Body & Soul Mentoring

Sometimes, I find it hard to tell when I’m really hungry
for nutrients as opposed to being emotionally hungry.

I have been on a long journey to heal some early wounds
around eating.  I am much recovered.   Because I like to
explore my edges and live outside my comfort zone, I still
find it difficult.  Obviously, living outside your comfort
zone, can trigger emotions.

I found this list from Mindless Eating comparing physical
hunger to emotional hunger, helped me, you might find it
useful, too.

Physical Hunger

Builds gradually
Strikes below the neck, e.g. growling stomach
Occurs several hours after a meal
Goes away when full
Eating leads to feeling of satisfaction
Emotional Hunger on the other Hand…

Develops suddenly
Above the neck e.g. a taste for ice cream
Unrelated to time
Persists despite fullness
Eating leads to guilt and shame
 
—-///—-

The Body and Soul Mentor web site humongous UPGRADE
continues… 

All my Laser Focused reports e.g. Amazingly Content
(http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp), are ready for download to
members at no charge.  Hoo ha!

And so are my lovely manuals including Simply Serene - Four
Amazingly Powerful Ways to Be Instantly Alert and at Peace
(http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x). 

Members love this huge benefit.

One of the really cool things about the internet is you get
to meet people from all over the world.  I now have members
from –

• Netherlands
• UK
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• USA
• Canada
• Australia
• Portugal
• Dominican Republic
• Germany
• Norway

Is that cool or what?

If you want the inside track on information for becoming a
member and to get on the no-obligation waiting list, go to
The Journey Begins

http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/journeybegins.html 

I’ll keep you posted and you get the wonderful podcast with
Beverly Cook talking about pilgrimage.  It’s cool.

Blessings,

William

P.S. Stay tuned for more news about the goodies to come on
the web site.  Remember you can’t join until 6:00 AM PDT,
July 24th, 2008 when the doors open for one week or until
200 new members join us.  Why only 200?  I want to be sure
I can take care of people on the site before I let any more
in.  Smart, huh.

The Journey Begins

The doors are closed to new members on Body and Soul Mentor
web site.

Woof!

Now I’m into the huge, Humongous UPGRADE.  Double woof!  I
have tons of work to do.
OPENING THE DOORS

I’ll be opening doors for new members for one week
starting, 6:00 AM PDT July 24th. 

I will close them on Midnight August 1st 2008 EDT.

HEADS UP:

I will close the doors when I have 200 new members if that
happens before the August 1st cut off. 

And I reserve the right to close the doors for any reason
that I can’t foresee now.

Why the limit of only 200 new members?  I am only one guy
here in Seattle maintaining a private practice, running a
real life, and I want to be sure I can truly help the
members and not be overwhelmed.  I won’t reopen the site to
new members for at least a month or two after we see how it
goes.

Fair enough?
HERE ARE THE GOODIES YOU’LL GET

I have great plans, and I’m sure more will be added as
members make suggestions.

Here are the goodies I know you’ll get.

ONE

I’ll be adding podcasts on a regular basis that you can
download and listen to in your car or while you’re doing
the laundry and such.  Or listen to on your computer. 
These will mostly be revealing conversations with amazing
people on the journey, too.

You will be amazed who I know.  One friend said about me,
“He talks to giants.”  I humbly submit, it’s true.

The first one is with Beverly Cook about her pilgrimage to
the holy route in Spain.  See below for how to get it
today.
TWO

I’ll be adding videos, because some things are much better
explained with pictures.  You’re smart so you know this.

Have you ever said, “Hey, let me just show you… It will be
faster.”

I have. 

Now, I can just show you.  I’ve mastered the Flip Ultra
video camera which makes it a snap.

The one for how to stop headaches is quite useful.  One
viewer with a headache saw it, applied it, and Poof no more
headache.  Too cool!

You’ll be delighted with the usefulness of these videos.

Oh, and they’re short. The headache one is 1:21 minutes. 
This helps me to honor the 17 minutes a day promise, right?

“Give me seventeen minutes a day, and I’ll show you how you
can get a life you love – Body & Soul — or your money
back.”
THREE

All my books, manuals, and Laser Focused reports will be
free to members.  YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

Since everything on my site relates to being on a quest, a
hero’s journey, a heroine’s journey, what better
introduction than to listen to a conversation with Beverly
Cook, LMP,  a real heroine on a real journey.

Get on this waiting list. I won’t obligate you to joining,
just keep you informed.

