﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>RANDYEK.COM</title><link>http://randyek.com</link><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 03:01:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 03:01:16 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright /><itunes:subtitle> </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author /><itunes:summary /><description /><itunes:owner><itunes:name /><itunes:email>randyek@cox.net</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Arts" /><item><title>Let</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/05/25/let-12.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Humankind is God's most prized accomplishment. Humans are the only thing in the universe that were made in God's image and likeness. We are linked to God in a way that no other form of matter in all creation is. We are partnered with God. Of ourselves we are nothing and without us God is not complete.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I hear people say that they either don't need God or that they will let God do everything for them. What we actually have is a relationship with God. I shall reiterate that it is our job to do and it is God's job to manifest. We must quit making and begin letting. I can't make therefore by letting God do what God does I find I am not overwhelmed. I just DO!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I am a co-creator with God. I begin by meditating and praying until I get my inspiration. Then I take whatever action necessary, which is my DO. Then I let God do what God does and I LET. With simple readjustment of my life I have found peace and serenity. I don't fight or struggle. I simply LET.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;It is through spiritual inspiration that I get my direction. It is confidence in my direction that provides my perseverance. It is also my confidence that provides the patience to wait until God accomplishes manifestation. Sometimes manifestation is not coherent with my goals. When this happens I return to prayer and meditation and wait for further guidance. When the guidance comes I resume my journey.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;As I more consciously practice this process I get better at it. As anything in life it improves with practice. A golfer cannot expect to stand over a ball for the first time and hit a shot like a professional. The primary thing that separates an amateur from a professional is years of practice and determination. It is with this knowledge that I leave you with...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;P.S. I recently did an interview with Don McCauley of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;TheAuthorShow.com about my last book&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;"Rocket Fuel For Life."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you would like to hear this interview, it will be aired June 11 &amp;amp; 12 at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuthorsShow1.html" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuthorsShow1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/05/25/let-12.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">6763ac7d-ed6b-4a8e-88f7-bfc239b9134d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:40:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grief</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/05/20/grief.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;This afternoon I attended a memorial service for my friend Chuck. Although I felt love for his return to God and his extended spiritual quest, I felt great sadness for his wife Pam. I realized that my sadness was spurred by the thoughts of my life, if I lost my wife, Jan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;All feelings are associated with personal experience. We could feel no sadness in our lives if we had never experience sadness in our lives. Sadness is selfish and personal. Sadness is feeling sorry for ourselves for our loss. We are sorry for ourselves and how life affects us. We are all we think about even when we seem to be thinking of others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I share this introspection as it is a piece of our character experienced through our human nature. Our spiritual nature is God's nature of grace or unconditional love. We must learn to understand our dual natures and be free to experience them both to their fullest. I explain our consciousness and try to not judge them as good or bad. I love all my feelings as they are full expression of both my natures.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;We must all learn to support others in their times of need and equally allow them to support us in ours. We are given opportunities to help each other as we are all equally loved by God and for us to have a vertical relationship with God we must freely love one another. The key to living a great life is to be great and support each other's greatness. To help people bridge the gap between Ego and Soul we must all reach the summit of life together. This is why I always leave my readers with...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/05/20/grief.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c827d57a-fc12-491f-a666-e1f43af07cff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 02:31:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Entitlement</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/05/15/entitlement.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;I seldom do what I am about to do and want to apologize in
advance. I usually hear plenty of debate, which I truly love. My political rant
is this: I have two fiscal criticisms; one is that we must pay down our dept,&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;period&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;,
and second that we must get the people of this country back into the steam of
opportunity and God's grace by removing all thought of public entitlement. No
one is entitled to anything but the love and support of God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;My political agenda this campaign period is simple. First is our
mammoth o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;utstanding public debt, which as of 15
May 2012 at 04:45:47 PM GMT is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background:white"&gt;$15,689,127,765,893.58&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;. I have heard people say that we are at a point that
we cannot recover from such debt. I for one am neither convince nor willing to
see our country collapse through neglect. And as we are made in the image and
likeness of God we are never limited by anything other than our&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span style="background:white"&gt;perceived&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;limitations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Countries other than us dealing with tremendous
debt include but are not limited to Italy, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and
France, several countries spotted around the world. Our ability to continually
print money and expand our inflation is the only thing that has kept us from
facing our tremendous dept. If the American dollar were not at the center of
world finance we would not be able to inflate our money in order to avoid
paying our dept. The problem is that the more we inflate our money the deeper
in dept we get.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;The other problem we have in this country is the idea of
entitlement. The people of this country have learned to look to the government
for resolve, neglecting to remember that this country is of and by the people.
