What Smoothies Are You Getting?
This is the second part from last week's blog, it will likely make more sense if you start there. :)
We are looking at common incorrect foundational assumptions in life and how they can be the source of suffering and a less than full experience of life. They can get in the way of peace, joy, and love.
One assumption from last week is that the world is inherently stressful.
Most approaches never question that the world is a stressful place and that we are in the fight or flight response all the time. So given that, here is how to motivate yourself, how to pump up more energy, how to have better nutrition, better behaviours, how to have better thinking, how to reframe things we don't like. It goes on and on and on.
What if the world wasn't inherently stressful and the fight or flight response was optional or a very occasional thing we did?
Assumption: We are somehow not good enough or broken or need fixing deep down.
Reality: All humans are born whole and perfect beings of light.
Experiment to try: Have you ever felt great for no reason? Joy just out of the blue? Maybe during a stressful period in your life, you just felt fantastic for a bit. Think back to as many of these inexplicable times in your life as possible.
All of a sudden there is no need to get better at anything. We are already perfect and whole. We are already personally grown. We are already and always safe. We have high energy naturally. Our bodies function well naturally. We are designed to live in a feeling of love, joy, and peace. Beautiful feelings. What if there was no right way to live? What if we naturally are compassionate and think of others? What if the adjuration to "Be Kind" looked ridiculous because it's natural to be kind?
In the transformative work I do we sit together in conversation and look at what things are just true for all humans in life. What is the nature of life? How good does it feel to be fully you?
What if it felt amazing? What if it could feel amazing more and more of the time?
It's about freeing you up to life fully in whatever endeavours you may dream up. There is no homework, practices, or particular things to do and no one right way to live for everyone.
It's about how it works and what you would like for your life.
And now the smoothies!
I love using a blender as an analogy because in reality we are all blending up our very own experience of life in every moment. We are excellent blender operators. We do it every second of every day we are alive. Most people are blending up smoothies and then getting mad at other people because they don't like the taste of the drink. Or they get mad at the blender. Or they say "Well, a tasty smoothie is achievable for other people, just not people like me". Or “I need to strengthen my fingers so I can press the buttons with more authority so the blender will obey me”. Or “I need to believe in the blender more”.
If you know how the blender works, with a bit of practice you will get a feel for what you want to make and have beautifully delicious smoothies. Maybe a couple of disgusting ones along the way. There won't be any mystification about why you are getting the smoothies you are getting though. You'll know why because you mixed it up and will know why you got the taste of the smoothie you got. No confusion and full freedom to experiment with life.
In my chiropractic work, I look at how the body works with us in creating our experience of life and I help return your body system to its natural, fluid, responding to life state. I was and continue to be amazed at the power of when people know how the blender of life works, there is relatively little to do to help the body along. Our bodies are amazingly designed and self-correct if we respect them and use our powers correctly.
In my jewellery design work, turtlewhale designs, currently on Facebook and coming soon to Shopify, I look at bringing life energy and creativity into glass and designing pieces that embody how a person wants to joyously express themselves in the world.
Overall, my work is about the heart of life. Which is you. At the heart of life, there is an intelligent energy that enlivens and empowers everything. We are made of this energy. YOU are the very heart of all life.
Would you like to know how to live that way?
What smoothies are you blending up?
Jack Pransky is well known for his quote "All we are is peace, love and wisdom and the power to create the illusion that we're not."
At our upcoming Immersion Retreat in Guelph on Saturday, September 14, we will explore the felt feeling of being in the world from our peace, love and wisdom beyond the illusion.
Contact Nancy if you'd like to join us by clicking here frontdesk@drsaraoneill.com. We have a number of spaces left.
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