When you get my Conversation with Beverly podcast, I’ll
keep you up to date on how you can get access to the
goodies by join the membership of heroes and heroines on
the journey. 

People who were present at the conversation with Bev were
blown away, inspired, and moved.

What is the value of pilgrimage in your quest for the
sacred in your life?

You get to listen to Beverly and me talk about her recently
completed Camino pilgrimage, the ancient pilgrim route in
northern Spain known as El Camino de Santiago.

By the way, this podcast is a good example of what you’ll
find on the web site every day for free, exclusively to
members.

It’s free.

Go for it

=> http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/journeybegins.html

Emily, a reader of Amazingly Content
(http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp), asks this great question.  I
thought I’d share it with you.

***
Dear William,

I am reading your ebook Amazingly Content. I already knew
about ho’oponopono from Joe Vitale and Dr Len but it’s
great to hear the inspiring stories in your ebook and more
information about how to apply it.

I have some questions on using ho’oponopono.

Recently I have been looking into the material of Eckhart
Tolle and others who teach being in the present, in the
now. I would like to continue to do ho’oponopono but am
unsure how to do that whilst tuning into space and silence.
Perhaps it’s not necessary to be saying the phrases all the
time?

 I also find it difficult to clean at the same time as
talking to someone or doing something that requires
concentration. I would be very grateful if you could answer
these questions for me.

Thank you.

Best wishes,

Emily from the UK

***

Good question, yes?

The truth is that all of these methods are art forms, like
jazz.  You have a theme, and then you improvise.

It is not necessary to use the four phrases of ho’oponopono
all the time.  It just helps.  Presence is your big goal.
Here’s why.

When you are present, you love.  When you are present, you
are reconciled with all that is.  That’s the way presence
works.  You get Presence and you get love, gratitude,
reconciliation.  And aren’t these the goals of Ho’oponopono
– to love God and be reconciled with everyone and
everything?

So being present, in any way you can manage it, is one’s
primary task.  Tolle says that explicitly in A New Earth.
Be conscious, be present then do any work in the world you
want from that place.  The Tao Te Ching said the same thing
2500 years ago, right?

Having said that, when I am angry, resentful, jealous,
spiteful, complaining or obsessively needing to be right,
ho’oponopono is the best I can manage.  It brings me back
to sanity.  Remember one of the primary virtues of
ho’oponopono is you don’t need to know what to do, you
don’t have to believe anything, you just humbly invoke the
process, say the phrases, and it does the work. 

You may notice that sooner or later ho’oponopono returns
you to the present. 

Having said that, being present before you use
ho’oponopono, makes ho’oponopono work better.  One could
use the methods in Foolproof Relaxation
(http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9) or any other presencing
technique to cool down and get present, then slide into
some ho’oponopono.
RULES OF THUMB:

If you can be present, then that’s what you do first.  If
when you are present, your entire disharmony fades, then
you’re done.

If you can’t be present easily, use ho’oponopono.

If you have fear, use presencing techniques.

When you want to pray for someone, use ho’oponopono

I can repeat — I love you – all the time.
CLEANING WHILE DOING

Saying the phrases of ho’oponopono while being with someone
can be difficult.  Practice.

Saying the phrases of ho’oponopono while performing a task
can be difficult.  Practice.  I use it while doing
complicated cranialsacral therapy all the time.  You can
learn to use the phrases while working, too.
When it gets in the way of you’re being present to someone
or something, just be present and listen to them, see them.
 Presence trumps everything. 

Ho’oponopono is an attitude as well as a process.  Just
listen with love and respect and you will be doing
ho’oponopono even if you’re not uttering the phrases.

You can mix your tools to get the job done.  Experiment and
you will gradually learn what works best for you and in
which situations.

Thanks Emily.

Blessings,

William

P.S.  LAST CHANCE.   The special offer of a month’s
membership to Body & Soul Mentor without cost when you get
either Foolproof Relaxation or Amazingly Content, ends
Midnight July 9, 2008.

You can get them here.

Go for it –

FOOLPROOF RELAXATION => http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9

AMAZINGLY CONTENT => http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp

A reader wrote this about my Laser Focused report Amazingly
Content. (http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp )

Since this Ho’oponopono thing is so obviously not true,
I’m going to have to take advantage of your guarantee.
If it is true, then prove it by using it yourself to change

my mind about asking for this refund. See, it ain’t true!

Isn’t that sweet?  I smiled and cheerfully refunded his
money.  I didn’t try to change his mind.  Amazingly enough,
I am content.

