Greetings Everyone,

This is something I have considered for a long time and I am sure that any self aware person does.

The carefully crafted system of politics in this country seems on the surface to be one which encourages massive shifts in the way things tend to be run. We are all encouraged by our friends and family, by the media conglomerates that we watch intensely, by celebrities that we love, and sometimes even by our own conscience to vote for change.

I will never say that, as a society, change cannot be created by the simple act of voting because I truly believe that it can. But, it just doesn’t seem to me that the kind of change we NEED to see can be created through any change in the political spectrum.

We are told so often that we live in a free and democratic society where the people hold the power. It is obvious that this is not the case.

We do not live in a democracy. What we see here in America, as it relates to the way we are governed, is a plutocracy. A plutocracy relates to a society where money is the basis of power.

Some may say that those with the money make the rules. And, in certain respects, this is true.

But, what we as a people need to start to realize is that we hold ALL the power….but what is needed is for us to become aware of this fact. The most important way to demonstrate this is by deciding to VOTE with our DOLLARS first!

In a plutocracy, the open market is free to decide what policies will be implemented.

In the new movie, Food Inc., representatives from Wal-Mart discuss the corporation’s decision to stop selling growth hormone laced milk because of the public’s decision to stop buying it.

This, in my humble opinion, is a massive shift created by the TRUE power of money. The truth is that the public is granted whatever it wants and what is needed is for us all to decide that we want a cleaner, healthier planet with organic as the standard. If everyone decided to purchase organic foods and natural products, than the prices would go down and a shift would be made in a much more rapid way.

If we do not decide to become aware of how our purchases affect the world and encourage decisions in governmental and corporate policy…we will never win the game.

I don’t vote in the elections. Personally, my belief is that a bigger statement would be made if no one voted at all.

My choice is to vote each day with how I spend my money. And, everything that I do takes that into consideration.

The way I run my living space, the ways I spend my time, the foods I purchase and consume, the amount of gas we consume, whether or not we buy SUV’s or hybrid cars. Whether we buy organic food or commercially grown nutritionally denatured food.

These are the things that will decide our fate.

Remember that just a few months ago, the price for gas was hovering around $4 dollars or more a gallon.

What happened to change that?

Some may say that it had to do with the election. But, what was also happening around the same time?

Consumers began conserving their gas. They began carpooling. They began paying attention to how often they traveled and paying attention to how they consumed energy.

They became AWARE of all of these things. Why? Because it hit them in their pocketbooks.

We stopped buying gas guzzling vehicles and began asking for gas conservative vehicles.

And, that is what we got!

Oil lost value because of the simple principles of supply and demand. Supply began to increase as demand began to shrink. And, this changed its price.

Become aware of how you use your money every time you make a purchase. Determine whether it is good for you, your family, and this planet…or not. And, this will create the change we wish to see.

Peace, Love, Life!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

You know, a few years ago, I wrote a blog entitled, “Why Monogamy, Why Not?” and in it, I touched upon some ideas about the nature of monogamous relationships, why we want them so badly, and why they tend to fail so often.

What I basically discussed was the importance of evolving both ourselves (in order to prepare the way for finding that special someone) and of evolving our view of the nature of such a relationship (so that we could better understand how we can best deal with all the things that they bring into our lives).

That writing has received consistent interest and feedback over the past few years as I continually reintroduced it, and so I kind of wanted to update the information I discussed.

Love, above all areas of spiritual practice, I can definitely say is my favorite to explore. And, you know what, I have no idea why this is. The interplay of masculine and feminine has always intrigued me.

In the deepest aspects of my research, I suppose I have simply had an inner desire to understand those things that human beings most deeply crave and why they crave them.

What I came up with, in a nutshell, is that human beings crave one thing above all else and that is to experience ecstatic and blissful states of consciousness. In the deepest sense, this is what drives us all.

We can experience these things in many ways. Some achieve them through a simple meditation practice. Sometimes we may achieve them completely spontaneously, through some inner mental realization. Some experience them as a result of recreational drug use.

Most of all, we experience this through union with another. There is no experience in this world like that of finding that one person, is there? Its an amazing thing. It inspires us. It moves us to places beyond what we could have achieved on our own. It enhances us. It strengthens us.

