Health: Stomach Ulcer and Food Poisoning Quick Treatment

First of all, I'm not a medical doctor. I have an engineering degree in low power electrical field and I am a software developer. Mm.

But I do have lots of experiences handling these: stomach ulcer and food poisoning — for myself, especially, and for other people around me.

And, of course, I have friends, colleagues, and family who are medical professionals. Mostly medical doctors.

Let me share some of quick treatments for stomach ulcer and food poisoning.

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Stomach Ulcer: The Habit

Sometimes, or most of the time, as we get older, we do not take meal with constant periodical cycle like in younger age.

But as I've noticed nowadays, teens also have that habit. With all the gadgets and such modern convenience.

Our human body can adapt, if you've noticed, to that sort of punishment. At first, it was probably really hurt, and as the time went by, we no longer feel the pain.

It has multiple meanings:

1. Our nerves (nociceptors) finally ignore the pain signal because we consciously and constantly pretend it did not hurt. Such as Rambo bit. But in actuality, our system hasn't adapted.

   This one is properly dangerous. ⚠️

   The wounds are still there, latent. They might be temporarily healed, but when we take it a bit further, unwanted things will occur.

2. There is no more pain signal, because our digestion system has actually adapted.

   Some people have these inborn splendid genes. Fast healing and adaptation.

   Comparable to Highlander bit, but without the visual effects and certainly not instant.

⬆️ (Frown.)

Regular morning coffee (acidic liquid) without substantial amount of water to balance the acidity will also cause this problem — digestion system. Including the front gate, teeth for instance.

There's that decaf (decaffeinated) coffee, which is higher in pH (potential of Hydrogen — potenz des Wasserstoffs) compared to regular coffee. But the point of coffee is that horse-whipping substance called caffeine (alkaloid family, not actually an acid) and those other substances (acids) involved in the production of the powder or granules. Well, the acids will agitate the stomach. So, more POWER! Eye twitching happens. We can't be sleepy while having diarrhoea, can we?

The decaf is essentially having the flavour of regular coffee. For some people, it can still spark the pacing. That triggering memory/perception based on association without having the actual amount of caffeine from regular coffee.

Soft drinks or highly concentrated sugar beverages with soda can also trigger this sort of digestive problem (and other illness) if we don't take sufficient water to push out the sediment. Fast food always offers or pairs this with the meals and we think we "have enough water". No, we have not.

Why?

Because.

Those sparkling bubbling concoctions (as if we were in mediaeval times) contain various salts — the soda-bubbling part and flavour enhancers. Salt retains water (hygroscopy), so our body cannot properly absorb the actual water needed.

For instance — if we drink sea water, we will always be thirsty. Have you tried that? If you haven't, just make a glass of salty water. Drink that. Mm. Very salty. Blood pressure. Why is it rising? Ah. The salt! Very salty.

Ocean dwellers 🐟🦑🦈🐋🦀 have the ability to do the filtering. We do not.

These drinks are manufactured to actually make us more thirsty and hungry. The addictive sensation. Well, it is commerce — so, it is what it is.

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Stomach Ulcer: Quick Treatment

Take antacid and water.

Usually, common antacid is not expensive. It is a base (high pH, more than 7) substance. It will temporarily neutralise the acidity (low pH, less than 7) in your stomach.

Antacid can be in tablet (solid), oral powder, or liquid form.

There are many brands you can choose in pharmacy. Take the suggested dosage which is written on the package.

Remember, and water. Take some water with it. Do not drink other than that — like tea, milk, coffee, beer, soft drink, or wine. Simply

clean water.

Antacids usually consist of:

• Calcium carbonate — CaCO₃
• Magnesium hydroxide — Mg(OH)₂
• Aluminium hydroxide — Al(OH)₃
• Sodium bicarbonate — NaHCO₃
• Magaldrate: Aluminium + Magnesium hydroxides. Combo product in balanced versions of modern antacids.

• Mint or menthol — as flavour masking (because those compounds taste like chalk or mud) and cooling sensation to trick the brain into thinking something soothing is happening — psychological relief.

  But mint can worsen the symptoms on some people with GORD (GERD).

  Mint can relax the lower oesophageal sphincter, letting acid splash back up.

• And the sweeteners: sucrose, glucose, sugar alcohols (sorbitol / mannitol / xylitol), or sugar substitutes (sucralose / stevia / aspartame) — to fancy dress the chalk-mud flavour.

From my experience, do not attempt to consume banana while you are having stomach ulcer.

