20240609 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY - NOT D-DAY, BUT P2P-ERA, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

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.

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

199.4  Today's weight.

199.2  Yesterday's weight.

+0.2

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L60, R60
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 40

READING, WRITING

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says the question of "are we happier with X?"  is seldom asked by historians.

It's been 70,000 years since the Cognitive Revolution:  are we happier now than our predecessors were?

Nationalism says we're happier if we have political self-determination.

Communism says we're happier if we're under the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Capitalism says we're happier if we have economic growth and material abundance, teaching self-reliance and enterprising, resulting in the greatest number of people being the most happy.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls the frustration of the economic crisis of 2007-2008; his team had suggestions, but they were fearful that any of these possible approaches might unravel the GLOBAL economy; BofA and Citigroup were targeted for the replacement of their CEOs and Boards, but many feared it would not result in much beyond symbolism.  They considered nationalizing the banks (per Sweden's solution to their 1999 crisis).

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says Jeremy Bentham (b England 1748) postulated that there were too many rules, etc. in British society, and so offered a simplified approach:  any law should be subject to UTILITY:  if it gives the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people, it's good.  He identified ways of characterizing both pains (dolors) and pleasures (hedons) as they applied to proposed laws.

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He says suffering is unavoidable in any aspect of living; he refers to his most significant experience in the concentration camp at Auschwitz.  He acknowledges that (from post-camp analyses) there was only 1 chance in 28 that anyone would survive.  He recalls his first manuscript of his book which he had hidden in his coat.  He ascribes the meaning of HIS life to be the "survival" of the manuscript, and his own survival (including his inner child), as simply that survival.

(Or something like that.)