Why do you suppose this truth is so undeniable? Well, I’m sure I have no way of answering that question. The answer is probably different for everybody. But, what I can say, is that connecting with someone in such a deep and profound way, in a way, is like achieving unity with the divine. It is like realizing a level of oneness that now extends outward from you. Your heart connects with their heart.

Two becoming one.

This is God consciousness being realized. Finding yourself in another is for all intents and purposes, a version of the achieving of a higher more enlightened state of awareness. Because you finally realize that you are not alone.

There is one idea that is always present within discussions about what it means to be enlightened and that is that there is a sudden realization that we are living in this vast ocean of universal energy that connects us to everyone else in existence. So, the realization of love for another and connection with them at least simulates a mini samadhi.

I was actually watching the DVD accompaniment to Ken Wilber’s program entitled, “The Integral Operating System,” and this idea actually came up.

What he discussed was that the nature of relationship was that, it truly is an imperative. And, that relationship actually sits in direct connection with every stage and level of development.

What I take that to mean is that the need for a relationship, for finding someone to love, is a real one.

According to the taoists, tantrics, esoteric christians, certain buddhists sects, and quite a few other schools of enlightenment, there are certain levels of enlightened awareness that no one can access alone. It is clearly stated (and I have actually come across this idea more than a few times) that for the seeker who refrains from the engagement in acts of spiritual and sexual union with a partner, the highest levels of enlightened awareness will remain out of reach.

Relationships, in their essence, do many wonderful things for us as individuals. They enlighten us to the things within ourselves that need to be worked out. They inspire us to achieve great things. They beckon us to dive into life ever so deeply in order to discover things that we couldn’t do alone.

But, with our current state of understanding, this all remains as a shadow in our awareness. And, rather than allowing the love of another to inspire us to connect to deeper realizations, we let them degrade us into anger, depression, and co-dependency.

Maybe it is about time we evolve our understanding of the inner workings of love and what it means to express love in an undying, and unending way, without fear of any kind.

When we find someone that loves us and that we connect with we feel we have finally received acceptance in a world where we all feel so alone. We can breath easy knowing that our existence is validated. It gives us the freedom to live and to just be ourselves.

And, we struggle with the fear of losing that person, because then we lose our acceptance and validation. Its like losing ourselves, and this, in many ways, is as scary as dying.

But, if we can learn to live in the love as a continuous and inevitable expression of who and what we ALWAYS are…maybe we can discover a more complete way to love…and be loved by another.

Before I finish this, I will leave you with a beautiful quote by Deepak Chopra…

“The best way to find yourself…is to lose yourself in another…”

Peace, Love, Light!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

In a word, Hatha Yoga is the term for the physical aspect of yoga practice. Most of what we see on television, in videos, in studios, and in the different magazines produced on the subject, is what you would call Hatha Yoga.

The pretzel poses and elegant movements are a small part of the totality of Yoga. The literal translation of Yoga is union, indicating that the point of a yogic practice is to find union with the divine. So, a true yoga practice will tend to be more of a lifestyle oriented practice that affects ones nutritional habits, hygiene, relationships, and overall mindset.

A stance that I have taken over the past few years with regards to developing a fitness practice has been to look at it from a multi layered perspective.

My interest has always been on those things that have multi-faceted effects because they tend to have a higher rate of return. Higher efficiency practices tend to provide lots more results. And, that has been a driving focus in outlining what has become the Hacking the Body Mind protocol.

What I wanted to do in this post is break down some of the reasons why adding a physical yoga practice to your health regimen can be highly beneficial.

There really are a great many reasons for anyone to do yoga. But, when we look at it from a distance, it’s tough for folks to really understand where the benefits really are.

Hatha Yoga can:
1. Aid us in our weight loss efforts.
2. Strengthen the bones, joints, and muscles.
3. Help stimulate the removal of toxins.
4. Increase production of many of the “bliss” chemicals in the brain.
5. Improve the efficiency of all the systems in the body.

If you have ever observed an experienced yogi, there are a few things that you might have noticed about them. Their bodies are usually slender, their skin is tighter, they have a distinct glow and presence about them, their movements are much more graceful and flowing, and their demeanor tends to be calmer.

Now, these benefits may not come without a bit of work but overtime these are a few of the things you begin to notice as you advance in a personal practice.

