“You are what you eat.” Many people think this phrase is only about food, and to some extent, it is. However, it also encompasses everything we consume—not just from food and drink, but also what we hear, watch, listen to, and the people we surround ourselves with. Our bodies are sacred temples. If you wouldn’t take slop from a pig pen and throw it into your bed or brush your teeth with dog poop, why would you put it into your body? We often do this when we don’t treat our bodies with reverence as pure instruments to help us be better in what we do, say, eat, and digest mentally, physically, and spiritually.
The world is falling apart. The ecosystem is a mess, inflation is ridiculous, the financial market is unstable, utilities and interest rates are crazy, and politics and news consume many. The pharmaceutical, medical, home, auto, and life insurance industries often prioritize their own interests. People walk around like zombies—angry, depressed, anxious, intoxicated, afraid—and many are one paycheck away from homelessness. So what do we do about it? Do we continue to consume it? How is that working for you? What should we do to change it?
Start by changing what we consume daily, little by little. Before you know it, you’ll have made a tremendous effort to achieve the best for your sacred temple (your body) and inner spirit with peace, joy, and happiness—putting on armor for war. Yes, it’s a controversial war between good and evil. When we begin to digest good things, nothing bad can affect us. Ask yourself: When was the last time you fasted, cleaned your body, or detoxed from the pollution you’re digesting? Magnesium is key to mental stability, digestive health, heart health, and stress levels. Please consult your physician before trying any cleansing mechanisms. But they work—I had to detox from pharmaceutical medications and never went back. It was a struggle but worked for me physically, mentally, and spiritually.
I stopped watching soap operas and polluted programs—even the news all day every day. Watching them changes your perspective of the goodness you were given; it’s pollution to the body. We need to read to learn and elevate ourselves to a higher standard and then pass that higher standard to others who are down and depressed. Our children are fading—they feel as anxious and stressed as adults. They’re killing themselves through suicidal thoughts and actions, drugs, and alcohol.
If we work a little at a time on the food we eat, it makes a difference. Take your lunch to work from fresh leftovers (not processed food), stay away from processed food—it’s killing Americans—drink plenty of water, take 5 minutes to breathe fresh air periodically during the day, walk and exercise for 15 minutes to an hour daily. Cut down on watching the news or anything not edifying to your mind. Helping someone in need—it can be a phone call to check on them or saying a kind word at the gas station or grocery store line.
A little each day makes a difference. Then you’ve elevated to a higher level of what you’ve consumed, making you a better person. Paying it forward shows you are what you eat. Don’t let this world or society take you out—you are in this world but not of this world. Time is speeding up; tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone and it’s fading quickly before our eyes. Leave a positive legacy when you depart so people see that you are what you’ve consumed.
