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time with my wife and son.

qigong, like language, adapts to its user. all things change. find what resonates with you and dive in!

there is no spoon

The most disturbing element to me aside from the unknown affects in the long term of GMO food; is the impact of seed patents and the inevitable spreading of patented seeds to private farmers crops, which are then confiscated due to patent infringement. And if GMO is so beneficial, which I whole heartedly agree beats starving to death, I can't help but wonder why so many countries have outright banned them.

I've had myriad lucid dreams, starting with one of my earliest memories in which I became lucid during a nightmare and experiencing an OBE. The dream scape has every bit the weight, value and impact on my sense of self and reality as any events that have occurred in physical reality. In many respects, waking life to me is like a collective dream state, where the impact of intention takes 'time' by our perception due to the vibrational level at which it is experienced. Dreams respond instantaneously to the slightest intention. This first experience dissolved any fear of death before I ever knew what death was... (I was four). It is directly related to my lifelong quest to seek out and explore altered states of consciousness. Currently I'm working on the MCO while dreaming. I've had several successes, mostly becoming aware while already engaged in the MCO, rather than becoming lucid and then beginning the cycle. In recent years, my lucidity experience has been more of the 'aware I'm dreaming' and just going for the ride while aware, rather than impacting the dream scape with direct intention. I view two categories of dreams, small and large. The small are rather mundane, set in very earth-like conditions. The large bend my sense of self and reality beyond words/emotions or even images. I'm endlessly fascinated by dreams...

I dunno about boxers. I had an unfortunate instance when I was about 10. Walked in on Grandpa dressing himself. He was slowly reeling up his 7 inch testicles and placing them in his boxers like a basket. I walked around with my tighty whiteys pulled up around my belly button for weeks for fear that mine would stretch out too. Good times!

I love the Solstice! Happy rebirth of the Light!

I still look down entire aisles of food in our conventional grocery store and see no real food. Rows of boxed, processed flour, wheat and sugar, artificially colored and preserved. In a pinch it will keep you going, but as a way of life, it's a slow form of poison. Farmers Market around here is massive and loaded with local organic at prices much better than the stores. Man I love those farmers!

That is sad. Saddest for those who don't know enough to know better. No matter how often I'm exposed to it, the way our current establishment conducts itself still shocks me.

There's been some interesting research into a probable cause of heart disease, linking certain types of microbes in the gut that excrete trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a substance believed to promote atherogenesis. Among the treatments would be altering diet to inhibit the growth of the specific microbes. Won't it be great when scientific pursuit brings us back to using food as medicine? Instead of a cure, look to stop the cause.

It would be so grand if we could rejuvenate our soil to higher brix values. Vegetation high in brix value does not get targeted by insects, as they are high in mineral content and are unappealing. These vegetables are brimming with phytochemicals that are vital for good immune function. One of the predatory quality checks held by nature, the low mineral content soil grows vegetation that appeals to insects. The insects clear out the vegetation and things get a chance to recalibrate to a higher mineral content. We'd require far fewer pesticides if we'd grow more in accord with nature and on a smaller scale. That is unfortunately just a pipe dream given the nature of conditions here and now. I've spent some time on water fasts and a couple of various detoxes and can relate to you on the emotional experiences related to various food types. Not to mention the state of intention/mind of the one who prepares what I eat, that can be really profound! I hadn't ever considered the emotional dampening affect of fat deposits. Huge impact on the ability to take in, move and express subtle energy. That really rang the bell for me. Thanks!

For me Antares, the tone of your repetitive assault and your lack of providing any real answers has provided Vitalii with more credibility by my perception.

calling someone a liar when they are lying is not breaking forum rules... it is stating a fact.

Kurosawa's Dreams: In particular the final short film: Village of the Waterwheels. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/

Woman in the Dunes: Sometimes only in captivity, can freedom be understood... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058625/

One of my all time favorite enlightenment films: A General betrayed flees to a monastery and finds the power of peace, only to be tested by those who won't let him go. Return to violence or remain in peace? Temptation of a Monk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108630/ Followed by another great one: A ruthless warlord about to kill a girl, has a flash of enlightenment and finds his perception of reality shattered. The Warrior http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295682/

The sunrises this time of year in LA are simply jaw dropping. Wispy cirrus clouds shot through with pink and lavender. My job is often outdoors and we start before dawn much of the year. This was my view for months while working on Star Trek some years back. Our location was one of the highest points overlooking LA. Pure view for about 320 degrees.

I'm very curious about death. Never had any fear of it. Although some of the ways of dying aren't very appealing.

That triggers an awesome memory for me. Just before my wife and I moved to NYC from Minnesota, I went camping one last time on the shore of Superior. My last night, I stayed up to see the final sunrise from the cliffs near the campground. I was rewarded with a spiderweb, covered in dew, glimmering like crystal in the first rays of day. I haven't thought of that in years... Thanks MH!

Lost most of the desire to search for anything. I prefer being...

I've missed a mere handful of sunrises in the last decade. I veritably bathe in the dawning light.

Human perception is a series of transducers facilitating the transformation of various wavelengths of energy into what we call our 'senses'. As above so below seems to apply in the case of the holographic universe. This theory grabbed me by the short hairs the first time I heard it and has never let go. I find in fascinating... then I let it go like a straw dog and grab a beer and watch the sunset.

ripples on the river... illusions and filters... humans seem to operate on two misguided principles that: A:) we perceive the world as it is... and B:) we understand what we perceive Not much for grasping these days: at ideas, beliefs or dogma Rather I let go, release and become fully engaged now.

For me energy work came about instinctively and generates as a sort of compulsive need within me. I'm insatiably curious about the nature of reality/consciousness and obsessed with 'who am i'. Plus it feeeeelz zo good

I sense Karma is like a river of conditions. We contribute to the conditions by action/reaction/intention. The river carries us. You can fight the current, or flow with it. River follows Tao.