Posts Tagged ‘motivation’

Creating the Motivation for Change

06
Sep
2010

Hello Everyone,

I hope this post finds you all well. I wanted to write today about something that is possibly the most difficult hurdle for most people to get over when it comes to getting in shape, losing weight, or making just about any change that might make their lives better.

In my book, there is a section entitled Opening up to Love and in it, I basically go over the small part of us all that oftentimes keeps us from making beneficial changes.

At this point, I don’t think anyone would disagree that in our culture we have a hard time with things like self esteem, self respect, and self love. We want to be everyone’s friend. We ask and ask and ask for others to love us but we never find that love that we seek.

We live dependent on everyone else’s opinions of us. And, we never truly look deeply within ourselves to find out what it is that we want.

We tend not to love ourselves enough and this has to change. Until we find appreciation for ourselves we will not take the steps necessary to change. Deep down we do not believe we deserve to change. And, so on the surface it just seems like we are not motivated.

We may encounter short spurts of inspiration but those never really take hold and so we fall short. We rely on our emotions to tell us what we need. And, those emotions are always dependent on external stimuli.

Right now, you need to look deeply into yourself. Right now, you need to decide what you want for yourself. Right now, the change needs to be started so that the results you receive from the changes you make create the feelings that motivate you further.

Motivation is not something that just shows up and it is not something that you need to wait for. For most, desperation needs to ensue, rock bottom needs to be reached before a change is made.

Haha….well you need only look outside your door. Look at the news or read a newspaper and you will see rock bottom. Look at the untold millions of people dying everyday and suffering for no reason at all. I’m sure you know someone or a few people who have suffered from diabetes, or heart disease, or cancer, obesity, or Alzheimer’s.

Maybe you yourself are one of those people. But, yet you are waiting for the motivation to hit. Look in the mirror and you will see your motivation.

Love of self…

Peace, Love, Light!

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The Pain/Pleasure Principle

09
Jul
2010

From certain perspectives, it is a strange fact that humans tend to be guided more by what is painful than by what brings them pleasure.

In some ways, we can say that this has created a somewhat imbalanced view of reality where there are now more reasons to be in pain than there are to experience pleasure. Even my own search for health was created out of deep inner drive to no longer be sick.

So many of us are overweight. So many of us are dying of diseases of indulgence. But, we refuse to make the choice to stop overindulging even though we know on a fundamental level that this is driving us to the diseases that we would rather avoid.

We are living in a backwards reality.

We are pushed by all of our largest media sources to indulge in all of our most sensuous pleasures. We are sold fast foods, convenience foods of all kinds and then we are sold seemingly quick fixes, pills that lead us even further down the hole.

Over the past several decades this has created a culture of people who are constantly in some measure of pain. And, what is amazing is that so many different types of pain are created solely by means of the overindulgence in food and laziness.

We can’t move, we can’t think, we can’t live and the bright and shiny part of this is that we KNOW it. We are waking up at a rapid pace. And, this is why I am motivated in the way that I am.

My motivation to get away from pain resulted in me discovering a whole new level of pleasure. A level of pleasure that says to me that it is possible to never be sick. It IS possible to experience increasing levels of fitness, inner cleanliness, mental focus and clarity on an ongoing basis.

So, yes, let your pain be your motivator! And, as you begin to experience the pleasure of moving in a new direction, your focus should simply begin to shift to experience deeper and deeper levels of pleasure that have little to do with satisfying your taste buds.

As you become aware of the subtleties that have eluded you, you will know that an inner utopia is possible, and what it is going to take to achieve it.

It all starts with creating a lifestyle that encourages abundant health. It doesn’t have to take over your life but fitness, cleansing, high potency nutrition, and meditation must become at least a part of your new life.

What I realized early on, was that health of body and mind was the first step in a life of vitality. It is the first thing we need to find.

So seek your path, map out your goals, and achieve them.

Peace, Love, Life!

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