Post 1455, Day 175 of 2015
- 1,636 days since I started this blog -
- 1,636 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I'm not sure what the word is for knowing some right/true thing, and behaving as if it weren't so, but whatever it is, that word describes me, and, anecdotally, everybody else I know.
For instance, some of my behavior is based on my certain knowledge of mortality, but other behaviors defy that concept.
Similarly, I believe that attachment is the cause of disappointment, loss and suffering, but still form new attachments and still have attachments that give me pleasure.
Thing is, here in the material world, knowing a 'Truth' and acting on it are different things. However, even if your actions are not consistently aligned with your beliefs or knowledge, those times when you are in the moment point, or 'the now' or just plain Now and you do act consistently bring you rewards that don't end when the action is 'complete'.
That is the beauty of it. Those times when you are mindful inform your whole existence. Why? Because those times when you're not mindful tend to have their own built-in limitations, their own lessons of life.
Mindfulness is not a judge and jury, either. Very little that goes on in the present, when you're mindful and paying attention, requires much thinking. Things are good that way. Thinking gives rise to the 'I and thou' separation. Duality doesn't exist without thinking about it.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Food and Diet Section
Today's Weight: 208.6 lbs
Today's Weight: 208.6 lbs
Previous Weight (6/23): 209.2 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: - 0.6 lbs
Diet Comment
We begin the regular post-weekend move to lose the weekend's weight gain.Diet Comment
A Quest bar.
Lunch
At Core:
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| Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and romaine, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg, broccoli, mushrooms and bleu cheese dressing). Not shown: A cup of Hearty (beef and pork) bone broth. |
Soft serve ice cream and a Quest bar.
Dinner
Pepperoni and cheese and a Quest bar.
Snack
A Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
4 Espressos; Water: 96+ oz.
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i'm an old fogey, so i'm going to us a couple of archaic sayings (i took some liberties) -
ReplyDeleteWe've gotta ticket to ride
Keep on truckin', truckin' on home
- AttentionCouragePerseverence -
I looked at your comment, then re-read what I wrote. That led to making a few very minor, and not idea- or meaning-changing edits, just to make clear. If you re-read, you might not even notice them. If you don't re-read, you definitely will not.
ReplyDeleteI crack me up.
I am not sure we are ever mindful- rather- our consciousness is always writing a script about what we are doing.
ReplyDeleteJoan, You may be right. i don't know, do You? Let's just breathe and pay attention with a spirit of inquiry, and find out for our Self. O.K.?
DeleteCompassionLightLove, andy
didn't mean to sound judgemental about it. I think being aware of what we are doing, when we are doing it and what we feel and sense when we do it is very helpful.
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