“The body is the marker of all Truth.” (Serge Benhayon)
What exactly does that quote mean? What if it was to be put this way? “The body never lies to you.” However, the mind is a genius when it comes to justifying our ill behaviours that prevent us from having true health and well-being. What I mean by that is, those thoughts and that voice in our head that convince us that something is “alright” “just fine” or “it’ll be okay”, when you absolutely know that it won’t be.
Take food for example, because we all ‘feel’ food and can relate to it on a daily basis. You can feel not to have that extra serving or even a particular food, as your body will tell you by bloating, burping, sometimes hiccups, flatulence and of course, gaining those extra few kilos, to name but a few symptoms a body will present after reacting to eating certain food.
Nonetheless, regardless of our body screaming at us not to go there, we keep going back time and again. No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time – you know, “one last time before I go on my diet,” “weekends are my splurge time,” “we are out to dinner and this is a special time,” or the best excuse/justification of all – “everything in moderation.”
Another example is when you convince yourself that you can stay up that extra half hour to watch your favourite television show, only to end up staying up an extra two hours or so. Then you wake in the morning feeling as if you haven’t had a good night’s sleep and you are without the bounce in your step – the mind overrides these feelings in your body, while the body suffers from this neglect, and yet again the mind will convince us to do it night after night.
We could take this awareness deeper and consider all those times when you ignore a feeling from the body that tells you that something isn’t right. When you know without any reasonable explanation not to turn down that street, but rather to take a different direction; not to stick to your regular routine, only to find out later that there was a reason you arrived at a particular place just that little bit earlier or came later.
Or, how about the opposite, when you get a feeling that something is completely right? That you are going to run into someone later that day, or that person you have been meaning to get in contact with suddenly calls you out of the blue. It is the mind that often dismisses these moments of awareness without a hesitation. However, the body deeply resonates with its own knowing, and that knowing later reveals itself to be true.
Have you ever felt that ‘sting’ that comes when you haven’t listened to what your body is telling you and you regret it later? You know, when you want to kick yourself, repeating the words, “I knew that was going to happen”, “I knew I shouldn’t have done that”, or “I knew that didn’t feel right”. Then this turns into a mess that could have been easily avoided if you had just listened to what your body was telling you and ignored the justification in your head.
What is the alternative? What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life? Coupled with our sensitivity to all things (that is, our ability to truly feel everything from our body), is the navigation system that keeps us solidly on our path to true health and well-being.
What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind? And what if we based our entire lives on whole body intelligence, using our mind to respond to and work with the body, not against it?
Would Life not then have a more joyful and harmonious flow and ease to it?
By Terri-Anne Connors, aged 40, Melbourne, VIC
Related Reading:
Listening to your Body
The Body Knows
Coming Back to Whole Body Intelligence
The Truth about Serge Benhayon 
The more I listen to my body the more I know, it knows all I need to know.
i know only to well the ‘justifications’ of the mind but thankfully my body is starting to speak louder and louder.
The body does not lie but we can misunderstand …
For a long time I judged hurts in my body as signals that I did something wrong. I slowly start to feel and build a different relationship with my body where I am much more loving, understanding and willing to listen to what my body wants to communicate. This relationship that I am building is very dear and precious to me.
My body is constantly communicating to me, and one thing that I have figured out is how I have learnt to play dumb when in fact I know exactly what it is communicating… so who is the fool here. Me of course, thinking that my mind can outsmart my body. Ridiculous really.
I love how clearly you describe the distinction between a feeling in your body and thought, excuse or justification from your mind. It reminds me of the old cartoon with an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. This is symbolic that we are both spirit and soul; when we make choices from our body we are in line with our soul, and when we have a thought that is at the expense of our body our spirit is using our mind. Being honest about this distinction builds awareness and clarity.
Our inner knowing is indeed far more powerful than we have, in the main, given it credit for. One big ‘yes’ to fostering a relationship with this – that all that we feel can be discerned in full as to whether it truly supports the flourishing of who we are and the honouring of our bodies in full.
For without a body that is honoured for the signals it constantly offers us, we are left at the mercy of far too much that would not have us be the truly amazing beings that we actually are.
The honesty that my body delivers its discomfort with is amazing,. Even a slight slip with an ill choice of food can bring on a feeling of deep tiredness soon after the last mouthful has been eaten.
The more I listen to my body and act on it, without any need to doubt or question what I am feeling, the more trust I have in what I am feeling for next time. And so it goes, continually building back our very natural state of being.
I have come to understand that the things we do for COMFORT e.g. comfort food, staying up late watching TV or computer games etc., causes DIS-COMFORT on our bodies. Crazy really. So then, what part of us is it that needs the comfort?
The more I listen to my body and deeply love it the more I feel it loves me back. It makes no sense to work against our bodies which we are with 24/7!
This is a brilliant question:
What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind?
We would be way better off and living more in harmony with the body , and so more true health and wellbeing can be achieved.
I have had a few moments recently where my body is very clear in what it doesn’t want or is unable to accept the food that I have eaten. The question is why do I continually ignore the wisest and most forgiving part of me?
From my studies of biology I was always so fascinated with the body – especially the way it sends signals and picks up changes in its environment – it is constantly signalling to the brain, and often the brain literally tunes them out, like the way we can no longer smell our perfume after a while – its not because the scent isn’t there to smell, its simply that the constant signal to the brain of the scent gets turned down and/or muted, so you don’t consciously notice it. But what would happen if we made efforts to connect more to the body, bring more focus to it and be more present and aware of its messages – would we discover a whole range of signals and messages we have till then kept tuned out?
It was interesting to return to listening to my body as once I did it seemed to want to say so much but in fact it was simply all that it had been saying for some years but which had fallen on deaf ears and which I had not acted on.
I remember having the arrogance of thinking I could do whatever I liked to my body as I was young and ‘healthy’, and often I would knowingly override its messages. It is not surprising then that my body eventually started to break down, and as a result I have had to learn to listen intently to its constant communication.
“Have you ever felt that ‘sting’ that comes when you haven’t listened to what your body is telling you and you regret it later?” This is great I often feel this but then a few days later repeat the same thing, watching my daughter is amazing as she first tries something and if it is not great for her she does not repeat it. Her body speaks and she listens.
In contrast to our minds which are susceptible to all sorts of ideals, beliefs, hurts and want to run life on previous experiences, our bodies are always super honest and always present the truth of love and life.
If the body will never tell you a lie, is this why we bludgeon our bodies so much with foods and other activities that don’t support us? Then we can numb ourselves from everything we feel and the level of responsibility and love that’s being asked of us.
Exactly Alison, I have more or less the same experience that you have shared. There is no trying or planning or needing to know ( or control) the outcome of anything, because when we trust our body, everything constellates perfectly and precisely for all parties concerned – simply the magic of God.
Everything in moderation is a great trick of the mind to justify behaviours or habits that do not truly support the body, but it is this that keeps you in comfort and indulgence. Eating chocolate in moderation is a great example……sugar is still sugar and a poison in the body.
“However, the body deeply resonates with its own knowing, and that knowing later reveals itself to be true.” It does, all the time, our bodies never stop sharing their wisdom with us, all we need to do is decide whether or not to pay attention and even better, honour it. When we do, miracles happen.
The body doesn’t lie and it sometimes seems that the mind will go to all sorts of lengths to punish the body because of this as though they are enemies and not part of the same person.
The everything in moderation is such a tricky sneaky way of justifying doing harm to our body. As it seems so reasonable and makes not eating the said thing unreasonable and controlling, rather than the loving supportive act it truly is to say no to something that is harming to the body but may taste delicious.
“The body is the marker of all Truth.” (Serge Benhayon) It is one thing to be presented with wisdom, feel we understand and another to live it.
After years of programming, we are called to switch off the programme that says mind knows best and ignores the body. To thoroughly de-programme entrenched beliefs demands willingness, love, and humility.
The body never lies! So, why don’t we believe/trust what it is telling us? Can it only be manipulated and influenced by things outside of us? Ultimately it becomes a choice.
Our mind seems to be able to live independently from our body, or so it thinks. It forever comes up with excuses why a good decision can wait: until next month, tomorrow, when we have finished this pack of cigarettes, etc. It doesn’t make sense. After all, the body is everywhere we go, it never leaves us while we are alive but the mind has always another story to tell.
“The body is the marker of all Truth.” (Serge Benhayon) It has taken me a long time to really integrate this into my life. I was so disconnected from my body throughout my life that even when my body was screaming at me to live differently and make other choices, I would ignore it. Quite blatantly so. These days it is still a daily conscious choice to listen to my body, making sure that I continue to develop a loving relationship with myself/body.
My body was so numb too and I remember at a women’s talk, discussing our ovaries and thinking I don’t even know where they are exactly (they are down there somewhere) and I have never felt them. I have since discovered their exact location and am aware when I ovulate and I know them now and wonder, how is it that a woman can go through so many cycles, so many years and yet not feel such an important part of her body. How numb was I?
As I notice more and more the truth that my body gives me, I can reflect this wherever I am without needing to do anything. Living life from the communication of the body is the way forward for us all to deepen our learning of it.
Yes, learning that language is very useful, expanding, helpful, powerful …
We lie to ourselves about what our bodies are telling us. My body sometimes tells me that what I’ve eaten has hurt it, but what I do is eat more of something else to numb the feeling. That’s rather stupid really, it would be far better to not eat for a while and allow myself to feel its true message…
The word that stood out reading this was neglect, how we can neglect our bodies at the expense of our minds, and how our minds can play this game of ‘sure it will be fine’ or just this once or whatever our current favourite justification might be. And we know and that’s the really amazing thing if we stop to feel that, we know exactly when things are not right, so really it’s about getting honest with ourselves, feeling the impact of our choices and truly listening to our bodies.
