Life Thoughts: A Mind /Body/Spirit Evolution (Aka---The Ranting of a Retired Senior, Stories of Life)

By Eugene Chiaverini

The purpose of this project was and is not to express expertise regarding the topics discussed. It is to merely share some of my own life experiences, and my own observations; along with the transitions that have occurred during the course of my life, and the evolution of my mind/body/and spirit as observed by me.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 12, 2009
• ISBN: 9781462817818

Eugene Chiaverini

About the Author Eugene Chiaverini has dedicated the past forty eight years to working in the human service field, providing counseling to both children and adults, of all cultures and religions. He began his career in 1963, after graduating from Muskingum College with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Education. He went on to earn his Master’s Degree in Social Work from Western Reserve University. From 1967 to 2007, Mr. Chiaverini has been employed by a variety of public and private social service agencies as a clinical director and as an administrator. He successfully launched his own agency for developmentally disabled adults, was a consultant in a nursing home, and spent several years working with learning disabled children in special schools. During these years, he immersed himself in learning about holistic treatment, Eastern healing practices, and the combining of of both eastern and western practices in modern medicine. In his own clinical practice he integrated sound social work practice with Eastern methodologies, in order to assist his clients the healing of mind, body and spirit. In addition, Mr. Chiaverini served as a Field Supervisor of Graduate Students in social work. In 2006, he served as a delegate to China for the US-China Conference on Social Work. He was listed in Cambridge’s “Who’s Who” Registry of Executives and Professionals. He operated a successful private practice until his retirement in 2007.

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to acknowledge those individuals who have been a meaningful and essential part of my search for knowledge and understanding about the mind, body and spirit and its connection with our creator.

First, I want to thank my family for coming into my life and supporting me through the years. They have always been my inspiration and greatest source of happiness. Next, I want to thank all the experts and wise sages throughout time who’s wisdom, research and writings have provided me with awareness, insight and tools by which to learn and grow.

Lastly I would like to thank Tracy for the time and energy she invested in helping me organize the material in this book and the encouragement she provided to finish this project.

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this project was and is not to express expertise regarding the topics discussed. It is to merely share some of my own life experiences, and my own observations; along with the transitions that have occurred during the course of my life, and the evolution of my mind/body/and spirit as observed by me.

On a winter night in January 2000, I woke up around one o’clock in the morning, with a squeezing feeling in my chest. I told my family what was happening and asked them to take me to the hospital, which was not to far away. I was registered in the ER and put onto a gurney in an examining area. The ER nurse had hooked me up to a heart monitor and was tracking my vital signs. This whole process from home to heart monitoring took about thirty five to forty five minutes. I started to feel dizzy and felt myself lifting off the table. This is it I thought, I’m going I said. The next vision was a bright light.

I had a second similar near death experience later in life. I suffered nine fractures, after being hit steel truck on my motor cycle.

There was also a third near death experience, which occurred when I was afflicted with Sarcoidosis, and treated with steroids for two years. All of these encounters have had a profound impact on my perceptions of life and my mind/body/spirit evolution. I truly believe that I came into this life with the family I chose, to grow and evolve spiritually in many areas.

The road to growth has many turns and routes and part of that evolutionary process is correcting the course along the way. I had choices to make and opportunities to correct my course along the way. In some instances, I made excellent choices, and in others, I did not. I am still making the adjustments into my senior years learning whom I am and where I need to go.

CHAPTER 1

The Beginning

I am the youngest child of an immigrant family. Growing up with two older sisters, I was the only son in my family. My father was from Northern Italy, the Como area in the mountains. My mother was from Sicily, and was one of eighteen children. When my father was just three years old, his father left his family and my grandmother, who was pregnant at the time in Italy as he set off to America. He headed to America to set up a home for his family. The plan was to send for them as soon as he saved enough money. The IST World War began and seven years later, he finally sent them boat tickets.

There were many hardships in our family. During that time span, my father’s brother was born and died just two years later from Meningitis. When my father arrived to Ellis Island, he had to be detained for three weeks due to an infection. At only ten years of age and alone on Ellis Island, my father had no idea what would happen to him. He had no ability to communicate. Thus, life in this country began.

After that scare, my father was finally reunited with his mother. They took a train to Sharon, Pennsylvania, to meet my grandfather who had set up a barbershop in town.

My mother’s family came to this country from Sicily, with all the trappings of a Sicilian family. Her family was fortunate enough