I hit 7,000 subscribers tonight for this email list. Thats A LOT of people.

I remember when I started this list, and was THRILLED when people even SIGNED UP for it. That was a big deal.

"People are signing up to read what I write".

A little over a year later, this list is in thousands. That is cool, that is very very cool.

To commemorate this, Im sharing something I've not fully shared before. My personal philosophy to living.

Most of you by now can likely identify that I value practically, application, simplicity. While I can dive deeply into a subject, on a day to day basis, I prioritize tangible results and outcomes. My "Way of Being" is no different.

This is not a philosophy of "why", but of HOW.

The Way...

This philosophy is based upon three meta archetypal concepts, which result in three principles, and three praxioms (Pragmatic Axioms)

Spirituality-You become what you CONSUME, in all forms. Our lives our conceptualizations of everything we have ever taken "into" us. Our spirituality, our sense of what makes up our reality, that is manifest of EVERYTHING that has been stimulus to us, be it touch, words, teachings, sensations, sight, and so on and so forth. Our subconscious and unconscious, which can be a far vaster world than our physical one, its formed by the totality of our experiences, all of them.

Physicality-Life is ACTION. The realm of materialism is where time, memory, and moments all take place. We recall our lives as series of events and happenings, we regard what is real by what can be FELT.

Mentality-Meaning is found in INTENTION. We have the extraordinary power of sentience and this allows us to think forward into the future of what MIGHT be and CAN be. We can create time as it comes. Our mentality creates us and unmakes us in equal measure

The Principles

  1. You are what you consume(Spirituality)- Everything you take into you will affect you/create you. So pay attention on all levels to your environment and your consumption. This goes for people, words, entertainment, books, ideas, culture, atmosphere, so on and so forth

  2. Live according to Action, not feelings(Physicality)-How you live, and how you want to live, and what you want to happen, all these things are dependent upon being set into motion. To those who do, much shall be had, and to those who do not do, nothing shall be given. Your emotionality is irrelevant to your reality if you find dissonance in your life.If your life is discontent to you in any way, LIVE DIFFERENTLY. You cannot "think" anything into existence without giving concrete form in the physical realm.

  3. Be Purposeful, in everything (Mentality)-A purpose driven life is a good life. Acting mindlessly, carelessly, with no intention to anything, that is always considered a wasted existence. Ignorance earns its own misery. Mankind since the dawn of time has sought to make sense of mortality, and perhaps the only meaning that can be agreed upon is that to have meaning is a good thing that serves living. We have gift the learning, we have the gift of seeing into the future, we have the ability to make the future happen. Either you take that seriously, or you do not.

The Praxioms

-Eat Clean Physically speaking, I consume a healthy diet of whole protein sources; beef, chicken, and fish primarily. I eat so that I have great energy all the time. I eat in such a way that I believe my long term health is as guaranteed as such things can possibly be. Sugar, processed, foods, fake fats, I keep these zero to minimum in my diet. Beyond diet, I am very very judicious what I "consume" in all other aspects. I don't put up with bullshit, I do not spend time with people I don't like, I don't go places that I don't enjoy. I don't consume "outrage" media and get pissed over nothing. I keep my consumption as "clean" as possible on all levels

-Live Lean -By living "lean", I don't engage and act in a way that encumbers me or ways me down. I don't want excess fat on my body the same way I don't want wasted time and energy in my life. This way of being comes with mistakes, of course, but overall I favor movement and usage of time, by doing what is energizing, and avoiding what is not. This means I also maximize my sleep, and my recovery, and I avoid things that cost me energy and sleep and negatively affect my performance in any way shape or form.

Train Mean -In the gym, I train with clear intent and purpose.I train to be strong, muscular, and lean, all the time, every day, 365 days a year. My training is driven by progression always. I follow my AJAC Method, and I do not deviate from it. Nothing in the gym is aimless ever. I do not "workout" needlessly, I do not have "throwaway" days where I mess around. Everything is for a purpose I view all of life as 'training" in some fashion or another. I maximize my experiences the same way I maximize the effects of my training. I remind myself to be grateful and do things with my full spirit and focus. Even my aimlessness and wandering has intent to it. I don't waste days where nothing was done. Something is always being done. And if you fuck with this in any way, I am mean about it.

FIN

And Talk again soon,

Alexander Iron Lion Creative Services 1215 15th Ave SW Los Angeles, California 90046 https://alexanderjuanantoniocortes.com/programs/