Apech

https://www.arkopharma.com/pt-PT/plants/curcuma that’s the stuff

Well I agree on keeping things real so to speak. And I'm not advocating an away with the fairies view on entities. It (the idea they are real) does not fit the modern mind set though - so we seek rationalistic arguments about non-human entities. Something that has probably been accepted as true for hundreds of thousands of years by humans (I would suggest). But perhaps its worth considering that they, the gods, demi-gods, spirits and so on are each in their own realm where the rules of their realm apply. It's all about perception and we see with human eyes - so we imagine things as if they humanish. Yes the numinous mystery is real. IMO. I would not have said this a decade (maybe) ago. But there is always something unsatisfactory about 'archetypes' and psychological thought-forms etc to me. It's weak really. For instance the idea of sub-conscious is in itself poor - it should be super-conscious ... a field of super-conscious possibilities. And just part of the banality which science or scientism gives to our lives. You've got a point there. If everything is empty - then everything is possible (?).

Obviously I am still a kid.

@kakapo I like that song

cos it’s in a playlist - if you open it as a separate vid the link will post

Thanks that’s very helpful. There’s a woman in the next village who does acupuncture and sells some herbs - I’ll see if she has got these.

I take capsules which apart from powdered turmeric and pepper the only additive is acacia gum and 100% vegetable cellulose.

I’m interested in the word for eternal which is chang isn’t it? Does it have other meanings? Or nuanced meanings?

An evil foot? Where? (Looks wildly about in terror).

Don't give up so easily : )

Thanks for your reply. My issues are just general stiffness and some back pain which is mostly ageing related. I did not mean to suggest that it took two months to have an effect but that I noticed the effect for the two months. It is not dramatic but still noticeable. As turmeric is a herb used in food I think it unlikely that it is toxic - and I am not taking a particularly high dose. So I feel it has had an overall positive effect especially as it has reduced the frequency with which I have taken other meds over the period. But I am open to your views as you may have more knowledge than me.

@steve that's interesting but I believe you may have made some category errors. Some representations are anthropomorphic but that does not mean that the thing being represented is 'human' (depending on what human means I suppose). There are entities at all levels of reality but we see them through human eyes and with human minds. Also natural phenomena are not 'unexplainable' but may be 'unexplained' in some cases. I suspect you think that the world populated by non-human entities is a fantasy of primitive thought because it does not equate to your scientific preconceptions. Actually it is the more normal view and truer for that. Given the practice which I know you follow you might want to revisit how you are conceptualising all this. Peace. A.

Been taking turmeric for a couple of months now - I can report some mild positive affects - less muscle and joint pain and more general ease. So I’m carrying on with it. Have been drinking a commercial brand of kombucha called ‘the gutsy captain’ which is produced in Evora near to me and is very pleasant taste. I have no idea about the health claims for kombucha (anyone?).

Scientific materialism is an invasive ideology which tempts you to reduce everything to the banal. Hence qi is oxygen becomes an attractive and unchallenging proposition. Your safe world view remains unchallenged but such safety is actually your prison.