To Know Oneself

One of the best ways to stay healthy is to know oneself. You are the best friend one will ever have. It pays to spend time getting to understand what one’s body is trying to say. No matter in what state of mind we are in, our health will reflect it. Energy flows where attention goes. Whatever we concern our mind with we will get more of. If we think sickness, we will get more of that. Whenever we say, “I hate pain” or “I don’t want to be sick any more”, the connotation is pain, sickness and scarcity. The part of the brain that connects consciousness with body functions understands words and concepts, not whether it is wanted or not. Energy is being sent to a particular organ, instance or circumstance. Images become active in the brain, independently of the desire to stop or deny it. A much better approach includes feeling deeply that all is right with us, in spite of what we may be lacking.

An overall positive attitude helps out mind and body as well. Whether we realize it or not, whatever we say or think will impact out health and our mood. A relaxed approach allows for our mind to work efficiently and our body to dispose of toxins that would be accumulating otherwise. The healthier we are the easier the communication with our body.

Agreed, it is hard to stay positive when we are all living in a world full of anxiety, uncertainty and problems; but it is when we are stressed, that we need that positivity more than ever. Remember, worry will only make the problem worse because we don’t think clearly when we are upset. Stress is also havoc to our health; over all, a connection to our bodies will bring wellness and positivity, as well as peace of mind:

-Talk to yourself gently and kindly, even when you are upset with yourself: If you feel that you behaved less than acceptable for whatever reason, it won’t help to keep on chastising yourself. Whatever you did, it was the best you could do, at the time that you were in with the tools that you had. Have compassion for yourself, make the firm purpose to learn from your set back and have a go once again.

-Talk to others with respect and care. You can disagree with anyone in a respectful way, learning when to stick up for a cause and when to let go. Choose if you want to be happy or if you wan to be right. Consider how much your ego has to do with your decisions regarding others and how easy it is to project our own shortcomings on others. Be compassionate to others and allow others to be compassionate of you.

-Take time for yourself, quality time. Do things that you never have time to do or that you never allow yourself to do. Whether it is a long bath with salts, or an afternoon with your friends, or sleeping late once in a while. Take a vacation from your life, from yourself.

-Take your time, enjoy the slowness of time: We live in society that makes us think that we are always late, behind, short, inadequate. We think that if we do things faster we will do them better or we will have more time for other activities. As we often find, however, we may have to redo what we “did so fast” and many times we “hurry and finish” to do nothing of importance afterward.

-Be grateful: Realize that it is never that bad, and it can always get better, mostly if you set your mind to it. Appreciate what you have and you will see how you get more things to be appreciative for.

-Forgive yourself and others: Holding anger really only serves the purpose of stopping us in time and making us sick. Forgiving is not condoning or allowing but letting go. Just remember that every time you get angry for something that happened in the past you are giving it energy, hurting yourself, and the person that aggravated you probably doesn’t even care.

-Find the positive side in everything: there is always one positive side to everything that happens, whether it is a door opening when another one closes or a lesson learned. Sometimes it is hard to appreciate, but if you try hard enough you will find life-changing experience when you start doing it as a habit.

-Understand that every new day is a clean slate in your life. You don’t have to feel the way you felt yesterday, or do things the way you did yesterday.

-Live in the present: Stay with the task at hand. Forget about what happened yesterday, which promotes gilt and yearning. Don’t worry about tomorrow, as it will get here no matter what you do. Worry never solved any problems, and it stops us from thinking clearly; it makes it harder to come up with solutions.

-Take long walks: Admire your surroundings; realize what a beautiful world you live in. As you walk you may let your mind wonder or think things through; it is healthier to muster while in motion

-Exercise: your body will benefit as muscle builds up, resistance increases, immune system boosts, and body chemistry balances, giving you a better chance at feeling and also being, healthy physically and mentally.

-Eat healthy foods: not only because you need to, but because you love your body. Make sure that you choose your foods to be highly nutritious and healing for your body, not just low in histamine, or high on Magnesium. Learn what your body needs and start incorporating in to your diet. Your body will appreciate both the love and the nutrition

-Meditate: When you meditate you are talking to your body, and leaving a pathway open for our body to talk back to you. You will learn to decipher not only your body’s code, but also your inner self, that light and wisdom shining inside that we all have inside and connects us to the Universe.