Do You Even Have One?

If you read last week’s article, you may have thought about the question I asked, namely what is your relationship with food?

This is a big question, because when I was first asked this question I didn’t realize that I even had a relationship with food. It sounded pretty outrageous to me. However with a little thought it seems outrageous to never even give any thought to something that is fundamentally part of our existence.

The most thought people generally give to food is deciding what to eat, but how many times do people eat something without even thinking about it, just a habitual act without any conscious choice to eat that particular food. Also, how often do people eat something and never think to ask what’s in it or what is added to it? Too many based on the evidence we see with so many people suffering from poor health.

EVERYBODY has a relationship with food, even if that relationship is a non-questioning, taken for granted or "done on autopilot" relationship. I spent some time with an amazing macrobiotic chef a few years ago. He told me that because eating is so fundamental to life, mealtimes should be the most important times of the day. Rather than working for 10 hours, eating a processed sandwich for lunch, without even taking a break and then eating a quick and convenient takeaway on the way home, we should be planning our day around the time we need for preparing and eating dinner.

The relationship we have with food is a healthy one if we take it all as a whole. Food isn’t just eaten, but it is prepared, it grows especially to give us life. There is a reason for all these different fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs. Each one has a purpose, a strength and the power to protect our bodies and minds from damage and to maintain our health. We are blessed with a naturally developed system all around us that is there to energize us, so we may grow in personal power, develop our awareness and increase our level of consciousness.

We are here to evolve, not just to exist and we have been given everything we need to succeed, so please, think about your relationship with food and develop a healthy one if it isn’t already. What you eat is the key to your true freedom of your mind and spirit.

There will be more!

The Ultimate Preventative Cure

You know that at this website, what is often discussed is the existence of a solution or answer to a big question you have, sitting right in front of your eyes. This is a case where we can all take advantage of what already is and turn it into what we desire – in terms of our health and well-being.

The cure to all, or at least most of our ills. We are living in an extremely insane world, where we are brought to accept, as normal, a lifestyle that sees us eating food that is literally poisoning us and destroying our bodies, so that we need to seek medical help and/or take supplements, just to keep us working normally. Sometimes the damage goes so far that some people can never get back to working normally and will never be in good health. This is so tragic.

There is a cure for pretty much all of these problems, which if we start our children on them from the start, they will never have difficulty in dealing with the awful torture and torment that people have with this course of action.

I’m talking about eating properly! It seems so obvious doesn’t it, but nearly everything available for sale in a typical, western-style supermarket is junk food. Literally. The best cure for any physical, and some psychological problems is to eat healthy food, so as to not cause the problems in the first place. It is not a difficult thing to do. I think we’ve all heard the advice to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables every day, avoid processed foods, like sugar and pretty much anything that comes in a packet, but how many stick to it and adopt a healthy diet as part of a lifestyle?

Sadly very few, but this is at the root of problems and therefore, taking action in this area can eliminate a huge chunk of day to day misery and discomfort in all areas. The thing is though that it is very boring and very difficult to just "Go on a diet".

I once had explained to me that we all have a relationship with food. What is your relationship with food? Think about that because that is going to be the next article in this series.

This article had me in danger of going off on a bit of a rant, so this is why it’s good to stop here. The Neural Recon Report is here to present things in a positive way, so the positive message of this article is to tell you that you can rid yourself of many of the ailments that may be causing you stress and distress right now. It starts with what you choose to eat and the process of neural reconditioning, affirming your intentions and visualizing your results will play a big role in giving you the power to stop your health issues, making you feel better physically and mentally.

A Case of Chicken or Egg

We can all accept the suggestion that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that a healthy mind leads to a healthy body. Isn’t it a well used saying that how you feel, especially regarding sickness is "All in the mind"?

But which comes first? Does a healthy body lead to a healthy mind before a healthy mind can lead to a healthy body? It’s one of those cases where there is no beginning or end. The only starting point is your choice to create your own good health in a wholesome manner. In other words, start taking care and becoming aware of the health and fitness of both your body and your mind. They both support each other; one does not wait for the other to get started.

If you are already somebody who is conscious of and exercises a positive, purposeful way of thinking and believes in the power of of your thoughts to create the outcomes of your life then you have already created a starting point. You may "know" how you should be applying your thoughts and state of mind on a regular basis, but possible neglecting your physical health by eating too much processed food for example. The place to start in such a situation is to investigate and start a healthier eating regime. Nice and easy.

