People have some of the most brilliant minds. They have some of the most wonderful hearts. They can have extraordinary bodies that they walk through life in.
How amazing to move through the Earth as such a complete being!
However, people are not so far removed from their prehistoric ancestors and that of the animal species.
People are unfortunately very good at throwing away all their wonderful, extraordinary brilliance and succumbing to animalistic behavior.
Animals have feelings but they also live in the wild. They must stay in their instincts to survive. Their primal behaviors are what keep them alive. If there is a weak member of the herd or a young one that doesn’t meet the standards for survival they will be left behind. Nothing personal. It’s only survival mode.
People tend to do this too, but not just physically with those around them. They abandon a lot of things for many reasons and unfortunately those around them can take it personally being unaware of the whole story.
They abandon their feelings. People suppress their feelings and what their heart might need. This can happen to survive and keep one moving through other things that may feel more important to them. They may believe feelings will hold them back and that vulnerability is not allowed.
People may suppress their own hearts to get along with others. This is also a way to survive. Another may love them because they only feel or agree with the other.
When the heart is suppressed, the mind takes a hit too. Things like doubt, anxiety, agitation, frustration, confusion, envy and sadness can infect the mind. Any kind of fear and anger that the heart is unable to process will enter the mind.
This becomes an unpleasant space to live in. Toxic thoughts form here. As this continues, unhealthy opinions, judgments, doubts and self-sabotage become the foundation of the inner critic, the voices in our heads that create a harsh inner monologue and potentially a harsh dialogue with those around us.
When we don’t do the work to weed out this toxic thinking and tame the inner critic then our bodies can suffer the consequences.
The body can be susceptible to many physical ailments when not given the proper care it needs to grow, thrive and stay strong. The body is like a delicate flower. It needs light, water and nutrients to reach and sustain its full potential. When the mind and heart are struggling the body becomes neglected. This impacts the whole human system.
From this impacted single system, animal-like tendencies start to rise. This affects the home environment, the community, the city, the state one resides in and can ripple out soon reaching a global scale.
There have been many small and large scale wars in the world’s history due to lack of health resulting in animalistic behavior. An animalistic need to be right instead of caring, an animalistic lack of healthy thinking and a lack of calm. An animalistic anger and misunderstanding. A world of animalistic activity and overstimulation.
The same species that has invented and created so many beautiful and useful things has also been the most destructive, sabotaging a lot of good things and a lot of the good that humans truly can be.
Humans are innately good. Take care of yourself!
When the mind, heart and body are cared for, and doing well, then one can care for others and the community at large.
The most important thing we can do for the world is to take care of our minds, our hearts and our bodies. Then we can inhale our full realized potential as individual human souls and exhale a beautiful peaceful world we all deserve to inhabit.
Healing starts with caring for ourselves. Don’t behave like an animal.
Nurture your brilliant, wonderful, extraordinary human soul.