We all know that body, mind, and spirit are one. One influences the other, and one can heal the other. For me, change and healing still begin within. An illness or even accidents are often manifestations of something that comes from an imbalance in our inner world. But can it be the other way around? I mean, can an imbalance be in the body first without there being an imbalance in the mind? We have the body we need, with all its subjective advantages and disadvantages – subjective because everything our body provides is a tool to bring us back to our(-)selves. So it keeps us in line with our destiny either by finding other ways due to its limitations OR by overcoming limitations or diseases.
But what if in certain cases we need to adjust the body first to heal our inner world? The reason I’m thinking about this has to do with personal strange psychological developments in the last 2 to 3 years. Out of the blue, I was experiencing anxiety and panic attacks, and my stress tolerance was dropping more and more to a minimum. In addition, my concentration began to drop dramatically. I wondered what was wrong with me? What was wrong with my attitude? This wasn’t me anymore. I was sure it was in my head and that I could (and had to) get it under control using all the tools I knew. I did not manage to re-establish a stable balance in myself. It only got worse. The constant self-motivation, while I didn’t understand why I was no longer resilient, became additionally exhausting. One day I thought I needed to check if this could be a side effect of menopause. Now I have two independent opinions that confirm this theory. My treatment (herbal-based hormones) will start soon, and these disturbing feelings will most likely disappear completely.
So, what is it now? Was there an imbalance in my mind that manifested itself in my body? Or was it my body that independently developed an imbalance in its natural evolution to trigger something in my mind and spirit? It is not one or the other but all three at the same time. There is communication and permanent interaction between them. They are truly one. Although the mind was not the trigger for the hormone problem, it was still cured by the body’s reaction. It was so convinced that it could handle this problem itself and refused any other way. It needed to be taught to step back and look at the bigger picture. Impressive how one affects each other so naturally.
More comes to mind in this context. As I said above, physical limitations can lead us to find ways to overcome them or find alternative ways to live our destiny and become the person we want to be. For example, if you think you were born in the wrong body, adjusting your body can bring that sense of wholeness. A change in attitude is probably not enough at the highest level. It is the soul that prevails to take a step for a drastic change so that it can thrive unrestricted.
Nevertheless, it is the soul (our intuition or gut feeling) that tells us which screws we have to turn so that we are in harmony. The soul is already whole in itself and survives without body and mind. But it still needs the two to experience this life in its wholeness.
Listen to your soul
Be open to its call
And trust, it makes you whole
In Love and Light
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Mind and body influence one another. Sometimes the body takes control as if it’s the brain and tries to adjust itself when it feels as though we are stressed, anxious, or physically Ill. There has been study that through meditation and rewiring the brain that healing can be achieved. Thank you for sharing your experience and I hope you are well along the way to healing and wholeness. Have a very good week.
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Yes, definitely. Sometimes the mind heals the body and sometimes the body needs to heal first to balance the mind again. In the end, it all is directed by the soul. So, we need to listen to it to know where to take action first. Thank you very much and I wish you the same, healing and week 😊
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The soul is our actual true being, so it makes much sense. You’re very welcome always and thank you very much 😊
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Wonderful, Erika! A fantastic collection! Have a beautiful evening! xx Michael
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Thank you very much, Michael. You have a wonderful evening too 😊
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Thank you very much for the reblog, Michael 🙏
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Beautifully said dear lady. It was only recently that what I thought was a steady, balanced mind became a terror of so many things. And it wasn’t until that moment that I realised I needed to see something new, open to a new direction and step back a little further to understand that I couldn’t see the forest for the tree’s. But that is our journey, each time being asked to seek another way, test something new and even for that matter, and more importantly, see the love that it is showing us.
You are doing well dear lady, and I most certainly have not a clue what menopause truly means except what I feel within another going through it. And if that is any indication it can be a very, very testing thing to go through. To have your body suddenly stop being you and feel your almost in another’s body as so many things stop after a lifetime of support is nothing short of a divorce from each part of your body, all at once. And that is only the physical part, let alone the emotional at the same time. Sending you love, hugs and wishes as your heart changes its beat so that you can open and become a very new and loving light in your journey ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋
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Yes, absolutely! It is something not everybody can relate to, not even every woman, since it can manifest so differently. Not every woman experiences the same symptoms and some don’t notice any at all while others are suffering a lot. Some stupid hormones can influence so much which, as you said, makes you feel like you are not yourself anymore and lose more and more control over your feelings. But once I found out, already that helped to find balance. I did not push myself anymore to get back in control. Sometimes the mind needs to step back and needs to understand that the body needs to heal first, in order to find your mental health again.
Thank you so much for your amazing comment, Mark. Much love to you 💖
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And much love to you also Erika, may it all heal ‘healthily’ in heart and mind. I have a friend who has said that none of her sisters, mother or even grandmother had even the slightest touch from menopause but she feels she has taken all of theirs in one hit. Flushes all night and can’t sleep, sweats, emotional roller coasters day in, day out, bloating and the changes in her physical body after a lifetime of being very, very healthy as in always eating good organic foods etc. In the beginning she felt cheated because she had been so good to her body. And this is now going into year four. I’m in year six of my adrenal craziness and if it is anything like menopause you have my total empathy my friend.
