The human digestive system consists of a 40-feet tubing, from mouth to anus. This is quite unbeliveable! It's 7 to 8 times the length of our body! Compare this to that of a tiger or lion which is 9 or 10 feet long. Hey, why must our food travel such a winding, torturous path before being passed out?
The Bible did gave some instructions on what can be eaten and what could not. Much was mentioned about hoofed animals, fish without scales and other crustaceans. You can read about them in the first 3 books of the Bible.
In Exodus 16, God provided some guidelines on trophology, the science of mixing food.
"And ... the (hungry) Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron...'...so you have brought us out from Egypt into this wilderness to be killed with hunger?'
After consulting God, Moses said to the Israelites, 'This will happen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the Lord hears your gumblings which you grumble against Him.'..."
God was instructing the Israelites NOT to take meat/protein and cabohydrates at the SAME time, but at DIFFERENT time of the day. Our digestive system secretes one type of chemical to breakdown protein, and another chemical to breakdown cabohydrates. When both types of food are taken at the same time, the digestive system is 'confused'. Instead of breaking down the food for proper assimilation into the body, the food turns foul and putrid in our stomach and intestines instead.
The same goes for fruits. Fruits travels much faster through the digestive system than either protein or cabohydrates. Hence fruits should be consumed first, before the main meal of protein or cabohydrates. If protein or cabohydrates were eaten first, and then fruits were eaten as dessert, can you imagine what will happen? The slow-moving items will 'block' the fast-moving items all the way from the throat to the anus. When all are mixed-up and moved sluggishly along the 40-feet-passageway, how much good can be absorbed into the body?
So eat fruits before taking a main meal. Remember, raw food, such as fruits provides 'chi'. Cooked food does not.
Sunday 8 February 2009
Thursday 5 February 2009
What Rick Warren Did With His Money
We all know Rick Warren made lots of money from the books he authored.
Here's a snippet of Larry King asking Warren how he keeps his life balanced despite his success:
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KING: So, the question is, how do you keep your balance?
WARREN: Well, you know what, when the book, Larry, and this caller, when it began to become a big success world-wide, I actually began to got to scripture to pray about what I called the stewardship of have affluence and the stewardship of influence. And that was, God, what do I do with me money, and what do I do with the notoriety. Because, I don't think God gives either money or fame for your own ego, certainly not a pastor.
And I didn't want it. And in fact, that's the whole reason why I never put our church services on television. Twenty Five-years-ago I made the decision to never be on television as a church service, because I didn't want to be a televangelist. I didn't like the lifestyle. And I didn't like a lot of the -- I think always being in the spotlight blinds you.
And Kay (ph) and I made two very important decisions, based on two passages of scripture. First Corinthians 9 and Psalms 72. First with the money, we made five decisions. First was, we weren't going to change our lifestyle one bit, no matter how much money came in. So, we still live in the same house. We didn't buy a bigger house. We don't own a guest house. We don't own a yacht. I still drive a 4- year-old Ford. And we're just are not going to let money change your lives, and I'm not going to use it to impress people.
The second decision we made was, I stopped taking the salary from my church about three years ago.
The third decision is, I added up all that the church had paid me in the past 25 years and I gave it all back. And I did that because I don't want anybody to ever think that I was doing this for money, because I don't. I would have done it for free from the start if I could have. And now the book made it possible for me to give all that money back.
And right after I did that, I was interviewed by a major news magazine. And the first question was, what's your salary? And I was able to say, well, actually, I've now serve my church for free for 25 years. Then we set up, No. 4, we set up three foundations, one of them called Acts of Mercy, which is used to help those who are infected and affected by AIDS globally. And then the fifth is, we actually became reverse tithers, which means that when Kay and I got married, we began to tithe 10 percent of our income to charity, and each year in the last 30 years we've raised it a percentage, and we're not actually reverse tithers, so we give away 90 percent and live on 10 percent.
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There's something about Rick Warren that is very refreshing. It's not to say this "his way" is the right way or what everyone should do, but I would say that he has, so far, done a great job keeping his life and his wealth in balance.
Here's a snippet of Larry King asking Warren how he keeps his life balanced despite his success:
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KING: So, the question is, how do you keep your balance?
