Three Principles Living

Judith A. Sedgeman, EdD

Consciousness

Why facts don’t matter

Last week among my Facebook and Twitter friends across the U.S., commentary exploded after the Portable and Affordable Health Care Act (detractors call it "Obamacare") was declared Constitutional and thus the law of the land. Those who were delighted to see that millions of uninsured Americans would be able to get insurance and receive health care cheered and shared their enthusiasm. Those who were devastated to see that millions of uninsured Americans would have no choice but to have  insurance or pay a penalty jeered and shared their dismay. And...

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When “Ups” Meet “Downs”

One of my graduate students last year contacted me, really discouraged. Her mother was prone to depression. She had tried to help her mother by explaining Innate Health to her and talking about how the Principles explain our thinking. Her Mother got furious with her and told her to leave her alone! "I thought that understanding the Principles was going to help her," my student said. She knows I love her, and I've always been there for her. But she turned on me when I tried to explain her thinking to...

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Too Good to be True?

I shared some written stories and a video about people who had an insight about being the thinkers of their own thoughts, not the victims of circumstances, with someone new to the ideas of Innate Health recently.  His response was, "Yeah, I read the stories and I watched that video and I gave it a lot of thought. It's not that I don't believe that these are real people genuinely saying what they think happened to them. It's just that as far as I'm concerned, I think it's too good...

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Healing from Within

A week ago, I cut the tip of my right thumb while making thin potato slices with a mandoline (a highly effective, but dangerous, kitchen tool). When it happened, it bled profusely for quite a while, requiring pressure, elevation, and a number of changes of bandages. It really hurt. For a day or so thereafter, the slightest pressure produced more pain and bleeding. I had to be careful to leave it alone and keep it safe. But within four days, it was completely closed and no longer painful and I...

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Are “good” thoughts better?

I've been getting e-mails and social network posts from people all over the world who are asking questions like these: Aren't there some thoughts that are better than others? Shouldn't I be striving to sort out my "good" thoughts and focus on them? How can I tell when I'm having "good" thoughts? Shouldn't I be trying to think positively? Here's what I think about what I'm doing with my thinking now; is that better than what I used to do? What do you think about it? A lot of people are...

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What Price Insecurity?

When we say we all have ups and downs, we're really saying that we are more or less insecure. What is insecurity? As a feeling state, it is uncertainty, discomfort, anxiety. It is  out of sorts, out of synch, out of control. We try to ease insecurity by clinging to the familiar, asserting whatever control we can, avoiding risk, rejecting change, blaming others or circumstances. Where does insecurity come from? It comes from negative, fearful, unsettling, self-conscious thinking taken seriously. More importantly, where does it appear to come from? It appears...

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