17/08/2025
Folks, there is a passage in the bible that tells us we are not just a foot, or a hand or one part of the body, but we are the whole ball of wax.
Can you imagine going around identifying yourself as
"I am Richard, a big toe, a finger and an ear." Crazy huh?
That's what we are being conditioned to believe when it comes to mental health.
We walk around telling the world
" I AM Richard,I have depression, anxiety, bipolar". We are doing the exact same thing, unknowingly.
Go onto Google and check out the number of feelings and emotions a human being can have in one day
Also check out the number of thoughts a person can have in one day
Understand, you are the whole ball of wax.
Now, just for an exercise, decide to put down the feeling or the feelings that have ruled you for so long, set them aside for even 15 minutes. Don't tell anyone you are doing this. Don't look for permission to do this. Just decide for 15 minutes you are going to pretend that you can make that choice. Pretend that it is possible that you can feel differently than you have got the past number of days, weeks, months or years, just for the next 15 minutes
Look at those Google lists and pick out feelings and thoughts, that you might never have experienced before, and know you have these within you, and you are going to air them, just to find out to them, to be kind to them, we know what it feels like to be neglected, let's give some of these feelings, emotions and thoughts a bit of great air for 15 minutes.
Be aware of the voices in your head, they will try to do everything and anything to stop you from doing this action. Their job, their sole job is to keep you broken - do even if you hate the idea of God, declare
'I call of Richard's concept of God, to quieten the voices in my head for the next 15 minutes, thank you God'
That's it, your mind will go quiet and now just pick some good feelings and thoughts, that are alien to you and make a mantra
Try to create 3 to 6 mantras and repeat them over and over for these 15 minutes while your voices have left the building
(Before you start , breathe in through you nose only, when we breathe in through our mouths, we aggravate anxiety and panic stored in our chest & stress, depression and despair stored in our neck, back and shoulders.Exhale through you mouth)
Up until this morning I always felt depressed, anxious, angry but for the next 15 minutes I choose to feel: Happy Joyous and Free from all my demons
Up until recently,I have been suffering at the hands of dysfunctional family, but today for 15 minutes, it's all about me I choose to feed the hole in my soul. I choose to believe I wasn't the problem, nor was I a victim, the other person is acting out their stuff, nothing to do with my. This gives me tremendous hope that one day I will break free from these dysfunctional behaviors, and when I do, I'll find my tribe and everything will be different.i feel hope,worth and esteem in this moment and I choose to soak this up for the next 15, minutes
Up until this morning I believed that I was bipolar and there was no hope for me, but for the next 15 minutes, I am peaceful,I love and let live. I practice self restraint,I do not allow others to push my buttons, they might try, let them, that's all about them and none of my business, not for these next 15 minutes, the mar face my wrath in 16 minutes, woe onto them, but for these 15, minutes I walk as a human being fill of peace
Up until this morning,I have felt........... But now, I have decided that for the next 15 minutes, that I love the fact that I am still standing... What I am going through, would have floored an elephant, but I consider the idea that I am one of God's warriors; suffering hardship like Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King, so that the experience of this plight, will make me strong enough to move mountains, with developed courage and confidence that I can do what I put my mind to, and this 15 minute practice, I can do, over and over , in secret, when no one is looking. I don't have to tell anyone about this. Over time, maybe I can expand this to 30 minutes and maybe one day, I'll be able to do this for an hour at a time
And if I fail, no harm no foul, I allowed myself some hope
So choose a number of those feelings and thoughts that are alien to you
Write them down
Then write out your mantras.
Stress this is only for 15 minutes
You have suffered your regular feelings for so long now, being away from them for even 15 minutes, might be a challenge for some of you. Do your best. If you can only manage 10 minutes or 5 minutes, that's ok, do this for whatever period of time works for you
We are all uniquely different. That's what makes each of us so special.
Know you are not doing this for me, sure, you don't even know me, this is you, for once, feeding your soul.
When you look at your lists and certain words make you uncomfortable and squirm, they are the feelings, thoughts and emotions you soul needs the most.
I pray you find this practice helpful in realizing you are way more that a couple of feelings, you are the whole ball of wax