This article is part of my series on Personal Development for Smart People. If you are new here I recommend you to first read my introduction to the book.
This post is all about health and its relationship with the principles.
Health
- your body is the channel through which you express yourself in physical form
- & truth
- assess your physical body
- what do you like and dislike
- predict the future of your health
- accept where you are right now and what you have to work with
- & love
- deepen your connection between your mind and your body
- connect with the foods that are most naturally attractive to you
- which ones feel intuitively wrong
- next tune in with your physical-activity patterns
- which food and activities are most compatible with who you are
- better to do something wrong with full awareness than to lower your consciousness and disconnect your intuitive feelings
- & power
- your health is your responsibility
- self-discipline is needed to overcome the drag of social conditioning
- set physical goals that inspire you, average is still unhealthy so aim higher
- poor health limits your power, good health increases it
- make incremental improvements in your health habits
- use your self-discipline to practice the best habits you can today; then let them run on autopilot
- & oneness
- shift your diet in the direction of greater empathy and compassion for all creatures
- you influence others by your example
- team with others to work toward good health together
- treat your social circle as an extension of your own body
- training with others is far more motivating
- & authority
- only true health guru in your life is you
- only way to learn the truth is to dive in and test it for a while
- find out what works for you via direct trial and error
- keep a log of your results
- consider sharing your records
- when the results of an experiment are positive, make it a permanent change
- & courage
- if a goal doesn't scare you a little, it probably isn't worth pursuing
- do something physical that inspires you
- take the initiative to prevent health problems
- keep your fitness routine simple and direct
- & intelligence
- put good health habits on autopilot
- a collection of healthy habits creates an ongoing sense of positive flow
- more important to be healthy on the inside than to look like a topmodel on the outside
- conclusion
- physical body is primary vehicle of interaction in this world, makes sense to take care of it
Next post in this series is about Relationships.
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