Actually I think you’re right, I updated it. Thank you.

I think that fear and hurt kill cells and organs and break down the body – mental aspects are responsible for health and longevity – not exercise. Not even diet. My mother never exercised and ate chocolate and pastries for breakfast and diner and was a young person at age 87 – both in body and mind – while I can think of any number of people who aged rapidly and died early while being devoted to ‘keeping in shape’. My father was still young at 84 – smoking 3 packs a day and never once having exercised in his life. There may be arguments for exercise but it’s one small element and you have to do it for decades. I love the way Rick laughs at these fools who think that they’re escaping death. Especially because they heard it from the THEY that that’s the thing to do and just maybe they will live forever.
I was twenty years younger than my real age in every test I took, doctors were astounded, and superior to 18 year old men in almost every physical aspect at age 60. Then I got divorced and I aged rapidly and by 63 I could barely move and developed various illnesses. My body broke down from the stress of the divorce. It’s all mental. Bruce Lipton makes a good case.
This site has been one of the greatest discoveries – I have had trouble reading Derrida, for example, and Rick has helped me see into something of what Derrida was about. Rick has a great story, he was real. Thank you to the one who has put these lectures here.

I agree with you in part… However booya base (aka booya stew) is a more commonly known way of referring to a very similar thing in the US. I think your version works better though as it makes a clearer class distinction, especially for non US audiences…

Cf:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booyah_%28stew%29

‘Booyah (also spelled booya, bouja, boulyaw, or bouyou) is a thick soup of presumably Belgian origin made throughout the Upper Midwestern United States.[1]’

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‘”booyah” is thought to have derived from the French language words for “to boil” (bouillir), and subsequently broth (bouillon). The spelling with an H is attributed to the phonetic spelling by Wallonian immigrants from Belgium.[3] The Dictionary of American Regional English attributes the term to French Canadian immigrants; others attribute it to a derivation from the Provençal seafood dish bouillabaisse.[2]’

I don’t know exactly which book he is referring to but “Heidegger’s ‘Being and Time’: A Reader’s Guide” seems to be the best and shortest cliff’s notes type book on the subject around at the moment. There is also a one page summary here: http://www.angelfire.com/md2/timewarp/heidegger.html and some Heidegger comics here: http://www.beingandtim.com/

I pretty much agree with you. The fact that Rick died of a heart condition doesn’t help that aspect of his argument… its something I think about a lot. There are lots of references to the meaninglessness of staying in shape. While I understand what he is driving at, it’s pretty clear that there must be some link between physical and mental health.