As background for the following, I invite you to read my
and, if you're feeling especially ambitious, my
Also, I invite you to read any of these, related comments that I posted this month:
- The No Contest Paradox
- "Abnormal" Limitations
- Distinguishing Praise and Appreciation
- Should and Enough
- Needs, Empathy, Rosenberg, Maslow
- Valuing All Human Needs
- Hume, Rand and Axel on Consciousness
Playful Actions (Text Summary)
- helping Dad get up in the morning
- helping Dad dress
- preparing food for Dad
- driving Dad and Aliana to the hospital for Dad's outpatient rehabilitation
- homeschooling with Aliana, emphasizing reading, drawing and exploring
- driving home
- eating waffles prepared by Cherita
- catnapping
- spending time with Aliana sweeping parts of the garage floor and exercising
- lifting weights (legs)
- doing abdominal exercise with the stability ball
- stretching upside down for 15 minutes or so
- walking on the treadmill for 11 minutes
- listening to about 30 minutes of the class discussing Chapter 4 of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, with the class presented by Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle
- shaving, showering, dressing
- downloading images that I photographically generated today
- recording what I ate throughout the day
- reading more of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
- reading more of No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn
- reading more of The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
- eating chili prepared from scratch by Cherita
- driving to church and attending the next session of the Enlightenment class (part of The History of Christianity, with emphasis on intellectual history) at Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist (CCUU); today's session focused on materialists including Diderot, as well as Rousseau and Voltaire; I assisted with the playing of the DVDs - I really enjoyed the class today
- driving home
- preparing this blog entry
I felt at peace at church and elsewhere much of the day. I attribute this to the influence of Eckhart Tolle.
To be continued...
- I'm grateful to myself for exercising today, which helped meet my need for taking joyful action and for promoting my health.
- I'm grateful to myself for eating more consciously today than I often did last week.
- I'm grateful to myself for generating conscious presence today.
- I'm grateful to Aliana for her companionship and communication.
- I'm grateful to Aliana for collaborating with me in her homeschooling.
- I'm grateful to Cherita for her productive, professional work and economic support.
- I'm grateful to Cherita for her help caring for Dad.
- I'm grateful to Eckhart Tolle for writing his book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. It continues to help me meet my needs for learning, growth and peace.
- I'm grateful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey for presenting the class discussing Chapter 4 of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, which helps me meet my need understanding.