Chapter Three — Mind / Body & Soul

Art is the cure for many a disease which has not been discovered yet”
— anonymous

Do you want to know the secret of eternal youth?

It seems every adult past the age of 25 is interested in knowing the secret of eternal youth. Are you prepared to receive this knowledge? I have taught large groups of people and have found very few adults are ready for this information — they thought I was joking (well, in a way I am).

I like to use equations to make concepts easy to understand:

Strength + Flexibility + {The Ability to Be Silly} = Youth (Happiness)

This is all you will ever need. You can close this book now if you already understand my statement. Otherwise, please read on.

You may think that my recipe for eternal youth is outrageous, and of course, I am deliberately stating it in a way that will not only draw your attention, but I am using a simplicity and humor to help you remember it. I am using techniques commonly used in advertising to help build an image in your mind, and help you retain this information. You might laugh at my use of advertising techniques of marketing and branding to help you, but your laughter itself is useful. When people laugh, they relax their guard and open themselves to learning.

“Every human being is the author of his health or disease.” — Buddha

Of course, I am not saying that we will never die if we practice the principles I am going to outline to you, just that we are more likely to enjoy our lives in health and youthful vigor for much longer. If you have a choice of living for twenty to thirty more years in disease, disability or pain; or of living those years in health and pleasure, which option would you take? Would you make the necessary change in your habits to achieve that goal?

— excerpt from the book Parallel Mind by Aliyah Marr
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