Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
AVAILABLE HERE
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Sun and theft
Saturday was a great day out walking in the Chilterns, filling our lungs with the new spring air, the warmth of an April sun seemed stronger than it normally does and a gentle cooling breeze cleared any humidity. I was able to completely forget about having just been defrauded of over £5,000 by some unscrupulous person who stole my credit card details.
The day before I had received a phone call from a representative in Barclaycard's Fraud Department asking me about certain transactions that were clearly not ones that I had made. He went through the list and I answered "NO" to each one in turn as the list of fraudulent purchases mounted up and up including several flights and large store purchases in France. Fortunately the insurance will (or should!) cover the whole amount but this does not diminish the feeling of having been 'taken'. How dare they?!
I am intrigued by the experience and sensation of having 'suffered' quite a large theft and 'assault' on my personal finances, while at the same time feeling quite normal, relaxed, free and happy. Stuff (I believe it's called Shit in today's language) can happen yet unless it is a bash on the head, a fall or other physical 'happening' we are just the same as before. It goes to remind me that most of what we experience is how we think of it. It is all in our head.
If I check the numbers of my Lottery ticket and discover that all 6 are the same as the winning numbers for Saturday's draw, my little heart will skip a beat and I will be 'jumping for joy'. However if I check again and discover that my ticket was for last week or I misread the numbers, my heart will sink and I shall bemoan the loss of 'what might have been'. Our emotions can go up and down depending on what we think about, yet in the case of my Lottery numbers, nothing changed, just my thinking.
Getting worried and all worked up about 'stuff' does not help anyone, least of all ourselves. It virtually doesn't matter what it is that happens unless it is a physical or mental 'injury', we are just as healthy and well as before; the sun is still shining, the spring breeze is keeping the air fresh, we breakfasted well and the hills are beautiful. I think to myself, even if the insurance did not pay out (although I expect it will), I am still in fine fettle; it is just 'stuff'. There are great things out there that I can enjoy right now. Whether I think that something is 'bad' or not, is just in my head. In the total scheme of things, it really doesn't matter that much. I'll move on. life moves on. Yes, it's a really fine day today.... :-)
But "How dare they steal my money!" Ah well, "Yes, it's a fine day today..."
