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Experiences of Order: Mental, Spiritual, Physical, Emotional

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone in which the issues being discussed became more clear? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at a mental level.

Have you ever sat in front of a spiritual master and had your worries dissolve? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at a spiritual level.

Have you ever gotten up from a massage or chiropractic session and felt like it was easier to walk and breathe? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at a physical level.

Have you ever emerged from a haze of anger and frustration into the clear space of good cheer, passion, creativity and optimism? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at an emotional level.

[To get straight to the 7 steps, scroll down to the end]

What is Order?

Order has to do with moving to a place of clearly seeing where we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going. It is the introduction of information to any situation in which the past, present and future are not manifesting clearly.

Imagine you are going to get on an airplane. You are at the airport, you have already purchased your ticket, but you don’t know what time your plane leaves. As a result you are nervous so you look at the monitor that lists departure times. The monitor says that you have two hours before take-off. Appeased by the information, you relax. There is plenty of time before the flight will be boarding.

The information communicated through the monitor has brought order to the situation; and consequently, relative peace.

Communication Breakdown = Disease

If you take a close look at the body and mind there are all kinds of communication breakdowns. There are fragmented bits of past, present and future floating around all over the place: maybe it is a physical trauma that is being held in our musculature to protect the body from pain. Maybe we are suppressing emotional trauma in our cells that our ego is not ready to handle. Maybe our cell walls have too much “bad” fat in them to be able to communicate with the cells they need to to do their job well. Whatever the case, many of the monitors that transmit information that we need to integrate our past, present and future are shut down on a number of different levels.

Now, imagine an airport in which not one person, but most people don’t know what time their flight is leaving and all of the monitors are broken. The pandemonium would be tremendous; the same goes for your body.

Rolfing as Information Medicine

What is so difficult to communicate as a Rolfer is that Rolfing is a process whereby we turn the monitors back on. Once the monitors are on again everyone in the airport can relax, breathe a sigh of relief, and the overall vibe relaxes. People are receiving the information that they need to connect their past, present and future. As a result, they move to a higher level of order, or what we call integration. Everyone is getting along better with everyone else and the business of the world goes on in a happier way.

7 Easy Steps to an Order in Your Life

If you don’t believe that attaining a sense of relaxed well-being is really this simple try this:

The next time you find yourself anxious or upset–

1. Take a moment

2. Ask where you are coming from, where you are and where you are going.

3. Look to see if there is anything getting in the way of you either receiving the past or flowing into the future. (This could be a lack of information on any level. Maybe you are driving a car and looking for a destination without a map, so you get lost, and being lost before an appointment you begin to get stressed out.)

4. Identify the piece of missing information that keeps you from moving fluidly between past, present and future.

5. Trust that everything that you need to link your past present and future is immediately available (maybe you pull into a gas station and ask for directions).

6. Get the information that you need to reestablish the flow between past present and future.

7. Apply the new information to your situation.

Keep Us Informed

Congratulations, you now have the 7 step formula for manifesting order and moving to a higher level of integration.

Let me know how it works for you—or how it doesn’t. Feel free to send in your stories, your difficulties, your triumphs and travails.