20210608 SLLLAVERS for TUESDAY - D-DAY? D-ERA? HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 70 seconds.  Oh well.  At least I counted.

LLL

Laugh.  Live.  Love.

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
6. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
7. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
8. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
9. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
10. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also said aloud for 70 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

193.8  Today's weight

193,8  Yesterday's weight

0.0

I visualize weighing less tomorrow

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Tuesday, June 8, 2021:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. inversion table 2 1-min sets
6. EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
7. squats 35
8. push-ups 35

READING, WRITING

Read 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says the conquering British left their mark on India (Victoria Station in Bombay), and though they've changed the names of the building and the city (it's now ___________, in Mumbai), it still stands as a reminder of the British Empire's influence on Indian culture (along with English, tea, cricket, etc.).  But if Indian nationals were to remove the British reminders, they'd logically also have to remove the Taj Mahal, which was built earlier by conquering Muslims.

What is the "British Raj?" (From Wikipedia) It was the rule by the British Crown primarily on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947.

Read 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says I should be patient.  My ideas might not be that important.  Or maybe they're bad ideas.  Or maybe the world isn't ready for them.  Meanwhile, I must be patient, and "serve" and "sell" my place.  I'm asking them to spend money on me, right?  So I should be willing to "sell" my writing to them.  Build a relationship, and eventually my time will come.

OK, I buy all of that.  I don't like it much, but at least I know where I am right now.  Thanks, Jeff.

Read 1+ page in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He remembers a brutal debate with Hillary in North Carolina - escalated (or decended) to muckraking, etc. and combined with Bill Clinton's jabs (perhaps it's a fairy tale that we could ever have a Black president..... etc.).

I'm amazed at politicians, who "jab" (and worse) each other, and then later talk civilly, or even work together:  Barack Obama hired Hillary Clinton as S of State; Joe Biden hired Kamala Harris as V President.  Both after fierce debates.

Read 70 seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewelyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says we "transition beings" must remain both full and empty:  full of ourselves, but empty of God.  He calls God our Beloved, and says that he will fill the emptiness for us.  He asks, "how could it not be so?"

On thought I have while reading this book is that there are, in my life, simultaneously present both positive and negative elements.  They are each identifiable, and yet they are both present as if they were the same thing.  Love/fear are the same.  Positive/negative energies are the same.  Oxygen/carbon dioxide are the same necessary elements for survival of human beings.

Read 1+ pages in THE PERSIAN BOY by Mary Renault.