SILENCE
Attempted to silence brain for 72 seconds; did not do so. Merely counted.
LLL - BHL
Live. Love. Laugh
Bless. Heal. Love.
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.
- I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
Also said aloud for 72 seconds.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
- I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
Also said aloud for 72 seconds.
VISUALIZATION
196.6 Today's weight
196.8 Yesterday's weight
-0.2
I visualize weighing less tomorrow.
EXERCISE
Did my full base-72 routine for Sunday, July 17, 2022:
- ankle/wrist circles 72
- toe/finger stretches 72
- bicycle crunches 72
- shoulder rolls 72
- inversion table 1 2-min set
- EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
- flamingo R30+, L30+
- ball/wall 15
- angel wall 15
- counter stretch 15
- squats 36
- push-ups 36
READING, WRITING
Read for 1+ pages in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari. He says (continuing the story of Edward & Eleanor) that folks in the 1200s had plenty of pregnancies, but relatively few (by today's standards) successful children (i.e., children who live into adulthood). After 17 tries, Eleanor FINALLY produced a male child (Edward II) who eventually assumed the throne.
MY NOTE: I can't help but wonder how Edward II, the youngest by far of the male children was known to be homosexual. Today's analysts have noted that the more older brothers a male child has, the more likely he is to be gay. I'm particularly interested in Edward II's life, since he was the 17th child, and the 4th son (that we know of). I am descended from the Edwardian line of British kings. And I am the 8th child, and the 5th son in my family, the "Ancelian line of American citizens."
The Gilgamesh Project (i.e., the finding of a way for human beings to live indefinitely) is on-going. Some speculate that we might reach "A-Mortality" by 2050, since scientists are already exploring the possibilities of introducing "micro-robots" into human organisms, which robots would be programmed to seek out and destroy harmful viruses, cancers, etc., open blocked passages, etc. Harari says this would be "a-mortality" and not "immortality," since one could still possibly die of accidental causes, etc.
If the Gilgamesh Project should actually become a reality by 2050, I would be 100 years old. Interesting situation, if I'm at all involved.
Read for 1+ pages in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama. He recalls listing his reasons for keeping Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense on (from the Bush admin); he theorized that doing so would be good for fulfilling his promise of seeking & finding bi-partisan solutuions on every level; he likely had lost the Pentagon vote, and so Gates' presence was meant to soothe the military's unhappiness at BO's generally accepted anti-war approach.
Read for 1+ pages in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. He says that there is what seems to be "magic" at work; a "magus" (one who practices this magic) can use his/her knowledge for both self and common good. Vaughan-Lee adds that all creation is finely tuned to be either positive or negative, and as such, the magus at work must be keenly aware of how the flow goes (this is totally my own expression about what I just read).
MY NOTE: Are we to assume that Vaughan-Lee (and the magus') are operating with bipolarity, and that there is no room for many more "poles" within creation? If so, why is it limited? Perhaps additional "poles" coiuld lead to an awareness of other dimensions?
Read for 1+ pages in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt. He says the intuitive and reasoned responses within an individual are necessarily affected by those of people with whom we interact. Doing so sometimes leads to a person changing his viewpoint about something. Haidt is quick to point out that changing one's mind WITHOUT interacting with others is rare.
MY NOTE: I think I HAVE, in fact, thought about things/issues, here and there throughout my life, and I HAVE changed my thinking about them, based on my own thought processes. This is, of course, impossible to do 100% since we are in fact products of both nature and nurture, and the nurture part necessarily involves neonatal care by someone else.
Read for 1+ pages in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl. He says the horrible conditions of Auschwitz prisoners was only slightly less severe than the mental abuse perpetrated on them.
He could not contain his indignation when his medical professional past-life was mocked and derided by a guard. But since he still did not want to die, he minimized his response, and suffered only a physical assault, body to body, by the guard. Fortunately for him, he survived this humiliating attack.
Listened for 30+ minutes in ULYSSES by James Joyce.👌
