Spiritual/Mind Advancement, Food and Exercise.

2. Awake! Awake, ye men, out of your leaden slumber! Recognize the ignoble burden you bear, that weighs upon millions with enormous pressure. Throw it off! Is it worth bearing? Not for a single second! Of what does it consist? Empty husks which the breath of Truth will scatter in the wind. You have wasted time and energy for nothing. Therefore burst the fetters that hold you down, and free yourselves at last! The man who remains inwardly bound will always be a slave, even if he were a king. You bind yourselves with all that you aspire to learn. Reflect: In acquiring knowledge you continuously force yourselves into alien forms thought out by others; you willingly adopt an alien conviction, making your own only what others have experienced within, for themselves. Consider: What applies to one does not apply to all! What helps one person may harm the other. Each individual must make his own way to perfection. The abilities he carries within him are his equipment for this. He must a...

There was a time I obsessed over what I would eat and when. Everything revolved around my workout schedule. I’d turn down dinner invitations and other activities if they interfered with my trip to the gym or wouldn’t easily fit whatever diet I was following at the time. Put bluntly: My diet and workout schedule dictated what I would, and would not, do in my life. My incessant need to put my fitness habits above all else eventually caught up to me and led to disordered eating, uncontrollable binging, exhaustion from long and grueling workouts, obsessing over my weight, and constant dissatisfaction with my body. At that point, I was my health and fitness regimen. And nothing more. But, thankfully, many years ago I experienced a huge transition. I decided that my health and fitness routine would no longer define me, and it wouldn’t control my life. I would no longer be this diet or that workout routine. It was time for health and fitness to be a tool that would allow me live a more...

6th September 2016 By Tim Bryant Guest writer for Wake Up World This article is part of a series that explores a range of socio-political models. While Wake Up World does not necessarily advocate one or the other, we believe there is value in opening our minds and considering possibilities for a fairer system and a better future than our problematic current model offers. Power is held at the individual level or in groups, and can be manifested internally or externally. Power can also be attained through individual action or collective action. For example, a person or group could acquire power internally from within or they could obtain power from their interaction with the external environment. On the contrary, power can be taken away internally and externally through negative thought patterns and external forces. Power at the internal or individual level is essential for personal happiness and freedom, while power at the external or collective level is key to highly functional...