Do you hear that knife cutting my cream cheese? How much of the human potential do you think you use? 10% if the brain, 50% of the blood, about 25% of your lung capacity each breath, its ridiculus. Could you imagine i everyone took the time to harness every power invested in them and use it to the fullest?
For example, I have in the past become fed up with my mediocur reading speed so I rented one of those VHS's about speed reading. The average human reads about 1/32nd as fast as they think. This is because when we read, we act like we are speaking and the tongue can only move so fast. With practice and training and honed concentration, every human is capable of reading as fast as they think. All it takes is time.
Take lung capacity. When embarking in a yoga class this past summer, my yogi talked about using every square inch of your lung space. This allows you to conciously slow your heart rate down, use your air more efficiently, increase your stamina, and increase oxygen flow in your blood stream. On average we take shallow breaths using a milispace of our capacity. When beginning yoga, I could breath (hard) for about4 seconds befor hitting my spacial limit. 4 weeks later, I was up to 15 seconds plus. The space was always there, it was simply the concentration.
Now think of runners. How long can you run for without tiring? Andy Jones set a world record for running approx. 100 miles in 12 hours, 5 minutes, and 23 seconds. Is his body superior than yours or just maximized?
This train of thought of capacity was spurred by reading a book entitled "Zen and the artist" which talked about the powers of meditation to increase artistic awareness. It talked about the possibilities of the human mind to be so much more aware than we let it be. The body is so truely amazing. My new goal is to, ha, like the army "Be all that I can be". Care to join me?
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