Evolution Two – week ten
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hello Folks,
I have been thinking about why it feels so important to me to get and stay in shape, especially now. The first thing I come up with has to do with how I feel about myself. The funny thing is I believe that we are spiritual beings first and that the body is more of an extension of the spirit. If I believe the spirit is number one, then why address the body first? The only thing I can come up with is that when I take care of my body it somehow magically cultivates my spirit.
What is spirit? The compassionate expression of energy that fully creates something in the universe for the good of the whole. The spirit is unconditional....it is energy...it is light and it has the compassion of the universe.
Shaping my body reminds me of a sculptor with a slab of rock who sees the figure inside the stone or like a dirty mirror that is cleaned. When I don’t feel good about myself it manifests like a dark cloud around my body...I can literally feel the cloud.
The funny thing about health and fitness is that to be successful and long term at it, it requires paying attention to my habits. That kind of attention can keep me very present in the moment, which is the goal of meditation practice...and for some new agers “the secret” to enlightenment.
What is enlightenment? I think it is lightening energy. When energy is dense it is like a heavy weight on the shoulders, not literally but metaphorically. I have discovered for my self that when I take care of my body I feel spiritually lighter. Though my thoughts are more dense and can add weight to my spirit (a good reason to clear the mind), when I feel good, I have more capacity to let go of old habits or be kinder to folks.
I am thinking this, mainly because when I am not taking care of myself all of that breaks down and I find myself being much more quick to blame others for the problems in my life. I think the act of taking control of my health has really helped me to begin to find myself below the surface. I don’t think fitness and health is the only gateway to cultivating the spirit....it just works for me. This is not to say that I don’t have bad days and times where I am unkind or unconscious....it just means I am a work in progress like everyone else.
Exercise: Interval (bike 45 min.)
Hello Folks,
I have been thinking about why it feels so important to me to get and stay in shape, especially now. The first thing I come up with has to do with how I feel about myself. The funny thing is I believe that we are spiritual beings first and that the body is more of an extension of the spirit. If I believe the spirit is number one, then why address the body first? The only thing I can come up with is that when I take care of my body it somehow magically cultivates my spirit.
What is spirit? The compassionate expression of energy that fully creates something in the universe for the good of the whole. The spirit is unconditional....it is energy...it is light and it has the compassion of the universe.
Shaping my body reminds me of a sculptor with a slab of rock who sees the figure inside the stone or like a dirty mirror that is cleaned. When I don’t feel good about myself it manifests like a dark cloud around my body...I can literally feel the cloud.
The funny thing about health and fitness is that to be successful and long term at it, it requires paying attention to my habits. That kind of attention can keep me very present in the moment, which is the goal of meditation practice...and for some new agers “the secret” to enlightenment.
What is enlightenment? I think it is lightening energy. When energy is dense it is like a heavy weight on the shoulders, not literally but metaphorically. I have discovered for my self that when I take care of my body I feel spiritually lighter. Though my thoughts are more dense and can add weight to my spirit (a good reason to clear the mind), when I feel good, I have more capacity to let go of old habits or be kinder to folks.
I am thinking this, mainly because when I am not taking care of myself all of that breaks down and I find myself being much more quick to blame others for the problems in my life. I think the act of taking control of my health has really helped me to begin to find myself below the surface. I don’t think fitness and health is the only gateway to cultivating the spirit....it just works for me. This is not to say that I don’t have bad days and times where I am unkind or unconscious....it just means I am a work in progress like everyone else.
Exercise: Interval (bike 45 min.)
Menu: Raw food experiment
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Achieve
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: I may be densifying myself by overphilosophizing
