A New Way To Look At Turbulence
First, be on guard against believing your own experience. When in turbulence, it is easy lose your ability to tell the difference between reality and imagination. The reality is that the plane is shaking. But when you zip up a jacket, the zipper does the same thing.
The plane is like the metal piece you hold in your hand and move up or down to zip or unzip. As you move it, it HAS to 'feel' those little things it is encountering to do its job. The faster you zip, the faster the little bumps as the zipper thingy fastens, or unfastens, the hooking pieces on either side.
It 'feels' the ripples, as it does its work.
The plane, likewise, has to 'feel' those little puffs off air that are present at times. When I say little puffs of air (up or down), I mean exactly that. Just little puffs. But you are going so very, very fast that when you meet them that they jar the plane. Just as the zipper thingy is built to handle the stress of pulling together, or separating, the matching pieces off the zipper, the plane pushes through the air, separating the air as it first touches it, and zipping it back together as it leaves that air.
So, try this: conceive of the airplane as if it is a sort of zipper that, instead of JUST opening the matching pieces as it zips down, it opens them as it approaches them, and closes them as it leaves them behind.
Have you had a zipper with an imperfection in one of the matching pieces? If so, you know that when the zipper thingy ran into the imperfection, it caused a bump. But it didn't damage the zipper thingy.
The plane is built to handle those bumps, like your zipper thingy, without being in any way affected by it -- other than to feel the imperfections as it passes them.
So, I would just suggest you follow the airplane's lead and not care whether there is turbulence or not. The airplane is just a zipper that separates the air as it runs into it, and closes the air behind it as it leaves. And if the matching pieces have imperfections, it simply doesn't matter to the plane. There is a bump, but it means nothing whatsoever.
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A Report On The Audio Course
Good Evening Tom,
I have just arrived home from my flight to Seattle. I wanted to convey my
utmost thanks to you, what a difference the CD made!! Both flights from
Atlanta to Seattle, (there and back) , in spite of the fact that they were
bumpy (bad weather) did not scare me one bit! I felt relaxed, confident and
for the first time in years , I read a newspaper from begining to end :)
I also took your advice and met with the captain, he was a real gentleman
and with much patience went through whatever questions I had. At the end of
the flight he even waited to see how everything went.
THANK YOU again for helping me help myself. I feel wonderful.
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Can't Find A Moment To Use In The Strengthening Exercise?
Occasionally, when working with a client, I am told they have searched their entire life, and they can't find a moment in which they feel a profound connection with another person. If we can't find one, we can try using a serene moment in nature, or a moment with a pet. I've found that these do help, but they don't help as much as when a moment with another person can be found.
My believe is that we all have had such moments. Why? Because, if we had had none, it seems unlikely we could have developed at all. It could be we had them early, too early to remember. Then, things went wrong and such moments were no longer part of our life.
But there is another possibility. There is a possibility that such moments were scarce, and thus, were treasured. And, because things treasured could be taken away, we hid them.
When a young child tries to hide things from an intrusive parent, the skills for hiding things may not be equal to the parent's ability to see through the child's attempts to safeguard things which the parent would like to use to threaten to take away in order to control the child's behavior.
When a child realizes the parent can read his/her face, the child may feel the only way to keep something from being taken away by the parent is to hide it so well that not even the child knows where it is hidden.
I suspect some of us, in order to not be controlled, hide our most treasured experiences -- not only out of sight of the adults in our lives -- but from ourselves as well.
If we do have to resort to such measures, indeed, finding a treasured moment is a challenge. If you are having trouble finding one, call. We can work on it together. Though a moment in nature, or with a pet, can help, a moment with a person works far better.
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Mike On YouTube
If you are a regular on the SOAR message board, you probably have seen posts by Mike, who is a captain for an airline in Europe. He recently posted some videos on YouTube he made during flight. My favorite one is going into Vienna when the weather is very close to the minimum ceiling and visibility for landing. In fact, the weather was below the ceiling and visibility for a pilot to fly the plane by hand. But, when the autopilot is used, and the pilots just monitor the autopilot, it is OK to land with even less ceiling and visibility.
So, you will see the plane go completely into clouds, followed by the faint appearance of the high intensity approach lights which extend from the runway and provide guidance before the runway, itself, can be seen. As the landing continues on autopilot, the approach lights become quite bright, and as the plane gets closer, finally the runway appears.
I think watching this video will help you appreciate the technology we use day in and day out in airline flying which allows us to operate safely in weather you might prefer not to drive in.
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You can find Mike's other videos by going to www.YouTube.com and searching for: wamux211
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Tom,
I wanted to email you and thank you for your course and the ability to fly. I am 27 years old and had never flown. I was nervous and knew I would have to fly with my job. Last year I drove to my year end meeting from Cincinnati, OH to Montreal. I felt bad as everyone else flew and I was one of the only people I knew with the fear of flying. I purchased your DVDs the end of last year and spent each Saturday morning watching one or two DVDs. My biggest fear was the fact that the plane was up so high. With your course and being able to talk to the Pilots before takeoff I managed to fly last night.
I flew on a Boeing 757 and it was easier than driving in my car for an hour. I looked out the window and to my surprise I did not feel like I was on a mountain. When we encountered turbulence your videos had taught me that there was nothing to fear and I actually enjoyed the experience. I knew if I felt anxiety I had the 54321 exercise. I would recommend your course to anyone.
I am looking forward to flying back home on Thursday.
Thank you for your course! I couldn't have done it without you.
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