Last month in Samui, I gave my first public talk on ‘How I Cured Myself of Cancer Naturally’. The evening was very well attended and I was delighted by the response and positive feedback that I received. It was a thrill for me to share my story and to see how it has inspired others. Since I announced that I am now cancer free, so many people have said to me how amazing they think it is that I have cured myself without any conventional medical treatment, but I don’t find that amazing at all! Knowledge is power and because I know what I now know, it was only logical to me that the cancer would heal because of the path that I chose to take. But what I do find extraordinarily amazing is how the cancer has completely transformed and improved my life in every aspect. This week marks one year since we arrived in Thailand but two years ago I could not have imagined that I would have sold my home, given up my business and moved away from friends and family to another country on the other side of the planet leading a healthy, happy, simplistic and meaningful life and making a difference to the lives of others.

This week I am writing this blog from Ubud in Bali, Indonesia. We are here on a visa run visiting our dear friend Chaz while exploring this beautiful tropical island with its uniquely fervent energy and ritualistic culture - further proof of what a gift this cancer has been to me and how it has opened up so many glorious opportunities for me and brought so many wonderful new friends into my life.

And as if to further underscore this revelation, I recently read and an intriguing and enlightening interview with the Dalai Lama in which, when asked what it was that surprises him most about humanity he said this:-

“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die and then dies having never really lived.”

Well, the first part of that was me. I had worked and spent my entire life chasing a dream that was just an illusion and had sacrificed my happiness and ultimately my own health. I then sacrificed all of my money, divesting myself of any assets that I had in order to regain my health but in the process I finally saw myself for the first time as I truly am and liked what I saw! I learned and grew as a spiritual, human being and discovered my higher purpose in life. But I was not prepared to be anxious about the future. Instead I chose to enjoy every moment of now and took the risks to change my life, to cut the ties with everything that was causing me pain, sadness and stress. Today, I lead a healthy, authentic and simple life, appreciative and grateful for the beauty and love that surrounds me. My priorities have changed and I no longer want or need to have the fancy clothes, the flash car and all the gadgets that we think we want and worse still, think we need. I am content to have enough, to eat healthily and to do the things that I love to do. Success is not measured by the material possessions that we own or by the amount of money that we have, it is measured by the difference that we make to the world, no matter how small. 

If I were to die tomorrow, I know that I can say “I really have lived!”

After a deliberate period of self imposed silence and seclusion in Samui in order to concentrate on completing my healing, I am on a brief visit to London with Mandy and, having now told my children I am delighted to announce that  I am Cancer free and in the best health of my life!

The Danger Of Deadlines

Returning to theme of living in the present and being in the now, I have been awakened to the danger of setting deadlines. When we decided to come to Thailand it was to be for a period of 6 months and I had set myself the deadline of completing my healing, finishing my book and achieving my Diploma in Nutritional Healing during that space. But all I did was pile pressure on myself when there was no need. There is no hurry for any of this. I am in glowing radiant health, so what if there are still a few cancer cells still knocking around in my body in a few months time? They will go in their own time. The story of my book is continually unfolding and evolving and the studying isn’t really a priority just now. That was just driven by the perceived need to start earning some money again but I learn more everyday.

Now I have decided to sell my home in London and stay on Samui for as long as we feel like it, for as long as it takes. Opportunities constantly present themselves but by making this decision I have immediately removed the pressure of the deadline that I set myself. It’s time to return to the now. I suddenly feel lighter, calmer and secure in the knowledge that I won’t have to worry about money for the foreseeable future at least. I am very attached to my home in London. It’s more than a home, it’s a spiritual sanctuary but I cannot see myself settling back into the old lifestyle again. Its time to let go and live minute by minute, moment by moment.

In Memory Of My Friend Leon.

