We have 60,000-80,000 thoughts a day and 90% are the same. Which thoughts do we want to continue repeating and which do we want to begin deleting? Can we change our actions and our way of thinking as we remodel a thriving world?
In silence and body inquiry, coming home to body awareness is as quick as three belly breaths. In getting out of future fears and into our bodies, we realize an unfocused and inflamed mind is seldom our friend. This unkind mind will often focus on what is wrong over what is right and, believe me, no matter how ill we are, there are sparks of unbroken essence waiting without judgement to assist us toward better health!
In deeply exploring our emotional attachment to addictive comfort food and thought, we may compassionately unravel our emotional dependencies in using food as a drug to take the edge off of life. When the pseudo-security of old patterning is no longer working for us, we are at a crossroads. From here, we may begin to learn to trust our hearts, get out of our heads, and into the self-inquiring found when simply bringing stillness to our meditation butt … “no buts” …
Shakespeare was known to have said, “First, know thyself.” In the silence we reunite. In self-inquiry we find many answers. When we move beyond the initial discomfort of deeply listening to our primal belly, we begin to hear. I experienced this deeply when I was too ill to eat and stay busy—the emptiness and unfelt childhood emotions I kept at bay with food and busy work started to surface. Oh my, oh my, the bitter sweet surrender in silence and letting go—raw and uncensored.
Unwinding ancestral broken hearts, may allow us access to recreate, re-parent and honour an upgraded version through the visitor called dis-ease. Science tells us change is often uncomfortable until new habits are grooved into the mindbody. When it becomes a new healthy habit, taking it one moment and one day at a time, may help ease the integration until we one day awaken to know, “nothing tastes as good as feeling good feels.”