The responsibility of this country lies on the shoulder of each and every one
of us as we are the people eventually responsible for all that our government
does. It is not hard to believe that the recent financial problems of this countries
individuals is identical to the governments in that we are financially over
extended.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;The term entitlement seems to be the political term of the day. It
is true that this country has taken a tremendous amount of programs originally
designed to help us through difficult time and extending them into good times.
This compiling of social benefits has become financially not viable. This
entitlement is the cause of the government unable to stop enabling people to
not stand on their own two feet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;This inability to face our entitlement obstruction is politically
motivated toward votes? I wonder if it is even possible for candidates of any
political position willing to express the truth to achieve the position
necessary for resolve attainment. It is vitally necessity to remove all waste
from government cost. It is a combination of the cost of running such a huge
government and the lack of productivity leading us to a trade deficit that is
the primary reason for our financial disarray.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;I am sorry if this rant discovers that you too have an opinion but
that is the primary reason I rant in the first place. I am often asked what I
expect from my books and I always remark, "HMMMM!" I want you all to
think. I want all of you to believe in something. As far back as 1947, Peter
Marshall prayed, "Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand
and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for
anything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Please feel free to comment or reply directly to me at
randyek@cox.net with your remarks pro or con. I love to hear from all of you
and I would love it if you found enough from what I write to share it with
others. But whatever you decide to do or not do remember...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Dr.
Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/span&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/05/15/entitlement.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">35c274bf-964c-464c-9389-24f8382f7ebc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:49:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quotes</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/05/14/quotes-2.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;I have been collecting quotes for over thirty years. A quote to me
is like a charge of nitro to a racecar. It reminds me of how simple a solution
can be and how much I need to be reminded of the greatness in all of us. We can
never be reminded to often about our natural uniqueness and greatness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;I have quotes that date back as many as five thousand years. I am
often surprised how much the problems and solutions of many millennium ago are
so applicable to today's social dilemmas. I guess the problems may look a lot
different but they are solved with simple solutions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Quotes are also called sound bites, excerpts, passage or
references. I use so many of these a friend of mine found many in my writings
and calls them Ekisms. I try to add to my list and put them on my web site
under the Ekisms tab found at:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bizwiz3d.com/Ekisms.html" target="_blank" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;Ekisms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bizwiz3d.com/Ekisms.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;span style="color:blue"&gt;http://www.bizwiz3d.com/Ekisms.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;If you would like a quote about a certain subject just email me at
randyek@cox.net. Until then let people raise your consciousness with their
wisdom and remember...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/05/14/quotes-2.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">843a543a-051f-4db5-b96b-c9f4e82ea129</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:56:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judgment</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/05/07/judgment.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 32); text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;"Judge not, that ye be not judged," is taken from Matthew 7:1 of the King James Version of the Holy Bible. This statement is often quoted yet seldom understood. One can only judge life on a single premise therefore we can only judge others with the same set of standards we have set for ourselves. This is why whenever we are hard on others we are equally hard on ourselves.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 32); text-align: -webkit-auto; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 32); text-align: -webkit-auto; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Judgment should be left in the hands of God as God is grace and non-judgmental. As we are made in God's image we separate ourselves from God's grace when we judge period. Judgment is a practice of Ego and Ego separates us from God when we don't adhere to the laws of the Universe or stay in God's grace. When we live in the now we live without judgment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;When focused in our conscious mind we truly experience our lives,
undaunted by judgment. Judgment steps in when our thoughts retreat into our
subconscious mind, retrieving beliefs, fabricated from past experiences and