Lately, as I have been practicing yoga more regularly than I have over the past couple of years, I have come to an interesting realization. And that is that yoga can immensely improve the health of the nervous system.

Any good exercise regimen does this. And, the truth is that no system of exercise has as dramatic of an effect on this area as yoga.

The nervous system is our gateway to the world. It really is the lens through which we view and interact with it. The nervous system encompasses our brain, spinal column, and all those connections that are used whenever you do just about anything.

Stress destroys the nervous system, and over a typical lifetime this leads to many of the mental and physical disorders that we see today.

Many of us have nervous systems that are completely wound up and tangled. And, this slows our reactions time, makes movement more difficult, and creates a tense disposition and an inability to focus.

Yoga frees our nervous system. It elevates mood because it can reverse the damage done over so many years of stressed-out living.

Those flowing postures, twists, bends, extensions, and balances all have the effect of expanding our nerves outwardly and reactivating them over time. This allows us to take control of our attention, it makes movement easier again, and it opens up our mind and body to higher energy fluctuations.

Yoga also forces us to move in many dimensions. This is so important. It has been proven that with certain types of movement comes activation of certain brain centers. And, without that kind of movement (or movement in general) those specific brain centers are never activated.

This is so huge when it comes to developing longevity.

It’s not very easy to achieve this type of multi dimensional movement in our daily lives. Some forms of exercise are helpful, but for the majority of us who workout in gyms and on weight machines, treadmills, and ellipticals, typical movement is extremely limited. Our bodies adapt very quickly and results begin to flat line.

Yoga, through its many postures, forces you to move in many directions…sometimes forwards, sometimes backwards, and sometimes sideways. Sometimes you’re upside down, and other times you’re right side up. In the beginning, it’s not easy. You may get tired. This is why it is especially important to start slowly.

But, with regular practice, you find that you are so much freer than you ever were before. And, this is the whole point of exercise after all.

A good fitness approach activates your nervous system, gets beneficial hormones pumping, increases blood flow, activates the brain, and stimulates bone reformation. And yoga does all of this. There are so many benefits. It opens up your world in so many ways because it opens up your gateway to the world.

The nervous system is something that we don’t usually consider when we develop an exercise regimen. But, it is so important to devise an exercise strategy that energizes and activates this part of our being. The muscles are important, but they are nothing without a working nervous system.

So, next time you head to the gym, take this into consideration. Try attending that yoga class that you’ve always been curious about. Or check out a video or two. Start where you are. Don’t worry about not being flexible enough.

Just try it. Seek to activate that body mind consciousness to the ever-present flow of life energy.

The body adapts and you will grow in your abilities. But, you have to start somewhere, and you have to start sometime.

The sooner the better.

Peace, Love, Life!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

Hello Everyone,

I hope this posting finds you well. I have been spending a lot of time in contemplation lately. I am going through a few things and working on others. My transition, such like any, is not without its kinks, But I suppose that is the nature of everything. The lessons I am learning are great so I would not change it.

I am actually starting a class that teaches kundalini awakening. This is something that has been on my mind and in my intention for a while now. I see it, personally, as kind of a lead in to a new way of living. As, I am mostly self taught, it would definitely be a crowning achievement for me.

In the title of this post, I mention that while practice is an absolute necessity, the concentration on the ritual of it and the dogma is not where our focus needs to be. Most of what I do has been very intuitively based. I have never really been taught but more so have been guided by my own exploration into what works well and specifically toward the multi-faceted goals that I have.

But, over the past few years and increasingly so over the last couple months, I have been on a path of filtering out everything in my daily practice that is not necessary. Now, personally, that means that I want to completely clear away anything that stands in the way between my practice and the goal of that practice you know?

I think that so many people (many that I come across) get so caught up in the hows and the whys and this keeps them from making any true progress.

Today, we are in an era where all knowledge is provided for you at the click of a mouse and we should appreciate our current station within the cosmic cycle and what the universe is trying to provide for us.

The universe knows what we need. The universe is a fully conscious being and we are its reflection. I feel that the universe is fully aware that what humanity needs right now is evolution into a higher state of consciousness. So, through the construction of the internet it has given us free reign to explore ANY and ALL avenues for achieving that growth.

