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The Body

There is nothing more holy than our own body. Our body is our own personal deity.

Why so much disrespect for our body? Why don’t we revere, respect, admire, or prioritize our body? Some thoughts:

The silly notion that we can separate our mind from our body

The mind is an offshoot of the body. A mind is a reflection of what’s happening in your body.

A lot of tech utopists believe that one day we will be able to simply upload our mind and consciousness to the cloud, and to “copy and paste” our minds into new bodies (shells). But my belief:

The body is real, the mind isn’t.

Where does the notion of disrespect for the body come from?

The notion of the “immortal soul”, or the notion that our soul exists independently of the body: originally an Egyptian notion, later adopted by the early Christians.

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What is wisdom?

After grappling with the difficulty of trying to define “wisdom”, my definition currently is:

Wisdom is practical knowledge which is empowering to your personal body.

For example wisdom includes:

  1. Consuming meats, protein, and food which contributes to your muscular growth.
  2. Stimulants like coffee or tea which strengthen your body (hormesis), and which stimulates you to move, attempt, and do shit!
  3. The knowledge knowing what foods, drinks, and drugs to NOT consume.
  4. Optimizing your environment and lifestyle to do what is best for your bodily physiology.

Artistic aims beyond the body?

When my body is inspired, my creative and artistic faculties are also inspired.

I need a strong body in order to go out and make photos.

A suggestion:

To become a stronger photographer, increase your “one rep max” in squat, deadlift, bench press.

“Exercise salience”

When your legs and muscles are trained, your body has the natural urge to want to move, want to lift stuff, and want to do stuff. I’m like a kid again; I can’t stand still!

Why have a brain?

What’s the purpose of a brain? To coordinate movement. Thus a human who has no need to move has no need for a brain. My theory: we start to get mental problems when we stop moving (or stop needing the ability to move). Thus there’s more wisdom in our legs than our brain.