Optimum Success In MotionOptimum health and functioning in any realm of our lives involves unimpeded or unobstructed flow plus transformation. Whether it’s in
Body Modality,
Mind,
Emotions,
Spirit/Energy, or
Overarch/Social Ecosystem, any blockage gives rise to illness and disease.
If we take
body as our main example, and
easiest one to illustrate, it’s quite clear that
idea of unobstructed flow applies. The body’s elimination channels must always be un- obstructed to allow for
removal of toxins, free radicals, and waste. Any blockage in
elimination systems, whether in
intestines,
bowels,
skin, results in illness and disease. If there is a blockage in our arteries or veins, we risk suffering from stroke, heart attack, aneurisms, and
possibility of death. So, in order to maintain Optimum health in
body, all elimination channels absolutely must be flowing smoothly without obstruction so that what comes in, can be transformed, and sent back out.
When we apply
same concept to
Modality of
Emotions, whatever comes in must go back out transformed. When an emotion comes into
systems of
Self, it cannot set up shop. If it gets stuck, it creates illness and disease and begins to have a domino effect on all other Modalities. If anger enters
systems of
Self and is not transformed and sent back out into
world, it “eats away” at you. It literally acts like acid to corrode
systems of
Self from
inside out. The same is true for other health-eroding emotions, especially if they are chronic. Chronic stress is by far,
leading culprit in our current, hectic, and fast-paced North American culture.
In
Modality of
Mind, our thoughts must also be in con- tinuous motion. Our thoughts originate within our brains and create beliefs. They are
precursor to action and
germ from which all of our actions are made manifest in this world. Our thoughts are
beginning of our actions. If our thoughts get in
way of our actions and cause an obstruction in that natural flow of
energy-thought-action cycle, we are again faced with dis/ease. We become prisoners of those thoughts and victims of our own undoing. We literally get in our own way. Thought must be transformed into action, or a spiritual and emotional paralysis occurs. When this happens,
body falls ill, and all of
systems are fundamentally impacted.
In
Spirit/Energy Modality,
principle of flow is par- ticularly important. Much in
same way that
Body’s systems must be smoothly transforming and eliminating; so too, must
energy systems of
body. The Chi energy in Eastern Medicine and
Chakra centers of
Ayurvedic system all are about
unobstructed flow of energy. Wherever there is blockage, there is illness and disease. And, since
body is
physical manifestation of what is unseen, or intangible to us, such an obstruction always shows up in
body.