If it is really bad, you need to take the oral powder or liquid form of antacid. It will calm the pain faster than the solid form, chewable tablet. As I have found, the oral powder worked faster than the liquid form — but then again, depending on the formulation, of course. Powder form has no added gunk like binders or thickening agents.

Then, after the pain calms, try to take your routine meal.

See the doctor.

Afterwards, it is recommended to visit an actual medical doctor to say hi and ask the lady or the gentleman about it.

We should NOT —

I beg your excuse me pardon hello. My bawbag of a stomach is acting up, doc. Please have a seat. Doc. Here's your stethoscope, I have one at home. It's made of a hose and deliberation.

Instead — a simple, socially accepted "hi", then onwards with a regular conversation.

Depending on the diagnosis, aside from the antacid, doctors also prescribe:

• PPIs (Proton Pump Inhibitors),
• multivitamins,
• and even antibiotics.

PPI is used to decrease the amount of acid produced in the stomach. For example: omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, and esomeprazole. Again, it depends on your current condition (and medical history) ➡️ proper prescription.

The wounds in the stomach are like canker sore. Ever have that? Stomach ulcer also looks like that, but bigger.

Ulcer means wound, from Latin, ulcus.

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Stomach Ulcer Treatment Summary

To summarise:

1. Antacid – for quick, temporary relief from the burning. Doesn't heal anything, just calms the immediate fuss.
2. For actually healing the ulcer:
   1. PPIs, mentioned above, to drastically cut down acid production at source. Needs a doctor's prescription.
   2. Antibiotics, where H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori) is confirmed as the cause. Or other confirmed microbe.
      This needs proper diagnosis first and a doctor's prescription.
   3. Coating agent like sucralfate, which forms a protective film directly over the ulcer while the tissue beneath gets on with healing.

Other bits worth adding to the list, for ulcer recovery:

• Stopping — or at least reducing — the intake of NSAIDs such as aspirin or ibuprofen if they're the culprit. Since carrying on with them rather undoes all the good work above.
• Cutting down smoking (also applies to vaping — the vape liquid may agitate the stomach) and easing off the alcohol. All of which slow healing and raise the odds of the ulcer making an unwelcome return.
• Reduce consuming extra-spicy (chilli-hot) / super-sour / extreme-taste meal. Well, that's a common sense. Oh, and peanuts.

Right then. We'll also see traditional remedy, within the Stomach Ulcer and Food Poisoning: Maintenance subsection.

Our stomach is an acidic environment. If you remember that high school biology class — the acidic environment acts as food processor — with the enzymes — while eliminating the bacteria brought in. Well, assuming you took the class. I think that's mandatory in secondary school. — You learn biology now. Or else.

⬆️ Eh-eh-eh-eh.

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Old Time Remedy Before Antacid

Back then, before "antacid", people used chalk water (combined with milk). Other used clay and herbs (roots). Let's see the chalk technique.

Chalk

Natural chalk (from limestone, shells, or corals) has the CaCO₃ (calcium carbonate).

Bones (animal bones) have hydroxyapatite — Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH) ⬅️ this won't do, far more stable, we don't use this as the "chalk".

Our acidic stomach has HCl (hydrochloric acid). We need something ready to react, thus CaCO₃.

Reaction in the belly goes as such:

CaCO₃ + 2HCl → CaCl₂ + H₂O + CO₂↑

The acid (HCl) would break and we would have CO₂↑ as burps. Other products: CaCl₂ (salt) and water (H₂O) in the stomach. We would feel calmer — especially when there were sores in the stomach.

⬆️ Of course, they didn't know those chemical formulas and reaction. It's the modern approach to look at it. Their knowledge was taught in my opinion. —

🪽 (Lands.) You use this. Bye. (Disappears.) Hang on. (Swooshes back.) What's my name? Good. What's your name? You don't remember? Hm. You are Bgtrjd. Please do remember that. Farewell. (Disappears.) Oh, blast it! (Swooshes back.) Do you remember anything I spoke earlier? Oh, right. You there. With the beard. Would you mind stepping this way for a moment?

It tasted uncouth, but it gave results.

They used natural chalk — soft calcium carbonate. Not modern classroom chalk, which may have additives and binders.

Milk

This was used to "coat" the stomach by old physician back then, not as the main medication. Milk was common in Europe.

The remedy usually was taken in small, frequent sips. Each was taken separately, not mixed — with certain amount of intervals. Chalk water, then milk.

⬆️ But in 1900s, there was an American doctor who aggressively mixed them, and... well, the result was... unwanted. Bertram Sippy, 1915, "Sippy Regimen".

