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Meditation Is for You

THE FIRST STEP: TUNING IN TO YOUR BODY

The first step in meditation is to start paying attention to the physical health of your body. When your body is functioning with perfect health, it gives you the courage and confidence that you can execute whatever you think.

Understand, at the basic level, your body is a purely physical mechanism.

It needs food and rest.

It feels warm and cold.

It falls sick and heals.

It performs physical functions.

It needs regular maintenance and care.

Naturally, it will be affected by your physical habits - how you eat, sleep, exercise and rest.

When you don't give your body the basic care it needs, naturally you are inviting disease.

As I always say, all your diseases are your guests! You invite them upon yourself with your careless treatment of your body.

For example, when you eat something spicy, your eyes begin to water; your body starts protesting, I can't handle this!

But do you listen? NO!

And then, you complain about your eyes watering.

When you watch television till midnight, your whole system is screaming, I need rest!

But as usual, you ignore it.

Then the next day, you complain about feeling tired; you talk as if it is a disease of the body!

Be very clear: your body is continuously giving you signals, but you don't have the intelligence to understand these signals.