How To Be HealthyHow to be Healthy from a Physical Level Perspective: For many of us, health, implies the health of the physical body. Similarly, recommendations for staying healthy mainly focus on physical means such as:
regular exercise, maintaining a balanced diet, taking supplements, getting enough rest, getting health check-ups, minimizing physical injury/hazards, etc.
The assumption when we hold a physical level perspective on how to be healthy is that what we see, our biology, is all there is. A further assumption is that the cause of poor physical health is found at the same physical level as the effects seen. We look for causes in our genes, in our actions and in our environment. Billions of dollars is spent on research to find solutions to our health problems in these areas. But, what if the assumptions are incorrect? What if we are more than a body? What if the effects seen at the physical level of existence arise from the deeper levels of our inner life? Given findings that some people’s health is improved or restored when given a placebo, which they believe to be medication, shows that the mind and the power of our beliefs can influence and even correct physical effects. More and more now we are recognizing the effects that stress has on physical health.
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has numerous testimonials of physical healing resulting as a side benefit from the resolution of emotional issues. The assumption, from the emotional/mental perspective on how to be healthy, is that biology responds to belief and emotions. What we believe, we perceive, and our emotional response to our perceptions gives our experience its meaning and makes it "real". The information from our experiences (which are personal and unique) provides the information that is used by our biology to go into a "survival" mode or a "regeneration mode".. Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton and Molecules of Emotion by Candance Pert, are just two of various books that have come out providing scientific credence to support this assumption. What we send out to the world through our heart, through our intentions and feelings, comes back to us. Our mind receives back this information through our perception system. What we see with our five senses is just a reflection of what is inside of us(beliefs and images). When we are holding feelings and images inside that say we are unsafe, our perception gives us back distorted information that conforms to our perception and says we are in danger. The confirmation triggers physiological responses in our body, preparing it for attack (fight, flight, freeze). A mind that sees and feels itself constantly under attack will place incredible physical demands on its body. The immune system will be constantly working to keep itself "safe". On the other hand, sending out feelings of love, inner peace and well being, will return a reflection of a benign world that loves us. As a result, biology is then placed in a regeneration phase and is nourished and strengthened by this environment. How to be Healthy from an Energy/Spirit Perspective: The perspective from this level on how to be healthy assumes that we are fundamentally Spirit or energy. Our existence, our bodies, emotions, and thoughts, are forms of the vital energy, Prana, Chi, or Spirit (just to mention a few names different cultures have given to the power supporting life.) From this point of view, energy or Spirit is like an underground river and each life form is an opening through which the water surfaces. This opening gives structure and shape to energy so we can see it as physical matter. The function of physical form is to conduct and transmit this current of life. It works similar to an electrical device that conducts electricity and transmits an image or a sound. Our purpose in life is to release our disconnect and become one with our Creator, expressing our true Self and becoming channels for Love. We are designed to transmit its energy of Love to expand Itself. When we "get ourselves in the way" and put up resistance/blocks to this transmission (much of this happens outside of our conscious awareness), we are shorting ourselves out energetically. This occurs much like an electrical device with an electrical short in its wiring. This prevents current from being conducted and the electrical device does not work properly. When we do this we experience a deep disturbance or disconnect, symbolically speaking we experience "dis-ease". This disconnect can be experienced as a sense of separation, internal conflict and loss. This resistance to life counters the energy flow of our true Self. It is a non-acceptance or rejection of something, someone, or ouselves (often because we have judged it "bad"). This interferes with the flow of life energy which is always loving, non-judgmental and accepting. This "pushing away" blocks the free flow of energy. Holding on to unforgiveness and memories of "I have been done wrong" keeps the blocks in place. The life giving energy is blocked because we are choosing to hold trauma and unexpressed emotions that we perceive as having "caused us hurt". From this place we hold a self-image of ourselves as victims and forget that we are the ones generating our reactions and that we can actually choose to respond and see things differently. These are the energy blocks that EFT aims at clearing to restore the energy flow that runs through our
acupuncture meridians
and chakras. From a spiritual perspective, our physical body is an instrument of communication, symbolically representing to us the information for us to see so that correction can be done at the emotional, mental and spiritual levels. From this perspective all information is "good" because it helps us to address the real problem and restore energy flow. Health and vitality are the visible manifestations of free flowing, life energy within us. How to be healthy is simple, but not easy for most of us. It means bringing to awareness our resistance, so we can let it go, and allowing ourselves to accept the joy of a life fully lived. If we find ourselves with a problem, it means being honest with ourselves, with our feelings and motives, and taking responsibility for how we are perceiving the event or person and how this is making the situation difficult. It means recognizing that we are doing our best, and that our best is good enough! It means recognizing that others are also doing the best they can given their own limited perspectives. Most importantly, it means truly forgiving ourselves and others, letting hurts go. Reconnecting ourselves to the life Source that is within and surrendering in faith and trust, opens the gates to receive healing. All healing comes from God, from the free-flow of life energy. If brings incredible freedom to accept ourselves and others just as they are. How to be healthy is about removing barriers to life that keep life energy from flowing freely and abundantly through us. EFT is the tool that I use to remove blocks and live in the freedom and flow that is life.
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