One of my favorite spiritualist is Deepak Chopra. He always has uplifting advice – no matter the area of your life you need it in. Below is an excerpt from one of his articles that I thought you’d enjoy and find useful – wonderful thoughts to live by.
First Rule: Where the Mind Goes, the Body Must Follow
Almost everyone has heard of the mind-body connection. But they often reduce it to simple notions about positive thinking or “You’re only as old as you think you are.” In reality, everywhere your mind goes, your body must follow.
Second Rule: Memory Freezes Time
Memory is how we hold on to the past. This means that a toxic memory is the same as a toxic experience being repeated over and over. Regret, hostility, anxiety, insecurity all depend upon trying to relive the past and change it. There is no life there, even when you dwell on a happy past. Your body wants to be alive here and now.
Third Rule: Aging Is Rooted in Stuckness
Every experience leaves a residue in your cells. That’s because your body’s version of being happy or sad, angry or loving, agitated or at peace comes down to chemistry. Every cell can clear out old experiences as easily as breathing. If you let the old be breathed out, you will be fresh and open to new experiences, which is a perfect definition of being young. Stuckness brings fatigue, staleness, habit, ritual and the repetition of outworn beliefs. When you get unstuck, life flows like water.
Fourth Rule: A River Never Ages
Flow is why a river never ages. Your body is also a river, constantly changing. The direction of change is up to you. As long as you keep growing, change will move forward. As long as there is forward motion, stagnation is impossible.
Fifth Rule: Beyond Time, the Experience of Youth Can Be Eternal
Ultimately, an ageless body depends on a timeless mind. The mystery of immortality can be solved this very minute if you decide to. All it takes is a willingness to find the part of you that is timeless already.
Deepak Chopra is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body healing, a best-selling author, and the founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. Heralded by Time Magazine as the “poet-prophet of alternative medicine,” he is also the host of the popular weekly Wellness Radio program on Sirius/XM Stars.
