Kung Fu with the Microbes (February 2006)

Now here's what I think about the cold/flu season:

I have certain beliefs, (as we all do), about microbes. I believe I can never catch anything, (but good vibes of course!), on a plane. I would not buy Airborne, etc. because I fly all the time and flourish in the air. I have certain beliefs that I cannot catch any viruses, flu, colds, etc. from students. I challenge them to sneeze on me!!! I put my hands on them, etc. and all is perfect.

Now I realized I had one belief, i.e., that going to stay in a home that had people who had been sick for a lengthy time could be a threat. Now please notice: these are all beliefs. No one is more true than any other but as A Course In Miracles says: "Beware of the power of an unrecognized belief".

So going to Arizona to be with my family at Christmas posed a challenge for me. Both my brother and sister- in -law had been sick for some time with some "contagious" ailment. I did "treatment" on myself, meaning, worked on changing my belief but I was not really there yet.

So the night that I arrived my throat closed up. For the next 5 days I had the worst sore throat, but I was aware that I was doing some sort of battle with something. At first understanding, I thought " those damn microbes are not going to get the best of me!!" I took a homeopathic remedy, took zinc lozenges, and drank gallons of water with Vitamin C. Again, at first look, it looks like that would be a logical way to overcome those suckers. The truth is: those little remedies were something that I could put some belief in. (Notice the word belief again!) However, of themselves, they have no power whatsoever. The only power there is, is the power we give them.

For 6 days this battle raged on. The sore throat did go into a minor cold. My friend here said to me: "I just know you are going to get sick tomorrow or the next day". My brother had me watch the news which said that never had so many Emergency Rooms been filled with sick people as this holiday season, especially in California. (Now, in the midst of this, the guard at the gate to my friend's home had remarked on my T-shirt. He said: "Does it say VICTORY?" I said "No, it says VICEROY, the name of a hotel in California". But do you see what my spirit guides were trying to tell me?)

After 6 days of this nonsense, I felt this Power well up in me, which has been coming more often than not. You see I have a PASSION for the martial arts, even though I don't consciously know that much about them. But I felt the SURGE OF CHI. I said to myself: NO WAY WILL YOU DEFEAT ME! I WILL BE VICTORIOUS!!!!!

Next day, I wake up and the sore throat is gone! I'm getting stronger than ever!

Affirm often: Only love is real Nothing unreal exists Herein lies the Truth of God (opening lines of A Course In Miracles.)

Sincerely, Joni

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