Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.
~Art Buchwald
Living life to the fullest. What does that mean? Does it mean racing to get another hour of time on our computers? Making sure our cell phones are on and connected at all times? I was chatting with one of our LA mates today and she said something I totally related to and I had to laugh with her… “If our DSL goes down for even an hour, we start to panic around here!” Wow. Did I ever relate. Which led me to think, what is our addiction to instant access online? Having to have everything NOW. The ‘fast food’ culture is a death culture. What we need to bring back is the ‘slow food’ culture! Even though I’m not eating the fast food diet, I still participate by being so addicted my computer and my cell phone and my need to be connected 24/7! Scary!
Bam and I ate lunch today (another green soup but this time Mexican!) and got in to a discussion on the subject of time and how we can affect it. The grim reaper is not a scary skeleton looking creature with a scythe but rather it is the image looking back at you in the mirror. We determine our ‘death clocks’ by how we live our lives. Our thoughts, our actions, the food we feed ourselves, we are our own worst enemies ie… we ARE the grim reapers.
Imagine this. If you are a typical westerner eating a ‘Standard American Diet’, living a competitive lifestyle of rushing around and keeping up with your neighbors, watching the news on TV etc…. then you are a twin outboard engine speedboat racing across the ocean of time towards your death.
Now, think of the ways you can change that.
- Raw vegan = rowboat with oars
- Meditation and yoga = rowboat with oars
- Combine raw vegan AND meditation and yoga = raft with one oar
So what is the speed of a yogi in the mountains? Probably like a surfer on his surfboard paddling with the current and riding the waves. Or perhaps he/she is treading water slowly in the vast sea of life. I’m certainly not at that level but it’s interesting to ponder.
Today, promise yourself, let each breath find its way in and out of you naturally. Feel each moment. Eat well. Think positive thoughts. Avoid the television and laugh whenever possible.