Of course, milk has protein and calcium, both of which strongly stimulate the stomach to produce more gastrin.

Gastrin = a peptide hormone produced by our digestive system that triggers the release of stomach acid, stimulates stomach muscle contractions, and supports the ongoing replenishment of stomach lining.

While milk briefly neutralises acid when we swallow it, about 30 minutes or so, the stomach bounces back by pumping out an absolute flood of fresh acid, making the ulcer worse! IF we take the milk as the "coat".

The stomach actually produces more acid after processing milk than it would have if we hadn't drunk the milk at all.

So... well, the "coating" bit would do... the opposite.

But the CHALK WATER! That worked, works, will work! The TASTE though. Mm. Very. Peculiar.

And since we already have antacid, well, simply use that.

So please avoid sipping milk when you have stomach ulcer. Milk does calm the pain at that moment, momentarily — BUT! Expect that above I've mentioned.

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Food Poisoning: The Habit

This can be caused by:

1. Eat anything without looking at the expiry date or the label pattern.
2. You have a specific food intolerance, yet you consume that specific food — either unknowingly or knowingly. For instance, milk (lactose) intolerance.
3. Overeating. Meal overdose.
4. You unconsciously consumed stale food or even poison, similar to number 1.
5. You consciously consume poison.
   This is, well, your own choice. But in my opinion, do not do that. Too many times.

⬆️ ...tummy...

Food poisoning symptoms are:

• Nausea and followed by vomiting.
• You feel intense pain or burning on the left side of your abdomen — your belly. It might feel like ordinary stomach ulcer, but it's also followed by these other symptoms.
• You taste everything as bitter all around the tongue and it's paler than your ordinary tongue colour.
• Dizziness or lightheadedness with rising body temperature.
• Your skin is paler (freakishly lighter) than its usual colour.
• Abnormal frequent flatulence and diarrhoea.
• Fever.
• Sometimes, if you touch or press your arm or other parts of the body, it feels hurt.
• In some cases, you can see red dots sprawled on your arm or thigh. Right away, visit a doctor.
• Also, the chest pain — could be heartburn, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, or other — if it is acute. This needs medical professional attention.

Rule of thumb:

if your tongue has paler colour than the usual, then something is off down there.

"Down there" — most likely your digestive system.

Your tongue colour is a natural indicator.

This is actually how I identify people with the symptoms. Including myself. Doctors do this tongue colour examination. It's a basic protocol.

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Food Poisoning: Quick Treatment

Right away —

take activated charcoal or carbon (carbo activatus).

Pair it with —

hot, bitter, thick tea.

Activated charcoal is available in many brands, we can find it in any pharmacy.

Back then, there was charcoal biscuit in 19th and early 20th century England.

Activated charcoal works through a process called adsorption.

Toxins, chemicals, and some pathogens are drawn to charcoal's (porous) surface. The large surface area binds a wide range of substances using weak electrostatic forces and van der Waals interactions. These bound substances remain attached to the charcoal and are carried out of the body through the digestive system. They will not be absorbed into the bloodstream.

The vast internal surface area in activated charcoal is formed through a controlled activation process, which then produces countless microscopic pores. The controlled activation can be either physical (steam) or chemical process. Physical process is the most common, while chemical process is mostly used in industrial application.

Activated charcoal is effective for:

• Too much coffee.
• Expired (stale or spoiled) food.
• Off drink (like soured milk, spoiled juice).
• Minor drugs overdose.

  Still effective for some (minor) narcotics like morphine, benzodiazepines, and some tricyclic antidepressants — if taken early.

  But useless for street-grade narcotics like heroin, crack cocaine, etc.

• Pesticides.

The combo for treating food poisoning:

activated charcoal + hot, bitter, thick tea.

Indeed, pesticides aren't regular food.

Specifically why the hot, bitter tea works — this is a traditional remedy:

• The bitterness comes from tannins, which are natural compounds that can tighten tissue, reduce inflammation, and soothe the gut lining. Tannins can bind to alkaloids and proteins, sometimes reducing the absorption rate of certain drugs or toxins.
• Tea also consists of polyphenols. Polyphenols may assist liver metabolism, helping the body process and neutralise certain compounds.
• Heat = muscle relaxant. The warmth helps relax abdominal muscles, ease cramping, and boost blood flow. Stomach upset often causes tension across the torso — warm liquids reduce that sympathetic nervous grip. It helps calm everything from heartbeat to digestion.
• Tea has mild diuretic effect. It will flush excess without dehydration.

