20221028 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY - NO D-DAY TODAY, BUT........ I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 70 seconds; kinda sorta did

LLL - BHL

Laugh.  Love.  Live.

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

198.4 Today's weight (on Lisa's scale)

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

 EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Friday, October 28, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. flamingo L30, R30  (very easy to do)(was it because I've done it 5 days in a row?  Or because today I did it on a solid flat surface?)
5. shoulder rolls 72
6. (no inversion table or EPLEY today)
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15 (used sofa back; did not have the 15 pics, but tried to recall some of them)
10. squats 36
11. push-ups 36

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 sec in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He continues to address the question of why the UK (followed by all of Europe and the USA) developed technologically (1800s, 1900s) at a relatively fast clip, while Asia and the Middle East were MUCH slower.  The striking example is the railroad:  China had one installed, but by the next year, they destroyed it.

Harari says they did not keep up with Western countries because the Eastern civilizations were "different" in their organization of their society.

Read for 70 sec in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls attending a church service the day before his inauguration, where the preacher compared BO to the Biblical Shadrack, Mechak and Abednego, who were thrown into flames by King Nebuchadnezzar because they would not kneel down and worship him.  The preacher told BO (and the congregation) that BO would soon be "thrown into the flames" that accompany being President, and that IF HE WOULD REMAIN FAITHFUL, he would be protected.  His thoughts drifted to the "football" (a leather container) that was always with him as President; the football contains the Nuclear Codes that a President COULD use to "blow up the world."

Wow!

Read for 70 sec in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says 

(immanent, immanence:  something that dwells within.  E.g., a belief in God is immanent in the texts of Christianity

ant:  transcendent, transcendence)

magic is immanent to our existence.  It is feminine, and is the reason so much energy becomes evident in our existence.  Through magic, the world can heal itself and come alive again.

The priests of monotheism banned magic because it focuses on the manifestation of the divine, and they focused only on the transcendence of God.

(transcendent, transcendence:  quality of being able to go beyond normal limits or boundaries.  E.g., Talking to God.)

Without magic, life is merely existence.  WITH magic, myriads of blossoms bloom with potential as we link the inner and outer worlds.

Hollywood and others seek to make magic an industry, not a celebration.

Read for 70 sec in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says (pp 67-68) the implicit affect test (or implicit association test) can be taken on line at projectimplicit.org.  It might be disturbing because it will (or can) indicate racism.  I want to try it sometime soon.

The intuitive affects that occur within 200-250 milliseonds might slow down some affects when the subject is shown a particular race, and is asked to associate it with some good (or bad) words.

We'll see when I try it.

Read for 70 sec in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls how those who had perhaps less physical strength but more INNER strength and spirituality, were able to survive the camp, or at least, survive it longer than others.  Frankl describes the ritual of falling into formation in the dark cold mornings, and responding to shouted orders; if someone failed to follow the orders exactly, they were kicked or hit with the butt of a rifle.  In this condition, Frankl's fellow prisoner whispered to him, "If our wives could see us now, I wonder what they'd think."  and "I hope their camps are not as awful as these."

Frankl is commenting on the observation he made that "inner awareness" often was the means by which weaker men were able to survive better.

20221027 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY - NO D-DAY TODAY, BUT...... I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried for 70 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Love.  Laugh.  Live.

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 loud for 70 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

195.8  Today's weight

197.4  Yesterday's weight

-1.6

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Thursday, October 27, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. flamingo L30, R30
5. shoulder rolls 72
6. inversion table 1 1.5-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

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says there was a "military-industrial-scientific complex" that did not take off (i.e., created a HUGE gap between Europe and the rest of the world) until 1850.  Before that, the military-industrial-scientific complex gap among major populations was still small.  So, Harari asks, "Why did the gap widen between Europe and the rest of the world?"  He hints it was the science that made the difference, enabling Europe to conquer the world.

Read for 70 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls getting ready for his inauguration, and being concerned about the mood of the country:  tough times lay ahead, and yet the country seemed jubilant about his arrival at the WH; he decided to let the country celebrate for a few weeks, and toned down his realistic talk/warnings about the future being challenging, etc.

Read for 70 seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says the music of the soul of the earth is the best; it will facilitate us stepping into the darkness (which is needed) and bringing the message of God to the world.  Vaughan-Lee asks why we would hesitate to step into the darkness, since it cannot harm us.

I'm imagining being a being (perhaps a child of God) who is aware of darkness, and thinking, "This is an opportunity to bring the music/magic of God to the world," rather than to avoid it.  IOW, bring on the hard times!

