A container for Joy

We are only truly human; that is, we are in our proper and correct state of "human-ness" when we are able to unplug or remove that which is foreign to, and covering our true nature. If we see our true self, we will see that we are made of Light, Joy and every other virtuous emotion and energy. These are the energies of God and are truly the only things our bodies were created to "store" and participate in. These are the energies of health.  You will notice that the body is unable to process all other energies and negative emotions and consequently store in various places in the body causing all sort of problems for us.. Stress, headache, muscle tension, joint problems, heart disease, cancers, nervous breakdown....the list is very long. 

Stress is the underlying cause for all diseases. Yes, food plays an important part as well, however, one could argue that processed foods are a stressor on and in the body as well. Wrapped up in stress we find - anger, impatience, depression, helplessness, despair, fear, cynicism, egotism, and pride ...  It takes much work and dedication to remove these energies from the body. 

One spiritual discipline calls these negative emotions/energies seeds in the heart and yet another discipline sees these energies as a growth or a parasite that attaches to the soul. (It should be noted that the heart and the soul while they are different and distinct from each other are so interconnected they cannot be separated.)

Which ever way they are perceived it is clear that they are things that can, and indeed are able and desirous to have removed from our entire being and systems of our existence. Either through uprooting the seed or detaching the growth. 

Just as there are many tools and techniques to garden the soil of the earth or remove undesirable growths from what should otherwise be a healthy living organism, there are in the same way, many tools and techniques to help remove these negatives from the soul and body. (It should also be noted that just as the heart and soul are distinctly separate and completely integrated, this is also true of the body and soul. It is the soul that holds the body:  i.e. without the soul (mind) the body would receive no orders of activity.)

These seeds have been growing for a long time in us by virtue of the many experiences and circumstances we have had, and sometimes have even been born into. But now we are mature enough to understand the nature of them. Indeed we feel and our taught by popular modern sciences that they are just a part of us that we have to manage and control. In truth they are poisons to us and create many unfortunate malady's and injustices in our world. Yes they are a part of the human experience but to be clear the are not a part of our true nature. They are that which covers and hides our true nature, diminishing the quality of our existence.

Today we will let the body be a container of Joy, Peace and Light. We will be aware of the negative emotions, and if any anger or fear or any other harmful thing should arise in us today let's be watchers of them guiding them out of the body instead of companions. Let's watch them leave instead of embracing them, allowing our body to truly contain that it is meant to... Joy and Light 

Have a beautiful and prosperous day!