And, for me personally, I trip myself up because I really look at my program and I question it, asking, can it really be this simple? Can I really achieve a level of enlightenment in mind, in body, in my intuition and improve my life in such a drastic way by doing practices that really don’t take much time and only improve my experience with life?

The answer is an absolute YES!

But, what is the first step in realizing this? We have to let go of our want to understand every aspect. It is, for many reasons, time to begin moving forward with what we already know.

One big aspect of what I do and something I have put tremendous attention to over the past few years is eating healthfully.

I have read book after book, article after article and web page after web page. And, I do think there is a place for that, but I feel that right now is the time for us to concentrate on moving toward the goal of healing and no amount of reading and searching will bring us that.

If we want to heal we have to heal. We have to change our diets. We have to realize that the message of “live to eat” is only good for us if we want to be constantly sick and unhealthy. And we should already know that if we have lived that way most of our lives and if we are fat or sick or unhappy then we need to immediately begin a new path.

Release the ego’s hold on you. Yes you have not died eating cheeseburgers, but you can bet that if you continue, those cheeseburgers will kill you, but not before you are hospitalized for years and made to suffer through the last few decades of your life. This does not have to be considered an inevitability. Has anyone you know even really tried the opposing path? With what we already know it is clear to see that adding in more vegetation will make our process of growth so much better.

A really big thing also is to not get caught up in the opinions of those who base those opinions on judgment rather than curiosity. You have to live through a space of love and a big component of that is CURIOSITY! Get curious about life and the things you want. If you want to heal and lose weight and become stronger and increase energy and focus then you need to get curious and learn about ways to do that and as you learn, your curiosity will draw toward wanting to EXPERIENCE those things!

If you hear from someone who gives you great energy that something is good for you…try it! Go home and do a Google search or two and if the overwhelming majority of input you get is that that is something that is good then try it.

Live with curiosity. Lose the judgment and let go of those who live through their ego. This is how life becomes enjoyable. If everything life presents you with, you feed back judgment to, then how can you say you are truly living?

Judgment and ego equals stagnation. And stagnation leads to death. Start living through abundant curiosity, and I will too.

Thank you all so much for your time, attention and encouragement.

Peace, Love, Light!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

For all of the talk that has been going on regarding this issue, I am sure you will not be surprised that colon cleansing is being mentioned here as a top priority in the process of health transformation.

Colon health is of utmost importance. And, there are many components that determine this.

For the purposes of this blog, we will only discuss the aspect of cleansing. But, I will briefly mention that, nutritional components, such as hydrochloric acid creation, fiber intake, and pro-biotic supplementation are absolutely necessary things to pay attention to when both clearing the colon of waste products…as well as improving the digestive function.

Now, to be honest, if I were dealing with someone who was very sick, the first thing I would encourage them to implement would be a very focused colon cleansing regimen. And, in fact, this is what I have done with past clients and friends.

It is obvious that a nutritional overhaul would be needed as well. But, sweeping nutritional changes would not be of initial importance. The reason for this is that, if you have a colon that is caked with waste products and solid masses of plaque aligning its walls, how can it be assumed that we would be able to absorb and actually utilize these nutritional elements?

The implementation of a predominantly vegetarian diet would be the first step in the nutritional focus since the fibrous vegetation would do much in the way of clearing the blockages in the large and small intestines.

But, in order to get a solid foothold and reduce the troublesome aspects of detox that would occur as a result of nutritional enhancements (fatigue, cravings, sweating, foul smell…eww…) then you would need to implement a focused colon cleansing program.

There are actually many ways to go about this. But, I want to stress that the biggest consideration for me when I was designing the Hacking the Body Mind protocol was simplicity and efficiency.

Now, we will discuss the methods. To be honest, I have been a little freaked out to discuss these concepts. Nothing grosses folks out more than talking about the bowels.

That is so unfortunate. You simply cannot be healthy unless your bowels are clean and moving properly and regularly. It is the concept we avoid most but it is the most important concept by far.

There are numerous products and methods being implemented for this purpose. But, truly, they are all centered around two distinct concepts.

There are products you ingest. These range from things like psyllium fiber products to bentonite clays and other magnetic clays to full spectrum herbal formulas.

