The Body — Fundamentals of Personal Mastery

Taking Care Of The Needs Of The Body is the first stage in personal mastery. It is far more extensive than people think, and very hard to do perfectly.

At its extreme end it is simply, not allowing your body to die of starvation. Most people do not know what it feels like to go without food. Or water. But those meeting of those base, primal, needs of a human, is the foundation of the foundation Personal Mastery.

The first stage of being able to provide for yourself as a human. Of becoming Self-Reliant. Meeting all of your basic needs: Food. Water. Shelter. Connection.

However, at the other extreme, Taking Care of the Body is concerned with dialing in and fine-tuning Diet, Exercise, and Eating Habits.

It also covers basic Hygiene (at least at a basic maintenance level) which

Bringing these aspects of our lives into perfect balance, that is honed down to an ideal system that takes up very little of our awareness.

However, to be truly Self-Reliant, and approach Personal Mastery at an absolute level, we have to be able to do everything ourselves.

At its most absolute

Mastery The Fundamentals
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West, Brandon. "The Body — Fundamentals of Personal Mastery". Projeda, June 11, 2025, https://www.projeda.com/the-body-fundamentals-of-personal-mastery/. Accessed March 7, 2026.

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