Every now and then there’s a perfect MT TV show. Both “Profit”s qualify – one an entrepreneurial how-to, the other a corporate psychopathy how-to. “Fargo” is another, a Minnesota hit-man character study of the wolf. Of the three, the last career appeals to me most viscerally, were it possible to only kill the wicked or r-selected; i.e., the vast majority.
The “I have chains” trigger koan worked fine in painful, straitened circumstances, but is slightly inadequate for happy ones. I figured out the problem. The “only” was implied as long as I was suffering, but this implied meaning was lost when I stopped. So I added it explicitly: “I only have chains.” Job would agree.
I also noticed that “My yoke is light” doesn’t work when fatigued, so I need both “Follow me” for effortful meditation, and “Yoke is light” for abundant energy states.
I can now absorb about two full work days before I start feeling fatigue onset and lose evening willpower, causing regimen lapse. So my guess that fatigue was reduced by half appears accurate.