How do you know if a mood is foul or good?

How do you know if the mood you're in is a good one or a bad one. You look in the mirror and see a frown? Yes. What if there's no mirror? Can you still tell? Of course you can!

You feel it in your body right? What do you feel that's different in a bad mood than a good mood. Try and recall the foulest mood you ever had and you see a part of the body reactions you had in that situation reflect in your body now.

That's because memory is holographic. You can cut a hologram in half and what you'll see is the whole image, but dimmer. cut it again in half and you'll still see the whole image but dimmer still. Try it if you have a holographic logo on your expired credit card.

When you try to access a memory, the whole feeling is enacted in your body, only less intense. It's possible to turn up the intensity as well.

But that's not the point of this post. What I want you to realise is that during bad feelings, the body functions are hampered, when you say you feel choked, stifled, pressured, cramped, unclear, stuck etc that's what is happening in your body! Not outside but in your body!

If bad feelings hamper the functions of your body, then it's only logical that holding them for prolonged periods will make you sick. And this is the cause of most illnesses, pains, aches, obesity, yes obesity, cholesterol buildup in your arteries etc are due to decreased metabolism triggered by tension.

When you say you're mentally tense how do you know that? You have to feel it in your body!

There is no difference between mental stress and physical stress. If you stress your muscles for short periods of time and then relax that's called exercise. If you continue to hold stress in your muscles for prolonged periods, like a year, it's called arthritis.

If you stress your core muscles intensely for short periods of time and relax them later, you get a six pack, if you stress them mildly for a long period, like 2-3 months, you get irritable bowel syndrome, acidity, gas, indigestion, slower metabolism, etc.

That's the difference between good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress). Good stress is intense, followed by long periods of relaxation and it helps you to become strong, bad stress is milder but held continuously!

And foul moods lead to the stressing, compressing, choking and immobility of the internal and external organs, apart from the physical stress the internal organs produce harmful chemicals. Good moods lead to relaxation and better functioning of the organs, they feel more alive in a good mood, they produce chemicals that help the immune system, that's how you know you have a good mood, you feel invincible.

People recover from the gravest of illnesses when they change their mood.

So how do you get into a good mood and anchor it? Build the buttons described here

Fire off the three buttons everyday when you wake up accompanied by the sound of roaring applause and cheering.

You'll make some good decisions right away and have some good experiences and feel good all over again. This positive loop, in my opinion is the key to longevity and good health.

Try it, it can't hurt :) and tell me if you tried it!