Have you have heard that people nowadays live a LOT longer than people 200 years ago? It’s not true. The statistic that most people quote includes infant mortality, against which we’ve made giant strides over the last 200 years. If you were to take that out of the formula, you’d find that people who lived beyond infancy 200 years ago lived almost as long as people today. Averages can be very deceptive. Take one hundred …
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This morning, I showered under an ice cold spray…on purpose! I was in there for five minutes. Washed my hair, soaped up, rinsed off…all of it while the water was as cold as it would go. I’m certain I got just as clean as I would have under a warm stream… plus the added benefit. “Benefit, you say?! I’d rather stick needles under my fingernails!” Yes, benefit! Because over the last few weeks, I’ve been discovering, …
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I was just interviewed by the great Rodney Flowers on his awesome podcast, Game Changer Mentality. (our episode isn’t live yet, but check out the other ones!) We were discussing how to be resilient in difficult times like these. How do we stay the course when our minds are dominated by disease, ignorance, social injustice, anger, and uncertainty about where we are heading as individuals and as a society? He and I both agreed on several …
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I hate when I’m sick, don’t you? How about when you have back pain? Or when someone you thought was a friend betrays you? Or when you’re just plain fed up with what’s going on in the world? Hate it! Interestingly, I’ve noticed that whenever I hate something, I get into this “me against that thing” mentality. I want to fight it. It’s the enemy. Whether it’s back pain or slowdowns in business or the …
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My friend, Barry, a meditation teacher, is fond of saying that the path to consciousness is like warfare. It’s a battle waged within, against our own habits and attitudes. As Pogo said, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” When we choose to do the work of change, which requires going within and finding silence beyond the incessant chatter of our mind, that mind inevitably rebels. Some of us are fortunate that it’s …
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