“My Story” = Part 1 of 2

I grew up in a cultural wasteland. I’m sure people from the suburbs
all across America can identify. Post-World War II America had witnessed
“miraculous” innovations, such as television, drug induced labor
and TV dinners.

The baby boom was such that hospitals came to rely on drugs to hurry
along the process of birth; no time for mom to get too comfy.
Machines monitored expectant mothers. Caesarean births increased
greatly. Drugs and intrusive hospital procedures such as treating
the mothers to be as if they were sick, severed the time honored
process of mother-child bonding. If Mary had given birth to Jesus
in 1950, all those Madonna pictures would have shown her groggy
from drugs with an insert of Jesus under a heat lamp next to
twenty-five other babies!

This time period produced “amazing discoveries.” Cans and boxes were
created to preserve food; just heat and serve. Researchers found
ways of adding vitamins and minerals to create the “superior product.”
Fortune smiled on our civilization and flavor enhancers were born!

I ate canned peaches packed in delicious sugar gravy for about
fifteen years before actually eating a fresh peach. What a disappointment
that was! Fresh peaches tasted like lemon-flavored suede shoes!
Nothing could lmatch the ecstasy of drinking the juice from canned
peaches or pears.

Most of the kids I knew ate dinner the same way; we took our plates
from our moms and went to the den to eat alone while watching
television. In that way we could remain blissfully shut down.
Television short circuited our minds and the salt and sugar
in all the food kept our senses occupied. By eating alone, we
didn’t have to converse or answer questions. There was enough
distasteful stuff like that in school.

What is your story?

We all have one.

For you to pursue Efforless Mastery, and be at peace
with yourself and your playing, it is beneficial to make peace
with your past.

Look at your past with compassion and understanding,
that you and and everyone in your lives did the best they could.

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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