‘What if we listened to the intelligence of the body rather than the justifications of the mind?’ Great question Terri-Anne. We so often dishonour the body ‘thinking’ we know best. Not so. Our body gives us subtle warning initially then speaks louder. When ignored it can bring us to a stop in the form of accidents and disease. Yet we still don’t want to acknowledge the part we played in creating these.
We have to learn to be a liar – it is not naturally of us.
The more I pay attention to my body, and act upon its messages, the more of a willing messenger it becomes. I’m becoming ever more aware of the choice: to either resent my body and its messages, or to listen to what it’s so patiently trying to tell me.
My body always lets me know how going to bed later than it asked me to or eating more or less than it was communicating makes me ill. I no longer blame my body for the symptoms that my choices induced but am now looking to what happened that I choose to abandon it in favour of some sort of excitement or dulling down knowingly drowning out its voice because I didn’t want to feel something. So then it’s about being there to support myself to feel whatever it is I have tried to avoid and appreciating my body’s often loud protests at some of my treatment of it because without that I wouldn’t care two hoots.
Today I traveled by train and sat next to a male and female student. The female student shared how much she drank last night and how she didn’t feel fit today. I joined the conversation and shared how I was exactly like them when I was their age. But that I’ve learnt that I wasn’t listening to my body at that time. Just escaping from myself. If I would be able to do it again, I would never ever be so abusive to my body. I’m still learning to nurture my body, but am definitely much more listening to its communication than ever before.
“What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life?” Keeping in tune to this incredible radar, if allowed, is an amazing navigation in life.
The depth of intelligence offered by whole body experience has not been experienced by many of us and I find it difficult to understand why those that have not experienced it so easily disregard or deny that it exists. There are many instances like the ones you have shared Terri-Anne that over and over again bring evidence that the body is reading everything that is happening and that it holds us in love in every moment.
The body knows far more than the mind can imagine.
I’ve never heard about the ‘intelligence’ of the body until Serge Benhayon presented this, it took some time before i felt i really understood this, as i had only known the intelligence of the mind. Yet Terri-Anne you have shared very clearly how they intelligence of the body works – very simple and direct communication, where often the mind misleads us away from what is intelligent and yet we champion the intelligence of a fickle mind.
It is crazy that we deem the mind the most intelligent when it can lead us into such trouble, listen to the body and like you say Terri-Anne we have a true compass for life.
What I’ve noticed with re learning to live from whole body intelligence is, it’s like a muscle we haven’t used very much. The more I use it the stronger it gets, the more I confirm this knowingness the more I trust my body and know when it has spoken.
What is so great about our bodies is that they are always honest… unlike our minds that will find all reasons to lie, deny, avoid, justify – and totally disregard our bodies in the arrogance of knowing best – when it is our body that has the authority of knowing exactly how we are choosing to live every second of every day.
The more I listen to, love and respect my body the more simple, joyful and awesome my life becomes – wonder why it took me so long to discover this. Hugenormous thanks to Serge Benhayon for his teachings on this subject.
The more we abuse, poison and don’t listen to our body the harder it gets to hear what it is saying so that sometimes it has to shout, get sick or have an accident to get our attention. Of course not all illness is a result of this, some are for very different reasons we always need to listen and discern.
Lately I have been very tired and it seems to be getting more and more so. I’ve wondered if I need some extra support with vitamins, if my thyroid and adrenals are ok…but when I am truly honest I know that the foods and amount of food I’ve been eating of late is a huge contributing factor. Yet I would rather distract myself away from that, make it about something else and stay away from feeling what lies beneath my food choices.
I am always fascinated by the signals in my body – sore shoulders, why? Bloating, why? Trouble getting to sleep, why? Is it possible all these things and so much more are signals and markers of how we have lived – tense and held back or stressed and pushing, leading to tightness in the body, or taking on emotions and not expressing, or eating the wrong foods and bloating. The body is like a book to read if we take the time.
It is ironic that our education system focuses solely on learning with and developing the use our minds and does not even mention the awareness of the body. Well this alone lets us know what part of humanity is behind the current education, it is certainly not the wisdom of the body.
It is ironic that our education system focuses solely on learning with and developing the use our minds and does not even mention the awareness of the body. Well this alone lets us know what part of humanity is behind the current education, it is certainly not the wisdom of the body.
“…However, the mind is a genius when it comes to justifying our ill behaviours that prevent us from having true health and well-being…” This is where it is so important to feel the connection with our body, from the soles of our feet to the tip of our head, otherwise it does become too easy to be lead astray. We are a head on a body yet it is as if we operate like a head on legs when we don’t have the connection with our body.
For all the times I have not listened to my body and ended up feeling the consequences I later do not like, I know regardless of how confronting and at times challenging the truth from the body can be, there is no benefit in not honestly and openly listening and embracing it.
It is interesting how we from a very young age learn to work against our bodies by watching how others are doing it and copy that.
Thank you Terri-Anne. You are absolutely spot on. The sting I feel when I realise I’m in a mess because I ignored the signals my body gave me is well known to me and very uncomfortable to feel. Your blog reminds me not to judge myself in these moments. I can see it’s much more responsible to simply observe my choices and begin listening to my whole body once more.
Haha this catches me out. I used to eat lots of salt and sugar and always get mouth ulcers. Of course I would blame it on stress and not want to look at my diet and always say ‘I know I need to cut sugar but just one more time’ – but then the ulcer would come back. It shows my body is always communicating to me. And guess what – since I have stopped eating sugar my ulcers have cleared up. No more excuses.
The way we live affects everybody around us and if we falter in our resolve then others will too. We are all connected and everything we do affects everyone else – our good choices and our not-so-good ones.
As much as we sometimes don’t want to listen to our bodies because we know that it means we will have to expose something and make changes we quite convincingly carry on until such time the body makes it loud and clear that we need to stop.
I agree, our bodies tell us when things aren’t right, or conversely, when things feel amazing, to over ride our feeling, develop ill health and our posture and movements clearly illustrate our choices to honour what we feel of deny.
Yes, Terri-Anne. The body is constantly reminding us that we are a part of a perpetually expanding sphere of energy (aka God) and as such we are connected to its all-encompassing wisdom.
“The body is the marker of all Truth.” It took me a few years to really get this sentence, to truly appreciate the immutable fact that how my body feels is a direct consequence of how I treat it. Feed myself rubbish, feel rubbish. Wise up and clean up my act, feel a great deal better. It is a very simple equation and one that has supported me to completely cut out many of the substances I used to regard as treats, such as chocolate, coffee and alcohol and not miss them one iota, because in truth the temporary pleasure gained in consuming them never made up for the way they poisoned my body.
Great point, Rowena, and a simple equation to live life by – this could easily be taught in schools as part of foundational education.
Over-riding our body long enough it will acclimatise itself to the abuse to the point that it eventually comes to believe that it is necessary for its survival e.g. any form of addiction, whether it be physical, emotional or mental, or even a long established habit. This becomes what we call a ‘gut’ reaction giving short-term relief and can be confusing to discern at times from the body’s true intelligence. What Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine and The Way of The Livingness bring is deep understanding of this situation and with that the tools and means to re-establish congruity and harmony within the body.
“What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind?” If this were the case there would never be any question as to what was right or wrong, as everything would be felt and answered from a place of truth. How different the world would be if we all lived this.
Love this Terri-Anne! “just listened to what your body was telling you and ignored the justification in your head”… a teaching to ensure is in my day.
I used to think my thoughts and my words were my truth, but the problem is they were firstly not my thoughts and secondly my words were versions of what I wanted life to be like or things I did not like. To bring life back to the body is one of the greatest gifts we each discover as I know my body never lies and is indeed what shows me the truth.
I love the title of this blog. ‘Body Will Never Tell you a Lie’ for it reveals that for most of the time we choose to put our trust in the one that lies, deceives and tricks us: the mind. I know how it feels to want to stop an ill-pattern, but find myself repeating it again and again. It can be frustrating, but I’m learning not to be hard on myself, to simply observe and understand. Discerning what is true and what is not, is an ever unfolding process we refine movement by movement.
This really is a science, the science of listening to the body and one that we all need to start getting A’s in, for too long we have been letting the mind run amok and look where that has got us so far. The world has never been in such a state and it is only getting worse. By listening to our bodies we are less likely to harm ourselves, therefore less likely to harm another which then becomes inspiring for others to take note of how we are living.
Beginning to appreciate whole body intelligence and how it speaks to me, but also observe how the mind comes in to over-ride and de-stabilise. It often feels miraculous when an intrinsic knowing is confirmed. if we trusted whole body intelligence more and quietened the mind we would experience many more of life’s miracles.
Great blog Terri-Anne, our bodies are constantly giving us pearls of wisdom – its just us who think we can ignore it! For me this debunks our level of intelligence completely because why would we do something we know is going to be detrimental to our body, something we live with 24/7 – it makes no sense yet we constantly do it.
Our body is amazing with everything is does, without being told! It is the perfect child that just wants to run, play, eat and sleep… then the thing between our ears thinks it can improve on this process!
We do so much silly stuff to keep the might within contained. If we were to listen to our bodies we would know that it is designed to let the love within out, it’s not to be kept there. And I was actually going to write LIGHT instead of MIGHT but I like the word might. We have a might within and we are perhaps afraid of letting it out so we do all these things to contain it and food is a very effective way to keep it there, seemingly so.
