U R NOT WHAT U EAT

The ordinary person is tied up from birth till death and few can extricate themselves from an identity that they never chose for themselves. You didn’t choose to be born. You didn’t choose your body. You didn’t choose your parents, family, relatives, or community. You didn’t choose the time or location of your arrival on the scene. You learned from your parents, relatives, teachers, friends and their families, tv, movies, media, and the surrounding prevailing culture. You lived up to a variety of expectations. You went to school. You sought a job and a career. You sought a spouse, children, and a home. You thought and did what you were molded to do. And every choice and pathway tied you up more and more. In this respect, your path was the same as everyone else’s. It was what you were expected to do and what everyone else did. But who are you really? What is your identity?

Our tied-up life with so many restrictions can be overwhelming. Many of our encumbrances are imposed on us from sources outside of ourselves and are unavoidable. Yet, many of our limitations are self-imposed and are a direct result of our life choices and decisions. It is imperative that we learn the importance of making wise choices and gain the skill to do so early in life to avoid a life filled with anxiety and pain. A regular thorough evaluation and stock-taking of one’s life is important to help you be all you can be by minimizing externally and internally directed restrictions.

Have you been living as the real you? Have you been living the life you really would have wanted to live, or do you feel like a programmed robot? Do you feel like you have a say in directing your life or do you feel like life merely happens to you? Have you been truly living or merely existing? Who has been making your decisions for you? Has it been others who have molded your expectations and desires? Have you given over your Soul Power to others or perhaps to parts of your own body including your brain, heart, or the rest of your body? How do you decide what to think, say, and do?