Posts from the My Book with Deepak Chopra Category
Blog: The Global Soul Want’s to laugh
Posted by David Ellzey on September 8th, 2010
I stepped back after performing in the streets of Hong Kong and applause broke out – also in the USSR 
(photo: Red Square with a famous Russian clown – when I had hair!), in India, and in many other countries. People love to laugh and be entertained. Why is this true?
First let me bring you up to speed. Before I became a global instructor of The Sedona Method, I was a mime and actor for 30 years on 5 continents for thousands of people on stage, television, and in film. I had the honor of meeting great souls, including noted author Norman Cousins, best known for healing himself from a degenerative spinal disease through laughter and massive doses of vitamin C. He generously endorsed me by saying, "David Ellzey is an accomplished court jester to humanity". Cool? I agree. An honor. But …
What does any of this have to do with you? Well, do you like to laugh or be entertained? The human soul relinquishes some of its suffering briefly when laughing. The mind quiets, pleasure chemicals are released in the body and brain and voila, our love of laughter. My discovery around this spinning earth is that all souls love to laugh, love to relax, love to forget their suffering and issues of life, love to live fully in the now. But there’s a small problem.
If we laughed all the time, we would look VERY funny and never get anything done. Hmmm On second thought, not a bad idea! But not very practical. The sad part is that other emotions like anxiety, fear, anger, all release chemicals too, but much less pleasing. In fact, they are harmful to our health if too many of these chemicals course through our veins and bodies for too long.
What’s the solution? Can you choose to stop reading this if you wish, or turn your head left or right? You have the ability to choose even when things seem more difficult. The option still exists, always, for certain things. I realize that you can’t choose different weather in your home town, for instance, but inwardly, with time, you learn you can actually choose what to do with your emotions. Anxiety, fear, and anger need not run your life. You have a choice. You can suppress them, pour them out into the world through expresssion or let the feelings go, dissolve them in this moment, and perhaps for the rest of your life. Intriqued? Would you like to speak, act, and love with calmness, strength and clarity, rather than from emotional reactivity and fear or anger?
In 1952 he was told he had two weeks to live. Lester Levenson chose instead to look inside at all his stored emotions and in letting them go, discovered the power of his own healing. He lived for forty two more happy years. He created the Sedona Method for you and I to use in our daily lives to feel the happiness and freedom that he found. Would you like to be free of the grip some emotions have on you and your life?
Click on the Calendar link above to see when and where in London, Holland, New York , and North Carolina you can learn this easy skill. As a bonus some of these upcoming courses have the extra treasure of being focused on dissolving non-love feelings you have for yourself and the world. These courses are for both new students and graduates. Could you love yourself more? It will change your life. Get out your calendar and mark the dates in September and October. Come shake my hand and say hello. Let’s laugh and enjoy life together. You up for it?
All my very best wishes for your freedom and happiness,
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Blog: Lester Meets Deepak. Part 2. The Infinite You.
Posted by David Ellzey on February 21st, 2010
Read on for how timeless truths can improve your daily life starting
right now as you read this.
I just finished Journey into Healing here in Phoenix, AZ, at the Biltmore Hotel, beautifully designed by Frank 
Lloyd Wright. The live program was given by The Chopra Center for Well-Being. Studying with Dr. Deepak Chopra and his co-founder, Dr. David Simon, confirmed for me that the timeless truth of our unlimited nature that Lester Levenson, the creator of The Sedona Method, pointed us toward has been known for thousands of years.
In this program we learned of how it was eloquently and poetically spoken of in the ancient Indian Vedic scriptures (eastern scriptures exploring how the human soul is an individual expression of the Infinite – and how to awaken to that inner truth).
As dear Lester counseled us, there is no separation between us and the cosmos or God, only an appearance of it. We are all expressions of what can be called in quantum physics – an infinite field of possibilities, as are the waves of the ocean. The waves remain an expression of the one ocean with an appearance of individuality. Lester was so clear in helping us let go of this egoic sense of separation. I believe this technique of The Sedona Method – used for letting go of the ego and all its suffering - is unparalleled in its simplicity.
Studying mime with a Kaballah Master (the mystic tradition of Judaism) at age seventeen, I was introduced to the idea that in space, both inner and outer, there exists an invisible and infinite potential of possibilities. We know in physics that there is no final ending or beginning to anything in existence. Life is better explained as an unending river of events appearing in time and space, yet originating from that which is timeless and infinite. In fact, let’s apply this to your emotional well being. If you want to feel free of your emotional turmoil easily and quickly, let’s try something …
Decide on a feeling that has hindered your happiness. Right now, I recommend you think of it now. Next, do me a favor and see if you can find where the absolute boundaries of the feeling are. Usually we can say its in the gut, or chest or neck, but really – check. Can you find the actual boundaries or does it seem that its energy bleeds into the area around it? Is it possible that your mind or memory is keeping it in place or appearing real by perceiving a fixed location? Let’s experiment. Quiet your mind for a nanosecond and open yourself to the possiblity that without the boundaries the feeling has the freedom to disappate or transform. What happens? Take your time. Try it….Open to this possibility. Go slow. Pause and breathe. Is there a shift, disappearance, or at least a bit of hope?
