Chapter Five — The Body and Balance — What Do We Let Into Ourselves?

Until now we spoke about the shells of darkness that enter our emotional world, about the way they may influence our behavior, and about the possibility of changing the responses we have grown used to.

But in my theory, the shells of darkness are not connected only to the soul.

I want us to return to the physical body.

To that same body that lives in darkness, works without pause, and aspires to maintain inner balance.

Every day we bring into our body things that come from the external world.

We eat, drink and breathe.

Most of the time we perform these actions automatically, almost without thinking about them.

But do we truly know what we are bringing into ourselves?

Think for a moment about a bag of snacks that we buy at the store.

We open it, eat, and enjoy the taste.

But before the snack reached us, it traveled a long road.

The raw materials were grown, gathered, processed, heated, seasoned, packaged, stored, and transported from place to place.

At every one of these stages, decisions were made regarding the materials and the production processes.

Do we know what all the materials in the product are?

Do we know under what conditions it was stored?

And what about the substances that came into contact with the food during production and packaging?

I am not claiming that every food that underwent processing is harmful to the body. But I do think it is worthwhile for us to be more aware of what we eat.

The same is true regarding fruits and vegetables.

We see a red, beautiful strawberry, wash it, and eat.

But do we know how it was grown?

Were pesticides used? And if so, which substances and in what quantity?

Even when we eat at a restaurant, we do not always know exactly which raw materials were chosen, which oils were used, and which additives are in the dish.

We trust whoever prepared the food for us.

But our body is the one that has to cope with what enters into it.

Now think about the air we breathe.

We go out into the street, travel on the road, enter stores and closed places.

We breathe air that may contain smoke, pollution particles, fumes of cleaning materials, fragrance substances, and other substances.

Some of these substances may harm health, depending on the type of substance and the degree of exposure to it.

And in my theory, I imagine these harmful influences as shells of darkness that enter the body.

I want you to close your eyes for a moment.

Imagine your body from the inside.

The dark sea, the flow of blood, the organs, and all the processes that take place without pause.

Now imagine that a substance that does not benefit the body enters into it.

What does the body do?

We know that the body has various mechanisms for coping with foreign substances.

The liver takes part in breaking down and processing many substances. The kidneys filter the blood and help clear waste materials through the urine. The digestive system clears substances through the stool, and the lungs expel certain substances through exhalation.

But not every substance is cleared in the same way, and not every substance is cleared at the same speed.

There are substances that the body breaks down and removes, and there are certain substances that can accumulate in tissues, including in fat tissue.

And here arises one of the central questions of my theory.

I imagine a situation in which the body identifies a shell of darkness that may harm it.

Within my image, the body tries to wrap it and isolate it so that it will not harm the rest of the body.

I see in this an attempt by the body to protect itself.

And from here I imagine two possibilities.

In the first possibility, the body succeeds in coping with the substance and clearing it through its clearing systems.

In the second possibility, the substance is not cleared, and I imagine how the body isolates it and leaves it inside a certain tissue, perhaps even inside fat tissue.

This is a hypothesis within the framework of my theory, and not a description of a proven medical mechanism in which the body wraps every harmful substance and transfers it to the fat.

But this thought leads me to another question.

What happens when the body is exposed again and again to substances that may harm it?

And what happens when the body is already coping with inflammation, illness or imbalance?

Does its inner state influence its ability to cope with different substances?

I think of the body as a system that works without pause to preserve our lives.

Even when we sleep, it goes on working.

It does not ask our permission to beat, to breathe, to digest, or to filter the blood.

But we can influence some of the things it is required to cope with.

We can choose to be more selective about the food we buy.

To read the ingredient list.

To prefer foods that suit our needs and that underwent less processing when that is possible.

To pay attention to the substances we use at home and to the environment in which we breathe.

We cannot prevent every exposure, but we can reduce unnecessary exposures.

In my eyes, this is one of the important conclusions of my theory.

Just as we learn to be selective about the words, the people and the experiences we allow to influence our soul, so it is worthwhile for us to be selective also about the things we bring into the body.

I return to the inner sea.

Imagine the dark waters and the movement that takes place within them.

Every day we can choose whether to add to them more influences that do not benefit us, or to try to reduce them.

I do not believe we can control everything that takes place in our body.

But I do believe there is meaning to the small choices we make every day.

What we eat.

What we breathe.

What we listen to.

Who we allow to influence us.

And how we choose to respond.

All of these are part of our responsibility toward the body and the soul.

Our body lives in darkness, but we can be more aware of what we bring into its world.

And this is, in fact, the thought that connects all the parts of my theory.

Not to fear the darkness in which the body lives, but to understand that this darkness is its natural environment of life.

And to learn to identify the shells of darkness that may disturb its balance.

Because the more aware we are of the external influences on us, the better we can choose how to guard the body and the soul.

And perhaps this is the most important conclusion I have reached:

Not everything the world offers us must enter into us, and not everything that enters into us must determine who we will be.

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