After some practice it becomes almost a dialogue – a sore throat, an itch on the nose, a stumble at a particular moment – they may just be meaningful.
” No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time ”
The justifications you are mentioning are true. What I observe is yes there are discomforts but when we did it one more time it is like we give ourselves allowance to do this several times. I grasp more and more the irresponsibility of the spirit and how the body is expressing afterwards.
We can so easily marvel at he messages our body gives us as we can also so easily suppress them. It is in the appreciation of these message and obedience to them that our true future lies.
Blogs like this are important to be written and should be read by many as everything that is shared in this blog makes so much sense, that our bodies do know as like they are connected to life in a completely different way than we can imagine by our mind. With our mind we think that we are limited to our three dimensional world as being sensed by our 5 senses but our body shows us that there is more, another dimension or even dimensions we all are part of and interconnected with. When we allow that to be the case, to me, we will open a way of life where magic again will have its place and where there is more than that can be seen only by the eye.
I have finally come to understand this as well: “the mind is a genius when it comes to justifying our ill behaviours that prevent us from having true health and well-being.” And in today’s society we champion the mind and its so-called intelligence beyond all else, meanwhile our amazingly wise body cops the fall out. I am aware that many times during every day that my mind tries everything it can to divert me away from living the life I have chosen; a life where my the intelligence of my body is my true champion. It has taken a while and much commitment to understand this devious game my mind plays but I am refusing to play it, as I prefer the honesty of my body every time.
‘The body never lies to you’, this is so, so true. When I was a teenager experimenting with alcohol, my body was very clear at showing me how toxic and poisonous alcohol is. It didn’t hold back is any way, my whole body reacted to the poison very quickly, every part of my body was working hard to eliminate the poison. A rash appeared on my palms and lasted a few days, showing me how much strain I had put my body under and how the poison was still present. But even with these very clear and obvious signs, my mind was trying to justify and even think of ways to build up my tolerance to alcohol and ignore my symptoms. Thoughts and ideas were building up in my mind to find ways to numb my body. My mind was trying to work against my body, so I could fit in with the norm and be like everyone else. Now, I realised how deceiving our thoughts can be. I know through experience, listening to my body has been the best thing I have done and it has guided me through life to make loving choices. I am now much more aware of how my mind can at times lead me astray, convince me to ignore my body and distrust what I feel. I am listening to my body more and more, because it never lies.
We can all put our hand up in agreeance to not honouring a feeling from our body at least once in our lives, because we have been programmed and moulded ourselves into accepting others and the worlds ideals and beliefs of how we need to run and be in our lives. We have lost our natural ability to feel and respond to our bodies in favour of going with our heads or sadly, the majority. In doing this we dishonour our own truth, that we are actually, truly amazing beings that are full of love.
It seems to me that the mind doesn’t have my best interests at heart when it’s not at the service of my body. It’s like listening to my own worst enemy who tries to convince me they have it all sorted but they really, really don’t.
When we think we need to reward ourselves with food or watching tv after a long day at work or a successful day of ticking off our to do lists, we are in effect not really rewarding ourselves at all because we are negating our own inner compass. That inner compass is always working and serving us by letting us know what it needs to be loved, supported and nourish and it is only our heads that sometimes get in the way of this wisdom we hold. Bringing awareness back to each movement we make allows our bodies to work in its natural state of being and bring harmony back to our lives.
A great topic to raise Terri-Anne… What if there was something more to those moments where we feel not to go down a certain street, eat a particular food, buy something or engage in a strange situation? Could this be greater than intuition or even superstition, because actually we feel and are aware of more than we realise?
The justifications of the mind – that old chestnut! I reckon I do this a dozen times a day, in fact probably more than I am aware of. It seems easier to justify things, that way I don’t feel responsible for the choice some how. Or rather, I don’t feel responsible for the outcome of the choice, because I was justified in my mind driven choice, so it’s not my fault it turned out the way it did. Ha!….when you write it down, you get to see just how ridiculous it is!! We are one funny species!
To me, the mind does not deserve award of the term genius, for it is but a transmitter and receiver. However, the energy at play behind the scenes is one that is really in control, making moves to keep us from tapping into our untainted and pure wisdom that comes from alignment to the Soul.
What you present here Terri-Anne simply makes so much sense. Surely it’s worth us at the very least, experimenting with this as our way, when we look around and see the exhaustion, illness and disease that has become our ‘everyday’ norm. Like a groove in record, the mind might be an ingrained and repetitive habit for you and me, but with dedication, discipline and and the help of our body, I know our life can play to a different tune.
I love this: why don’t we listen to our body instead of listening to the convincing mind? The mind convinces, which is very imposing. Yet, the body leaves us free. It allows us to choose whatever we want to choose, yet it communicates clearly what it needs / is impulsed to do so. Overwriting feelings doesn’t feel loving at all. Why is it that we just don’t allow ourselves to have and build a loving relationship with ourselves?
I had some day surgery yesterday and have awoken feeling quite tender and it is quite weird to see how much the mind still wants to control the pack, even after surgery. It was supportive to read this blog and return to my body and heed the call to rest deeply.
What is truly interesting and worth studying is the fact that we give so much power to developing intelligence and ‘think’ this is how we are supposed to live. But the reality of the well-being of humanity clearly shows something isn’t working. This blog is the pathway back to true well-being.
Re-connecting to the intelligence of the body is by far a simpler way to live. The truth is the mind brings in the complication and is a 100% decoy of the joy, well-being and harmony that is innately ours.
A really brilliant blog and so relatable to whilst honouring all we feel and not ignoring it .The awareness after events that I knew this or that is showing us to listen to our bodies and the true love and intelligence that comes from this.
Yes, I have found it very useful to remember how my body responded in particular situations and what happened afterwards.
You have nailed it here Terri-Anne! There is an intelligence of the body that we have a tendency to over-ride continuously. What you present here is the possibility that we don’t have to over ride it, that it is ok to listen to the body and its signals and messages, that not only is it ok, but that it is actually our natural way of being, I love those moments when I have listened to my body and heeded its call, and I also appreciate those moments when I have not done so and I am acutely aware of it – I appreciate it because to me it means that at least I am in tune with the body, that I did really know not to do something, and yes there is a sting about this choice, but it is also a confirmation that I know better and hence the opportunity to make a different choice next time around.
If we truly listened to our bodies, and followed its impulses, our mind would be a support – rather than the dictator and executioner it so often is.
The “everything in moderation” excuse is totally a set-up – an arrogance that believes we can keep going with behaviours we know are not great choices for our bodies, and not take responsibility for our health and well-being.The fact is though, we don’t get away with anything – wherever we are, our bodies are with us and so they experience absolutely everything, and they will always expose the truth of our behaviours and show us the truth of our relationship with our body.
How often the ‘everything in moderation’ line is used to justify having or doing something that if done in excess would be very harmful to our body, and it’s our mind that does the justifying. Drinking alcohol is a classic example. I used to drink and used to ‘manage’ the affects of it. I knew how much I could have without feeling dreadful the next day but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t harming my body.
If we followed the body it seems everything could be quite simple. Yet we follow the head and that brings complication in to life.
I agree Nikki – it is amazing how much we can complicate life when we try to think about things rather than going with what the body is saying to do. Its a bit like the body saying im tired have a rest or go to bed and overriding it only then to need a sugar fix or something and feeling worse the next day. Every time we push the body we are asking more of it and somewhere it has to give. Whereas when we just say yes ok bed time we honour it and the rest & rejuvjnation we get is such a different quality.
A resounding yes Terri-Anne! The awareness our body offers us is off the charts when it comes to smart, yet our mind overrides and discounts it. The more I choose to be aware of this the more humbled I am of the arrogance I have had in this life. The self beat-up process is not too pretty either. So today a fresh opportunity to make the intelligence of the body my first and foremost marker for intelligence.
Sometimes I laugh at what my mind can come up with in terms of trying to discount, ignore and work against my body. I laugh because some of the ideas and thoughts my mind creates can be outrageous, ridicules and ‘off the charts’, and I used to wonder, like… wow, where do these thoughts come from? They are crazy!
If we all honoured what we felt in our bodies instead of overriding what we feel and relying on what the mind is telling us, humanity would be in a very different state.
Indeed Eva, we would be much more in union with one another as that is the origin of our bodies being connected to that grander whole we are all part of, that grander whole that is in constant communication with the universe and everything, seen and unseen that it contains
One only needs to look at any professional sport and the drive to override the body! What would the world be like without these clashes in our lives?
This makes me remember when I was at school and began to get a picture from what I was learning that your body is a big hunk of flesh and bone and that the squishy thing in your head was the one that really did the thinking. To me this no longer makes sense especially when the hunk of meat and flesh so called seems to know better than what we think in the mind. Perhaps there is more wisdom in our body than we realise?
Ha ha – love how you have put it here Joshua! It is so true, we are taught that the brain holds the intelligence, but as Terri-Anne presents here, behind this apparent great intelligence lies a stronger far grander one which is the intelligence of the body itself – the question is which one will we follow and heed?
Absolutely Henrietta. No matter how super awesome and smart we think the squishy matter is in our head, the fact is it is still one small part of the entire body. And it after all has defined what ‘smart’ means! Surely if you add this squishy organ with the rest of the body the smart factor has got to increase!
The more we surrender the more we are able to feel how our body communicates with us all the time. This blog has come at a great time for me as my body is telling me through aches and pains as an indication of a way I have been choosing to live, so now is a great opportunity for me to let some old ways go and start fresh.
