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Serendipity.

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What a beautiful word! -

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conjuring park serene sailing,[br]with a hint of good-natured fun.

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Serendipity -

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that chance beneficial meeting,

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the unexpected conversation

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that provides just the answer[br]you're looking for,

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the perfectly timed taxi ride

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that takes you past the cinema[br]showing the film you'd be wanting to see,

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where you accidentally[br]knock over somebody else's popcorn

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who turns out to be the boy from school[br]who you used to have a crush on.

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And guess what?

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A year later you're happily married -

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serendipity.

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So if that is serendipity in action,[br]how does it work?

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How does it work?

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Are there higher powers[br]directing the details of our lives?

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Or is it just a random[br]coincidence of events?

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Is there anything we can do to enhance[br]the occurrences of these positive events?

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It is my proposition today

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that whilst life throws[br]many events our way -

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some positive, some challenging -

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we have within ourselves,

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the power and possibility[br]to create an environment

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that enhances the probability[br]of these fortunate events

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that make our lives[br]a little more plain sailing

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and a lot more fun.

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Before we continue,

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I would like to explain

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that I'm a qualified[br]and experienced sound therapist.

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I have studied spiritual[br]and scientific texts

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as they relate to sound and vibration.

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Some of the things[br]I'm going to talk about today

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would initially sound impossible,

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but I would ask you[br]to suspend your disbelief

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and remember in the words[br]of the author Paulo Coelho,

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"People never learn by being told,[br]they have to find out for themselves."

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It's about taking my words today[br]and relating them to your own experience,

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and if enough truth resonates for you,

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go out and experience it for yourself;

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find out if it holds true for you.

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To understand why I believe

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we are able to create and influence[br]serendipitous events,

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I would like you to consider[br]that we live in a vibrational universe;

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you are a vibrational being,

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whose cells and organs all pulsate[br]at a particular frequency.

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Our brain pulsates[br]with electromagnetic energy,

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affected by our emotions, our health[br]and our general state of well-being.

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Our body contracts and pulses[br]at various rates,

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including your heartbeat,[br]your stomach contracting

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and the very act of breathing.

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Together, they make up you,[br]a composite of frequencies,

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and so we each vibrate[br]to our own personal tune.

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Disease, depression,[br]negative behavior patterns -

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these are all symptoms of a body and mind[br]being out of tune, quite literally.

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Not only do our bodies[br]vibrate on a cellular level,

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these vibrations do not end with this skin

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but instead, continue out into space[br]on a vibratory continuum

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being connected by an energy field[br]or a matrix of waves.

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I'd like you to rub[br]your hands together really fast

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and then hold them a couple of millimeters[br]away from each other.

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Can you feel a slight resistance?

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That is energy.

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Nikola Tesla said,

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"If you want to find[br]the secret of the universe,

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you need to think in terms[br]of energy, frequency and vibration."

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If an energetic force is struck

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at the same resonant frequency[br]as another object in the vicinity,

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the vibrations will cause[br]the second object to begin vibrating.

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In terms of how you experience the world,

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the energy and vibration you give off[br]is met and reflected back.

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We can feel this on an emotional level

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when we say that somebody's[br]on our wavelength

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or we feel in tune[br]with a person or situation.

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Why is it important?

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Well, if your internal vibration[br]is one of anxiety, depression, anger,

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the life experience you have[br]may very well provide you

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with people and situations[br]that reflect this back at you,

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thereby reinforcing the feeling

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and so creating a circuitous,[br]negative experience of life.

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It's a bit like tuning[br]into different radio waves,

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depending on what frequency you emit[br]or decide on what station you pick up;

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therefore, if we can raise and enhance[br]our internal vibration,

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we can create a situation

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that reflects back[br]a more positive experience of life.

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So how do we create that shift?

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Ancient teaching’s view[br]of how the world is created

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is through sound.

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Whilst the truth of these views[br]can be debated,

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what is clear from modern research,[br]sound can at the very least affect matter.

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In the 18th century,

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Ernst Chladni put sand onto a glass plate

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and vibrated it with a violin bow.

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The sand was pulled into creative[br]and beautiful symmetric patterns.

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This work has been continued[br]with the invention of the cymascope

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by John Reid,

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who uses water as a surface membrane[br]in which to imprint sound

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and create a digital representation[br]of sound and vibration.

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In the following video clip,

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you will see the sound and vibration

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as represented on the cymascope[br]of a singing bowl,

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much like the one I have here.

