How to Connect, Inspire and Grow in the Real World

Millions of Children around the world are going back to school. Parents, Grandparents and Children are very exited but often feel added stress during these times.

How can you deal with this stress?

Can Meditation really help?

Do Children even need meditation to be Happy?

Many studies prove meditation to be a valuable tool…

and did you know…

You have been meditating almost half of your life and did not even know it!

Did you know that sleep is a form of meditation?
Your body has an instinctive need to go into an eight hour “self regulation” mode, during which we best recover from the day, rejuvenate our body, mind and even grow. During sleep you often have involuntary movements, visualization even sounding, all as part of a natural instinctive survival mechanism.

As you sleep (forced daily meditation) your body uses available energy, from your day to rejuvenate.

(This Energy coming from proper diet, water, fresh air and exercise. Generally, the better your lifestyle the better your sleep.)

But, regardless of your lifestyle, if you are stressed, worried, your energy is low, than even your sleep is not as productive (you may wake up tired and often you can’t sleep at all).

Modern science does not know much about sleep, but we do know that children sleep much deeper and better quality than adults. (As I often run the parallel between available energy and aging !)

You also know that when you are emotionally stressed, worry, which are indicators of low energy, you often can’t sleep at all.

You can easily observe, that when we are physically ill our body forces us into sleep until we recover. Meditation just as sleep is a form of whole body rejuvenation.

When used properly, meditation does not simply substitute sleep, but enhances the awakened state potential.

The benefits of Meditation have been known for thousands of years, recently modern science has also begun recognizing the benefits of meditation for relief of stress and anxiety, raised physical and mental potential.

As science begins recognizing the power of the mind, and that awakening the bodies own ability, from within, can never be replaced by any external intervention, meditation is now rapidly becoming a big part in many hospitals, work places and now schools as a tool for emotional stability, physical recovery and personal growth.

As we know, Children are very sensitive, this sensitivity makes children vulnerable to all they hear and see at home, at school and in the media. The evidence of high stress and anxiety levels, obesity, allergies, other sensitivity to food and early aging are evident across all schools and communities.

Stress being one of the first responses leads to hyper activity, ADD, diminished creativity, and all academic scores. Stress often causes child depression, which may be expressed in being a bully or even a victim.

When stressed the body’s immune system weakens. Naturally, when losing sleep and emotionally down both adults and children become many times more vulnerable to all viruses and infections.

Children are very bright, and Introducing meditation to the children early, may prove extremely beneficial.
They will naturally be less vulnerable to their external environment and at times when the child may feel the stress and overwhelm they can use what they have learned as a tool for instant relief.
By introducing Meditative Story Telling, even once a week we will give them these tools and hope to be able to also see measurable results, in the over all social behavior and direct benefit in academic scores.

Small steps in the same direction
will always set you free
cleansing your perception
like apples on a tree

you enter winter garden
you have been here before
like shadows of a thunder
like rust on trays of coal

reflecting of your sorrow
your hands rise up in cry
what will you do tomorrow
where will your future lie

remembering the gardens
in summer sun and heat
awakening the scenes
to step to drummers beet

here you can feel your freedom
our conscious efforts pay
you know that truth delivers
keeping the pain at bay

recovering lost moments
you look ahead with pride
by listening and walking
you never have to fight

Erik Valdman, October 2009

[Daily Karma]

turn on your kindness switch
and brighten someone’s day
send a ripple of light
and be the source of joy today

notice how different life feels
with judgment free kindness which spreads
empower your freedom to be
the light ON to another man’s way

Erik Valdman
July 23 2010

Tagore hosts Gandhi and wife Kasturba at Santiniketan in 1940

“Creation is an endless activity of God’s freedom; it is an end in itself.”

Rabindranath Tagore, (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) sobriquet Gurudev,
was an Indian Bengali polymath. He was a popular poet, novelist, musician, and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As author of Gitanjali and its “profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse”, and as the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Tagore was perhaps the most widely regarded Indian literary figure of all time. He was a mesmerizing representative of the Indian culture whose influence and popularity internationally perhaps could only be compared to that of Gandhi, whom Tagore named ‘Mahatma’ out of his deep admiration for him. (quote taken from Wikipedia)

We are a society of end results, goals, fast and instant gratification…could it be that the Freedom of the Journey, is the greatest of joys and the ultimate purpose?
Could we rewrite Rabindranath’s words and say:

“ The Creation in our ‘Journey of Life’ is the endless act, an expression of Human Freedom; it is the source of greatest wealth, the evidence of greatest health and happiness; it is an end in itself.”?

As you may know I spend many hours learning and researching with “Energy”.
I spoke of the thousand year shift from the “agricultural age” to the “industrial age”

First was the movement of people from their lands to big cities, from their father’s jobs to new training and schooling second was that physical strength was no longer as important as it was slowly replaced by the machines. New industries have arrived, and dominated, such as the car industry.

