Are You Self-Aware?

And what the heck does that even mean?!

I can definitely say that I wasn’t when I started meditating! I was all over the place, and as I started to be self-aware enough to see the patterns I was running in my life, I realized that 1.) it was going to take a while to sort out my anger issues! and 2.) it was possible!

Self-awareness starts with training our attention.

First, what we start with in many kinds of meditation is training our attention, which 99% of us have totally lost control over.

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What is Processed Food?

And why should you care?

Processed food is food that’s been…. 

… wait for it….

… processed!

(Ok, ok, I know. But when else was I going to get to make that silly joke?)

Processed food is any edible matter that’s been changed from it’s original natural state and cooked or altered in some way.

For example taking a tomato off the vine (it’s natural state) and cooking it and turning it into tomato sauce.

Usually processed foods are marketed as a convience for you. The idea given is that it is faster and easier for you to buy that jar of sauce than to buy tomatoes and make it yourself.

Why care about this? And why do so many health conscious people tell you to “eat less processed foods” ?

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You’re Not In Control of Your Attention

What do I mean by that?!

I mean that you’re not able to focus on anything for more than a few seconds at a time before your attention wanders away, and you aren’t able to keep it from wandering even if you try.

I totally didn’t believe this at first.
You probably don’t either, so I’m going to give you an example and a simple exercise to test it out for yourself.

— Definitely don’t just believe this craziness! Find out for yourself! —

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The Biggest Challenge Is Your Own Mind (Enlightenment Not Necessary!)

The biggest challenge to realizing that you’re more than your thoughts (as well as creating the new habit of thinking with more than your current limited set) – is NOT becoming enlightened, needing to sit in a cave, or clean yourself up. 

Nope. None of that is necessary. 

Actually, it’s your tricky mind that you need to work with. None of that other stuff is necessary. Whatever it is that you think you need to do, or be, or fix, or clean, or, or, or… Not necessary.

Really.

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