So you want to be enlightened?
Life, Spirituality, Thoughts|I could have just as easily titled this so you want to be wealthy, so you want to be successful, or so you want to be happy, but we’re going to assume you want to be… enlightened!
Your bookcase is filled with the timeless wisdom of the masters. You consider yourself spiritual (and you probably are). Perhaps you’ve decided to forgo crass materialism. Maybe you’ve decided to live a life of service and have dedicated yourself to helping others. You pray, meditate and/or chant daily.
But how’s your health?
When was the last time you made sure you had enough exercise?
What do you eat?
How much sleep do you get?
While it is true that we are not this physical vehicle, it is just as true that we are in this physical vehicle, and affected by it.
The foundation for our success in any endeavor is our health and it is in our best interest to make that foundation as firm as possible.
So just as we learn to control our emotions, breathe, meditate, pray, find and connect with God, we must also learn how to best support our physical vehicles, for it is through them that the Divine must work through us.
Preventive care and maintenance is much easier than fixing something that has gone wrong. That said, I believe it is key for our spiritual growth that we learn about and study natural methods to keep good health. One of my favorite sources of health information is Catherine Carter over at (aptly titled) Creating Health but the subject of good health is so important and so broad that I decided to ask others for their favorites.
The complete list will be maintained on a page created here on this blog so that any and everyone can have quick access to some of the best health writers around.
So I’m asking Catherine and all who read this post, who provides you the best information on diet, exercise, health news, stress management, healthy cooking, or natural & alternative medicine?
Consider yourselves all tagged! Be sure to include a link back here and one to the blogger you’re advocating so I can update the list!
To your success AND your health,
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November 15th, 2007 at 8:41 am
YIKES!
OK…while I do try to take good care of my vehicle (some seasons I do better at this than others, but overall I am in excellent health) - I just realized I don’t think I have even one blogger on my blogroll that dedicates their site solely to health related issues.
Hum…..
Thanks for making me THINK
November 15th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Hi Grace!
I think a good blog is a great way to keep up to date on such things. We could discover something important that we might have missed otherwise.
I realized I don’t really pay enough attention to preventive health care (with the exception of my vegetarian diet) and that I ought to look into it more.
All of which led me to think, “if I don’t, I wonder if my readers….?”
November 16th, 2007 at 3:21 am
I agree that we need to take care of what we put into our bodies. Unfortunately not everyone does that. In our society, there seems to be a huge disconnect with caring for oneself effectively. Being in poor health is big business.
Many of us out there need to reclaim our health. Nutrition, health, exercise, and emotional health are all areas that many of us can make improvements with. I know the better condition I’m in these areas the better my body responds.
This is something I realized as a child (I had excellent teachers) and it’s something I incorporate into my daily life.
I’m back in school receiving my Masters in Traditional Naturopathy.
I have a few websites that focus on health and nutrition through natural methods.
My mentors wouldn’t be anyone on the blogosphere it would be my grandmom who both taught me the importance of natural healing at a very young age.
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November 16th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Hi Sibbia,
My first experience into health and healing was actually an intuitive experience, I started out years before blogs and websites. I know there are great blogs, out there, I’m working to have one myself. I will say that I prefer health blogs that are written by practitioners or otherwise qualified folks. But there are a number of approaches that can be taken by anyone who has an interest in the subject.
I am going to check my resources and find a blogger to tag for your post!
Cheers
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November 16th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
This is an excellent point. We must take care of this body which we live within for when we don’t it distracts us from our greater purpose.
We must balance ourselves and feed and care for our body and soul.
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November 19th, 2007 at 6:41 am
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