Wellness
is feeling good about self with respect to the body, the mind, and the soul.
Wellness may be synonymous with happiness. Wellness comes from the mind –
the mind’s perceptions of what the body
is experiencing in the physical world. Wisdom, surprisingly, can change
the mind’s perceptions to make one feel better and happier.
Are you
happy? What makes you happy? A successful career, satisfying relationships,
good health, or material possessions? Which one, or all of those? No matter
what, wellness is what makes you feel good about yourself, and what makes your
life meaningful. If your life is without a purpose, and you are always drifting
from here to there, you won't feel good about yourself or life in general.
Feeling
good about oneself requires wisdom -- wisdom to know who you
are and what you want in life. Without wisdom, you will not
experience lasting well-being. Without wisdom, your living is like like chasing
the wind, without any direction.
Wisdom
is essential in the art of living well. It involves wisdom of the mind, the
body, and the soul. They are all inter-related and inter-dependent on one
another. For example, if you have satisfying relationships but your health is
rapidly deteriorating, you will not feel well; or if you have a successful
career but are emotionally distressed, you will not be in good spirit.
Therefore, the overall wellness is contingent on the holistic wellness of the
body, the mind, and the soul. To cherish and nourish this holistic wellness,
your need wisdom, which holds the key to happiness and well-being of any
individual.
Which
is wisdom? Where does it come from?
Wellness
begins with the mind first, and not the body or the soul. After all, you are
what you have become by reason of your thinking. You are a summary of your
thoughts, which make you who you are or what you have now become. Your past
experiences and your perceptions of those experiences have
"preconditioned" how you currently think. In other
words, your background, and upbringing predetermine how your mind perceives
your present life experiences. Given that your past exposure might not be
telling you the whole truth, you, therefore, need wisdom to "empty"
your mind and re-define your current mindset. That is to say, you must learn
how to rethink your mind. Thinking is never easy and that is why so few people
do it, according to Albert Einstein.
You are
living in a physical world, and your life experiences are perceived by your
body through the five senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching).
But these sensations may be positively or negatively interpreted by the mind,
which stores past experiences of those sensations of body in both the conscious
mind and the subconscious mind. The former voluntarily accepts or rejects those
sensations, while the latter involuntarily includes whatever the subconscious mind
is exposed to. True wisdom is the capability of the mind to know what is real
and what is unreal.
Tao
wisdom is the ancient wisdom from China
Tao
wisdom is the essence in the art of living well, It is the profound wisdom of
the ancient Chinese sage, Lao Tzu, the author of the immortal
classic Tao Te Ching, one of the most translated works in
world literature. The book has been popular for thousands of years due to its
wisdom, which is simple but controversial, profound and yet intriguing. To
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With
Tao wisdom, you may live a much better life, without depressive episodes now
and then.
Stephen Lau
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