20190106 SAVERS FOR SUNDAY

SILENCE

Silenced my brain/mind/spirit for 60 seconds.  Or TRIED to.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am an important part of the Universe.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am an important part of the Universe.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am an important part of the Universe.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am an important part of the Universe.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am an important part of the Universe.
6. I, Ken Taylor, am an important part of the Universe.

Also, said aloud 60 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

175 by 1/31

EXERCISE

Did my full 30 day routine for a Sunday:

1. ankle/wrist circles 60
2. toe/finger stretches 60 + 10
3. bicycle crunches 60
4. shoulder rolls 60
5. inversion table 3 1-min sets
6. squats 30
7. push-ups 30

Did 'em all relatively easily, in spite of having taken almost a month off.

YAY!

READING, WRITING

Read 60 seconds in SAPIENS.  The author, Yuval Noah Harari, says that the Agricultural Revolution did not signify, in the balance, an advancement of civilization.  Rather, as Sapiens became farmers, they worked harder (to produce much more food), and adopted a less healthy diet along with it.  They were not "smarter" since they already knew well the specifics of the animals and plants they hunted and gathered.

Rather, Sapiens "bought in to" the domestication of 3 plants that changed all human life:  mass production of wheat, rice and potatoes.  This led to greater population growth, and pampered elites.

Harari says that these 3 plants domesticated Sapiens, and not vice versa.

IMO, Harari is almost "bent" on lamenting the progress of mankind, rather than addressing 1) why such a smart population (i.e., the hunter gatherers) would go down the path of domestication as we did; IOW, why did we commit such a "fraud" (his word for it), and 2)  what benefits we derived from mass production of food.

He leaves that out, IMO.  But I'll read on.