This past month has been a month of some harsh lows and terrible setbacks entwined with some profound highs and magical breakthroughs. Sadly, my dear friend, Leon Wyman, left this planet a couple of weeks ago. Leon also had Prostate Cancer but much further developed than mine own. I met Leon shortly after I was diagnosed through his brother Harvey. It was synchronicity for both of us. We walked the same path, shared our experiences and information. But Leon became much more than just a friend to me. He was my guide and inspiration. The cancer had overtaken Leon with the speed and veracity of a Tsunami when he was first diagnosed. It had flooded his skeleton and he was rapidly confined to a wheelchair but he chose the holistic path as did I and he was soon bounding around confounding everyone, especially the doctors! Leon freely gave his time as an Intuitive and Healer helping and inspiring so many others, including myself, to heal. He was full of love and gave everyone who he met faith and belief that they would heal. I would often drive down to his home in Chichester to visit him and we spent many cherished hours together. Eventually, it all became too much for Leon. He endured a great deal of pain and discomfort as the cancer finally overwhelmed his body but he displayed a selflessness and courage as he slowly passed away so rarely seen these days. I miss him terribly, I never got to talk to him and say goodbye. I needed him this week but all I had to do was ask myself, ‘What would Leon say?’ And I had my answer. Thank you Leon. Your spirit is with me always and my love is always with you.

Love and Fear

As an old friend departed, the universe has sent a new friend to me. Thank you Paul ‘Paulo’ Rambo for showing me that it is not courage that conquers fear, for it is love. The experience you gave me has reminded me once again how everyone who comes into your life is there for a reason, to teach a new learning. How glorious and mystifying it is that I had to come to Thailand to meet a Hawaiian Healing & Karuna Reiki Master!

You showed me how to allow more joy into my life and gave me perhaps the most profound experience that I have had since this journey began. Thank you my new friend! Another chapter in ‘The Gift In Me’ has revealed itself……….

I’ve been back in Samui for almost a week now. I feel like I have been washed and ironed after having had such an intensive detox that involved amongst other things, daily saunas, herbal steam baths and deep body massage. I feel amazing! My mind is clearer, sharper and more focused. I am full of vitality, energy and physical stamina, am more relaxed and need less sleep. My eyes are bright and my skin is glowing and of course, I am free of all the Mercury and other toxic metals and chemicals that have been slowly poisoning me over the last 30 years.

The trick now is to maintain this healthy state by eating and drinking sensibly and avoiding anything toxic or acidic. I am in a new phase of my healing now. I have reached the stage where I no longer need to be 100% raw and can now eat some cooked foods and even fruit. Hallelujah! It’s now all about rehabilitating my body, gaining some weight and building back my strength and muscle mass.

The most important thing is to keep a positive attitude and belief. The connection between mind and body is very real and now scientifically proven by Quantum Physics. You only have to watch documentaries like ‘ The Living Matrix’ or ‘What The Bleep’ to know that or read books like Bruce Lipton’s ‘Biology of Belief’ or Gregg Braden’s ‘The Spontaneous  Healing Of Belief’ to understand how it works. As Louise Hay says, “Our thoughts create our own future”. Just as we can bring bad health upon ourselves with negative thoughts, emotions and self-neglect, we can also heal and manifest good health with positive thoughts and happy feelings providing that we love and nourish ourselves with healthy, natural foods and exercise our bodies daily.

The Acid/Alkaline balance in the body is vital to good health. Eating acid foods leads to disease but thinking acid thoughts leads to negative emotions and stress which in turn also lead to disease. Mental hygene is vital. I have learned how to control those negative thoughts and emotions and how to harness the power of my own belief and creativity. It’s what I call ‘Alkaline Thinking’ and if you want to know more about that,  it will all be in the book……………

 A recent study at The University of Columbia revealed that 95% of all cancers are caused by the environment and diet. Consider that. Do you ever stop to think about what you are putting into your body and what you are exposed to everyday?

We breathe in pollutants from car exhausts, aircraft and factory stacks etc containing heavy metals and all sorts of toxins. In the home we inhale fumes out-gassed from carpets, wiring in our electrical appliances, household cleaning fluids etc. Processed foods contain artificial flavourings & preservatives, excess sugars, salt and trans-fatty acids. Fruits & vegetables are sprayed with pesticides and insecticides. Meat and poultry contain growth hormones and steroids. Add to that the poisons that are out-gassed by plastic food wrappings and packaging that is absorbed by the food, and all of this is finding its way into your body!

Thousands of toxins permeate every aspect of our air, food, soil and water. They are unavoidable and make their way into our bodies but for many of them our bodies have no known detoxification mechanism and the result is that we silently, innocently stockpile these chemicals in the deep tissue and our cells. But they do not stay put once inside us. They slowly migrate through the body damaging our cellular chemistry in a myriad of ways and thus creating all sorts of degenerating diseases. These environmental poisons overwhelm our ability to detoxify them. We don’t get cancer, diabetes or heart disease overnight – we spend a lifetime saving up for them.

