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Recipe: Quichizza
June 15, 2010
The Puzzle of Life
Hi ,
In the last newsletter I was writing about joint instability being caused by conflicting desires. I discussed how our body automatically tenses up in anticipation of what is needed to stabilize the body as we are about to move into action. We are always in a postural state of preparedness for action based on what our current feelings are in any moment.
This preparedness is a wonderful thing most of the time. It keeps us from falling over our own feet every time we move into action. Our posture shifts as our feelings shift because how we feel determines what potential actions we subconsciously anticipate we might need to make moment to moment.
These shifting postures become a whole language we use to communicate with each other. I have read that only 7% of what is communicated between people comes from the actual words we use. The other 93% comes from postural body language, movement, and voice tone. All of this is generally subconscious and not under our control.
So what happens when all this constantly changing subconscious muscle tension tries to prepare for two different actions at the same time? We often have conflicted feelings about things. We can be both attracted and repelled by the same person, place, or thing. We can be attracted to turning left and right at the same moment. When these circumstances happen, our muscles get confused and end up working against each other causing muscle or joint strain. When this happens a lot, we end up seeing our chiropractor on a regular basis.
These "conflicts of direction" form the basis of the "mind / body" cause for disease. It is this breakdown in the otherwise smooth flowing of the "mind / body" interaction that has fascinated me for the last 40 years. Over that time a tremendous amount has scientifically been discovered that explains the neurological, biochemical, and even energetic mechanisms that come into play in the "mind / body" interactions. But little progress has been made on the essential nature of the inner conflicts that create the breakdowns and glitches in the proper functioning of the "mind / body" mechanism. Little has been done to teach us how to resolve these conflicts that make themselves known through ill health in our bodies. This is what I hope to do.
I mentioned last time about a series of transformational experiences I had back in the early nineties. I can't really put them into words, as the language does not exist for these kinds of experiences. But a rough approximation would be as though you were to have been given an entire library of experience and information all in one moment with full understanding and use of that information. Then as the experience fades all that is left is just the vague outlines of the awareness and a library card to be able to go back at any time and study any book you wish. I have been going back to that "library" every day since to learn about why we are the way we are and why we do what we do.
The key piece I have held on to and studied since then I call the Puzzle of Life. It came in as the battle and balance between Differentiation and Integration. That sounds pretty esoteric and weird but it is really quite simple and something everyone experiences intimately. Differentiation is the drive we all have to be ourselves; to manifest our selves; to make our lives the way we want. Integration is the equally strong drive we have to connect and belong somewhere with others and life. The puzzle we are all here to solve is how to do both of these things at the same time. 99% of the time these two needs are directly opposed to each other - both internally and externally.
The fundamental problem is that we are all born seeing life from our own perspective. We are the center of our universe and seek to make everything from our center outward meet and match our needs and wants. The only way that can ever happen is if we are the only one in the universe. Each and every other person does not want things our way, but wants things their way with them at the center of things. The drive for integration with life means we have to participate, connect, and belong with a whole lot of people that do not see things our way and can never see things our way because our way involves us being in the central control position. So the puzzle becomes how do we become self and then connect that with non-self?
This is not just a casual perplexing problem. It is built right into our physiology. We can never escape it. Our left brain is geared toward focused self actualizing behaviors while our right brain is built for relating to large context integration of information. Our hind brain (reptilian brain) is built for self survival and the heck with anybody else while our mid brain is built for group survival through connection and cooperation...even at our own expense. This is the human condition; and it is built into our very bodies.
Sages and common folks throughout the ages have asked the basic question "What am I here for?" I believe that the answer is to learn how to Differentiate and Integrate simultaneously...how to successfully be ourselves while also belonging and participating in connection with life on all levels. It can be done but it is challenging. It requites the mental and emotional skills (what some call virtues) of a saint. I believe each of us is called to become a "saint". But I also believe each of us is unique. We each have unique gifts we are to develop to bring to life to support the greater whole of life. So as "saints", we are all designed to be very different from each other, and supporting life in different ways - our way.
Toward this end I have been developing an understanding of all the virtues and how they relate to each other. They are not random or individual, but comprise a natural flow of support and guidance for each other. The inner and outer conflicts that show up as ill health are just the signposts identifying where a virtuous skill needs to be learned. The pain and suffering in our lives is just feedback to us to help us learn how to solve the Puzzle of Life.
I am putting together a one evening a week Healing Circle at the office to support and promote mind/body healing through building and integrating the specific patterns of feeling skills necessary to solve the Puzzle of Life.
If you are interested in learning more, interested in how you personally can solve the Puzzle of Life in your own life - CLICK HERE
Good Journey,
David
Good Karma Trading Library
Opens at the Office!
We have started a trading library in the waiting room at the office filled with books on health, diet, spirituality, cooking, business, and more. If you find something you like, take it home and read it. If you wish to keep it then just bring a book of your own that you have finished with to replace the one you are keeping. Keep the energy of learning moving!
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Kitchen Alchemy 
Part 2: Refreshing Summer Beverages
With the summer heat well on its way and all that ripening fruit so widely available locally, it's a great time to get some beverage basics under your belt and wean yourself and your family and friends off of sugary sodas and sports drinks.
