November 27

Post 1008, Day 330 of 2013
- and 1060 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

In an article by George Lakoff (the linguistics and neurolinguistics expert), about the New York Times presenting editorials as news on its front page, I came across a few sentences that got me thinking: 

• Because all thought is physical, carried out by neural circuitry, every change in how we understand anything is a brain change...
• A common neuroscience estimate is that about 98 percent of thought is unconscious and automatic, carried out by the neural system. 

Both of these ideas are consistent with both my understanding of how we think and behave and my personal philosophy of what I am and what we humans are.

The important take-away for me is in understanding and judging other people's ideas and behavior when they differ from mine, or my idea of 'right' thinking and acting.

Basically, it says that a persons actions, including what he or she says, reflect more on the persons unconscious than what he or she is aware of and can rationalize.

I am no exception. One difference is that this insight is now built into the way I feel and respond to what other people say and do - I have at least brought that concept to awareness level.

Another thing is that it has changed the way I think about what I say, although sometimes only in hindsight, causing me to clarify or modify what I've said. This, in turn has affected what I say.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         205.2 lbs

Previous Weight:        206.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.6 lbs

Diet Comment

Nice loss today - I have almost completely undone vacation 'damage'.

Food Log 

Breakfast
A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond milk, kale, a large egg, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Salmon salad on Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain bread, with a salad (Spring Mix greens, cole slaw blend, and balsamic vinaigrette).

Dinner
Pepperoni and cole slaw. A bowl of mixed raw almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, dried cranberries and dark chocolate.

Snack

Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal with hemp seeds, blueberries, almond milk and stevia-inulin blend. Not shown: Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain bread 'buttered' with coconut oil.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 142+ oz.

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