Author: Pete Jones

Imagine this magic trick:  A magician is on a large stage.  Next to him is his beautiful assistant, who he is going to place into a square, clear, 1000-gallon container, filled with a black substance.  She is hooked onto a harness, attached to a rope, which the magician can control with ease through the help of a pulley system.  The magician dips the beautiful assistant who is dressed in white, hair and makeup perfectly done, into the substance , then pulls her back out.  Her once white, beautiful outfit is now completely black, and as he slowly pulls her back out, the black substance slowly oozes and drips off of her once beautiful body.  The audience gasps in disgust.  Now for the magical part:

The magician has a huge hose lowered from above into the container.  It is secured to the container so that when it is turned on full-blast it won’t detach.  The eyes of the audience widen with awe at the pressure and force as the hose is turned on.  The hose shoots water into the darkness, displacing and replacing the thick, black substance.  The ooze spills out over the top of the container and onto the stage.  It begins to spread everywhere and spill over the edges of the stage and into the audience.  The people below barely notice as they watch, intently, as the container on the stage quickly becomes completely clear!  Every few moments, the black ooze drips from the assistant, who is still perched above the container.  As it drips into the container, the darkness is immediately shot out of the container because of the pressure of the water hose.  Once the container is clear for a good 15 seconds, the magician signals to have the water turned off.  The audience is silent, engaged, and wide-eyed.  Another large drop of the dark ooze drips from off of the once beautiful assistant and falls into the water, immediately making the water dark as the black ooze contaminates it.  Members of the audience gasp, amazed at how the perfectly clear, clean, crisp water, is so quickly darkened.  The magician lowers the assistant into the water and everyone is amazed by the disgusting, dirty, unclean water within the container, that only seconds ago was so clean and pure.

The water is again turned on.  Members of the audience worry for the assistant because of the water pressure, but can soon see how quickly she, and the container, are washed clean and pure from the dark, black, ugly, ooze.  The container is clean once more.  The water is turned off.  The assistant is beautiful again, once more adorned in a pure white, beautiful, costume.  As she is slowly pulled by the rope out of the pristine water, the magician explains that the container is like the mind of society, and once enough pressure is used to pump in clean, pure, helpful, beneficial, content into the dark, goopy, unclean, ooze, magic will happen.  The darkness will be displaced and replaced with clarity, light, love, and clean, pureness.  He goes on to explain that content we put into the hose, and the pressure or intensity with which we pump that content into the container, is what will ultimately matter more than anything.

The content we choose to allow into our minds and focus on throughout the day, and the intensity we choose to live with as we focus and refocus upon the content of our own choosing, will determine the quality of our minds.  The quality of our minds will determine the quality of our lives.

WE WILL ALWAYS FIND WHAT WE TRULY SEEK.

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Most of the inflammation we suffer from, comes from our choice in foods and beverages.  It has now been shown that INFLAMMATION IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE FOR MENTAL DISEASE.  Most of us don’t even realize we are suffering from inflammation, but it is actually the biggest cause of ALL diseases.  When we upgrade our diet, we upgrade EVERY OTHER AREA OF OUR LIVES.

Food is an energy source.  Food is comforting.  Food is absolutely necessary for our kids and bodies to perform optimally.  Food also has the potential to be dangerous and addictive.  The types and kinds of foods we choose to intake are one of the most important, daily, consistent decisions we will make, every day, for the rest of our lives.  Discipline in this one area of life will positively impact every other area of our lives.  Neglect in this one area of life will negatively impact EVERY OTHER AREA OF OUR LIVES.

The quality of our food intake determines the quality of our physical, chemical, and hormonal lives, and the quality of our physical lives directly affects the quality of our mental and emotional states.  When we are talking about our bodies, everything affects everything.  Chemically, hormonally, physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally, we are impacted by what we put on the end of our forks, HOW OUR FOOD IS PREPARED, and by what we decide to drink.

