Split off from Section I Introduction

[Walt Oleksy (RIP 2021)]

The book "God does not want you to be in pain" by the wonderful Walt and Herbie got me through a recent period away from home while working in Perth. It was a soothing remedy to my long days at work. I had to ration myself to a chapter a night so I didn't rush through it. I need to reread it again though, to fully soak up all the advice from Herbie especially. If there was an Olympic sport for mindfulness, Herbie, you would win gold for America!

Colly, thanks for your kind words about the book.

Now I see why you imagine me as Tarzan.
Everyone working on TMS ought so see themselves as Tarzan, or at least Jane.
She was the perfect wife for him and not only because she could swim and look great in a loincloth with a top.

This thread has been split off from the following thread:
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At the top of the Official thread for Section I (Introduction), it says, "Please keep these official threads on topic and put your best thoughts down, as these threads will be read by many people. All posts in this thread should all relate to section 1 of the TMS Recovery Program." The wonderful first two posts of this thread emerged naturally from the discussion in this thread, but the discussion was beginning to get off topic. The posts about God Does Not Want You To Be In Pain have been split off into this thread to give people adequate space to discuss that wonderful book. Keeping threads on topic helps people find the threads that they are most interested in and supports the goal of making high quality information about TMS available for free to everyone.

 

[Eric "Herbie" Watson]

Walt I just had a vision of you in a loincloth and a club in your hand! Hope you can sing like Tarzan!

The book "God does not want you to be in pain" by the wonderful Walt and Herbie got me through a recent period away from home while working in Perth. It was a soothing remedy to my long days at work. I had to ration myself to a chapter a night so I didn't rush through it. I need to reread it again though, to fully soak up all the advice from Herbie especially. If there was an Olympic sport for mindfulness, Herbie, you would win gold for America!

Anne you're spot on when you say we often try too hard to heal. I was guilty of doing this, when the arrival of TMS sent me into a panic, further exacerbating my symptoms. Consistent mind-soothing exercises was the key to my recovery. Forgiving myself and others was very powerful also.

Colly you saw the same thing I saw, Walt was like 50 feet tall with a club but he wasn't in a loin cloth, although he was swinging from a vine.... Love you Walt...
I remember one time Colly when Walt thought a certain family member had done something crazy to my keyboard, he told me to put him on the phone and he would settle it with him. I had to let Walt know it was all good. Walt is a protector of his friends and he speaks straight from his heart.
Real healing to me is exactly that way, when you feel to do something, do it ( as long as no police are involved ) and you will always be glad you did in the long run. Holding ourselves back and holding in those toxic emotions of anger and anxiety can cause someone to get pain for sure just look at all the tms evidence, wow.
I was just feeling the emotion of anger as in the Alan Gordon Program. Walt was about to release it in a loving but stern way....
Have you seen the Video of the Cat that protected that child from the Dog. Well that's my Walt.
I am so glad you enjoyed the book, and it helped you. That's why I wrote it the way I did, so when you read it -- its great but when you read it again -- then it tells you a new story and the awareness of many beautiful thoughts to live by will just grow on you. In chapter 10 I wrote a lot about this thread -- in particular the istdp that Gordon and others live by including myself -- it was so cool to learn these methods of Gordons, something fresh for the mind.
Bless you my friend.