Self actualization is an active word. It denotes action. It is not enough that you are in the State of Knowing, you got to be.
It is not good enough that I know I am a god, I got to be godly, figuratively speaking. To do so, I need to return back to my body. To be who I actually am. And who is that I may be? None other than a good animal.
If I am not a good animal, I cannot be a great man because it's the body that house the faculty of greatness, which is the mind. I need a healthy body to have a sound mind,
In a way my illness is a blessing. It made me realize the vulnerability of my mind. Otherwise I always think that the mind rules.
The mind is a servomechanism. It is a slave, not the master. It is the body that rules. Th[e] produce myriad of neurotransmitters when in motion. It is these chemicals that determine the state of the mind.
To achieve greatness as stated by George Sheehan in Running and Being, I need to return to the body. There is nothing more important to the body than to be in motion. Motion created emotions. My choice of mode to achieve this cause is through running and swimming.
If I don't do anything else other than eat, sleep, run and swim, I already achieve my goal as a man. However the byproduct of being a man is thinking; thus the term Homo Sapiens. Thinking is the outcome of a man fully functioning.
Therefore like Sisyphus I need to stick to the knitting day in day out. If I don't do that I will lose the momentum to be active. I should continue to be in motion as if my life depends on it. There is some truth in that. Without being active I will not thrive as a human being. I need to be in action or I will dwindle in mediocrity.
Much like Icarus, my aim is Virtual Perfection. Hence, I cannot remain complacent. To excel I must do. To do I must act.
I had benefited much from being active this past few months. I no longer feel lethargic, my mind is crystal clear, I sleep better and [b]y illness dissipated. My challenge is to strike a balance in my food intake and the amount of rest I should have between workouts.
This is still an experimentation but I think I am getting close to an ideal living:
I will win 1 day at a time:
- Wake up latest 7:00 am
- Exercise 1 hour in the morning
- Eat 16/8 starting 2:00 pm
- Exercise 1 hour in the afternoon
- Eat LCHF at 8:00 pm
- Sleep at 11.00 pm
That's the minimum to win the day.
Within 3 weeks of going through this protocol I feel much vigor in my daily conducts. I am more productive mentally and the quality of my thoughts had improved much.
Notice the vibrancy even after a short duration of 3 weeks:
Early March 2019
3rd Week of March 2019
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