Read for 70 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He expands on his theory of rider (reason) on elephant (affect).  He relates the metaphor to a study about how we react to words.  A quarter of a second (250 miliseconds) is all it takes for us to read a word and begin to formulate affects about it.

Read for 70 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls that in the camp, some prisoners formed a group to hold a seance.  Without any evidence of any supernatural being making its presence known, the group ended with one man slowly writing a Latin phrase ("Vae Victis" - meaning "woe to the vanquished") on a paper; he asserted he'd never learned Latin.  Frankl thinks that the man must have heard the Latin phrase at least once during his life, and hence was able to write it due to his subconscious memory.  This happened a few months before their liberation & the end of the war.

Read for 1+ pages in ULYSSES by James Joyce__X____

 

20221026 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY - NO D-DAY, but maybe D-ERA IS BEGINNING - STILL, I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Slow morning, but I still tried to silence my brain; too many thoughts!

LLL-BHL

Live.  Love.  Laugh.

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

197.4  Today's weight

196.4  Yesterday's weight

+1.0

I visualize weighing less tomorrow

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Wednesday, October 26, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. flamingo L30, R30
5. shoulder rolls 72
6. inversion table 1 1-min set
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretches 15
10. squats 36
11. push-ups 36

READING, WRITING

Read for 1+ pages in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that the center of power & culture shifted between 1500 and 1750, from Asia to Europe.  Asia's (mostly China's) huge majority in these areas dwindled to only 5% by 1700, and Europe began to dominate in almost every aspect of human existence, even though Asians resent(ed) this "takeover."

Harari asks, "Why Europe?"

Read for 1+ pages in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls, "how could my heart not be stirred?" when he saw the US population largely support him as their new young President.  My eyes are watering at the thought that much of this has been damaged by DJT, who did not care even a micro-bit for any of these things, let alone democracy and freedom.  My heart is weeping along with my eyes right now.  I plead with whatever supernatural powerful being who might be listening, "Please don't let this go away; we need to keep it for our children & grandchildren....."  If there is a purpose to prayer, let it shine right now for America and for all freedom-loving nations of the Earth/World.

Read for 1+ pages in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says music and magic will bring forth the greatness of God; we will still have negative, individual challenges, but the majesty & greatness of God will far outshine them.  Music & magic.

Read for 1+ pages in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says scientists & researchers are warming to the idea that intuition is in charge of our behavior (more than reasoning); Zajonc (?) did experiments in the 1980s in which he showed that people begin liking things merely because they've been shown them several times (i.e., advertising works? ( - but not for me!)).  Til then, psychologists generally held that people initially and principally used reason to determine what they thing/believe/feel.

Haidt doesn't think so.

Read for 1+ pages in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He remembers his prisoners in Dachau would actually have discussions about politics, almost all day long.  Some would figure out a way to pray.  Typhus hit the camp, and the weaker men succummed to it; others, including Frankl tried to stay awake all night to avoid it and the delirium that usually accompanied it.  There was no/little medical attention given to prisoners.

I'm impressed by the tenacity to life they showed.  While some gave up and died, many didn't want to die, and were constantly finding ways to survive this awful hell.  I'm not  able, it seems, to imagine what "life" was like for them, and I'm horrified that Jews I know today might have also suffered so, had they lived then.  Further, I'm horrified that German Nazis were able to treat human beings in such a manner as these people endured.  All the while, I imagine, the Jews asked themselves, "Why me?"  and "What did I do to deserve this?"

I'm overcome with grief for them, and would be devastated if any such people wield that hellish power over any fellow human beings today.

Read for 1+ pages in ULYSSES by James Joyce.___

20221025 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY - NO D-DAY OR EVEN D-ERA, BUT I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds; mostly counted.

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  Yesterday's weight

196.6  Today's weight 

+2.2  :-(

I visualize weighing less tomorrow

If I "have to have a snack later tonight, IT WILL BE AN APPLE w/PEANUT BUTTER!!!!!

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Tuesday, October 25, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. flamingo L30, R30
5. shoulder rolls 72
6. inversion table 1 1-min set
7. EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
8. ball/wall 15
9. angel/wall 15
10. counter stretches ("be" x 15)
11. squats 36
12. push-ups 36

READING, WRITING

Read for 70+ seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He asks, "Was James Cook expedition to Australia (Aborigines), New Zealand (Maoris) and Tasmania a) a scientific expedition or b) an imperialistic expedition?"  He says it was both, and eventually was punctuated by religious types who were well-meaning but not sympathetic to the culture/language/beliefs of the native populations.  Tasmanians has lived & thrived for 1000 years in isolation, but the Europeans wiped them out, and then studied their remains, which they put into museums.