WARREN: Well, you know what, when the book, Larry, and this caller, when it began to become a big success world-wide, I actually began to got to scripture to pray about what I called the stewardship of have affluence and the stewardship of influence. And that was, God, what do I do with me money, and what do I do with the notoriety. Because, I don't think God gives either money or fame for your own ego, certainly not a pastor.
And I didn't want it. And in fact, that's the whole reason why I never put our church services on television. Twenty Five-years-ago I made the decision to never be on television as a church service, because I didn't want to be a televangelist. I didn't like the lifestyle. And I didn't like a lot of the -- I think always being in the spotlight blinds you.
And Kay (ph) and I made two very important decisions, based on two passages of scripture. First Corinthians 9 and Psalms 72. First with the money, we made five decisions. First was, we weren't going to change our lifestyle one bit, no matter how much money came in. So, we still live in the same house. We didn't buy a bigger house. We don't own a guest house. We don't own a yacht. I still drive a 4- year-old Ford. And we're just are not going to let money change your lives, and I'm not going to use it to impress people.
The second decision we made was, I stopped taking the salary from my church about three years ago.
The third decision is, I added up all that the church had paid me in the past 25 years and I gave it all back. And I did that because I don't want anybody to ever think that I was doing this for money, because I don't. I would have done it for free from the start if I could have. And now the book made it possible for me to give all that money back.
And right after I did that, I was interviewed by a major news magazine. And the first question was, what's your salary? And I was able to say, well, actually, I've now serve my church for free for 25 years. Then we set up, No. 4, we set up three foundations, one of them called Acts of Mercy, which is used to help those who are infected and affected by AIDS globally. And then the fifth is, we actually became reverse tithers, which means that when Kay and I got married, we began to tithe 10 percent of our income to charity, and each year in the last 30 years we've raised it a percentage, and we're not actually reverse tithers, so we give away 90 percent and live on 10 percent.
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There's something about Rick Warren that is very refreshing. It's not to say this "his way" is the right way or what everyone should do, but I would say that he has, so far, done a great job keeping his life and his wealth in balance.
Wednesday 4 February 2009
Chi, the BioEnergy Part 2 of 3: Internal Elixir
In the last blog entry (below), I touched on the 2 approaches to health and longevity, i.e. External Elixir and Internal Elixir to cultivate 'chi'. I touched on one aspect of External Elixir, which is Diet.
Here I touch on one aspect of Internal Elixir, which is Exercise and Breathing.
Exercise refers to calithenics such as Qigong and Taichi which increases the 'chi' in the body. 'chi is also moved round different parts of the body to remove negativities or harmful elements.
Breathing refers to deep abdominal breathing and internal energy control. Deep breathing provides 2 major benefits. a) Deep breathing downloads beneficial negative ion energy from the air to the human body system. b) Deep breathing also 'massages or exercises' all the organs involved and boost blood circulation.
I shall not give instructions on how to do deep breathing in this blog. You can learn about this from videos on Youtube. Just go to Youtube, search for 'Qigong Breathing', and there are some good easy-to-learn breathing lessons free-of-charge.
For many years, I was wondering whether a serious Christian like myself should learn and practise Qigong or Yoga or Meditation exercises which are beneficial to health. I have concluded that these are 'good things', and are part of God's gift for humankind to promote good health. Just because these have been 'hijacked' by other religions and 'claimed' to be part of those religions, does not mean Christians have lost our right to these God-created gifts. Christians can use Qigong or Yoga exercises to promote good health too, as long as we avoid the spiritual elements associated with other religions.
Here I touch on one aspect of Internal Elixir, which is Exercise and Breathing.
Exercise refers to calithenics such as Qigong and Taichi which increases the 'chi' in the body. 'chi is also moved round different parts of the body to remove negativities or harmful elements.
Breathing refers to deep abdominal breathing and internal energy control. Deep breathing provides 2 major benefits. a) Deep breathing downloads beneficial negative ion energy from the air to the human body system. b) Deep breathing also 'massages or exercises' all the organs involved and boost blood circulation.
