I lived in my body for the first 33 years of my life.
I then had a massive breakdown and no longer lived in my body after that. Alcohol consumption also had a big role to play in me not living in my body anymore.
There are many benefits to living in your body.
You will mostly not be overweight or underweight
You will mostly be fitter than the average person
You will live longer than the average person
You will likely be sexually active
You will feel things
The main downsides to living in your body will be
You will be potentially prone to OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
You will get annoyed quickly
You may have difficulty with anger
Pain in the body may also be an issue
You may be a generally obsessive person about many things.
As a child I loved living in and body. I would jump and spin. Climb and swing from tree to tree. I was a master in gymnastics and I was obsessed with sex. As an adult my career was a body career. I was a fitness instructor and a dance teacher. I loved exercise so much, I would do it every day, and often overdo it in terms of exercise.
The other side of this is people living in their heads.
Benefits are:
Often highly intelligent
Clever
Enjoy reading
Like to argue
The downside:
You will be prone to rumination
You may overthink things
You may be overweight or underweight
You may daydream a lot
Ultimately one’s goal is to live in the present moment.
I didn’t know the origin of the word we use almost daily…spam. Now I know it was Monty Python.
…and now AI is now very much taking over the internet. You only have to look at the comments on Facebook, and the AI gives an accurate overview of what people are saying.
Why aren’t we disturbed by this?
RedBubble had bots look over my photos, to find anything they could use to delete my art. This art had been on sale and on their platform for over 20 years.
Not all AI is bad, but we should be aware of this issue.