20220603 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY - D-DAY TODAY? PPPPFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!! - BESIDES, I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried silencing my brain for 70 seconds; groggy success.

LLL - BHL

Live.  Laugh.  Love

Bless. Heal.  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.

1. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
4. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
5. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
6. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
7. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
8. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
9. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
10. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.

Also said aloud for 70 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

194.4  Today's weight

195.0  Yesterday's weight

-0.6

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

Reasons I'm AGAIN motivated are

1. I already have everything I need.
2. The death of Michael Harrington tells me my health is paramount for working with David - SOON!
3. I feel better overall when I'm doing my exercises regularly
4. I'm preping for a 1-day drive through to Utah.

So, if I lose approx 0.5 pounds every day, I should be down to approx. 

194.0 by June 3rd.

Here's how I've done during the last 24 hours:

1. Diet:  I had XXXXX meals yesterday: 1) my smoothie & coffee around 10-11am; and 2) frozen dinner + 2 slice buttered & jam toast + chips + X fig newton (covered with peanut butter & or jam) + pickle & cheese sandwich for dinner at around ALL DAY pm  UGHHH
2. I did not eat anything between these meals (approx 10-12 hours fasting)
3. I exercised (full routine - see below)
4. It's June 3rd, and I weigh (199.0 (on 0328) - 4.6) 194.4

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Friday, June 3, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. flamingo R35, L35
5. shoulder rolls 72
6. inversion table 1 2-min set
7. EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
8. ball/wall 15
9. angel/wall 15
10. counter stretches 15
11. squats 36
12. push-ups 36 (+3)

READING, WRITING 

Read for 1+ pages in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that as we evolve into the modern technological age, we Sapiens have figured out how to eliminate poverty in most nations:  there are 2 kinds:  social, and biological.  We have, FAIAP, conquered the biological poverty of the world:  very few people starve to death these days, and most can get medical service when needed.  But we're still working on social poverty.

Read for 1+ pages in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls struggling with his Cabinet appointees, notably Treasury Secretary:  the economy was in shambles:  TARP (= Trouble Asset Relief Program) had not been effective thus far.  BO decided on appointing experience over fresh faces, and I think he planned on Larry Summers (genius but arrogant) as Treasury Secretary.

Read for 1+ pages in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says the magic and color of life is there, we just need to partake of it.  HOWEVER, he adds that the "lowest form of magic" is physical, such as using one's mind to bend a spoon.

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!  James Randi disproved this.  It cannot be replicated, and thus must be confined to fake magic.  It's LOWER than the lowest form of "magic,"  IMO.  I'll need to talk to David about this.

Read for 1+ pages in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He introduces the "rider & elephant" analogy to describe the 2 kinds of human intuition:  1)  Reasoning-why (the rider), and 2)  seeing-that (the elephant).

In this ever-changing world of moral psychology, the terminology gets a bit confusing.  But I get the gist of what Haidt is saying.

Read for 1+ pages in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls the horrors of the camp, and how the prisoners gradually became less and less emotional and unfeeling about their plight.

It's hard to imagine such things going on today.  With modern tech, I'm not sure any (many) dictators could get away with such awful treatment of human beings.  I am constantly led to ask "WHY???" when I learn of senseless mass shootings of children, or forcing children to work in horrible conditions.

WHY??????????????????  I am fortunate to have lived every day of my life thus far without being hungry or cold or hot or anything but comfortable.  Harari (in SAPIENS) says that we have practically conquered physical/biological poverty in today's world.  But there are some who seek to destroy that progress, and with combat weapons, they are shooting and killing or hurting innocent fellow human beings.

WHY???????????????????  I have no answer for it.  But I HATE it.

Listend for 20 min to ULYSSES by James Joyce.