Late summer is a time of planning for the future. Intuition for what you need during colder weather comes from your common sense of hearing. Its more than just being warm, dry and well fed for the winter. You also have to think about what kind of life you will be living while indoors. Now is the time to consider what changes need to be made in your lifestyle. Were you happy? If not, your spirit uses this time of year to begin fixing whatever it can to make it better this year.
Introspection is part of your common sense of hearing. Listening to yourself think. Hearing intuition takes some quiet time. Go for walks in the cooler weather. Think of last winter. How can it be improved for each of your common senses? Were you physically comfortable during the cold (touch)? Did you have enough fun, learn new things (sight)? Was there enough time for talking and having special conversations with friends (taste)? Did you follow a healthy routine of regular eating, playing and sleeping (smell)? Are you making time to help part of the community (hearing)?
Answering no to any of these questions reveals the things that need to be changed…especially if you have chronic symptoms. Small changes in your lifestyle can made big changes in your health. Visualizing an improved life is the first step. Imagine an entire perfect day in every detail. What would an ideal day for you look like? It doesn’t have to be practical, nobody needs to know but you. How would it feel to live exactly the way you want to? How would it feel to be happy for a whole day? If imagining yourself as happy for a whole day is difficult, ask yourself why.
Maya Angelou said, “If you don’t like something in your life, change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.”
True.
There is no reason for choosing to be unhappy in your life. Use the intuition of late summer to begin figuring out the best way around whatever is in your way. If you can’t see your way around an emotional/spiritual obstacle, get some help…especially if you have symptoms. Talk to friends, find a professional that makes you smile. Mayan culture teaches that every obstacle in life is an opportunity to be kind, or forgive, someone involved. Sometimes that someone is you.
You can do nothing about your past except learn from it. Use it to improve your future.
Symptoms of being overheated can come from your body, mind or spirit. If you ignore them, they will get worse. If any of the symptoms begin, please begin cooling off: Ringing in your ears, hot flashes, oversensitive vision/hearing, headache above your eyes, lack of sweat or urine, rigidity of joints and muscles, kidney or gall stones, weak digestion, diarrhea, shrinking gums, not sleeping, high blood pressure, opinionated, doubting long held beliefs, feeling isolated, feeling unworthy, working too hard, memory loss.
Cooling foods include: Apples, applesauce, fresh apricots, asparagus, avocados, fresh basil, all beans except kidney beans, beet greens, sweet berries, cooked broccoli, brussel sprouts, cooked carrots, cooked cauliflower, chard, mango chutney, cilantro, coconut oil, fresh corn, cucumber, dandelion greens, dill, dulse, egg white, mild flavored fish, ghee, grapes, grape leaf, leafy greens, green beans, kale, lemon, lemonade with honey or maple syrup, lentils, lettuce, maple syrup, mushrooms
Oats, cooked onions, fresh parsley, parsnip, pear, ripe sweet peppers, fresh plum, pomegranate, saffron, spearmint, sprouts, spaghetti squash summer squash, black or green tea, cold tea (no ice, it stops digestion), fresh tomatoes, watercress, watermelon, wintergreen, zucchini
Warming foods to avoid, or use in balanced moderation if any symptoms are present: Alcohol or wine, banana, barley malt, beef, yeasted bread, carbonated beverages, raw broccoli, burdock root, salted butter, raw carrots, dark meat chicken, coconut meat, dairy (except goat cheese/milk), dates, duck, grapefruit, icy drinks, grapefruit juice, orange juice, kiwi, lamb, lemonade unless sweetened with honey or maple syrup, mayonnaise, melon, cow milk
Nuts in moderation (no more than a fistful a day, total), raw onions, pickles, pork, psyllium seed, pumpkin, safflower oil, excessive salt, white sugar, sour cream, dark meat turkey, vinegar, walnut oil
