Quote Originally Posted by matthew View Post
That’s all really interesting stuff. I’m consistently amazed at the power of the mind over the body.
I was too. Injuries that had screwed me for years disappeared in 6 months, my legs suddenly became a lot stronger and i went from finishing races in the middle third to the first third.

Something else i started to take more seriously was practicing unconditional love and forgiveness. This is a major stumbling block for anyone increasing the power of their mind because it means living a life with no duality. Your ego, which straddles the conscious and subconscious, likes duality because it's inherently arrogant and wants to be right; it's vain, childlike and loves a righteous quest. The downside is that your body is constantly dropping in and out of the fight/flight response all the time, under which circumstances it will divert resources away from tissue repair and regeneration.

For the last 2 years i've been back in the depression boat again and i generally hate the world half of the time. This is plenty enough to slowly bring back old problems and i now have persistent articular cartilage problems in my right knee as a result of my letting myself down. The path to total discipline and maximum performance can be incredibly difficult, knowing it and walking it are two completely different things.