Biohackers Magazine Issue 10

Book excerpt: There’s nothing quite like the feeling of a clear mind. Clarity can never be taken for granted. We’ve all suffered moments in our life when our mind felt clouded, inefficient, sluggish. As biohackers, we know how important it is to have a clear mind is and how it affects every other aspect of our life. Our mind is where we hold our foundations of knowledge, and also where we build on it. There are aspects of the body, mind and spirit triangle found in countless dogmas, ideologies, philosophies and the such, over the course of human history. Spirit guides us and acts through our body. Our Mind is where we can receive what the world is showing us, actively or passively, and apply this learned knowledge to serve our spirit in a mutually beneficial way towards growth. Because of this, it cannot be overstated enough that what we put into our minds, passively or actively, has a correlative impact on where we are going in our lives. Its easy to let the world shape our mind. The more difficult path is a narrow one, and involves choosing, each and every day to be the gatekeeper of what enters your mind. Awareness is the shield of any great student of life; without it, we become subject to the vast thoughts of destruction that eat away at and destroy the mind, leaving us feeling lost and in despair. The way to high road is acting as an always alert and aware sentry to your mind’s gate, only allowing thoughts, ideas, and other inputs that relate to creation and life. It all starts in the mind. The battle can go on for what feels like forever, but the battle is lost or won in the mind. Put your attention there and rest assured that you will be well-equipped and prepared to handle the toughest of obstacles that life and the world throws your way. Don’t ask for your life to be easy, ask for you to be better, to be stronger, and to be WISER to tackle and overcome all of the learning experiences. When we see what happens to us in life as an adventure, full of unpredictable events and experiences that forge our armor to be more effective, we go into battle with a clear and set mindset - To come out on top and wiser, after all the ashes of the battlefield fall. To loves wisdom, we must first become aware of what contributes and what attacks our wisdom. Make your mind aware and walk confidently into each challenge life presents you.