HLife | Healthy Living Redefined

National Nutrition Month (March) is almost over, and as we welcome the sunshine and heat everyone must be thinking two things: Spring cleaning (home, closets, garage) and Spring cleanse (body detox…beach body!) But here is something you may not know about that goes hand-in-hand with body detox: Mental Toxicity. In this Spring cleaning state-of-mind (no pun intended), let us give you a heads up on this very important part of detox that people generally do not seem to acknowledge, in spite of it being so crucial for real cleansing and optimal health.

Mental toxins are all the negative thoughts, emotions, associations, and memories that hunt us, archives of “programs” (as I like to call them) that exist in the back of your mind or subconsciousness. Many of these programs, mental discomforts/distortions that you have ignored and not dealt with, negative feelings and thoughts that have not been analyzed, broken down, worked out and understood, are still inside of you in the form of mental toxic waste. This mental toxicity hanging around in your your mind, literally “weighs” you down because it is energetically heavy and dense, and if it is not cleansed it will resurface at some point and attack you when you least expect it, and quite probably turn into the physical imbalance we call illness.

When we eat healing foods, partake in a body detox program, and  eat nutrient-dense, high-quality foods like unprocessed whole foods and in particular raw whole foods, physical and chemical toxins aren’t the only ones that are released to be cleaned out -  mental toxins also join the cleansing party. We must be aware that, as we cleanse our physical bodies of excess fat, metals and any other accumulated physical toxins, any mental toxins that have been buried deep under all of that fat or chemical toxicity will also resurface, jumping out like a caged lion recently released. And that is your chance to tame them, work through these toxic ideas/programs/patterns, transmute their energy, and reroute them somewhere else. Remember, nothing in the Universe is ever destroyed, it is all recycled, transformed, transmuted, and reused in another way.  By cleansing these mental toxins out and fully working them out, analyzing them, accepting them, understanding them and the process of release, and letting them go, you will be free of their toxicity. Understanding them is the key and final step for transforming mental toxins into high frequency, elevated, positive thoughts of knowledge, compassion, wisdom, and love.

The mental cleanse that takes place as a result of the physical cleanse is a “side effect” that people often forget about. Ever wonder why you are more aggressive/defensive/sensitive after changing your diet to a more light and sophisticated diet? Shouldn’t you act as light as you feel physically? Sure – once you have cleansed those mentally toxic negative emotions and thoughts out of your system as well, you will. But that takes work, and, more than anything, AWARENESS. This is actually a natural, wonderful thing that is taking place as part of your healing process. Embrace it.

Here are few tips on how to work through this and cleanse mental toxicity to thoroughly free your mind and truly heal yourself holistically (mind/body) from distortion and misunderstanding, and let go of negative thought patterns that are actually the starting point for physical disease.

When we say “work out”, mental toxins we mean this kind of internal work:

• ✽ Identify what is the underlying problem (you might need a pen and paper). What is bothering you so much?

• ✽ Figure out what emotions accompany your negative reactions: Envy, anger, fear, resentment, guilt, shame, etc…

• ✽ Question, analyze, and discern in detail where all these sentiments come from.

• ✽ Once you have done this, try again and go deeper: What triggers these thoughts and emotions? Is it a person, a sound, an association, a memory, a color, a voice, what a person stands for or represents? Think, and dig. You have the answers within and the power to heal yourself.

• ✽ Use the Law of Cause and Effect and the six other laws of the Universe to help you reach an understanding of your situation, where these negative thoughts started, the root of things.

• ✽ As difficult as it may initially be, make an effort to fully understand your entire process, from trigger to reaction.

Once we understand what, when, who, how and why, that wont bother you any longer, because all that internal “work” was the detox. Understanding our negative thought patterns means knowing that things don’t happen to YOU, they just happen, as an experience for us to learn form it, grow, evolve, and elevate. Your mental toxins need to be transformed and transmuted into crystals of light, wisdom from experiences that were understood, a clear comprehension of the choices that you made in the past (maybe even form past lives). When we genuinely understand our emotions and thought patterns, we feel inner peace, love, compassion, and patience. And harmony sets in…a feeling that we are back home.  Always remember, HEALTH is not just in your body, it starts with the thoughts in your mind.  Happy Holistic Spring Cleanse!