When we realise just how much we use our mind to navigate what to do instead of following what we feel with our body and its intuition, it is then that we see just how much a separated life we are living.
Love it – what you have so clearly broken down and described, is that the body is constantly communicating in situations – tugging on our coat tails or taping us on the shoulder. When we give this communication air time, and actually allow our body the space to be equally as heard as the mind that can often convince us of following a path that leads to harm or discomfort, we might just find that life changes, but for the better, working with the body rather than against it.
When my mind and body are one, it feels amazing. Lost in my thoughts, that inner chatter, there is an avoidance of going to my body to feel the truth of a situation. However I am learning that I cannot escape my body completely and will eventually have to feel the truth my body is presenting, and when I do all that fighting and resistance melts away. It does make me wonder why we fight in the first place when feeling truth from my body has such a healthy track record whereas the mind is a constant failure.
I so agree with you Terri-Anne when you say
“…the mind is a genius when it comes to justifying our ill behaviours that prevent us from having true health and well-being.”
It is the driving force and I say force because this is what it uses to over ride our bodies and for most of us we go through life totally unaware that this force is there controlling us – we just become the out play of its waywardness through the illness and disease.
How many times have we honestly set out to do things, like go to bed earlier, or study more, or excercise more and then done the opposite? It’s as if there is a part of us resisting being more.
True intelligence is that when we live life from our connection to our bodies, feeling energy first before anything else.
Yes, there are numerous times throughout my life where I just knew something but second guessed or just flat out ignored what I felt to be true. Now I am way more aware but can sometimes miss the not so subtle promptings from my body that need my attention at that time, and my body or the situation lets me know immediately when I choose less for myself.
What I feel happens a lot with food is that we don’t associate the reaction we get with the food we eat. I know for years I drank milk and felt immediately sleepy, and sinus, yet never associated the two. It seems really silly but sometimes the obvious is deeply ignored, and often that is a choice we have made, consciously or otherwise.
“….the mind overrides these feelings in your body, while the body suffers from this neglect, and yet again the mind will convince us to do it night after night.” This is so true Terri-Anne, and the crazy thing is that we continue to listen to our mind and ignore the messages that are coming from our bodies. If we were to turn it around and paid attention ot our bodies and not our minds, there would be no end of changes, possibilities and opportunities that await us.
The mind sounds so convincing and powerful when separated from the body, what I am finding is that if I use my body and give voice to those justified ‘reasonable’ or defensive thoughts I get to feel their true quality. Most of the time they are complete rubbish or stem from a hurt being held in my body.
The fact that our body will never tell you a lie makes me consider how much the mind can choose to lie, how I can pretend things are one way when they are another yet in all the situations like this my body is the strongest truth I have. I love how I don’t need to think about the truth as the truth is living in my body if I choose to listen to it then I can not be caught by lies.
life is totally different when we listen to these inner messages. And when we do listen it contributes to our feeling of self-empowerment. All the answers are within us. There is no need to look anywhere else.
The intelligence of the body is very simple and very easy to understand…perhaps because of this simplicity we easily dismiss its communication in favour of the mind, which likes to complicate life.
One of the great things that I have learnt from seeing the body as a marker of truth has been that it has allowed me to discern whether someone is telling the truth or not simply by observing their body and their movements. For example, if their body is not at least looking healthy and vital and their eyes are not sparkling, then I would question whether they actually have a true understanding of health and wellbeing.
Yes, Terri-Anne, our ability to feel everything and sensitively pick up on the energy of everyone’s words and gestures does stand us in good stead to be able to navigate our way through life, and remain connected to what feels true in the body.
I love the way you’ve introduced the word navigation here Janet, that the body we move in is to guide us through life.
I used to convince myself that once I was in bed, I was resting: however what I used to do was be on my phone for an hour before actually going to sleep. My body would then have a disturbed night and I would often wake in the mornings still feeling very tired. I have changed that habit and now don’t use my phone past 8pm. My sleep is more settled and I wake feeling rested. The body does communicate with us all the time, but we often override its messages.
I have been observing the destructiveness of the mind which will have me reach for a food which even a hour earlier registered in my body as being unsuitable, but in that moment of reaching it is as if the memory of the previous experience has been erased and I feel reassured that I will get away with it – how crazy is that.
Thank God for my body! Without it the unloving choices I make could not be registered nor the loving ones felt in confirmation and expansion!
Life would be simple if we listened to and lived from our body. Maybe that’s why we don’t – because we love the indulgence, complication and motion of trying to work things.
I can contend that living from your head is not the answer – I can come up with the excuse I can’t feel – because it keeps me in complication and individuality.
“… or the best excuse/justification of all – “everything in moderation.” A lie I used to frequently tell myself, until someone reminded me that I was worth deeply looking after. Not only did this alter my relationship with my body, it exposed how my levels of ‘moderation’ varied from week to week depending on how exhausted or depressed I was feeling. Learning to respect the messages from my body and make deep shifts in my daily habits has established a quality of health that I never want to disrupt through any ‘moderate’ intake of my previously favoured poisons such as alcohol, caffeine or chocolate, as these substances can never equal the awesome feeling of true health.
I have relied on my mind for making decisions and it has led me down many rabbit holes of complication and confusion. I have been learning that when I connect to my body and surrender to what I feel, the answer is exactly what I need, without knowing what the outcome will be. The body definitely knows best.
Terri-Anne, what you are making clear for me is the choice between listening to the body or to the mind and how the body is always loving and the mind can be harming, what you have shared here is so true; ‘No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time’. I notice this with myself and others all the time, repeating behaviors that clearly do not work, for me overeating, even when there is pain time and again I still overeat, it is great to be clear on why this happens and to realise that the mind will always come up with ways of convincing us to repeat this unloving behaviour, while the body consistently and simply shares the truth of the effects of our choices on us.
I feel everybody does know the body’s intelligence, as we do all have these moments you speak of but for some reason over the ages we have gone more down the route of using the mind and the body takes second place. The intelligence of the mind on its own without the body can only gets so far on our journey back to who we are but the both working in unison will rapidly speed this up.
The Monty Python sketch about the diner that eats everything and just keeps getting bigger till he can’t eat anymore. He is then tempted to have just one small little wafer thin mint and finally subscribes to the offer and explodes. We put things in our body constantly without feeling if we are hungry or if the body requires it but we still just swallow. The mind will win every time we have disconnected from our body… at the expense of our body,
I love this analogy Steve. How ridiculous is it that we abuse ourselves in this way and yet for many, if not most, we keep pushing until we explode!
There is one saying that is used regularly in relation to the body that to me does not make any sense, and that is “everything in moderation”. It has been said to me so many times since I made the choice to take gluten, dairy and sugar out of my long suffering body by those who appear to be uncomfortable at the self loving food choices I have been bringing into my life. My answer usually is – ‘why would I eat something simply to have a 30 second taste sensation in my mouth only to have it followed by several days of feeling decidedly unwell?’ – and I can feel my whole body nod in appreciation.
What I have found out is that my body is so much quicker with a true response than my mind can ever be – providing that I allow myself to be connected with my body otherwise this beautiful response is gone and I have to deal with what my mind assumes to be the best thing to do.
I agree, the only discomfort we can have is the control of our minds.
You are right, we do know when something isn’t right for us and it is a whole-body feeling; the excuses are of course prolific, evermore inventive and topped by “everything in moderation” – I wonder, would we say that about arsenic or snake venom as well?
“The body is the marker of all Truth.” (Serge Benhayon) – learning to live and to deepen living this truth for the past few years has changed my life…every time i am not in harmony, i am not in the truth of my body’s natural stasis, and this leads to its (and my own) disorder and dis-ease.
Our bodies always tell truth – you look at any salesman, it is easy to see if they are genuine or not because any greed will show in their body language. So we can see it in others but we don’t listen to our own – why not? Perhaps because it reflects back areas we have avoided because we know we need to change.
Its showing how we came to trust the mind to lead our lives. While we all know th body knows best, it would change life significantly when we all would live this.
This is really so very true – I can convince myself otherwise but in the end my body will tell me when I have not lived my truth
The number of times I have ‘kicked myself’ for not listening to the wisdom of my body is beyond counting. However in more recent times I am choosing to listen more and each time I do, the confirmation I receive obliterates millions of times I have not. The power of letting our body lead the way is unimaginable.
I would do well to listen a lot more and a lot more intently to what my body is sharing with me moment by moment and then honouring that —- it is time for the path of least resistance!
The sooner we all get back in touch with our whole body intelligence the better it will be for all. The world would change over night, there would be less accidents, way less illness and disease and when we stop hurting ourselves we can then turn round and stop hurting others.
The mind is a genius at justification and not only that there is also the chorus from the minds of others that want to impose their justification to keep themselves from feeling the truth of a certain choice.
What becomes very clear is that we do know but we tend to not listen or give this inner voice lesser attention.
The ‘sting’ of ‘if only I’d listened to myself’ can be very sharp and only get sharper if we continue to ignore our body’s inner knowing.
Yes to all that you have shared Terri-Anne. I can relate to very similar experiences of being led, justified by my mind, and also to now choosing to instead to be guided more and more by the intelligence of my body, and knowing the difference. I have discovered, and am continuing to explore, how much more honouring it is to listen to my body, and can honestly say I am living with a greater sense and knowing of truth, love, well-being and vitality that is becoming more steady by the day. I now understand, as I can feel it is my body, that the mind does not consider the effect on or state of well-being of the body in any way, for it only has eyes for the satisfaction it seeks to attain in that moment. The mind only sees a moment as an opportunity to control, whereas the body sees a moment as the opportunity to surrender to more love and to more truth.
