The Value of Pausing

Some days, we feel stuck, are not motivated, and want to do nothing. These days, most people feel like they've wasted 24 hours of their life because their anxiety is making them feel guilty.

However, when this happens, we need to pause. We need to realize that our body is seeking stillness and that our mind may need to catch up to everything we are experiencing. Perhaps something triggered your subconscious mind and made your physical being - stop because your conscious mind needs to perceive it. After all, estimates suggest that 95% of information is stored in our subconscious mind, which means we only have 5% access to perceived information.

When stillness occurs but we are not physically sick, we are fully aware but feel we have no choice but to remain idle. This can be frustrating, especially when we have a list of things to do.

Yet, just like you need to lay off your computer when updating its software, this is precisely what happens to us humans. But we are not running like the computers—the computers are like us.

We are the divine formula. If you pay close enough attention, you will find that most things in this world are replicas of us. They work just like us. And how can they not? We are the product of the master Creator. Think about it!

Like most in the animal kingdom, we need food for energy; cars need fuel to run; plants need water to keep growing, and so on. We are constantly living in a cycle. If you try to analyze it even further, you will realize that even the way our brain works is very much like a computer's hard drive.

This happens in human life as well. We don't always realize that it is happening because some prefer we do not know all that there is to know about ourselves. Still, those with access to this information took it and applied it to so much more, leading them to great financial success and greediness. Otherwise, why not share?! Do you see the connection yet? It's just like what John Heywood wrote in 1546 - "A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink without he will."

When our bodies are finally at peace and have caught up with all that has been "downloaded," we have our "uh-huh" moment and, thus, a breakthrough.

This can look like a solution to a problem you've been facing, that boost of confidence to face your demons, or simply a tough conversation you've been avoiding. It can also look like the final decision towards a divorce from a loveless marriage or marriage because you can't imagine life without your significant other. It can look different according to your needs, but in all situations, it requires you to sit still with yourself, allowing yourself to trust the process of going within.

This only occurs when we are aligned and not in autopilot mode—not when our nervous system is in "flight-or-fight." In other words, the soul can connect with us when we have disconnected ourselves from our daily stressors and triggers. This is all so much more than just our organs and systems; it is also the quality of our energy, but we will leave that for a later blog post.

This is why it is important to have rest days without feeling guilty. Your parasympathetic system is ringing the bells that you must slow down and even stop before you reach total exhaustion. You will never win when your body is trying to communicate with you through fatigue or pain, primarily when it is not related to a chronic illness (yet). It is asking for your attention. It usually starts with slight annoyance or makes you uncomfortable and stops once you give it the attention it seeks. Sometimes, it even feels like repeated thoughts or actions are causing you to be confused. Other times, it can simply be you forgetting something, causing you to go in cycles.

When you decide to ignore something because you do not have the time or because "it will just go away," that is when more symptoms will follow, causing illness that can be mild or chronic. Most individuals who develop chronic illness and fatal conditions have many regrets in their lives. They held on silently to so much pain that it was only after they experienced the disease and God willingly survived it that they decided to make impactful decisions.

They had their breakthrough afterward. They realized they had stayed with people or careers that made them unhappy for far too long. They may have felt they could do nothing to change their life circumstances, but somehow, after facing death, they realized they did indeed have a choice.

Often, all this starts with restlessness, insomnia, and, soon enough, high blood pressure or arrhythmia.

Perhaps you are ignoring something about your body that needs attention. Oftentimes, this happens with matters of the heart. For various reasons, we ignore what our heart is seeking because in our 5% conscious mind, we do not see the "how," but our 95% subconscious mind may see it. This does not have to be a matter of another human being; it can simply be your dreams that you have put off.

Your life is filtered through the 5% because if you had access to the 95%, you might discover that you are limitless.

You start to see the possibilities you have in your heart to achieve and why they are there in the first place.

You begin to connect the dots and realize that as you get older, more and more people are trying to be who they once were: innocent young children. They find authenticity in their visions of themselves back then, and when they think of them and that child they once were, they discover either how far they've come or the work that needs to be done to find their happiness.

Life happened somewhere between then and now, and that is okay. But it is time to slow down and hear what your body is trying to tell you and what it needs from you because nothing in this world depends on you, like your body. You only get one.

If you still don't understand, it's okay. After all, Mr. Heywood also famously said, "Rome wasn't built in a day."