If you’ve noticed that there haven’t been any posts to this blog lately, there are a few reasons for that. First, there were the holidays. Then I really didn’t feel inspired to say anything, and I’m averse to writing just to fill up space. Third, and the most significant factor, was that both my computers, the at home laptop and the travel netbook were infected by Trojans within a week of each other. I was leaving for a work trip the day after the laptop became infected, so I didn’t have time to get it fixed until a couple of days ago; and the netbook became infected with a different version of the same type of malware while I was away. This left me with two computers that I was reluctant to use for anything but the most basic functions and certainly nothing involving passwords.
So-called fake alert Trojans are rogue software that hijack your system. The malware involved in my case introduced itself as a security system and informed me, the user of the system, of all kinds of dangers and problems, promising to fix them (for a price). Warning after warning popped up and prevented me from accessing anything real or worthwhile on the computer.
Fortunately, I didn’t fall for the fake and the only thing it cost me was bringing the computers into a shop to have them professionally cleaned.
Naturally, given my nature and way of perceiving things, I found the whole situation a great metaphor for life and the challenges of having a body. We have a built-in physical alert system (i.e. brain and nervous system) that is designed to warn us of any threats. But our system becomes compromised by “fake security alerts” that warn of us apparent dangers when there are none in reality. Myriad thoughts pop up – literally hijacking our minds and energy – repeatedly warning us that something bad might happen.
We are nagged by conscious thoughts that may start out with a question such as, “What if?” We project failure, ruin, disaster and calamity. We worry about our future, getting older, being sick; we worry about our children, our parents, our jobs, money, etc. And, it is not only the conscious thoughts that get us. Subconscious patterns of fear and dread lurk (like malicious software running in the background, beneath the visible programs), expressing themselves in dreams or disorders. Habitualized tensions tighten our bodies, rendering them inflexible and uncomfortable.
How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. ~Thomas Jefferson
We need to clean our systems of rogue programs—of physical/mental/emotional/spiritual viruses and malware—of Trojans that present themselves in the guise of some sort of protective gift, pretending to keep us from hurt, when in reality, there is no danger present and they are only keeping us from a thriving life. Sometimes we can root out the problems of anxiety, of unwarranted worries and concerns, ourselves, through retraining our thinking, through prayer, contemplation, meditation, or a physical exercise program, such as yoga or qigong. Sometimes we need outside help in the form of spiritual or psychological counselors, self-help books, support programs or teachers. Brain Gym or MNRI are great tools to get to the “rootkit” (the programs that run below the visible mental/emotional programs—those things that live deep in the background—in the cells and tissues. Whatever it takes, it is of the utmost importance to identify conscious, subconscious and unconscious (physiological reflexes and reactions) that inhibit our growth and development. Once identified, they need to be removed from the system and replaced with a security system that truly works, one that attends to real and present dangers or problems and effectively and efficiently handles them to keep our system running at its best.
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
Just think of the things you could do with the time and energy currently consumed by chasing false messages. Imagine what your life could be if the fears and tensions, the patterns of inhibition, were released and you were free to experience life fully. Who would you be?!!
There are more things, Lucilius, that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality. ~Seneca
Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out. ~ Karl Augustus Menninger
Just one of the things that I love about the work I do, is that it re-educates the nervous system so that the “lies” (inaccuracies) of the body/mind are diminished or deleted entirely, and the great truths (original purpose of protective mechanisms) are retrieved and restored, to the extent possible, for any given body/mind system, freeing people to live fuller, more successful and happier lives.
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