Sleep/longevity/immortality

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rawfood , premamudita@a... wrote:

> " southladogs " wrote:

 

> > Dr. Herbert Shelton said that most, if

> > not all, healing occurs during sleep, the remainder during rest.

And

> > nerve energy, the source of vitality in the body, is only

> > regenerated during sleep and rest.

>

> Scientifically this is not quite a true statement. Cellular

> regeneration and growth are related to heart rate activity. A

heart

> rate below 75 beats per minutes is restorative above 75-80 beats

per

> minute there is cellular breakdown and " stress " .

>

> Oddly enough, you must take your heart rate up over 130 to lower

your

> heart rate significantly. As a result the object of the game is to

> have physically train yourself to have as low a resting heart rate

as

> possible.

 

This is a case of over-analyzing details, and missing the forest for

the trees, which is what modern " science " does. What is called

science today is an attempt to know better than the body; it is an

arrogant, completely materialistic paradigm, treating the body as

simply some kind of object to be manipulated. In reality, the body

adjusts its heart rate to whatever the body in its infinite wisdom

knows is optimal at any given time. While a bit of exercise to take

the heart rate higher may be beneficial, that should not be the goal

of exercise, or of rest. The only object of the game is to rest

fully. I will cover some of the ways to help achieve rest in another

post.

 

> It's about balance. Too much rest as well as olympic workouts are

> both too extreme. Each person must start from where they are and

use

> their heart rate as a guide.

 

The only balance that matters is the equilibrium within the body,

and the infinite wisdom of the body takes care of that. Measurements

of heart rate are totally irrelevant. Animals, both human and non-

human, have been exercising and resting just fine for millions of

years without the interference from modern " science " . And the body

should be the only guide as to how much exercise it wants.

 

There is no such thing as too much sleep, that is a fallacy

perpetrated by modern science. The medics today observe that when

someone sleeps a certain amount, they are peppy, and if they sleep a

bit more, they are groggy. So they invent the idea

of " oversleeping " . But they are only looking at the effects, not the

causes. The body had finished one cycle of healing, and the person

felt alert. But the body obviously had more healing to do, so it

slept again, and began another cycle, which was then not completed.

The healing is absolutely vital and can only be done during sleep,

to be continued later. To claim there is such a thing

as " oversleeping " is to claim there is such a thing

as " overhealing " , clearly preposterous.

 

> One of the fallacies to over concern for the food you eat is that

one

> actually begins to believe that they are in fact the body. The

body

> is merely a temple housing the real you - and no matter what you

may

> hope for, the body isn't designed to last forever. The body is a

> vehicle that allows you to experience earth school - learn the

lessons

> of love - and stop coming back!!! So you really never die - just

shed

> your skin.

 

Actually, the concern over the food one eats is a manifestation of

increasing respect and regard for the body, for Nature, for life,

for spirit, the whole gestalt. Modern " science " and philosophy is

existentialist, denying any plane other than the physical, and

equates the brain with the mind. And people consequently don't have

much real regard for their bodies, nor their very lives, nor

therefore for the lives of other life forms. However, as one begins

to respect one's own body, and become more attuned, one becomes more

aware of the life force, not only in one's own self, but in other

beings of all kinds. This is the birth of compassion, which is the

essence of love. The principle of non-violence, ahimsa, literally

means, the life force in me salutes the life force in you. A

reverence for life is the very basis of love. To live life is why

we're here, to experience and to understand.

 

The continuation of the life force in its expression in the body is

the goal of existence. The reason for life is life itself, spirit

assumes a physical incarnation in order to experience a physical

existence. But spirit becomes enmeshed in the physical plane, loses

sight of itself, of everything. Spirit becomes stuck in the karmic

wheel of life, and so we keep coming back, incarnation after

incarnation. The only way to break this cycle is through mastery.

That is what the yogis attempt to achieve, and some are reported to

have done so—mastery through purification of body, mind, spirit, and

oneness with Nature and with all of life, by means of non-violence,

a purer diet, contemplation, reverence. But mastery involves a

regaining of knowledge and power. Mastery means literally that,

mastery over one's body and life.

 

One can only exit this plane in knowledge and power, there is no

other way, just as one came into it in knowledge and power. We are

stuck here, destined to be born and die, over and over, until we get

it right, until we achieve mastery. Mastery over life means mastery

over death. If there was a historical Christos--and I don't believe

there was but it doesn't matter, the lesson is the same—then what

was demonstrated in the ultimate act of his earthly incarnation was

that he couldn't be killed, that he was master over death, and

therefore master over life, and that is what we too must achieve.

The solid body is made up of energy, the tiniest of physical

particles are nevertheless made up of energy, energy which is frozen

and unyielding. But with understanding and awareness, it is our job

to unlock the mystery for ourselves, to master matter and energy, to

be able to convert matter to energy and back again at will. That is

what the Christos was said to have done, and that is what the

legendary Babaji is known for, as well as were all the famous

avatars/yogis/teachers.

 

We need to be able to not die, but to be able to convert our solid

form into energy, and we can take the energy with us, destroy it or

create it, at will. That is the only way to exit this plane. When we

die, we begin our amnesia-induced journey all over again in the next

incarnation, and we live our brief lives which end in weakness and

defeat of our bodies, and therefore of our spirits. The goal of life

is to continue to live, to not die, but to gain mastery, in order to

change form at will, and incarnate or not, as one chooses. Physical

immortality is essential to mastery.

 

There are some very interesting explanations for how life, and

Nature, as we know it today, came to be on this planet. And it seems

that Nature was re-designed several times, as evidenced by

catastrophic upheavals, as well as sudden appearances and

disappearances of various life forms. Additionally, there are

reports of there being a gene which limits the life span of the life

forms on the planet, so it is possible that death is pre-programmed.

However, programming can and should be changed, beginning with our

limited thinking.

 

There is nothing positive about dying, there is nothing to be gained

from a deathist mentality. Death is unnecessary, the supremely

painful destruction of life. Life is sacred, life is all we have,

the life of any living being is sacred, whether human animal, non-

human animal, insect, plant, microorganism, all living beings are

inhabited by spirit, all are equally sacred. The preservation of the

life that is in all creatures is primary. From there we have

unlimited time to explore and gain triumph over death, and mastery

over life, to be able depart the physical plane in a blaze of glory,

in wholeness with the body, with eternal freedom to be or not to be.

 

Zsuzsa