Comments on: I Have A Brain Tumor http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/ All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within. Sun, 20 May 2012 15:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mark http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-136 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:32:05 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-136 It is true in almost every social circle in almost every culture that the masses will attempt to hold you back from excelling beyond the pack and may even ostracize a person if they do. Growing pains, growing pains! It is true in almost every social circle in almost every culture that the masses will attempt to hold you back from excelling beyond the pack and may even ostracize a person if they do.

Growing pains, growing pains!

]]> by: Greg Hankerson http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-135 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:19:31 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-135 Taking a 4 day class from PSI Seminars was as traumatic and life changing as my brain tumor. It helped jumpstart my life again after I fell back into my old habits of coasting through life. However, I decided with the start of this website, that I will never again coast. The seminar picks most people up to new incredible heights. Unfortunately they fall back, like I did, because they don't make a daily practice of living life to the fullest. If you check a search engine for PSI seminars, you'll find lots of people bashing them. Many people are pissed at PSI because one of their loved ones took the seminar and moved on with their lives in some fashion. The speaker there told me the first day that he stopped hanging around his usual crowd and some of his family, because they didn't support him the way he wanted. That happened to me. People that are truly content, seem to anger and create resentment in those who are stuck simply by being happy. They want to knock them down. Misery loves company I suppose. Taking a 4 day class from PSI Seminars was as traumatic and life changing as my brain tumor. It helped jumpstart my life again after I fell back into my old habits of coasting through life. However, I decided with the start of this website, that I will never again coast.

The seminar picks most people up to new incredible heights. Unfortunately they fall back, like I did, because they don’t make a daily practice of living life to the fullest. If you check a search engine for PSI seminars, you’ll find lots of people bashing them. Many people are pissed at PSI because one of their loved ones took the seminar and moved on with their lives in some fashion. The speaker there told me the first day that he stopped hanging around his usual crowd and some of his family, because they didn’t support him the way he wanted. That happened to me. People that are truly content, seem to anger and create resentment in those who are stuck simply by being happy. They want to knock them down. Misery loves company I suppose.

]]> by: Mark http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-133 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:20:45 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-133 Greg, You are right, there are not to many people or institutions which teach us how precious our life is or show us that many of us are "sleepwalking" through life. Even when people are forced to "awaken" from their slumber, often times it is only a short wake-up, they very quickly fall back into their slumber of life. Greg,
You are right, there are not to many people or institutions which teach us how precious our life is or show us that many of us are “sleepwalking” through life.
Even when people are forced to “awaken” from their slumber, often times it is only a short wake-up, they very quickly fall back into their slumber of life.

]]> by: Greg Hankerson http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-132 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:17:36 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-132 But who in life teaches us how precious life really is? Not school, not the government, not the media, if your lucky, your parents. Having a near-death-experience can force the issue. I've noticed there are a bunch of movies that demonstrate people trying to force the experience to others like Fight Club and Saw 1, 2, and 3. But who in life teaches us how precious life really is? Not school, not the government, not the media, if your lucky, your parents.

Having a near-death-experience can force the issue. I’ve noticed there are a bunch of movies that demonstrate people trying to force the experience to others like Fight Club and Saw 1, 2, and 3.

]]> by: Mark http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-131 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:03:15 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-131 Yes, to many this may sound strange. Even stranger is finding the ability to die while we are still alive. To be able to do this is much like what you went through with the brain tumor. One does not have to have a horrible thing happen to them to experience and learn what you did. One can do that with their mind. Yes, to many this may sound strange. Even stranger is finding the ability to die while we are still alive. To be able to do this is much like what you went through with the brain tumor. One does not have to have a horrible thing happen to them to experience and learn what you did. One can do that with their mind.

]]> by: Greg Hankerson http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-130 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:54:15 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-130 R Nicolas, I suppose it is a form a greed. We are losing something we treasure, rather than seeing the good in it. Mark, Yes, my brain tumor was one of, if not the best thing that has ever happened to me. And I wish everybody could go through something like I did in order to truly appreciate what they have. Now doesn't that sound strange! R Nicolas,

I suppose it is a form a greed. We are losing something we treasure, rather than seeing the good in it.

Mark,

Yes, my brain tumor was one of, if not the best thing that has ever happened to me. And I wish everybody could go through something like I did in order to truly appreciate what they have. Now doesn’t that sound strange!

]]> by: Mark http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-129 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:06:25 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-129 I read one of Bernie Siegel's books years ago. I am a big believe in the power of thought and our ability to cure ourselves. It is wonderful that you learned so much from having a brain tumor. May have been one of the best things that happened to you (I know that may sound strange, however you are who you are today in part, because of the brain tumor). I read one of Bernie Siegel’s books years ago. I am a big believe in the power of thought and our ability to cure ourselves.
It is wonderful that you learned so much from having a brain tumor. May have been one of the best things that happened to you (I know that may sound strange, however you are who you are today in part, because of the brain tumor).

]]> by: R Nicolas http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-128 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:44:47 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-128 My wife died due to an inoperable brain tumor almost thirteen years ago, and I have always been amazed at how she was able to handle it so much better than I. But, thinking back now it seems to have been a form of greed. I was losing the woman I loved more than life and was in a sense feeling sorry for myself. She on the other hand was at peace with her being terminal due to her religious beliefs, which if you knew me at all would surprise you. Her only concerns were for my being able to deal with two babies on my own, and for my soul, which she had always hoped to save. My wife died due to an inoperable brain tumor almost thirteen years ago, and I have always been amazed at how she was able to handle it so much better than I. But, thinking back now it seems to have been a form of greed. I was losing the woman I loved more than life and was in a sense feeling sorry for myself. She on the other hand was at peace with her being terminal due to her religious beliefs, which if you knew me at all would surprise you. Her only concerns were for my being able to deal with two babies on my own, and for my soul, which she had always hoped to save.

]]> by: Greg Hankerson http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-126 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:38:35 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-126 I feel for you. I saw it to be way more difficult for my loved ones, than for me. Give Bernie Siegel's book a try if you haven't already. It helped me tremendously. I feel for you. I saw it to be way more difficult for my loved ones, than for me. Give Bernie Siegel’s book a try if you haven’t already. It helped me tremendously.

]]> by: Joanne Kerr http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-125 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:30:57 +0000 http://theadvancedsoul.com/2007/01/30/i-have-a-brain-tumor/#comment-125 I have just read your site and can relate to how you felt. My husband was diagnosed with a glioblastoma and given nine to twelve months to live in June last year. He has managed to be really positive but I am not finiding it so easy. I think that a cancer diagnosis must give you some amazing strength to deal with the situation - it is much harder being the wife/carer. I have just read your site and can relate to how you felt. My husband was diagnosed with a glioblastoma and given nine to twelve months to live in June last year. He has managed to be really positive but I am not finiding it so easy. I think that a cancer diagnosis must give you some amazing strength to deal with the situation - it is much harder being the wife/carer.

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