Disgusting!  And yet who can blame the imperialists for teaching "savages" modern ways of living?

Read for 70+ seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls the transition from being President-elect to being President, and a lot of his focus shifting from his family to his job; the process was bumpy here and there, but also exciting, as he tried to lead his new team into actually doing what he'd promised as a candidate.

Read for 70+ seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says the joining of the "inner" and the "outer" is what is going on right now.  It is essential to produce the "child" of our age.  Before, knowledge & information could only trickle through.  But now, they're GUSHING OUT!

And, Vaughan-Lee adds, it is only now that we can address "WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE HERE."

I'm now MUCH MORE MOTIVATED to read & assimilate Vaughan-Lee's message, since that is a question I have asked myself about myself - for my whole life!!  Can't wait to read more.

Read for 70+ seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says that human beings, and animals in general, approach living with the simple question:  Approach, or Avoid.  Animals do this without the need for rational thinking; human beings will think about it.  But they won't do so initially; the ELEPHANT response process is less rational, more emotional.

Post hoc:  means describing an event which follows another event, and could (or could not) be the result of, or caused by the first event.

Ad hoc:  means when necessary, or needed; created for a particular purpose.

Read for 70+ seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He says his group of 200 prisoners were eventually transferred from Auschwitz to Dachau, by train.  The train passed through Vienna, his hometown, where he was born & raised.  It even passed the street he'd lived on.  He tried to look through the small barred peephole of the box car, to see the street, but others refused to let him, saying that if he truly had been raised there, "he'd seen enough."

I'm moved by the suffering of these people, and I'm glad we got rid of Hitler and his ilk.  I'm also sharing Frankl's love for Vienna, where I lived myself for 4 years.  I'm imagining such a trip as his, in a filthy crowded train car, stopping in front of my house, and longing, yearning to go back to my childhood life on Turkenschanzstrasse, Wien XVIII.  It's impossible to imagine.

We've done a terrible thing to Jews.

Read for 1+ pages in ULYSSES by James Joyce.___x

20221024 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - NO D-DAY TODAY, BUT I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 70 seconds; mild 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

19x.x  Yesterday's weight

I visualize weighing less tomorrow. 

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Monday, October 24, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. shoulder rolls 72
5. flamingo R30, L30
6. inversion table 1 1-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

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that scurvy plagued all sailors & ships until 1747, when a British physician, James Lind, did experiments with various foods & sailors & ships.  He found that those sailors who ate citrus fruit recovered from scurvy, while others did not.  His findings convinced James Cook that Lind's diet was the cure, and so he adopted it for all his future voyages.  This cure of scurvy is credited with the successful British colonization of much of the South Pacific Islands, including Australia.

Read for 70 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls the blessing of having Marian, his mother-in-law, living with them in the WH.  She reminded the family of where they came from, and she never complained.

Read for 70 seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says the goal is oneness.  The friends of God facilitate the unification of all beings.  The more we participate, the more knowledge is given.  We must facilitate it, or it will dry up and fade away.

Read for 70 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says he has been guilty of intuitive reactions to criticism from his wife, and that is the same as his subjects (in his studies) being hypnotized into thinking that a certain person who does good things is actually bad in some way.  The reaction was triggered by a word they'd been hypnotized into associating with corrupt morals.

Read for 70 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He remembers the horror of being awakened at early dark hours from exhausted sleep, and trying to fit swollen feet into wet shoes; one, he recalls, cried because his feet would no longer fit into his shoes, and he'd have to go barefoot that day, in the snow.

I'm having a hard time focusing on anything that the prisoners endured, and so I shut out the memory of what I've read.  It's so far from real for me.  And yet, I wonder why I'm reading this now, and if it might portend some immediate future for Americans living in this ghastly Trump era.  BARF!!!!!!

Read for 1 page+ in ULYSSES by James Joyce

20221021 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY - NO D-DAY YET, BUT....... I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 70 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BLH

Live.  Laugh.  Love.

Bless. Love.  Heal.