Every bite of food we take has a hormonal and chemical influence on the body and in the brain.  Every bite of food we take is telling our cells how to replicate.  Every bite of food we take, and everything we drink, is telling our bodies how to heal, or how NOT to.  I literally typed this last sentence out and put it on the fridge in order to remind myself of these important truths.  It has helped immensely when deciding what to eat.

The foods and drinks we choose to intake matter a great deal.  If we choose crappy food, we are telling our cells to replicate in a crappy way.  If we choose food that is healthy and good for us, we are telling our bodies to heal in a way which will benefit us a great deal, allowing our bodies to fight off disease, allowing our minds to operate at optimal performance, and empowering us to make better decisions.  When we empower ourselves to make better decisions, we live a more value-added, meaningful, purpose-filled, joyous and fulfilling lifestyle.  Things tend to seem to fall into place, and magically unfold for us, as the stars align and everything works out the way it is supposed to.  Stress is replaced with enjoyment.  Pain and inflammation go away.  We stop suffering physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and financially, because when we feel better we make better decisions.  Life gets better.

Inflammation from poor nutrition is the #1 cause of depression.  As the brain swells from inflammation, it presses against the inner ridges of the inside of the skull, resulting in side effect that are diagnoses as things like severe depression, suicidal ideation, schizophrenia, anxiety, and SO MANY OTHER “DISEASES.”  When we change our diet, we change our inner chemistry, which alters our mind!  When we change our mind, we change our LIFE.

It is important to do personal research and experimentation.  It is important to learn as much as we can about which foods to eat and when to eat them.  We need to know what is good and bad for us, personally.  We need to find out for OURSELVES what is best for US, and there is only one way to do this: EXPERIMENTATION .

We are all unique individuals and one meal plan that works for someone else may not work at all for us.  We can take blood tests, run allergy panels, and learn so much more about what we need, and what will and won’t benefit us, personally.  We must learn to become our own advocates.  At a certain point in life it’s no longer anyone else’s job to save, help, and educate us.  These things all become our responsibility.  We can certainly look to others for help, wisdom, and suggestions, but the responsibility and the final decisions are meant to be ours, and ours alone.

For too long we can choose the belief, “Ignorance is bliss.  What I don’t know won’t hurt me.”  Eventually this unhelpful, ineffective belief will catch up to us.  What we don’t know absolutely can and WILL hurt us.  Ignorance is not bliss, and in today’s Age of Information we live in, ignorance is a choice to live in and the only result is to continuously experience PAIN.  Let’s not fool ourselves.

Our small choices accumulate into a life of success or a life of disaster.  The choices we make will absolutely determine the quality of life we live.  The choices we make will create the life we live for ourselves and for the people who may be depending on us.

Every bite of food we take and everything we drink is telling our bodies how to heal.  All of it will accumulate to help us create or destroy our health, our minds, and our lives.

Today, if I haven’t already, I will begin to learn more about which foods and drinks will help me improve and benefit my health and life.  

The most helpful content I have come across has been through watching and listening to the YouTube show, HEALTH THEORY.  The guests on this show are experts in their fields of study and practice, and highly informative.  I highly recommend checking it out, ASAP!   Many of these prolific guests have written books and have podcasts they have used as a platform to try to educate the masses about the importance of nutrition in our lives.  If you are feeling lost, like I was feeling for so many years of my life, and just don’t know where to start, HEALTH is the perfect place to begin.

Best wishes to you in your journey towards a healthier and happier life.

Here are some examples of a few episodes from HEALTH THEORY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfR445ymujk

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When I am tired or in pain, there is a noticeable decline in my cognitive capabilities and a definite decline in my level of patience.  My willpower goes out the window, my level of self-control is compromised, and I am definitely not my best self.  I am of no benefit to anyone.  There is a noticeable decline in the quality of my thoughts, the way I speak, and the actions I take.  When I am tired, I am weak, and I sometimes revert back to old ways, old habits, and run the risk of running back to old addictions for comfort or a temporary distraction.