compare them to our current&amp;nbsp;experience. Judgment is always founded on opinion as truth is in the eye of the beholder only. Now is the only true reality and it is for our experience and education and not for us to sit in judgment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Let us all refrain from judgment and bask merely in the experience of life in the now; for it is the only time and place that God exists. It is in meditation that I find the solace of God as it is the only place I can separate God from all the other thoughts in my head. It is this reality that I always leave you with...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Your life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/05/07/judgment.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">26f6f8f8-d7b3-4863-97b1-810cea013ddd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:40:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pleasure</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/04/24/pleasure.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;div style="" align="justify"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 19, 32); "&gt;"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Matthew 6:24 King James version of the Holy Bible&lt;/i&gt;. God is of our spiritual nature and mammon is of our human nature or as I like to call Ego. Happiness is of God, while pleasure is of the Ego. Pleasure not only doesn't serve God it dissolves our long term happiness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;One of the most influential antagonists of my happiness is serving mammon over God through the portal of pleasure. I can easily justify pleasure in recognition of my emotions but emotions are a poor determinant of spiritual growth. Emotions are more a byproduct of Ego. I often hear someone explain that so or so made me feel something and I try to explain that their are only two true feeling, love and fear. Emotions are the variations of response to our feelings. What most people call feelings are actually emotions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;The problem that humankind has is settling for pleasure. Settling allows us to stay in a rut and not continually grow in the image and likeness of God. This does not work in the long term as God has a fail safe plan for our salvation. God helps prevent us from stagnation as this creates separation from God who is dynamic. This separation creates pain and eventually the pain becomes unbearable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;In prayer and meditation I ask for God to guide my thoughts, which eventually determines my actions. If I am constantly asking God to help me know God better I am asking for guidance toward my own greatness. I not only pray for greatness for myself, I pray for greatness in order to help lead others toward their greatness. This is the essence of my newest book project called, "Made In The Image and Likeness." It is also why I leave you with...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/04/24/pleasure.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">ef1632c2-bc93-42f7-bfb5-f17dd5c4bf40</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:02:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Choices</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/04/17/choices.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;I have had an incredible week since my last blog. It seems as though making choices for one's health is not seen as very popular. Many people said, "No way I could live without meat." They have also said, "If you go vegan what will you do for protein?." People seem to have very little understanding of food and/or nutrition.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;My primary research in food and nutrition started over five years ago when my wife, Jan, had chemotherapy for her breast cancer and developed fibromyalgia. I can tell you that if living our life as a Vegan cure for my wife's fibromyalgia, it will be the best life style change I have made since I quit drinking over thirty years ago. Back then they said,"I can't imagine never drinking again." Sometimes that which we can't imagine, may just be the thing we most need to do.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;We all should make choices that enhance our lives, even if it means changing life styles. Many times I have found that my life style was the contributing factor to my lack of health or unhappiness. When I began working out daily, I found new energy and began to regain my esteem. Many factors provide us with great esteem and until we find greatness we merely settle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Both conscious and subconscious g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;reatness is a byproduct of physical, mental and spiritual confidence. We must never settle as we are constantly being offered new levels of greatness. This is why many people find periods of greatness merely to fall back into commonness. Success is not forever unless one continues to raise the bar on their successes. I read a road sign many years ago that said, "Life is not a resting place; it is a testing place.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Life is a series of opportunities to overcome obstacles. Either we overcome these obstacles or they continue to surface. Our spirit will guide us to our ultimate potential. It is through prayer and meditation that we encounter and learn to trust God through our spirit. It is the constant awareness of spirit that I have committed my life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Albert Einstein said,&amp;nbsp;"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Imagination
