Andrei

The only thing that carries over is DNA. There is another thing that carries over but that is more volatile, it is called "spirit" and is transmitted through culture of highly evolved organisms. The spirit needs energy to function and energy needs matter which is a more stable form of energy than pure energy. We are automatons that created ourselves through genetic algorithms over impossible to fathom number of iterations. This is where evolution comes into play, the whole universe evolves, not only life. All matter and energy evolves even this moment structures are built and destroyed on different levels from quantic particles to atoms, molecules, proteins etc. We are basically bacteria that at some point in the past time chose to organize themselves in complex structures such as "organisms". If someone really wants to know the TRUTH read the book "The Red Queen" by Matt Ridley. It is about sexual reproduction and why sexual reproduction is more successful than simple cellular division. And how the information is carried forward through genes, and why. The reason is the competition between higher complexity organisms and lower complexity organism, who lives longer and who carries forward the information, which consist in the recipes required to live longer or to survive the environmental conditions. So if there is a soul that survives death, I don't know about that, I would'n bet on it. I used to believe in this idea but I need more proofs. Now I am more with the idea that the "soul" is an illusion of the mind which is located only inside the brain, there is no mind outside the brain, as soon as the brain is dead the mind is gone. The only "spirit" that remain alive is the product of that mind that is carried over the time through cultural means like building in stone, writing on paper, or just oral stories which are just information shared from mind to mind. But that's it, the consciousness of that mind is gone as soon the whole system that was feeding it, the highly complex organism cease to function as it was supposed to function by the recipes written in the genes. Of course the bacteria and molecules and what not will have their own mind, but here is the thing: a brain's mind is not the same thing as a bacteria's mind. They are two different things on a whole different level of existence.

The thing is that now I have two units and I payed for only one, the one that I use with the right paint and Canadian plug (110V) and another one with metallic paint and UK plug (220V). I didn't want to toss the unit in the garbage bin as instructed, so I offer here to return it back or give it away to someone who want it. You will get it as it is, I didn't test it because the plug does not fit our power supply, but as 小梦想 described above it will probably make noise (a hiss and cracklings). The one that I use now still makes some noises but not all the time. I observed that the feeling of ions, the breeze that comes out of the generators changes in time, probably with the atmospheric conditions or the humidity in the air or even with my state if my body is charged or not, or if I have moisture on my hands.

I received yesterday the ion generator from Naturair, I am really happy with it. At first glance, the breeze of negative ions is very powerful, it can be sensed at about 1 inch distance from the generator opening. What amazes me is that there is no smell like it used to be with the other ion generator that I had in the past, the other one had a very distinctive ozone smell, this one has no smell at all. From time to time I can hear static discharges in the air from the grill, and even I can see the small lightnings between my finger and the grill. This device definitely is different than the the other ion generators that are based on corona discharge principle. Redcairo, I would recommend you to take this quiz to identify which hormone is your problem. If you have lipodema it may be a combination of excess estrogen with adrenal fatigue, especially if you have anorexia the adrenals may be the cause. So it may be that your kidneys are too yin. How to make your energy more yang? I guess you can help with spices but you have to experiment which one is the best for you. Ketogenic diet is good in your case, and the spices will help with that. There are many spices that can influence the hormones production, like turmeric, fenugreek but to be honest I don't know how these may affect you. Cinnamon is a yang spice that affects the kidneys. But the best for the body is exercise, you have to keep moving and massage yourself, don't let the sedentarism take over. You have to keep the heart pumping, not excessively but a little bit more than a relaxed state. I learned an exercise in which you stand up and with both hands you massage your own body following hands meridians and leg meridians. First part is massage the hands, the left hand massage the right arm, then both hands push over the chest and front of the body in a circular movement over chest and belly then the right hand continues to massage the left arm and then the whole movement back and forth. A similar movement with both hands push the skin of the legs following legs meridians (on the inner side of the legs are the kidneys, liver and spleen meridians; on the outer side of the legs are the gall bladder, urinary bladder and stomach) from the soles of the feet along the legs up to the belly button, where you do a circular motion around the abdomen and continue the motion with the other leg. The massage movement starts and finishes with the hands on the belly button, around the abdomen towards one leg, then returns again to belly button then towards the other leg and so on. Also a similar movement can be made with the hands massaging the outer sides of the legs and thighs until the hands are close to the kidneys and Ming Men point. The movement has to be vigorous, so that the friction between the hands and the skin create heat, and the pressure of the hands feels like a good enough effort to tire you after several repetitions, also the pressure you put on the legs, hands and body makes the blood and lymph flowing through the tissues. You really need to keep the fluids circulating in your body. Another exercise would be to tap your body along legs, and body meridians with your cupped hands. This exercise helps your healing hormones to reach tissues that are blocked. I know an ancient Chinese saying that says if you keep the water flowing it does not spoil, and the hinges of an everyday used door does not rot. https://www.drberg.com/body-type-quiz http://www.curelipedema.org/diet/ http://www.curelipedema.org/manual-lymphatic-drainage-massage/

