For a habit to endure 40 years or more it must provide comfort by either being very effective by my interpretation or I am addicted to it for some deep and meaningful reason beyond my conscious awareness – either way I will mention some of them here for you to consider – they will include […]
As I remember it! Auto-ethnography – written 2010 Gary Walsh (63) – married to Julie for 39 years – 3 children – 4 grandchildren. Gary – Born 1959 – in Luton, an industrial town, to an Irish father and a Lutonian mother with one older sister. Luton’s main industry was Vauxhall motors and associated businesses […]
We are currently under attack from a virus that has turned our world upside down but is there a way to harvest positives from this apparently purely negative situation that may enable us to grow and help the world situation? I think there is such a way to consume less, save money, help the environment […]
HOW SPREADING YOUR LEGS CAN REVEAL YOUR SEXIEST LEGS AND BUM TO DATE. Early in my training history of over 40 yrs, I was working out with a bodybuilder who was 5′ 8″ tall. I am 6′ 4″. We would do all of the predictable exercises such as squats, dead-lifts and bench presses. He excelled […]
How has your appearance affected you life? No Complaints Here – Just another example of “Living The Learning“. We are all under tremendous pressure to be accepted, when we are young we care so much about it. The Good news is that as we age we tend to care less. My story – this is […]
The Question – As a married person would you get married again given your time over? PART 1 – Why Marriage is Convenient for Social Control. Selfish Philanthropy. “There is much too much sugar and sorcery in those feelings of ‘for others, of ‘not for me, for one not to have to become doubly distrustful […]
Flexarian Fitness + – Challenging The Norms 1. Immerse Yourself In All That Is Relevant To Your Progress Thinking that one needs a personal trainer to guide our progress is misguided and a quick fix to what must be considered from the outset a lifetime engagement with the physical aspects of what is means to […]
“The root of human conflict at every level is almost everyone chooses one side and refuses to see the opposite.“ -Gary- The Flexarian Way Why are so many of us so fixed in our opinions and behaviors even when neither our ideas nor actions are serving us or the greater good the way we would […]
One of the many reasons and justifications are given for why social control via weapons such as the “norm” is needed is to control individual behaviour, as every person in families and society possess different types of attitude, thinking, ideologies and behaviour patterns. Therefore, the chances of clashing with others are greater. Weapons of social […]
Exercise, lifestyle and feeding habits should reflect what you expect to see – your picture of yourself is always the guiding force behind your decisions. The Question must be – Will the way I am living, exercising and feeding my body create the realistic vision I have in my mind? I have worked with many […]
How Should We Live Our Lives? Most people (maybe us) meander through life in a more or less robotic state. As this is a fate that awaits any of us at any time I will use the term us. Little that is done contributes to a general purpose of existence but instead is done in […]
Experiment with people, life, and situations to gift Pure-Mind with innovative insights and understanding. A mundane conformist existence adds little or no fresh insights or understanding to Pure-Mind.
I aim to present here a chicken and egg scenario that may surprise you but if you understand it fully and engage fully with the new thinking it will change the direction of your life forever.
1 – We are Born Brainless Nobodies – To our minds, we come into being as material beings explained as being due to physical stuff such as biology and classical physics. Much time is spent trying to explain how we are something as opposed to nothing or even why there is anything as opposed to […]
This is the first post in a new category “Insights & Understanding” in which I attempt to simplify the incredibly complicated subject of Reality from my point of view. May your God go with you God – The absolute – The Tao – Universal Consciousness – Source – Mind at Large – The One – […]
Arguably the greatest character strength to develop is the love of learning (wisdom) – Mastering new skills, topics, and bodies of knowledge, whether on one’s own or formally; related to the strength of curiosity but goes beyond it to describe the tendency to add systematically to what one knows progressively. For learning lovers – reading […]
We all tend to be reassured when thought of as normal. Should we be? The “norm” is where mental health professionals intend us to be when we undertake to submit to therapy of any kind. If we are not happy, contented and free from neurosis then we are considered as not normal and treated so […]
A Flexarian approach to weight loss – with the flexibility to fit any lifestyle – this is the key. It is important for future health that weight loss is achieved in the most sensible way. The long term benefits are worth the effort. Having said that it may(is) also be the quickest way to lose […]
STRIVE FOR PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION Perfection or the ideal of perfection, whose ideal exactly is the perfect human beings strive so hard to attain? Well without apportioning any blame the ideologies and images which portray perfection to us need to be unattainable, that way we all continue to spend our money on attempting to achieve […]
-LESS PRIDE – MORE HUMILITY- In my efforts to develop every part of myself as much as possible. Mind, Body and character. I am disciplining myself currently to concentrate each day on less of something and more of its opposite or vice versa if you prefer. All will become clear as you begin to read. […]
How Our Deep Subconscious Mind Likes To Control Our Thoughts And Actions **** your best intentions! This is my subconscious talking when I think I can too easily make conscious choices over and above its control. This blog features an example of my efforts to gain some control over my life. And my subconscious mind […]
Absolute truth tends to discourage debate. Once you conclude that the ideas you have inside your head are from God or Nature or Pure Reason, once you think you are hard wired to Absolute Truth so that your views do not simply represent your perspective, then the rest of us are in trouble. John D. […]
“Are we in danger of becoming robots or is it already too late for some?” This is on the subject of human disconnection with nature, the very roots from which we grew. I was walking back home from the gym in the wind and the rain, feeling glad to be living. My blood pumping and […]
TOTALITY – Why it makes sense to expect so much more from your chosen fitness pursuit What do you expect from your chosen fitness pursuit? In all probability most will answer something like – improved moods, fitness, physique and health or variations across these themes – and this is a good enough return but what […]
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