is more important than knowledge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." The need for imagination, intuition or inspiration is what inspires me to leave my readers with...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/04/17/choices.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">1ac5b885-ac50-4f08-89b6-ce2cd6f5131b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:09:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prevention</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/04/11/prevention-32.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Well I am finally back from vacation! Twenty-four days of travel and resting on a leisurely cruise in the Asian Pacific left me hours to read and research. One of the books I read was called The China Study. This book showed comprehensible evidence that animal protein is the primary component responsible for all affluent disease(cancer, heart disease, diabetes{type 1 &amp;amp; 2}, auto-immune). A list of animal protein includes all meat(all meat, foul &amp;amp; fish), all milk products and all egg products.&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;Food manufacturers cleverly interject animal protein in all processed foods so one must remain vigilant in watching for varied types and amounts of these products.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;This report found 99.9% recovery from all affluent diseases when subjects reduced their consumption of animal protein from the average American's consumption of 35-45% of their daily diet as animal protein to 5-10%. It seems that it is not good enough to avoid excessive fat and red meat, sticking with chicken and fish, but to reduce all animal protein to less than 10% of one's diet.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font _face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;Most of the healthier countries in the world use animal protein primarily as flavoring, which provides them 5-10% of their diet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;One must also search diligently for the truth about good health as most of our medical schools are being subsidized by animal protein corporations(dairy associations, egg industry and beef, chicken, pork, etc. associations) and pharmaceutical associations which help direct their studies.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;It seems that all my years of justifying my bad eating habits by criticizing vegan lifestyles has compelled me to make an amend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Of course I have an addictive personality so for me it has to be all or nothing so I have decided to make my amends to Vegans everywhere by pledging a year as a Vegan. I will report my results honestly and openly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;As I believe that we are designed to live in perfect health, I have embarked on a unbiased look for optimum prevention. I am working to transfer all my ideas from pathological(t&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; " color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;he systemic study of the nature of disease and its causes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;) to apithological(t&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; " face="Verdana" color="#222222"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;he systemic study of the nature of wellness and its causes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;). We must repair the damage done to our system(physical, mental and emotional) and inaugurate preventative measures in order to give our body, mind and spirit an opportunity to reach optimal health.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;My wife suffers side effects from chemotherapy treatments during her bout with cancer a few years ago, the worst being fibromyalgia. We have tried all forms of current medical treatment other than medicines as I am not a fan of pharmaceutical treatment. This challenging research has convinced me that when it comes to western medicine, they have been chasing their tails. Modern medicine has been fighting disease the way religion has been fighting the devil.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;Metaphysical law states that whatever you fight you empower, therefore we must stop fighting the illusion of dis-ease and focus all our energy on perfect health. Affluent diseases are a byproduct of autoimmune disorders, which are caused by consuming products that create allergic reactions that promote dis-ease. I believe that when we turn our attention to perfect health, both physically and mentally, we will eventually win the war. I will continue to fight for perfect health even if it takes the rest of my life. I guess that is why I always leave you with...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="3"&gt;Dr. Randolph W. Ek&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/04/11/prevention-32.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">62579971-5b9b-4397-85c7-7c69bc29d492</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:47:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Goals &amp; Plans</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/03/13/goals--plans.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Motivational enthusiasts have been preaching about goals and plans
for centuries. These processes seem to make sense at a mechanical level but
what about a metaphysical level? Could it be that goals and plans have
something to do with the order of the universe? Are goals and plans that
critical for success? Could these ideas actually be cosmic laws?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Let's look at the facts. First, we are all made in God's image.
Second, due to the incredible order of the universe there must have been a goal
in God's mind and plans necessary for their consummation. After God created the
universe he looked it all over and said,&amp;nbsp;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:#000020;
background:white"&gt;it is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:#000020;background:white"&gt;&amp;nbsp;very good."
