Dr. John Demartini
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So I always say, how did this help me fulfill what I'm up to? And those days I wanted to go surfing. And then I nearly died at 17.
So I always say, how did this help me fulfill what I'm up to? And those days I wanted to go surfing. And then I nearly died at 17.
I was surfing a big day at Laniakea on the North Shore. And I ended up having... some alkaloid cyanide kind of poisoning from what I was eating. It affected my diaphragm, stopped my diaphragm. When you're riding a big wave and your diaphragm stops, it was a scary moment. Let's put it that way.
I was surfing a big day at Laniakea on the North Shore. And I ended up having... some alkaloid cyanide kind of poisoning from what I was eating. It affected my diaphragm, stopped my diaphragm. When you're riding a big wave and your diaphragm stops, it was a scary moment. Let's put it that way.
My board was crunched and splintered. I ended up on the rocks and I ended up hitchhiking back from Lanikea into Haleiwa. And then I ended up falling unconscious out in a parking lot at this grocery store. And I woke up three and a half days later in a tent. Somehow somebody recognized who it was and brought me to my tent. I don't have any recollection for those days.
My board was crunched and splintered. I ended up on the rocks and I ended up hitchhiking back from Lanikea into Haleiwa. And then I ended up falling unconscious out in a parking lot at this grocery store. And I woke up three and a half days later in a tent. Somehow somebody recognized who it was and brought me to my tent. I don't have any recollection for those days.
But then a lady found me in the tent and I was pretty sick. And she's the one that helped me recover and took me to a health food store to get me some carrot juice and decent food. And then I ended up going to a yoga class where I met Paul C. Bragg. He's the one that started Jack Lane's career and impacted Donald Trump and many, many people. I mean, I could just go down the list, this guy.
But then a lady found me in the tent and I was pretty sick. And she's the one that helped me recover and took me to a health food store to get me some carrot juice and decent food. And then I ended up going to a yoga class where I met Paul C. Bragg. He's the one that started Jack Lane's career and impacted Donald Trump and many, many people. I mean, I could just go down the list, this guy.
And he, one night in one hour with a message, inspired me to believe that someday I could become intelligent.
And he, one night in one hour with a message, inspired me to believe that someday I could become intelligent.
Well, I remember when I woke up from the unconscious in the tent, face down in a really not a healthy site, I remember saying to myself, if I make it through this, I want to do something more with my life. That was a rough moment. But
Well, I remember when I woke up from the unconscious in the tent, face down in a really not a healthy site, I remember saying to myself, if I make it through this, I want to do something more with my life. That was a rough moment. But
When I met him, he said that what we think about, what we visualize, what we affirm, what we feel, what we write out and define and clarify, and what we act upon determines our destiny, determines how we want our life. And we can decide. It doesn't matter what it is. It's just what's inspiring to us, what's truly meaningful to us. How do we define that?
When I met him, he said that what we think about, what we visualize, what we affirm, what we feel, what we write out and define and clarify, and what we act upon determines our destiny, determines how we want our life. And we can decide. It doesn't matter what it is. It's just what's inspiring to us, what's truly meaningful to us. How do we define that?
And at the time, I was assuming right before that happened, I assumed I was gonna make surfboards with Dick Brewer on the North Shore at Country Surfboards. And that was my fate. But that night, I really had the first time belief that maybe I could overcome my learning problems and someday become intelligent. And that was like amazing moment.
And at the time, I was assuming right before that happened, I assumed I was gonna make surfboards with Dick Brewer on the North Shore at Country Surfboards. And that was my fate. But that night, I really had the first time belief that maybe I could overcome my learning problems and someday become intelligent. And that was like amazing moment.
And I went on a visual guided imagery meditation he took us through. And I saw myself standing in front of a million people speaking. I have in my office in Houston, Texas, on the 52nd floor of Williams Tower, this five foot by four foot painting that Andrew Tister from Melbourne, Australia painted of this vision.
And I went on a visual guided imagery meditation he took us through. And I saw myself standing in front of a million people speaking. I have in my office in Houston, Texas, on the 52nd floor of Williams Tower, this five foot by four foot painting that Andrew Tister from Melbourne, Australia painted of this vision.
It's really inspiring. It was such a lucid, tear jerking epiphany moment that I just knew that I knew that I knew this was it.
It's really inspiring. It was such a lucid, tear jerking epiphany moment that I just knew that I knew that I knew this was it.