I shall not give instructions on how to do deep breathing in this blog. You can learn about this from videos on Youtube. Just go to Youtube, search for 'Qigong Breathing', and there are some good easy-to-learn breathing lessons free-of-charge.
For many years, I was wondering whether a serious Christian like myself should learn and practise Qigong or Yoga or Meditation exercises which are beneficial to health. I have concluded that these are 'good things', and are part of God's gift for humankind to promote good health. Just because these have been 'hijacked' by other religions and 'claimed' to be part of those religions, does not mean Christians have lost our right to these God-created gifts. Christians can use Qigong or Yoga exercises to promote good health too, as long as we avoid the spiritual elements associated with other religions.
Chi, the BioEnergy Part 1 of 3: Eat Raw
Today, I will write on a new series on 'chi'.
Much of Chinese Studies on life and longevity have been destroyed during the Cultural Revolution in China in 1950s and 1960s.
Instead of measuring lifespan in terms of heartbeats, Chinese tradition measures lives by counting breaths. When a person's alotted number of breaths expires, his life ends.
Chinese regards a human's normal lifespan to be 100 years. It should not be 70 or 80years. Compare maturity-to-lifespan ratio with other primates like cats, dogs, monkeys. A dog for example reaches maturity within 1 to 2 years. It's normal lifespan is 12 to 14 years. The ratio is 2/14 or 1/7. Human reaches maturity around 15 years, if the ratio is also 1/7, then the normal lifespan should be 105 !
But the toll of stressful living, pollution and pressure has shortened the 'normal' lifespan of human considerably.
There are 2 broad approaches to increase 'chi' and increase longevity. External Elixir and Internal Elixir
External Elixir refers to 1) diet 2) Physical Exercise 3) life-prolonging herbal supplements. I will only touch on diet in this blog entry.
By far the best life-prolonging diet available is freshly extracted juices of fresh raw fruits and raw vegetables. These are chock full of living enzymes, the only nutritional element capable of carrying the vital spark of life ('chi') into the human system.
Raw fruits and vegetables are 'live' food with 'chi'. Cooked food is 'dead' food with very little 'chi'.
Besides providing 'chi' raw fruit and vegetable juices are the best source of organic vitamins and minerals, as well as amino acids which the body requires to replenish dead and damaged cells. These minerals do not require long hours of digestion and the body could absorb them in a very short time.
Now you know why Japanese have longer lifespan! They eat lots of raw fish and vegetables, filled with 'chi'.
Continue reading this blog for more information.
Much of Chinese Studies on life and longevity have been destroyed during the Cultural Revolution in China in 1950s and 1960s.
Instead of measuring lifespan in terms of heartbeats, Chinese tradition measures lives by counting breaths. When a person's alotted number of breaths expires, his life ends.
Chinese regards a human's normal lifespan to be 100 years. It should not be 70 or 80years. Compare maturity-to-lifespan ratio with other primates like cats, dogs, monkeys. A dog for example reaches maturity within 1 to 2 years. It's normal lifespan is 12 to 14 years. The ratio is 2/14 or 1/7. Human reaches maturity around 15 years, if the ratio is also 1/7, then the normal lifespan should be 105 !
But the toll of stressful living, pollution and pressure has shortened the 'normal' lifespan of human considerably.
There are 2 broad approaches to increase 'chi' and increase longevity. External Elixir and Internal Elixir
External Elixir refers to 1) diet 2) Physical Exercise 3) life-prolonging herbal supplements. I will only touch on diet in this blog entry.
By far the best life-prolonging diet available is freshly extracted juices of fresh raw fruits and raw vegetables. These are chock full of living enzymes, the only nutritional element capable of carrying the vital spark of life ('chi') into the human system.
Raw fruits and vegetables are 'live' food with 'chi'. Cooked food is 'dead' food with very little 'chi'.
Besides providing 'chi' raw fruit and vegetable juices are the best source of organic vitamins and minerals, as well as amino acids which the body requires to replenish dead and damaged cells. These minerals do not require long hours of digestion and the body could absorb them in a very short time.
Now you know why Japanese have longer lifespan! They eat lots of raw fish and vegetables, filled with 'chi'.
Continue reading this blog for more information.
Monday 2 February 2009
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