I've been thinking that readers might be wondering what I mean by my tag line a stage of mind state of being. Don't I really mean state of mind (emotional state or the like) stage of being (like a stage of life?)
From a psychological point of view, we do most readily talk about our emotional states or the state of our emotional health. And it is certainly the typical way of looking at personal development. From that point of view we talk about stages in life--youth, adult, maturity. And as Shakespeare so eloquently said it when he spoke of the seven (st)ages of man (sic), the end stage is one that eventually comes to us all, sans teeth sans eyes...sans everything Absolute Shakespeare, even tho what happens next has been the subject of great debate in all major religions and philosophical thought for eons. Gail Sheehy's book, "Passages" Gail Sheehy is based on the notion of life stages.
Called an icon for boomers, I certainly read that book and was heartened by it. Being a very early boomer, I was embued in my formative years with the notion of one's life, mind being 'over' at a certain 'stage.' And then it was off to the porch rocker... As I've written before in the early posts of this blog, that was not the notion of age prevalent in my family, but it was a powerful the cultural expectation of the times and it made a mind-limiting imprint on my consciousness that I fought to throw off.
Many leading edge boomers were also influenced by that idea and now are conflicted when they come to the "Age of Retirement" (what I call reFirement) and feel, wait a minute, I don't FEEL old. I am vital and more alive than ever! Women especially feel that way. Many feel--I am just GETTING STARTED! and with the longevity tables going up daily--they are absolutely correct to feel that way. You can't imagine how many people agree with me when I say, I'll never be a senior citizen. Do you feel that way,too?
So what I am focusing on more specifically is a stage of mind. In other words, how do we develop our minds/our consciousness/our mental/emotional/cosmic scope to a higher order? How do we open our heartminds wider for our creativity, our inner fires to burn brighter?
One step towards that direction is better brain health. Now we know that our minds and our brains are plastic. In other words, we know that we can keep growing and expanding (www.righthealth.com") new nerve cells and actually make new synaptical connections (www.brain-plasticity.org). Our brains and thus our ideas about life, ourselves, our world can keep expanding (www.incrediblehorizons.com/brain-plasticity.html). Like most basic advice about health in general its all about exercise and nutrition. Our brains especially need to be fed the highest nutritional foods and supplements and they need exercise just like our bodies. So, I am stopping here and going for a walk/rollerblading time with my daughter. I'm fast walking and she blading. Maybe I will work up to roller blading myself this summer. I took my multi vitamens this morning--plus extra B, my probiotics, 1/2 of my daily 10,000 units of Vit. C with lycine. I'll finish off tonight with the rest of my Vit C and top it all off with fish oils. I imagine those fish oils darting and flashing around literally greasing my brain as they swim by and keeping it flexible--all those little brain cells slipping and sliding around...
Changing your mind from a life stage with a particular mindset is the first way to becoming more flexible and open to your own greatness and brillance. Go visit www.explorelifeblog.com for a wonderful post on defrosting!
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