But the truth is, I understand what he’s saying.
Ho’oponopono, the method in the report, is obviously
untrue.  How could it be otherwise?  When I read Dr. Len’s
miraculous story, I thought, “Hmmm.”

I trusted Joe Vitale who told me about it.  You can read
his famous email in the report.

Part of Joe’s story is that he didn’t believe it either.
He researched it at length.  He had telephone conversations
with Dr. Len.  Eventually, they met.  Still it took Joe a
long time to get it. 

Even though I trust Joe, I researched it, too.  I think I
read everything that Joe wrote about it, and yet I was
still skeptical.  Because I don’t understand it, I am still
skeptical.  I do note that it works.  I don’t let my
skepticism get in the way of receiving the benefits of
being in love with everyone and everything.
I Test Everything

Did you know I graduated in Engineering and Applied Physics
from Harvard?  I like to test stuff. 

You may know that before I tell you to try anything, I have
tested it first in my own life.  Then I refine the tests in
the laboratory of my friends, family, and patients.  If it
passes those tests, I tell you.  It passed all those tests
and I wrote Amazingly Content for you.
(http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp )
Now, I travel around being in love with everything and
everyone.  And I feel Amazingly Content.
(http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp )

And don’t let Suzanne Burroughs know that it’s not true,
it’s working too well for her.  You can read what she said here

=> http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp

Obviously, not true?
 

This isn’t the most powerful question in the world –

Is today a good day to die?

This is –

Is today a good day for Suzanne to die?

Holy Poop!  If I have any doubt about the nature of life
and death, this question will flush it out.  If I have any
doubt who my wife, Suzanne, truly is, this question will
slap me awake.
A Refresher –

My friend and colleague, Kim Ivy challenged me and her
students with maintaining a practice for 100 days.  It’s a
traditional Taoist idea. 

I took it on. 
My Practice

My practice was to show up every morning at the beach on
Lake Washington or on the Salish Sea, practice Taiji (Tai
Chi) or something similar in order to be present enough to
be able to say wholeheartedly, “Today is a good day to
die!”

In order to be able to say that wholeheartedly, you have to
be present.  No mind chatter.  The grasping, clinging ego
never thinks it’s a good day to die.  When you’re present,
the ego is gone.  You are free to say, “Today is a good day
to die!”

My beloved Zen teacher, Genjo, said, “That’s all well and
good William, but how about a good day for Suzanne to die?

“#@$%** you and the horse you came in on,” I said.

Genjo just laughed, of course.

I found this second question – Is today a good day for
Suzanne to die? – most revealing.  If you ask my ego, there
is never a good day for Suzanne to die.

You may have guessed that someday it will be the day that
Suzanne dies.  I may be lucky enough to be there.  We have
been married for nearly four decades.  We’re likely to be
married until death do us part.  So this practice has a
point to it, doesn’t it.

In order to say – Today is a good day for Suzanne to die –
wholeheartedly, I have to be deeply present.  I have to
know who she is at the deepest levels.

I showed up every day for the 100 days just like the US
mail – through rain, wind, cold.  Some days were a tad
sloppy, others fully transcendent as you might expect.

One day slipped my mind completely due to a change in
routine.
The Surprises I Discovered

At some point, moving through my morning forms, I would
open to the vast magic of life unfolding in the present
moment, and I would find Suzanne right there, in the
infinite moment. 

One day she was in the curvature of the earth.   Another in
the Lombardy poplar, another in the cherry blossoms.  Each
day she appeared.  Each day she appeared in a different
guise.  Obviously on each day, I could say, “Today is a
good day for Suzanne to die.”

Blessings,

William

P.S. You can Learn ‘Secrets’ that Most People Will Never
Know About How to Really Benefit from the Vibrantly Potent,
Martial Art Form of Standing Meditation…

Give us 35 minutes listening to this playfully powerful
conversation, and we, William Wittmann and Kim Ivy
(www.EmbraceTheMoon.com) will reveal the power and magic of
standing meditation.

“This is fun. This is easy. This is hot.”

Go for it =>

http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/getstandingmeditation.html
 

I had the scoping today, an easy procedure, and
as you may know, now being recommended for
everyone starting at age 50. 

In my face as I waited, I read a plaque that
announced, colorectal cancer has the 2nd highest
high kill rate amongst cancer patients, BUT if
detected early by colonoscopy people have nearly
a 100% chance of survival.  It’s one of the good
news stories and a no-brainer. 

Dear One, when your doctor recommends it, GET A
COLONOSCOPY .

