People often talk about all the ways that they are enlightened and that they’ve arrived in life, but are they congruent?
I ask, do you want to take your life to the next level?
I mean really take your life to the next level?
Or do you want to just talk about it?
Talk about getting to the next level, like it’s the trending thing to do and puts you ‘in the know,’ shoulder-to-shoulder with others striving to the next level, or do you want to do what it really takes to get to the next level?
Physically? Professionally? Emotionally? Financially? Spiritually?
Every area of life.
I say this, your diet, your plate, IS a VERY powerful barometer of where your word matches your actions, or not.
Look at your plate, it reflects back to you your commitment to taking your life to the next level, or not.
Does your word match your actions?
Is your diet congruent to a higher level of being?
OR, do you indulge in the mind-blowing preponderance of nutrient-devoid choices of gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, blah, blah, blah processed foods and consider yourself healthy? Consider yourself successful?
Controversial?
NO doubt.
I’ve discovered that with diplomacy and great respect, I can talk about any topic considered taboo with you, but if I talk to you about what you are eating, ahhhh, that IS where very murky resistance rises.
Yes, and often quite virulent resistance.
But food DOES screw with our physical, emotional, mental and Spiritual wellbeing!
Our diet is straight up non-negotiable when it comes to wanting to really move to the next level and congruency makes ALL the difference!
I am reminded of this really great story that Anthony Robbins tells about a deal he was about to make. Actually two deals he wanted to make. He wanted to close on a big contract AND he wanted a date with the woman he was making the deal with, but he didn’t get either.
At the time, Robbins was a chronic nail biter, so when he extended his hand to shake on closing the deal, the woman noticed his chewed up nails, withdrew from the handshake and told him she could never do business with someone who had no self-control.
No deal.
No date.
Robbins deemed himself a ‘power player’ at the time, with the ability to influence and greatly impact others, but yet could not control his nail-biting obsession.
Does your plate and diet reflect back to you what Anthony Robbins’ one-time nail-biting obsession reflected back to him? Does your plate reflect back to you a lack of congruency to being fully empowered in your body, mind and Spirit?
Is your diet congruent to you moving to the next level of your life?
For me, Robbins told this story for one primary reason, to illustrate one way that his word did NOT match his actions as a teaching tool for us. That the congruency of our word to our actions, or lack there of, reflects back to us what we are really up to in our lives. That the results we are producing show us in tangible and literal ways how our word matches our actions, or not.
And the most badass thing about matching our actions with our word is, with every new empowered action we make to get to the next level, our congruency-muscle just keeps growing.
We can train and develop ourselves in every area of life and create great success, but if we can’t create healthy eating and lifestyle habits that mirror back to us our commitment to be our very best, Higher-level selves, do you think the results you produce now are sustainable? Do you think you can continue to produce lasting and beyond-your-wildest dreams results with poor health and no energy? Do you think your dreams-come true vision and goals will emerge from a half-baked commitment to help you get to your next level?
Like Robbins, where do you not get the date? The deal? Does congruency really matter?
