You may have difficulties in your
life that seem insurmountable, or just nagging issues that drag you down,
create constant worry or at minimum lay lurking underneath the surface of your
every waking moment. The good news is
that you can overcome this and have peace and happiness, if not joy, NOW, right
now, not some distant point in the future when said issues are finally “resolved.”
The first step, at least for me, and
maybe for you, is….PRAYER, to God, for help.
Give whatever is bothering you to God and KNOW that it will be taken
care of somehow some way. That is the
essence of faith, which you must exercise, which means you BELIEVE and through
that belief gain peace of mind.
Second, get yourself in a position
to let God work through you and the universe to have positive progress. This means clearing your mind and body of
health robbing toxins, external and internal:
A.
Eliminating
EXTERNAL TOXINS: This is all about diet, nutrition as well as negative
surroundings. Nutrition is so
important. All the stuff you’ve read
about eating wholesome foods and CUTTING artificial sweeteners, meats, dairy,
cholesterol, sugar, packaged and processed foods and ADDING veggies and fruits,
vitamins.
Better
too if you can give go GLUTEN FREEE (no wheat products at all!). Hard to do, but the health benefits are
unreal. More than anything though is to
give up all artificial sweeteners, trans fats and darn near all sugar.
B.
Eliminating
INTERNAL TOXINS:
Internal
toxins are the life-destroying mental and emotional processes, such as fear,
hate, worry, and all sorts of irrationality, which are the opposite of love,
charity, mercy and right action based on correct reality-based judgment. Internal toxins are like weeds that choke
your clear vision and create stumbling blocks to positive rationality that we
all need to move onward and upward and help others to do the same.
Getting
rid of these internal toxins again begins with prayer and faith. For me this led to the discovery of
techniques that led to my understanding of higher truth and therefore clarity
of vision.
What
techniques? 1) Meditation—not something fancy but more or
less getting myself to focus on the NOW, the present moment, free of ego, free
of distractions, worries, the past, whatever for all we really have is…THE
NOW! Meditation involves taking in
breaths and focusing on the sensation of the breath on the nostrils. Whenever worries or other thoughts arise,
simply acknowledge them—don’t resist or judge, just acknowledge them—then return
to the breath. Keep doing this, return
to the NOW, the present, the breath.
Note your surroundings—accepting everything around you without
judgment. Essentially you become pure
awareness of reality, not rejecting anything, just NOTICING, accepting of what
is.
2) Living in the NOW. An outstanding book that will help you
immensely and would be helpful for all sentient humans is “The Power of Now”
and also the follow up book, “A New Earth” by ECKHART TOLLE. Believe me—digesting these will help you along
the pathway of peace of which Jesus so fervently spoke.
3) Follow up with “The Power of Positive
Thinking,” the classic by Norman Vincent Peale.
Positive optimism is crucial and YOU CAN cultivate it.
4) Seek to be the best (your name here) you
can be. Don’t get down on yourself, just
keep aiming high.
5) Own your situation! Faith in God means knowing that things are
JUST AS THEY SHOULD BE! Keep asking for
growth, direction and good things and accept the present with peace and a sense
of joy.
6) Then, with a clear head and positive outlook,
apply your mind to whatever is before you—with rationality and
practicality. FOCUS on what is DOABLE
and possible and don’t give a second to what is not. Don’t dwell to the past; refer to it only as
a learning tool for the present.
You
deserve health and happiness NOW. You
can have it NOW. The kingdom of God is
WITHIN. Removing the internal and
external toxins that choke the joy of knowing that kingdom IS within your
reach.
Today is the first day of the rest of
your life. Enjoy!
Richard Dawahare 3/17/12