I don't contradict you, I just want to remove a confusion about "positive ions". Positive ions are very necessary to our bodies and vital to life, they are the Calcium Ca2+, Magnesium Mg2+, Potasium K+, Sodium Na+, without them there would be no electrical signal on the neural pathways. You wouldn't be able to think or feel anything in this world. The negative ions from breathing with the positive ions from food sources need to combine and generate what we call "life". Positive ions from atmosphere are very nociv, I agree with that. But not everything is nociv or toxic, some things are good, depends on where and how much. Free radicals are bad but they are a byproduct of redox processes which is actually burning the oxygen which is the good part. The free electrons neutralize the free radicals which is good, this is what an anti-oxidant substance would do, like resveratrol or vitamin C or E.

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Is there a movie with the Gurdjieff's enneagram?

" furnace does not exist but the way a furnace works is also the way of cultivating vitality so we can move our body and minds in healthy ways, not too hot, not too cold. " Finally someone who make sense! So basically what you say is that "furnace" is a metaphor for how we should live our lives. I totally agree with that!

I am no doctor but my common sense says that edema is caused by lazy kidneys, or if you want the kidneys are too Yin. I just checked on WebMD and they say it may be caused by kidneys failure or liver or heart weakness. So all of them are Yin syndromes, to balance that you may need a Yang tonifying treatment or something like that. Diuretics are Yang, they increase the Qi energy of the kidneys, but you may use other methods that are Yang for liver and heart too. Coffee is a classic diuretics that is Yang for heart and kidneys but I don't know how that may affect your heart condition. All I know is that in TCM there are some herbs that tonify the spleen for example to remove the dampness from the body through perspiration or urine. But if you do exercise you would perspire anyways so you remove the damping and increase the Yang naturally. Also intermitent fasting is a good method to increase liver Yang (fasting usually increases the liver Yang) so you may try that. Also if you have edema in your legs, this is because the gravity pulled the fluid down so you may need to do some massage that helps draining your fluids from the legs to the upper body so that the fluid is better absorbed and processed by the kidneys. The heart being weak does not pump very well the blood so the fluids may be trapped in your legs, but also you need to stimulate the lymph vessels which do not have pumps, the lymph vessels work best through massage or exercise. Better check with a doctor or nutritionist or TCM doctor, all I give you is some ideas that may help you with your condition.

You waste time anyways, we all waste time anyways.

Yes I had experiences with them. They are good, they do what they say they do, it is up to you to regulate your own practice with them, they are just tools, you are the driver. I was doing zhan zhuang for 30 min a day on the zapper connected to the soles of my feet, I was really feeling the bubbling point (Yong Quan point KD-1) how was filling up through my kidney meridian the kidneys, it was a cool watery energy, it was feeling good until the winter come, because I was too cold and I had to stop and start building the Yang energy with "positive ions". This is how I realized that increasing the oxygen concentration in your blood through breathing patterns it leads to cooling down your body temperature but if you decrease the oxygen and increase the CO2 then the body temperature increase so you warm up. But this is a different mechanism. Anyway you may want to maintain an optimum level of Yin-Yang balance. Another thing that zappers are doing is that they introduce a pulsating wave inside your body that is supposed to kill germs, bacteria and viruses, which I believe it did but I was not aware at the time that I was killing my good bacteria from my own guts which are essential for digesting the food. So it took me a while (like in several years) to undo the damage I was doing myself by charging with "Yin energy" directly in the Dantian. But that's how life is, I learned my lesson. Now I know how important is bacteria in my gut and I appreciate them, I love them and I don't want to build any Dantian anymore.

Yes you can do that with a zapper. Zappers are designed to generate electrical current at a voltage of 10.5 V which is high enough to penetrate the skin insulation. If you have moisture on your skin then the voltage barrier drops so you need less voltage but if the skin is dry you need a lot more. So yes it can be done very easily. By breathing you introduce the ions directly into the lungs and nourish the Zong Qi that enters in the meridian system through lung meridian. By zapping the accupuncture points like Yong Quan in the soles of the feet or Lao Gong in the palms you nourish the meridians Qi of kidney or lung respectively. So either way works the same.

There is no such a thing as Jing deficiency. There is Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency. Which can be translated as too much dopamine and too little serotonin, or too much serotonin and too little dopamine or some other neurotransmitters. What you have is a dopamine dysregulation syndrome, which means your dopaminergic neurons are over used and probably worn out so you need a recovery time to rewire your brain to healthy levels. If you cut the amphetamine suddenly your dopamine receptors are still there and need stimulation so you still need to produce your own dopamine but in a natural way. So here is a way to do that, basically you have to exercise and eat healthy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamine#Addiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_dysregulation_syndrome http://www.peaktestosterone.com/Natural_Dopamine_Increasers.aspx http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/04/07/foods-that-increase-dopamine-think-tyrosine/ http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/04/17/how-to-increase-dopamine-levels/ If you don't produce your dopamine naturally you will experience low dopamine syndrome so you'll crave it, but if you continue the drug, the dopamine neurons will increase in number until you no longer are able to give them the dopamine they need and when you age you develop Parkinson disease: http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2015/04/02/low-dopamine-levels-symptoms-adverse-reactions/ In my opinion the brain has "neural-plasticity" which means you can change and rewire your brain, but only if you know what are you doing. These things with "jing deficency" are metaphors of ancient Chinese that explain their world view but they are not accurate and may mislead you to dangerous practices.