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

193.6  Yesterday's weight

194.0  Today's weight

+0.4

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Friday, October 21, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. shoulder rolls 72
5. ball/wall 15
6. angel/wall 15
7. counter stretches 15
8. flamingo R20, L30
9. squats 36
10. push-ups 36

(except no inversion table or EPLEY maneuver)

READING, WRITING

Read 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says James Cook's expedition in 1768-1771 to the Pacific resulted in following the orbit of Venus, but ALSO led to the awareness of the biological need for citrus foods (Vitamin C) to conquer scurvy.  I'm guessing that Harari will now address the "marriage" of Empire and Science, and how that played such a huge role in our societal evolution at (or soon after) the beginning of Enlightenment.

Read 70 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls dealing with the transition to White House living, especially for Michelle, who became isolated & lonely.  She asked her mother to come live with them at the WH - BO was surprised but understood Michelle's need for her mother.

Read 70 seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says, again, that the SIRR is the essence of the new and current movement of uniting all our paths into one great love.  This is what the Friends of God, the Lovers of God, are doing in a new way (Vaughan-Lee does not specifically state what that new way IS; rather, he seeks to restate the idea that it''s new, and from God, in yet another way).

He then describes how the "inner" and "outer" are being woven together, so that the SIRR can become a visible pattern which we all can partake of.

Read 70 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says, to introduce Section Three, and the first chapter of it (Elephants Rule), that he discovered he is a routine liar.  (This caught my attention since I have battled my own tendency to lie (hiding my gay life), which manifests in seemingly harmless statements/thoughts that I know are just plain NOT TRUE.  I catch myself almost daily, correcting the inaccurate statements and verbally punishing myself for lying to myself.)

Haidt lied to his wife to get out of a difficult situation.  He then recalls his student's hypnosis experiments in which subjects were hypnotize to react with disgust when reading certain words; they proved that moral judgments were the results of emotions, not reasoning.

Read 70 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls the misery suffered by him and his fellow prisoners wrt eating the meager rations they were given by the Nazis:  some at it immediately, and others rationed the ration, eating only half (eg) at one time, and saving the rest for later.

I'm guessing that Frankl will apply this 2nd approach to living in general:  we're better off rationing the good things we have, rather than consuming them all at once.  We'll see.

**********

Well, amazingly, I lay in bed at 6am today, and listened to 20 minutes of the news before I began my routine.  I had considered taking a "day off" from my routine.  But, without really thinking things through, I just began to do my routine.  It's a habit, and I "gave in" to it.  I did it all (except the inversion table), and I still have 5 minutes to spare before I need to get up & dressed, etc.

It's a testament to regular repetition of good things, and to my Father who taught me that when I was a teenager.  "Even if it's just polishing your shoes,"  he said, "do it regularly."

20221020 SLLLAVERS FOR THURSDAY - NO D-ERA or D-DAY, but I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds; mostly counted the seconds.

LLL-BHL

Love.  Live.  Laugh.

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  Yesterday's weight

193.6  Today's weight

-0.8

I visualize weighing less tomorrow. 

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Thursday, October 20, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. shoulder rolls 72
5. inversion table 1 1-min set
6. EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. flamingo R30, L30
11. squats 36
12. push-ups 36

READING, WRITING

Read for 1+ pages in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He introduces the new chapter by titling it "The Marriage of Science and Empire."  In the early 18th C, scientists wondered how far away from the earth was the sun.  They set about to calculate the distance, based on the observable orbit of the Planet Venus.  They allowed for the variances of the calculations based on the various points of observation (North America, South America, Africa, Europe, etc).

Read for 1+ pages in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls the trip to Hawaii before taking office where he & his family spent their last Christmas before his inauguration, doing lots of both memorable things, and observing lots of changes in their lives:  the one who dealt with it both the best and the worst was Michelle.

Read for 1+ pages in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says that through Magic, the highest energy pattern of the world is made known.  He again stresses how each individual manifests both individual paths, and the supreme oneness of God.

Read for 1+ pages in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says that he wrote this book based on his acceptance of the idea that INTUITIONISM is right.  He has painted a "scene" in which the question of morality (sources, characteristics, etc) is answered by Hume & Haidt as INTUITIONISM, or the ELEPHANT, and not RATIONALISM, or the RIDER.  He'll spend 2 chapters on the Rider and the Elephant.

Read for 1+ pages in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He says that during the later days of his imprisonment, the weak, inadequate diet let him and his fellow prisoners to think that they were simply a small part of human presence, and that one by one, their individual "turns" would come to die.  He obviously survived, but how awful to think that they were once healthy & happy (healthier and happier, that is), and to be subjected to this hell surely bewildered them constantly; if not, they numbed their minds to the horror, and focused on simple things such as how big of a piece of bread they would get, or who they thought would die next.

