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Let Your Body Teach You to Be Healthy
Adapted from Perfect Health, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 1990).
To continue evolving and progressing in life, you must make the right choices for yourself, day after day, minute after minute. The choices are endless because the challenges of life are endless, so avoid all the wrong choices seems impossible. But it is easy, once you begin to listen to your own deepest nature.
For every decision you make, major or mundane, your quantum mechanical body only sees one correct choice, although your mind might recognize many. This confusion gives rise to internal conflict. Wrestling with these conflicts is futile—our actions are based on too many individual processes, all of them changing all the time. Defeating lethal viruses or bacteria is child’s play compared with trying to defeat people’s self-destructive habits.
Instead of wrestling with all the wrong choices people are likely to make in the grip of unhealthy desires, get in touch with the source of your desires. At the source, everyone has healthy desires. In Sanskrit, this is called sattva, a world often translated as “purity.” A better translation of sattva is “the impulse to evolve.”
There are three natural impulses at work in any given situation. One is sattva, the impulse to evolve, to go forward, to progress. The second impulse is tamas, the exact opposite, the impulse to stay the same or regress. Fixed between these two opposites is rajas, a more neutral impulse that dictates action for its own sake.
You cannot force your body to make evolutionary choices. If you aren’t in the flow of sattva, some block exists somewhere in your pathway of desire. Some impurity is keeping you away from your quantum self.
Ways to Increase Sattva
Meditating using a mantra is one way that will help remove tremendous amounts of impurity. Consume pure food and water.
Spend time outside in nature.
Be pleasant and tolerant toward everyone.
Act on due reflection, not impulse.
Refrain from anger or criticism, even when you feel it is justified (sattvic people do not point out others’ weaknesses “for their own good.”)
Take time every day for play, humor, relaxation, and good company.
Be generous with others in every way—giving presents and compliments to people around you, pointing out the best in everyone.
After a while you will see your sattvic side emerge, no matter how blocked your system was to begin with. When that happens, you are approaching the place called perfect health. As you increase in sattva, you effortlessly live in purity and move in the direction of higher evolution. Then and only then does the phrase “living in tune with nature” real its real meaning.
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add your comment »I really appreciate this article - this one is in my favorites.
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I know that so many might say "easier said than done" but that's also a choice we make: To complicate or not to complicate. our society is so addicted to conflict that we're afraid to be peaceful.
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Perfect timing..just had a talk w a neighbor who regraded the road forcing a lot of water my way. Was told that it was my problem you solve it. Instead of being angry I'm laughing, yep it's my problem & I will solve it easily. Am I angry at my neighbor? I was but now I just shake my head and laugh. My feeling is he will spend more time thinking about this than me as I refuse to hold onto anger.
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I agree with Anna.A. Showing generosity and kindness bring up the living harmony in daily lives. In keeping positive thoughts, my body tends to feel relax, my heart tenders.
wishing every one a loving and living harmony
kelz
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:o) I always learn from you... Thank you for the greatness you share everyday through Soular Energy! I love reading my email and finding these words of wisdom waiting to be savored by my spirit. Bless you for all of the hard work - and Bless your wonderful helpers of light, like Care2 and the others...
Sending pure love and peace your way,
Robin
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unfortunately it sounds easier than most people practice...I guess it's part of individual challenges and practice for the good - which is also like a muscle to be trained, got to take the initiatives and take the leap, believe in what you do is right. and most of all - listen to your heart.
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our yoga teacher had us do an exercise where we spent one hour everyday thinking only positive thoughts. i was amazed at powerful such a simple act plays upon your whole being.... i would recommend it to everyone! :)
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I love these spiritual reminders
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I love the part about being generous by pointing out the best in everyone. I think it's important to know that generosity isn't always material.
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sounds marvelous. scary how easily small things stunt evolution. i will work to be more joyful and open to the right energies!
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