Hot Shower X Cold Shower

[Thrice Daily]

2 minutes ago, Lukks said:

I do the same, very few showers, maximum 2 every week and my skin is great. Unfortunately summer here is too hot and I need to take more showers, but in winter it's not a problem.

 

I'm like to have one shower a week, I believe some of the earlier quote that water does kinda wash away the qi. I mean water is perfect to cleanse most things for fresh use, eg crystals, spaces.

 

2 minutes ago, Lukks said:

Yea I heard about this chlorine thing but I think you should be fine, I grew up takin 20-30min hot(very hot) showers locked in the bathroom, a lot of steam inside and I never had a problem (not that I know haha), so I think you should be fine with this, maybe it's not that much of a problem.

I say this because I used to do this all the time and never had a problem but maybe that's just me, maybe it can be really dangerous, I'm just sharing my thoughts.

 I don't want to encourage anyone to take a 40min hot shower and get poisoned lol

Also, it can differ chlorine amount in water in different countries so yea maybe they use less chlorine here I don't know, just food for tought.

 

Yeah I heard something about this. I keep my showers quite brief. The Chlorine thing though, I heard in swimming pools is not cool. I remember reading someplace that swimming three times a week with all the chlorine is worse than not going swimming at all, when you weigh it up. Gains to Losses.

 

2 minutes ago, Lukks said:

Hot or warm water all the way haha

I only drink cold water when it's summer and I really feel the need to drink something cold, besides that I will drink warm water even in summer.

 

Yeah the Japanese method was like this. The wisdom was in the timing though. The method said, never drink before 2 hours after meal or shorter than one hour before meal. So I'd set my alarm for two hours after eating, drink water then have a one hour break then eat. Sounds excessive but it was highly healing... I also didn't drink anything while eating. It was more power than i ever could of imagined sticking to this every single day..

 

2 minutes ago, Lukks said:

IMO stimulants are bad so I avoid all of them, I think I read this somewhere in a meditation book but I can't remember the name, but it said that all stimulants are bad, I think it's something related to TCM.(Please someone correct me if I'm wrong)

 

Good for you mate. I'm the same, for the sake of ceremony though I might partake in something, in moderation and to be part of the experience, Cant build a strong daily practice though if taking stimulants regular. I like the take on it in the Bhagavad Gita "the three Gunas" really cool way to look at that if you've not yet checked it out. Its not Taoist but it's bang on I think generally speaking. I used to read it before I made the decision to stick with the Chinese side (I thought I had to choose at the time lol) Cool Book though, used to read it along with Raja Yoga stuff and Thomas Cleary in my early 20's great stuff that was.

 

2 minutes ago, Lukks said:

BUT I OFTEN see people taking their coffee and practicing qigong, coffee is the only legalized drug haha (at least where I live it is) so I really don't  know.

I know I think its right, If we must drink it, its better after practice for sure. It helps me stay fasted for most of the day though so, swings and roundabouts. I only have it without milk and sugar so it's def not a food. I don't tend to eat till later in afternoon, suits me best I think. 

 

Do you practice fasting mate? I hear cold water can have a bigger effect on increasing dopamine when fasted and caffeinated

[Cobie]

body odor 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_odor#:~:text=One large study failed to,including those located in sweat. 
 

 

 

Edited October 15 by Cobie

[Thrice Daily]

3 minutes ago, Cobie said:

Body odor 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_odor#:~:text=One large study failed to,including those located in sweat. 

 

Wow that's not bad for Wiki that, what a meaty read.

Wish I could go without showers, training twice a day though and ending up dripping with sweat its not really possible. 

For years I went without deodorant and aftershaves though, sweat is way better for the hormonal system than parabens.. 

Great wiki article that thanks...

[Thrice Daily]

just put a nice big slug of coffee on top of the sliced ginger I had in my mug left over from the tea/ginger this morning. 

 

It tastes great, who knew  coffee and ginger, problem solved

[Filosofy]

Ahh, this topic...

 

According to Mark Rasmus, hot water will demagnetize you. Does that mean your qi is "drained"? I don't feel so. The microcirculation of blood is so helped that it can only be benificial in my humble opinion.

 

Microvessels open during hot baths. How would this not help detoxing given the skin is such an important detox organ? A proper body scrub with it and you feel like you've had a cup of coffee sometimes.

 

I used to do the cold shower thing back in the days and they definitely magnetize you. That, paired with windsurfing in ice cold weather, left me with a year-long cold though... so no mas, thank you. Heard someone say that the metric should be if you can re-warm within 10 minutes, cold showers are okay for you. If not, you've too much imbalance or an unfitting constitution.

 

Then there is the closing-your-pores with a cold splash so as to keep up the wei qi. Could it be that touchiness is more ado in warm countries simply because their peoples' pores are more open?

 

Also reminded here of the temper-or-build-debate Rudolf Steiner posed... he seemed to say that yes, you can toughen people the antagonistic way (cold showers in this case) or you can build them from the roots and they'll be just as tough. And no trauma, I'd add.

 

We have okay water in Sweden plus I use a volcanic rock shower filter I feel is doing its job okay. I sometimes buy dead sea salt and fill up until I almost float.

 

Edited December 2 by Filosofy

[Lukks]

On 02/12/2024 at 11:21 AM, Filosofy said:

 

According to Mark Rasmus, hot water will demagnetize you. Does that mean your qi is "drained"? I don't feel so. The microcirculation of blood is so helped that it can only be benificial in my humble opinion.

 

I used to do the cold shower thing back in the days and they definitely magnetize you.

 

 

What do you mean by demagnetize and magnetize, what are you referring to?

I've read so much about female attraction in these type of stuff that everytime I see someone talking about this I think about the skill of attracting women haha

[Thrice Daily]

Yeah interesting right. It’s a subject we are still getting into the understanding.

 

There is an electrical field and magnetic field , like with the planet. I’m not entirely certain if they can be looked at completely separately. 
 

I think science is still a way off explaining this. I’d love to know more if someone has a good video link?

[Kojiro]

2 hours ago, Lukks said:

 

What do you mean by demagnetize and magnetize, what are you referring to?

I've read so much about female attraction in these type of stuff that everytime I see someone talking about this I think about the skill of attracting women haha

And did you get some "female attraction" after learning about this stuff? 😃

[Lukks]

4 hours ago, Kojiro said:

And did you get some "female attraction" after learning about this stuff? 😃

I have it all the time, it's crazy, I just eat well and meditate, they probably feel the energy. Some people say that this is BS, I disagree, there's a correlation between meditation, retention and women attraction.

 

About the shower temperature thing, I've seen a lot of guys saying that they get insane attraction and one of the things in their routine was cold showers, that's why I made this correlation with what he said about "magnetism".

 

But it's also true that I spoke to some guys who also claim to have a lot of attraction and they never took a cold shower, so it's hard to discern, maybe it doesn't matter at all.

 

But one thing that I find in common from the vast majority is the meditation on the LDT part, so maybe this is the main thing. I've also spoke to some guys who were on high "semen retention" streaks but never felt attraction at all, but they didn't meditate and their diet and sleep were very bad. It's more like a mix of things that will get you there, it's a funny research to do and you can apply on yourself to see if that works.