I like this blog Terri Anne, and am amazed at how much my body communicates to me all the time and in a way, I feel bad for how long I have ignored it. What I have noticed too is, the more that I listen and honour what my body is communicating to me, rather than brush it off or ignore it, the better I am able to understand the signals and messages. Like in any relationship, it takes time to get to know how the other operates, and in this case, it has taken me some time to learn how my body communicates as I haven’t been listening to it for years, if ever. Uhm, well maybe I did listen as a child but then when I started to abuse it with alcohol and eating junk food I probably just ignored it.
“What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life?”
This is an interesting concept for us to think about. It would involve quite a surrender to the body as the mind always wants to be the ‘top dog’ or ‘the king pin’ and does not like surrendering to the body’s wisdom. It likes being in control, the individual, and doing what it likes. But I know from experience, that when I have tuned into my body, and listened to what it has shared and acted upon it, the results are quite awesome. It is a concept worth exploring and testing out for yourself.
A mind that is in line with the body and what the body is doing is a mind that best serves its true purpose.
It’s a very intriguing science one I’m in deep discovery and investigative of. It is a moment to moment situation allowing what is there to be apart of your natural flow – an acceptance there is more to you always and be caught up in retracing old ways stuff that already has been discovered.
Our bodies most certainly never lie… they reflect back to us constantly the way we are living and treating them. We can override their messages only for so long before our bodies speak more loudly and clearly, and illness and disease arise on our doorstep – something that never comes ‘out of nowhere’ but has been a gradual process over many years of ignoring the messages.
What you describe Terri-Anne, is the long and arduous journey of clearing from ourselves the well embedded habits from childhood, the influences of birth and upbringing, and the numbing of our “knowing” body because of those influences. Mostly it is about fitting in when we are children and even when we are grown up and aware of what is going on and want to break the habit, we can still try to make old habits of food fit into our new way of life. Yet it becomes the focus and is given too much importance. What other energies do we take in that prevent our intimate relationship with our bodies and so with our food?
Yes, our body is just like a barometer, it signals with all sorts of bodily functions when we have eaten or done something to cause it to react. There comes a time when one just has to stop and surrender to the body and watch its barometer to lead the way.
‘What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life?’ – Indeed Terri-Anne, key is to listen to that inner knowing, the very obvious message from our bodies and not fall for the trickery of the mind.
Our bodies are absolutely the one thing for our whole life that is with us with every movement, thought, decision, choice, voicing ect ect the list goes on. Yet as a society our bodies are something we just take it for granted and drag it around really, hoping they will serve us well; then we get shocked when our body screams back to us with an illness or disease – when in fact we have accumulated this slowly over many years of living certain patterns in complete absence and disregard for our bodies or what they communicate to us daily. Listening, being attentive our movements and becoming familiar with what our bodies feel is a medicine that is well serving.
In answer to your last question- yes it would. Our minds can take us off onto any tangent or justification yet our bodies always speak the truth.
I’ve experienced both sides of this – listening to my body and seeing how things have turned out, and not listening to myself and how that has turned out. Turns out my head doesn’t know as much as my body does.
And the amazing gift we are given is that each present an opportunity to learn.
I reckon our bodies are way, way more important than what we give them credit for, what if they are how we know the future? And how we treat them not only determines whether we can see what’s next, but whether we embrace it and what our future will actually look like.
Hear hear Meg
My body told me very clearly yesterday that what I had chosen to put inside it was no longer appropriate. And now I have a choice, respect that very clear message and feel into why I wanted to eat said item in the first place, or override its absolute wisdom and put myself through another day of headaches and sickness in favour of a fleeting pleasure. Our bodies are immensely wise, our true education is in learning how to listen to and respect this wisdom and honour it completely.
And that accepting that fleeting pleasure can only ever be from the mind – the body would never say ‘yes for 2 seconds of pleasureable taste, it is well worth the digestive system, unclarity of mind, nervous system and any other organs affected l to go through a process for hours, maybe days to clear the unsupportive substance or food.’ Only the mind would do this without any consideration for body. Whereas the body considers the all.
As I read your comment I saw the organs having their say… imagine what the lungs would say as we inhale smoke into them, or how the liver may react as we drink alcohol. When we listen to our bodies they do speak very loudly.
The more I live honouring my body’s intelligence so my life increasingly flows with less stress and greater harmony.
“everything in moderation.” is one mighty justification for doing exactly what we know is not good for us, we’re controling and measuring exactly how much it is we can get away with it – without (immediately) copping the full consequences, and convincing ourselves we’re doing OK.
Yes, “everything in moderation” was one I heard many times and have also succumbed to; the mind is great at justifying to do as it pleases, and as you say seeming get away with it. The body is simply honest.
What is it about our minds that wants us to suffer because suffer we do, as it seems to over rule the body most of the time? and why do we tend to listen to it rather than our bodies? For most of us I would say our minds are completely out of control and like a spoilt child we let it get away with anything. I have decided I have no discipline when it comes to my mind, I sat down recently to do my expenses which takes a lot of concentration as I was dealing with different currencies and my mind just kept wandering off and I kept bringing it back to the task at hand and off it would go again, it reminded me of when I was at school I disliked being shut in doors so much having to listen to the teacher, I just tuned out and looked out of the window instead or daydreamed, usually about being rescued from the tedium of class.
A fantastic question for us all to consider, Terri-Anne – “What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life?” I love the idea of a rudder navigating our next movement based on our connection to what feels true.
I love this analogy too. It speaks volumes for how our body is the true complete guidance we ever need, for the most power part of us us in the body – our inner heart.
It has also been my experience that the ‘messages’ I get from my body and those I get from my mind can often contradict each other. The messages from my mind are not always reliable but my body is very reliable, honest and consistent.
Perhaps whenever we have to convince ourselves or justify something to ourselves it is an indication that we should take another look – or consider what our bodies are ‘saying’. Does the fact that we need to convince or justify reveal a deeper level of awareness in itself?
Good questions – I know that it can sometimes be only as I’m getting into bed when the day hits me. Or if I go on an evening walk and only realise then how I’m feeling. This has helped me to check in more regularly – for example, I love lying in bed in the morning feeling my feet, legs and body. You’re absolutely right, they are indeed ‘gifts’ too often ignored.
So much pain, anger, frustration, dissatisfaction etc could be avoided if we simply chose to listen to what our bodies are telling us.
Yes Sandra – I feel our health care systems world wide would not be under so much strain, pressure and exhaustion if people developed a relationship with their body and took responsibility in feeling their choices.
‘However, the body deeply resonates with its own knowing, and that knowing later reveals itself to be true.’ Those moments where I resonate most deeply with my body are the ones when I am in appreciation of it and with myself. In appreciation I have the foundation to really listen and celebrate what is being communicated.
It’s awesome to recognise this but even more amazing that you can live this way now – you are a living example of the two ways of life, and sharing this with the world will be a blessing for all.
I find that the more I truly care for my body and build awareness of the way it is the more this feeds back to my mind to be in harmony. I do still get distracting or negative thoughts but they tend to stand out more as imposters and not something to run with – it’s something that I’m continually learning and developing but can say it really does help to tune into and care for our whole body.
Awesome article – I love how you ask questions and consider things from both sides. It’s very relatable and we’ve all been there when we’ve either kicked ourselves for not going with what we’ve felt or felt awesome because we did. I know I have. For me, I’ve been working on trusting that knowingness and not letting my mind come in to question what I feel. I’m definitely not perfect but am making progress on building that trust with my body.
It would be so freeing to live our lives free of the “I knew I shouldn’t have done that” moments… Imagine if before making any choice (without perfection of course) we considered the full outcomes and consequences; how it would affect us, our bodies and everyone around us, and then made whichever decision was going to best support the whole.
There seems to be no end to what the mind can convince us to do, and looking back at some of my past choices, some are quite cringe worthy, abusive and pretty darn reckless. So waking up to this fact is the first step to realising how wayward and destructive the mind can be.
Our heads carry so much ‘fluff!” Constant noise and chatter it can convince us of anything. Yet, listen to the body and it shouts loud and clear what our choices have been and what it needs next.
We can all ‘feel’ food I agree. We can all feel the foods to eat that will dull ( or numb) our awareness so that we do not feel what is there to feel…. and we can all feel the foods that truly nourish our body, but not forgetting to constantly keep feeling and discerning, as what was suitable last week or month, may not be this week. With growing awareness we get to feel which foods we need to let go off to continue evolving.
Due to our habits the body can be configured in a way which does not serve us anymore. When we are addicted to food it can be that the mind and body is tricking us, on the one hand-side with justifications and on the other hand-side with cravings or some sort of hunger feeling. So we have 2 components we need to look at in order to come out of a habit.The false signal the body is sending because of its configuration and the justification and lie the mind is telling us.
Scary thought about the mind and the body working together! In fact, it sounds childish! But, this is a good thing when we look at children, they are in perfect harmony with mind and body. What would a little playtime in our life look/feel like?
One thing I’ve felt about my body recently is how I sometimes prepare and harden myself in order to “protect” from something that I think I will not like or that is out of my hands. I feel a whole tension go through my body, so an instant knowing that something is not right. What I am learning is firstly that my body shows it goes into tension when I react and secondly the ability to have a relationship with myself to start to heal the trigger points, to learn to feel and read and read and read the energy of what is going on. All of this comes from my body.
A great sharing Terri-Anne. In some ways I did listen to my body as in the consumption of alcohol , knowing that I wasn’t going to put my body through being sick or hungover just for a “good night out” and similarly with cigarettes , But there are so many food related warnings that I haven’t heeded! I have much improved with this also but certainly not perfect!
