January 28, 2008 To the Gym

I interrupted this journal to go to the gym.  Used to be a habit – but it’s the kind of habit that disappears quickly… And it is a habit again–I have 3 goals, though the sthird isn’t a true goal:  The first is to go no fewer than 3 x a week.  Last week was 5.  I will do 45 minutes on the treadmill. 5 warm up, 35 at 3.5mph, 5 cool down  (so far I’m at 5 warm up, 20 at 3.2 , including 5 at 3.5, and 5 min cool down.  The non-goal is to do other machines in the circuit at my limit.  Today I did 15 stomach crunces, 12 leg curls, 10 weight pull downs.

Doesn’t take that long.  Week days are pretty much the same – I wake, have fruit & coffee.  Handle my treeth and shaving.  Then Nancy & I meditate, using a Paraliminal CD (new one each week.) Then I handle email until Phil leaves me Camron while he takes Diamond to school.  Then I go to the gym & my ‘real’ day starts.  Wednesdays Nancy works home so the time is different, but the same.

I find this ritual spiritually fulfilling and the real day is fully comitted to social justice and environmental sustainability.

December 31, 2007 An Unexpected Christmas Gift

Politics is already in 2008 – They’re all focused on next – week, next state and Jan 20, 2009.

I have something to recommend.  Thanks to T Harv Eker, I listen to Chae Holmes.  Each week, he interviews someone really worth listening to.  He reserves the last 15 minutes for that person to sell something he offers.  Chet’s condition is that he offers a fantastic bargain.  Usually I shut off before that.

Two weeks ago, for the first time, Nancy listened.  The speaker was Paul Scheele.  He is one of the world’s foremost  (fill in the blank)….and he has invented and sells something called Paraliminals – I can’t describe them.  We bought 22 of them, each CD a focused meditation, NLP-ish, left-brain, right brain, integrative, hypnotic ..  We’ve only listened to two so far.  If you’ve ever thought about meditation — even if you haven’t, check this out.  Wow!!