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What the body needs most
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
In the last couple of decades there’s been more and more emphasis on a good diet and exercise as being crucial to one’s health. But certain foods seem to go in and out of fashion. Fad diets help people lose weight but aren’t always considered healthy. Individual needs can vary so much that it’s not always easy to define what constitutes proper diet and exercise.
What I’ve found most helpful in thinking through these issues is that our thoughts about our bodies and our health are actually more influential than anything else. This isn’t commonly accepted knowledge, but I’ve proved it over and over again in my life and I know many others have, too.
While life looks and feels physical in nature, my experience indicates that those appearances are deceiving. Life is, in fact, spiritual. Life is God, the divine consciousness, or Mind. A greater appreciation of the spiritual nature of life is what brings us better health. And this health is stable, not subject to the whims of the latest health theory or diet.
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About the author
Curt Wahlberg is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science. He lives in Woodland Hills, California, United States.
