If you’re in a corporeal incarnation, your neurological state is a major factor.
The position of neurological materialism, that consciousness is an epiphenomenon or secondary effect of biochemical process in the brain, is a disproven failure. (see chapter links below) Nevertheless, for those of us enduring corporeal incarnation, brain health is a gigantic factor in our life experience. Take care of your brain! Avoid excess alcohol — even being a “moderate” drinker significantly undermines your brain. In any situation where people wear helmets, wear a helmet! Make sure you are getting enough Omega-3s. Be careful about any substance that crosses the blood-brain barrier. Don’t go to sleep with alcohol in your system — it wrecks sleep quality. Sleep is crucial for brain functioning. Aerobic exercise helps your brain in multiple ways. Stabilize your blood sugar (your brain lives off of glucose) by eating complex carbohydrates and avoiding refined carbohydrates and excess caffeine. To state the obvious, your heart and entire body’s health impacts your brain health.
If you’re having mood or other psychological issues, check your state of brain health and sleep quality before investigating other causes.
Consider this an auspicious time to look into your neurological influences.
See A Guide to the Perplexed Interdimensional Traveler for insights into how neural architecture affects your emotions.
For more on the failure of neurological materialism and our transforming relationship to body, see chapters 3 & 4 of my book, Crossing the Event Horizon — Human Metamorphosis and the Singularity Archetype. The second edition is available free on this site.
Chapter 3 Near-death Experience and the Singularity Archetype
Chapter 4, The Glorified Body: Metamorphosis of the Body and the Singularity Archetype