mYTHmAKER

If I meditate and I'm thinking about time it drags. If on the other hand I'm just standing and checking out my body, following my breath time goes faster for me.

If you really want to make time slow down join the army. Boredom - lack of interest will slow time. Being focused, loving the doing of something speeds time.

On my birthday I always remember what was once told to us by a wise man as a wake up call. "Why are you celebrating - you are a year closer to death." To know the answer one has to sit and meditate. The answer is beyond mind

Don't forget romain lettuce and celery. Eat whole raw salads don't blend everything. There's an add in a magazine with an ape endorsing the blender he uses

3-4 ounces a day is sufficient. the daily amount of protein recommended by the gov is way to high, I think the amount recommended in other countries is less. That's concentrated protein. Look at food tables most everything has some protein.

The truth is relevant in all cultures at all times. When one is in the truth whatever they say will affect us. So the ones you are talking about don't make the cut.

Interesting that you should say that as it is a path of bhakti / devotion which is the heart.

My two cents worth - find one you like and stick with it. Learn it well do it for a while before you learn another. Dig one well deep. I remember in one of the posts here - don't recall who it was from- the poster said he couldn't wait to make up his own qigong Might have been you

IMHO this is not a discussion about religion. Religion = politics. This is the basc quest for truth. I use the word god for lack or anything better. God to me is consciousness or the stuff of consciousness or something else.

It is our mind that makes distinctions. When there is no mind there are no distinctions and everything is as it is. That is the perfection - the peace. All the practices are means to trancending the mind - stopping the mind. There is a philosophy called Kashmir Shavism. To keep it simple. This universe is the body of god. God being whatever you want to call it. So if this is true everything in the universe, animate, inanimate is made of god. There is nothing that is not made of god. Rock, dog, wife, friend,enemy, flower. car, etc Therefore you also are made of god and everyone you know and don't know is god. We live in the body of god and are of god. So how can anything not be perfection.

The reality might be that you are a perfect human being - even if you are hardwired. Difficult for us to believe - it's easier to believe we are imperfect.

I food combine but not that strictly. I wouldn't eat melons with another food as it gives one a stomach ache. I don't combine sweet fruits with acid fruits i.e. grapefruit and dates. I eat my food in the order of the easiest digested food first - this is usually the most liquid. So I would have juice then blended salad then fruit. I would never have fruit after eating potatoes - starch - as the fruit which digests faster would sit on the starch which digests slower, and voila fermentation and gas. Fruit and nuts are not good to combine but I get away with it as I soak sprout the nuts and blend them with the fruit. I don't know how combining works when blending everything. Herbert Shelton had a good book on food combining. Also check out Virginia Vetrano. Joel Fuhrman says food combining isn't necessary. It depends on your digestion. IMHO your all mixing to many foods, supplements together in the blender. Fresh fruits should be the sweetener - honey is too concentrated. I don't think it's ok to blend everything - you have to chew. I only blend one salad in the morning and some nuts with fruit as a topping on a whole fruit salad. Every thing else I eat in a day is unblended. Remember if your blending a hamburger don't forget to put in the pickle , ketchup and bun Hope this helps. That's true. However, we get all the salt we need from fresh fruits and vegetables. For instance celery is loaded with salt. Salt pulls out calcium and other trace minerals when excess salt is excreted which is a contributing cause of osteoporosis. Adding salt to food will increase risk of developing diseases such as stomach cancer and hypertension. Salt also makes it harder to get the true taste of food.

Did it mention anything about them eating seaweed. Collecting it in summer and storing it for winter

I practiced TM for a few years and I enjoyed it and found it beneficial i.e it helped my mind calm down. I will now answer your next question - Why did i stop. I found a guru and meditated with another mantra. Now I do Zhan zhang - standing meditation. I have a friend who was a TM teacher and still meditates using their mantra and she is not really involved with the organization. I think any organizaton has the possibility of being a cult. To me the biggest cults are christianity, judaism, buddhism etc. There are many places you can get a mantra without paying. You can just sit and watch your thoughts without engaging them - it will accomplish the same thing as a mantra. The purpose of the mantra is to focus your mind so you can go beyond mind.

There are a few salt substitutes in the marketplace- One is called Nu- Salt. They're made from potassium chloride.

Nice post - it works for me.

I think we're talking about a lot of different things. Your nice guy sounds more like a wimp. You mentioned inflexibility - has nothing to do with being a nice person or not. If someone is rude you act appropriately - if he's smaller than you you hit him - if he's bigger you run.

Yes mYTHISmAKER smells loverly. You want to smell manly don't use anything

There is a cartoon in the latest New Yorker. Two cavemen sitting in a cave. The caption is: "Something's just not right - our air is clean, our water is pure, we get plenty of exercise, everything we eat is organic and free - range, and yet nobody lives past thirty"

Yes one should act appropraitely to circumstances. Acting appropriately we can go along with somthing or not. That is our choice. If a woman approaches you for sex what is the appropriate response for you in this situation. Is it appropriate for you to say ok if your married? For me it is not - say thank you for the offer and move on. For someone else they would think it was ok. Their choice. Yes limitations are self imposed. I might type cast the person who engages in any role as an actor, perhaps fickle.

You got it Michael! But what about all those additional years of bordom

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I've had a distiller for about 15 years and love it.

Why do you feel bein a nice guy is a conditioned illusion that's keeping you from having access to the full spectrum of life. I know there are some spectrums I don't want any part of. One can be a nice guy and be assertive. One can be a nice guy and enjoy the game of life One can be a nice guy and have great sex. One can be a nice guy and be very creative. One can be a nice guy and have courage. One can be a nice guy and take risks, be in an uncomfortable space etc. Maybe you are confusing nice guys with wimps. Being a nice guy is just the way some people are. It isn't their fault. Try to understand our limitationss.

How about assertive instead of agression. I was talking about being true to your true nature - not putting on an act to attract someone. That is fucking around with someones head. Especially if you are practicing self cultivation. You're right, taoism is not to water down people but for them to express themselves. No soups. If you are agressive be agressive and you will attract someone who likes an agression. They themselves might be agressive or submissive. If you are a wimp there is someone out there who is attracted to wimps. Sometimes fire and water get along because they enjoy the opposites, it excites them, sometimes they don't get along and they love this- some people love to fight and make up. They can also not form a union for the same reasons. It's interesting, I personally wouldn't know, but they say when a person becomes realized - gets to know their inner self - they really don't change but become more of what they are ( personality wise) They don't become bland they become a fuller expression of themselves.