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Seth Matson

Each of my posts in December is going to be about the key factors intrinsic in my being able to enjoy the holidays without kvetching about food or weight gain, and how I got to this place….finally! If you’ll notice, there’s a category called “Christmas” on the right where you can read them all.  Enjoy!

Following along in the list of facts that I learned which keep me from worrying about weight gain over the holidays due to the celebratory, extra, food (see them all here), today we’re going to look at the fact that I  am a mental being.  So are you.

I think that one of the worst perpetrations of lies foisted off onto mankind over the last — oh, let’s just look at three centuries — is the fact that we are taught that we are physical beings with a soul.  I don’t know who came up with this innacurate idea, but it’s one of those times when a millstone around his neck would be too kind.  We are not physical beings.  We are mental beings.  We are spiritual beings.

You and I can think.  This is a mental process.  That makes us mental beings.  If you tried to steer  your car by using the rear view mirror, you’d soon be in a ditch.  I know you can see how that works.  Well, when you try to steer  your life using so-called physical things - like medicine, therapy, food - you are steering by using the rear view mirror.  What you would benefit more from is steering by using the steering wheel - aka, your mind.

Your mind can think.  When it thinks, it fills in the details about what it’s thinking about.  At some point in the process, your mind becomes convinced that what it’s thinking about is some kind of “A-okay” and this conclusion the mind comes to manifests itself in an objective phenomena.  Might be a car; might be new clothing; might be a new relationship - but whatever it is, it began with YOU THINKING.

If  you truly want to enjoy your holidays this year, not gain weight, be light-hearted and care-free, this “I am a mental being” idea can be of immeasureable use to you.  You can see the food and think “You look good and I’ll enjoy a taste of you” versus your old way “You look good.  I’ll probably gain weight.”  Doesn’t it just torque your jaws that you’ve been doing that to you?  Well, don’t do it this year, okay?

Love  you,

Pat

P.S. Don’t you think I have handsome sons? 

Tags: Christmas, holidays, mental being, weight gain

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