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With palms together,
Good Morning Everyone,
It is dark outside. I woke very early. There are the sounds of sleeping dogs around me. Its too early for birdsong. So still. So soft, this predawn time. Yet, I know there are industrious hunters out there in the desert seeking food. Snakes, spiders, coyotes: each taking advantage of the night. Stillness in motion of a different sort.
When we wake we do the same. Industrious, we seek food, the means to sustain us. Yet, our brains and habit energies get in our way, it seems. We don't stop with sustaining ourselves,, we exceed. We eat for the pleasure of eating, nothing wrong with that. Then we sit down and work at a desk. Again nothing wrong with that. And then we eat some more. We go home, eat some more and sit some more, perhaps even lie down to watch television. Again, nothing wrong here.
Yet our cholesterol is through the roof, we are obese, and are raising cattle for children. We are a nation at high risk for self destruction. We're suspect of everything: education, exercise, diet, sobriety, research, everything. And so most of us do nothing, but the same thing day in and day out with an occasional evening walk, maybe. We congratulate ourselves for being so normal to the extent that we normalize our abnormality.
Oh, slugs are us: mental, physical, spiritual slugs. We abhor discipline. So many people begin a spiritual practice and do not sustain it: too challenging, not enough time, just can't squeeze it in. So many people begin a healthy diet, then don't sustain it, it doesn't taste good! Or an exercise plan, it makes me feel sore! We shrug our shoulders, have a beer or diet coke and watch TV. We say, well, ''we all have to die sometime." This makes it OK and normalizes our slothful behavior.
NO. Now there's a word. Apply it to a third or forth drink or second or third helpings at the dinner table. Moderation. Ahh, another good one, apply it to donuts, cake, breads, fats, and of course, exercise.
YES. Another good word. Say yes to walking, running, swimming, lifting, biking. Avoid emailing or texting when you can just as easily walk over to the next cubicle and deliver the message in person. Now there's a thought, personal contact. Go to church, synagogue, mosque, or temple. Develop a disciplined spiritual practice. Eat wisely, take care of yourself. Be a good and healthy person.
SHARE. Nothing we own do we truly own. Everything owns itself. This means everything has its own life expectancy and no matter who or what has title to it, it will eventually rot away. So many of us have so much. So many have so little. Charity is the first paramita as it takes us out of ourselves and puts us in an other's shoes. Add to this doing with others as a way of increasing our chances for success. Running partners, tennis partners, diet clubs, and the like, all have the benefit of mutual support and shared goals. Human beings are, by nature, social beings: be social, be human.
Be well.
"
Good Morning Everyone,
It is dark outside. I woke very early. There are the sounds of sleeping dogs around me. Its too early for birdsong. So still. So soft, this predawn time. Yet, I know there are industrious hunters out there in the desert seeking food. Snakes, spiders, coyotes: each taking advantage of the night. Stillness in motion of a different sort.
When we wake we do the same. Industrious, we seek food, the means to sustain us. Yet, our brains and habit energies get in our way, it seems. We don't stop with sustaining ourselves,, we exceed. We eat for the pleasure of eating, nothing wrong with that. Then we sit down and work at a desk. Again nothing wrong with that. And then we eat some more. We go home, eat some more and sit some more, perhaps even lie down to watch television. Again, nothing wrong here.
Yet our cholesterol is through the roof, we are obese, and are raising cattle for children. We are a nation at high risk for self destruction. We're suspect of everything: education, exercise, diet, sobriety, research, everything. And so most of us do nothing, but the same thing day in and day out with an occasional evening walk, maybe. We congratulate ourselves for being so normal to the extent that we normalize our abnormality.
Oh, slugs are us: mental, physical, spiritual slugs. We abhor discipline. So many people begin a spiritual practice and do not sustain it: too challenging, not enough time, just can't squeeze it in. So many people begin a healthy diet, then don't sustain it, it doesn't taste good! Or an exercise plan, it makes me feel sore! We shrug our shoulders, have a beer or diet coke and watch TV. We say, well, ''we all have to die sometime." This makes it OK and normalizes our slothful behavior.
NO. Now there's a word. Apply it to a third or forth drink or second or third helpings at the dinner table. Moderation. Ahh, another good one, apply it to donuts, cake, breads, fats, and of course, exercise.
YES. Another good word. Say yes to walking, running, swimming, lifting, biking. Avoid emailing or texting when you can just as easily walk over to the next cubicle and deliver the message in person. Now there's a thought, personal contact. Go to church, synagogue, mosque, or temple. Develop a disciplined spiritual practice. Eat wisely, take care of yourself. Be a good and healthy person.
SHARE. Nothing we own do we truly own. Everything owns itself. This means everything has its own life expectancy and no matter who or what has title to it, it will eventually rot away. So many of us have so much. So many have so little. Charity is the first paramita as it takes us out of ourselves and puts us in an other's shoes. Add to this doing with others as a way of increasing our chances for success. Running partners, tennis partners, diet clubs, and the like, all have the benefit of mutual support and shared goals. Human beings are, by nature, social beings: be social, be human.
Be well.
"
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