Qi - The Sun Controversy

[Lukks]

I always heard that Sunlight exposure increases Qi, BUT EVERYTIME I expose myself for more than 1hour in sunlight it makes me SO SLEEPY, why does this happen? Energetically speaking do you guys know something about it?

 

Does it really increases Qi or it's just me exposing myself too much and causing the reverse effect? 

 

It's summer where I live so now we can go the beach and well I thought that it was a nice opportunity to get that sunlight which I can't get in winter, but it makes me so sleepy afterwards.

Edited December 18, 2024 by Lukks

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

My friend, I welcome you to try a year in Norway and you’ll know for sure that  it does ahhaha.

[Lukks]

lmao hahaha

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

rainiest city in Europe my friend. Thanks to the people of the southern hemisphere for keeping us somewhat sane during three months without sunlight:

 

 

Edited December 18, 2024 by Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

[Lukks]

I actually love rain, I'm packing my stuff

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

6 minutes ago, Lukks said:

I actually love rain, I'm packing my stuff

I do to, acctually. Wind and rain against the window at night is vibes. But 200 days a year might be a little to much?

[Master Logray]

15 hours ago, Lukks said:

I always heard that Sunlight exposure increases Qi, BUT EVERYTIME I expose myself for more than 1hour in sunlight it makes me SO SLEEPY, why does this happen? Energetically speaking do you guys know something about it?

 

Does it really increases Qi or it's just me exposing myself too much and causing the reverse effect? 

 

It's summer where I live so now we can go the beach and well I thought that it was a nice opportunity to get that sunlight which I can't get in winter, but it makes me so sleepy afterwards.

 

Only when the sun hits your back, not the front, otherwise you age fast and little increase in Chi.   There is also skin cancer to worry about.   BTW I thought England is the worst already, Norway is even more rainy?

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

7 minutes ago, Master Logray said:

BTW I thought England is the worst already, Norway is even more rainy?

Yeah, it’s the mountains. The clouds colide with them and the rain falls.

 

[Master Logray]

8 minutes ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

Yeah, it’s the mountains. The clouds colide with them and the rain falls.

 

 

200 days is a lot.  Singapore, Indonesia are about 150 days, Malaysia, Taiwan 200 days.  But all of them have a lot of sun, sometimes perhaps too much.   I think Taiwan is as mountainous as Norway.  Their highest is 4000 metres, and is a range which is similar to Norway and thus the prolonged rainy days with moisture from the sea.

[Lukks]

2 hours ago, Master Logray said:

 

Only when the sun hits your back, not the front, otherwise you age fast and little increase in Chi.   There is also skin cancer to worry about.   BTW I thought England is the worst already, Norway is even more rainy?

I didn't know that, thanks, I'm avoiding sun from the front now hahaha

 

2 hours ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

I do to, acctually. Wind and rain against the window at night is vibes. But 200 days a year might be a little to much?

Yea but where I live it's so hot most of the time and not that rainy, it could rain a little more

[ChiDragon]

18 hours ago, Lukks said:

I always heard that Sunlight exposure increases Qi, BUT EVERYTIME I expose myself for more than 1hour in sunlight it makes me SO SLEEPY, why does this happen? Energetically speaking do you guys know something about it?

 

Does it really increases Qi or it's just me exposing myself too much and causing the reverse effect? 

 

Apparently, you heard wrong! 

[Jenn]

17 hours ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

My friend, I welcome you to try a year in Norway and you’ll know for sure that  it does ahhaha.

 

Winterpeg chiming in - can confirm.

 

We are actually quite sunny in winter, but the sun is no match for 2 inches of parka sadly .

[Lukks]

6 hours ago, ChiDragon said:

 

Apparently, you heard wrong! 

 

In your understanding, sunlight doesn't interfere with chi levels?

[ChiDragon]

8 hours ago, Lukks said:

 

In your understanding, sunlight doesn't interfere with chi levels?

As far as I know, it doesn't if you can breathe perfectly and more than normal.

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

5 minutes ago, ChiDragon said:

As far as I know, it doesn't if you can breathe perfectly and more than normal.

I mean, I dont like to tell people they are wrong, but sunlight has notideble effect on wellbeing. There is a reason why humans vary in skin colour, after all.

