, prosperity, and relationships. The
advantage of the offer. caveat, however, is that we have to choose to improve and this
requires starting with empowering perceptions.
I kick myself for earlier inhibitions. Ive usually compared the
Whats the power of perception? Research outlined in my book
potential of New Year resolutions to a used car sales pitch:
The Subtle Body demonstrates that were constantly surround-
ed by background noise. Some of its negative. The absorption
Best Deal In Years! Rebates Galore! Trade in your Junker
of negativity literally makes us sick. Other nuances are life
for a Porsche!
enhancing. These advance our circumstances. If two people
are exposed to the same conditions, one might notice the good
Im a Minnesotan. By the time youre driven a car of value
stuff and thrive, while the other sees only bad stuff and de-
through a winter of ice, salt, and slush, the trade-in value is that
clines. Whats the difference?
of day-old lutefisk (a Norwegian delicacy, fish soaked in lye).
No, Ive usually folded one year into the next with the excite-
The main determinant of positive outcome lies in our heart. Love
ment of eating chocolate chip cookies made with carob instead
imbedded within our being create robust and generative effects.
of Godiva.
Hatred leads to physical disorders, unhappiness, and suffering.
Research, however, has proven that it really is possible to start
One way to create radical change is to hold an intention. My
anewwith a few caveats. Better yet, theres no special se-
favorite study in this area was published by Explore in October
cret, no million-dollar smile to purchase from the dentist, no
2007. (Youll like this one.) One ounce a day for three days of
multi-level marketing business to join, no quantum computer to
Intentional Chocolate, a retail product blessed by meditators,
shock one into higher consciousness. Im not talking about the
increased subjects well-being, vigor, and energy by an average
Law of Attraction or coercion, manipulation, or bribery. Instead
of 67 percent and upward of 1,000 percent.
theres a combination of two concepts: Choice and Perception.

If eating chocolate can transform our lives, what about even

Can we really become something more than weve ever been?
more potent activities? What if we decided that the air we
Eliminate yesterdays problems? Heal illnesses and express our
breathe nourishes our soul, we really deserve abundance, the
true selves? Biology says, Yes. First off, our cells constantly
Divine desires our optimum health, and that yes, we really can
renew, suggesting the possibility of transformation. According
donate those extra ten pounds to the Universe? To do my part
to a 2005 paper in Cell entitled Retrospective Birth Dating of
toward clinching the deal, Ive been employing a new trick. Ive
Cells in Humans, the average life of a human cell is seven to

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been recognizing that everything good is already present.
I posed this idea to participants in a workshop I recently lead in
Seattle by asking these questions:
What if every healing youve ever received has worked? What
if every vanished dream is actually visible and every lost love,
already found?
I explained that our bodies already demonstrate this truth as per
research on individuals with multiple personality disorder. Docu-
mentation has proven that one inner-personality can be afflicted
with diabetes and require insulin while another is diabetes-free.
If we could perceive ourselves as disease free, what, then?
I know this isnt an easy process. If perception is next to God,
however, and we can choose to create something supportive
instead of destructive, why not seek a new beginning? Why not
decide to become greater than weve allowed ourselves to be?
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It doesnt really matter if we initiate this decision on January 1st
or February 14th or today. Whats important is to begin, take the
first few steps, and follow where they lead.
About the author:
Cyndi Dale is the author of The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia
of Your Energetic Anatomy, and eight other bestselling books
on energy healing, including The Complete Book of Chakra
Healing. She has worked with over 30,000 clients in the past 20
years. To learn more about Cyndi, her work, books and prod-
ucts please visit: www.cyndidale.com
December/January 2010 | Energy Magazine