We are not human beings having spiritual experiences, we are spiritual beings having human experiences.
The choice is not whether we feed our soul or not the choice is rather what do we feed our soul and how much?
Each day we all go about our life, eating, working, sleeping and playing. Yet how many of you feel that this is not enough, that there must be more to it. When we have this feeling that something is lacking it is when we are not feeding our soul. We are mind body and spirit, all exist together and when we don’t feed any one of these aspects it is when we feel off centre, and know that something is missing. I believe to feed the soul we need to look at it on a holistic level; we need to feed the mind the body and the spirit.
It is no good to go about our life pretending to smile on the outside when our soul on the inside is crying out. We may surround ourselves with all the riches in the world and still not be happy or rich. There is a deeper level to all of us and we are not here to just survive day to day we are here to live and experience all that this human experience can offer us. We are allowed to feel abundance, joy, happiness; and love. We also have the ability to feel sorrow, heartache, envy and grief. It is a shame that some of choose to keep feeling the feelings that we are free to move on from and deny ourselves the joy that is around us. When we make the choice and we make it daily to feed our soul it is a choice between what helps us grow and what keeps us in place.
As I mentioned earlier we are mind body and spirit, we need to feed all of these equally to truly grow and become all that we can. So what to look at first, let’s look at the Body.
Is it enough to just eat the right foods, drink the right amount of water, and steer clear of that which is not good for our physical body? Sure we all need to take the time to eat correctly, to many process foods and sugary drinks will ultimately lead to our physical bodies down fall, obesity, low energy levels, clogged attires and a shortened life. But is it just about eating right that feeds the body No we need exercise, we need to take care of our skin, we need to take care of our hair, our whole physical body needs to be included in that mixture. So you let’s get our body moving, run , dance, swim, yoga, gardening, walking all forms of exercise that don’t need to cost you the earth. Pamper thy self; yes get a massage, a facial, your hair done, your nails done. Make sure your take care of the skin it’s our largest organ, and let’s face it you can see when someone is not feeling great and their skin seems to look dull and lifeless, so take care of it. These things don’t have to cost the earth either; no one is saying you need to spend hours at the day spa to achieve this you can take care of your body at home. Get a haircut that makes you feel great and easy for you to do. Most importantly make it simply, we all complain we don’t have time so keep it simply and you will be able to find the time.
Top tips for feeding the Body
Eat healthy, foods that are season is what are bodies crave, try growing your own.- Drink water
- Exercise 3 times a week – walk, dance, run
- Pamper yourself, buy body polish and moisturise you don’t need a day spa, soak your feet and read a book.
So how do we feed mind, what is that we allow coming into our mind each and every day? Are you someone who hears the positive or do you hear the negative, maybe you fall in-between. What about what you read, watch on TV, does the news stress you out, does not knowing stress you out. What about work is your work making you happy or depressed? What about the way you think about you, are you happy with who you are or are you the person who can always find faults and never compliment yourself.
Our mental state at the best of times can be fragile and ready to break, so why do we chose to remain in negative, self-sabotaging thought patterns? Perhaps we don’t know how to move out of this process, for some I can hear them scream for here NO! no more affirmations, no more standing in the mirror and tell yourself that you love you…..ok ok I get it. So let’s try this instead, limited the amount of time in front of the TV, watch only things that make you feel good. If the events of the world make you feel bad turn the news off, no good adding to negative thoughts. Read a good book, one that helps you change your thought, inspires you, allows you to see things differently. Get with friends and laugh, cry on their shoulder when you need too. Learn to be thankful for all that you have. Instead of trying to “keep up with the Jones” be thankful for all that is in front of you. There is no use working in a job that does not make you happy if all you are doing is playing catch up or trying to have what everyone else has. What is that you want? Ok sure I am not saying head out and change jobs tomorrow, but if you are unhappy going to work, were you spend most of your time, then it’s time for you to start looking at how you can make some changes. You are here to be happy and joyful not miserable and sad. So it make take some time find what you are passionate about, to see how this can become what brings you’re your prosperity, however it’s worth the search. Now sorry for those who cringe at affirmations, I do say find a saying that works for you one that motivates you can keep it around you, feed the mind with positive and all the thoughts become positive.
Top tips for feeding the Mind
- Turn off the TV
- Immerse your mind in knowledge that expands it
- Be with friends
- Find your passion and live it
- Feed in positive thoughts
So how do we feed Spirit? This is when you need to dig deeper, you need to look at what your spirit is calling you to do. Perhaps; spending time in nature, be by oneself, meditate, garden, be with family, help those in need, prayer, dance, sing; it can be many different things each of us has a truly unique spirit that is ours alone and we alone know what makes it happy.
To find out how to feed your spirit, sit and be still, listen to what you are yearning for. It will tug at your heart strings and stir emotion. When you feed your spirit it will give you feeling that you get when you are truly alive and living in the now. Your heart sings your mind is wide away and your body feels alive.
Your spirituality feeds to the spirit and just like feeding your body and your mind feeding your spirit needs to happen regularly. You would no more survive if you never ate then you would if you neglected to feed the spirit, sure you would be alive, but lost, drawn towards addictions, violence, depression, destruction and all that leads to life without respect.
Top tips for feeding the Spirit
- Listen to your inner core
- Be still and in the moment
- Allow yourself to feel emotion
- Honour who you are and cherish it
When we feed body mind and spirit we feed the soul, we are happy, we have energy, we feel alive and healthy able to take on the challenges we may face with clear sight and positive thought. We are able to learn and explore all that life has to offer us.
When we however chose to feed our soul with rubbish, so feeding our body junk, not maintaining it, allowing our mind to become consumed with negativity and not acknowledging that our spirit needs to be feed as well we fall from our path being a spiritual being. Why does this happen mainly because of fear and ego. As I said earlier “The choice is not whether we feed our soul or not the choice is rather what do we feed our soul and how much?”
I leave you with this to ponder
Two Wolves – an old Cherokee legend
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
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