‘everything in moderation’ is a way for doctors to say you shouldn’t be doing this but without the patient feeling attacked or that they have to change their lifestyle too dramatically. For example, a person diagnosed with diabetes, or someone who has had a mild stroke, may be told with regard to drinking alcohol that ‘in moderation’ is OK, but how do you measure that? So many people take their pills and carry on, somehow convincing themselves that they are ‘being careful’ but really, ANY amount of alcohol is contra-indicated, because, basically it is a poison to our bodies regardless of how well or ill we are.
When we have felt the absoluteness of us in our true power and love, it begs the question, why do we abandon ourselves regularly throughout our day? Why do we not want to spend every second in that divine glory? What energy are we accepting that gets us to sell out to our truth?
My body agrees with everything you present Terri-Anne. We live in a way that is just like a ‘master and slave’ with our mind dictating how to step forward. We’ve tried all different flavours of this, but not with the order reversed. Perhaps this goes some way to explaining the dysfunction we see in politics, business, and society. We try to rule with an ‘intelligent’ mind driven first rather than the inner sense of how we all feel.
Approaching life through the discernment of what we feel is the way forth in our evolution as time, again and again, we have come to realize that meeting life through our head is the easiest way to compromise and override our innate nature at our own expense.
I love the concept of our body guiding us through life via the messages it offers us should we choose to listen… gently and sometimes loudly nudging us when we allow ourselves to wander off the path of true health and well being… supporting us to chose to return to honouring ourselves in the way we should. A deeply gorgeous support through life.
“What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind?” – yes, well sadly it is because of the latter that we have so much ill or disorder going on in ourselves and because of this within our societies too because what we do to ourselves it’s easily done to another…living from a whirring mind full of ideals, over the solidness and steadiness of our body’s natural intuition and truth.
The mind can be arrogant in its overriding because it wants what it wants, yet the body is very loving and continues to share its wisdom regardless. It is wise to serve the master of truth.
What is also amazing is the body’s seemingly endless supply of patience, which we so easily abuse- and then we get upset when that patience can’t handle all that we throw at it!
…and the body without any emotional reaction or fan fare continues to get to work to clear and resurrect itself, it IS amazing, and something I am learning to truly appreciate.
“The body is the marker of all truth”. Serge Benhayon. This is one of my favorite quotes as it exposes how we have been living, and when we are willing to be honest, gives us the signposts of where to start in walking our way back to truth.
This is true Adam, I have heard it referred to as a ‘healing crisis’ where the body feels the falseness of the fuel it has been choosing. Giving up smoking is another example, the body can take some time to adjust physically, yet also the reason why we smoke in attempt to fill the emptiness needs also to be addressed.If not the addition can simply change to another eg food. Reconnecting with the love within and building a relationship with our inner essence fills us from the inside. There are no instant remedies as such it takes every loving step.
‘No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time’ – True Terri-Anne, however this discomfort can become a comfort when we use overeating and disregarding ourselves as an anaesthetic to not feel what’s going on around us and in relationships… Thus in a way we do enjoy this feeling, and continue to choose these behaviours.
A golden choice presents in every moment – choosing the body’s innate knowing over the minds incessant chatter.
This blog just goes to show that we cannot explain human life from the human perspective – It just does not make sense!
Reading this blog is beautifully timed. I recently had something come to me which made my whole body say “YES”, followed quickly by another event which made my body say “NO”. The funny thing was that the second event came with justifications and logic which for a short while made me override what my body was saying to me so clearly. But this time I can feel that I have made the choice to honour the wisdom of my cells.
The array of behavior that we as a society chooses to override what we can feel from our bodies is vast but just how much more the body can tell us than our human mind.
Absolutely the body does not lie …. it is just do we listen to it … and honour what it is saying? Much could be learnt and life would be so much easier if we truly understood this teaching and responded to the body with complete respect .. both ours and others.
How amazing our bodies are that they tell us everything we need to know about how to live. But so often we see them as an inconvenience that get in the way of what we think we want to do. Life is much more worth living if we listen and respond. So much more joy!
It is quite incredible the wisdom of the body and what can unfold when we listen to it.
And how unexpected that wisdom can sometimes be.
And we do know when something is not quite right and make the choice to over-ride it. The power of the mind is so exposed in this and if we are to explore why we go with what the mind imposes then real honesty and reflection is required. It is so great to be increasing our sharing around this and the opportunity to become more transparent in the way we live.
I agree with all you have presented here Terri-Anne. We currently live in a polarised state in the sense that there is a part of us that is solid and true and then there is a part of us that seeks to sabotage this and in terms of the human form, wilfully takes it, our body, on a reckless joyride through life without any true consideration as to the consequences to our health and vitality when we do so. It is time for us to wake up to the fact that we are more than human and that there are in effect two captains we can choose to steer this ship. Our Soul is that part of us that will never lie to us by virtue of the fact that its essence is truth/love and therefore in connection with this we are able to stay on a steady course through the stormy seas of life, and it is our human spirit that has separated from this Oneness (we could say ‘hijacked the human mind’) and wantonly pursued a trajectory of its own, leaving our true self, our body, our innate common sense and ultimate health behind in the process. Mutiny indeed.
Terri-Ann you highlight the importance of the wisdom of the body. What a gift we have when the body lets us know right there and then that something is up. We have a divine form of communication from our bodies and this so worth listening too – and it shows that if we listen to the body we do not need to say ‘I wish I listened’ – we can start to respond and live with our bodies in a way where it starts to be our guide.
It is amazing when we listen to our body and trust what we feel. Our body is certainly very intelligent but our society does not celebrate this. Instead a majority of people think that intelligence comes from our mind. After reading this blog and your comment Jane, it is very clear that our intelligence and wisdom lies in our body.
Brilliant blog Terri-Anne. It is so true what you’ve shared. We tend to use our mind to fight against our body, it feels like a constant battle between our mind and our body. As a result our body and health suffers which may lead to further complications. So, if we listen to our body more and honour the messages we receive it will guide us to self-love, self-nurture and self-care. It would guide us to greater health and greater intelligence. Our body certainly never lies, whereas our mind can trick us in many subtle ways that could be harmful to our body, to our health and even our relationships. Listening to our body support us to connect to truth, to people and to God.
That is true – it is quite an experience for the mind to realise that there is somebody smarter than it around – permanently so.
Our bodies are marvellous and when they do what our mind wants them to do, we ‘think’ our body is this. When our body gives us a loving message such as bloating to let us know that either something we ate or the way or reason we ate it isn’t right for us, we think it is a nuisance and look for ways around it so we can keep having that food, rather than doing an honest appraisal and with this, realise that our body has been giving us this message for a little while in many instances but we haven’t wanted to see this because we ‘love’ that food and don’t want to give it up. And so our minds run the show in instances like this. Imagine if we ran our cars like this, and continued to put the wrong fuel into it – we’d have cars spluttering down the streets and conking out on a regular basis.
There is the gut feeling which seems to be in the body but is actually quite unreliable. Otherwise the body IS the marker of all truth.
Whilst my body always tells the truth, I don’t always want to see it (or feel it) for it is very clear about the choice or choices I have made or continue to make. Ignoring what I am feeling is a choice. But it also highlights the arrogance of the mind, which is deemed to be all intelligence. It’s not that we are not intelligent but given that our body comes a very poor second, I know that I am really asking myself why would I be overriding something that is pointing me in the direction of a more loving way with myself in favour of something that simply makes me feel unwell?
Brilliant blog Terri-Anne. I can relate to all the examples you share here.
Can totally relate Terri-Anne, well said. There are many times I follow my bodily felt impulse and magic has happened, life has flowed and unfolded harmoniously. However there have been many many others when i have over-ridden the impulse with my mind and reaped the consequences. For example, feeling ghastly after eating foods that don’t suit me or finding it difficult to wake up let alone feel refreshed after staying up later than intended working on my computer. I loathe feeling like that yet there are times I still do it. The key I am finding, is to look at ‘why?’. Is it comfort i am seeking with the food, perhaps eating it to not feel the poor choice I made around not going to bed earlier for example? One poor choice engenders another and if we also then engage in the beat up of ourselves for doing these things it becomes a very vicious cycle. Listening to my body over my mind is beginning to win out more and more, it has proven itself time and time again to be a very reliable compass/barometer navigational aid.
As the saying goes, I would love a dollar for every time I have said or heard someone say, “I knew that was going to happen” and yet seldom do we follow that knowing. It’s usually a hindsight to walking down another road that leads us to reflect on a feeling to not walk down there in the first place. I use to work in a job that had people saying this to me regularly, having a feeling on something, dismissing it and then getting themselves into some type of trouble after. I don’t think we are stupid people by any means, quite the contrary but there is something that has us overriding what we know, at times consistently. Could it be as simple as truly connecting deeper and deeper to your body? I mean you take it everywhere, it’s in everything and physically it’s the largest part of you so really it makes sense. Maybe it’s time for us to look back or ponder on how much our body has let us know and from there take more notice when there is a message, whether in the form of pain, fatigue, an ache or just a feeling.
It can be very revealing the intuitiveness that we are offered by our body, often dismissed as coincidence, the knowing moment where we think of a friend and then they message us, that happens too often to dismiss. And if we do dismiss it is us dismissing our very own higher level of intelligence. Now why would we want to do that!
The sting of stubbornly not listening to our bodies is quite a sting, how many times do we have to say – I knew that was going to happen or I knew better – before we listen?
