Most of us wouldn\u2019t be too surprised to hear that our mind has a will of its own.\u00a0 We all know what it\u2019s like to be more or less helplessly doing something we wish we weren\u2019t! We often feel the presence of this force within, but don\u2019t understand it — or its implications.<\/p>\n
Figuratively speaking, every cell of your whole body has a \u201cwill\u201d of a sort. This is a well-known scientific truth. Both the mind and the body are always hard at work, at a cellular level, to keep their lives — as they know them — in what is called \u201chomeostasis.\u201d Don\u2019t let this strange-sounding term throw you. All it means is, \u201cthe tendency of any organism, simple or complex, to want to maintain within itself relatively stable conditions.\u201d The translation as it concerns our exercise: There are more parts of you that want to stay the same than there are ones interested in growing or achieving new heights through effort.<\/p>\n
The good news is that who you really are is greater than any one of these invisible aspects of yourself which are mechanically compelled to maintain its status quo. Your true nature is greater than the sum of all these physical, mental, and emotional parts. If you have any doubts about this, it\u2019s in your power to make this truth self evident\u2026 [continued]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Most of us wouldn\u2019t be too surprised to hear that our mind has a will of its own.\u00a0 We all know what it\u2019s like to be more or less helplessly doing something we wish we weren\u2019t! We often feel the presence of this force within, but don\u2019t understand it — or its implications. Figuratively speaking,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[1834,347,1835,1833],"class_list":["post-3059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enlightenment-self-realization","category-fear-fearlessness","tag-homeostasis","tag-new-years-resolutions","tag-taking-the-next-step","tag-will"],"yoast_head":"\n