New Consciousness Review Spring 2016 | Page 11

HEALTH The key then to letting go of depression and disease is to stop running from yourself and to start breathing in life and oxygen as deeply as possible right now. By staying open in each moment to yourself you will finally welcome your inner truth and feel deeply again, even if it’s scary or painful at first, which is the only way to truly heal. Then you can get clear about what you actually want in life, what feels good to you, and what makes you feel alive and well. until we open to this power within, which means until we believe in our inherent capacity to  heal ourselves and find lasting happiness, there will always remain aspects of our body and mind that are closed and thus will not heal. It doesn’t matter how many doctors we visit or how great a practitioner might be. The walls of the ego and the small separate self must come down through bringing our own loving attention and acceptance to all the parts of us we’ve rejected over the years. I have found that when we focus primarily on these things daily, even when criticized for doing so, while speaking and acting with complete honesty and respect for ourselves, we support the healthy flow of energy, blood and emotion in the body and we naturally move away from any person, situation, or habit that is no longer healthy for us. Anything else that we need to address will naturally surface to be felt and liberated as we move forward. I have found that it’s only through taking 100% percent responsibility for the depression and disease we’re experiencing now, re