Chapter Seven: More on slowing down the againg process part II
Space did not allow completion of the last column discussing skin care for dry skin, so I will finish the instructions before continuing with the sixth and most prevalent cause of premature aging. After you face is well cleansed, leave the face wet and apply Vaseline generously to both the face and neck area. Leave the lubricant on for about 15 minutes or longer and blot off gently. Baseline can be applied to other dry areas of the body such as elbow and feet. You can wear footies around the house as slippers and give your feet a beauty treatment.
The sixth cause of premature aging:
This cause I consider the major villain, and it is one that usually starts at about age 19 or older.
Hatha yoga deals with energies… energies we create with our minds as well as our bodies. These thought waves can be measured electronically so we admit that there is actual use of energy with each thought. In our society, as in most social structures, we are carefully programmed to accept certain thoughts as correct, simply because they are repeated over an over in action as well as words. Ideas are as contagious as the common cold, and when they are accompanied by fear and worry, many mistaken ideas are accepted as truths. These thoughts become deeply rooted in our minds, our bodies and our future. When I stated in a previous column that today we are creating our tomorrows, I was referring to just that.
What is the sixth cause? It is the accepted “fact” that the aging process must be a kind of dreaded ordeal that we must indure. These goofed-up energies are what we are putting in today and the rest of our tomorrows.
Maybe this will make it clearer. Let’s image that you are going to a party. You agreed to go. But you are frightened and have definite feelings that you will have a miserable time. If only you could stay here, where it is safe and secure. May I ask you a question? When you get to this party, just what kind of a time do you think you are going to have?
Now liken each future decade to that party. If you are 19. what do the 20’s hold for you? If 29, the 30”s if 39. the 40s? and on and on. Are you planting dread and fear there? If you are, you may now realize what your harvest will be. That garden party will leave a lot to be desired. Some refuse to think and take responsibility for the future. Chances are, that party will have little of what you would like in it.
Liken your mind to a television set. Now turn off the old obsolete ideas of dreading and fearing the future and change the channel to ones called hope, anticipation and wanted plans for the future. What you will be doing is directing your energies to the things you want instead of what you don’t want. Fear, dread and worry burn up precious body energies that could be converted and used to kindle the fires of creativity, love and joy. How about adding your kindly thoughts to our wonderful bonfire called LIVING.
*** The part about the television set, I don’t remember writing that. By looking at premature aging you can change the quality of your present life.