Luckily, you can prepare by reading hurmorist,
Dave Barry’s — A Journey into My Colon and Yours
– before you get yours. 

I was fortuanate enough to read this a couple of
days before mine.  I laughed ‘til I couldn’t
breathe.  I laughed ‘til tears came.  My laughter
drew inquiries from the Mysterious Madam Ling
from three rooms away.

OK. You turned 50. You know you’re supposed to
get a colonoscopy. But you haven’t. Here are your
reasons:

1. You’ve been busy.
2. You don’t have a history of cancer in your
family.
3. You haven’t noticed any problems.
4. You don’t want a doctor to stick a tube 17,000
feet up your butt.

Let’s examine these reasons one at a time. No,
wait, let’s not. Because you and I both know that
the only real reason is No. 4. This is natural.
The idea of having another human, even a medical
human, becoming deeply involved in what is
technically known as your ”behindular zone”
gives you the creeping willies.

Read the rest here
http://www.miamiherald.com/418/story/427603.html

The good Mr. Barry goes on to talk humorously of
embarrassment and other such things.  He doesn’t
skip the real-as-death reasons for getting
checked.

I have a friend dying of colon cancer.  Five
years back I lost Paul.  My buddy lost his father
to the disease.  And others … I don’t want to
lose you.  Get checked.  If you let the inner
child out, you can even have fun with it all.
 
Certainly, I will die of something, but today it
appears that it won’t be colorectal cancer.  If
you’re over 50, get checked.

Blessings,

William

P.S. All the way through the prep for the
procedure I used the easy method you can find in
Amazingly Content to be content, obviously.  I
tested myself by asking, “Is there anywhere you’d
rather be?” 

I could honestly answer, “No.” 

I was in love with all I saw and heard.  Amazing.

Amazingly Content — How to Be in Love with All
You See & Hear,
And Be in Harmony with Family, Friends & Work
works magic.

You can find out more here.  Go for it
http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp

      Which is sacred - The fast-food box floating at the lake
      edge or the swallows zooming over the surface hunting?
      Practicing Taiji, my bliss in the present moment deepens
      while I dance with the darting swallows.  The Styrofoam
      interrupts.  How to find the sacred even there?  Bobbing
      beautifully, dazzling light - Ah. (50 words.)

Can you hear the heavenly choir in the lawnmower?  Can you
hear it sing in the leaf blower?  (The big park lawn mower
was swooping around me as I practiced my morning Taiji as
it does each Monday morning.

Can you find the Sacred Present in litter floating in the
pristine lake?

After all, you spend more time with these things than in
the so-called Sacred places.  Wouldn’t it be useful to
learn to find the Sacred anywhere any time?

You can.  Just listen to the sounds of the lawnmower.  Just
be with them.  Without judging.  Without resisting.

I often tighten up when I hear unpleasant sounds and
research shows noise pollution amongst the worst forms of
pollution regarding the effects on human and animal health.

When I just listen, relax the cringing, the Holy Angels
sing inside the lawn mower and even the leaf blower.

The Styrofoam?  As I removed it from my lake, I was
mesmerized by the beauty of the light on it and the way the
wavelets caressed it and the way the Styrofoam played at
the very top surface of the water.  My mind was quiet.  I
was as peaceful and full of light as the most serene
meditation.

So, where is the sacred?  Find some trash and be with it.

Blessings,

William

P.S. Obviously, Looking Deeply into Presence would support
you in being present and making your decisions.  The book
is designed to help you Solve Problems, Make Critical
Decisions, and Create an Extraordinarily Rich Life.

Get some help => http://tinyurl.com/os966

I have a very insightful, a bit spooky, fun video for you.
It will give you some insights into awareness itself.  If
you have been paying attention, you will have noticed that
I think awareness matters.

Enjoy = > http://www.dothetest.co.uk/

Blessings,

William

P.S. To deepen your awareness more, dip into SIMPLY SERENE
- Four Amazingly Powerful Ways to Be Instantly Alert and at
Peace.  It will give you four ways to become more deeply
aware.  I talk about the famous Owl Eyes in depth in this
one.

Go for it = > http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x

Today, I happily announce a Laser Focused Report – Foolproof Relaxation.  Taa-ta! 

It can show you How to Relax, Become Present, And Be At Ease Anytime and Anywhere You Want.  No kidding! 

How?  Read these stories… 

 Yikes!  Demons and Worries 

Three AM and the demons of worry are here.  Yikes!  Toss and turn.  Get up and pee.  Get a drink of water.  Back in bed, the fears wait for you.  Still no sleep.  Thoughts racing and repeating… What to do? 

