Moments Of Magic

One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.

The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn’t see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

“Hellooo Mr. Frog!” called the scorpion across the water, “Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?”

“Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?” asked the frog hesitantly.

“Because,” the scorpion replied, “If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!”

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. “What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!”

“This is true,” agreed the scorpion, “But then I wouldn’t be able to get to the other side of the river!”

“Alright then…how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?” said the frog.

“Ahh…,” crooned the scorpion, “Because you see, once you’ve taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!”

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog’s back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog’s soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog’s back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

“You fool!” croaked the frog, “Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?”

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog’s back.

“I could not help myself. It is my nature.”

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

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The Canadian government is about to pass Bill C-51, which is based on the European Codex. This will ultimately deny you access to natural health products including vitamins, without a doctor’s prescription. Canada already permits the irradiation of fruit and vegetables without your knowledge, which essentially destroys all the life-giving nutrients, rendering them sterile. This next move will further deny you access to life giving supplements and force you to rely on Big Pharma for your health. The result will be chilling. It is vital that you immediately check out the following website and preserve your liberties:

http://stopbillc51.com/  

sign the PETITION HERE http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/StopC51

Comments from concerned Canadians!

Sarah M, Canada
Health Canada is compromised by Big Pharma. Bill C-51 will essentially wipe out the NHP industry and allow a foreign treaty like CODEX to become law in Canada - the politicians have changed the wording of Bill C-51 to allow a foreign law to be passed as a regulation and not an act - so that it doesn’t have to go to the House of Commons to be voted on. Unbelievable. A complete and total infraction of our rights and freedoms. STOP BILL C-51!

Robert H, Canada
This is abhorant railroading of the government for the interests of big medicine and pharmaceutical companies. I want my free choice in what I buy and eat in my life. Stop this bill.

Christine H, Canada
This appears to be a law dreamt up by officicals who have nothing better to do and try to excersize control over anything that gives people some independence from the system. The fact that would even consider doing something as extreme as c-51 shows that our best intrests are not in their hearts(obviously) and that they will continue to tighten their grip until all life and freedoms are regulated.

A RESPONSE FROM PARLIAMENT

Posted below is Bev Oda’s response to this issue.  This response is to an email that I sent her regarding Bill C-51. Bev Oda is a Member of Parliament for Durham Region and the Minister of International Cooperation.

I want to clarify the term ‘therapeutic product’ in the legislation. This term is general in nature because it includes drugs, natural health products, medical devices, veterinary drugs, and blood and blood products. They all share one common element: they claim to enhance human health, and Canadians rely on them to do that. When a health claim is made, it needs to be tested in order to ensure public safety. The regulations to make this possible for Natural Health Products have been working now for five years.

There has been some misunderstanding regarding the approach of government toward Natural Health Products. I want to clarify that the purpose of the legislation now before the House of Commons is to ensure that compliance and enforcement measures be gauged to the degree of risk of the product. On products of low risk, which includes most Natural Health Products, pharmaceutical standards of evidence are not required. On the other hand, the legislation also requires vigilance to ensure that tainted products are found and recalled, that what is on the label is actually in the bottle, and that health claims are supported by evidence.

Under Bill C-51, Natural Health Product manufacturers that are found have made false claims about the safety of their product would have fines levied against them. We need fines in the Bill to deter criminals from abusing their privilege to market safe products. However, the Bill also says that the fines must be tailored to the risk of the product. These fines are necessary because there have been many cases of adulterated Natural Health Products, such as the pills “Sleepees” that were the subject of national media stories, and Canadians want us to make sure they are safe. Products that make health claims must be regulated; otherwise they can be sold as foods.

There have been claims made that the definition of the sale and distribution of Natural Health Products within Bill C-51 will impact the practitioner/patient relationship with regard to the practices of compounding and will prevent caregivers from distributing Natural Health Products to patients. This claim is false. The relationship between practitioner and patient, specifically with regard to the activity of compounding falls under provincial jurisdiction, relating to the definition of “practice medicine.” Therefore, the federal government cannot legislate in this area.

Furthermore, the concept of “distribution” in Bill C-51 refers only and specifically to cells, tissues and organs and will not apply to the caregiver/patient relationship when it comes to Natural Health Product distribution.

