Tune Into The Health And Energy Of Life

Health is a state of wholeness and balance between the soul and the body.
As the World Health Organisation defines health, it is
“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.”

When we are healthy in the fullest sense, there is a natural and dynamic flow of life energy through our entire being on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. There is movement and an easy transition between different emotions and feelings.

It is when we become stuck in an emotion that our life force (chi) begins to stagnate and we resist change and transformation. We are no longer flowing and easy with life.

Our life force is a subtle and vital energy that flows through pathways called meridians and acts like an interface of exchanging energies between the energy of the soul and that of the body. This is affected by our internal state and its emotions, as well as by our external environment.

When there is harmony, all parts are united together for the benefit of the whole. Each part affects every other part, contributing its energy and purpose to the wellbeing of the whole.

When there is real health, we are able to live fully in the present, neither in the past nor the future, but in the ‘now’.  We are able to adjust and adapt to changing situations and yet remain stable. Like riding the waves of life, we can respond positively while making constructive choices, seeing every situation as an opportunity for growth. We have respect for ourselves, our bodies, others around us and for the universe. Our choices are made accordingly. There is the feeling that we are a valuable part of the continuum of life.

It is important to be aware that there are three principles at work in life, which are those of creation, sustenance and destruction and that each of these is valuable and necessary to the integrity of life. We are born, we live and we die. Health is about maintaining a balance between the duality of construction and destruction.

It is amazing just how healthy we generally remain. Nature has an enormous capacity to return to a balanced state and will do all it can to maintain it. Physically, our bodies are continually repairing themselves. We take it for granted that cuts, bruises, sprains, colds and infections will be taken care of, and they usually are. Even when we experience temporary anxiety, fear, and worry or anger we cope and overcome these.

To experience ourselves to be whole and healthy we need tune into the requirements, not only of the body but also of the soul. We need to know ourselves very well and to be deeply connected to the inner beauty that lies at our core.  Then we are able to express our highest potential through a body that serves us as a finely tuned instrument, for which we have deep respect.

Healing is the journey towards this state of wholeness of body and soul.