When I am tired or in pain, it is important for me to recognize it, and then to take actions to deal with it appropriately.  If I am not careful I can and will cause my personal relationships to suffer by saying or doing things I would not normally say and do.  Done enough times, trust and connections are lost and this diminished way of thinking, speaking, and acting becomes a habit.

I have started to realize the importance of a routine and a schedule.  I am also starting to realize the importance of rest, recovery, and time for healing, being an integral part of that routine and schedule.

The benefit of eating healthily, getting a proper amount of sleep, exercise, and doing certain things at certain times with consistency, for me, is huge.  

Having a consistent routine which I adhere to daily, grounds me, centers me, and helps me refocus on the important things.  Having a consistent routine causes my personal relationships to flourish instead of suffer, and causes people to trust me and to trust themselves around me.  It makes me more predictable, reliable, and safe for others, as well as for myself.  Having a consistent routine creates an internal environment for me which is stabilizing, consistent, strong, and predictable.  It creates time to re-align with my true nature, then to adapt, adjust, and recalibrate to a higher, more expanded way of being.  It helps me to create an environment with others which fosters trust, caring, empathy, compassion, kindness, warmth, and love.  Most importantly, I build credibility with myself because of this consistency, predictability, and stability.

Having a daily routine has helped me tremendously.  As a part of my daily routine I include such things as regularly practiced breathing exercises (box method breathing), practicing gratitude at the beginning of each day, reading and writing (I read daily from the book The Language of Letting Go and I write daily to process or remind myself of things I’ve been thinking about,) I eat a healthy breakfast and pack a meal and snacks for the day as I listen to Jim Rohn or other uplifting, empowering content on YouTube, and I focus throughout the day on being as consistent in my moods and energy levels as I possibly can.  I end each day with an exercise routine I can do in the gym or at home which includes stretching, a yoga ball, a roller, and planks.  If I feel like I can do more, I lift weights, go on a hike or a walk, or ride my bike.  The most important part of my days is getting enough sleep and my vitamin regimen, including multivitamins and Q96 Empower Plus, all of which which I began taking in 2014.  Since 2014, I have stopped taking all mood stabilizers and antidepressants that the doctors said I would never be able to live a “normal” life without.

This is what has worked for me in helping me remain consistent with my moods and energy levels.  We are all different and what works for one of us will not work for all of us.  We must all search and experiment to find what is best for us as individuals.  Consistency is the key.

I believe it is important for each of us to figure out what works best for us, as individuals, and learn what helps us to be the best, most effective version of ourselves we can possibly be, at all times.  There are always improvements that each of us can make, and there is always a higher quality of enjoyment in life waiting for us to discover or create and enjoy it.  The key may be as simple as remembering and reminding ourselves that we project that which we are on the inside onto the blank screens of life, and the filters through which we see EVERYTHING are our perspectives and beliefs.  At any moment we choose, we can upgrade these two things.  To project something more beautiful, we can re-align with our true nature and project THAT.

Today I will think of regularly scheduled things I can do that will set me up for success throughout my day.  I deserve a better, more improved life, and I know it is up to me to create it, each and every day.

For a detailed example of habits and tools I have experimented with, please see The goodinthehead Habit Hacking Challenge.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our realities.

I think it’s possible that we all want to feel important, significant, and valuable at SOME point in time, during this human experience.  EVERYONE wants to feel validated at SOME point.  It doesn’t matter who we are, or what we have done or not done.  Significance is a basic human need, sooner or later.

From where do you derive your own feelings of significance?  How do you feel important?  From what situations or circumstances do you seek validation?  Some people feel important by contributing to the lives of others or adding value in some way.  Others feel important by following certain personal rules explicitly imposed upon them by their parents or a religion.  Others feel important when they work hard and receive a reward, like a good grade in school, a certificate of completion, or an achievement at work.  Others feel more valuable when getting a promotion or a bonus, or when their bank account reaches a certain amount.  Yet others can only feel important when they feel superior to others, and tend to suffer from a Superiority Complex and compare all their imagined strengths to the perceived and made-up weaknesses of others.