Obviously, you use the methods you learn from Foolproof Relaxation. 

With Foolproof Relaxation, you will know what to do when you can’t get back to sleep after the 3:00 AM night demons wake you with their obsessive, compulsive mind looping worries.   

• In short order, you will be able to go back to peaceful sleep in most instances.  Just picture how cool that is.

 

• For the other instances, you’ll enjoy a pleasurable deep rest, then sleep.  Simply, amazing.

 

• Repeated research proves you will gain more rest from this method than sleep itself would produce.  Cool.

 

 

How You Can Smooth Your Next Dental Visit 

Using Foolproof Relaxation you will learn to be at ease in the dentist’s chair.  I even have fun with it.  Maybe you can, too. 

 

Other Times you can benefit by using Foolproof Relaxation You can learn to be alert and at ease in dreadful meetings.  Can you imagine the benefit of this? 

At some point, you are likely to be in a hospital waiting room, attending a loved one.  Using this method, you can remain present and calm your anxieties.  When you do that, you will be of immense value to your loved ones – both the person hospitalized and the others who are waiting in fear.   

Clearly, this is a grim reality, but take it from me, you’ll want this tool then. 

For Adults Only – another powerful time for Foolproof Relaxation 

My friend, Joseph, is dying of colon cancer.  When he awakens with sensations in his gut, the demons mercilessly jump on him and fan his fears into infernos.  The sensations may be nothing at all, or they may be the cancer working its ways.  Joseph uses Foolproof Relaxation effectively to calm himself. 

If it can work with some truly scary stuff, it will work wonders for you, too.  

Oh, yes, it works with your garden-variety, everyday stress very well.  Use it daily for ten minutes or more and watch what happens to the quality of your life. 

You’ll be more peaceful, calm, playful, and smiling.  Pretty cool, right? 

Let’s move on… 

How Do You Know If This Laser Focused Report Will Benefit You When You Get It? 

 

• Do you experience discomfort ever?  Of course, you do.

 

• Do you experience fear in the hospital?  The dentist’s?  The doctor’s?  Being with your boss or manager?

 

• Do you have trouble getting to sleep because of your obsessive, compulsive mind looping, thinking, or worrying?

 

• Do you ever want to be more relaxed?  More peaceful? 

 

• Do you wish you could be present in an instant?  Have you been listening to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah and learning about presence?  Have you read The Power of Now or The New Earth?  This is a great way to be more present.  Fast!

 

 

If you can say, “Yes” to any of these, then, obviously, Foolproof Rexaxation will serve you beautifully.  Get Foolproof Relaxation.  (Scroll to the bottom to get it now.) 

What Does It Mean When I Say This Report Is Laser Focused And Deep As A Well? 

I have focused on just one area and carefully avoided all the side roads I usually love to explore.  You will find FOOLPROOF RELAXATION’S twelve plus pages to be direct, yet thorough enough that you will know easily how to use the material.  You will be able to apply the insights to your daily life in quick order.  You’ll get the happy results you want. 

I mean you will know how to relax, become present, and be at ease anytime and anywhere you want. 

***You can, read the details, get the Foolproof Relaxation & start to learn how to relax here – 

Go for it => http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9  

Blessings, 

William 

P.P.S. You have my permission to share this announcement with no more than three people. 

Here’s another trick from Eckhart Tolle to get present when
the phone rings.  It’s especially useful if you work in an
office setting.

Studies show that a ringing phone bugs people — too many
rings in the day creates a stressful hazard.  Here’s the
antidote…

When your phone rings, don’t answer it.  That is a radical
choice right there.   I have used this effectively in the
past to create vast realms of freedom.  Experiment with
this one.

But that’s not Tolle, that’s me.  Here’s what he suggests:
Let it ring once, twice, or thrice while you listen to it
fully.  Be present to the sound.  Feel your body as you
listen.  Notice your breath.  Listened to with full
attention, without resistance, even a leaf blower becomes
sacred.  A telephone is a piece of cake.

Now answer the phone.

Cool.  Don’t be surprised if you’re laughing when you
answer it.  Play with it you will be amazed at how fun this
becomes.

Blessings,

William

P.S. Simply Serene - Four Amazingly Powerful Ways to Be
Instantly Alert and at Peace will serve you well if you
want some guaranteed ways to become present.  I talk about
the famous Owl Eyes in depth in this one.

Go for it = > http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x

P.S. S. Pass this post on to anyone who you think would
Prosper & enjoy these wonderful insights.