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  2. Posted

    On 20/09/2022 at 12:31 PM, Cheshire Cat said:

    I'm not sure if it's 100% related to covid, but it's more than a year that I wake up around 3 AM, can't fall asleep again until around 5 AM.

    I can't remember the last time that I had a full night of sleep.

     

    I think it's the time period of the lung meridian. What could I do? Thanks

     

    May that be happening for a specific reason that you still may have not noticed? I'll specify with my own example: it bothered me a lot a phase that I've been through when I was a night shift worker and everytime that I was off or on leave I would wake up and feel quit alert at 2 am. After questioning myself for a long  time about the reason for that to happen I realized that when at work 2 am was the time that I was more active and the tasks required more of my attention and energy. Having understood this helped me get back to normal sleep patters.

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    29 minutes ago, CyrusTheGreat said:

    This is not as profound an answer as you think it is. What's the point of science if you can't build on the knowledge of your priors? If every individual scientists had to reinvent their entire field from scratch, we wouldn't make any progress anywhere.

    If I wanted to know whether a particular substance is safe or poisonous, the intelligent approach wouldn't be to test it on myself, but to first see if other people have experience with it.

     

    My priors, the ones that really taught me anything useful in reality didn't tell me much, they gave me clues and suggested a few good, basic, classic, readings. When i told them about such and such author that seemed to know so much about so many details of the path I was told to learn to chew my own food instead of having it chewed by others. But eventually I kept asking, ignoring the answers untill I was told to go away. You can't imagine how grateful I am untill this day for that 🙂

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    Just now, el_tortugo said:

     

     

    The potential for the human body to heal is incredible.

     

     

    I like the simplicity of this one and the immediate effect on blood circulation. Been practicing for the last few days and want to keep on doing it for a few months and wait for further results.

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    55 minutes ago, Apech said:

     

    The type of knot is a reef knot - which is used in sailing I believe:

     

    knots-reef.jpg

     

    I can't see anything phallic about it - but it is certainly a way of joining two strands which according to most symbolism would be male and female - similar but the same as true lovers knot :

     

    https://www.101knots.com/true-lovers-knot.html

     

    the Egyptian image with a knot which I posted above is called 'sma' which means 'union' - in that case it is the union of the Two Lands of Egypt (North and South).

     

    So it would seem to me that, provided there is a connection between the Hermes staff and Egyptian symbolism (which is quite possible if not likely) then the overall meaning is 'uniting two principles' - which is done not by merging them but by weaving them together.

     

     

     

    Glad to know your opinion and learn something new with you, Apech! Cheers.

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    2 hours ago, Apech said:

     

    Are you genuinely offended?  If so I apologise.  I like to mix serious with humour.  That's generally how I post.

     

    Not offended Apech.

    Just had some hope that my observation could have serious feedback.

    Most days I enjoy your sense of humour. No need for apologies from you, ok? Peace.

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    The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

    Don't go back to sleep.

     

    You must ask for what you really want.

    Don't go back to sleep.

     

    People are going back and forth

    across the

    doorsill

    Where the two worlds touch.

     

    The door is round and open.

    Don't go back to sleep.

     

    Rumi

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  20. Posted · Edited by oak

    There was this quote on a book about aphrodisiac cuisine that I've read in my teens: "god made the food and the devil the seasoning".

     

    Lately I've been thinking of making a diet move towards having my food as simple _ altough cooked_ as possible. Animals have their food as simple as possible,  right? Almost all : )

     

    It will be a challenge though living in a family with some of the best cooks I've ever met. My wife's deceased dog, rotten spoiled would have spiced food and would refuse to eat anything not properly seasoned : )

     

    Flavour the flavourless...would someone advise...

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    Death is the unknown, as sorrow is. You really do not know sorrow; you do not know its depth, its extraordinary vitality. You know the reaction to sorrow, but not the action of sorrow. You know the reaction to death, but not the action of death, what it implies; you don't know whether it is ugly or beautiful. But to know the nature, the depth, the beauty and loveliness of death and sorrow, is the ending of death and sorrow.

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  23. Posted · Edited by oak

    3 hours ago, old3bob said:

    the anti-guru guru gave out some insightful gems, yet he was also a fanatic about his teachings or pov.

     

    I consider a fanatic someone who doesn't question or is afraid of questioning his message or the message he follows, which doesn't seem to be the case with K. Don't consider him however someone perfect and without human frailties.

    Lots of learn with him though. 

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