Now, in addition, to oral supplementation, which actually tends to be harsher on the body in the early goings, there are processes which require the direct injection of fluid and other cleansing substances into the colon itself. These tend to work much much faster.
And these things, such as colonic irrigation and coffee enemas…yes…coffee enemas…are what I most highly advocate. Coffee enemas are very very cheap and easy to implement. They are highly effective and the results come much quicker.

For more info on these you can visit http://www.gerson.org/

(I am cringing as I write this…I am sure someone is getting disgusted…)

Now, when I mention the colon…you have to understand that I am actually talking about three seemingly distinct organs.

These are the colon, liver, and gall bladder.

It was realized by Dr. Max Gerson (of Gerson Therapy fame) that health of the body relied in large part on the health of these three organs. And over time he discovered that coffee enemas, when combined with a strict vegetarian diet, did this most effectively.

Coffee enemas are so effective because they go in directly and remove waste from the colon as well as the liver and the blood while also stimulating increased efficiency in the liver and gallbladder.

What this actually creates is dramatically increased digestive power overtime so that one does not need to become dependent on the enemas for any reason, contrary to certain other opinons.

Coffee enemas are efficient and highly effective. And when someone is just starting out on their cleansing regimen, these can be a godsend as they severely reduce the effects of detox by applying a focused and purposeful way of removing the waste that your body is beginning to push out.

Standard protocol is for many people to just start eating more vegetarian and maybe start using an oral cleansing product. What happens here is the body will start dumping its waste back into the colon and bloodstream in increasing amounts. The end goal is to remove the waste from the body totally, but what ends up happening is the dreaded detox effect that usually results in these folks feeling extremely tired and wasted for days or weeks at a time.

So, its not really a good thing to rely on oral methods alone. Best thing is to do a combination.

Please understand, I KNOW that the thought of injecting anything into the colon is disgusting to consider, but once you get past the gross factor and realize how easy they are, you will notice that you just feel better after doing them.

If you are on any type of colon cleansing regimen, I encourage you to add enemas so that you quicken the pace of detox and just make the program more effective overall all.

You wont regret it, you have my word on that.

And wouldn’t you know it? The caffeine, in the coffee, when injected in this way has the opposite effect on the body than when its consumed through drinking. The caffeine soothes the nervous system!

If you do them at night, you will sleep better! That was a surprise for me as well as just about everyone I have made try them.

In the beginning they were all disgusted by the idea but as they began implementing each one of them went from disgusted that they had to do them to disappointed when they were not able to.

If any of you have questions, please feel free to send me a message.

Comments are appreciated. I would love to hear your thoughts.

Peace, Love, Light!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

A very quick thought just occurred to me to ask this to those of you reading. Have you ever looked out at the world around you and asked, “Is this the only world that is possible?”

It is pretty easy for most of us to see that the ones who question our reality are usually the ones who are most remembered.

Thomas Edison, Galileo, Christopher Columbus, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs…..even a few of my favorite authors, David Wolfe and Peter Ragnar….these are the kinds of people that continually question the basis on which the fabric of society rests. And, they are usually the ones that are most remembered and whose theories become recognized as facts.

Why can’t this be you?

Or will it?

Have you ever stopped to question whether there actually is a cure for cancer or the common cold or HIV?

Have you ever stopped to question whether or not we are the only intelligent life in the universe?

It doesn’t so much matter the answers you get, but just that you have asked the question. It often occurs to me that you shouldn’t ask a fish about water. Its just right there you know? The ideas and perspectives that are so closely a part of our world are rarely ever questioned simply because the necessity of questioning them doesn’t occur to us.

So many of these concepts are drilled into us…but why?

Maybe some of you can provide some answers to THAT particular question.

Thank you so much for reading.

Peace, Love, Life!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

I am sure we have all been there. We attempt to make a changes in our lives, changes for the better with the intent of finding improvement in some area.

What happens next? Quite often something or someone comes in to the picture with the intent (conscious or unconscious) of throwing us off course. Maybe a parent or your lover or perhaps life may throw you a situation that takes your mind off your new found course.

Why does this tend to happen so often? For me, this natural resistance seems to show up just as I am making the greatest strides in all the right directions. Something always comes in, no matter how briefly it may remain, that throws my attention some other way.