Although humans see fault in God's goal and plans, in God's eyes they are all
perfect with still more plans necessary for ultimate execution. Never judge
genius till the work is done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;
color:#000020;background:white"&gt;God has a job description and that is to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:#000020"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background:white"&gt;ANSWER PRAYER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="background:
white"&gt;. Knowing God should always be our first prayer.&amp;nbsp;We must
closely&amp;nbsp;follow our first prayer with a second, which is to ask God to
deliver our "heart's desire."&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background:
white"&gt;We are all given a "heart's desire." It is our heart's desire
and all the passion that comes with it that should become our goal. Once this
goal is established we continue to pray for God to show us the plans necessary
for our goal's fruition. With enough faith that God will do what God says he
will do we need only begin to find room for all the greatness God is sure to
deliver. It is this faith that we end all prayers, "Amen," or
"so be it."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 32); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;After having followed my own advice I can guarantee that this
process will work. I have seen it work for clients and friends for over thirty
years. It is my faith in God and the process of goals and plans that I always
leave my readers with...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 32); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;
color:#000020"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 32); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;
color:#000020"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/03/13/goals--plans.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">950f3f2f-9cf2-4886-b5f5-2e5372471057</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:19:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lessons</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/03/03/lessons.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;I used to think I was being punished when my life didn't go the
way I expected it to go. Then I was exposed to the process of inventorying my
life. It was at this point that I realized every experience is filled with life
lessons. In fact when I do my annual inventory I find that when I revisit old
experiences I find that I always uncover new hidden lessons that I wasn't able
to understand in earlier versions. In fact I have noticed that in reality I
have never actually made a mistake as all roads seem to eventually lead to the
my ultimate potential.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Although I cannot block God's plan for me, I can certainly make
the road painful. God is in charge of all knowledge and God make it all
available, all the time. All knowledge seems to be built upon other knowledge
in a linear fashion. Knowledge is a working part of change and change is
constant. The great revelation is that when we need to know, we seem to find
what we need. If I would have known this at an earlier age I probably could
have averted much pain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;We don't go after an answer until our current situation becomes
uncomfortable. Alcoholics Anonymous uses the term "BOTTOM" to
describe this spiritual place of transformation we all must achieve before we
can learn the lesson, whatever the lesson is. I continue to find myself at the
point of surrender and using inventories keeps me humble and able to learn
lessons almost painlessly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Lessons are within the configuration of life through change. And
as change is constant, accepting it and lessening the pain associated with
fighting change would be wise. As we get older the scars associated with
fighting change and missing the lessons, help us to decrease our desire to
fight. It is the need for surrender and acceptance of learning the lessons of
life that I always leave my readers with...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/03/03/lessons.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">f4a4d75d-ef17-4be3-b35b-52efabf1af56</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:06:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freedom</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/02/27/freedom.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;I consider myself incredibly lucky to live in the freest country
in the world. Although sometimes I think we may have more freedom than we can
handle, I would never wish away our freedom. It is freedom that always give me
both choices and alternative to any direction my life seems to be going. If I
am willing to pay a price, I can do anything I want with my life. In fact the
only freedom I don't have is the freedom to take your freedom away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;The most important thing to remember is that freedom is a double
edge sword. It is nice to have freedom but that same freedom denies
victimization. I have the freedom to say yes or no to anything or anybody. They
call America the melting pot but in actuality it is more a mosaic; a mosaic
that could never stay attached if it were not for our freedom. I always have
the freedom to live in this country and allow everyone their freedom, or move
to another country where the standard is one set standard for all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;We must always hold our freedom near and dear to our hearts or
what looks like a tumultuous society is still the best society in the world. No
where in the world could as many diverse cultures live in close proximity to
one another with minimal dispute. Whenever I think that we should change our
current political system I just remember...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Your Life Is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/02/27/freedom.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">f5b3bd47-33bb-46bd-9627-6820c6d50528</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:26:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arrogance</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/02/21/arrogance.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;Arrogance is not the