The combo is the double-barrelled shotgun of stomach rescue. Charcoal removes the poison, tea resets the battlefield.

After you take the activated charcoal (with hot, bitter tea), take the dioralyte to refill your body fluid. It's called Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT). The mixture of water plus salt and sugar is called Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS).

For mixing your own homemade ORS, take the WHO/UNICEF's formulation: ORT.

Per litre of water consists of:

• 2.6 grams (0.092 oz) salt (NaCl) (salt)
• 2.9 grams (0.10 oz) trinatrium citrate dihydrate C₆H₅Na₃O₇·2H₂O (salt) — trinatrium 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate dihydrate
• 1.5 grams (0.053 oz) KCl (salt)
• 13.5 grams (0.48 oz) anhydrous glucose C₆H₁₂O₆ (sugar)

Or using this ratio:

30 ml sugar : 2.5 ml salt : 1 litre water

To be easier:

6 teaspoons sugar : 0.5 teaspoon salt : 1 litre water

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Food Poisoning Treatment Summary

To summarise, treating yourself from food poisoning:

1. Take the activated charcoal with hot, thick, bitter tea (or simply warm water) — follow the recommended dosage on the box.
2. Drink the ORS — it is taken after each bout of diarrhoea.
   • Adults: Drink some after each loose stool, small sips if needed.
   • Children: Same rule, just in smaller amounts—about 50–100 ml after each diarrhoea for toddlers, more for older kids.

   You don't glug it like lemonade. It's a hydration rescue, not a beverage. If you keep having episodes, keep sipping. If you vomit, wait 10 minutes, then take it slowly again.

   It's not medicine to stop diarrhoea — it's for rehydration.

3. Repeat the procedure until you feel better.

⬆️ Ah! The relief!

If that treatment gets you nowhere for 24 hours, then you have other pathogens/poisonous sediment inside of you. Force yourself to drink water, visit the hospital — greet the emergency crew. ⬇️

(Tapping the shoulder of an A&E staff member.) Good evening, sir. Lovely uniform. Terribly sorry, I am. Could you please help me with my agonising pain? It feels like I'm about to faint. Much appreciated. (...)

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Activated Charcoal Is Not for Alcohol Poisoning

Activated charcoal is ineffective to adsorb strong acids or alkali, cyanide, iron, lithium, arsenic, methanol, ethanol or ethylene glycol.

With that information, alcohol poisoning is not recommended to be treated using activated charcoal. Since it will be useless. It needs complex detoxification treatment by healthcare professionals.

Ethanol (C₂H₅OH) poisoning treatment usually includes intravenous fluids, glucose, and thiamine — with monitoring vital signs. Ethanol is found in vodka, beer, wine, spirits, and hand sanitiser (with alcohol).

Methanol (CH₃OH) or ethylene glycol (C₂H₆O₂) poisoning treatment usually includes antidote (fomepizole or ethanol) + possible dialysis. Methanol is found in industrial solvents, windshield washer fluid, antifreeze (some brands), some paints and varnishes, and moonshine. Ethylene glycol is found in antifreeze (common), some hydraulic fluids, and de-icing solutions.

So in theory, moonshine poisoning can be treated with vodka. In theory.

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Stomach Ulcer and Food Poisoning: Maintenance

Let's start from my backstory.

I had typhoid (together with dengue) fever back then in my first year of university and thankfully cured from it. It was fatal.

An agony, intense pain all over, absolute nausea, and my head had mental hammering migraine combined with swirling vision. The blood vessels on my arms and legs became red and looked like I was on fire.

I thought it was a simple "under the weather" and it would go away in a day or two —

nope.

It was like that for more than a week — I couldn't eat, vomitted instantly, fever and intense nausea at night. The symptoms gradually became utterly barmy as days went by.

Day 1: Barmy.

Day 2: Barmy +50.

Day 3: Blimey, why the barmy is again increasing?

And so forth.

So then, because of the red dots on my arms when they were pressed (and awkward red-coloured vessels), we decided to visit the hospital with my wobbly legs and canoeing visions. I was accompanied by my older sister and aunt. When I was checked, the doctors and nurses gasped — they then walked away, asking my aunt and sister to come along, and whispered something.

I believe it wasn't about haggis recipe.

I was treated first in the emergency room, then moved to the ward.

Thank the heavens, I was strong enough to stay alive to receive the treatments despite the haemorrhage under the skin, without gum/nose bleeding — the brain was left intact, fortunately. The doctors were actually confused by my condition. The lead doctor even said to my aunt, cut abruptly — He should not be...

