I learned not to
dismiss the moodiness, not to wait out the sadness and the irritation, but to
value these bleaker moods as authentic messages from my unconscious.
It's easy to fall
into unconsciousness because we are driven to it. Our culture and our daily demands conspire to
claim every waking hour.
The Information Age
is the Age of Unknowing when it comes to having a real understanding of who we
are in our own skins.
Being Consciously
Female means meeting yourself where you are.
It means accepting yourself no matter what so that you can find your own
best path to your own best self.
Consciousness is a
tremendously powerful tool for helping your body perform at the peak levels it
was designed for. In an oversimplified
nutshell: Be aware, be well.
How do you make the
body's natural healthfulness and healing capabilities work for you? That's
where consciousness comes in. You need
to be aware of the needs of your body and soul at any given time and you need
to be aware of when they are depleted.
Being Consciously
Female is largely a matter of paying attention -- of watching and listening to
what your body and soul have to say to you.
Unless you actively
process a problem -- for instance, by having a symptom checked out, by self-
treating, or by venting an emotion -- you will wind up having to deal with it
later, because it will eventually express itself again (or continue to express itself),
and very likely in a more intense and significant way than it did at first.
Living unconsciously
means living through things as though they are not really happening to
you. You disconnect from the experience
physically and emotionally. You pretend
there's no there there.
The body has its own
awesome capacity for healing. If you
strengthen your system -- fuel it, not drain it -- you can help to maintain its
healing capacity at its greatest.