It can come in many ways and in many versions. Perhaps it comes when you are learning something new, in the form of some struggle and confusion while adapting to the new stimulus. Or perhaps a parent or friend accuses you of wishful thinking while you are embracing a new path toward a deeper spirituality or way of life.

I mean, truly, I have seen resistance come in at the oddest moments.

Bill Harris, the creator of Holosync technology and founder of Centerpointe Research Institute, talks about chaos theory.

To sum it up, chaos theory suggests that, as more energy is poured into a system (as you begin attempting to learn a new math problem for instance) the systems initial reaction is to break down (you may get confused in the initial stages of learning the math problem).

Then comes the point of resistance. And, what we tend to see happen as a result of pushing through this resistance at the end point of this period of chaos is that the system reorganizes itself at a higher level of capacity than it had before the energy entered into it (you push through the confusion of the initial learning process and you solidify your understanding of the new problem and are now able to move on to solve higher level equations).

As a result of practicing meditation with holosync, and of the development of my current lifestyle in a general sense, I have become acutely aware of those things that come in as resistance and I have learned to  identify them as they arise.

By becoming aware of the resistance as it comes up, I have allowed myself to change my reactions and to develop a deeper emotional stability in relation to seeming negative stimulus.

What most of us tend to do (and I did this for years) is hold onto the negative energy and give it strength within our awareness. And, this is why we get knocked off course. When this energy is allowed to disperse, it moves through us just like anything else and we are then allowed to return to a more balanced state of mind. .

Why do so many people fail at these moments? Why do they fall prey to the resistance that shows up?

Maybe we have to look at the nature of resistance differently to understand this. Perhaps if we looked at these deep and trying times in our lives, when stress and anxiety are highest, as tests or challenges to overcome then they would contribute to the strengthening of our minds.

I think whats most important is to stop resisting the resistance. Its the act of resisting these tough circumstances, out of anger or fear, that gives them attention. And, that in its nature makes them stronger. And then that inevitably makes these times in our lives so much more difficult.

Now, that is not to downplay these stresses, anxieties, and emotions. I will not say that they are not there for a reason. Or, that they are only in a persons head. Because we all have things in life to deal with, hard situations that are hoisted upon us by others.

Believe me when I say, I understand this.

But, I also realize, that as a person who was once quick to anger, guilt, shame, depression, and aggression, it was not until I began to look at these feelings as they came up, that I began to become more centered in myself and in the face of others and in the world.

I see so many who are angry at others, who refuse to forgive or release their anger towards the abuses that someone else wrought. I understand this because it doesn’t make sense at all that anyone should suffer at the hands (or mouth) of someone else.

But, if you harbor anger towards others, guilt, shame, if you resist those things that scare you, all you are doing is making life harder on yourself.

Stop resisting the resistance. Just the other day, I had someone close to me start yelling at me for pretty much no reason at all. And, now I am not gonna say I didn’t argue back.

But at some point I just stopped. I let them complete their rant because I knew that this was just another form of resistance coming at me from the universe as a test. It was a test to see if I am internalizing all the things I am trying to learn and develop in myself.

I failed miserably at the outset but I feel that I can look on that situation with a sense of gratitude for at least coming to that realization.

I stopped resisting it, made sense of it, allowed it, and now it has passed. Or at least I am not letting if affect me.

That is my two cents. My eyes are hurting so I’m gonna take a break from this thing.

Thank you all for all of your support!

Peace, Love, Life!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

Hello Everyone,

I hope this post finds you all well. I wanted to write today about something that is possibly the most difficult hurdle for most people to get over when it comes to getting in shape, losing weight, or making just about any change that might make their lives better.

In my book, there is a section entitled Opening up to Love and in it, I basically go over the small part of us all that oftentimes keeps us from making beneficial changes.

At this point, I don’t think anyone would disagree that in our culture we have a hard time with things like self esteem, self respect, and self love. We want to be everyone’s friend. We ask and ask and ask for others to love us but we never find that love that we seek.

We live dependent on everyone else’s opinions of us. And, we never truly look deeply within ourselves to find out what it is that we want.

We tend not to love ourselves enough and this has to change. Until we find appreciation for ourselves we will not take the steps necessary to change. Deep down we do not believe we deserve to change. And, so on the surface it just seems like we are not motivated.

