Understanding and cultivating the requirements for living a healthy life is one of the most important foundations
We need to build as both individuals and as a species
We can see very clearly that when the body is healthy
The mind works right when the mind works, right the emotions are more fluid and true
when the emotions are true the spirit can thrive and
Simply having a more healthy body can dramatically increase our spiritual connection to ourselves
when the whole ecosystem of our body of consciousness thrives
We become powerful creators in our own rights as we do this collectively. The entire world is transformed into the paradise
It's designed to be through our good work in the world
It is critically important that we do this work both internally and externally
Because we need to bring both into balance to create real harmony
As Bruce Lipton teaches us epigenetics. The environment is what shapes our genetics the individual
Epigenetics is the subset of phenomenon which affects genes from outside the DNA, but of course the DNA still plays a vital role
Epigenetics are simply described as changes caused by the environment that affect how our genes are passed on
These flow hand-in-hand in a perpetual cycle of give and take throughout our existence
We would be remiss not to follow the basic rules of planet Earth for these are the most
Important rules that make a difference when it comes to living as connected planetary beings
Throughout our series on food nutrition and health
We've touched on only a few of the challenges and roadblocks to living a life full of health and wellness
There are so many more things we could talk about like the environmental and ethical atrocities of leather farms
The greenhouse gas emissions produced by factory animal farming the deforestation of the Amazon to produce beef
the mass pollution of waterways from the runoff of these farms
The amount of grain and water required to feed all of these farm creatures that DeForest and pollutes even more land the bio
Accumulation of toxins in our water using render farms to grind up dead animals to feed to our pets
cruel fishing methods mass marine extinction and so much more and
Honestly, if we just focus on that all the time and nothing else, it's like Oh Lord, excuse me
It's time for me to go live on a mountain in seclusion for the rest of my life
However before you sell all of your worldly possessions
Allow me to share with you something that can really make a difference and support the cultivation of great change now
Don't get me wrong focus on the problems is important for us to understand them to see how we've created the mess we have
But if we stare for too long and do nothing, we just make ourselves depressed and never create anything new
if we can shift our mindset and focus to a solutions based approach to these challenges we can shift our behavior and
Produce beautiful change with rapid speed and this is exactly what happened in Australia
many years ago
in the late 1960s
- pioneering academics in the world of Agriculture came together to develop a new way of looking at how we live on the earth in
relationship with the requirement of healthy food safe shelter clean water
Appropriate Sun fresh air strong communities and happy lives
By 1978 Bill Mollison and David Holmgren published permaculture won and made it available to the public
This evolved into the final design manual presented to the world by Bill Mollison in 1988 entitled
Permaculture a designer's manual it is from this manual that the world has been effectively changed for good and we are seeing the effects today
permaculture is the modern world's first approach to a truly integrated set of practice that takes into consideration all
Aspects of the ecology in any given region and allows for human populations to thrive alongside them
Not at the expense of the ecology but rather because of it
In fact in 2018 Geoff Lawton the protege and permaculture torch bearer of Mo listen since his death in 2016
There is a project that was established in the Dead Sea valley of Jordan the driest and most desolate place on the earth
Which shows just how powerful the living earth actually is when her principles are used in very specific ways
Now not to spoil the surprise or anything
But there is now a living food forest there with self-enclosed running water fruiting trees
Vegetable and herb gardens thriving animals and a whole series of other miracles. That would not have been possible without these incredible practices
When we can get the paradigm correct everything becomes clear and concise the actions
We need to take become specific measurable attainable relevant and timely these are referred to as SMART goals
Sure. These may have been introduced as a way for people to be more productive in the workplace
But they are applicable across anything that we have a clear sailing objective towards in the case of permaculture
We have been able to achieve not just a clear objective
But also very specific results across the globe even in desert regions that nobody believed would be able to grow anything
We know very well today that all living beings live as a part of a larger
Ecological framework if forests are destroyed the soil cannot thrive if the soil is devoid of the biodiversity it requires to sustain life
Plants cannot thrive if plants are nutritionally poor
Insects and animals suffer if these systems suffer, so does the ability for all of life to maintain the ecosystems?
