Within the last few years, I started to work extensively on my process of self-forgiveness, push through my preprogramming and lived the change that I wanted to live. An interesting point that I noticed within that is that I have to some extent neglect taking care of my physical body. I kind of always postponed it almost like if I had created this idea of Correct the mind first then take care of the body without realizing that they need both to be addresses simultaneously.
If I take care of my physical body by drinking enough water, get the best nutrition, do exercise, eat good quality food, have good quality sleep etc, I put myself in a position where I have more physical energy to walk my process of correcting my mind.
Obviously, I understand that every thoughts/emotions/feeling are having an effect on my physical body, so walking the process of correcting my mind is a part of stoping the abuse of the physical body, but in my case, I focus only on that aspect without really focusing on the physical aspect of taking care of the body.
I wasn't really living the principle of ''My physical body is my temple'' fully I was only working on one part of the equation.
''I honour and support my physical body as an expression of me. I nurture it and care for it in order to ensure my best possible expression in this life. I take into consideration the impact of thoughts and emotions on the physical body and within this I commit myself to practice self-awareness and self-care through not only diet and physical wellness but also internal stability and clarity.'' (https://desteni.org/about-us/desteni-principles)
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to neglect my body
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to operate on programs/habits/preferences in terms of how I was treating my body instead of reeducating myself and investigating what was the best support for my physical body.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to deny the consequences of what I was doing or not doing to my physical body
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to neglect having the best nutrition
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to neglect doing regulars exercises
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to neglect drinking enough water everyday
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to not realize that the body affect the mind
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to not realize that neglecting my body was in fact slowing me down in my process to correct my mind.
When and as I see myself slipping down into habit that are destructive for my physical body, I stop and breath.
I commit myself investigate all my habits that are having a direct impact on my physical body to see if there's improvement to be made.
I commit myself to create new physical habits to support my body in the best way.
I commit myself to work simultaneously on correcting my mind and taking care of my physical body.
I commit myself to honor the principle of '' My physical body is my temple''
