Genuine Happiness

In my last article Be Real with Yourself, I explained the first three principles of the Talk to God and Fix Your Health program. Now, I will continue with the remaining two: 

The Fourth Principle: GodJuice is Not All or Nothing 

Keeping your GodJuice flowing is a lifelong process, and it’s definitely not all or nothing. One day, you can be on top of the world, and see the GodJuice in every tiny thing in your life. The very next day, (and occasionally, even the very next hour or minute) you can literally fall down a deep, dark hole, and have no idea what on earth’s going on, or where God is hiding Himself in the big mess called ‘your life.’ 

God knows that you’re not always going to pass the tests He’s sending you. He knows that occasionally, as hard as you try, you just can’t see past the person that’s annoying you or pretend that you’re happy about what’s occurring in your life when really, you’re not. He understands that sometimes you don’t have the first clue about what you’re meant to be trying to change or fix in your life, and that you also don’t have the energy to start trying to work it all out. 

That’s because you’re a human being, not a robot. 

The good news is God loves you unconditionally. As long as you’re continuing to strive to get closer to God, even when you can’t see Him, or can’t find Him, you can be sure that your efforts will ultimately be rewarded in the most amazing way, and that you will blossom into the happy, healthy, emotionally beautiful person that God created you to be. 

The key is to work on boosting your GodJuice every single day. In order to implement the ideas in this book, you need to speak to Hashem about them! And if you’ll take the time to talk to Him for at least five minutes a day, you’ll see all sorts of things moving and shifting in your life.  

And what if you don’t? Depending on your willpower and determination, you may well see some things move a bit. But the changes you’ll experience without God are unlikely to completely transform your life in the same way; they’re unlikely to last very long and they’re unlikely to lead to true happiness, inner peace and optimal good health. 

If you want to achieve real health and well-being, make it real! Get God involved in your life in practice and not just in theory. 

The Fifth Principle: GodJuice Is for Everyone 

You don’t have to be ‘religious’ to work on developing your GodJuice. GodJuice is non-denominational, and it works for anyone, anywhere, at any time. 

Many people, ‘religious’ or otherwise, like to think that they already have all the GodJuice they need in their lives, and they might even be right! But there’s one way to tell for sure: Someone who genuinely has a healthy amount of GodJuice flowing through their veins is very happy. They are happy with their lot in life, including every little small detail of it, right down to their problems and ‘lacks.’ 

Being this genuinely happy takes a lot of work, a lot of GodJuice, and an awful lot of Heavenly help. That’s why it’s IMPOSSIBLE to really be happy and healthy, unless your GodJuice is humming. That’s also why your happiness is such a good barometer of how much GodJuice you really do have. 

When you don’t have enough GodJuice, you get miserable, stressed and ill. A stressed, miserable person doesn’t eat right and doesn’t sleep right, and is full of negative emotions, anxiety and other bad characteristics like anger, jealousy and self-pity. 

In turn, these negative emotions can – and do – back up in your physical and energetic systems, where they can cause all sorts of physical and emotional health issues, if they aren’t properly dealt with and addressed. 

So, don’t focus on whether you, or anyone else for that matter, is ‘religious.’ As Rabbi Arush says, “Who is religious? The person with a smile on his face…” 

Miracle Cures 

I know that these ideas can sound a little strange to those of us who grew up with the Western medical model that germs (or accidents) are responsible for all sickness and death. 

For now, let me just tell you that there are countless stories of medical miracles that happened when people stopped relying on doctors, or whatever other man-made crutch they were using, and started working on their GodJuice instead. Terminal diseases disappeared overnight, holes in the heart closed up and chronic diseases vanished. 

RECAP  

When you don’t have enough GodJuice, you can get stressed, worried, anxious and develop a whole range of negative emotions that, in turn, can make you physically ill.  

GodJuice is not all-or-nothing: it’s a constant process of growth and self-discovery that continues throughout your life.  

If you’re genuinely happy being you, warts n’all, you’ll have a very high level of GodJuice flowing through your body. If your GodJuice is low, then you’ll have a predisposition to feel unsatisfied, frustrated and unhappy with your life and circumstances, even if they’re objectively wonderful.  

The more you power-up your GodJuice, the happier and healthier you’ll be.