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Namah A consciousness approach to manage lifestyle disorders

a change in our approach towards our body like a small child, a child who needs love and
and a change in our food and exercise-related care, a child who demands attention. If you deal
behaviours. with your body with love and compassion,
she will respond to you accordingly. If you
Here is a step-by-step approach to manage mistreat your body or treat her mechanically
lifestyle disorders: without any love, she will respond to you
the same way.
Step 1 — Change your beliefs regarding
your body and disease Disease is only a temporary disorder
Disease is only a temporary disorder; it is not
Become conscious of your beliefs a permanent sentence. You have the capacity
Become conscious of your beliefs regarding to manage/reverse the disorder.
your body and disease. Become aware of the
source of these beliefs. Become aware of the Step 2 — Change your food habits
impact of these beliefs on your body.
Become conscious of your food habits
Your beliefs are important Become aware of your food habits, your
Know that your beliefs are very powerful. food fads and your attachments to food.
Your body is shaped by what you believe Understand from where these habits come.
about it. If you believe that you are getting You will realise that food is mostly a question
well, your cells will respond accordingly. of habit, something we unconsciously pick
If you believe that this is the end, nothing up from our childhood.
more can be done; your cells will respond
the same way. Be willing to change your food habits
Most of us are highly attached to our food
The body is a conscious being habits and unwilling to change anything
The body is a conscious being, and not a regarding them. But know that if you are
mechanical instrument. Each cell, each tissue, not even willing to change your food habits,
each organ has its own consciousness. This how will you be able to change anything at
means that each cell has its own intelligence, a deeper level? Be willing to change your
has its own individuality. Each cell can listen food habits. What you eat, how much you
to you and respond to you. All that you think eat, how you eat, why you eat. Each aspect
affects your body. Your feelings affect your is important.
body.
Become conscious of the effect of food on yourself
Know this not merely as an idea, but Become conscious of the effect different types of
experience the consciousness of your body. foods have on your body, mind and vital. What
Try to become aware of the feelings of the food gives you increased vitality, which foods
body and its parts. create heaviness, which foods give a feeling
of happiness to the body. Know that the food
Treat the body like a small child provides not just nutrition but importantly
You will realise that each part of the body behaves you also absorb the consciousness associated

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