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Post by Cherubtree on Mar 4, 2006 13:59:19 GMT -5
Dear Family: Hi guys...I have a question for you..is itjust beacuse I am in my 50's now..or is this ascension stuff giving us all buddha bellies? No matter how muhc I exercise, how many sit ups I do...I cannot get rid of it. I never used to have this problem. If I give up fat, change my diet..nothing seems to affect it. Are any of you going through this? By the way, my health is getting much better..must be working through some stuff...I am getting so I can eat some protein again...and off digestive enzymes...yay! They gave me a headache anyway... but I sure can relate to that tired kitty in the last few days...Sama...are you feeling the March energies, too? Much love to all of you and thankyou for all the good ies you post here! Love, Spirit   |
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Post by sama on Mar 4, 2006 15:00:35 GMT -5
i sure am! and i am appalled to say that i too have a buddha tum which i look at in total despair! i am comforting myself with the idea that it possibly has the same purpose as a camel's hump.....although it drives me NUTS! i am going to start really working hard on trying to demolish it soon, but not in the middle of moving, thats for sure! am exhausted tonight!
i am finding these march energies hideously chaotic, to be truthful. my head feels as though someone has stuck an egg-whisk in one ear and beaten my brains to a pulp!
hugs
sama
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Post by Edward on Mar 4, 2006 16:22:09 GMT -5
Cherub,
It all varies from person to person. What you need and go through in the NOW is all in divine order. I know we what to make sense of it all with our heads and it gets frustrating. I would suggest meditating on it and heart centering and feel what this(your question) is at this time. Ask a couple simple questions, are you happy, do you love yourself (truely and honestly all of you) and are you experiencing joy in your life? Try to feel and or sense yourself and your surroundings. It may be as simple of where you are at right now in your life and ascension process.
Peace, Love and Joy,
Ed
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Post by destra on Mar 5, 2006 1:58:14 GMT -5
I certainly hope its not a middle aged spread - i'm only 33!!! lol Honestly, the more light I take in the heavier I get. I am aware it is insular in a way and I am not yet ready to make certain sacrifices and changes in my diet and lifestyle that would support me losing the bulk weight. But that is my own anchor to carry around with me. Here's to the battle of the bulge! *raises her Mars bar and cheers*  |
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Post by Sowelu on Mar 5, 2006 2:27:29 GMT -5
I sprouted a Buddha belly about 3 years ago for the first time. I've always been naturally slender and fit, never needing to diet or focus on my form in any way, so it was quite a burden at first. In the years I've dealt with it, it has come and gone (though never entirely) in accordance with energy influxes... when I first get the energy, my belly swells. When I integrate whatever the energy held for me, my tummy flattens again. Never for very long, though. *sigh* It's a strange sensation for me to this day, but it is what it is. It has nothing to do with what I eat or don't eat, btw, though there is certainly a roll of what looks like fat. Nor is it about exercise. For 7 years I neither dieted nor exercised at all, 5 of them were spent mostly in bed due to a back injury, and didn't lose muscle tone nor gain weight. It was only after an awakening event (a certain level of growth acheived, it seems to me), that I began the Buddha look-a-like contest.  The Reconnections say we're all pregnant with our new selves, and whether male or female, young or old, we will literally look like we're pregnant. Perhaps this is so. I was told by guidance I would gain weight in this transformation process and when I expressed dismay, they suggested I focus on the value and benefit in it all - that it is part of an amazing opportunity never before seen at this level that will produce incredible and unimaginable rewards in the end - in order to maintain perspective. I had a dream last year that focused on the whole belly thing, too. In the dream, a woman who I thought was "primitively beautiful" (she felt ancient and wise yet somehow also naive, and was beautiful in a completely natural way), who was standing in front of a mirror wearing basically shorts and a halter top, had this same large rounded belly look, with a roll just below the breasts and above the belly. She was small in stature, maybe 5 foot tall or so. The sense I had in the dream as I looked on at her was that this belly and small roll-like layer just over it below the breast was an intended form for "the newly forming woman", which was actually an ancient "true form" for the earthly feminine. I didn't get a sense it was permanent, just part of a known transformation process. Is it true? Dunno. Could have been my dream was exploring my own ideas and difficulties with the belly, helping me look at it with less frustration and upset, I suppose. |
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Post by MarliesC on Mar 5, 2006 8:31:57 GMT -5
Thank goodness it isn't just me. My daughter said that my body shape is like that of a young child. Yes, little kids also have that buddha belly. And like Sowelu said not matter what I try or do it just stays. Sometimes it seems to shrink a little and other times expand. So rather than focus too much on it, I just accept it and focus on a future when it will not be there. It definitely has something to do with what we are all going through. The only hard thing is when family members make fun of you because of it.
