Sanity Check

... Has anyone ever noticed the high degree to which our storytelling culture is inspired by christianity?

Nah. Its all good.

You don't realize it but a significant portion of our storytelling is biblically inspired. As it is biblical morality which became established as our fundamental framework for modern day society.

Revelation says God will forget deeds of evil in the end times. Then a day will come when suddenly He will remember and dispense punishment. Whatever justice people deserve in the end times will be delayed.

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12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. 15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. Euphrates River ^ Biblical prophecy mentions the euphrates river drying up near the end times. Share your thoughts on this.

Scenario: The man in the iron mask is unjustly locked in prison for 40 years. Having no interaction with women, he winds up being very sexually repressed and masturbates to excess in an effort to obtain physical and spiritual satisfaction. His captors deploy a multi pronged approach in an effort to compel him to destroy himself thus freeing themselves from any karmic wrongdoing. 1. Efforts are made to mold his sexual repression into twisted forms of extremism and sexual perversion. They try to influence him into blaming women and various demographics for his troubles. They try to influence him into hating his fellow man wanting him to lash out in displays of violence and bloodshed. 2. Efforts are made to fan the flames of his sexual repression to compel him to masturbate even more to destroy his own kidneys and health. It ends with him ejaculating once a day for 20 - 30 years. 3. His food and water contain substances which produce chronic feelings of nervousness, anxiety, unease in an effort to compel him to kill himself. He feels terrible all of the time. His behavior and personality are erratic. His appearance also appears unstable and unhealthy. Somehow this multi pronged approach fails. None of the main objectives are reached. Their next move is to place women in his cell after coercing and threatening them to behave in a seductive manner towards the sexually oppressed prisoner. Needles to say he is a man who wandered for decades in a desert who suddenly discovers water. They blame him for any overindulgence or mishaps which occur saying everything is 100% his fault. ... How would karma be distributed in cases like these?

Inedia (Latin for 'fasting') or breatharianism (/brɛˈθɛəriənɪzəm/ breth-AIR-ee-ən-iz-əm) is the claimed ability for a person to live without consuming food, and in some cases water. It is a pseudoscientific practice, and several adherents of these practices have died from starvation or dehydration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia Are there any practicing masters of breatharianism alive today? If I wanted to learn these techniques are there good books or resources available?

Well, if the consensus is it being fake. Can we simply say its fake and leave the thread where it is for future reference.

The artwork in this is fantastic. Next level teaching aide.

I try to learn something new every week. Over time improvement has been noticeable. This is something life coach gurus call self improvement. (Which fight club famously compared with mastication.) Recently, I have found a new adjective for this process. "Evolution." I feel like I am evolving. I wonder if this is a path God favors for His followers? It used to be common to debate: do you believe in evolution. I contend a person cannot truly believe in evolution unless they practice it as a lifestyle.

In the Tao Te Ching thread there was a line that said something like... that which is eternal cannot be seen or heard. It made me think Qi energy may not be detectable by modern day science as it is eternal & exists outside of normal space time. There is definitely no shortage of interesting concepts as far as metaphysics goes.

"Lesson in Machismo." All the magic words you'll ever need.

A popular catchphrase of finance is to summarize the history of market and economic trends with: "the rich get richer while the poor get poorer". Does qi operate in a similar fashion. If qi attracts qi, then having a large pool of qi may make it easier to attract more? Which could be an advantage? In which case those with large quantities of qi, receive more qi. While those with smaller pools, tend to have qi be diminished over time? Small bodies of water like lakes and rivers are not affected by tides. The moon's tides will affect an ocean sized mass of water, but not smaller ones. Which could be yet another advantage for larger masses of energy? In which case, are there advantages to having a smaller quantity of qi that I am overlooking? I would definitely expect there to be some advantage yet cannot for the life of me find it. What observations and logical deductions can be made of qi based on natural principles and science? Let's have a deep philosophical discussion.

Remember in Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee says... "Chi. Power. It is like a finger pointing to the moon. Do not concentrate on that finger or you will miss out on all that heavenly glory." I'm not particular. People can discuss any type of qi they wish.