If you are into a healthy diet and lots of physical exercise then your place to start your new, integrated, wholesome campaign is to put care and attention into how you apply your mind and how that affects your feelings. It is not uncommon to find people who are so strictly into a physucal health regime with lots of intense physical exercise and who are very particular about what they eat, but who also have a lot of stress related to how they view the world. In other words, they are at the mercy of their minds’ reaction to the world rather than choosing their thoughts more purposefully.

There is only one way to be truly fit and healthy and that is to integrate a healthy exercise and feeding program for both body and mind. The starting point is to start eating healthy, natural foods and putting into practice healthier ways of thinking that make you feel better about your life rather than worse. From there you have a better chance of reaching any goal you may have set for yourself.

Physical & Mental Health are One and the Same.

Fasten your seatbelts for the Mind/Body series appearing throughout the next month or so. It is very common for those of us who embark on a deliberate exploration of our potential and personal growth to become involved in healthier living practices on all levels.

Some people start their journey on the path of applying new ways of thinking – trying to be more positive for example and become more aware of physical health along the way, adopting healthier eating and exercise practices too. Others start on a journey of improving their physical health and discover new ways to apply their minds further down that path, becoming more aware of healthy mind activity.

This is because both these aspects of health are connected. It is not very likely for you to maintain a healthy, positive, successful and strong mindset for very long if you do not put the same work into maintaining your physical health. We have mentioned before, many times that how you feel has a big affect on your thoughts and therefore how you create certain results and outcomes in your life. It’s also very difficult to remain physically healthy without a healthy way of thinking; due to your stress level and general feeling of well being impacting on your physical health practice.

The Mind/Body series aims to address how and why both sides are so important for supporting each other and to explain how attention to health on all levels is necessary for a truly healthy and therefore happy and fulfilling lifestyle to be achieved.

After recently having to encounter a physical health issue of my own, even after years of possessing what I thought was a high level of awareness of my own integral health system, I have had a good reminder of how critical it is to give the highest priority of awareness to diet, physical well being and how it affects thoughts, decisions, mood and general quality of life.

Applying awareness to the integral nature of mind and body health will result in much greater success in achieving the lifestyle you desire exponentially more than focusing on just one or the other. They are both parts of the same engine and both need equal servicing!

More to come.

It’s Time to Stop Worrying

You still need some money? Of course, so do I and I even forget sometimes where that should sit in my priorities list. It’s not at the top, especially not at this point in history.

If you’ve read anything lately you’ll probably realize that the financial system isn’t working and as we head toward a new chapter of existence it may be that the financial system, at least as we know it will be irrelevant.

The point here is not to keep busting your gut trying to make enough money and instead enjoy the money-making time you spend. The other time – and make sure you make that time – is for your other obligations, like your family, health, entertainment etc.

I Don’t Agree I Want the Money!

That’s OK, money has become the central force in all human activity, so it’s crazy to just say ignore it. Of course, go for it. All I’ll say is that the time spent outside "Trying to make more money" is time where you are exposing yourself to different stimuli, like your children, friends, other activities and trips to a different town or whatever: All things that can inspire you with all sorts of new ideas by fueling your imagination.

You should know by now where I’m going to go with that next right? Imagination, ideas, inspiration: Pretty good for coming up with solutions to making more money, among other things. Dare I say even putting you in a state better suited for attracting it and all things good?

What we Covered in the Last 12 Months

It’s been quite a year hasn’t it? Lots of twists and turns, so many extreme conditions – there were tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and we also saw a lot of extreme economic and political activity as well, which sensationalists would likely describe as catastrophic or revolutionary.

In an attempt to remain as calm and grounded as possible I am accepting both the highs and the lows of the past year as equally important as things that needed to happen as part of the path that we are heading, whatever that may be, which I might add, there are plenty of different stories about what lies in store for our world in 2012. I can definitely feel that we are heading for some kind of fundamental change, but I’m not invested in knowing or even speculating what that is apart from hoping that we are heading towards a world of more harmony and peace for all.

A Re-Cap of the Year at the NRR

The past year has been less extreme and more relaxed here at the NRR, but in case you missed any of it, here it is in summary as bullet points, that you can use to enter into the site search if you want to read more.

Have a happy new year.

The Last 12 Months

• Intent – Intent vs intention, how intent is applied, making affirmations, creating something to believe in.
• Belief – The belief scale, who/what to believe, inviting belief, maintaining belief, what belief really is.
• Focus – Shifting focus from what you don’t want to what you do want, becoming focused, how to be focused.
• Sticking to Your Guns – Staying true to yourself, knowing when to give up or carry on, staying certain.
• Starting Over – Keeping a fresh perspective, detachment from certain outcomes, don’t wait, just start!

