In my last post, I left you with this...."the questions remain, how do we age successfully and how do we increase our active life expectancy in a rapidly changing world, a world in which we are being called into our own mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and energetic Mastery?" The answer is a long one and I think even the experts are still trying to figure it all out, but don't let that stop you from taking matters into your own hands, there is a lot you can do and feel good about. Just as in the past, it comes down to a a small handful of topics, but as the old expression goes, the devil is in the details.
Today, let's begin to take a look at nutrition. Who doesn't love food? Promise me you won't start a new diet because it's January. Promise me you will love yourself enough not to let yourself feel deprived. Promise me that instead of stopping now because you think it's too hard, you've heard it all before, or whatever...You'll just take a moment to stop, to take a breath and open your mind for a moment....I promise you, this article is not what you think its going to be.
Keep the deep breathing going as you read, no kidding....Put everything of the past in it's proper place for a moment (the past) and know that the journey is just that, a life long journey. Let go of any guilt from past failures, let go of old beliefs about your schedule, your stress, your busy life. Let go, let go, let go....And simply take with you the message of what all of your experiences of the past have been trying to tell you all along....What's that you say??? Breathe, take it in.....Love Yourself More. Yes, that has been the message. Love Yourself...
So for today, Love Yourself with Food...And I mean really Love yourself with food, I don't mean try and kill yourself creating a slow death with food. I don't mean bribe yourself with food (you know that old trick, I want to make my kids happy/make them think I am a great parent/stop them from complaining, so I'll bribe them with a hamburger or mac n cheese kind of love) Today, Love Yourself with Food, as if you were a God/Goddess trying to live to infinity. So what do Human God's eat? They like fresh food, organic food, simply prepared foods, small portions, colorful foods. Human God's are super humans, they like SuperFoods like nuts, seeds, and berries in small portions so they never feel weighed down by what's in their stomachs. Today, Love yourself enough not feel overfull and tired after you eat. Today, leave enough room in your stomach to digest thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that you are also fed today through your experiences.
Oh, now you think I am crazy huh? Well, look at it this way, we have different aspects to our being, being a physical body in a physical world with tangible things like food is one aspect. We are also emotional and mental beings. These aspects of ourselves are just as valid and real as the physical its just that the energy of that part of us is less dense. However, it is still part of our overall being, our overall bodymind, part of aura you might say. And those aspects of digesting thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are connected to the more dense parts of ourselves that digest more dense matters like food. Make sense?? So, in other words, whether you need energy to digest food, digest an experience, or digest the feelings you are left with after a co-worker makes a comment that includes a belief that you don't subscribe to, the energy of digestion comes from the same place in your bodymind. Is it any wonder when you look at digestion holistically, why in today's world people are looking for antacids and digestive aids, have ulcers, constipation, and irritable bowel? People are overeating and ingesting unhealthy foods, taxing their systems, leaving no energy to digest the other aspects of their lives, which are just as stress filled and unhealthy at times as the foods they are consuming. Today, embrace the idea that nutrition is about how you nurture yourself by what you take in to your life that needs digesting, food and otherwise.
Today, Love yourself enough to leave some energy to fully digest something other than food. Today, eat like you are feeding the God/Goddess within, not bribing the God/Goddess outside of you to do the Loving for you.