One of the worst protagonists is the mercury and cadmium in your mouth, if you have any amalgam fillings. Cadmium is one of the proven major contributory causes of prostate cancer and is commonly found in food. I had 10 such filling in my teeth. These amalgams cannot be routinely removed by any dentist as the vapour and particles from drilling can enter the body directly and so the patient and the dentist must be protected. The cost of doing this in the UK is extortionate which is why I waited until I came to Thailand.

And so as synchronicity would have it, and has been the way throughout this epic journey, I was told of an American doctor in the north of Thailand who has been doing remarkable things with chronically ill patients suffering from cancers and other degenerative diseases. I was also told that he has a progressive heavy metal detox program and very safe protocol for removing amalgams. So I sought him out and Mandy and I have travelled to Chiang Mai in the north to meet him.

The dentist that he uses is a professor at the university here. His care and attention has been second to none. All ten of my amalgams have been removed safely and efficiently with a minimum of discomfort to myself and with a maximum of protection. I have spent countless hours in the chair but he has taken much time and diligence with my replacement fillings and restored my teeth to the best possible health and they look great too! I will need to return to him for more restorative work but that is for the future!

Today is the first day since my early teens that I have awoken without any amalgam in my mouth. What a relief! Another hurdle has been overcome! I will have a few days break now and then we will be travelling further north to the doctor’s retreat where I will be undergoing an even more intensive program designed not only to leach out the heavy metals that have accumulated in my deep tissue and cells but to also deal with the cancer too.

So if you have any amalgams, get them removed, pronto!

As the new year approaches, we all tend to look back at the past year with joy or relief and look forward to the new year with excitement or trepidation. But to me, the beginning of a new year has become just a marker in time and that the real time is aways now.

We get lost in our thoughts dwelling on the past or worrying about the future and in doing so we lose our awareness of the present moment and our being because in truth, that is all we have, the present moment. The past cannot be undone and the future can only be planned for and who knows what will happen tomorrow? That is what my cancer has awakened in me and I have become increasingly more aware of this living here in Thailand. Life is much simpler here on this beautiful tropical island, people live from day to day and are not lost in the busy-ness of life. And so I am learning to be wide awake in the moment of now, appreciative and grateful for everything that I am doing in the present moment. Happiness is not caring about the past and not worrying about the future. How liberating that is!

We are truely settled into the life here now and I am doing everything that I need to do to complete my healing and recovery. Our days are full of meditation, Chi Gong, going to the gym, acupuncture and of course, the beach when the weather allows! But the real joy is being aware and grateful for my being, not my doing and thinking!

So I wish you all  much happiness, joy & love but above all great good health and vitality for every present moment of now in 2011!

Incredibly, we have already been on Samui for 4 weeks! After only one week of searching we found a charming bungalow and moved in almost immediately. We made it home within days thanks to Mandy's magical vision and special touches!

The house is situated in a private enclave set among towering Coconut trees, Papaya and Banana tress. It is very serene, peaceful and has a special energy. I am being constantly guided and it is no coincidence that we drawn to this unique place. We have special neighbours who I was destined to meet, many of whom are natural health practitioners who work in the numerous holistic health spas here on the island. I always say that everything happens for a reason and that people come into your life for a reason, or a season or a lifetime and so it is. So much relevent and startling information is being constantly revealed to me and I am being directed in new directions.

One neighbour is a Xi Kung instructor and meditation teacher (which were two of my goals to undertake here) and he found me before I found him. He has also introduced us to the healing and anti-cancer powers of Oo Long tea and the enchanting tea ceremony that accompanies it. Mandy and I have bought some exquisite tiny teaports and drinking cups and we have now made it our routine to sit at the table and have Oo Long tea after lunch and talk about whatever comes up. During one of San Boa's afternoon tea ceromonies, I met someone else who is on the island studying health and nutrtion. He gave me 2 books to read on the healing powers of coconut and papaya respectively. I had no idea about either. Coconut oil has incredible benefits but papaya has extraodinary healing powers. Now everyday I juice the young, unripened papaya with it's skin together with the black seeds of the ripened papaya. It contains powerful enzymes which have proven healing ability against cancer cells. The taste is  extremely bitter and undrinkable on its own but I have created a cocktail which turns it into a delicious and refreshing drink. More about that in the book!