by-product of self-esteem; quite the contrary. Arrogance is a symptom of egocentric low self esteem. It is a mask we wear when we aren't 100% confident. Confidence is often seen as arrogance to the arrogant, as it supports denial of their arrogance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;All knowledge is merely the best information we have at any given time and should not be construed as fact. When we hold tightly to our arrogance we prevent new information from growing our knowledge. To proclaim knowledge of God is in itself arrogance. One must constantly keep an open mind to new spiritual understanding. It is best to see all religions as right, yet incomplete as no one person, nor group of persons, can see all aspects of God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;I am continually studying world religions as it allows me to see God through the eyes of billions before me. I extend that research with the intuitive nature that being a child of God affords me. I get to know God as only I can know God and I try to allow everyone the same freedom. Living in the freest country in the world, we should never take even an ounce of someone else's freedoms. Using the excuse that we are interested in the well being of another does not offer us the arrogance of knowing their destiny.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;This subject can be expanded into a discussion of victimism,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif"&gt;self-righteousness&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;, morality or any of thousands of arrogant denial modalities. If we all aspire to learning all that we can about God then we can quit arguing and warring over our arrogance and opinions, realizing that there are no facts about God for God is beyond description. Maybe it would help us all to remember...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="3"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/02/21/arrogance.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">702724ac-76a4-42ea-89d1-5807b576d057</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:52:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Philanthropy</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/02/13/philanthropy.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Philanthropy is usually associated with money. Philanthropy according to the Encarta Dictionary means, "a desire to improve the material, social, and spiritual welfare of humanity, especially through charitable activities." The term "activities" opens the door for all of us to be philanthropic. I for one give between fifteen and twenty five hours per week promoting the spiritual welfare of humanity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;We as a society have decided to believe in and focus on negativity as an adversary or an ally. Negativity is neither friend nor foe. There is no darkness, only a lack of light. Negativity is merely a lack of enthusiasm. Fear is merely the lack of love.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;There is no Devil, merely a lack of God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lack is merely the opposite of Philanthropy. Takers never get enough and givers never lack.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;We should all find a cause we have passion for and become philanthropic. We should all give with gusto. We should all lose our belief in lack and know that we are taken care of when we believe strong enough. We should give our love, our help, our encouragement, our time and our faith in an effort to expose people to greatness. I am slow to financially help people as I believe love is much less commonly shared than money. If you want to know what you can do just remember...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/02/13/philanthropy.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">597044fd-6b61-430c-b1e1-c3da1927dd5f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:38:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Confidence</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/02/06/confidence.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I love to play golf! I leaned to play golf at a fairly late age of thirty-three. Most really good golfers learned to play at an early age, before they were consumed with fear and doubt. To play good golf you need to swing effortlessly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;When one swings with little effort they are capable of generating incredible club head swing and straight trajectory. Fear dissolves confidence, which puts stress into the swing and tightens up all the muscles that need to be relaxed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;I have been playing much better recently and the cause has been easily diagnosed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I became tired of being overweight and joined Weight Watchers again, for which I was a member twenty years ago. After losing ninety pounds I felt better and gained confidence in myself and all aspects of my life improved including my golf game. But as it is with most humans, when we get away from what works for us, it quits working.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Once I began working the WW program, which is portion control, proper nutrition and exercise, I quickly began to take off the pounds that I put on the last twenty-five years. With my esteem improving my attention began to return and my confidence with it. I quickly realized errors in my swing and swung the clubs with assurance. My length and direction followed and my handicap is slowly falling.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I bring this all to your attention as it is important that we find those things that prevent us from achieving our ultimate potential. First we must find things that we love. Then we have to give those things our full and undivided attention. As we divide our attention we also divide our energy. High energy, well focused, is necessary for laser-like results. The most important thing to remember is...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/02/06/confidence.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">fa2f0564-18d5-4fb6-be6d-14c44a42644b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:12:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Assertiveness</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/01/30/giving.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;As a metaphysical psychologist I work with both passive and aggressive personality types. The basic reason my clients have problems is they don't know how to communicate. Both personalities have difficulties with communication for opposite reasons.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Passive people don't ask for what they want and when they don't get what they want they get frustrated. People need to be responsible for getting their needs met and passive people tend to be too passive to achieve this simple procedure.They want to blame not getting their needs met on others and this creates a victim mentality. The blame for this rests solely on each of us.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Aggressive people tend to demand and expect their needs to be met. The less their needs are met the more aggressive they become until they block all access to their needs. When people get too aggressive they are seen as victimizers; usually at the expense of victims. One cannot make life happen. One must learn to ask for what they need and not demand or expect it.