During my recovery at the hospital, I dreamt a 19th-century Protestant clergy, with all black attire, complete with his hat — I assumed it because of his suit, but without any ornament — stood beside my bed (in the ward) — not looking at me and in complete silence. No eerieness, no comfortness, nothing. He simply was there — being neutral. That dream happened AFTER I was feeling better, a few days after the intense pain. Interesting, that was.

Somewhat looked as such:

⬆️ The presence and acknowledgement.

While I was having follow-up treatment at the hospital, my aunt introduced me to a traditional Chinese remedy, which consists of dried earthworm in a convenient capsule form. The earthworm species is Lumbricus rubellus

I was at the hospital for ten days if memory serves. And I was recommended to still be treated at home for, at least, a week. I missed plenty of classes at the university during the treatment.

The traditional remedy sped up the healing.

The appetite went back to normal, I could even do jump kick and such — well, because I was very excited. My muscles were stiff because of that. In bed... for plenty of days.

Right, that was my emergency situation.

Properly handled. ✅

Side note about typhoid fever and dengue fever. ⬇️

The typhoid fever is caused by those salmonella or Escherichia coli or other typhoid bacterium families. It's not quite like stomach ulcer or food poisoning, but it attacks a rather similar region, the digestive system — tightly interconnected to blood circulation.

For typhoid fever, doctors usually prescribe certain antibiotics to eliminate the pathogens.

The dengue fever is caused by dengue virus brought by those striped mosquitoes, Aedes aegepty. It can also bring other, such as yellow fever. So those mosquitoes are carriers. Well, they just try to eat I suppose.

There's no antiviral drug that targets the dengue virus directly — so doctors rely on supportive treatment while the body’s defences fight it off. For most people, if managed properly (especially hydration), the immune system clears the virus in about a week or so.

This worm Lumbricus rubellus apparently has —

• natural antibiotics to eliminate the pathogens and
• protein to strengthen the mucous membrane of our digestive channel.

In traditional method — in rainforest region, experts in that method excavate the earthworms, then serve those as soup — with additional herbs and spices to tone down the uncharted taste — to sick people.

Traditional remedies are fascinating. Not to mention other important survival skills, from hunting, farming, to construction (shelter and more). The knowledge is usually passed down and perfected from generation to generation, and it varies between places because the places are different, surely.

So you may try this traditional prescription, to maintain your own digestive system and make it stronger, thus you have a healthy body.

It can be in:

• capsule form,
• dried earthworm form — we need to brew it, add something to mask the unfamiliar, revolting flavour,
• powder form.

⬆️ Round one!

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The Knowledge

I don't know how they discovered that, it's a proper mystery to me how they did the researches. But it's proven. The result is me and other people who had the treatment.

Earthworms live in the soil and literally digest the soil, with microorganisms within the soil. We know that earthworms are decomposer in food chain and the sign of fertile soil. We live above the soil, not directly consuming the soil.

Hence it's logical to start researching how it can do what it does, what it is equipped with, and how that can be beneficial to us. But of course, not all kind of worms can be used to treat indigestion.

Perhaps that was the motivation behind the research. 🤔 Perhaps. Very interesting to think about.

Let's think about the term for a moment. Worm. Earthworm.

This may have connection to dragon. In Celtic / Norse / Anglo-Saxon tradition, we have wyrm. "Wyrm" is pronounced exactly like the word "worm".

Wyrm is a mediaeval term. A type of dragon, draco, ΔΡΑΚΩΝ. In ancient Europe —

• Dragon ➡️ 6 limbs = 4 legs + 2 wings. A massive, regal flying poet-beast.
• Wyvern ➡️ 4 limbs = 2 legs + 2 wings. Simply a flying beast. Very rogue.
• Wyrm ➡️ 0 limb. A massive land / water beast.

⬆️ All under "dragon" umbrella. So dragon is under dragon. I guess because there was constantly no time to properly classify it — RUN! Hang on, write a bit. Run! Ah. It's written. It reads "run". Oh, next time then. Run! — And always, the bloke who could write who was chased. Because he was trying to get near the beast to classify it. Such an odd skit, that.

And indeed, earthworms are perfectly adapted to both land and aquatic ecosystems. Mm.

Well, the medicine is called "di long" (地龙) = "earth dragon".

地 (de) = earth, ground.

龙 (lóng) = dragon, serpent.

Very interesting.

Right. Thinking is shutting down.

