DeepThinking - How To Eat Your Self and Survive
Sep 28, 2014I was complaining to my Self in meditation this morning that I had lost focus. I questioned it. Have I lost focus? As often happens when I play detective, I found the opposite to be true: I have been incredibly focused about one thing: my weight. This morning I hit my target: I now weigh the same as I was at 20. It all started in London in January this year. I visited with my daughter Angelica, and we spent many hours wandering the streets and visiting the sites. However, after an hour or more of walking, I experienced pain in my abdomen. Eventually I realized I had an inguinal hernia which was operated on last month. Hmmm, you got too fat Jerry: so I set about bringing my weight back to what it was. Eating your Self - which I do to lose weight - is an odd phenomenon. I recognise the onset of ketosis (me eating me) by a tired weakness that is weirdly combined with greater energy, less need for sleep and sharper thinking. My whole DeepThinking series could itself be a ketotic benefit! It's a major achievement, given the deep psychological attachments and habits associated with eating. How ironically greedy of me to expect even more of my Self… I am learning with 80|20 that being satisfied with one significant achievement is a much kinder way to live. That is focus, and I have it. And I'll bet you do too.
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