Looking back I think we covered good ground over the year, so go over the posts to refresh your memory. They are very quick to read and digest. I hope the Neural Recon Report has brought something positive to your year and here’s hoping it will bring more next year. It’s nearly time to start over again!

Have a good one!

To Start All Over Again

I have always believed this deep down, ever since I was a kid, but the truth is that I have allowed my doubting voice to have too much say in the past and even fell for the illusion that once you reach a certain age then there isn’t much left you can hope to achieve.

Well I have seen enough evidence, up close to convince me that you can achieve your life-long ambitions even if you feel it’s too late. You can’t believe the stories told to you by doubters or what you see on TV or in the newspapers. There’s more reality in your dreams than there is in the media, so which do you trust more?

The more you learn to really know yourself, trust yourself and be yourself the more success, fulfillment and happiness you experience because it’s those things that create fulfilment, happiness and success. The more you know, trust and are able to be yourself then the more obstacles you will overcome because they will just not appear as obstacles anymore, just things to do, which incidentally will provide some excitement and things to love along the way.

If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust? So just believe in the fact that while there is breath in your body then you are still in the game and you can still win, even if you have to start all over again!

Well it’s Christmas day, so my best wishes to you and whatever your Christmas day is like, it could be the start of something better than you could ever hope to dream for.

Merry Christmas.

Slow but Purposeful

Spend time everyday looking at what is really important to you in terms of how you want to live on a day-to-day basis. Your ideal vocation in life and what kinds of choices you would really love to have the freedom to make any time.

Applying this kind of energy, going back to the drawing board, so to speak will show you where your focus may be misguided or lacking with respect to what you want to achieve. You are likely to see and understand the reasons you aren’t achieving something impoertant to you.

For example, that may not be what you truly desire at all. This clearing out will help make space for some far more inspiring ideas and thoughts to come to you and propel you forward to greater success and fulfilment.

This process never really finishes. Your thoughts, ideas and goals change often enough for it to be necessary to clear some clutter from the mind on a regular basis, so as not to get confused and fall into the biggest trap there is, where you find yourself thinking and saying "I don’t know what it is that I want".

Well you always do know deep down what it is and if you feel like you don’t then it’s time to go into the vault and clear out the junk, listen out and hear the answer from your subconscious because it is there all the time with the answer.

The key to a clear head is regular meditation, even if it’s only 5 minutes a day.

What Comes First, What Comes Last?

I discovered for myself some time ago that everyday is a fresh start and that life never really has a beginning or an end. Almost as soon as I had this realization after years of dreaming about doing something I really "wished I could do" – pursuing my dreams instead of talking about them my life transformed radically and totally for the better.

I made a decision to start a new life in my dream location with my dream woman and to live a dream lifestyle and piece by piece it has all fallen into place. Rather quickly too I might add.

It feels incredible. Starting over to me is not a step back, but a privelidge – an opportunity to start from scratch at any given moment and choose the direction to set off in. This is something we all have the choice to do incidentally, so if you are thinking about doing something new then stop thinking and just start.

Starting Over is Essential

It is an important fact to get that every moment is a brand new "now" and as such contains an infinite power as the seed of any choice you make. Choose wisely as that power has the capability of giving birth to any situation you put your focus on. Starting again is often seen as undesirable as we try to hold on tightly to what we already have or have already gained along the way, but what we have built up to this point could possibly be the very hinderence to achieving something more desirable. If we try it, then starting again could be the very thing that sets us free from our own self-imposed limitations.

Try it, you might like it!

A Great Way to Start the New Year

If you have read any articles here in the past then you may know what my opinion is on New Year’s Resolutions. Basically I think that generally they are made with little intent or desire to actually follow them through to fruition.

This is a shame because like most good intentions they could have such a positive affect, but in actuality provide very little power for you to realize some grand new successes or even little ones to be honest.

Much of what makes a failed resolution so is lack of preparation or less than best practices beforehand. For example, a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight and get fit and healthy is often preceded by an overindulgent festive season, which makes the body and the mind all the more reluctant to make a change. Why load all that extra burden on just before you wish to change it all? That sounds like self sabotage to me!

For me, any desire to change, especially for new year only really can be taken seriously if put into practice right away instead of waiting for the clock to strike midnight (or even worse after the party has finished).

The time is now if you want to truly exercise great personal power and realize some empowering changes in your life. Make your resolutions now and start them now!

You need awareness and I recommend meditation to help you develop your awareness. As a long-term Brain EV user (I’m now using level 7 and have been for some time) I recommend that as a way of keeping your mind trained and in tip-top shape and we all know that a healthy mind means a healthy body and of course a better quality of life on every level.

Start training and be streets ahead by the time New Year arrives!