Hugs,
Marlies
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Post by Cherubtree on Mar 5, 2006 9:09:47 GMT -5
Dear Family: Thankyou for all your replies...:-) I am having a hard time dealing with this..I know..and I do need to go inside with the meditation, Ed. Those are very good points. It definitely is a buddha belly...because the rest of me is in good shape from all the exercise and work outs with weights for my age. I am 57 now. It does feel like belly fat...and also right under the breasts a fat layer I did not used to have...and you are right Marlies...does not matter what you eat or don't eat..does not go away. Especially now..as I am studying Buddhism...it seems very stubborn. But I am frustrated...because I am lonely since I have not been working...and physcial appearance is very important to men and I have always taken pride in my appearance..almost to the eating disorder level. So..this is a real issue for me. Thankyou Sowelu for all your wonderful observations. As always, you are so eloquent! I also think there is something going on with the March energies...as in the last few days I have felt so irritable, skin itchy and trouble sleeping, which is unusual for me. My digestive system is healing...the pain has gone away...but now experiencing other problems. This is a very lonely path....I do not know what I would do without you guys to vent to. I am glad I am not alone in this belly thing...cuz it drives me crazy...when I see older women at the spa who do not have this. I guess we are ascending at different rates. I spoke to Shala who said this belly has to do with a liver that needs to be cleansed...that it can cause this. I will send the link to you with a book written by a doctor and tell me what you guys think.... I love you all! Spirit www.liverdoctor.com/default.asp |
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Post by Sowelu on Mar 5, 2006 9:21:26 GMT -5
I don't personally feel it has anything to do with the liver, but if it were a person's liver at issue, a "cleanse" is best done at the source level, which is the emotion causing the problem... and that is anger. Attempting to cleanse the liver at the physical level without facing the root emotional cause can be rather violent on the body, frankly, and ultimately perhaps not very effective. Just a word to the wise. And if the liver did become cleansed through an outer method, if the anger is never truly addressed, the trouble will return. I will say this... having to deal with this belly for all these years now, and having been quite naturally trim and fit before, I have had to face a good number of esteem issues as far as appearance and attractiveness go, and I think it was wholly worth it. My self-worth does not stem from my looks at all anymore, and it's a freeing thing. Sooo... "when given a lemon, make lemonade" Love you! Sowelu |
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Post by Cherubtree on Mar 5, 2006 10:03:39 GMT -5
Dear Sowelu:
You are always so on target...I am aware of a lot of anger coming up..re: life choices, career choices, feeling helpless, etc. So true..all that you say...unconditional self acceptance is a challenge..hmmmmm..:-)
Love you,
Spirit
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Post by sama on Mar 5, 2006 16:13:48 GMT -5
this is something i have had horrnedous difficulties with, so i am fascinated by this post. i do not love myself unconditionally. frankly, i just dont know how to. i can truthfully say that i have tried, but i look in the mirror and think......nope....still not working. i guess my ascension has turned into descending scale.....ho hum
dispirited now
sama
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Post by destra on Mar 5, 2006 23:52:33 GMT -5
Sama, All you need to do is just BE sweetie, the love comes when you give yourself the break... stop demanding of yourself, stop criticizing yourself, stop expecting more of yourself than you would of any other Human Being. When you allow yourself to be Human, and to be flawed and incomplete you will find your well of love for yourself. When you try to love yourself, you'll find reasons not to. I guarantee it. When you stop trying and just let yourself be who you naturally feel you are, it will just be easier to see the shining reasons to love you, right there in front of your face. I could rhyme off about a trillion reasons you should love yourself  And I also could rhyme off a few reasons why you should give yourself a break. You are hard on you Sama, without reason. I think you're pretty fantastic just as you are. As for the liver issue, since I had my GB out 2 years ago I've had horrid bile issues with my liver, and i've noticed my high Solar Plexus area bloat more and more in this 2 years. So detoxifying the liver sounds like a good place to start on the battle of the bulge? Or am I way off? I'm no dietician or nutricianist lol Much Love, Destra |
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Post by MarliesC on Mar 6, 2006 8:04:28 GMT -5
After getting my gall bladder out almost a year ago I am feeling a lot better, but there is no a lot more stress on my liver as it also has to do the work of the gall bladder. Then also, late last spring I started to go to a homeopathic doctor on a regular basis. I knew I had my gall bladder out, but nothing else changed, so I went for help.
