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Physical health and mental health are foundational for transforming our lives. Opening the door into growth through deep connection with your physical, creating space for mental health and opening the deep connection to the spiritual side of life.
By spiritual I mean: The lens in which you view the world. Your relationship to consciousness, god, Alah, Jah, the great spirit or whatever word you want to assign. Faith in the unknown, faith in what is.
As alan Watts says:
Faith in my eyes is the deep surrender, the openness to experience life for what it is rather than what you ‘wish’ it was. Fully surrendering then opens the doors for abundance and the gift of life to flow.
This attitude, this faith (when practices and cultivated) is something we can rest into during uncertainty. Surrendering, controlling what you can and letting what you can’t, be as it is.
Now these are all super nice words and sentences, but all of this doesn’t truly explain what I’m talking about. It’s more of a feeling, a way of being than words.
From my experience the ability to step into faith becomes easier when practiced. Much like any skill, we get better the more we practice. Giving yourself evidence, via actions that I do indeed have faith in the universe, in source, in god. We are either pretending who we are by imagining what we “believe”. OR we are actually being what we think we believe. We are taking action each and every day to prove that yes, I do have faith, OR yes I do believe that. Even when the darkness shrouds our every move, especially in these moments when all of our faith training is tested.
This graphic represents this idea:
Thoughts backed by actions are reality. Thoughts are just that when not acted upon.
So how does one strengthen faith?
By showing up every day to a small daily routine, ritual or practice. There are many beautiful tools out there that can be used, however I can only speak on what I know, what I do and what I experience.
My daily practice of faith looks like:
3 Rounds of breathwork + surrender. (Wim-hof or something similar)
10 Minute meitation. (Waking Up App)
Pulling a reminder card.
Some days this practice is so energising and incredible and the deep felt sense of faith is connected with. Other days It’s the last thing I ‘want’ to do. But by showing up each and every day, I’m giving myself undeniable evidence that I believe, trust, and surrender to life. By no means am I bragging, but what I am doing is sharing what has increased my quality of life.
Real world evidence that we are taking care of our physical, mental and spiritual health has undoubtedly transformed my life. I once was convinced life was just shit, and now I have moments of true joy each and every day.
If we only think something and don’t have evidence to back it, it’s hard to truly believe it.
So with that being said…
What do you actually believe?
Marry your thoughts and actions and the truth will present itself.
Much love everyone, Happy new year 💜
-Hunter @ The Contentment
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