{"id":8791,"date":"2013-05-13T05:04:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T05:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/05\/13\/of-food-and-philosophy\/"},"modified":"2013-05-13T05:04:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T05:04:52","slug":"of-food-and-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/05\/13\/of-food-and-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Food and Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"
JH writes,<\/span><\/div>\n
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I'm curious as to when you eat breakfast in relation to when you do your early morning studying, meditating, hiking, or running.  I know you've mentioned a few times that you've done these activities before meeting folks for breakfast, so I am curious to know if eating affects your mental and\/or spiritual clarity.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Eating definitely affects mental and spiritual clarity, and usually adversely, although it depends on the quantity and quality of what is eaten and drunk.  My rule is: Nothing but coffee until after meditation.  And no electronics until after meditation.  A typical day goes like this.  Up at 2 AM, reading and journal writing and coffee drinking til 4, then meditation 4-5, then more coffee and some toast smeared with almond butter (great stuff!).  Then I turn on the modem (which I keep off at night), fire up the computer, answer e-mail and blog comments, work on a blog post, then around 5:30 or later depending on the season head out for 2-3 hours of exercise either a local hike\/run or a combination of weight-lifting, swimming, and riding the mountain bike.  For hydration I drink copious amount of water and OJ.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Only after physical exercise do I have a proper breakfast, around 7:30 or 8:30.  But a little something before exercise is a good idea to fuel your exertions.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Don't imitate Jim Morrison, that distinguished member of the 27 Club<\/a>, Roadhouse Blues<\/a>:  "I woke up this morning and I had myself a beer.  The future's uncertain and death is always near."  Yes it is if beer's your breakfast.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Companion post:  How Not to Begin the Day<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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JH writes,   I'm curious as to when you eat breakfast in relation to when you do your early morning studying, meditating, hiking, or running.  I know you've mentioned a few times that you've done these activities before meeting folks for breakfast, so I am curious to know if eating affects your mental and\/or spiritual … Continue reading “Of Food and Philosophy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,154,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autobiographical","category-food-and-drink","category-sage-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}