We all seek to feel the misperceived holes or voids we think are present within us.  Many of us do it by creating situations or illusions in which we feel special or different.  Some of us ease the suffering of our misperceived incompleteness with addictions.

Others, and I think we have all done this in our lives, hurt other people by throwing them under the bus, gossiping about people when they are not present, and shedding other people in a negative light.  This is a method called, “Spot-lighting.”  When we do this to others, we are trying to put people down so that we will appear to be elevated above them in some way and make it appear that we are better than them, or more important than them.  We are, at the time of such actions, caught up in a destructive process, instead of a creative process.  I know I have been guilty of this.

When we compare our strengths to the weaknesses of others, we demean and depreciate them, and we damage ourselves in the process.  No holes are filled.  No voids are made whole.  No damages are repaired.  Instead, we create within ourselves an even LARGER set of needs for validation and significance, which we later learn can ONLY COME FROM WITHIN US.

I love this quote: “A CANDLE LOSES NOTHING BY LIGHTING ANOTHER CANDLE.”

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle, but the whole world gains. When all the candles are blown out but one, that one candle doesn’t shine any more light than usual.  It can only shine so bright.  Additional brightness from candle light only comes when many candles are lit.

The only way we will become elevated in this life is through the process and consistent practice of elevating and appreciating the value of others.  One of the best beliefs I think each of us can adopt is the belief that we become more important when we make others feel more important.  We don’t have to be disingenuous sycophants about it, either.  I think it is extremely important that when we set out to make others feel important that we are honest, authentic, and genuine about it.

When we genuinely and honestly compliment others, instead of criticizing or condemning them, we elevate them.  We give, and they receive, an outpouring of positive energy.  Momentum is gained as they then do the same.  There are energies we still don’t understand, laws yet to be discovered.  We do know that we get back what we put out.

Generosity towards others is the precursor to abundance.  Giving creates space to receive more.  For every action there is a reaction.  Energy flows where focus and attention goes.  We can choose to become a part of a creative, positive process, instead of a destructive process, and busy ourselves building others up.  I believe this is one of the most fulfilling ways we can feel more significant and more important.

Today I will ask myself, “From where do I derive my own feelings of importance?  How do I go about feeling more significant?  Is this process I choose creative or destructive?”

A MASTER at genuinely making others feel important and special was Dale Carnegie.  His book, HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE, has empowered me with MANY tools throughout my life to create more beautiful relationships, special bonds and connections with everyone I come into contact with, and has been a constant companion and guide on how to BE LOVE in each and every opportunity for interactions.

There is a link to a free audio version of this book on YouTube.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our realities.

When I was a young boy I would be devastated by the mean things kids at school would say.  I took everything personally and I took it hard, and we all know how mean kids can be.  I remember telling my mother that the kids were calling me, “Eli Peli,” chanting it over and over.  It doesn’t even mean anything.  She suggested I start going be my middle name, Peter.  Like “Peter Eater” was going to be so much better.  Really?  Thanks so much, mom.  Eventually I started to go by Pete.  There were many opportunities to get my feelings hurt, choose to cry and be devastated by the meanness out there, act like a drama queen, be a victim, and think I had problems.  The greatest thing my mother ever taught me through it all, however, was that, “This too shall pass.”  And it did.  Eventually I learned to not take things so personally.  I grew thicker, tougher skin.  I developed emotional resilience.  Eventually, I was grateful for the experience.  Thanks so much, mom.

There comes a time in all our lives where we grow tired of surviving and we decide to start thriving.  We decide to change what we focus on.  We acquire along the way the skills and tools we need to cope with every challenge, difficulty, and problem that comes our way, and one of the most important tools is the knowledge that this too shall pass.  NOTHING is permanent.

