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[RunningDeer]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

Shhhhh!!! 8 cups a day.

[Anchor]

Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

Shhhhh!!! 8 cups a day.

Bless you! You've made me feel a little better

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Anchor (here)
Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

Thanks, Anchor,

This is some of the post from another thread. I've taken parts out. Hope there's logical progression of thought. It's pass 1:00 a.m. (Fog brain rolling in.)

My #1 goal is to decalcifying the pineal gland and higher state of consciousness. So I'm up for intense short term gain. Cuz, my plan is to not spend eternity in 3D. "I am soooo over 3D." "Beam me up, Scotty."

There's another thread that raises concerns about demineralization and the like. Bottom line? It just seemed right for me. I'll know if and when to stop. I say, "Or, why not both?" I use artesian well water, Britta filters, and then I have a water bottle that has a Berkey filter in it. Win-Win. But for now, the focus is on distilled.

As for the lack of minerals in water, I live a macrobiotic lifestyle, which include foods with minerals. I also do Tai Chi, that exercise supports bone density and all the other benefits that enhance all systems in the body. So, for me it is more important to eliminate what the "dark forces" have added to water, soil, and air.

Oh, I though someone was in the house, but it was me snoring.

Nighty, night...

............Going, going, gone..........................................

[RunningDeer]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
I salute your endeavours WCBD. I, on the otherhand.......

Shhhhh!!! 8 cups a day.

Bless you! You've made me feel a little better

I have lots of bad habits.

I'm trying to eliminate some so I can start up some more. Tee...

Night....

[onawah]

Thanks WCBD, much appreciated.
Please let me know how that works for you.

[Carmody]

Posted by Anchor (here)
Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

Having a bed of volcanic rocks in the bottom of the storage jar should be enough. Mrs Anchor has read other techniques like putting some grains of rice in, but to me that doesnt sound right to me.

A pinch of Azomite might be the ticket....

http://www.azomite.com/

"AZOMITE® is a mined natural mineral product that is an excellent anti-caking agent and a unique re-mineralizer for soils. For over sixty years crop and livestock producers have used this exceptional material to improve livestock and plant growth. Assays reveal that the material contains a broad spectrum of over 70 active minerals and trace elements."

ZOMITE® is unique silica montmorillonite that is mined in Utah from deposits left by an ancient volcano eruption that was ejected out of the side of a mountain and filled a nearby lake bed. This combination of seawater, fed by hundreds of rivers rich in minerals, and the rare and abundant minerals present in volcanic ash created the AZOMITE® deposit which is found nowhere else on Earth. The deposit is very old, perhaps as much as 30 million years. Today the geologic characteristic is as an outcropping know locally as a hogback. For pictures of the AZOMITE® mine, click here. (there are no pictures of the mine, but there used to be...)

However, there is this aspect....

Mineralogically, the material can be described as a rhyolitic tuff breccia, which is a hard rock formation formed from the dust of a volcano that exploded, much like when Mount St. Helens did in 1980. Its uniqueness does stem from the multitude of trace minerals found in the deposit. Thus the trade name, AZOMITE®, the "A to Z of Minerals Including Trace Elements". Chemically, AZOMITE® is a hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate (HSCAS) containing other minerals and trace elements which the National Research Council recognizes to be essential.

Still the king of soil rejuvenators, though.

[another bob]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
I am SO glad to "see" you Bob

I stretch my arms to encircle you both. You have been in my thoughts.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_H4eiQOh8

gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā

You are so kind, Dear Heart, and your generous compassion is much appreciated!

Here's a little story of my experience with the Om Namah Shivaya mantra:

In late 1973, after training for several years at a Zen Buddhist monastery in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California, I moved briefly back to San Francisco. One day I heard that a great Indian Yogi, reputedly capable of transmitting enlightenment with a look or touch of initiation (called Shaktipat), was visiting the Bay Area, so I decided to investigate. I was curious, and invited an open-minded friend along for the experience.