We may encounter short spurts of inspiration but those never really take hold and so we fall short. We rely on our emotions to tell us what we need. And, those emotions are always dependent on external stimuli.

Right now, you need to look deeply into yourself. Right now, you need to decide what you want for yourself. Right now, the change needs to be started so that the results you receive from the changes you make create the feelings that motivate you further.

Motivation is not something that just shows up and it is not something that you need to wait for. For most, desperation needs to ensue, rock bottom needs to be reached before a change is made.

Haha….well you need only look outside your door. Look at the news or read a newspaper and you will see rock bottom. Look at the untold millions of people dying everyday and suffering for no reason at all. I’m sure you know someone or a few people who have suffered from diabetes, or heart disease, or cancer, obesity, or Alzheimer’s.

Maybe you yourself are one of those people. But, yet you are waiting for the motivation to hit. Look in the mirror and you will see your motivation.

Love of self…

Peace, Love, Light!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

You know, sometimes this process of trying to find some sort of sense of higher consciousness can be pretty difficult.

In some ways, this thing that I (and many others) have started has sort of become a process in trying to figure out whether or not one can pursue and actually attain a higher state of consciousness in this modern society.

Sure, its one thing to be a yogi in a cave doing handstands and sun salutations seeking oneness with the eternal self. But, when you are living in a modern techofied world, having to interact on a day to day basis and work for a living so that you can one day support a family….this is another thing entirely.

Sometimes it just makes more sense to run off and become a monk.

I would like to think that you all know that I in no way think of myself as a pioneer in this sort of thing. There have been many aspirants, pursuers, and developers of a newly evolved and all encompassing, open to all version of enlightenment.

Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber are but a few of those that have dissected and pioneered this new path.

But, what I am starting to realize is that what we are really doing is quite possibly akin to the development of the first personal computers.

They were slow, a little dreary, highly complex….but there were glimmers of hope that were beginning to show. There were signs pointing a new more glorious direction and it seemed almost inevitable that magnificent things would be accomplished if the creation of these new devices could be seen to its completion.

Now, we are living in a world where technological advancements happen daily as the speed of communication and information dissemination becomes infinite.

The path of developing my own state of consciousness has been very hard, both for me and for the many who have so boldly decided to traverse this new unknown path. Its different and being different is sometimes very lonely. Even more so, what I have found is that opening the flood gates to the ever expanding river of consciousness sometimes can have results that are less than easy to deal with.

I have spent a lot of time trying to find my way back after traveling a few more steps than I should have down certain rather treacherous paths.

But, this is no different than where the computer was just a few short decades ago. Now, the computer is directly interwoven into every fabric of our daily life and new applications for computer technology are being developed constantly.

This is where I truly see this new path of evolving consciousness going. And, this is what has driven me to seek out as many tools as I could to ease the process of humanity’s evolvement, which eventually resulted in the birthing of the Hacking the Body Mind protocol.

In the end, what my answer has become to those yogi’s who were afforded the luxury of decades of complete solitude is a protocol which employ’s modern technology to speed the process towards total transformation and demystifies the message of expanding consciousness.

I will continuously admit that I am standing on the shoulders of giants in so many ways. But, where this program is unique is how it fits the many pieces together in a way that is completely synergistic.

The synergy comes from applying different things that connect at a central point. That point is to open up the channels of the body and mind and then amplify the internal and external strengths of both while providing a space from which a new humanity can grow and blossom.

Don’t you want to be a part of this new and unfolding evolutionary leap? I know I do.

Peace, Love, Life!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

The more time I spend in contemplation and the deeper I go on this path toward some level of awakening the more I begin to see life as some cosmic drama being put forth into our consciousness.

In the past few years, I have begun to look at life the same way someone would look at a television show or a movie. Because of the nature of awareness and a continuously evolving perspective, my opinions of what is really going on are changing almost constantly as these situational cycles unfold before me.

Something that I have encountered that strikes me more and more is how the drivers of our society have come to use deep forms of archetypes and symbols to control us.

And, it is ever pervasive.

Symbols show up everywhere. They are on our money, in our publications, in our movies and in our music. Everything that the drivers of society push on the mass collective has some connection to a deep symbolism that goes back for centuries.

