Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds.
AFFIRMATIONS
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
Also said aloud for 70 seconds.
VISUALIZATION
175 by 1/31/20
Today I weighed in at 1 pound MORE than yesterday! GRRRRRRRR!!
187.6 - 186.6 = 1 pound MORE. GRRRRRRRR. 12.6 pounds to go.
EXERCISE
Did my full Base-70 routine for Sunday 12/22/2019:
- ankle/wrist circles 70
- toe/finger stretches 70
- bicycle crunches 70
- shoulder rolls 70
- inversion table 3 70-second sets
- squats 35
- push-ups 35
READING, WRITING
Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari. He says that the process of development of Sapiens since the Agricultural Revolution (it began between 12K BC and 8K BC) somehow eventually included the establishment of a world-wide system of numbers (Arabic), which then gave way to recording history in numbers and letters. This went on for a while until they needed a way to preserve information far beyond the capacity of the Sapien brain: computers did it, and eventually they were reduced to "1" and "0" so as to simplify and standardize the system for world-wide use.
And now, Harari says, we Sapiens (unbeknownst to most) are moving to artificial intelligence (still based on "1" and "0"), which, it is speculated, could become superior to the Sapien brain, and wipe it out.
Hmmm. Not a new idea, but certainly troubling and intriguing, if it's possible.
This all leads me to wonder if there isn't some superior being(s) who would not allow the Sapiens of the Earth to be wiped out by AI Computers and the like. I also have wondered if there weren't some superior race watching us, and ensuring that we Sapiens may continue to dwell in relative peace and safety despite global warming, wars, natural disasters, etc.
A "natural disaster" is not so much a "disaster" if it does not affect Sapiens, no?
As is the "pattern" with my "unpatterned life" (meaning, I might be thinking about natural disasters and such, when of a sudden, I hear a tone on my phone, signaling the receipt of a message. Since I'm hoping for contact with family and close friends this Sunday morning, I immediately drop my thread about natural disasters, and see a transmission of a wonderful Christmas musical message: "O Holy Night" performed by the Kings Singers and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It was forwarded to me on FaceBook by Eric LeFrandt.
As I listened, my eyes moistened, and I wondered why. I thought that the tears were a blessing, and that I would like to share this with family & close friends. But would it be appropriate for Joe & Chrissy, who are nudging up to atheism? A few minutes later, I looked at the 6 soloists and noted that they were the Kings Singers. I wondered who they were - descendants of the Mormon King family? I imagined the tenor soloist being a Mormon missionary.
But to my satisfaction, I researched the "King Singers" and found that they were formed recently (70s or 80s?) in Cambridge, England. The "King" means the King of England, and not the Mormon King family.
Whew! Now I felt better about sharing the emotional performance with Joe and Chrissy. On FaceBook, you can forward such to other FaceBook people, and I did so to my family.
I'd love to also share it with David, George, and a few others. It's about Christ, and I'm not at all sure he existed, or if he DID, that he did what the Bible says he did. I certainly know that the modern-day religionists are not at all reliable in their telling of the Christ tale.
But "O Holy Night" still gives me pause, and tears in my eyes.
The MEN of The Kings Singers, and the MEN of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir were highlighted in the YouTube video.
Perhaps I was teary-eyed because I could identify with those men.
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