“The Power of Consciousness: Spotlight and Floodlight in Achieving Optimal Health”

Watch this youtube video “Alan Watts on the Secret” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_YVeB6JLb0 
Essay Instructions: Observe his discussion of what The Secret is. Alan Watts speaks of 2 types of consciousness: “spotlight” and “floodlight.”
This essay addresses Alan Watts’ The Secret, focusing on what the 2 types of consciousness are – “spotlight” and “floodlight.”
Your essay is to Include:
Introduction addressing spotlight, floodlight and optimal health
Spotlight consciousness – Explain the connections as applied to optimal health. Be thorough in exploring these, using examples to make your points. Reflect on what you learned in the curriculum
How does the “spotlight consciousness” fixation assist us in achieving optimal health? 
How can it disrupt our ability to achieve optimal health? 
Floodlight consciousness – Explain the connections as applied to optimal health. Be thorough in exploring these, using examples to make your points. Reflect on what you learned in the curriculum
What role does the “floodlight consciousness” play in promoting optimal health? 
What can disrupt the “floodlight consciousness” and our ability to promote and/or maintain optimal health?
Analyze the following Optimal Health Prompts, indicating which light (or both in a sequence) is applicable to the optimal health prompts. Be thorough in exploring this, using examples to make each of your points.
5 tenets of health (address all 5, each with examples to make your points)
habits
mindfulness
ikigai
personal boundaries
experiencing grief and relatedness with others
Conclusion summarizing role of spotlight and floodlight in optimal health

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