Then before we knew it, the “information age” was upon us.
People could no longer stay at the same job, things were going fast, business has opened its borders
companies became international, Silicon valley became the dominant force. IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Google…

It no longer took thousands of years not even hundreds, we have almost left the industrial age and moved to the information age as the manufacturing jobs have moved and soon may disappear.

Well, before you know it a new age will be upon us…the shift from “information age” to “social age”
you will no longer be paid to be physically strong, nor to have a good memory, not even to know complicated equations that will be done in a push of a button (and thanks to “Apple” new voice software development, a verbal command and maybe even a thought will be enough)

During this “social age” you will only survive if you have “emotional intelligence”

So what is this “social age” and how will it effect your life?

Since the recent financial crisis I have recognized that many large cooperation will be cutting their workforce
and these jobs will not be coming back.

Some of these jobs first will go to developing countries such as China and India
But than they will be “automated” and disappear all together.

Are YOU prepared for the “social age”?
What Are the QUALITIES you need for the upcoming “social age” (may be here sooner than you think!)?
What is that “emotional intelligence” anyway?

would love to hear your opinion
(you are welcome to post them here on this blog post below)

Lets be honest, our global economy will be better and soon, but it will not be the same as before.

To survive and strive in the new economy most companies are downsizing,

cutting costs, reducing overhead and letting go of “good people”.

The competition at the workplace is high, the competition for ‘new jobs’ is even greater.

The bills are not going down, the mortgage rates are still reasonable so the middle class is still afloat.

But it is not very wise to live on the edge.

Many who never run their own business are now looking to supplement their income.

Thousands of new entrepreneurs are coming into the market place.

Doing business on the Internet and as independent business owners.

But being in your own business is a whole new world!

Soon, Fear , Stress and Anxiety takes over.

Whether you are a CEO of a large cooperation, an employee, a business professional

or an entrepreneur, you must be feeling it!

The Responsibilities must be weighing on you as well.

Will your family understand?

Your days are getting longer.

Your energy is dropping, sleepless nights…

How do you escape all this? Is there a way out?

Ok, maybe it is not that bad, but to survive this and the next wave of economical turmoils you must make some changes.

Now, I am not only talking about external changes, but internal as well.

You are only as strong as your levels of energy are.

No matter how much you know, what your level of experience is, how talented you may be, if your can’t stay focused,

confident and remain calm under pressure you are not keeping your job and you are not making it in the cooperate or the business world.

It is simply too demanding.

So what to do?

The need to make real changes in your mindset, the way you deal with people and do business just to survive.

So, why am I sharing this with you?

Well, recently I was approached by a group of independent distributors of a global company.

The Goal: To develop a program to help keep high energy and maintain confidence with new recruits and team members.

The Program: “Energy Edge” – Karma Secrets for Business and Success

Only three weeks into the program we begun to see a noticeable momentum in energy moral and most of all RESULTS!

Now, sponsored by one of their most prominent team members and a very successful Toronto business man, I am introducing “Energy Edge” – Karma Secrets for Business and Success in 11 live day and evening introductory events around Toronto Area.

A Karma Secrets for Business & Personal Success, a full day training is coming in the next few weeks.

Are you interested?

Stay tuned.

Erik Valdman will be presenting at Total Health 2010 in Toronto, Canada

Saturday March 13th & Sunday March 14th at 4:00 pm – North Stage

Erik will be available for questions & personal Karma Diagnosis at The Art of BIM booth #214

Meet Erik on Wednesday March 17th 2010 at The Carrot Common.

Erik Valdman will be presenting a Karma Secrets Practical Training Live in Toronto, Canada

[Seating is Limited, To Register Simply Follow The Links Above or Call: 416.410.1290 - Toronto]

Are You A “Sensitive” Person?

If You are a bit artistic or creative – you are sensitive.
If You are loving and spiritual – you are sensitive.
If You are concerned about other peoples well being – you are sensitive.

In today’s practical, fast paced, “instant coffee”, “fear of everything” and often closed minded and full of negativity world, “Sensitivity”, is far from being a gift, actually it could become a bit of a “curse”, making many feel unfit, unwanted, unaccepted, unrecognized, misunderstood and feeling completely alone…even if they are not physically alone.

To survive, many talented and gifted people have to hide their true feelings. Many knowledgeable and wise have to hold back their words. Chose jobs which they hate. Chose friends who they do not resonate with. Live a double life!

Many have to pretend to be like others, not to be “punished” by societal misunderstanding of their opinions, insights, ability show “love” and the gift of “intuition”.

Meanwhile, the world is in screaming for help, inner gifts are being wasted, millions of people are suffering from anxiety and depression, not being able to “fit in”…more so, thinking there is something wrong with THEM.

I am a sensitive person. I was born that way.
I have had to struggle, to be misunderstood,to overcome, to change, to adjust, to learn and to grow.
Did you have to?
Are you a sensitive person?
How do you adjust?
How do you grow?
What is your unique story of survival?

Your input, opinion, comments and questions are all very welcome.