Wellness
by sari and · updated 7d ago
Wellness
by sari and · updated 7d ago
According to him, the word “natural” has become a “sort of a secular stand-in for a generalized understanding of goodness, which in religion you’d call holiness, or purity, or something like that. “Nature,” with a capital N, [has taken] the place of God. In a secular society, we don’t look to religions to tell us what to eat or how to heal ourselve
... See moreKeely Adler added 4mo ago
Many of us, in pursuit of the spiritual, become woefully neglectful of the physical.
meghna added 8mo ago
I’ve learned that this world has no commitments to my body. No one will try to understand it more than I will. I learned the necessity not only of listening to your own body but also of fighting for it.
meghna added 8mo ago
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
To really pay attention you have to stop multitasking while eating. You also have to savor each bite. And to do this, you can't rush your meal. You need to put down your silverware while eating. You need to chew more. And this usually means you eat less. Which means you get less lethargic and, often (as a side effect) you might lose weight since yo
... See moreStuart Evans added 1y ago
The philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti puts it this way: “It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society. “
Perhaps it can also be said that it’s a sign of health (or not a sign of illness) to be maladjusted to a profoundly sick society?
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
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