03/21/2021
One persons health is anothers disease.
For many years I’ve been in denial as to the ill state of health that our society has fallen to. Gradually we have and continue to become increasingly sick, sedentary, diseased, fragmented, and separated from our natural world. Our “connections” continue to unfold more and more in the virtual, a direct extension from the thinking only aspect of our being.
We have yet to realize that what gets created from sickness is more sickness. We don’t see it because we don’t think we are sick. We continue to study sick people to understand what health is. It’s akin to studying air in order to know what water is, which of course is nonsensical.
There are many reasons we can point to for how we’ve gotten here, most of it based in the unconscious. Some might say money or greed, others might say comfort or ease, but the first stage of moving forward is to wake up and accept. As these two crucial components come together naturally there is a desire to educate oneself. I’m not referring to forced schooling but to personal education, through individual research, trial and error, understanding who and what we are.
This is a huge reason movement is a cornerstone to a solution for a sick society. It pulls us out of the virtual and back into the physical, is very potent in personal education and refers back to other aspects of holistic health (nutrition, sleep/rest, stillness).
What am I saying here? Don’t judge your own health of what others think is healthy for you. Your health is your responsibility. It must come through inquiry, experimentation, study. Research points a direction, personal exploration adds discretion. It’s the discretion and discernment that we so desperately need.
A few valid questions to start with that will be explored in future posts.
What is a healthy diet?
What is good sleep?
What is stillness?
What is health?
Important questions with ambiguous answers that need more clarity and congruency to move forward.