Although humans have developed systems of Agriculture that appear to be separate from this cycle of life. This is only an illusion
We are just as intimately connected to Ecology's around us as any other creature on this wondrous living planet
One article on this subject writes our research suggests that people who live in areas that have more and/or larger trees on the streets
Report better health perception after controlling for demographic factors such as income age and education
This same increase in health perception is also on average equivalent to being seven years younger
Results suggests that people who live in areas that have more and/or larger trees on the streets reports significantly fewer cardio metabolic conditions
the reason why permaculture is so important right now and
possibly the most important subject we can attend to in this day and age is because it is a practice which brings back the
biodiversity of a living planet once again a
biodiversity and ecology that we can participate with and thrive in
Permaculture is also available to everyone
It's not very expensive to invest in some basic materials to get yourself started and due to the demand for healthy food
There are many people now bringing permaculture to the marketplace in their own unique ways
Permaculture itself is like a social spiritual farming revolution
bringing us back to the age of farming but in a new
Techno savvy way that doesn't require the same amount of land or equipment and encourages creativity in how you approach your practice
for those who are interested, you'll find a link in the comments below to a website to help you get started with permaculture as
We've been exploring in some of our other videos lately where we invest our energy
Focus time and resources is what we will continue or discontinue to create in the world
Even if you yourself are not called to start your own permaculture garden, you can support your local permaculture farmers
The point is I want to invite you to do your best to live in
Alignment with the principles of the earth and maybe even discover just how powerful your daily micro commitments can be
Towards creating a more harmonious world one small act of love at a time
Your increased health wellness and longevity will be its own reward for your efforts bringing this series to a close
There is one final thing that I must share as we've looked at before we are what we eat
If we are eating healthy and living food, then we will in turn reflect that same vibrance in life
according to a recent estimate by the National Institute of Health
90% of cells in the human body are bacterial fungal or otherwise non human
This means that up to 90 percent of your body is made up of a massive collective of small organisms that aren't necessarily you
at a conscious level everything you eat is or was alive at some level unless you're that one guy who ate the plane and
When food is ingested
It becomes part of your body of consciousness if the food we eat is artificially modified poisoned or raised in an environment of fear
And stress we will take on that same energy simply by putting it into our body
What's amazing about this is that this is where many of our cravings actually come from
It's not necessarily that we as in our souls want that cheeseburger
But that the microorganisms that live inside us are hungry for a particular chemical
Combination of salt sugar and fat and are emitting signals to our bodies that asks us to keep eating those foods
but if we create the opportunity for ourselves to cleanse our bodies such as through fasting or eating differently or
Even plant medicine we clear out those microorganisms and over time the cravings we have changed naturally as a result
we have this incredible ability to adapt our bodies do it on a daily basis if we have grown up eating unhealthy foods our
Bodies become used to this diet and learn to make it work
However, just because we can survive this way does not mean we are thriving
To add to this more we must take into consideration that in addition to what you eat
We must also be mindful of how we eat
There's a practice known as mindful eating which is slowly eating chewing thoroughly
taking time to appreciate the texture and flavor of your food a
Great article published by Psychology today about mindful eating says it helps us to become aware of who in the body heart mind
Complex is hungry and how and what is best to nourish it?
Each of us are responsible for what we put into our bodies and we're responsible for the way that we feel as a result
When we can learn to shift our relationship with food and health
We begin to thrive the more that we personally thrive the greater and impact we can have on the world
Albert Einstein wrote that a new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move toward higher levels
What this means is that with all of the problems in the world
No amount of tinkering with these problems will create a dramatic change unless we change our own internal state first
We learn from Hermeticism that our outer world reflects our inner world the more we shift inside the greater ability
We have to create a shift in the world outside
One of the ways we do this is by recognizing that the internal and external are in constant flux
Every time you eat something you are bringing something outside in and the energy that you receive from the thing that you ate
Carries into the world through your actions, so ask yourself. What am I bringing into my body today?
And then what am I putting out into the world as a result?
throughout this series
We've looked at a lot of different information regarding food health and how to optimize our personal ecosystems to thrive in a chaotic world
With this I thank you so much for watching
Please don't forget to leave a comment if you learned something fun and we'll see you again soon in another spirit science video