No matter how bad a situation is, the time will pass, and the suffering will end, or at least consistently diminish as we up-level our skills for navigating through it better.  We will be left with the blessing of another lesson or another nugget of wisdom we didn’t ask for, but will eventually grow to be grateful for.

The truth is this:  Nobody is coming to save us.  That isn’t anybody else’s job!  It is our job to save our self.

If we want things to change and improve, WE have to change and improve!

It is SO important to get in the habit of doing EVERYTHING for ourselves, as much as possible, and NEVER expecting or looking to others to do for us what we can learn to do for ourselves.  A life of too much ease and comfort will usually result in weakness.

The secret is this:  Change is easy.  It’s easier than we think to make one, small, seemingly insignificant change, over time.  NEGLECT is the REAL problem.  When we neglect doing one little thing we know we should be doing for the next 10 years like walking every evening, we could end up having a heart attack just because we neglected to walk.  Eat an ice cream sandwich every day instead of a piece of fruit and we will be overweight and out of shape in 10 years.  

Choosing to focus on everything we despise and dislike results in a negative, pessimistic mindset, and pretty soon we realize that neglecting making it a habit to see the good and beauty in everything and everyone has resulted in a life of displeasure, rather than a life filled with joy and satisfaction.  We usually experience suffering which is self-inflicted through neglect, but WE DON’T HAVE TO.  That is a CHOICE.

When we practice the discipline it takes to do the one little thing we know we should be doing each day for the next 10 years, we will end up thanking ourselves we did.  When we do the HARD THINGS that we don’t want to do, we get hard, and we earn confidence, competence, and a higher level of self-esteem.

RESULTS DON’T LIE.  If we don’t like our current results, we can change.  We can do things differently.

Today I will make a small, easy-to-do list of important things I know I should be doing, that will create a more balanced, healthy, and happy life for me and those around me.  I will remember that bad situations are temporary, and This Too Shall Pass.

For a list of things I have experimented with, as part of a daily checklist or routine, that have helped me IMMENSELY, google THE GOODINTHEHEAD HABIT HACKING CHALLENGE.

The goodinthehead Habit-Hacking Challenge

 

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our realities.

Have you ever listened to someone’s story, then told one that topped theirs?

We have all done it during the quest for the illusion of importance.  Who doesn’t want to feel more important?  Who doesn’t want to feel more significant?  Who doesn’t want to feel more validated?  Who doesn’t want to feel SPECIAL?  It is one of the basic human, egotistical needs.

There is a video worth sharing.  It teaches us all about one-uppers, in a much more eloquent, entertaining way than anyone else ever could.  To view this video, type this into the YouTube search engine: mila knows a one upper

Sometimes, the most kind and compassionate thing we can do, is just LISTEN with unconditional love and acceptance.

Today I will remember that everyone wants to feel important, and that stealing another’s thunder is mean and wrong to do.  I will let others have their day in the sun.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our realities.

We are all ONE, connected together in this beautiful, intricate web called life, which has been designed for our benefit and our betterment.

“Together is better.” -Simon Sinek

PROGRESS = HAPPINESS

When we hurt others, we hurt ourselves.  When one of us is in pain, we ALL are.

When we uplift others, we lift ourselves up.  When one of us heals, we ALL heal.

Gregg Braden once introduced the idea, CONSCIOUSNESS INFORMS ITSELF THROUGH ITS CREATIONS.  What better way for consciousness to inform itself than by inserting itself into LIMITLESS life forms, SIMULTANEOUSLY, allowing each fractal of itself to create differently and uniquely, thereby informing itself and up-leveling and ascending into higher states of consciousness, continuously and forever?  What if we contain within each of us that same divine spark of eternally vibrating energy that binds us all together as one, while simultaneously allowing for a perceivably individualized experience?  I think it is highly probable.

Today I will remember that WE ARE ALL ONE.  I will remember that we are all connected, like the strands in a web, and that EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING.  I will treat others the way I want to be treated.  