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;The bridge that works for both personality types is the art of assertiveness. Assertiveness is a communication tool that all great communicators have realized. When a passive person becomes assertive they begin to get most of their needs met. When an aggressive person is assertive they create an atmosphere of teamwork and everyone wins. If we rid the world of victims or victimizers they will rematerialize due to the needs of each.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;If you wonder what personality you have, the answer lies in whether you are seen as a victim or a victimizer. If you would like to get your needs met more frequently learn to be assertive and don't rely on your natural tendencies. Assertiveness is a great equalizer. To know if assertiveness training would help you all you need to do is remember...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/01/30/giving.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">2a5339f4-a445-400d-96b0-a429572c7bff</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:30:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Structure</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/01/25/structure.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;There are people who are driven and there are those who are not. In no way am I saying that people are better than others. I am saying people are different from one another. There are self-starters and there are people like me that need more structure. In fact there are four main personality types and they vary as night and day. People like me need a platform or program that prevents character defects, such as my ADD, that wants to hold me back, from allowing me to thrive.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I am a recovering alcoholic and need the structure of a program to stay on course and an over eater that needs a structure or program for the same reason. Structure sets the course and I plot my plan within the conditions of the structure. If I had no structure I would drift at sea permanently. I am neither proud of this nor ashamed; I am merely aware and take action on that awareness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;I believe that I am blessed with unlimited success as I get to be a part of WE instead of just me. I get to be a part of something bigger than me to allow me to feel like I am an integral part of something much larger that me. I am one in a world of seven billion and am able to remain a unique individual as proven by my DNA. I get to learn to hold solid on my beliefs and still allow others the right to have theirs. I am blessed with fellowship, which affords me both criticism and support.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;The major part of my profession as a metaphysical minister and metaphysical psychologist is to help people create mental structure. I help people understand and live within the confines of God and spiritual law. I guide people in becoming God incarnate or to become the child of God that we were all created to be, within the confines of the laws that guide us to our ultimate potential. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;As children of God we learn to be honest without being opinionated or critical as "Criticism without Cure is Criminal." We learn to love as unconditionally as possible in parallel to God's love. We try to live by God's principals such as kindness, compassion, tolerance and understanding to name only a few. We can only accomplish this within the structure of WE. An as always the moral to this story is...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/01/25/structure.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">5fc36646-9862-4c76-a42f-5853cc5bb8ad</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:55:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cause and Effect</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/01/22/cause-and-effect.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Societies primary&amp;nbsp;modus operandi is pathology. Pathology is the study of disease. We seem to think we can create good health by changing the effect without changing the cause. We use drugs for everything, although drugs cure very few diseases. The FDA has stated that the only thing that can claim curing a disease is a licensed drug from a pharmaceutical company. It seems God has been left out of curing all the diseases of mankind.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Apathology is the study of health. The human body, in perfect health, is capable of fighting off any and all diseases. Yet we rely on drugs that oftentimes have more side affects than the original disease. Our reliance on drugs has made our country the seventy-fifth healthiest country at a cost that is the highest in the world. We are not gaining ground on disease because disease is an incredible money maker. The cost of good health, on the other hand, is only slightly higher than poor health.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;By feeding the body organic highly nutritional food and pure water we feed our cells what they need to take care of us. When we provide our body with sufficient rest and plentiful exercise we charge our body to it's maximum potential. When we feed our minds with positive optimistic thoughts we send positive information to our cells and allow them to work properly. When we pray and meditate we empower ourselves in the image and likeness of God. This empowerment provides us with the creative energy that created the universe.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;When we become responsible for our health we will no longer look to the government, the so called health professionals or any other people for our health. When all is said and done the results of our lack of responsibility will be our demise. And always remember...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/01/22/cause-and-effect.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">91271117-ff55-4d8a-bf78-949970e12a06</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Talent</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/01/18/talent.