Read for 1+ pages in ULYSSES by James Joyce......

20221011 SLLLAVERS FOR TUESDAY - I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED (I think that's really true)

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 70 seconds; mild success

LLL- BHL

Live.  Love.  Laugh.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

AFFIRMATION

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

192.8  Yesterday's weight.

194.6  Today's weight

+1.8

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Tuesday, October 11, 2022:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. shoulder rolls 72
5. flamingo R30 (after several attempts), L30 (MUCH easier)
6. inversion table 1 1-min set
7. EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
8. ball/wall 15
9. angel/wall 15
10. counter stretch 15
11. squats 36
12. push-ups 36

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that science, by itself, cannot guage what to do with its discoveries.  Scientists must necessarily modify/characterize their work to conform with ideology, economics and politics.  If we were to discover how the bovine mind works, we might be able to increase milk production.  But not in Hindu India where cows are already in charge, no matter what scientists may discover.

Next, Harari will address the "marriage of science and empire,"  followed by a chapter on "capitalism."

Read for 70 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls the happy times various presidents have had during inauguration planning, from Dolly Madison to his own in January 2009; he escaped to Hawaii for Christmas.

Read for 70 seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says divine consciousness, or "sirr" must be given teacher to teacher, and must be made known (not secret as in prior eras).

Read for 70 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says that, in sum, Hume was right:  moral reasoning begins with the ELEPHANT, not the RIDER.

Read for 70 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls how prisoners would have nightmares, but he did not wake them, since the reality of their lives was far worse than any nightmare.  He also remembers discussions (when supervisors were away) among prisoners about the details of delicate foods, etc.  He thought it somehow wrong for them to focus on what they could not have, though they often stated that "when they were liberated, they'd have all the food they wanted."

Read for 1+ pages in ULYSSES by James Joyce.

20221010 SLLLAVERS FOR MONDAY - I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED (HA!)

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain, but didn't really try hard.

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

 193.2  Today's weight

I visualize weighing less tomorrow

EXERCISE

Did my full base-72 routine for Monday, October 10, 2002:

1. ankle/wrist circles 72
2. toe/finger stretches 72
3. bicycle crunches 72
4. shoulder rolls 72
5. flamingo R30, L30
6. inversion table 1 1.5 min set
7. EPLEY MANEUVER 1Ram
8. ball/wall 15
9. angel/wall 15
10. counter stretch 15
11. squats 36
12. push-ups 36

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that in the 1940s, the governments of the USA and USSR gave financial support to the development of nuclear weapons, and not to the study of the oceans.  Science does not dictate the direction of our society:  it's religion, economics and politics.  Funding hardly ever follows pure science.

Read for 70 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls a long effort in convincing his rival, Hillary Clinton, to come on board as the S of State; she accepted, and he assembled his new team, most of whom were decades more experienced than he.

I wonder if he wasn't more "trying on" new approaches, even then, rather than deciding on who he could choose to achieve the aims of his "change" government.

Read for 70 seconds in WORKING WITH ONENESS by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.  He says the core of God is comprised of all his Friends, who are ONE with HIM.  They can see where the need for them lies, and they can and do act accordingly.

Read for 70 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says (actually READ and TYPED on 20221011) that if I want to convince anyone of something, I need to be an "elephant-whisperer" - not a "rider-whisperer."  Dale Carnegie was a master at this technique:  "Never say, 'You're wrong'," and other such statements, especially when the other person is in combat mode.

I'm remembering how as young LDS missionaries, we were given Carnegie's "How to win friends and influence people."  My LDS friends in Beziers mocked the missionaries who touted the book, saying, "Si je veux trouver des amis, je n'ai pas besoin d'un livre."  Perhaps they were wrong.  Perhaps they - and I - could have benefited more from reading Carnegie.

Read for 70 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He says he and fellow prisoners learned to cope with their lot in "life," by regression (back to a more primitive life); this led to dreams about the usual pleasures of their former lives (bathing, cakes, etc.).  When they woke from the dreams to the hell of their real lives (at the time), that was the almost unbearable shock of reality.  Supervisors said they "should do more work" since a normal laborer could do 10x as much, and faster, as they were doing.  Frankl reminded one of them that a "normal laborer" at more food and rested more often than Frankl et al did.

Read for 70+ seconds in ULYSSES by James Joyce.  (none today)