'You Are What You Eat'
Poetic Monthly Magazine Enlightenment Column , Alessandrina Lerner, MBA
Day after day, we keep feeding our body the same unhealthy foods and our mind the same negative thoughts, yet we wonder why we don't feel "so good". While the relationship between the "foods" we consume ourselves with and the reality we manifest in our lives - including our physical body and state of mind, has been established scientifically, we close our eyes blindly and continue to fill the emptiness with layers of junk that only make us feel worst. Entangled in idle pursuits that defy all reason and the simple laws of nature themselves, we keep burying our heads in the quicksands of denial a little deeper each day. As time passes, the self-abuse intensifies, the hurt penetrates into the deepest recesses of our body and subconscious mind, the garbage starts pilling up so high in both body and mind that its poison begins to insidiously seep in and pollute us, and the illusory walls of protection we continue to build grow us weaker and sicker day by day. Yet it is only when faced by death, or a disease so debilitating that we find ourselves unable to function at all, that we actually decide, "It is time for a change!" Unfortunately, by then, the body has suffered such trauma and damage that it is often too late to reverse the perversive effects of degenerative disease.
That's why the time for change is always NOW! Simply because NOW's the only time we have... before the scars get too deep, the harm too extensive, and our time becomes past once and for all! Anybody who's been exposed to a balanced regimen of healthy food, intelligent physical exercise, and peaceful rest bears witness to the personal transformation they've experienced as a result. From lethargy, depression, or even sickness, they rose once more from the dead and reclaimed their lives! Of course, nobody said it would be easy to CHANGE because "bad" habits do have a way of creeping up on us, and before we know it, we've become their permanent slaves! Well, at least, that's what the mind wants us to think. See, the "MIND", it lives in a world of illusion, one where it thinks it's in control. But let's be honest here, who hasn't had a taste of power - however illusory that may also be - and hasn't grown attached to it! The mind, you see, doesn't want us to change, it likes the old status quo. It's actually grown so attached to the "old" that it will find any excuse not to embrace the "new", no matter how good it may be for us! And so the mind is going to try playing all kinds of tricks on us in order to remain in control, and it's up to us to find NEW ways to trick the OLD mind! That's where the Ego comes in, "Master" of duplicity we can all fool! See, the Ego is simple. All it wants is a little boost, a gentle rub... It doesn't have to be true as long as the illusion feels real. Sooner or later, in this lifetime or another, the Ego becomes bored with the illusion. How gratifying can it be to dissipate its energy in hundreds of different directions that lead absolutely nowhere! And so once you've convinced the Ego you got a better game plan, the Mind's just old game... done, finished, "tamed"! The Ego by your side as your strongest ally, and the mind seduced by the prospect of illusory control conferred in complete absorption, you are ready to move forward and onto higher grounds. Now, don't get me wrong, the mind is not "bad" per say; it just wants to feel safe, and if doing the same old thing is what keeps it feeling safe then that's what it'll do. Still at the end of the day, if it forgets that without a body it won't be safe no more, you're gonna have to step it up before it's too late! And so to keep the mind from its own self, what do we use? That's actually pretty simple; an object of awareness is all you need - like the breath for instance, to keep the mind busy and thinking it's in control. "But why the breath?", you may ask. Well, as simple as it may seem, there is a direct relationship between the mind and the breath, and so when the breath is balanced - equal and rhythmic - so is the mind. Without exploring this subject any further - for there is more than enough material on this subject matter to produce a few theses- we can rest in the knowledge that we have found in the breath a powerful tool to control the mind. With the breath by our side, we can start tackling the body. Now, the body is very simple. It complies with the laws of nature without fail. The body has inner intelligence, and without the mind's smokescreen masking its basic needs, all layers are shed, all obstacles removed, and the body can start running the show, the way it was always designed to!
Now everybody would agree that we all want to be healthy and happy in life. After all, we are born to this existence and so we should try and enjoy it fully and purposefully, no?! However, expecting a return on something we don't invest in seems pretty unreasonable. We sit for hours in an office, trapped in between 4 walls, a cubicle without a view... to the beautiful scenery of REAL LIFE! To fill the void, we gulp down foods that fool our taste buds but have no nutritional value. Then we get home and let some other low vibration drown our self-fed misery! And everybody knows that misery likes company; and unfortunately, the TV or/and the old bottle are often the easiest and least judgmental companions of all. With no one to remind us that we are so much more than what we've let ourselves become, we slowly sink into an agreed upon coma without beginning or end... Every day feels like the last, and we become so dazed and confused that we actually stop feeling. Everything tastes the same, looks the same, and we keep on running after the next thing that will get our senses upside down for a while before we come down from our fleeting high and sink back deeper below...
But Truth is a value that never changes, and while we thought we'd discovered some new way of getting to the bottom of truth, of what life is all about, the TRUTH is that there is no big secret awaiting to be discovered, no truth beyond what nobody could fathom. The One and Only Truth is in the Here and Now, in a presence that leaves no doubt as to the fact that we are ALIVE. Hippocrates didn’t need to conduct any in-depth scientific study to come to that conclusion and to the fact that this presence is the sum of all its experiences. Yes, “WE ARE WHAT WE EAT”, i.e. our food, our thoughts, our deeds. In touch with his inner wisdom, the "Father of Modern Medicine" intuitively knew 2,500 years ago what modern men continue to negate day after day... What better proof do we need but to realize that degenerative dis-eases and mental illnesses are plaguing our societies like never before? And how can we not relate this epidemic to the imbalance in our diet and our lives? If that is not incentive enough for change, then will anything ever be? I said it before and I'll say it again, "The time is NOW... to embrace change and start investing in your body and your life. The time is NOW to listen to the real doctor, your own body, the one which has taken the oath to always keep you in health, strength, and vitality, if only you let it. Whoever said that "Age" has to be a "fatality", something that you dread and endure?! You can age gracefully and in a healthy body and mind too. That is your birthright too! In the end, It's all up to you and how you choose to live your life... In the simple words of a wise healer, you can “Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food."
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