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| Is Non-Mainstream a Way-of-Life for You? |
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| Écrit par Richard |
| Jeudi, 19 Août 2010 18:22 |
 Many of the topics that are discussed on ConnectionZen could be considered to be “extreme” by the “General Public,” such as veganism, CrossFit, barefoot running or co-sleeping. Does that mean that being Zen is all about doing extreme things. Are all extreme things therefore good?This is a question that has recently occurred to me and I’ve been ruminating it somewhat. Some of these ideas will gain greater acceptation by society, for example CrossFit will become increasingly mainstream as it’s fun, has low barriers to entry and gives great results. On the other hand, veganism has high barriers to entry as most people enjoy meat too much, even though a vegan diet will make you feel so much better.
What you often see however, is that someone who is extreme in one sense, may often be extreme in others. Take for example extreme athletes such as Scott Jurek or Brendan Braizer, they are both participating in extreme sports, ultra-running and triathlon respectively, and are both vegan. In their cases though, they became vegan because it was the best diet to support their athletic needs.
My thought was also around, if you are attracted to veganism, would you also be attracted to co-sleeping, attachment parenting and organic cleaning. I feel that the logic behind choosing one path can be applied in other areas. For example, you may choose to be vegan because it’s optimum for your health, so you choose organic for your health and you choose co-sleeping because its best for the mental well being of your child.
Taking this further, are you serially choosing the best option where you can? Do you want the best of everything and are you prepared to come out of the mainstream to get it? Or are you making choices based on one concept that’s driving you to extreme ideas. For example, Scott wants to run the best he can, so he makes choices about his diet that are optimal for his running. It turns to be an extreme diet rather than the SAD.
I believe the fact that you are already willing, in an important part of your life, to make an extreme choice liberates you and makes you more likely to be open to choosing other extreme ideas. You may have a personality that likes being extreme or slightly unorthodox.
If you look too at how ideas and concepts grow, they always start as extreme. Some grow to become mainstream and accepted, whilst others remain extreme. I don’t believe that mainstream adoption means that an idea is necessarily the best, just the most easily accepted. Evidence can support an extreme option as being the better one, but its barriers to adoption may just be too high.
When you look at mainstream acceptance, it’s still often driven by manufactured products and the concept that humans can use science to improve life. This has lead to a lot of accepted practices that are not optimizing the human body: processed foods, epidurals during childbirth, overuse of antibiotics, etc. So the more you are aware of mainstream acceptance, the more you may be open to non-mainstream concepts.
Of course, there are some ideas that are extreme, but should never be accepted, such as racism, exclusion or extreme politics. We’re not considering these in this article.
Being Zen means choosing the lifestyle that works for you, being as close to natural as possible and being in balance with your environment. If this requires you to be more extreme, then so be it.
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| Dernière mis à jour Jeudi, 19 Août 2010 18:26 |