The Sedona Method brilliantly helps guide your attention to see that all feelings and thoughts are simply energy that can be allowed to dissolve, leaving inner peace, courage, and the deepest love. If you have ANY place in your life that is not as joyful or loving as you wish, whether in your relationships, at work, regarding the body, or money, you can dissolve your anxiety and other feelings and reveal the inherent stillness and wisdom which is your essential nature underlying all feelings. Stillness and wisdom are attributes of your boundless nature, the infinite you.
I can’t stress enough how essential a skill like this can be in daily life, especially in these times. With my heart, I highly suggest you check your calendar and move whatever you have to, to be able to attend the upcoming Sedona Method course here in NYC, April 10-11. If you are overseas, go to the Calendar link above and look at the upcoming dates in Scotland, England, and Holland in April and May. As a graduate, I recommend you rearrange your calendar to be sure to get to the advanced course, Effortless Relationships, to transform all your relationships and the one most importantly to yourself. Could you love yourself more? If so, do all you can to be at this course in New York on March 6-7 or in Holland, May 7-9.
So, my friends around this spinning planet, I send you my greatest care and good wishes. I very much hope to have the opportunity to support you in finding how a magnificent life is yours for the having.
For your freedom,
Blog: Audio excerpt from my chapter in my book with Deepak
Posted by David Ellzey on October 14th, 2009
Tonight I heard Dr. Chopra speak at Riverside Church in Manhattan. I felt the honor of co-authoring in the upcoming book, 
Stepping Stones to Success, with a man of his wisdom. I believe he is the foremost global teacher of the integration of medicine, science, and consciousness. My chapter in Stepping Stones to Success is about how, regardless of how it appears, you are fully equipped to make it through your life challenges and create a fulfilling life. Listen below to my short four minute reading of a portion of my chapter ~ and PLEASE comment on what you hear. I’d love to hear your thoughts. The book is slated to be out in December or January.
Here’s to your greatest fulfillment and success and I hope you enjoy the excerpt!
NOTE: Are your speakers on?
For freedom,
Blog: Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, and Me.
Posted by David Ellzey on August 4th, 2009
There I am, in the Salt Lake City Convention Center lobby after Deepak Chopra spoke inspiringly at 
a conference. I get a call on my cell phone. The person on the other end asked, "Would you like to contribute to a book with Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield?".
I, too, have hopes and dreams. One is to work with Deepak Chopra and others devoted to raising the consciousness of this planet. Lately, as I more fully invest my heart in doing what I love ~ supporting others to know their unlimited nature, some exciting dreams are coming true for me. Coincidence? Don’t think so.
The more I step forward from hiding behind any remaining sense of "Not good enough" or "They’ll find out I’m a fake", and live my life more fully without shame or apology, the more effortlessly these "events" and the people who can support me are showing up. However, this takes letting go of the disempowered "poor me" and "victim" orientation. That orientation means you give the world your own power to create your own life – so you end up waiting for a better life until your day of death – disappointed and feeling powerless.
Letting go of this powerless "poor me" orientation can be scary, because then you are actually responsible for your own life. But this is where the fun begins! Now you can actually let youself create and have that which brings you joy.
Do you wish to be free of your fear and feeling powerless? It is entirely possible. Jan Nolte of New York, after learning The Sedona Method, said, "Divorce, parenting issues, war, the market fluctuations are all happening, but by using The Sedona Method … I remain clear-minded and at ease. This is radical and wonderful."
Click on the Calendar link above and find out where and when you can learn – or strengthen – your ability to dissolve any sense of powerlessness and the emotions that come with it. Find the YOU that lives unbridled with joy and in courageous action.
Oh! I almost forgot! The book is called, "Stepping Stones to Success" and will be out at the end of the year. I’ll keep you posted on how you can get your copy!
With all my heart, I hope to see you at the next Sedona Method basic (Sept. 12-13) or advanced course. Take action now and move from hiding behind anything ~ to create a greater life. Click here.
With Greatest Love and freedom,
PS I love hearing your thoughts and comments. Please let me know if this had value for you or how it could have more. On the comment page, it looks public, but I am the only one who sees them AND will love reading them. So tell me!