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Your Unbreakable Wholeness Richard Miller, PhD Founder & Chairman iRest Institute C-iRest, C-IAYT, ERYT500 Wholeness Innate intelligence within that informs and directs our life - Being, Responding, Interacting, Loving, Serving Vital that
Founder & Chairman iRest Institute
C-iRest, C-IAYT, ERYT500
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√ Innate √ Ever-present √ Unchanging √ Unbreakable
hurt, harmed, injured, destroyed
fixing, changing, healing
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Amidst all changing states and conditions
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Our family, cultural, personal experiences can enhance our sense of separation and diminish our ability to experience our innate Wholeness Our habitual patterns can become like neural cement, where we feel rigid and unable to adapt to changing circumstances
Separate self ➟ Witness ➟ Witnessing ➟ Being ➟ Wholeness
Ever-present resource
vow, determination
– Physical and Mental Well-Being
– Perception of pain – Fight-flight-freeze-submit-collapse mechanism
– Present centered network, insight – Proactive engagement and responsive action
Spacious Spacious, Unlimited and whole vs. Contracted and limited
Timeless Outside time, thought and whole vs. Limited by time iii. How am I? Perfect Perfect and whole vs. Lacking and flawed iv. What am I? Connected Connected and whole vs. Confused and disconnected v. Who am I? Complete Complete and whole vs. Incomplete
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