I had no idea what to expect when I wandered into the Ashram in Berkeley that day. Momentarily, we found ourselves separated – men on the right side and women on the left – in the middle of a cavernous room filled with sweet incense and about 500 enthusiasts who were being led in some wildly ecstatic Hindu chant by a dark-complexioned, orange-robed Swami in sunglasses, eerily suggesting Ray Charles in drag.

His name was Muktananda, which translated means “the bliss of liberation”, and he was clearly grooving — swaying and rocking on his throne to the mounting mantric choruses alternating back and forth between the male and female sides of the hall. It was all rather giddy and infectious — nothing like the somberness of the Zen chants I was accustomed to – and I must say, these folks were lifting off!

At a certain point, devotees began lining up and approaching the Swami’s dais to offer little gifts of fruit and flowers, and he responded by dusting them with a large peacock feather. The effect on the recipients seemed to occasionally result in spontaneous displays of physical and emotional catharsis, and for a moment I had the weird sensation of being at a Hindu version of some Christian fundamentalist revival meeting!

Still, I had a cultural anthropological responsibility, so I eventually merged into the communion line that now slowly snaked up to the Swami. Fieldwork sometimes offers one the opportunity to sample the intrinsic dynamic of a wide range of sub-cultural group phenomena, particularly in Berkeley,CA in the early 70’s.

At any rate, when I finally came face to face with the fellow, he started to wave the feather towards me but suddenly paused, raised his sunglasses over his eyebrows with his free hand, and peered intently into my eyes. After a moment, he leaned closer and whispered:

“Om Namah Shivaya!”

“Om Namah Shivaya!” I agreed, though I didn’t know you were supposed to bring a fruit or something, but no matter. As soon as I had answered, he began swatting me repeatedly with his flexible peacock wand. At a certain point I sneezed, he laughed, and this seemed like the right time to bow and move on.

Back at my seat, I detected no signs of any incipient religious fit, though several fellow pilgrims in my immediate vicinity appeared quite moved by various eccentric energies modifying their electrical circuitry.

After everyone had a chance to make their pilgrimage, the Swami got up and left the room. Things cooled down really fast — a lot of blissful sighs and announcements about upcoming productions — and I found my friend near the entrance door where we walked out into the bright sunshine.

“How was that?” I asked her.

“I liked the singing!” she replied.

Then she said: “I saw you up there. What was that all about?”

“Don’t know!” I replied, but over the next few months, I found the mantra spontaneously repeating itself, and so I went with that, and it was interesting, especially as I wandered off across the continent shortly thereafter, taking my time with a tent and brown rice cooker, and meeting up with all sorts of fascinating folks along the way.

Then one morning in Richmond, Kentucky, I was doing my usual morning sitting when the mantra came up in a very absorbing fashion, accompanied by an overwhelming permeation of the most intoxicating bliss, even to the very palpable sense of physical elevation off the floor. As it so turned out, this seemed so hilarious to me that I just burst out laughing!

Consequently, the episode signaled the conclusion of that particular yogic adventure. I’d seen directly how seductive such experiences could be, and how easy it would be to attach to them, getting trapped along the way in a perpetual intermediate zone of seeking for more and bigger experiences.

I’d come to recognize through observation that experience itself merely constitutes a modification of consciousness, no matter how profound or ecstatic it might seem at the moment. My intent, however, was to see through and penetrate the facade of consciousness itself, and I realized instinctively that to pursue experience for its own sake would represent a huge detour on the path.

This is certainly not to deny the legitimacy or efficacy of mantric practice for those so inclined, since it can certainly serve a valuable function in terms of developing focus and concentration, and even acting as a psychic shield to guard one from unwholesome influence and so forth. There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by another bob (here)

This is certainly not to deny the legitimacy or efficacy of mantric practice for those so inclined, since it can certainly serve a valuable function in terms of developing focus and concentration, and even acting as a psychic shield to guard one from unwholesome influence and so forth. There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.

Absolutely!

I had been meandering through the gardens of infinity, hence my prod
Glad you posted that, here and now. I loved it.
Yesterday, I was listening to some-one (pick a number) who said: if you are still "going to meditation classes" after 20 years, its too late.
Who is to say that it wouldnt/couldnt be in the 21st year that...


Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen

[Anchor]

Posted by another bob (here)
Here's a little story of my experience with the Om Namah Shivaya mantra

Thanks. The energy encoded in your post (in fact all the ones I read these past few days) is very discernible. Super stuff.

I too enjoy that mantra.

I need simple ones that can be remembered easily because I don't practise often.

This one was the hardest to remember and it is a a nice one I got from a Ram Dass cassette (yes cassette!) was: Aditya Hrudayam punyam Sarva satru Vinasanam. When I looked it up, I realised he only showed the first of two lines - LOL, whatever.

Apparently it is appropriate when looking at the sun.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6909978/Ad...am-its-meaning

Aditya hrudayam punyam = The meditation of Sun in the heart highly beneficial;
Sarva Satruvinasanam = Destroyer of all enemies, Jayavaham = Ensures Victory at all times; Japetnnityam = To the one who to be meditated always;
Akshayam paramam sivam = The indestructible and bestows permanent happiness.

The other main one I like is the Gayatri Mantra.

I think you have to do what feels right anyway, and use whichever of the tools you have been given.

I mean you can only do what you know, right?

Purity of intent has to count for more than which words we use.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by Anchor (here)

Purity of intent has to count for more than which words we use.

One day, a great lama heard about a monk who lived on an isolated island. The villagers told him of the great wisdom the monk had shared with them, and the amazing things he had achieved, but the monk didn't appear to have received teachings from anyone the lama had ever heard of, so he determined he must see him, to ensure the validity of the teachings.

Travelling by boat, the lama finally made it to the monk's island and went to meet him. The monk was overwhelmed with joy and gratitude that such a great man should come to see him and plied him with a dozen questions about the dharma and his practice, but when the monk began to chant, the lama noticed he was chanting: "Om mani padme boom".

As he was leaving, the lama had many kind words for the monk, but he added "I'm afraid, if you are to become enlightened, there is something you are doing incorrectly".

The monk was concerned "What is it, master? I must correct my error if I am ever to become enlightened!"

So the lama explained, "You have been chanting Om mani padme boom. But the correct chant is Om mani padme hum"

The monk bowed his thanks, but as the lama got back into his boat and the boat pulled away from the island, he realised that in all the excitement, he still couldn't remember the correct chant! So, as the boat sailed way, the monk ran after it, and ran right on top of the water calling "Master, what was that chant I must do to become enlightened?"

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)
I'm heading to bed, and noticed that you are viewing this site. You asked about distilled water machines. I order one from Amazon.com on May 8th and it arrived May 9th in the evening. The total cost was $199 ($30 off/originally $229), with no tax, and free shipping.

In March 2012, I purchased the same Megahome counter top distiller, from here, as part of a deal with an ionic silver generator. I use mine every day to distil a gallon or two of drinking water. I'm quite happy with the plastic pitcher that came with my cheaper unit.

By the way, Amazon is going to start charging me Texas sales tax on my Amazon Web Services bill (a couple dollars per month used for some Avalon forum backups.) They start charging the state sales tax next month, July 2012.

I'll wager this means that they will soon start charging state sales tax on purchases of real goods as well ... though I've heard absolutely nothing to confirm that hunch.

Regarding fluoride - I would expect a distiller to remove pretty much all minerals from the water, including fluoride. No additional filter required for that. Where distillers have problems is with volatile organic compounds, that will boil off and condense right along with the distilled water. One usually uses a carbon filter to remove those.

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Anchor (here)
Dear water distilling people.

Once you have distilled the water, re-mineralize it before consumption.

I use a splash of Willards Water and a couple pinches of Himalayan pink salt (nice stuff.) I have a hand held Total Dissolved Solids meter (a TDS-3, which really just measures electrical conductivity) and try to get the 0 parts per million (ppm) of the distilled water back up to 200 or 300 ppm or so.

[ulli]

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)
One month today, a gallon of distilled water each day.

Some things I've noticed so far are that my eyes are bluer/greener. I think that's because the whites are whiter.

