The world according to Prince Harry! The Duke of Sussex's tips for achieving 'mental fitness' (from the Daily Mail)
AIM FOR THE PINNACLE OF MENTAL FITNESS: 'Mental fitness is the pinnacle, it's what you're
aiming for. The road towards that can be really bumpy... it's called inner
"work" for a reason.'
INNER WORK: 'With
everything else around you, the only way you can combat [burnout] and build
resilience for the outside world and your entire environment is the inner
work... Outer work becomes so much easier when you get to grips with the inner
work... If everybody [had time] to do [inner work], the shift in global
consciousness and awareness would be enormous, it would be vast.'
DAILY MEDITATION: 'I know that I need to meditate every day... Put it [into your daily routine] like brushing your teeth every morning... You need to put it into your day diary as a habit otherwise it's the first thing that drops away from your busy day.'
DAILY ME TIME: 'I have now
put in about half an hour, 45 minutes in the morning when one kid has gone to
school and the other is having a nap, there's a break in our program. It's
like, right, it's either for a workout, take the dog for a walk, get out in
nature, maybe meditate. I would hope that everybody would be able to do that.'
LISTEN TO LESSONS FROM THE UNIVERSE: 'Life is about learning and if you're in your 20s,
your 30s, your 40s, and even your 50s and you think you've got it sorted then
bad stuff is going to happen. But when bad thing happen I think, there's a
lesson here, I'm being schooled by the universe, there is something for me to
learn.'
TURN NEGATIVES INTO POSITIVES: 'Every single bad thing - or the things you perceive to be bad - that
happen actually can be good.'
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH MENTAL COACHES: 'You need to have someone there who is not only
coaching you through life but challenging your perspective. That's what I ask
[my mental coach] for on a weekly basis... Professional help, friends, family,
anyone can help you in that coaching process [and give you] the ability to be
able to find somebody else to throw ideas off or feelings or thoughts.'
WIPE YOUR MENTAL WINDSCREEN:
'Have different points of views in your life and friends who will not worry
about pushing back on things you say or feel to be able to encourage you to be
able to see it more clearly. I view that as trying to surround myself with
people who will happily wash [my mental] windscreen and clear those filters...
There is an endless filter system of what you think is happening.'
CREATE A MENTAL TOOL BOX: 'I know how my nervous system is going to react to certain situations that are out of my control, [so I think], what have I got in my tool box? What tools can help me deal with this?'
HONE YOUR MENTAL SUPERPOWER: 'Life is about discovery. In that discovery you are going to find things that you don't like, you're going to find things that make you uncomfortable, that are constantly pushing back on you but as you work your way around those things, all of a sudden the stresses, the chaos, and all of the things that were working against you in your life, be it private life, be it work life... all of the things getting in your way either fall away or you visualize them and are able to turn a negative into a positive and therefore make those things work for you. It almost feels like a superpower.'
BLOGGER'S COMMENTS. I was going to counter each of these statements of warmed-over New Age bafflegab with my editorial comments, but just found it wasn't worth wasting my precious time. Anyone with a brain can see this is very old stuff, the naive blather you used to hear decades ago at expensive corporate retreats where the guru sets up a sweat lodge and kills people. Or makes them drink the Koolaid?
I can't see this as anything but the Meghan effect, though I think he was a ditzy dolt long before that. Prince Andrew is equally doltish and inbred, but until recently . . . Oh, never mind. At any rate, the pre-Meghan Harry wasn't too fussy about his choice of partywear, was he? And has he ever properly apologized for this? If he did, he'd be liable, and that is NOT a good thing. His lawyers have put tape over his mouth for that one.
The infamous Nazi shot has more than one version. The one I always see on royal reporting channels has two of his partying "mates" in the background - one clearly wearing a white KKK costume with hood, and the other in Al Jolson-style blackface. Then there are his "Paki" remarks, and likely worse - those are just the ones that were reported. If THIS guy is responsible for saving the world, I'd say we're doomed.
THE KICKER. Here are just a few comments posted on Twitter and other social media platforms, criticing Harry's inane statements about "mental health":
It's always me-me time with Prince Harry. Real people have to work for a living...' wrote Richard James.'Sorry, just don't take him seriously any more,' wrote one user.
'I know he's qualified to talk about being mentally unstable because that's all he does but what does he know about having a job or balance between the two. Exploiting him is not kind,' said another.
'OMG is this a sick joke?.…..Haz doesn't actually know what the word work means!' wrote Carrol McDonald.
'This is a man who has more troubles than those he thinks he has. He needs professional help not being put on a platform & showcased as if he's in recovery,' said Tessa Cate.
'It's really difficult to take mental health advice from a 40 year old who in the middle of a pandemic was complaining on Oprah that he only had his mom's millions to rely on because dad cut him off. This is all during people losing their livelihoods,' explained another Twitter poster.
The ENTIRE world loves you so much Harry, handsomest Prince of the Earth. Thank you for being such a chivalrous hero UNRELENTINGLY committed to peace, love and non-violent communication. You are our cosmic light and salvation. Princess Meghan is the strength of your life and ours. Long live Gods brightest angels. #GenZ4Harry #VegansSupportMeghan
