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See post #2

I'm most definitely twice the man with two languages than I ever was with one. Or something like that.

another smallish (but big in effect) change to posture specific to the heart region is keeping the armpit kuas open.

ok, so you basically created this account to come here and spread rumors about Max Christensen. Am I reading you correctly? You didn't mention any of this in your introduction.

um, what? I meant, it doesn't bother me that I don't understand people and their motivations (but there's a nagging sense that it should bother me). I'm not sure what my post triggered in you there but I hope it did you some good :-)

I think I meant that I don't always understand people and their motives, but I don't really care, either

"One need not be a chamber to be haunted" One need not be a chamber to be haunted, One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. Far safer, of a midnight meeting External ghost, Than an interior confronting That whiter host. Far safer through an Abbey gallop, The stones achase, Than, moonless, one’s own self encounter In lonesome place. Ourself, behind ourself concealed, Should startle most; Assassin, hid in our apartment, Be horror’s least. The prudent carries a revolver, He bolts the door, O’erlooking a superior spectre More near. -- by Emily Dickinson Happy Halloween :-)

He's in Bamberg, very close to my home town of Kulmbach

haha, my fault entirely. I'm struggling to formulate my thoughts cohesively on this. Possibly because it's at the same time too complex and too simple to express.

Yesss ... the posture is a visible, tactile expression of the emotional state. I practice this with my groups when we do qigong walking. Head high, eyes front, chest out, strong, confident strides ... We exagerate these things in the sessions, and the idea is that a little bit of it creeps into and takes hold in the day-to-day.

I'm very humbly impressed by the responses my post got here. Many of you articulate my own intuitive thoughts far more clearly than I can. Here, a cross post from the science section thread: Me: yes, many famous spiritualists, too. But I've not yet read where one identified the source of that consciousness as the organic information flowing through the microbial sea that permeates all life on the planet, is, in fact, 90% of all life on the planet. Addendum: It's the organic nature of this that is fascinating to me. Spiritualists, great and small, recent and ancient, have tapped into this matrix (I generally avoid that word but can't think of a better one atm) in their meditations, glimpsed the awesomeness of the one organic, sentient intelligence that has basically been in existence on this planet since the primordial stew started bubbling, about four billion years ago.

yes, many famous spiritualists, too. But I've not yet read where one identified the source of that consciousness as the organic information flowing through the microbial sea that permeates all life on the planet, is, in fact, 90% of all life on the planet.

hmm... sort of ... observant? Indifferently bewildered? Is that an emotion?

here, two English-language articles that touch on what I learned from a German-language report: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/07/safe-level-alcohol-consumption http://davidroodman.com/blog/2015/05/01/are-the-benefits-of-moderate-drinking-a-myth/ Basically, there never been a serious, randomized study that has ever proven that alcohol in any amount is healthy. The few articles you'll find out there conclude that ethanol iincreases HDL, but that's a huge leap.

http://thedaobums.com/topic/39696-so-you-think-youre-human/

well, if you're drawn to something, there's a reason for it. I can sum up my own ideas on the subject by saying that the micro world is responsible for human notions of God(s). That's how big I think it is.

I believe the "one glass of red wine is good for the heart", or whatever spin is put on it, is another myth. As I understand it, the studies that it comes from never really made that conclusion. I think the point is that one small glass is less damaging than a full bottle, but that's about it. On the scale of damage done by varying amounts of alcohol, the zero would be the healthiest level. Anything above that is going to result in at least a little damage (I'm no teatotaler, btw. I take the good with the bad).

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I think the usefulness of humanity will run out long before the planet stops hosting life, and we will be replaced.

I live in the area of planet Earth with the highest density of breweries-to-person, by a large margin. Beer is viewed as liquid bread here. Thanks to that, alcoholism is easy to observe, and it looks pretty rotten. Actually, the big fat guys with the red faces aren't the alcoholics, it's the skinny ones that have the real problems, because they've generally moved on from beer to hard stuff, and no longer eat food. It used to be completely normal for businesses to provide beer for their workers, no joke. Production workers would go to the beer vending machine at start of their shift, at 6am, for example, get themselves three bottles (500mL) which would take them to lunch. After lunch, they'd have another three, and then they'd drive home and actually start drinking. Those days are thankfully over (but it wasn't all that long ago, maybe 15 years at most). A medical doctor told me that the effects on his clientele have been positive, but a psychiatrist friend of mine said she's seen a huge increase in work/stress-related complaints. Coincidences? Maybe, maybe not.

These little guys? What a crazy way to go out! Admirable, really :-)

It's also assuming you've got a metal rod up your.... Haha Actually, it supports exactly what I described. Shifting your focus could be like changing hands on the wire.

I don't think they're a constant, they change direction depending on your focus and breath, and probably depending on who you are and what you've done with your life thus far. Try this: rotate clockwise, from the pelvis. Inhale and rise up, expand; exhale and sink, contract, but don't change the direction. Do it for a while, then try counter-clockwise. See what feels most natural to you (?).

Wow, I love this. My (German) wife says I used to display Mauerbauertraurigkeit, but that it's not a known German word. Mauer = wall Bauer = builder Traurigkeit = unhappiness So, you build the walls, but aren't happpy about it. Prettty cool. Again what learned.

haha, nee, nicht direkt. Ich bin doch Ami, aber ich wohne in Nordbayern (Oberfranken) seit fast 20j. Servus :-) That book I linked to is excellent, btw. I have it in English.