Extraordinary Terri-Anne, simply because what you say is so true and I trust the whole world recognizes themselves in this. Hence it is about our whole body intelligence that is smarter than our mind. And so giving credit to our body is worth it, as we are in better hands (so the speak). It is time to no longer neglect what we know is true – that is our key to life.
Would Life not then have a more joyful and harmonious flow and ease to it? Absolutely Terri-Ann, the moment I stop listening to my body there is less space to be felt in my body, my movements change, I get distracted and so on and so on. Learning to listen to my body is still a challenge now and then but my body has never disappointed me, but for sure I have let my body down time after time and a big one in this is food with overeating or eating certain foods because I have heard these were the ones to eat. My body told me as I’ve got very skinny but I just did not listen for quite some time. Now I allow myself to experiment and let my body decide what to eat or not and yes I am allowed to make mistakes.
‘No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time’ – Our mind can relentlessly trick us into believing that we ‘have no choice’ ‘this will be the last time’ ‘I deserve it’ and so on… and we buy into it. Why? Because we are not willing to give up the comfort that keeps us imprisoned.
You have shared such great examples of how we override and push our bodies on daily basis, and then we are shocked to find out that our bodies start to fall apart.
So true Nichole – shocked, indignant and then blame our bodies or something else.
I know for me there has been times in the past and there are still the odd time in the present where the body tells me something I do not want to hear – such as this food is not true for me to eat right now. Yet I have found I would rather go for dishonouring it rather than honouring it when it is telling me the absolute truth anyway. Could it be that we are only capable of this because there are hurts and parts of life we simply don’t want to feel and avoid embracing in full?
“…What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind?…” Great question, and certainly the world would be totally different place to live in to how it is at the moment…
It is the configuration that holds on to us and makes the next step a reflection of what we have said yes to. What we choose to configure or say yes to is often the ‘ouch’ moment that we often discover way down the track. The path of return has no perfection but the willingness to work with the imperfections.
“the body deeply resonates with its own knowing, and that knowing later reveals itself to be true”.
From a personal experience, I know this to be true.
I went to park in a preferred place in a shopping centre, which was available, but suddenly there was a sense of knowing to not do so and to park well away from this spot. On my return from the supermarket there was a car on fire right next to the place I was intending to park.
What a great example Stephanie! What use is our 6th sense if we are going to override it? You can read more about our clairsentience here: http://www.unimedliving.com/unimedpedia/word-index/unimedpedia-clairsentience.html
So many of these experiences happen everyday and I have lost count of the times I wish I had listened to my body instead of allowing my minds chatter tie me in knots – Whole Body Intelligence is a blessing and when we listen to it the magic that happens is beautiful.
I agree, the ability to tune into our body is an awesome ‘rudder’ to use to steer us through life Terri-Anne. We cannot really afford to be tuned out or be looking the in any other direction.
There are times when I ignore my body’s wisdom and times when I pay attention to it. For example, I will always listen when I get an impulse to be somewhere – time and time again that has proven to be life-saving, or a usefully constellated meeting, so that gives me the confidence to know and trust those impulses. When it comes to food, that is a different matter. Strong reactions I can deal with, such as recognising that eating sweet or starchy foods makes me feel depressed, so it’s easy to avoid those, but overeating is not something I have come to measure as yet – I look at my plate and think ‘That looks like rather a lot’ but I don’t take any food off, I just eat it all. And I often nibble when I’m not really hungry, so there’s still room for evolution in my food habits!
Coming to terms with how much we ignore our body is a humbling experience. Beginning to choose again to do so is very powerful in many ways and is also very challenging, especially as we become aware of what we have now created in our lives from ignoring what we felt. Accepting how our mind takes us in the total opposite direction to what we truly want in life is a step towards allowing the inner knowing that comes from our body to again be acknowledged and when we are ready, listened to.
Our body is quite remarkable. It knows exactly what is going on and can guide us through life if only we would let it. Listening to our body’s wisdom ought to be something that we learn from a very young age and then taught in schools.
It is amazing how much our minds can trick us, convincing us of a completely false angle on a story, basically allowing us to see life and our actions within it in any way we want. I know that I have nearly convinced myself that a conversation happened in a totally different way than what it did, or observed others in conversations where you can see that everything they hear is being passed through a filter so that they only get from the conversation what they want – and yet this is all the mind, because in the body it is honest and truthful – we feel how a situation left us, and we feel the tensions, emotions and reactions we may have gone into even if our mind would like to think otherwise.
What a corker of a blog Terri-Anne and I read it right at the right time – thank you.
That ‘sting’ of knowing what was needed, and not following that, is an awesome lesson in trusting ourselves and our body’s wisdom. On the contrary, when I do follow my body’s knowing, I find there is always a reason for doing so – always!
Listening to the body means dropping all control of how we want it to be or think it should be. Any plan that we have we need to be willing to drop or change. Listening to the body means being wiling to be open to witnessing our day unfolding instead of thinking we know ahead of time how it is going to go. When we make a commitment to do this the day can be a beautiful voyage of discovery.
“What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind?” What if indeed… our lives and the way we all live would be very different – with a harmonious rhythm and flow that was aligned to each other and to the grand plan… it would be a very different world.
There have been times when I have entered into relationships knowing that they did not feel right – but over-rode these feelings in favour of the attraction or the sense of ‘self-worth’ and confirmation having a partner brought. This was not true self-worth or confirmation but more a feeling of acceptance and approval from outside rather than the real thing that comes from within. These relationships did not work well nor end well in general but there was a belief underpinning them that ‘this is what relationships are like’. I have in more recent years experienced what at one time I believed to be rather ‘pie in the sky’ – a relationship that does feel right from day one, where my whole being said yes to it from the start and without reservation. It has proved to be a very loving relationship based on self-love rather than seeking love – and this has made all the difference.
It is true that the body is the marker of truth but before that is energy first, because your body moves with the energy that you have chosen to run it, and if that is not loving we can let ourselves be run in a way that is not truly harmonious.
Our body is always talking to us, the question is do we listen to the messages or, are we so checked out that we cannot hear what it is saying.
“It is the mind that often dismisses (..) moments of awareness without a hesitation.” – so true. Simple example: I go into a shop, see something I feel pulled to, try it on – its great. Do I just buy it? No. I try another 15 similar pieces and come back at the end to what I started with. Or I am so confused now that I don’t buy anything. But my body did know the first time. My mind however gives me thousands arguments pro & contra, what if…, is it…? And I spent a lot of time with this, lost in a world of thinking. To trust in my first feeling is to trust in my body. Therefor I have to care for the relationship and awareness – for me and my body.
As I was reading about the excuses we use for repeating things we know are not good for us, I instantly thought of those hideous hangovers. So often we get the message that alcohol is a poison, but we play around with dosing, so that we only get a mild to moderate dose of poison. This is where having a saying like ‘everything in moderation’ is so harmful as we think its ok to put a poison in our body, so long as its not too much or even not too often.
We are so confirmed when we do listen to our bodies, and the joy that is felt from the harmonious flow between ourselves and others and the magic of what can unfold cannot be denied. So when we do feel this and know it is how it can be, it seems crazy that we would do anything to override what we know, but we still do. I feel inspired to bring this to my full attention today. Thankyou Terri-Anne.
Learning to discern or read the energy behind our thoughts truly is intelligent, it’s something that I’m becoming more aware of – like when I’m focused and working on something and then a thought pops in that makes sense on a certain level but that I can feel is just there to distract me from what I’m doing.
So true Terri-Anne, listening to the body and honouring what it tells us is our navigation back to restoring a natural harmony and flow within ourselves and also with life itself. There has to be the question asked why we choose not to do this when it is all there to be felt and known. Thinking our minds are part of this equation is perhaps our first mistake… if we disregarded what it has to say, and listened to our bodies instead, it would be a whole different way of life.
I have attempted to numb the feelings I have in my body with food and the way I move, the more I have committed to being aware of my body and caring for it the less possible it is is to numb and more simple it is to observe the signs that it shares, it is a process to approach wth understanding.
“the mind overrides these feelings in your body, while the body suffers from this neglect, and yet again the mind will convince us to do it night after night.”
I am blown away by this marker in my body of the divide between what my head bullies me into and what my body begs me not to do.
Tuning into the wisdom of our bodies allows us to navigate harmoniously through life so why oh why do I continue to let my mind override what my body is telling me? More and more I am recognising the consequences of each individual choice and that the smart option is to harness the power of the mind to work in tandem with the body but vigilance is needed because my mind still likes to think that it knows better despite lots of evidence that this is not the case!
Thank you for this blog Terri-Anne. ‘No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time..’ If we were to be honest about the discomfort in our bodies and actually voiced this discomfort aloud, sharing it with our families and nominating why this discomfort is there, learning to do this from young – we would learn to listen to our bodies more, rather than override their signals dismissing them as unimportant. Every little discomfort, ache, pain, stomach ache etc., is there showing us that something we have chosen simply doesn’t sit well in the body and is worthy of attention and loving focus.
Thank you Terri-Anne, you have reminded me of all those times when I override the intelligence of my body, and this is a huge ouch, very humbling and beautiful to read.
listening ‘to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind.’ seems very practical, real and full of common sense and yet we override it all the time!
“What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life?” In truth we all know it is, but how often are we encouraged to truly adhere to what our bodies tell us. Learning to pay attention, respond without the need to know why, to honour a wisdom far greater than the excuses we invent to ignore it, really is the most awesome navigation tool we can ever have. Forget satellite navigation, our inner compass knows exactly what to do; all we need to do is pay acute attention to it.
Re-establishing connection with and living from the voice of truth from our body is the greatest thing we can do for our self.
