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 sleep, minimizing environmental 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. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) has incredibly numerous testimonials of physical healing resulting 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. In other words, what we believe we perceive and how we respond emotionally to our world experiences provides the information that is used by our biology to thrive physically or not. 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 through our heart to the world, our intentions and feelings, come back to us. Our mind receives them through our perception system. What we see is just a reflection of what is inside of us. When we are holding feelings inside, that say we are unsafe, our perceptions give us distorted information that says we are in danger. These perceptions trigger 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 it "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 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 our existence, our bodies, emotions, and thoughts, are fundamentally 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 become better and better connected to this source of life. We are designed to transmit its energy or love to expand itself. When we put up 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 disconnect with life. This disconnect can be experienced as a sense of separation, internal conflict and dis-ease. This resistance to life comes from fear of suffering physical or emotional pain. The fear is there because we are holding on to patterns of past suffering. The life giving energy is blocked because we are choosing to hold trauma and unexpressed emotions that have caused us hurt. These become energy blocks that divert, cuts off, or stagnate the energy flow that runs through our acupuncture meridians and chakras and which nourishes our physical body. It is only a matter of time before the internal organs or physical structures begin to weaken and deteriorate without an adequate life energy supply. Overall Perspective on How to be Healthy. Health and vitality are the inevitable results 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 in a difficult situation, it means being honest with ourselves, with our feelings and motives, and taking responsibility for our part in making the situation difficult. It means recognizing that we are doing our best and truly forgiving ourselves and others. Reconnecting ourselves to the life source that is within, brings physical and emotional healing. If brings incredible freedom to be who we truly 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 live in the freedom and flow, that is life. See EFT Learning How EFT Works
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