Planetree Conference 3

Highlight from first day Keynote Speaker, country singer fame, Naomi Judd.

First question is on who we are.  Do we know who we are? Be a detective on ourselves.  Unhappiness is because we do not know who we are.

“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional”

Planetree hospitals knows that there may not always be a cure, but there’s healing.

Mark Twain says that the only people who likes change is a wet baby

Human beings are hardwired to socialize, [but why so many problems expressing, communicating, relating etc]

Read Blair Justice book, how the sick stay well

FEAR – false evidence appearing real – when confronted with deadly disease, find out all you can about it

Dr Lisa Randall (?) says we live in 11 dimensions, and we only know of 4 so far, most already struggle with 3.  All the studies on physics, cosmology, biophysics actually proves the existence of God.

we are supernatural beings living a natural life

Read Eckhart Tolle – getting rid of ego – EGO stands for edging God out

All our behaviours driven by our emotions

Co-dependency taught her how to step back and observe how their behaviours affected her, then set healthy boundaries to cope

Like 12-step AA, say the serenity prayer everyday

When you change, others who see it will want it too, you will become the change agent

We all become a victim ONE time, after that we volunteer!  understand?

When we BLAME, it’s Be Lame

Illness means something out of bound

MOM upside down spells WOW :)

It’s not about what happen to us, but what we do with the information (in respond to her family secret)

“When we offer ourselves to someone broken, we make yourself whole.

Integrative medicine is the future. touch therapy, acupuncture, pet therapy.  music is very powerful – first sense to develop in the uterus.

Very important to detox

8 characteristic from American Psychiatric Association

1. Spiritual – faith factor, Dr. Dale Matthews (read his books and research)

2. Support System – people live longer nowadays

3. Sense of Humor – endorphin producing

4. Nature – nature is a healer

5. Having a purpose

6. Diets

7. Exercise

8. Open belief system – read the story of infection/sterility, invention of stethoscope

Change her name to Naomi at 30 because she wants to remember a retarded girl in her grade school.  Her real name is Diana.

My comments: Very interesting talk, we don’t have agree 100% with her, but she sure gets you to think seriously about things.