Fascia, Bad Things, and Dr. Joe Dispenza
May 19, 2024
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{Body}
Getting more flexible
In terms of becoming more flexible, fascia is arguably the most important piece of the puzzle.
Fascia is a gelatinous material weaved throughout your entire body. In fact, every single muscle, nerve, blood vessel, and organ in your body is surrounded by the stuff, providing structural support, compartmentalization, and a framework for various biological structures.
Said differently, fascia is literally what gives you your shape; without it, you’d basically be a bag of muscles and bones suffocating on the floor.
What’s interesting about fascia is that when you first pull on it, it’s elastic like a rubber band. This means it will warp → change shape → and then snap back to its original form.
Over time and with consistency, though, pulling on fascia deforms it plastically. Aka it will permanently change its shape.
Imagine a plastic bag you get from the grocery store: give it a slight tug and it will stretch elastically, coming back to its original position. Apply enough force, though, and the polymer chains will split and stretch out for good, leaving you with a longer (and more flexible) bag than before.
The same thing will happen to your body during a scientific stretching routine (like the one I teach you in my yoga tutorial).
That is, if you apply enough pressure and wait long enough (2 → 5 minutes, minimum), your fascia will change its shape for good.
And what does this mean for someone like you? It means better posture with less effort, gliding through life with permanently open hips, and feeling less cramped within your physical body.
{Mind}
Why do bad things happen to innocent children?
Christianity tells us that it is because humans have original sin.
Hinduism gives us the story of reincarnation and the law of karma.
Atheism says it’s all luck of the draw.
Capitalism points to inefficiencies in the market.
Woke-ism blames elites at the top of the social hierarchy.
Everyone has a story to tough questions. And every story contains some Truth.
But stories are never satisfying enough. You don’t want to believe. You don’t want to have faith. You want to know.
Unfortunately, words can’t convey the full logic of how, despite all the misery and evil out there, the Universe is actually a fair and just place.
For instance, I could try to explain that suffering exists only to help the small fragmented ego rediscover its True Identity. Or that we are here simply because we chose to be here. But it wouldn’t do anything for you. Intellect will not — indeed, cannot — make your life any more meaningful, nor answer the existential questions nagging you day in and day out.
Sure, existentialism can be temporarily relieved through ancient scripture, textbooks, gurus, or conventional wisdom. But it will always leave you wanting more. And that’s because these are answers coming from outside of you.
No, if you want Truth — if you’d like to know “God” and the nature of righteousness — you must look deep within. There is no other way.
{Soul}
According to hindsight, everything has such a clear beginning, middle and end to it:
I went to school → I had a lot of interesting experiences → I graduated.
I started a new job → I gained many new skills → I got promoted.
I was really sick → I rested, ate well, and prayed → I became healthy again.
In fact, this is the schema for all stories, including the one of your life. (1) A conflict is introduced, (2) a journey is undertaken, and (3) a resolution is offered.
If you’re paying attention, though, you’ll realize that most of your past confusions and conflicts — moments in which there was no obvious path forward — are already resolved and make sense in the grand narrative of your life.
That is, maybe 90% of the mysteries of your past — why things happened when — are already explained.
“Oh! I needed to experience this to have that. And I needed to have that to experience this.”
So if you’re at all confused or struggling right now, remember this: every question you hold right now — every conflict present within you — will, at some point, get reconciled. You have ample proof that this is true.
Your only job during these trying times, then, is to not immaturely throw away your peace for worry. Instead, have faith that the Universe is just in the middle of untangling the snarled knot that is your unique karma.
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