The result is two fold: the homeopath is slowly working through all aspects of my body, currently the liver which seems to have a lot to do with creativity and boy has that improved over the last few months. My creativity is like a grab bag, I never know what will pop out. Second the 1 hours session at the homeopath is like therapy we talk the whole time and also a nice break for me.
I don't think I would have tackled a liver cleanse on my own, but then again my case is special. I suggest you do what you feel drawn to. In the meantime be kind to yourself and love yourself the way you would like others to love you.
Hugs,
Marlies
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Post by Cherubtree on Mar 6, 2006 8:31:22 GMT -5
Dear Family:
I love throwing things out to you ecause you all have such grat feeback and creative solutions for me. I, too, have heard that once you have your gall bladder out..it does not solve the problem..as the bile is produced in the liver. The gallbladder is only a reservoir that holds it and pumps it out when needed. So..the real issue is with the liver being clean enough to do its job. I think there is some validity to this site from Dr. Cabot's link. However, I do feel emotions are directly related to the liver..like anger...and I have been discharging a lot of that lately..so maybe this would be a good time for a cleanse.
Much Love to you guys,
Spirit
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Post by destra on Mar 6, 2006 11:40:35 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, having my gallbladder out was the smartest thing I could have done - I fought for 4 years to have it out. My pain was unreal, I don't even want to recount the times I ended up in Emergency because of a GB attack. I don't regret having it out. BUT... while I dont' get the big attacks I used to, I do get lots of bile which leads to lots of pain. I can't have a normal bathroom trip anymore, that is a thing of the past. And heaven forbid I eat anything slightly greasy, if I do I can't leave the house for a few hours - danger!! DANGER! lol I wish I could afford to see a homeopath regularly, but at this point there are other priorities. So are there any teas that are good for the liver? I know nada. |
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Post by LilliHart on Mar 6, 2006 19:53:49 GMT -5
HI alla ya! I gotta get in here too. First, Ed, please go away. We girls do not want to hear it. We are feeling ISSUES and they are girly things so when you come along all holy-man like it just makes us a bit nuts. Just kdding honey. And Sama, as far as a camel is concerned, if you have matching double humps on the BACK end then you are in storage mode. Now I have these matching dromaderry (sp) humps...call MY ARSE and they are definitely preserving something for the tough times to come. I also have a few extra of these on higs, thighs and even hanging here and there. I have no doubt that they will come in handy when the sun goes dark and all protien and plant life forms die. I will be the last woman standing or sitting here on earth so am grateful for my guides assistance in informing me that the PRIMITIVE look is in ...and another thing...it sure keeps the economy going...after all who would keep Omar's tent shop in business if not for the PRIMITIVE WOMAN. Now a little epistle on self love from the chubby girl who is mocking Jaba the Hut. I decided that since it is often WAAAAAAYYYY to hard to do this self love thing when looking in the mirror and dancing to the beat of thunder thighs that since we are all one, if I love someone else I am loving myself...so I love my underweight skinny daughter, my cats and dogs, some of my friends depending on the day and you guys...also depending on the day...and in that I am loving myself. How's that for rationalizing? I thought this was a very good way of getting around this issue. I could wax eloquently on this subject as I spend a great deal of time with it in contemplation, meditaiton and eat-it-ation but why bother? Fat is fab! Or so I have to tell myself so I can just let it alone and go on. I am warm in the winter if I want to go that route or colder because I have a greater surface area to cover. I will sink faster in the ocean or maybe i will just float because i have more volume. I am more visible when I walk into a room because of my girth, but then I AM a middle aged woman so I am invisible because of my age. But I am also in Latin American and they like more bounce to the ounce here so I am actually seen and not as invisible as i would be in the US. I need a bigger car seat and a bigger airplane seat so I get to fly first class and my driver here actually traded his old, new car in last week because I was uncomfortable in the front seat and he got another old, new car, but a bigger and nicer one just for me. Hey, that's clout. And if anyone wants to make fun of me who gives a sh*t because even when I was skinny and drop dead gorgeous when younger I was still unpopular because I was a woo woo weirdo whose best friends were little green men and you know what? They still are...my best freinds, and also green. Now that's something that stands out. And one day I am just waiting for them to draw blood from me an see it come out green or purple and watch them faint when my veil drops and i grow to my full height of over 9 feet tall and have whiskers and pointy little ears and big furry paws. Imagine that! and then all the fat and flab will be stretchout and I will be in perfect form again. LOL So that's my way more than 22 cents. Liliahnah |
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And I also could rhyme off a few reasons why you should give yourself a break. You are hard on you Sama, without reason. I think you're pretty fantastic just as you are.