This is very true, Adam. Learning to distinguish the voice of the body from ingrained habit and the voice of the body from true self-love can be difficult and challenging to distinguish yet it is perhaps it is the greatest thing to learn to establish truth, love and joy in one’s life.
Terri-Anne, what you are sharing here is so true from my experience, I feel strongly when it is time to leave somewhere, when something does not feel right, my body often becomes tense, If I override this then things do not work out; my body is very clear and if I do not listen I pay the price and so more and more I am listening. I can feel my head trying to get in the way and talk me out of what I am feeling, but I am listening to these thoughts less and to my body more as this is what is proving to be true.
In our society the mind is championed and the body given little regard. It’s time to reverse this trend. A good place to start would be school where we teach students the value of looking after their bodies and paying attention to the messages always being communicated.
“What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind?” I simply love this as I would then not have the “I knew that was going to happen” moments that occur. For me putting into practice listening to my body has been super supportive and provides a real flow in my day. Which ultimately leads to a bounce in my step!
Our bodies unite us. When we are connected to ourselves we feel what another needs and know what to say or do. I am disconnected from my body I have days and circumstances where I completely miss what was needed and I am left with a feeling of regret.
I like your analogy of our body being a rudder that guides us through life. I have certainly felt the ‘sting’ of realising after the fact that I actually did know what was going to happen but didn’t take action.
The body is so wise it makes complete sense to live in a way that honours the feelings from the body and trust our senses over the thoughts from our mind. What you have written is very inspiring as it shows how enjoyable life can be when we are living from within.
“I knew that was going to happen” this is such a familiar feeling and reveals that the energy passing through us is not constrained by time and that the future is our present.
Terri-Anne that makes complete and utter sense what you say that if we listened to the whole body intelligence and not the justification of the mind we would have a more harmonious and joyful flow with the body.
An inspiring blog Terri-Ann. How true that until we re-connect with our body, we allow our mind to continually override the wisdom of it – like the promise of ‘this will be the last supper eating that food that makes me so uncomfortable’ only to find there can be another ‘last supper’ and another and another…..
“Nonetheless, regardless of our body screaming at us not to go there, we keep going back time and again. No one honestly enjoys the discomfort in their body, but our mind convinces us to go there just one more time”
It is amazing to live life listening to your body and accept its intelligence, but for me it is challenging too as I was brought up learning to rely on my mind so much so, that it kicks in a lot and overrides what my body tells me and sometimes I just don’t trust my body, which is silly really but just shows how much power I still give to my mind.
The old cartoon image of the angel whispering in one ear and the devil in the other ear came to mind of one tempting and the other confirming. Is not far off from the body and mind conflict that seem to be always at war with each other! The outcome and the victor will be the one we support the most!
Haha, I’ve often thought of this. And in the cartoons do they have a conversation with both? We can do it too, it makes it more real and allows us to call out what is not right for us.
It’s crazy how we override what our body is telling us, which it does even quite loudly at times in what will or won’t support us and choose instead to let our mind play games, even though these games can be very deceptive and controlling. Who are we kidding really, we know what is truly caring and nurturing for ourselves and for each other, it’s simply about choosing to be honest with ourselves and take responsibility for our actions and behaviours.
Many times it shows that the mind does not have our own best interests at heart, and in fact works against the body, until that is, we develop a stronger relationship with the messages the body is constantly giving us and feel the value of them.
A super blog to read, as you share exactly what is going on with communication from the mind and the body “…the mind overrides these feelings in your body, while the body suffers from this neglect, and yet again the mind will convince us to do it night after night…” This dualism certainly is worthy of a study in human psychology, as it is something that happens to us all, it affects us ALL, and yet, we don’t seem to talk or have conversations about it.
“…….and ignored the justification in your head….” Great observation as if we are able to grasp the energy of our justifications, we cannot be trapped so easily anymore by our mind wanting to control and dominate the intelligence of our body.
I could relate to everything you have shared, I am sure these experiences are something most, if not all, human beings have had. We would have to question if the thoughts coming from the mind aren’t in harmony to the body and are in fact harmful, and to its own vehicle of which it is a part, then the source of energy supplying those thoughts must also be in separation from the body. The body definitely has its own intelligence and it’s very simple, clear and truthful.
When I look back over my life I am sure that I actually knew that “the mind overrides these feelings in your body, while the body suffers from this neglect”, in fact if I am totally honest, there is no doubt. I can remember asking myself over and over again: why do I do this? – why do I eat this – why do I stay up late and feel horrible the next day? Well it has taken a long while and coming to know the wisdom of my body more intimately than I ever have thanks to the life changing presentations of Serge Benhayon to get the answers to these questions. Finally I now honour my body as the wise messenger that it is and by listening to its messages the quality of my health and my well-being have improved beyond anything I ever thought was possible.
‘Body intelligence’ ‘rudder through life’ ‘navigation system’ I love these analogies and truths Terri-Anne. A brilliant blog that I am sure everyone in some way can relate to.
What if we listened to the intelligence of our body rather than the justifications of the mind? And what if we based our entire lives on whole body intelligence, using our mind to respond to and work with the body, not against it? If we did listen to the intelligence of our bodies, there would be much less symptoms of discomfort either minor or severe, and we would be giving ourselves the space to make choices and choose to listen to and honour ourselves because we would feel how lovely it feels to actually spend time with our bodies and the rewards that come from that choice.
The harmony from our body is exploring these messages and conversations from our bodies and working with them not against them to deepen our relationships and bring our full expression to the forefront.
I can really feel the drama my mind sets up and likes to play in by ignoring the body. I have heard and said that the body never lied many times before actually, and what I am feeling is that it was mostly said in the hindsight. If I know that to be true, then the wise thing to do is to make a choice based on that, by listening and paying attention to what the body has got to say.
‘What if the ability to tune into our bodies and intuitively feel what is happening, is our rudder through life?’ I love this idea of being able to steer ourselves through life. We always know what to do we just convince ourselves that we don’t. We let doubt in and wobble us off track and we let old configurations in our bodies have their way, playing out habits and mis-set default positions. It’s like we put our blinkers on so we don’t see what we don’t want to see and justify our actions that we know are neither supportive or loving. We don’t have to though , We can change these ways of being by becoming more and more aware of what is a happening in us, making space for all those feeling that we normally ignore in our desire to have what we want or don’t want. I find that going on the annual retreats of Universal Medicine an awesome way to connect to this inner wisdom, to allow myself to open up to this and change old patterns of behaviour that have been holding me down
There are many dilemmas that occur to us on a regular basis and could it be that not listening to the body is the overriding factor in suicide.
‘However, the mind is a genius when it comes to justifying our ill behaviours that prevent us from having true health and well-being. What I mean by that is, those thoughts and that voice in our head that convince us that something is “alright” “just fine” or “it’ll be okay”, when you absolutely know that it won’t be.’ Where do the thoughts about suicide come from? For more on suicide go to;
http://www.unimedliving.com/men/mens-health/suicide/exploring-suicide-considering-another-way.html
‘“The body never lies to you.” However, the mind is a genius when it comes to justifying our ill behaviours that prevent us from having true health and well-being.’
Terri-Anne, you’ve hit the nail on the head. The body works in concert with the soul and the universal and the divine; the mind, acting in concert with our proud and self-aggrandising spirit, will use every trick in the book to keep itself identified – which usually means going against that which is naturally there to be lived. Ultimately though it is our bodies that will pay the price, and it is only once we have had enough of these destructive ways that we will consider listening to what they tell us. It could take a serious illness – or many lifetimes – to ‘get it’, but get it we eventually will.
I never used to realise the messages from the body were so powerful in my youth,Terri-Anne and overrode them with my thoughts, thinking I was much more clever in the mind. I do know when I have been tricked by my thoughts in the past though, and got into some sticky situations following my head. The more I listen to my body, the more clarity I feel making, often not knowing why i am choosing that path at the time.
“…often not knowing why i am choosing that path at the time.”
That is the challenging part, the mind wants to know, wants to calibrate, wants to be save but listening to the body requires us to let go of the control and surrender to the bodies wisdom and the divine intelligence of its particles.
You have beautifully summed up what it is like , a daily battle between the body and the mind, and when we don’t honour what our whole body is asking for it always ends up in contraction, a dis-ease. Our body is also a part of a super firm of intelligence, how did the person end up messaging is when we were thinking about messaging them? Superb
It is a sore lesson when everything is easily known and we choose to ignore our most basic of senses.
Beautifully shared Terri-Anne, ignoring the body’s signals is what society has set up for us to align with others, so it seems normal. The simple focus of ‘what is my body telling me ?’ should be our every moment of every day and then we will feel true wisdom and power.
Having lived in my head for much of my life coming to experience what my body had most probably been messaging me all my life was a huge wake-up call. It feels all too easy to ignore my body when my mind – spirit – offers temptingly to ignore my body wisdom. Rather than using discipline to say no to those tempting offers I now ask myself if it is loving to go with my mind rather than honouring my body. This feels a more loving way to enable me to stay with what my body particles needs.
Beautifully said, Sue. The pesky spirit will always offer us what is seemingly a better choice, the one that tempts us the most. I think it’s a great way of going about it, asking yourself what feels right.
The question then arrises – How intelligent are we really that we ignore all these clear messages and reflections?
Your blog has come at the right time Terri-Anne, reminding me that Yes, the body never tells a lie, it is our mind which continuously overrides our inner knowing and body symptoms. My justification or excuse with certain foods is “just one more time” before I give it up to make sure that I’m not just following a rule.