Why must we Transform

Transformation is a process by which any individual is changed from one form of being to another form of being.  In the Animal Kingdom, transformations can sometimes be very dramatic...as in the change of a caterpillar to a butterfly.  When it is human Transformation, we often mean a change in the physical appearance or something that is deeper than epidermal....perhaps a spiritual, emotional, financial or ethical change.  This would apply to any dramatic change for the better.  Transoformation does not carry the connotation of lessening one's value but of increase.  Therefore, one cannot transform from a model citizen to a criminal.  We would call that deterioration or regression or a "fall from grace".  To be transformed is to acquire knowledge that could better your life and then to use that knowledge actively to create a better life...to form a "new you".

My personal transformation began with reading "The Secret" and has been ongoing...including other types of Personal development.  Along with friends, I am a collaborator on a Group called CBA.  We are devoted to making life better in our communities starting with ourselves.  My transformation is personal...theirs are personal...we all are growing in different ways.  For me, transformation now...in my present...has to do with body and mind combination.  I am making major strides and changes in my food, source of food, mental process about food and my actual eating of food.  This is very important to my process because food purity, in my opinion, has everything to do with my mental clarity.  When my mind is clear, my meditation and visualization will be stronger, which will lead to greater progess in all areas of my life.

Transformation is hard....hard work.  I FEEL my body changing.  It feels both good and bad.  I feel exhausted, sometimes hungry, I have aches and pains associated with the alteration of my diet.  I am amazed at the power of foods...and the power of chemical reactions that happen in your body with the intake of food.  Every person has their own unique needs in this way, so each person will have their own journey when they make changes of this nature.  But for me, I am at the point of absolutely no return.  My convictions on this matter run so deeply now that I cannot disengage from them.  I really honestly cannot eat the way I used to eat. 

Now to be very raw here...I am at least 50lbs overweight from the acceptable body weight for my height (a mere 5'1).  So I should weigh around 105lbs to 110lbs for perfect health.  In the past, the weight loss was my goal and I always felt pressure to achieve it.  But now, although I know I must get to that weight and maintain it, I no longer focus on the achievement of the weight in pounds.  My transformation is based on HOW I achieve the right pounds.  My goal is to eat a Certain Way and exercise a Certain Way with a Certain Thought Process.  By doing this, I am allowing transformation from within to show itself without.  The reflection of my inner change will be shown outwardly on the body (in time).

Just like my perfect weight will present itself in time, so will other changes as they are ready.  But once again...unless the changes I wish to see outwardly, begin from a transformed mental state, they will not ever really show outwardly because they must first begin inside. 

Ask yourself how you can effect change?  What changes do you want to see in the world?  You can become that change and then effect the world.  You will make a true and real difference by living out your passions...no matter how small you may think they are.  You could be the person who inspires a worldwide movement that makes life better.  You really have to believe it. 

~namaste