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(Singing bowl chimes)

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As you can hear,

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the bowl has rich and complex harmonics.

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(Singing bowl chimes)

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Notice the symmetrical shapes

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and the similarities to those[br]found in sacred geometry

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and within the harmonious shapes[br]found in nature.

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Through the study of[br]micro cymatics and sonocytology,

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we are now able to hear the difference[br]between a healthy and unhealthy cell.

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According to Gardner Snook[br]of Manchester University,

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the difference between a healthy cell[br]and a cancerous cell

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is like two very large orchestras

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all playing their instruments[br]at the same time,

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but in the cancerous orchestra,[br]the tuba is horribly out of tune.

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In the following two clips,

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you can hear the difference

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between the healthy pulsations[br]of a yeast cell

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and the high-pitched frequency[br]of one that is stressed.

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Notice the distortions[br]as represented on the cymascope

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of the one that is stressed.

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(Sounds similar to distant thunders)

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(Sharp hissing sounds)

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Through the latest experiments[br]using micro cymatics,

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it has been suggested[br]that through the principle of entrainment,

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whereby a more powerful frequency

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causes a weaker frequency[br]to synchronize with it,

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we can excite the membrane of a cell

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into coherent and geometrical patterns;

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therefore, if we direct harmonious sound[br]towards our bodies,

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we are able to bring our cells[br]into their own optimum frequency.

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Not only do we vibrate[br]on a cellular level,

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our consciousness,[br]our thoughts and emotions

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all have their own energetic imprint.

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Masaru Emoto, in his book[br]"The Secret Life of Water,"

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exposed water to harmonious sounds,[br]healing thoughts, and prayer

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as well as dissonant music[br]and negative thoughts.

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He then froze the water and took[br]photographs of the water crystals.

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The water that had been exposed[br]to the harmonious sounds

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and healing thoughts and prayer

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created beautiful[br]and geometric water crystals,

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and those who didn't[br]were misshapen or not present at all.

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Many scientists and[br]philosophers have pondered,

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Where does consciousness[br]and our thoughts arise from?

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Whether you believe[br]that it is from a god-given source

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or from somewhere deep inside the brain,

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latest research has discovered

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that it is through our[br]bodily responses to it,

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is in quantum vibrations found[br]in microtubules within brain neurons;

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therefore, as we have already found out,

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by putting harmonious[br]thoughts into our brains,

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we can turn our perceptions[br]and our thoughts

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from chaos to beauty.

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We've all used music[br]to calm and energize ourselves,

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whether it is dance music[br]on a Saturday night

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or downtempo jazz on the Sunday.

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Pachelbel’s Canon was my go-to[br]when in the throes of teenage angst.

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I’ve subsequently discovered

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that the perfect fifth harmonic[br]as found in Baroque music

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is one of the most healing[br]harmonic arrangements there is,

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being both expansive and stable.

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By creating a steady rhythm

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through the use of Baroque music,[br]toning a single vowel,

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or through the use of a gong,[br]a Himalayan bowl,

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or through a mother[br]singing a lullaby to her child,

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a steady rhythm can be created

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that allows the mind to latch on to it,[br]slow down, and relax -

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the left and right[br]hemispheres of the brain

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begin to resonate to a steady rhythm,

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bringing together[br]the more linear left side

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with a more emotional and creative right;

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the subconscious and[br]unconscious minds become aligned,

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unresolved issues are released,

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and you become more vibrationally coherent[br]and increasingly powerful.

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When we say that somebody is charismatic,

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what we are feeling[br]is their personal vibration.

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When this happens, life starts to flow,[br]and those serendipitous moments increase.

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Why?

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I stand to quote the saying,

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"We cannot solve problems

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using the same kind of thinking we had[br]when we created them."

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By creating a more coherent[br]and harmonizing

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on our bodies and our thoughts,

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we can change our thoughts

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and so change the way[br]you perceive the world.

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We start to see the world[br]through a truthful lens,

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being curious of the[br]opportunities presented to us.

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We respond creatively to situations,

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taking action that perhaps[br]others might not

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and perhaps we have not done in the past.

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It is at this moment,

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those serendipitous moments[br]that seem so random and elusive

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start to become more frequent and expected

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because not only are we tuned[br]into a more enjoyable radio station,

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we become less passive and more active[br]as steering our course,

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whereby we can live a life more expansive[br]and increasingly joy-filled.

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Thank you for listening.

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(Applause)