In the latest installment of BubblingBeasties , we'll be sharing 3 different fermented drinks for you to try at home, ranging from easy to prepare with ingredients on hand to ones that require starter cultures. All of these fermented beverages are low in sugar, probiotic and thirst quenching in the real way that your body needs during hot weather when vital cell salts are lost through perspiration.
You can start with Simple Soda, then try your hand at Kombucha tea, working your way toward Kefir Water with a little resourcefulness. Visit the blog here (link again) and happy fermenting!
Next up: Pickles!
*Office visit bonus:
If you book an office visit with Dr. Dave during the week of June 21st - June 25th, ask and I'll give you a free bag of sourdough starter and recipe for making homemade bread!
Trim Challenge
I decided to experiment further with the alternate day eating program I am currently on. To this point I have been staying on a very low carb eating protocol - about 20 grams of carb a day. I want to see if I can get the same good results while not restricting carbs in particular. On the 30th we went to the county fair and I decided to introduce myself back into a carb burning metabolism by having a cotton candy. Since I have to avoid gluten and dairy, that leaves out most high carb foods except straight sugar. It was delicious and did well for about 3 hours before my body decided it was going to reject this foreign substance. In spite of that it took me out of fat burning ketosis so now I can play with the alternate day eating from a more "normal" eating style.
More next time.
David
Ouestions - if you have questions of a health or growth nature we could discuss in this newsletter, or if you have comments or ideas about a future newsletter focus please email me at:
david@fairoakshealth.com
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Back surgery consistently fails to show better results than physical therapy and medications (not to mention chiropractic) yet the use of this approach has been on the rise for some time.
It appears that this rise has nothing to do with what works, but more to do with what new surgical "toys" are being promoted to the doctors and what influential opinions are being marketed to the hospitals and doctors. This is a money game and your health is not the concern here.
Back surgery is important for some people, but not most cases. It involves serious risk and should be your last choice option. Read this informative Consumer Reports article.
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You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?' I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'
~ George Bernard Shaw
Artist health exchange
I thought this was a really cool program being carried out at a hospital in New York. Artists tend to be poor or work erratically so they are unlikely to be able to afford health insurance for even the most basic care. This hospital has worked out an art exchange program where artists perform or contribute their acting talents in exchange for hospital services. I hope you can watch this little 2 minute video about this program. This is a good example of win-win thinking that the world needs more of.
"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
~ Mark Twain
Eight of the world's strangest houses
One of my passions is innovative architecture. This collection of truly wonderful houses really gives new meaning to innovative. Everything from tree spheres to giant sea shells as homes are featured on this article. Enjoy!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
~ Albert Einstein
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About Dr. DeLapp
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Dr. DeLapp has been a philosopher, non-force Chiropractor, medical intuitive, and health innovator for over 30 years. He began experimenting with medical intuition in 1972 while studying physics at UC Davis. In addition to physics he designed and completed an individual major in the philosophy and psychology of education. Shortly after he choose to pursue a career in the only truly health oriented profession available at that time, Chiropractic. He graduated with honors in 1981 with his doctorate and opened a private practice.
Since that time he has continued his research into the effects of consciousness and learning on health.
He developed the Biomagnetic Retraining system for correcting movement abnormalities.
Since 1991 he has focused on developing a powerful system for uncovering and assisting the mind-body connection in health and personal growth. The in-depth coaching, guided by the subconscious direction from the body, is called Heartflow and the simpler mind-body retraining for health and unfoldment he has named Gracework. Both are available at Fair Oaks Health.
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Quichizza
Gluten free, low carb, milk free
My son and his girlfriend stopped over for the night a couple
weekends ago. I decided to make up a breakfast, but was a bit stuck
since I was doing no carbs and he does not like scrambled or fried
eggs. The other complication is that somehow I ended up with a very
traditional son (probably a reaction against my Bohemian hippie ways.)
So none of my odd breakfast foods like vegetable soup would fly. First I
thought of what I would like as a breakfast treat - quiche. But he
probably would not like what I put in it. So I racked my brain and came
up with the most traditional 20 something breakfast food there is -
pizza. So how do I do that without any carbs?.. something breakfasty...
how about a quiche pizza? Awesome!
In the blender whip up:
10
eggs
¼ cup coconut milk
½ cup flax meal
½ tsp. Sea Salt
½
tsp. black pepper (optional)
¼ cup ghee
Add
1 can pitted olives
- drained
½ cup cooked mushrooms
Pulse the blender a
couple times to chop up the olives and mushrooms
Pour the mixture
into a greased 9x13 glass baking pan
Sprinkle the top with cooked
crumbled bacon
Put into a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes
Grate 1
cup of Nut Cheese
Pull out the Quichizza and crumble the cheese over
the top
Over the cheese place a layer of Pepperoni and
Put back in
the oven for another 10-15 minutes - it will get all puffed up like a
soufflé, but will collapse down to a traditional pizza appearance as it
cools a bit.
Serve piping hot
I am sure he would have
preferred pancakes with Log Cabin Syrup, but tough. I need to eat also
and no carbs is the rule of the day right now. When I told him we were
having Quichizza, he asked if that was some hippie ethnic food. The
fact that it tasted like pizza made the invention go over without any
complaints.
©2010 David DeLapp DC
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