Stories of Transformation - Tolbert

Summary

A 56-year-old former athlete who had abused his body physically suffered from chronic back pain for years, undergoing multiple spinal injections and surgery that never improved his condition. His MRI looked horrible but he refused deeper surgery, and therapeutic "matter on matter" approaches weren't working. He came to the event in significant pain and fear about standing and walking meditations, but during yesterday's breath work meditation, he felt acute pain move through his lower back and then noticed he wasn't in pain anymore. While in the "nowhere" state of meditation with his sponsoring thought of being "whole," he experienced a paradigm shift—realizing he had spent his life trying to feel whole through external things (substance abuse, alcoholism, relationships, money) when he was actually okay just as he is. The energy moved up through his first and second centers, releasing shame, guilt, and remorse, and he threw away his lumbar pillow, discovering he could bend down and touch his toes for the first time in years. Remarkably, 15-18 months earlier during the pandemic while living in Delray Beach, he had created a mind movie of attending a Dr. Joe seminar—something that seemed more impossible than becoming a billionaire at that time—but his entire world changed and he manifested being here.