My coffee intake is cut at least in half. Not because I am full of water, but because I see that it's less of a habit and more of a ritual. (I attribute this to clearer thinking.) I have no plan to eliminate coffee, but if it happens then that's fine.

One last point, I'm less inclined to eat foods that would be best left on the market shelf. Better decision making on what I eat. I'm fairly good, but there's aways room for tweaks and adjustments.

PS Two of my friends, Ben & Jerry's stopped in for a visit today. I had to take a Zantac when they left. I don't remember them being such energy vampires before.

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

I think your own increased energy level might have contributed to your friends turning into suction cups.
I mean by that that everyone is having such a hard time right now, and when they find themselves in the presence of someone who is committed to giving then they kind of fill up the tank to overflow level.

Once they have figured out how to do this without vampiring off others,
but discover the great universe has a free gas station then they can start giving too.
Not everyone is there yet, at least not in a permanent way.

[ulli]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)

Posted by another bob (here)

This is certainly not to deny the legitimacy or efficacy of mantric practice for those so inclined, since it can certainly serve a valuable function in terms of developing focus and concentration, and even acting as a psychic shield to guard one from unwholesome influence and so forth. There are, after all, innumerable gates – one for each of us — and each a doorway to ourselves.

Absolutely!

I had been meandering through the gardens of infinity, hence my prod
Glad you posted that, here and now. I loved it.
Yesterday, I was listening to some-one (pick a number) who said: if you are still "going to meditation classes" after 20 years, its too late.
Who is to say that it wouldnt/couldnt be in the 21st year that...


Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. —Leonard Cohen

I was having a similar thought today. I had just posted the link to The Forth Way, a book about the Gurdjieff work, which is 444 pages long, and then someone mentioned that stuff can be learnt in a heart beat.
I thought then that nowadays there really are shortcuts. Just like one no longer has to cement oneself into a cave for 30 years while meditating on a single mantra...
When all that can now be accomplished in a single afternoon session.

Not so much a matter of being too late, but more of being blind to the fact that far better self balancing tools are available nowadays.

[Eram]

I hope you don't mind me making a bit of fun ulli.

Posted by WhiteCrowBlackDeer (here)
PS Two of my friends, Ben & Jerry's stopped in for a visit today. I had to take a Zantac when they left. I don't remember them being such energy vampires before.

Peace,
WhiteCrowBlackDeer

Posted by ulli (here)
discover the great universe has a free gas station then

then

[ulli]

Making fun in this serious Village?
Where there is not even a drinking establishment?
Maybe we ought to at least get a Starbucks franchise here to show we are willing to lighten up a bit.

I understand even hell has tea breaks.
So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.

[Calz]

Posted by ulli (here)

So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.

Bite your tongue there ulli of the village ...





Can't a guy take a few days off to be with his family after working nearly two weeks straight???

Have to sign up for time off here (and now) as well as work???

Phew ... tough gig ...

[ulli]

Posted by Calz_Avaretard (here)

Posted by ulli (here)

So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.

Bite your tongue there ulli of the village ...





Can't a guy take a few days off to be with his family after working nearly two weeks straight???

Have to sign up for time off here (and now) as well as work???

Phew ... tough gig ...

Ok, ok, take it easy. You'll survive. Maybe you just need to turn off the slide projector when you visit the Village, and stare at a blank screen.

Hey, check out this website...maybe there is powerful medicine for all of us here

http://mrformerwhitehatisgod.wordpre...own-clone-6-2/

[Eram]

Posted by ulli (here)
Making fun in this serious Village?
Where there is not even a drinking establishment?
Maybe we ought to at least get a Starbucks franchise here to show we are willing to lighten up a bit.

I understand even hell has tea breaks.
So go right ahead and post as many of your pictures as you wish since we seemed to have lost Calz.

Well,

Things are getting heavy these days don't they?
It's kinda weird when you think about it, to be on a forum like this... never have met the people here in person. Still the stories that are told here can touch others deeply.
Like the stories from another Bob and Maria Stade.
What a challenging times for them.