Another thing is: The first rule of unconditional love is to love yourself first.

You are addicted to your own dopaminergic brain pathways that you activate when doing things or think about doing things. The drugs work exactly in the same way just more intense. When the dopamine worns out it drops and create the "blues", the depression after sex or after drugs. It is the emotional roller coaster that we all are running after. So if you understand that you drug yourself with her presence/absence this is exactly the same thing when she drugs herself with many other things or persons. Unconditional love is when you understand this and let it go.

That is the thing. A Jian is not designed to be drawn from the back, unless is short like a ninja sword. Jian historically was a pedestrian weapon and it is supposed to be worn hanging from the belt. A horse riding saber will be always curved so that it can be drawn easier. For that purpose is designed the dao. Also a jian is designed for stabbing and that's why is straight while a saber/dao is curved and is designed for chopping, since on the horse back you can't stab. Da dao is even a bigger saber that was designed to cut horses legs. So each weapon has its own purpose depending on the role of the warrior on the battlefield. By the way a jian has to have a length that matches your arm length, if you hold the handle in your hand with the blade resting on your arm vertically and the blade tip behind your back, the tip of the blade should be above your shoulder but shouldn't pass over the bottom tip of your ear.

Qi travels in between fascia, where the interstitial fluid is. Actually the "meridians" are the least electrical resistance path through tissues which happen to be the space between fascia that is filled with fluid. Then this fluid is loaded with electrically charged substances like ions, neurotransmitters and hormones. This is Qi.

Why don't you try meditation while texting while driving while chasing pokemons? That would be the ultimate meditation, the best ever meditation!

Sorry silent thunder, I was replying to the OP.

Yep, and it depends on what you eat and what kind of energy your organs have.

No man, you put the problem totally wrong. He took all those medals because in swimming there are so many contests, but if you ask him to run or throw a javelin he wouldn't be able to do it. He is good at swimming and that's it. The purpose of Olympic Games in the ancient Greece was to train all men into athletics so that they could fight in war. They had to run, wrestle, throw rocks, throw javelins, archery, riding horses and all this to be all around good fighter with all the skills needed in war. An Olympian was good at all disciplines not only specialized in one. And the quantity of gold does not mean anything, it's a totally wrong value. I just had a discussion with a friend of mine who is buying gold. If something happens (like war or natural disasters) you won't be able to use your gold but if you have survival skills (whatever those may be from martial arts to hunting) that is your real gold, the knowledge of survival.

I have met once an architect on a beach in Dominican Republic. He was Serbian and he was doing henna tattoos to the tourists there and he was doing that for 5 years and he said he would never go back to architecture. He was changing the hotels or resorts every year and he has been in most of the Caribbean countries, basically he was living in paradise. So totally depends on your dream, if you have a dream pursue it. If you don't have it, explore around and find your dream. Don't do anything you don't like, do only what you like.

When I was younger I owned a Doberman bitch and two black cats all females. I remember the dog she was running and barking in her sleep, she was dreaming. The cats too were dreaming. And they tried to copy us humans in all our actions they were very curious. I always thought that animals that live with humans want to be like humans and this desire will make them humans in their next life. I wished them to be reborn as humans in their next life if that would be possible. And if dogs and cats could be reborn as humans why not humans would think they were dogs and cats in their previous lives. I guess these kind of humans have more sensuality and more animal spirit than other types of humans. Here is an interesting idea, I don't necessary agree with that but the interesting part is that this guy say that Hell is on the bottom of the ocean, living as a bacteria eating sulfur, starting all over again the life evolution from the first step. http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/the-present-universal-truth/big-picture-life-past-future.html What is more darker and wetter than the bottom of the ocean? Also where would "you" see lava fire flowing from the depths of the earth?

Orion I concur with all what you say but what if all people ever lived were living a fantasy? What if nobody is ever "awaken"? I have friends who believe they are ninjas, samurais, taoist monks, shamans and what not and they do everything to embrace that way of living, they read books and watch movies related to their world and dress like they believe they are and practice and teach and give lectures. How is it different than believing you are a Jedi knight or a Starship trooper and you go to a Comicon cosplay and show your costumes and makes your fantasies alive? What if we choose and embrace the archetypes that exists (as I said inherited culturally- not necessary same culture you were born in, there is a lot of cross-pollination between cultures) and then we format our minds and reproduce the "way of living" of such archetype?