An Understanding of Optimal Health: An Energy Science Perspective
There have been books recently written about the concept of optimal health Weil in his title says you can get optimal health in just 8 weeks which I find frankly deceitful In the 90's Chopra in his initial offerings talked about Perfect Health but in reality was talking about the same thing But unfortunately as health consumers in the 21st century optimal health occurs for very few on the planet, clearly less than 1% of the present population
Optimal Health From an Energy Science Viewpoint
You see, if a person is overweight and loses the weight, he or she is said to be healthier than they were when they were overweight From a measurement or matter science point of view that is indeed the case
But from an energy science perspective the same imbalance that created the overweight condition is still present explaining the observed high rate of gaining the weight back again The imbalance has not been corrected
From an energy science or qualittative view health moves from gross(overweight) to a more refined subtle energy state(normal weight) So the journey to health requires a refined process moving from gross observable levels to more subtle levels
New Definition of Health
The energy science of Ayurveda has a definition of health:
One who is established in witnessing, whose energy patterns
are in balance, whose appetite is balanced, whose tissues are
functioning normally, whose wastes are eliminated properly,
and whose self, mind, and senses remain full of bliss
is called a healthy person
You can see by this definition that the energy science requires much more to say that optimal health is possible......not to say that it cannot happen but that it requires work on our part to reach this state
One can see also that it requires movement from the gross measurable areas to the more subtle realms Unfortunately very few people want to move in this direction today simply because it requires work, dedication,and perseverance We live in the dark ages and our thinking has lost clarity and is dark itself
And of course there is denial and laying off on the challenge with some saying life is as good as it's going to get But let's not fool and delude ourselves into a passive state of saying "Everything's just great!" Because it isn't
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