Finding Wisdom

This is the first of (I think) three posts about wisdom. Where it comes from. Where it goes. How to find it again. So here goes my story.

In 1995 or so, I worked at a major health care company. I had a great job and worked with some really cool people. I taught doctors, nurses and hospital adminstrators about new medical procedures and such so I was really involved with teaching, training and learning. One of my interests was in peoples' ability to learn new things. My life at the time wasn't perfect and I was interested in improving my life, so I often took seminars and courses on how to improve various aspects of my life. Even though I left most of those seminars pumped up about how I was going to change my life, after a few days or weeks things that I had thought I would change were still the same. My enthusiam for change had been crushed by my day to day reality.

This went on for a few years until I ran into a man by the name of George Pransky at one such "seminar." It was more of a retreat really and in a very relaxed setting I found him speaking directly to my heart. Now, I know that using those words will be confusing to some but essentially what he said was so simple and rang so true that I felt drawn in and compelled by what he said. Even these years later I can still remember that day as he spoke of the power of thought and talked about living in the moment. Little did I know that he was introducing me to a concept called Health Realization.

The weekend I was first exposed to Health Realization changed my life. I have never looked at my life the same way since. At some level, now I know that I create my own reality through the power of my own thinking. And that through the gift of thought we are all on a journey through life of our own creation mostly unaware of the deep truth that defines our very existence. This understanding changed my life. It changed my work life. It changed my family life. It changed my interactions with everyone from my closest friends and family to those who cut me off in traffic. The change was not subtle either. I gained a new found compassion and empathy for humanity, myself included. In my mind the understanding underlying Health Realization is the key to everything that ailes our human race. Is Health Realization powerful? For me it is. But that is not enough and I will share why in my next post.