The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
Deepak ChopraRead
If you consciously let your body take care of you, it will become your greatest ally and trusted partner.
Interpretation
Trusting and nurturing your body can lead to a strong partnership for overall well-being.
This quote by Deepak Chopra emphasizes the importance of a conscious relationship with one's body. By actively listening to and caring for our physical selves, we can cultivate a supportive alliance that enhances our health and wellbeing, ultimately forming a deep trust in our body's capabilities and responses.
In practice
In a wellness workshop discussing the importance of self-care and mental health.
The subtler one's awareness, the more powerfully it can heal.
To promote the healing response, you must get past all the grosser levels of the body - cells, tissues, organs and systems -- and arrive at a junction point between mind and matter, the point where consciousness actually starts to have an effect.
It is only because you take your mind to be yourself, and make it dwell on what you are not, that you lose your sense of well-being.
The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.
According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is that you stop worrying. Things don't bother you anymore. You become light hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities. And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous.
I will practice acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were.
Sleep is really important. You need to rest the physiology to be able to work weel and meditate well. When I don't get enough sleep, my meditations are duller. You may even dip into sleep at the beginning of your meditation, because you're settling down. But if you're well rested, you'll have a clearer deeper experience.
To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting
We are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth.
The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.
Get Health. No labor, effort nor exercise that can gain it must be grudged.
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