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Heya Santiago Thanks for your help Can't tell you how appreciated it is to have someone who has practical experience and knowledge and good intentions give me a hand Ric

Hey Karen in regards to whole grains and mineral issues can one eat say a meal of whole grains and then have the ability to absorb the minerals from a piece of meat eaten 4 hours later? Thanks

Hmmmm maybe vibhuti light - Milk and honey Hold the cow dung

Well my ideas and observations so far First off like anything it is going to be individualized - What one eats at one point in ones life may be different from what one eats at another point The body will react differently to food based on what the body is at that point - So you may react completely different to a pear on different days - Environment will have a tremendous affect - That same pear may be great on a hot day but not what you need on a cool day - Or it could be great on a cool day if your body is hot or great or not great depending on a million factors - In regards to a general philosophy eat this or that does not work as it depends on the individual - the individuals environment - what they are trying to accomplish - What is happening to them etc - Foods are wondrous in that they can give different tastes of reality and are a very smooth drug if one is sensitive enough to notice - Of course they can be just as powerful as any other drug Of course my perspective is from someone who cant transform food energy so once again like anything dogma doesnt really work and being rigid doesnt really work but observing ones own reactions and learning seems to

Good post Thanks

What is a qi push-up?

Hey Santiago could you talk a bit about differences in grounding and rooting and suggest a good rooting practice? Thank You

Hey Drew Interesting I am confused You are saying that they say a fruit based diet caused brain explosion- brain explosion as in a fall from grace or fruit catapulted us to the next evolutionary ladder? Then they are contending that by eliminating meat and eating mostly fruit one becomes super sensitive to hormones and thus is able to overcome a fear ridden mentality? Thanks

Hey Drew Thank you for the information Could you be a bit more specific about how you clean out your system - Does this happen automatically by just sitting more full lotus? What is keeping you from going completely to a diet free of meat and grains and sugar? Would drinking herbal tea help with the bacteria as most plants have anti-bacterial properties?

Ok good idea as I do physical activity and it does have an affect on my practice - I just did some basic breath meditation - My experience was that that I focused on my breath or paid attention to it - concentrated on it - if my attention wandered I brought it back to it - But then the sensation of the breath being everywhere came up - My breath was the spot between my eyebrows - it was in my lungs - Thus there was no singular point to concentrate on - and I had no frame of reference and then things started to get crazy in regards to intense feelings and emotions - Thoughts were that I was not concentrating on my breath - of course I couldnt concentrate on my breath despite the fact that I was aware that I was lost - More thinking just leads to more thinking and I still am not on my breath - so eventually I come back to it just by "waiting" as I have no control it seems - Then it seems to keep disapearing on me and my breathing stops completely for like 15 seconds - I dont force it I just watch - Then there is me breathing and a separateness from me breathing - and It seems I can become the breath or watch the breath and be separate from it - If I become the breath it is ok for a few seconds but then my consciousness gets lost and scattered everywhere - If I am separate from the breath then I am not concentrating - I am aware of the breath as a separate entity yet I am also aware of sensations thoughts etc Other problems I have when I do this meditation too much My mind starts to panic because I stop breathing or it seems like my body doesnt need as much air and this state freaks my mind out - Thus I feel like I cant get enough air or I start to panic in a reaction to my body being very calm What is universal post ? Thanks

Thank you Lin Would a basic mediation of just bringing ones attention back to the breath when it wanders be sufficient or concentration on the point in between the eyebrows?

Thanks for those videos They helped me out a great deal or a least they have given me a different perspective - One thing I am confused about - You state that when feelings arise or emotions or sensations to not get caught up in them - Stay centered - - Is there ever a time where one would actively try to direct energy to get a certain effect - Acually to phrase things differently when one does the movement they are using their intent and directing energy with their intent but they are just not getting caught up in the feelings it creates? - Also you state that one may be tempted to let the movements go but to breathe and pull the energy back. My experience with this is that whenever I do any type of mediation of chi gung I can let go and my body starts doing all sorts of things that feel very good - slow- movements fast - they sometimes feel almost orgasmic - The drawback seems to be that it leads to very altered states of consciousness that can be hard to deal with and these often creep up after the sessions have ended - During the sessions I am tempted to let go because it almost feels like an orgasm in my hands and the emotions feel good and often very scary at the same time - I am a beginner without a teacher - Curious as to what the best way to proceed would be Is there any danger to doing chi gung and sitting full lotus meditation and doing yoga postures or intense stretching all in the same session or throughout the day? Is there any danger in seriously injuring oneself through erroneous energy manipulation particularly when one lets themselves go and does what feel goods ? Thank You

Hey Jane Would you please elaborate on repairing meditation phsychosis Thanks

Hey Drew Thank you for that post Great Information Can advanced practitioners do everything that one can do in the full lotus without acually being in it- Meaning would a christ like figure be kind of like a living energy transformer that basically sucks up everything lower all around and changes it into something higher?