My next door neighbour is from Denmark and is a researcher into natural medicine. He filled a 5GB hard drive full of documentaries, e-books, articles and much more. If I were to seek out such information, it would take me a decade and most of it I would not find, yet here it is presented to me as a wonderful gift which already has shown me new ideas, supplements, foods and paths to follow.

Our daily routine is developing now. My day starts at 7.00am when I get up and practise my breathing exercises, Xi Kung exercises and then we jump into the car and go down to the local organic shop and market to buy our food for the day. Not everything is organic but it is all fresh, local and seasonal produce. Then it's home for the various juices and breakfast before going to the gym or a class for exercise. The afternoons will be set aside for reading on the beach when the sun finally gets here but the rainy season is still hanging around!

I had my first acupuncture treatment here last Friday and as seems to be the way, someone who I met guided me to an extraodinary woman here who practices a very rare and ancient form of acupuncture that only a handful of people in the world can do. I have already felt the benefits after just one session and there will be much, much more about this in my book!

But something else I must do is have my toxic mercury fillings removed. I have eleven of them and they are slowly poisoning me and interfering with my healing. The cost of having them all removed in London is exhorbitant and so I put off having them done in the hope that I can heal without having them removed  but it has become glaringly apparent to me now that I must do this. It is much cheaper and affordable to have them done in Asia and as is the way now, two options have been presented to me and I will follow one of them very soon......

There have been several other wondeful things happening too but these I will save for the book! Time for my evening juices now, so until next time be well and happy! Love Martin x

Greetings from Thailand and my first Blog from Koh Samui!

Mandy and I have been on the island for only 5 days but already feel at home. We are currently based at Spa Samui in Lamai, the best place for detox and raw food on the island but today we found a house that we want to rent. It has a serene energy that will be perfect for us except that we can't see the ocean but the beach is just 5 minutes away!

It is the middle of the rainy season with torrential downpours and flooding everywhere. Yesterday I drove our car into a pot hole and we had to be rescued! Dramas already!

We have met wonderful people and things are opening up and connecting beautifully. Over the coming days we will settle down and then the final stage of my healing journey will commence.......

Keep tuning in for more regular posts.

LOVE AND HUGS TO ALL,

Martin x

I recieved a poignant message fron Neale Donald Walsh today:-

"yearning for a new way will not produce it. Only ending the old way can do that.

You cannot hold onto the old all the while declaring that you want something new. The old will defy the new; the old will deny the new; the old will decry the new.

There is only one way to bring in the new. You must make room for it."

How true this is and how real this is for me. It's now just 3 weeks before we leave for Thailand. I have given up my business, rented out my home and have no livelihhod until I am healed when I will begin a new life doing what I really want to do and what I believe I was put here to do. It is something worthwhile and gratifying that will bring me happiness. I have ended the old. There is nothing to deny or decry the new. Bring it on!

Well, it's been a couple of months since I stopped working. It's taken this long to settle down and let go of all the stress that had built up. The enormity of what I have done has only now hit home! I have radically changed my life and took a huge risk at the same time. I gave up my job, my business and my livelihood and committed to take a year out to heal myself completely and then begin a whole new life using the experiences and knowledge that I have gained along the way. The amazing thing is that the future doesn't scare me and I have every faith that I will succeed on all fronts.

But first comes my six months sabbatical in Thailand from next month! I chose to go there for several reasons: First, everything that I need for my raw vegan diet will be available to me; I will be in the warm where it will be much easier to stay raw than in the cold of London; I will be getting plenty of Vitamin D from the sun which is vital in healing cancer: There are many holistic spas in Koh Samui where I will be able to get any treatments that I need such as accupuncture and finally and most important of all, I will be totally stress free with not a care in the world! The body can only heal itself if given the right conditions and being free of stress and content in one's own skin is paramount.

So I am now busy making preparations to go. I have just returned from a trip to Israel to visit family but while there I gave a radio interview which you can listen on this site.

I will be making regular posts here to stay in toucrh, so be well and keep coming back!