I have often thought about this beautiful high tech machine called the "Human Being". It is such a perfect combination of hardware and software that allows us to create and participate in our Human Experience. Yet often, we barely scratch the surface of our deep and true potential.
Why is this? I believe it is because we are unaware of our true potential and that we have little or no training in the care, maintenance of the being and of the evolutionary possibilities we possess.
We can easily get training in academic areas, but we must rigorously seek out methods and training in proactive care of the body / mind, awareness of our true potential, accessing / increasing our creativity or leading a rich spiritual life.
Many people find themselves endlessly reacting to the symptoms of an unbalanced lifestyle. They are confused when they experience: dis-ease, a cluttered mind, unbalanced emotions or malaise. A common response to this disarrayed state is to treat symptoms with medication, self-medication or distraction (TV, food...).
Treating symptoms can keep one from feeling, but it it is still only addressing the symptom and not the cause. It can also make us numb and eventually it leads us back to other side effects and more problems.
I think the discomfort we feel is actually good. It is the human being's way of telling us to do something or stop doing something. It is like a red light on a car's dashboard. We should not try to disconnect the light, we should find the cause and remedy it. It's just information telling us to change the oil, add water or fill the gas tank. Anxiety, malaise and depression are just warning lights telling us to take action. The discomfort is telling us to: pay attention, find a more fulfilling career or fill our hearts.
This is where training comes in. There are many ancient techniques for creating balance that have been developed and tested over thousands of years. Yoga, breathwork and meditation can resolve most of these symptoms with no negatve side effects and an ever increasing upside of expanding potential.
Developing a practice is a way of deepening our understanding of the method and of ourselves. It is also a way of proactively insuring our health on all levels.
The process is mostly about listening, then embracing our symptoms and opening to solutions. When we ask deeply for solutions and pay attention, solutions will appear.
I believe life never gives us anything we cannot handle, because it is really our deeper or higher aspects that attract all the situations we experience in our lives. Sedating our symptoms does not heal the cause (although it may be temporarily necessary) and it means we will just repeat our suffering. Taking responsibility for our symptoms empowers us to shun victim mentality and transform our problems into growth.
See you on the path.
Peace,
James
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