# The Body
Recently, various people keep telling me:
Listen to your body
The general idea is: If I need to sleep then I should sleep If I need to eat then I should eat. If I need to go for a walk then I should go for a walk. This kind of saying is also taught in Reiki, Taoism, Buddhism and all kinds of other spiritual paths, and we have the (UK) government telling us to eat at least 5 pieces of fruit per day ( the 5 a day campaign ), keep warm ( keep warm campaign ), keep clean, don’t drink too much ( drinkaware campaign ), don’t gamble ( gambleaware campaign )
It is incredibly hard to do this in a modern age full of demands from all over the place… but it is incredibly important to achieve some kind of balance between being a “servant of humanity” (e.g. loving kindness to other people, hard working for organisations) and being a “servant of