I've been TBTB (too busy to blog) since getting back from Seattle where I visited Gary McAvoy.

I'ven known Gary many years, and we have such great conversations!  Gary has the uncanny knack of finding exactly the right thing for a certain use.  For example, he has three beautiful cats. He found a litter box that is enclosed and automatically turns and sifts and cleans itself. 

He has a waste can with a motion sensor that reacts to your foot at the base without stepping on anything.  He has the talent of epicureanism--the ability to discern quality and function in just about anything from food to his hybird Lexus!  

His main business is search engine optimization (www.GetToTheTop.com.) Not long ago he taught himself photography (his photo of me is on the homepage at the top.) He took a new photo which I will have up soon.  Gary is a true Renaissance man!

Needless to say, he is a gadget buff.  He showed me a biofeedback device he bought called the StressEraser. It monitors your breathing and educates you into a peaceful rhythm that helps to regulate bodily function.  So I tried it by placing my finger into the monitor and watched my breathing begin to even out.  

I was sitting in his living room and his selected music was playing from the satellite box.  While I watched the monitor indicate I had reached  "meditative" mode, the musical piece, Pachabel came on.  This is the music I had for my second wedding, and now, truthfully, it kind of gets on my nerves whenever I hear it.  To prove it, the monitor went crazy! 

My meditative rhythm reacted as I started to think negative thoughts, and I completely entered a chaotic rhythm.  Nearing the end of the music, I managed to still my breathing and retain the meditative state. 

I am fascinated to notice the effects of negative thinking so clearly demonstrated by my experience!