Health
“Behold yourself.”
—Deepak Chopra
This section of the book, “Health,” is divided into two chapters. The first chapter, “Honesty, Awareness, Attitude, and Food,” establishes a kind of playing field, or setting. Through discussion and suggested exercises, we bring awareness to where we are in our lives in relation to our health. We look around, and get honest. We consider how we got to the place we currently find ourselves and determine if we’re happy being there or if we want something better—if, in fact, we believe that we deserve something better. We get quiet and focus within. We consider what our goals are going forward and in what direction we might want to move.
In chapter two, “Turning Honesty into Health as a Habit,” we get moving, literally. We take steps to change the way we experience our body, our health, and our well-being. We create new patterns of behavior to improve the quality of our daily experience and consider the role that exercise plays in our lives. We find the spiritual basis for maintaining an open mind, for physical movement, for eating with care, and for a good night’s sleep. We begin with health because it is the most obvious place where our habits show up, and by making appropriate changes in this regard, we see immediate positive results.