23 May

Articles, Sabbath Ramblings, Spirituality

Sabbath Ramblings: Temperate

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
9 comments

I've been enjoying my morning "time with God" quite a bit recently. I think it's because it's almost summer. No, seriously. Rather than being holed away in my basement flipping through the pages of God's Word (which...

16 May

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Sabbath Ramblings: Analog

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
4 comments

I was on a walk with my wife the other day discussing how "big" of a month this is for our thirteen-year-old twin boys. See, it's their official "Rite Of Passage" month. Working in close conjunction...

09 May

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Sabbath Ramblings: Wisdom

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
13 comments

I'm traveling this week, so today's article is a bit brief. But I felt compelled to share with you a few of my favorite "sources" of wisdom and several of the more compelling collections of...

02 May

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Sabbath Ramblings: Flow

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
4 comments

I've recently been reading Greg McKeown's new book Effortless. Greg's first book (also quite good) Essentialism, was about doing the right things, but his new book Effortless is about doing these things in the...

25 Apr

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Sabbath Ramblings: Simplicity

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
9 comments

Last week, when I posed to you the question about what you would do if you knew you were going to live forever, I told you about the simplicity of attaining eternal life through a "simple...

18 Apr

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Sabbath Ramblings: Forever

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
9 comments

Heaven. Hell. Death. Seems I've covered quite a few afterlife-ish topics of late. But today, I'd like to present you with an important question and "thought exercise." Similar to the exercise of writing your own obituary...

11 Apr

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Sabbath Ramblings: Energy

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
15 comments

I pay close attention to my body, especially when it comes to my overall qualitatively assessed energy levels, sleep satisfaction, sexual energy and drive, workout performance, and also quantified variables such as heart rate...

04 Apr

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Sabbath Ramblings: Hell.

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
17 comments

In my recent article about what exactly happens when you die, I'm afraid I may have finished quite abruptly in a bit of a cliffhanger—if you will pardon the pun. If you recall, or...

28 Mar

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Sabbath Ramblings: Death.

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
22 comments

In my recent podcast on my Spiritual Disciplines habits, which included a Q&A from my listeners, someone asked me a specific question about my thoughts on "what happens after you die." While I certainly...

21 Mar

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Sabbath Ramblings: A Song

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
52 comments

Today's rambling is an abbreviated one. Why? Well, frankly, I've been knee-deep—or, I suppose more appropriately stated, microphone-deep—in recording the complete, self-narrated audiobook version of my book Fit Soul. And, in the wee hours of the morning...

14 Mar

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Sabbath Ramblings: Laugh

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
4 comments

In this recent article, I explained how you know you've gotten stuck in a ho-hum hypnotic rhythm of life when you've found that you're no longer regularly dancing, singing, and dreaming. However, I was recently...

07 Mar

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Sabbath Ramblings: Seatbelts & Sentries

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
14 comments

God helps those who help themselves. So trust God, but put on your seatbelt. Trust God, but strap on your life jacket. Trust God, but wear your bicycle helmet. Trust God, but lock up your house at night. Trust...

28 Feb

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Sabbath Ramblings: Shoes

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
23 comments

You've heard it before... ...the Golden Rule of empathy... ...put yourself in someone else's shoes. This allusion to seeing how it feels when you put yourself in someone's place has been credited by many as some kind...

21 Feb

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Sabbath Ramblings: Marshmallows

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
12 comments

I've been thinking quite a bit lately about delayed gratification. Perhaps it's the five-day fast I'm currently embarked upon, and my anticipation of a giant ribeye steak at the end of the whole thing. Perhaps it's...

14 Feb

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Sabbath Ramblings: Honey

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
21 comments

Ah...honey. It's sweet, sticky, nutritionally dense, and a staple food of modern Western and indigenous hunter-gatherer cuisine alike. It's one of the most energy-dense foods found in nature, and, as I describe here, a perfect pure,...

07 Feb

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Sabbath Ramblings: Beauty

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
17 comments

As I recently discussed in my article on getting out of your "hypnotic rhythm" so that you can live more creatively and engage in "less doing" and "more being," so many of us responsible,...

31 Jan

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Sabbath Ramblings: Principles

August 1, 2022
Posted by Ben Greenfield
14 comments

Have you ever read Ray Dalio's book Principles? It's excellent. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm called Bridgewater Associates out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made...

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