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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Listen to Your Body.

Listen to your body. Learn from the messages it sends. Do not ignore your body's cries in an attempt to transcend them; enlightenment is not to be gained through self-willed obliviousness. Give your body your attention: do not block it out.

But don't let it boss you around, either. Don't be a slave to its blind pangs and needs. You must demonstrate to your body who is in charge. You must show it control. Your natural urges are important, and you must attune yourself to them, but you must not let them rule you. Don't be a puppet, springing to obedient action at the twitch of nervous strings! Instead, listen patiently to your body's feedback - but then when it is time to act, make sure your body knows that you set your own course.

Sleep when you're hungry, for example. Eat when you're tired. Cry, when you have to take a shit. When you're thirsty, get laid.

You must teach your mind to break its cycle of enslavement to biological imperatives, if you are to be a master of you.

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