In the future, under a modernized Food and Drugs Act, the numbers and variety of Natural Health Products will continue to grow, and Canadians can be confident that they will be able to access innovative, safe and effective Natural Health Products.

Sincerely,

The Honourable Bev Oda, P.C.
Member of Parliament for Durham
Minister of International Cooperation

STOP THIS BILL - Sign the PETITION HERE http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/StopC51

I am often asked if Hypnosis is effective for helping people quit smoking and I always answer the same way, “absolutely”.  There is no question that some people have tried to quit smoking with Hypnosis and were not successful. Each time I question these people to find out more about their experience I always up hearing the same thing… the reason it didn’t work… they say “Well, I didn’t want to quit”.  Usually it turns out that their Husband or Wife wanted them to quit, or some other reason that was external to themselves.

So why do I always answer absolutely? Because Hypnosis will help them quit it just won’t MAKE them quit.  If someone really doesn’t want to do something, especially when it comes down to a behaviour it is almost impossible to force them to change.  However, it is possible to help them understand both consiously and unconsciously why they do the behaviour and what purpose it serves, then we can have the unconscious mind find other ways to meet those needs that are ecological for the client.

So when you decide that you have to quit smoking, when you decide that you don’t want to smoke another day, then you can turn to Hypnosis to provide you with powerful tools that will help you break the habit for good.

We offer a multiple session stop smoking program here at Moments Of Magic. It consists of 3 individual client sessions designed to re-enforce your decision at the conscious and unconscious level to stop smoking.  Studies show that single sessions of Hypnosis for smoking cessation have a success rate of approximately 24%, with multiple sessions the success rate jumps to 84% and many of the remaining smokers in the study had not decided that they really wanted to quit!

So when you’re ready to stop for good, we’re ready to help you!

Alan Crossley, M.Ht, NLP

There seems to be some confusion in the market between Foot Massage and Reflexology.  It seems that many RMTs offer a foot massage which is referred to as Reflexology Massage.  With Reflexology getting to be more popular, perhaps they want to attract additional clients by offering something for the feet. This is fine with me, but don’t call it Reflexology unless you are a Certified Reflexologist!

Don’t get me wrong, I know that RMTs have a lot of knowledge regarding Anatomy and providing Massage Therapy is serious business, but so is Reflexology!  A Reflexologist is trained in the techniques of stimulating the all the reflexes in the foot that coorespond to every part, gland and organ in the body, it is much more than a simple foot massage.

People who have had an RMT massage their feet are generally very surprised when they have a Reflexology session with a certified Reflexologist.  The type of stimulation is different, all body systems are worked, including Lymphatic, Respiratory, Digestive, Nervous, Endocrine and Reproductive.  The session is conducted in a way that deeply relaxes the client and allows them to enter a Parasympathetic State, the body’s state for healing and repair.

So unless your RMT is a Certified Reflexologist, we suggest you come to someone who is Certified and a member of the Reflexology Registration Council of Ontario for your Foot Reflexology sessions.  A person who is Certified in Reflexology has a designation of  RRPr.

Alan Crossley, RRPr, C.Ht, NLP, Rp
Moments Of Magic Optimal Mind & Body

Here’s some thoughts to guide you through your day….

* Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them
* Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
* If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
* Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

When an elephant is taken from the wild to be trained for the circus the training begins by driving a long steel stake deep into the ground.  The elephant is then affixed to the stake with a thick steel chain. For the first while, the elephant will frequently pull on the chain and test it to see if he can get free, he believes he is still wild and free.  But over time he tests the chain less frequently until he accepts the fact that the chain is just too strong to break.

Once he accepts this, he has changed his belief from one of being wild and free to simply being 
captive…

Once the elephant makes this decision, the trainer can remove the heavy chain and replace it with a light rope and a steel stake that is only a couple feet into the ground.  He knows that the elephant will no longer try to get free, he knows that it is no longer the Rope, the chain or the stake that imprisons the elephant. It is the elephant’s belief that he is captive that imprisons him…even though it’s not true! 

Despite the fact that the elephant could easily break the rope and run away, he never does. As long as he feels the rope around his leg, He accepts his restriction.  

This belief  is so strong that in 1967 in Mannheim Gemany, 6 elephants died in a tent fire…still tied to their stakes, despite the fact that they could have easily made a decision to break free and run to safety. 

What do you believe that isn’t true?

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