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Walking: an exercise with Mind rather than of the body
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
I love to walk. When I’m at work, I usually eat lunch in 15 minutes and spend the rest of my lunch break walking. On Saturdays, I take a half-hour walk early in the morning. I like to think of walking as an exercise with God, with Mind, rather than exercise for the body. It’s a time for me to talk with God.
My husband, meanwhile, prefers to jog. And occasionally, on weekends, when he's finished his six-mile run, he’ll walk with me. One Saturday, he got home just as I was heading out, and said he’d join me. I didn’t plan to do it, but found myself jogging with him—one mile, two miles. During the third mile, my husband asked if I would jog all the way with him. I didn’t say yes or no, but just continued at the same pace. I finished the entire six miles—and I didn’t complain or feel any fatigue.
During the jog, however, my husband warned me repeatedly that I would have aches and pains for days, maybe weeks afterwards. Every time he said this, I mentally contradicted the belief that I had to be sore, telling myself instead, No, nothing can happen. We exercise with Mind, not with our bodies. My activity was an opportunity to express God, divine Mind, not to strengthen, or stress, muscles.
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