The Odd Couple: The Mind and The Spirit
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I hadn’t exercised in a few days and knew I needed it. I like to run up the 40 wooden stairs between my street and the beach. I can look at the surf while I’m working out and see everyone biking and walking their dogs on the boardwalk below.
As I started, my mind said this wasn’t going to be a good day and I probably wouldn’t be able to do the stairs many times. I attributed it to just my body being out of rhythm or tired although I felt it shouldn’t be with the two days rest.
As I kept repeating the climbs I was thinking my body felt fine regardless of the cautions my mind was throwing at me. I soon went past 20 climbs which is my average and decided to try 40. I soon went past 40 and headed for my record 60. I decided to prove my mind really didn’t know what it was talking about and set a new record at 80.
I was somewhat inspired by my daughter Alex who recently tried out for her college travel soccer team that is one of the best in the nation. She made it and just wanted to prove to herself that she could. We are continuously testing ourselves to prove we can achieve and break the shackles of our mind’s limitations.
The mind can be a natural inhibitor. It wants to sit on the couch at home and watch TV rather than try something new and adventurous that could result in failure. Its basis is the lizard brain which warns of danger, warns of starvation when you diet, is worried about rejection if you want to meet someone, and is worried about getting tired if you want to push your body.
The mind has limited energy and courage.
The Spirit is connected to endless energy. The earth is part of the endless energy of the universe that has planets spinning and orbiting and bodies of water charging and receding. There is power in hurricanes, tornados, lightening, and earthquakes.
Man is capable of vision and dreams and power that can connects him to the energy that is constantly flowing in waves through our atmosphere. He has an emotional energy that when properly connected can push him to phenomenal heights of physical and artistic achievement.
The mind feels most comfortable coloring inside the lines. Wonder where that came from? Coloring outside the lines is throwing caution to the wind.
To really find out who we are, we have to get outside of our minds. We have to connect to the boundless energy of mother nature and let her help us express ourselves. We are the wind and the tides but we can cook and write and paint and dance and sing and whatever it is we want to do.
The next time your mind says you can’t do something, try not listening.
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