RE: Autophagy: The power of healing from within given to each of us and every other living thing.
Not following your logic, sir.
I just recently completed a 6 day water fast. I wasn't able to get past 5 days before. At 5 days I had severe cramping in my hands. For this fast I took a multivitamin, magnesium, potassium, and Himalayan pink salt and had no problem adding a sixth day. The most significant difference after this fast was the improvement in stamina. I may have mentioned that stamina issues persist with stroke survivors for many months and may in fact never return to pre-stroke levels. After just 6 days I'm amazed at my improvement. Nothing I can quantify with data, but like you I've put naysayers in my rearview mirror and ain't lookin' back. My last fast took me down to 188, but the gain-back has me at 195. Jan 2nd I'm hoping to start my longest fast yet. I read up on autophagy used to expedite recover from stroke and the results were very positive. This autophagy stuff is rocking the medical juggernaut to its very core. I love it! How are you doing?
I seem to be stuck.
I can't seem to lose any more weight. Maybe christmas has something to do with it? with all the rich food around I can seem to gain weight just from inhaling the aroma.
Regarding the simulation.
Several scholars have proposed it as well as elon musk....suppose we are in one?
Suppose EVERYTHING is part of a simulation (matrix or thirteenth floor)..
Now suppose the simulation is a video game for kids...
I understand. Yes, I think we are all "played" to a certain degree, but within a matrix-like context made popular by the movie with Keano Reeves I hope not! Now I'll expend thought time to conjuring a way to confirm this does not exist : ) "Stuck" is common with anyone trying to shed weight as you know. When I started fasting with one meal a day I used to eat a nice dessert with that meal, but then I got "stuck" and had to eliminate it. The only diet that I have not had to adjust to keep losing weight every day is extended day fasting. There is a gain-back of 3-4 pounds for me for water and colon volume replacement, but otherwise it is downwardly predictable based on duration. Getting stuck is a side effect of weight loss. Your body is no longer burning as much energy to move.
"Your body is no longer burning as much energy to move."
MOVE?
No one told me I had to do that.! I make a couch potato look athletic.
huh....I'll have to give that some consideration.
MOVE?
who'd a thunk!
all seriousness aside...regarding the 'matrix' (the simulation theory)made popular by Hollyweird. As always they got it wrong)
The way I see it is that it's either 'turtles all the way down' or it's not.
If you accept "no original thought' and "intelligent design' then it follows that a godlike diety is involved. Who made god? who made the god that made that god. etc. etc. etc.
Otherwise it's evolution.
What else can it be?
I'm not an advocate of exercise. I meant more from couch to toilet to dining table to couch. One of the hardest things for people to grasp about the concept of God is the lack of restraint. For God time is not linear as it is for us. When we die it will no longer be a constraint for us either. You can watch a moment, perhaps your own birth in real time as it is happening. Observe pleasant moments in your past when they happened.
exercise is fine...if someone else is doing it.
regarding the rest of what you said about god and stuff
how could anyone possibly know that?
note: odd thing that all of the "believable" prophets are dead?
oh yeah...'you must have faith gwass hoppah'...
is that it?
One thing you and I share is reality based thinking. I believe in God, but I want something more tangible than just faith to confirm that belief. I wanted a connection beyond Biblical lore that I can fast-forward to the present day as clear evidence of Biblical promises fulfilled in real time. One thing I know for sure is that God's wisdom and man's wisdom are always and forever will be at odds, completely 180 degrees of each other. I think in fasting and that it takes between 24 and 48 hours of fasting to bring it to a healing velocity is that connection. Autophagy is a huge threat to the medical establishment. The struggle to harness it for financial gain is equal to the effort to spread fear about it to stall for time to achieve that financial grip is in full swing. Our arrogance is our greatest enemy and a personality trait I embraced for decades.. To accept God is humbling. Being humble opens the door to many possibilities that I previously closed to myself due to my behavior.
what's the difference between 'belief' and 'faith'?
One has six letters and the other five. Belief is the state of mind in which a person thinks something to be the case with or without there being empirical evidence to prove that something is the case with factual certainty. Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof
I cheated. I use the terms interchangeably. Reckless, I know, but I'm prone to behavioral extremes.