lifetransformation

You wake up and you think to yourself… fuck I need to go to work today… or you may think I wish I could just lay here for another hour or so… You lie there wishing you didn’t have to do what you do and then you get up and go do it anyway.

You are about to have breakfast and you feel like having your usual bagel

And latte and a little voice says to you; I should really eat something a little healthier like a piece of fruit and drink some vegetable juice… In spite of this you eat the bagel and have the coffee.

In both of these scenarios (I’m sure you can think of many others) there is an incongruence between what you think feel and do. Therefore if we want to increase our intelligence it would be a good idea to become total in all our actions and not be divided, that is thinking or feeling one thing and doing or saying another. This is easier said than done and will usually involve major resistance and when considering the above examples this becomes obvious.

How do we become more total in our actions?

What is the best strategy for tuning into your bodies own unique needs?

The answer is AWARENESS

Awareness brings you to the present. By being aware of your thoughts feelings and subsequent actions you can begin to fine tune them and become more aware of the patterns of thought and behaviour that govern your life. By simply being aware non-judgemental and curious you can begin to do things differently. Witnessing how you think and act in present time creates a gap - a gap for you to simply notice the way you are being. Once you become more aware of the gap you can begin to choose differently.

So whenever you catch yourself doing something or thinking something you would rather not, bring all your awareness to your body and what is going on around you, and If you like you can ask yourself:

* What thought, feeling or way of being do I want to choose instead?

Or you may not have to ask any question - you may simply KNOW what it is you want and by increasing your awareness this will become more and more obvious and as time passes the right choice will too.

One other way to develop your intelligence is to analyse every move you make or perhaps you may wish to be less extreme and do it only when you’re making important decisions. What you do - to the best of your ability - is determine the potential outcome for each choice you’re going to make. Most likely you will have no way of knowing what the outcome will be, but it’s like a game; you play for the fun of it. To truly become a master you don’t act. The irony is that once you feel you’ve probed every possible way of thinking or acting you again become the witness and just bring awareness to all the potentials. This expands your awareness and opens you up to possibility that surrounds you.

Not the easiest thing to do but then who said life was easy!

Thanks for reading.