My wife had an article laying on the breakfast table this
morning on Chinese Medicine. Since it
was just sitting there, of course I grabbed it to read. Not all that interesting, so I won’t
summarize the article here. But, he
wrote about breath work, Qi Gong, food, bodywork, acupuncture, resonance with
others.
What came up for me is how often we get in our own way of
healing.
There is a paradox within this contemplation.
Getting in our own way seems to be so very deeply part of
being human.
I really don’t know anyone, myself included, who doesn’t at
some time get in their own way of functioning optimally.
We develop habits of mind, and habits of body.
Those grooves we get caught within.
Maybe we have a genetic predisposition toward obesity, or
anxiety. Perhaps these genes are then
mixed up with an environment that reinforces that genetic predisposition. Maybe we are within a family that eats too
much, or a family that criticizes too much.
Then, perhaps, we develop too many fat cells. That may be a body groove, perhaps a mind
groove as well. In any case, we keep
gaining weight. We grow more of those
fat cells, and then they are pouring out hormones screaming at us to eat
more.
Perhaps, we keep a critical mother or father living in our
heads. Like a critical record groove
playing over and over (do you remember vinyl?).
Making a deeper groove over time.
Habits of mind and body with reinforcing negative thoughts
can lead us into chronic habits.
We try to make ourselves feel better. But, we use the wrong methods.
We try quick fixes to boost our serotonin, and other feel-good
hormones.
We get addicted to drugs, pornography, gambling, overeating,
overspending, videogames, TV, shopping…
Our bodies have a limited lifespan. We will die from something.
Our genetics and environment will interact so we will die of
heart disease, or cancer, or we will just wear out.
Perhaps, besides genetics and environment, we can add a
third factor; what does Source need from us?
I am more interested in how we can best live.
How can we optimize this one life we are given.
I’ve written before on the happiness prescription.
How do we help ourselves get out of habits of mind and
body?
How can we use practitioners to help us get out of our own
way?
Getting in our own way prevents Source from fully flowing
through us
Getting out of our own way allows us to be the hands and
sensory organs of Source.
Be-ing and Do-ing…
Feeling the power of Source flowing through us.
There is no better high than that…
Wishing each of you the power to ever more closely align
with Source.
Baby steps are good.
Falling down is fine.
Getting up again, and again, and again.
All we have is now…
Namaste
Seems
To the bottom
