The ability of the body to transform and heal

Interesting . . .

Typically my feeling has been that–seeing the possibility
of radical, transformational changes–we feel inspired
toward action, i.e. “Hey, maybe I could change my
life too! I feel inspired to try.”

However, I just realized that, like anything else,
this powerful message can be hijacked by the shadow side.
It can actually increase one’s personal inertia.
The reason is this: since one learns that the
possibility of changing one’s health in a radical way
for the better is doable, it can serve to decrease
one’s personal sense of URGENCY to make changes, i.e.
“No rush to make changes NOW, because whenever I get
around to it, I’ll be able to fix the damage I’m doing
currently.” Thus seeing inspirational changes can
serve to generate damaging self-talk that DELAYS
any personal changes from happening in the now.

This is not a commentary on you, Louis.
So don’t take it personally.

It’s something that I think we all do, to some extent.
I consider myself guilty of this as well.

Perhaps this is the reason why so many morbidly obese
people sit down and watch “The Biggest Loser” on TV–
while at the same time stuffing their faces
with 3000 calories of junk food as they watch the show.

Something to think about, anyway . . .

Qi,
Steven