20240302 SLLLAVERS FOR SATURDAY - NOT D-DAY, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried with mild success to silence my brain for 80 seconds.

LLL - BHL

1. 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.

Also said aloud for 80 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.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

202.2  Today's weight

20x.x  Yesterday's weight

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Saturday, March 2, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. shoulder rolls 80
6. flamingo L45, R 45
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 35 (floor) + 5 (wall) = 40

READING, WRITING

RUMI 

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harrari.  He gives a summary of the evolution of SAPIENS' social construct, 2 paragraphs I think are important enough to re-type here:

The Industrial Revolution brought about dozens of major upheavals in human society.  Adapting to industrial time is just one of them.  Other notable examples include:

• (industrial time)
• urbanization
• the disappearance of the peasantry
• the rise of the Industrial proletariat
• the empowerment of the common person
• democratization
• youth culture
• disintegration of the patriarchy

Yet all of these upheavals are dwarfed by the most momentous social revolution that ever befell humankind:  

• the collapse of the family and the local community and their replacement by the state and the market. 

As best we can tell, from the earliest times, more than a million years ago, humans lived in small, intimate communities, most of whose members were kin.  The Cognitive Revolution and the Agricultural Revolution did not change that.  They glued together families and communities to create tribes, cities, kingdoms and empires, but families and communities remains the basic building blocks of all human societies.  The Industrial Revolution, on the other hand, managed within little more than two centuries to break these building blocks into atoms.  Most of the traditional functions of families and communities were handed over to states and markets.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls having to address the nation's woes (people threatened with losing their homes), along with Mr. Santelli, who did a video clip accusing the Obama government and the Democrats of immoral programs designed to bail out irresponsible home purchasers.   But they really were concerned about wall street tycoons who had made bad bets and were now threatened by the possibility of losing their "empires."

NOTE:  I reviewed the pictures in his book, and came away with renewed admiration for his presidency and his approach.  He really did things right, and will be (or should be) counted as one of America's greatest Presidents (followed by the absolute WORST president we've ever had).

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says most cultures have exhibited a vertical spectrum with God at the top, and the Devil at the bottom, angels, humans, animalis in between.  In India, the culture adopted reincarnation with corresponding punishments and rewards for how the people live in the current life.  Haidt began to feel the "ethic of divinity" in India after living there a while.

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He recalls how the nightmare of camp, along with the dreams of returning to a former life, impacted the psychological health/illness of the liberated men.  They said they now had nothing to fear except their God.

(End of Part I)