But, as a collective, we pass right over them in our daily lives. We expose ourselves to them continuously. We work to obtain money. And, no matter how much we obtain, we constantly seek to obtain more.

Why do we do this? Does anyone really need multiple millions or billions of dollars to exist comfortably?

Is there some type of symbolism behind the idea of money as a concept? And, if there is, then how does it connect to us on a subconscious level?

Are we simply living as we are told, or are we seeking something higher, something rooted within nature in a way in which we are not aware.

Money is colored green. Green is also the color of the heart chakra. The heart chakra connects to the earth, which also is represented by the color green. Green is the color that an aura resonates when their heart chakra is open and they are feeling deep feelings of love.

Is there a connection between money and love? Or, is this symbolism being put forth to drive us to seek something that has no basis in reality? Love is real. Energy is real. Earth is real. But is money? I once had a teacher tell our class that the only thing that gives money its value is our belief in its value.

Its imagined. It keeps our minds off of what actually IS real. It keeps us seeking after something that we think we need when what we really want is what the money represents, love, energy and a deeper connection to mother earth and each other.

Looking at movies. What are the kinds of movies that move us most as a culture? The Matrix Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, the two Star Wars Trilogies, Xmen and Spiderman trilogies.

But, why do they spark such interest from us? And, why are these types of films being created at such a furious pace?

The characters, the stories and ideas contained within these films spark something deeper within us. And, it is a known fact that in the case of the Star Wars trilogies George Lucas created his characters to resemble certain archetypal figures.

Anakin is the fallen father. Or, perhaps he is the shadow side within each of us that wants to control others and the world. Luke, the savior or Christ figure is to bring triumph over evil and restore balance to the world. Even the idea of the force can be attributed now to the quantum field whose existence is now being proven by science.

The Matrix symbolizes awakening to some previously unknown truth. A truth which explains that reality is not always what it seems. The character of Neo can easily be connected to the second (or third or fourth) coming of The Christ who is supposed to awaken us all to the nature of reality.

You can say what you want about these things. But, if science is correct that reality and the world you experience is driven by the way you perceive it, then it really doesn’t matter. Its your choice to create the world you want to live in.

And you do it with each thought that you think. The drivers are directing us all through the use of the images that we see projected in theaters, in media, in print, and on television.

I don’t mean to say that we all want to “feel the force” or that we all have to choose between the red or blue pill. The reality is that these are all representative of deeper cosmic truths.

But, why do so many only believe that these are fantasies and consistently choose to live life as if it is nothing so special? Why can so many people consistently attach themselves to these types of ideas while seeing no realistic basis in them?

The easiest way to make someone see a particular idea as false is to hide it in plain sight. Movies give us a connection to ideas in way that is so deeply fantastical. And, they remain purely in the realm of entertainment. Any level of deep investigation into the nature of such concepts leads one to be outcast or considered stupid and crazy.

So any level of true awakening or active seeking is prevented.

I just think its funny how this happens and it has always left me curious. I feel that if there is any kind of concept that has the ability to drive the masses into action like movies can, these concepts have to have some basis in reality. Even if these are levels of reality that we can’t see.

Over the past few years, it has come clear to me that everything that is put in front of us can have a role to play in the awakening. But, it is ones choice to see it that way, and so my hope is that, due to my point of view, I will continue to awaken more and more deeply.

My choice is to see the deeper meaning behind what money represents and concentrate on that rather than the money itself being what is important.

Even down to the Presidency and the rise of Barack Obama. I did not concentrate on the political actions. And, in fact, I can care less about most of what is going on.

Barack Obama represents an archetype. The archetype of change. The archetype of hope. And, even the archetype of savior. He has even thrown out comparisons of himself to Jesus or Superman.

And, the public bought into it, right or wrong.

I didn’t vote because the truth of the matter is that no elected official will create the kind of change that we really need.

We have to become conscious of our lives and of our decisions. We have to develop our awareness and begin to see the deeper truths that are right in front of us. Conscious life has got to be our highest value. To decide not to be controlled but to become co-creators within the fabric of our destiny.

We are directing this world through our thoughts and actions and if we become conscious of the ebb and flow of life, we have full potential to create the world that we all truly want.

This cosmic play requires our participation not only as spectators. We must be participators.

We are the ones that we have been waiting for…

Peace, Love, Light!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com