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our realities.

In the book, The Language of Letting Go, Melody Beattie shares a story from the movie, Out of Africa:

“If you put them in prison,” one character said, describing this tribe, “they die.”

“Why?” asked another character.

“Because they can’t grasp the idea that they’ll be let out one day.  They think it’s permanent, so they die.”

From 1999 to 2014, I was in a similar prison.  I was told I had Bi-Polar disorder.  I was told by many doctors that I would never heal from this, my lot in life would never improve, but would instead progressively get worse, and I would be required to take heavy-duty mood stabilizers and antidepressants for the rest of my life, so that I wouldn’t be a danger to myself or others.  I eventually chose to believe this and couldn’t grasp the idea that I would be let out of this inevitability someday.

During those same years, I was also diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, and kept herniating or rupturing discs in my back, rendering me unable to walk or work.  Three separate doctors told me I would never work again and I would have to spend the rest of my life on disability.  For as long as I chose to believe them, it was true.

In 2014, after 5 suicide attempts and with a plan to end my life yet again, I checked myself into a mental hospital.  See my detailed story here.

I couldn’t grasp the idea that I could ever get better.  For 15 years, my diagnosis owned me.  I used to say, “I AM bi-polar.  I AM disabled.”  I used it as an excuse.  I let it identify who I was.  I let it own me.  I became hopeless of any opportunities for a brighter, better future.

For 15 years I believed what the doctors had to say.  I was introduced to  Empower Plus Q96 pills.  I got off all of my medications, against my doctors wishes and direct orders.  When one doctor had me leave his office, his exact words were: “There is nothing further I can do for you.  If you won’t do what I tell you, there is no help for you.”  He then yelled at me to get the hell out of his office.

After I started the Q96 pills I started counseling.  After getting off of the prescribed, “required” medications, my mind was much clearer.  I was able to think much more clearly, which also meant making better decisions.  After months of counseling, I got a divorce (my third one).  I took my three sons and we started our life over.  Again.

A few months later, I watched the documentary, FED UP, and cut sugars and carbohydrates out of my diet almost entirely.  That is when my life really began.  That is when I truly began to heal.  I felt reborn!  I lost 60lbs in the next year and ALL of my physical pain disappeared.  The MASSIVE amount of inflammation I had been experiencing for most of my life disappeared when I stopped eating sugars and reduced my carbohydrate intake.  A few years later, I learned that studies were being shared that this nutritional issue, along with the inflammation that accompanies a diet high is sugars and carbohydrates, is the number one cause for the symptoms of depression and bi polar disorder because of swelling in the brain.

I’m so grateful to have gotten out of that prison.  If you are in a medicated or emotional prison of some kind, or you know someone else who is, please know and remember that you are not alone.  Everything is temporary.  There is help and hope out there.  There are LIMITLESS ways out of our current reality and into another one.  There are so many people out there who have been through so much worse pain and suffering, and when we start to make it a habit to look at the fact that others have found tools we can use to begin healing, and also that we are not alone in our suffering and no matter how bad it is IT CAN GET BETTER, we can get started.  Being grateful for just one thing is a great start.  What else do we have to be grateful for?  Do we have eyes to see with?  Legs to stand on and walk with?  Moods and emotions we can experience which motivate us to change and improve?  What else do we have that we can be grateful for?

Reminder to self:

If you are currently suffering, is it time to find a way out of your prison?

The suffering will stop when you decide to do something about it.  The suffering will stop when you decide to acquire the skills and tools to cope properly with it. 

In order for things to change, we must change.  It is easier than you think.  

Keep things simple.  Do one thing at a time.  Take baby steps.  Repeat.

Today I will remember that EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY.  I will know I won the day if I can answer, “YES” to the question, “Did I work at BECOMING BETTER today in some way?”  I will go easy on myself and take small, incremental, baby steps each day towards becoming the person I deserve to be.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our realities.