Eric Grey

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I mostly blog about Chinese Medicine over at http://deepesthealth.com, but I needed a brain overflow container, and this is it.

On a daily basis, I think about (mostly) the following: spirituality and religion, small business ownership, raising kids, veganism, gardening, discipleship in an age of capitalism, computers and the appropriate use of contemporary technology, where did we come from, where do we go when we die, what is the meaning of life and also sometimes basketball. But, I can't really guarantee you'll see any of that in any given period of time. It's OVERFLOW, ok?

Also: I run a natural medicine clinic, Watershed Community Wellness, with my partner Amanda Barp. I think you might be interested in what we do there. You can find us over at : http://watershedcommunitywellness.com - visit us!

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Life! It blows me away!

I'm consistently amazed and fascinated by the human body.  I mean, sure, animals in general - nature in general - but really, my experience of my body is a source of endless "wow!" moments.  For instance, just now, I was working hard at my computer.  Unbeknownst to me, my dog had taken up residence directly behind me, sleeping soundly.  I had to get up to grab my wallet to make yet another painful business purchase.  Perhaps lost in thought, I just stood up as I've done countless times, with the intent to head towards the kitchen.  

I moved a little too fast, apparently, because the dog couldn't move.  For the next five or six seconds my body did incredible things.  It DID NOT FALL, amazingly.  I engaged in a completely unconscious dance of limbs, readjusting joint angles, shifting weight this way and that and - I noticed - not breathing much.  There was no thought in this.  If I had stopped to think, I surely would have fallen.  As it is, I have no idea how I didn't.  I do know that my dog thinks he's in deep trouble, my slippers somehow ended up on the other side of the room, and I STILL had to make the painful business purchase.

Only now with the added fun of adrenaline.

It occurs to me that this is why watching basketball highlight reels really and truly brings me to tears sometimes.  It's why I like to watch basketball and other fast moving sports in the first place.  It's why I find myself staring at pregnant bellies.  It's why I am floored every year when the cold hard sticks on my trees and bushes burst to luxuriant life.  Not the adrenaline part, but the utter amazement I experience every time I am in the presence of this beautiful world and the things in it.  Just to see how the life in this world continues, to see how it adapts to changing circumstances, to engage with it all...

It's worth almost falling down once in a while.

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Oh, and go Blazers.




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Posted 9 months ago

What counts as recreation?

I get a hard time from my friends and family for being too serious. I'm actually a bit of a ham, so it's not a personality thing they're (mostly) talking about. It has more to do with my habits. I do work a lot, and when I "play" it doesn't look like play to most people. Right now, my free time is devoted to projects around the house (garden, etc), blogging (at Deepest Health - been really slow lately and it pains me) and spiritual education (mostly through watching video, listening to audio and reading). I can't imagine what else I would want to do with my time. Except other, similar, activities.

I tried to get into D&D again. It was fun, for sure, and I'm always happy to meet new geeky folks. However, I just couldn't mentally make space for it. Why? Because I don't like to have fun? No. Partly it's that the business is in a growth stage (or, at least, I hope it is) and demands a lot from me. This isn't a forever thing, it's a right now thing. But additionally, whenever I was playing I found myself thinking about other things I could/should be doing. Like the above. But, also learning Chinese, reading the Classics, working through old material that I haven't digested yet (in the realm of herbs, Chinese medical theory, etc).

Am I too serious?

I don't think so. I just find different things to be fun than most folks do. I like to advance my understanding of my profession. I like to work through difficult aspects of patient cases. I like to go on walks listening to prominent spiritual educators. I like to dig in my garden. I like to fix my gutters. I like to spend time digesting and distilling my life experience and writing interesting blog posts. I like figuring out how to make my podcasts better. I like to research how to increase my earnings from blogging and elsewhere.

I don't like television. Not even when it's on the computer. Do I sometimes watch shows with Amanda? Sure. Often? Nope. I don't like to read fiction much, I don't find myself pining for the latest movies, etc... I do like games sometimes, but only with family, and only because it's fun to hang out with them. Solitaire? Not so much.

So, yeah, maybe I'm too serious - but I'm having a great time. I question why people seem to think that you can only be having fun if you're wasting your time. It's weird, ok?

One note: I do have one entirely frivolous pasttime - watching basketball. So get off my back! ;)
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