It's rare to find a person who can transmit the complimentary opposite energy and without this help it's difficult for a person to create strong electromagnetic (yang) fields on their own. Could you elaborate on this..... Lets take a male - You are saying that in order to create strong yang fields you need yin energy to transmute and you take this in through your third eye? Now I am guessing a female healer would be best for charging up a male initially if you will - Take for example a female who does energy healing reiki - Now would her energy have a yin charge compared to a male reiki healer who would have a yang charge? Other ideas Could the yin be taken from the earth or from any strong yin source? Say lots of vegetables or Female dog who is very loving Great Info thanks

Ok thoughts on different topics Drew very thought provoking post In regards to the iron could you please elaborate a bit more on the affects of dietary iron ingestion - There was a study done showing that people with restless leg syndrom tended to have higher levels of iron or an acuall gene that causes this and it seems like restless legs at night are indicative of uncotrolled energies or energies awakening in some people What else ahhh you talked about the right vagus nerve converting anaerobic bacteria - Could you eleborate? The reason I ask is personal ovservations that eating raw meat seems to lead to Phsychic phenomena for me in particular raw aged meat and raw milk leads to transmission of energy via shocks to many surfaces and often these trasmissions are quite strong - However food in generall does this to some degree so I am curious as to if it is the raw food and more enzymes etc or maybe anaerobic bacteria content in raw meat has some affect - In regards to transmitting yang energy through your eyes and receiving yin through your third eye are you able to talk while doing this ? Could you do it while typing or not in the full lotus position?

BUT there are those who aren't clear on how to do this, and there is the problem. So, YES there are problems with retention if it is done incorrectly, with improper guidance. And it is unfortunate that there is much more of the incorrect than correct out there. So there is the question, which guidance is proper/improper. No pains in the groin, kidneys, urethra. No night emissions (but this goes together with no porn and watching sexual desires as well, AND no sexually stimulating of oneself, nor letting on e do it for you.. haha). Hi I am confused - Are you saying that complete celibacy can be accomplished without problems or retention? I am confused as to terminology - Retention is stimulating either with a partner or by masturbation and not ejaculating while celibacy is completely refraining from any sexual stimulation whatsoever Or am I mistaken? They seem to be very different animals in regards to effects-

I am going in in a week to have a root canal tooth removed - The tooth has a very large abscess or infection - I am curious if anyone here has had an increase in well being after having root canals taken out - I also have a dilemna- I was prescribed penicillin to take for a week before the procedure - I do not want to take it but am fearful not to- I dont want to do more harm by taking the antibiotics but I am worried about the infection as I already have periods where I feel like I am on deaths door and I dont want to chance something happening Thanks

Wow Very intense

Thanks to both for the replys Wayfarer that is a long time - Are you doing it for health benefits etc?

Hey Karen you said flowers are astral- Could this be why large amounts of raw honey combined with large amounts of raw milk gives me a psychdelic/schizophrenic experience- The Amount of pollen to make maybe a quarter pound of raw honey would be tremendous... Acually to elaborate a bit More - Lately I have been exercising and meditating/yoga a great deal more and eating more raw meat/ raw honey and raw milk - One thing that happens is that my body starts crackling with electricity - At night like 10-1 or so is when is seems the strongest I will drop my shorts down and there will be a crackle - I can rub my forearm against my couch then when I hold my hand close sparks jump sometimes from as far as two inches away and they are like ropes of lightning If I touch my light I get a very strong crackling shock- and this cause my speakers to blare from the elecricity across the room ( they seem to blare when there is any type of electrical surge usually when the cooler goes on in the freeze) Anyway It seems intensified and often very soon after eating a high quality raw food or exercising etc - Unfortunately I also feel like I am losing my mind during this time and just lie on my couch unable to do anything - Also notice that If I eat lots of sugar like fruits and not a lot of calories and exercise whenever I close my car door I get a shock when I touch the glass but it is a weak diffuse feeling - Different from the others

Hey Karen Thanks What do you think about seaweed ? It is very high in fluoride but extremely high in iodine It

Hey I am curious if this would be considered improper or wasteful practice - Say for example you cultivate the image of money or a beautiful woman and they both manifest in your life - Are you harming another being by doing this ? I mean is the money coming to you at the expense of others? Is the woman who you bring to coming against her own free will because your intent is so strong or are you acually a manifestation of her intent as well and you are helping her or being a part in her reality just as much as she is in yours?

Ahhh very interesting So is it acually possible for a being to exist who would use their "powers" if you will for completely selfish desires or in a very destructive manner? I was always under the impression that it wasnt possible to acually wield strong powers if ones intent was not pure and that by being selfish/ greedy or angry you somehow short circuit any advanced powers It sound like you are describing the light side of the force (jedi knights) and the dark side

Hey Karen Great Posts as always - How would an adrenal type go about supporting their thyroid?