Depending upon which Zone of Being a person happens to choose in any given moment, its unique path will have specific consequences for one’s body and state of physical well-being. As such, in the interest of potentially choosing a life of far greater Wholeness – and thereby one of far greater health – feel free to humbly ponder (& even courageously pro-act) the following …

*Whereas Zone 1 advocates see the human body as being relatively weak and innately ineffective – and therefore feel obligated to dedicate significant time & resources towards its physical maintenance & replenishment, Zone 2 acolytes believe the body to be potentially strong & potent – therefore expending great amounts of energy (physical as well as mental) to make “steady progress” towards the realization of the same. In stark contrast, Zone 3 assistants know that real Power is always available – that the human body requires neither cyclical recuperation nor gradual strengthening to one day enliven the same. Indeed, those truly Enlightened understand that we are never potentially stronger than in our weakest moments; that true Strength comes from Caring selflessly – and that we are never more energized or potent than in those moments when our deeds are most difficult to do and yet are done anyway. For those choosing to act as a humble-yet-couragoues agent of their environment, energy flows over & through them from their environment as much as it wells up from within. This is why those making such choices know neither weakness nor fatigue, and this is why their deeds prove to be transformative of self & surroundings.

 

 

*While actualized Zone 1 impulses cause DNA codons to contract & shrivel (entrenching selfishness & intensifying fear, and thereby lessening the likelihood that one engages future encounters with empathy &/or intimacy) and enacted Zone 2 decisions make their DNA codons cyclically “throb” – repeatedly expanding & receding (intensifying the focus upon “the awakener,” and thereby causing expressions of empathy &/or intimacy to stagnate and become distanced &/or callous). In gorgeous contrast, Zone 3 choices are those that cause DNA codons to blossom & become more deeply intertwined – a manifestation that allows empathy to deepen and expressions of intimacy to become both more frequent & more intense.

 

 

*Though the striving of Zone 1 affiliates causes them to regularly experience exhaustion, illness, injury, and premature death, the more mental struggles of Zone 2 disciples are frequently inflicted with the lesser-but-similar sufferings of fatigue & various stress-related illnesses (caused by regular bouts of despondency, agitation, and despair). Quite differently, Zone 3 enthusiasts – having left all striving for comfort or struggling for “inner peace” behind – simply Care for the others around them (especially – & especially potently – in those moments when physically exhausted or ill or injured, &/or emotionally afraid or angry or sad); doing whatever they can with whatever is available for those closest by. As such, they waste no energy on futile crusades for personal empowerment, and as such – quite ironically – come to know the most profound levels of health and contentment.

 

 

*Whereas Zone 1 proponents overtly flee from pain & cling to pleasure (inevitably intensifying the former & dampening the latter – leading to an increase in suffering), Zone 2 devotees do so more subtly – rationalizing their “fair share” of material wealth, discarding their discordant relationships, &/or immersing themselves futilely in innately destination-less searches for “inner peace” &/or “intellectual enlightenment” (practices that ultimately intensify one’s suffering – invariably entrenching the focus on self, and therefore inevitably distancing that self from others). Zone 3 participants, on the other hand, exert themselves in the opposite direction – giving instead of attaining – and thereby experience opposing results: real Wealth that comes from giving to the downtrodden, real Joy that comes from being kind to strangers, and real peace that comes from openly caring for enemies. Practices performed for “self help” or “spiritual advancement” are released & replaced by those that serve the community &/or sacrifice for others – a lifestyle that inadvertently-yet-potently allows one’s own sense of strength, health, and sense of physical well-being to blossom far more fully than it otherwise could.

 

 

*While Zone 1 backers think that they are their bodies and Zone 2 followers believe that their bodies are merely the physical shells “transporting” their Souls (both errant philosophies – philosophies that are innately self-centered and thus distance them from others, and philosophies that thereby distance them from knowing any semblance of real Joy &/or profound Contentment), Zone 3 adherents understand a far greater Truth of their far greater Selves – namely, that they are a small-yet-significant facet of the greater Whole; that even though their bodies might seem independent & separate from the others in their surroundings, they are actually intimately interconnected with the same (physiologically as well as energetically).¹ This greater awareness – the acute comprehension that one’s “Soul” (or conscient consciousness) is intimately connected with the body that houses it, and that the body is deeply intertwined with all other entities nearby – repeatedly inspires these individuals to act accordingly with pure humility & great boldness (and thus with pure generosity & great power); a choice that is flows spontaneously through each moment (causing far less harm to self & others) and one that dampens conflict (and enhances harmony) in any encounter – as such a choice that enhances the health & well-being of all thereby.

 

 

“For peace to fully reign, the power of unconditional Love
must overcome the love of unfettered power.”
~ via Mahatma Gandhi

 

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