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Everyone was born to be someone. Most of us have been convinced that we don't know what we are destined to be in order for someone else to decide for us. I was never encouraged to develop my internal talent. Many people start out life in a predestined direction and are quickly brought into compliance by the people in their lives who propose their actions as loving and "for their own good." The reality is that the good is for the people demanding the compliance and not the person forced into compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Our society has become so brainwashed toward political correctness that individuality has been lost. In the loss of individuality one's inner talent is lost. This is sad because our DNA has set us toward a propensity for greatness guided by our intrinsic talents. When one is guided away from their talents the journey toward greatness is misguided and the result is usually failure. Thank goodness God refuses to accept failure as there is always opportunity to recover awareness of who we really are, otherwise I would have had to settle for mediocrity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;If, through my failures, I had not been met with the wisdom, encountered at my bottom, I would not have known my ultimate potential. I had to fail at being who I thought I was, before I could restart my life toward my destiny. In the journey toward providence I found my talents. These talents were actually the things that my youth support system convinced me to let go of in an attempt to help me become what they thought was my best interest. &amp;nbsp;They were wrong and God was right. I may not fit into any mold of average or complacency. I am who I am and that is perfect in God's eyes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your DNA proves that there has never been, nor ever will be, another person exactly like you. LIVE LOUD! BE YOURSELF! FIND YOUR TALENT! DON'T SETTLE! We are not made to be all alike. We are all a combination of talents required to balance society and create a beautiful patchwork. No matter who you think you are or how your life seems to be you will look back at your life as you are leaving this life and admire your footprints. And always remember...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Your life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/01/18/talent.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">826379b0-244e-4882-bbe3-5b4a520b7b55</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:43:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Humility</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/01/13/humility.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;I have been accused of lacking humility most of my life as I have a double A personality. Passive people seem to believe that one must be passive in order to achieve humility. Humility is not a status. Humility is not weakness. Humility is not necessarily quiet or peaceful. SO WHAT IS HUMILITY?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;Years ago I was told that humility was merely realizing your right place with God and not your place in society. If I feel that I am in charge of my life then I lack humility. If I don't give God credit for my life then I lack humility. Jesus, one of the most humble people to walk the earth, said, "the father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." One's greatness is a direct reflection on one's humility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; " face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;The more one allows arrogance to dispel humility the greater the distance from God. The farther we get from God the more pain is generated as a result of God's love for us and his refusal to lose our soul. There is nothing we can do to separate God from ourselves but much can separate us from God. The Ten Commandments and most of the stories in the Bible reflect the dangers of SIN (Self Inflicted Nonsense) or those things that block God's love. We must, through humility, stay in constant conscious contact with God if we want constant blessings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;Live loud and stay humble. Love God and see God's greatness in all of HIS creation. Do not look for the bad in anything but stay in wonder and awe of all things. If one basks in love one cannot be basked in love and always remember...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;Your Life is PERFECT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/01/13/humility.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">4e5c41e3-1f3c-40c8-ad6d-4c32d62b05eb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:11:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Years Resolutions</title><link>http://randyek.com/2012/01/02/new-years-resolutions.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>DoctorX</dc:creator><description>&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;With 2012 in full motion, I hope all of you set new year resolutions. Resolutions are changes we would like to make in ourselves to improve our lives. We must continually be paying attention to our assets and defects in an effort to move closer to our perfect self! As we strengthen our assets through practice, we become aware of our defects and work on letting them go. We don't fight our defects as this only strengthens them. This is a result of the spiritual law, "What we fight we empower." God is in control and will not fight our freedom of choice if it separates us but will empower us in a Godly direction.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;We are perfect in our spiritual nature but flawed in our human nature or Ego. This is why I say practice what works and let go of what doesn't. The only true flaw in our Ego is that which separates us from a constant awareness of God. To guarantee we can't separate ourselves from God, laws were set to create pain through our separation. The more the distance, the more severe the pain or lack of success.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;All my new years resolutions are made in an attempt to reach spiritual perfection. But there are a few things I needed to learn about change before I expected to actually meet my resolutions. &amp;nbsp;It is a psychological fact that if we want to feel good about ourselves we must continually be moving from success to success no mater how small. We are driven by our spiritual self, which is God like and in continually need of developing its creative nature. This is why you have heard me harp on the fact that we must never settle for anything.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;We should set far reaching goals for ourselves supported by intricate plans and all driven by constant action. Those that work at achieving their resolutions, even if they fail, will achieve small amounts of accomplishment merely for the effort. Those that do nothing achieve nothing. Set life changing goals for yourself this year and remember...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Your life is PERFECT!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;PAY ATTENTION!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Love,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;Dr. Randolph Ek, Mpsy.D.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><comments>http://randyek.com/2012/01/02/new-years-resolutions.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">df117047-0aff-4e4e-946b-055be97407fc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:42:01 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