[ChiDragon]

9 hours ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

I mean, I dont like to tell people they are wrong, but sunlight has notideble effect on wellbeing. There is a reason why humans vary in skin colour, after all.

It was due the duration of exposure to the skin. It has nothing to do with Chi.

Edited December 19, 2024 by ChiDragon

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

21 minutes ago, ChiDragon said:

It was due the duration of exposure to the skin. It has nothing to do with Chi.

Well, I am not one to argue with you, as you has a much clearer understanding of eastern thought then I. I always interpreted chi as some kind of.. vitality/lifeforce?

[Cobie]

at ‘Darius the Confused’: 

 

9 hours ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

… There is a reason why humans vary in skin colour …

 

28 minutes ago, ChiDragon said:

It was due the duration of exposure to the skin. It has nothing to do with Chi.

 

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by Cobie

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

5 hours ago, Cobie said:

at ‘Darius the Confused’: 

 

 

 

 

….  Cobid 🤯

 

Why do you think exposure to the sun influenced skin color??

 

@ChiDragon

How would you describe it?

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

5 hours ago, Cobie said:

at ‘Darius the Confused’: 

 

 

 

 

Just throwing it out there. Me being honest about a short break with reality, and you, a stranger, useing it for internet points or judgement is… pathetic really. Not much more to say.

[DynamicEquilibrium]

9 hours ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

 I always interpreted chi as some kind of.. vitality/lifeforce?

In the Yinyang five elements system the sun and its Qi is symbolized by the caracter 丙 Yang Fire. 

 

Some people bear Yang Fire as their core nature which includes vitality/lifeforce. 

Edited December 20, 2024 by DynamicEquilibrium

[ChiDragon]

16 hours ago, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

….  Cobid 🤯

 

Why do you think exposure to the sun influenced skin color??

 

@ChiDragon

How would you describe it?

To make it simple, from my recollection. There are pigments beneath the skin layers that respond to sunlight. If there is too much sunlight, then, the pigments will come up near the skin to darken the color of rhe skin.

Edited December 20, 2024 by ChiDragon

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

4 minutes ago, ChiDragon said:

To make it simple, from my recollection. There are pigments beneath the skin layers that respond to sunlight. If there is too much sunlight, then, the pigments will come up near the skin to darken the color of rhe skin.

Mhm I haven’t looked into the mechanic, but it boils down the balance to resist UV radiation and vitamin D. In places closer to the equator, people are darker because they need protection to the stronger radiation, while further north people tend to be lighter because it increases their ability to absorb vitamin d. Hunter gatherers in Europe was actually quite dark (some of them at least, they were very diverse) because they got enough vitamin d trough a animal products. This changed with agriculture. 
 

Point is, sunlight has notable effects on well being. Here we have something called winter depression. Likewise, white people in the southern hemisphere have problems with the radiation from the strong sunlight ☀️

 

Belive me, after months of darkness, the first sunlight feels like heaven.

[dwai]

Sunlight is yang and promotes yang qi. Too much exposure can deplete yin. There are certain times of the day to avoid direct sunlight exposure (for example in India it is the noon to 3 pm time in the summer ) depending on where in the world you are.
 

Also it is not advised to practice things like qigong, yoga etc in direct exposure to strong sunlight (or for that matter heat, cold or wind). The reason being that you need to be in an environment where you can sense your qi and if there are external stimuli at play then your mind is not attuned inward as easily. A distracted mind means scattered qi. 

[Master Logray]

On 12/21/2024 at 2:46 AM, Sir Darius the Clairvoyent said:

Mhm I haven’t looked into the mechanic, but it boils down the balance to resist UV radiation and vitamin D. In places closer to the equator, people are darker because they need protection to the stronger radiation, while further north people tend to be lighter because it increases their ability to absorb vitamin d. Hunter gatherers in Europe was actually quite dark (some of them at least, they were very diverse) because they got enough vitamin d trough a animal products. This changed with agriculture. 

 

 

This is of course correct.  But cannot explain why the Arabs are not the darkest in the world.  Or Central American and South East Asian are even darker and why Africans are much blacker than they.