PUTTING THESE IDEAS INTO PRACTICE
Activities to practice this week:
Continue to practice EcoMeditation for at least 10 minutes each morning
and evening.
Touch the people in your household every day deliberately. This can be:
An encouraging squeeze on the shoulder
A pat on the back
A longer hug than usual
In your journal, take a look at the entries for the past few weeks. Do you
notice any synchronicities? Mark them with an
S
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The Extended Play version of this chapter includes:
Audio interview with Bob Hoss
Statistics on the causes, symptoms, and impact of stress
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP)
The Global Coherence Initiative (GCI)
To access the Extended Play version, visit:
MindToMatter.club/Chapter5
CHAPTER 6
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NTRAINING
S
ELF
WITH
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YNCHRONICITY
Molokai is often called the most Hawaiian island. Though 260 miles square, it
boasts not a single traffic light. There are two gas stations serving the 7,000
inhabitants, along with one modest grocery store. Visitors stay at an
establishment called the Hotel Molokai—“the” hotel because that’s the one and
only hotel on the island. Visitors can buy postcards entitled “Molokai Nightlife.”
They’re solid black.
My wife, Christine, and I visited Molokai for the first time a few years back.
We had 10 days to relax there, and we had a strong intention of connecting with
some of the local residents and events. Synchronistically, the day before we flew
from Maui to Molokai, we met a musician and shaman from Molokai named
Eddie Tanaka. He offered to show us around when he got back to the island a
few days after we were due to land there.
On our first day, after driving the oceanfront road for a few miles, we decided
to take a walk and try to find a trailhead. We got ready to leave our condo, then
got distracted and pottered aimlessly around the living room instead. About 45
minutes later, we finally wandered downstairs to start our planned walk.
My eye was caught by a bumper sticker on a car in the parking lot. It said:
“Don’t change Molokai. Let Molokai change you.” I took a photo with my
phone to share on the Love Bathing Facebook page where Christine and I record
our travels.
The owner of the car walked by and noticed me photographing her car, and
we fell into conversation. She was a retired accountant named Joy, and she
turned out to be a fountain of information. She told us where the nearest trails
were and about the community sing-alongs where people connect. She shared
the locations of heiaus, Hawaiian sacred sites that we love to visit, soaking in the
energy fields of these ancient places of worship.
energy fields of these ancient places of worship.
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