Comments on: Strength For Life By Shawn Phillips — Day 32 Of The PhilosophersNotes Challenge

By: CVircillo

CVircillo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:20:17 +0000

Strength for Life
Shawn Phillips

Your body is the the foundation of your life.
Choose is it anchor limiting you or source of radiant energy.

Bring mindfulness to your workouts

Transformation vs change — is it significant and lasting?

Strength is true wealth.

The GAP — Is there a gap between what you’re CAPABLE of doing/being and what you’re ACTUALLY doing/
being? If so, watch out. That’s where regret/anxiety/disillusionment hang out.

Close the gap and be your highest self.

Ability to Focus is key
FIT — Focused Intensity Training
TRAIN don’t Excercise
Set up your Base camp
Create RITUALS don’t just have Habits

LOVE — If we are strong strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be of no help. JFK

Fabulous note — lots to take away from this one and put into practice.

Thank you,
Christina

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By: JeannetteS

JeannetteS — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:14:16 +0000

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Over the last few months of this challenge I recognized that I have been shortchanging my own potential and well I’m over it and really playing full out! I’ve been setting myself up to make some big changes come this April and it is the most exciting and thrilling thing ever! My blueprint is finally, after so many years, becoming a reality!

And lastly love the distinction b/n habits and rituals. It is so true that when we talk about our habits they 99% of the time are negative. I like the larger meaning behind rituals. Since rituals have been done since the beginning of human kind I feel that when I partake in a ritual I am more connected to my ancestors and Source and all things in the Universe. It’s such a great grounding feeling and one that really provides me with a lot of faith and strength to make it through my days

Incredible note and another book added to my Amazon wish list! THANK YOU!

By: JeannetteS

JeannetteS — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:10:54 +0000

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Focus…there goes that idea again and something I admit needs to be worked on. I’ll never forget while running the marathon and I hit the zone…that period where all my senses were so accute and I swear a part of me was outside myself watching myself run and cheering me on. I’ve had moments like that since and not just during working out. My ideal is to have more of these moments and to sustain them longer. It’s an incredible feeling to be that present and that in love with the moment. It’s true that this type of focus is a mix of active meditation and stregnth training…for the body, mind and soul.

Love the idea of Blueprint for Brillance and it’s funny how creating my own blueprint is something I have been working on…thanks to this challenge. I’ve been able to refine and expand my blueprint so that it is more in line with my Higher Self.

By: JeannetteS

JeannetteS — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:59:45 +0000

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I love Philips’ definition of strength ‘true vitality & power with which you show up in the world’. I know that for myself, when I eat clean and get in a good workout I feel confident, powerful and my joy factor is upped a notch or two. Plus my exterior shows this…I stand taller, I look people in the eye more, I smile more and my movement is more fluid. When I eat not so healthy (it happens!) and can’t work out (again it happens!) I feel sluggish, stuck, and unable to focus. And again my exterior shows this…I slouch when I walk, I look at the ground, my eyes are puffy and I can be a big time biatch! Not cool!! It is so important to me how I show up in the world because when I come correct and in integrity with my true self I feel soi spot on in life and just more open to love and joy and peace

By: JeannetteS

JeannetteS — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:32 +0000

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I admit that I wasn’t to excited about this note as with all the others (why I am not sure) but once I got into it I fell in love with Philips’ philosophies on strength and building a strong/powerful body! It reminded me how all those years ago, when I decided to dive deep into the world of personal growth/development and change my life around, my very first step was to change my diet. No where did I read anything about the impact of the physical body on creating change but instinctively I knew that taking care of my physical self was first and most important in my change. This is what lead me to running a marathon and becoming a health counselor

Ok on to the PN…I wholehea rtedly believe in Philips’ philosophy that our bodies serve as our foundation for life and that if not properly taken care of we may never give ourselves the opportunity to realize our full potential. Just like with our mental mindset and choosing to think positive and be responsible for our actions it is so important that we choose to nourish our bodies and give them loads of TLC!

By: MaxineH

MaxineH — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:16:24 +0000

Hi Shawn

I’m on day 2 of the Base Camp, and have a few questions, which I was hoping you could answer. There doesn’t seem to be a facility on your webpage to contact you, so hope you don’t mind me contacting you through the PN challenge.

Is the list of essential foods on the base camp all that I’m allowed to eat, or is it that these foods form part of what’s allowed? For example, can I eat potato, dates, pears? I’m so used to having cereal, or porridge (with milk, it wasn’t very nice with water this morning) for breakfast, and bread for lunch, that I’m struggling to eat enough carbohydrates

Your example menu later on in the book, includes 2 out of 5 meals as your protein shake. I looked at your web page and you don’t currenty ship to the UK. If I try and find something equivilent here, what should I be looking for?

I’ve been looking at Dumbbells, since I would like to buy some for my gym. As a girl, who hasn’t done any training before, should I be looking at buying weights of 1 — 10 kilo, or will I really be able to make good use of something like the Powerblock in time?

Day 1 went well yesterday, but I am surprised at how much my arms and legs ache, from what seemed like little time exercising. I must have been doing it properly

Thanks in advance
Maxine

By: Kavalloore Muraleedharan

Kavalloore Muraleedharan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:13:49 +0000

Your body, the only one you will ever have, is the foundation of your life. Aim high. Aim for strength.

Have we created significant change that will last? Strength for Life is all about creating the structures in your life to create true transformation.

Strength is the presence of abundant energy – a capacity and reserve to be a force in your world. It’s inclusive of health and at the same time so much more; it’s being healthy and flowing with energy, power and confidence.

Strength is the something extra; the mental, physical, emotional reserve – the fuel that makes for an extraordinary life. Where ‘health’ is like living paycheck to paycheck, strength is money in the bank – a reserve. Strength is true wealth.

Lift the world!! Lift our spirits!!!

By: Dr. Edward Knab

Dr. Edward Knab — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:18:48 +0000

How strong are you? Wow, kind of says it all, and it’s something that we should be asking ourselves all the time? This concept is essential, and Shawn really rocks. We are iron men and women and our strength comes from “doing”; we can be an Olympic athlete or a weekly bowler. The defining moment requires our strength, our mindset; we are iron!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:59:32 +0000

Mark,
When your consciousness is rooted in the present moment, you may find that the repetitive aspect of a gym workout disappears. When you are fully engaged — body and mind — in your lifts, you are not thinking about the previous or upcoming set as each rep is “all there is.” This may help you get more enjoyment out of the gym.