Triggers
The recent events in Egypt and Tunisia, revolution in the streets, exemplify human behavior under extreme stress. A brewing misery among majority populations of young underutilized workers of these countries, stretched by environmental and population pressures, was sustainable until triggered by a repressive response from authority. Pressurizing stress and anger is a recipe for rebellion.
This has parallels on an individual level. Living under the constant stress of a demanding life with inadequate emotional compensation and/or inadequate self-care nutritionally, sexually and psychologically leads to an explosive situation. Repression of healthy desires in an ill-informed attempt to improve the situation can trigger unhealthy responses in the individual. Binge drinking, drug abuse, overeating, indiscriminate sexuality, etc.. These are forms of internal rebellion, which may lead to new regimens of stress relief or may lead to even worse addiction and self-abuse.
Daily practice is a personal preventative measure to avoid these trigger situations, which often become cyclic Taking care of yourself every day, routinely, to avoid stress that is unnecessary is crucial to personal peace and progress. Maintaining physical health is a top priority in daily practice. What you eat, how you maintain your hygiene, the ways in which you exercise, all contribute to the foundation of all good daily practice... good health. Proper amounts of restful sleep and daily meditation are excellent for stress reduction. So simple, yet seemingly so difficult for many people in developed countries to grasp.
If a society focuses on promoting the health and mental well being of its citizens over the accumulation of wealth or power, it will reduce its triggers of violence and unrest. There are examples of societies which are doing this right now on the planet. Unfortunately, the United States, as a society led by an elected government, is not yet one of them.
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Daily practice is a personal preventative measure to avoid these trigger situations, which often become cyclic Taking care of yourself every day, routinely, to avoid stress that is unnecessary is crucial to personal peace and progress. Maintaining physical health is a top priority in daily practice. What you eat, how you maintain your hygiene, the ways in which you exercise, all contribute to the foundation of all good daily practice... good health. Proper amounts of restful sleep and daily meditation are excellent for stress reduction. So simple, yet seemingly so difficult for many people in developed countries to grasp.
If a society focuses on promoting the health and mental well being of its citizens over the accumulation of wealth or power, it will reduce its triggers of violence and unrest. There are examples of societies which are doing this right now on the planet. Unfortunately, the United States, as a society led by an elected government, is not yet one of them.
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