Mmm, maybe its just my andropause (male menopause), because some days I get all of the above symptoms 😂 🤣
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Wow, that sounds really hard. So, I am not complaining but simply thought it was a good example for how the body is able to influence the mind although the person is so aware of how to handle the mind. But still the mind gets out of control like if it was developing a seperate identity… lol
Oh, and yes, no joke, men too can have something like a menopaus since their hormon household is changing too!
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Most certainly not taken as a complaint dear lady, your sharing a journey. Information is learning for all who read in the many ways it can enfold them. And the body most certainly does speak Erika, on a day to day basis let alone over our lives. In fact its very actions is asking us to look within, all of its motions are those ‘opposites’ I speak of…it will signal pain, we wish no pain…in that event we will try to understand and heal. As time goes by it will emotionally affect us as well, we will try to heal it…and they all fine tune us into a true central healing of heart, mind and body until we are in such a place that we are ‘healed’ of it all. It is this current place that I have been guided and am now opening to that healing. It is an interesting thing with that lack of self love all our lives because of what we have ever believed about ourselves…to now stand in a place within and love yourself to create that healing I speak of. It can be confronting, to go past a lifetime of being to now positively begin a total love of what we are. Does it work? Well, I have always been able to help in the healing of another…but in truth that is their love being open to heal themselves, I am just a guide. But now with what I have recently faced I had been now asked ‘what did I believe?’. Laying on the floor in absolute agony, barely able to think, let alone do anything to help myself and be confronted with death has this tendency to make one look deeper and ask ‘what is this moment to me’ and let go so much that we hold from a lifetime of speaking with our hearts, mind and body. Being so bare only leaves one thing, that love that is us, and now speaks to become what we have always wanted in our search down here. To be healed of those conditions we had placed all around and become that purity of unconditional love. So I have ‘let go’ that old way of being, that opposite of what I want to become and in a place of that reverence of what that love actually is, I clear myself by removing those negative pieces, be they thoughts (mind), food (body) or listening (soul), (from the lack of listening that is), and begun a new journey. My pain has reduced by almost twenty percent, and yes their is still bursts but I can now feel a change, a distinct change. And also realise that all of those times in my life that this hasn’t worked is simply because I hadn’t truly cleared my mind and body because I ‘needed’ to go through these very things to find what my heart is looking for. I have now reached a place to finally accept that understanding and begin the healing I have always sought. They all work in unison to teach us that path to the love we seek, it just takes a few years to understand that it all does guide us to that place even though at times we seem to be in a never ending blackness.
Ooops, sorry, I should have done a post. I think something needed to come out in this last part of my journey 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋 😂 🤣
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This is all so amazing what you are writing and I found my head nodding while reading your words. Yes, in the end, everybody is their own doctor. No one can heal you unless you begin to open up to the love within. Because when love flows, life flows and removes the mental and physical blockages.
I am very happy to hear that your healing progresses to a point where you can handle it. This is absolutely amaziang actually, after what you experienced.
Thank you so much for the “guest post” 😄 Be sure, I don’t mind it at all but appreciate your words a lot, Mark 🙏
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Thank you kind lady, we shall all find our hearts whatever path we take. That is the beauty of it all 😀 ❤️ 🙏🏽 🦋
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That is a wonderful statement, Mark, and I can only agree. Thank you 💖
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Lovely reminder, Erika, and so true. 💗
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Thank you very much, Gwen. Sometimes it needs a while to let go of the idea to control it all with the mind 💖
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We do have so much more control over our mind. body and soul than we often give ourselves credit for, and it is verified by the medical profession, in that the value of placebos is acknowledged. There have been numerous tests done in which a group of people, all having the same medical condition, were split into two groups and monitored. One group was prescribed a known to be effective drug program, while the other group was prescribed a placebo. The results are generally quite startling in that some of the “effective drug” takers showed minimal benefit, while quite a significant percentage of the placebo takers showed good recovery rates.
While there are no doubt many conditions that are outside of our control, it really is amazing just how much impact we can have over our overall health. Somebody (a very long time ago) once said “A healthy mind = a healthy body.” It is so true!
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That is a good example. Yes, the placebo experiments have proved that the mind is able to heal the body. In this case, I was even too fixated on this idea until I recognized that the body needs healing first in order that the mind balances again. An interesting experience when you are so used (successfully) that the mind teaches, heals, directs the body. It made me see again that the mind is still part of the body (the physical existence) and another force needs to decide what to do.
Have a nice day, Colin!
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Love it…. this is something felt deeply. 🙂
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Absolutely, Simon. A life-changing experience, and very liberating to stop trying to control everything with the mind. Thank you, Simon!
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Yeah you just need to let things flow…
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Yes, that is the crucial point!
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Beautifully described
Stay safe happy healthy and wealthy
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Thank you, dear. As always, it is a learning process. Much love to you 💖
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Words to live by!
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The more difficult the more importatn. Thank you, Annette💖
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I believe in this wholeheartedly, Sis 💜
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I definitely know you do, sis 💖
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