A body with a purpose, a mind with choices. As Deepak Chopra spells out in his Book of Secrets, the body has a purpose and would live to fulfill it without hesitation if it were not attached to a human mind that can go against the body’s design principles. If it was up to our body, we would only live to fulfill our primary responsibilities. Once we had accomplished our primary responsibilities, the body would turn to the secondary, the tertiary and so on. The human body was created to perform specific functions to be carried out on a daily basis for survival and enhanced future performance. These are the only concerns of the body. Get the jobs done and be able to do our jobs better in the future through adaptation. If our minds were as lacking of choice as much as the body, human life would be very different. All of our jobs would get done. We would have minimal distractions. This would be very advantageous for our survival yet unfortunately boring. We have so many choices to make which keeps life very exciting and uncertain. It is paramount that we learn to make informed decisions to keep a balance between excitement, health and our survival.
Lyneil Mitchell, DPT - A sound mind in a sound body is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world - John Locke
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