(Pause. Shutting down. Off.)

Or —

it is perhaps like milk or honey.

I don't think we (humans) discovered milk or honey through PURELY trial and error.

Oi, milk good! (Sucking a cow.)

Mm, mm, honey! (Beehive on head.)

We were "shipped" with prerequisite knowledge — the first ones. Could be through teaching (as also to "test cognition and learning"), or direct "data transfer".

Similar to computer game environment. Everything needs initial definition. Even a simple "Hello rusty world" interface in Rust, none is dangling around in limbo. Imagine a computer game where the non-player character (NPC) behaviour isn't defined. So... what will they do? Why do some of them try to peel their lips? Even that needs a definition.

Milk, cow milk. Mammals everywhere produce milk. How did we — well, they — know that specific bovine was the proper one? ⬅️ Trial and error?

If that were the technique, some blokes would sporadically milk lioness, sow, and get something else then? — Oh, we tried — the remnants of them said. 79% population drop. Why? Because they mostly did error.

Indeed, cows are gentler than the bloody sows, and certainly not sprinting around in Mach like does do. Hm. Does do. ⬅️ That's English.

Did you know a cow can also mean a female hippopotamus or rhinoceros?

We had guidance, wisdom, and probably a bloke yelling —

Don't touch that teet, Jeremy! That's a bloody... man-eating beast! Remember Uncle Ted? No? Exactly!

Jeremy, the eternal farm intern, is apparently two seconds from becoming steak tartare.

Now, honey.

That sweet, melted-gold goo. It would be VERY intriguing. I mean, if they did it through trial and error without any PROPER reference.

Bees are naturally intense.

Have you met bees? The wild bees, not farmed bees.

I have.

Oh, they are quite friendly. Such wondrous lot. — Hi, we're us. — (Deploy stings, fly towards lips.) — Nice to meet you.

Not to mention their hidden nests — FORTRESSES, mind you. Hidden somewhere up there covered by things and when we find it, it's a bloody fortress. The honey is... far inside! ⬅️ Trial and error?

⬆️ I mean, to even spot the nest? AND the goo inside it? If it were pure trial and error?! How about that ARMY of sting-wielding, yellow-black, defend-at-any-cost menaces? That would be a... very specific... luck. 🤔

In my opinion, there was the basic predefinition: food, shelter, and such. Then the advanced or more specific definition, like medication — for specific people. Followed by independent discovery, the follow through based on prior knowledge. And as social beings, pioneer humans spread the knowledge to others, passed down from generation to generation — since humans have the predefined sophistication to remember, think, and feel. Oh, and to IMAGINE things. Very important.

Imagine if there were no knowledge, blank —

They'll learn.

Mate, how? Define something first!

Oh, they have brains, they'll sort that.

But it's... empty! Are you mad?

Let's see. Trial one, WITHOUT any definition. ✨

First humans are headbutted by goats, standing still without blinking, lying down on a river stream.

👀 Well, that's not good.

Right. Not good.

Could you not write this trial in the journal, please?

IT IS WRITTEN. No erase erase.

Awww...

Back to honey. HONEY. That sweet goo. Honey is not under trial and error by the name of logic. But it could be under OBSERVATION. ⬅️ Among others. Let's do carry on with "observation".

Presumably they observed the animals did it SUCCESSFULLY and then went maniacally tactical. ⬅️ Now in this phase, the trial and error could fit in. AFTER the reference was there. — Oh, there's something edible in that menacing... odd... massive... fruit! — reference. — Geoff! You first! — And a novel about Geoff, the first brave lad, emerged. One excerpt:

And so it was that I climbed into the high branches of the ancient tree, seeking what I deemed to be its fruit. But lo! The fruit-beasts fell from above, landing full upon my nose.

A great cry broke from my throat — "BLIMEY!" — and in that selfsame moment, the world spun. There I lay, cast down upon the cold earth below.

⬆️ Page 19

Ah. Brilliant novel, that.

Mm.

But still, no other animal consumes cow milk naturally but us, humans. And we share it to other animals than the cows themselves. Right? Who gives a cow cow milk? Nobody. — Here, Betsy. Drink some milk. From you. — No such thing.

People who give milk to cows: We absolutely disagree! We exist, possibly. And therefore, we. Disagree!

Anyway, the milk first discovery — I guess it's related to cow being gentle. — Split it open, lads! By golly, what's this? — And thus, the LEGEND.

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Drink Water

Daily water intake.

If you always drink coffee in the morning, remember to always drink a glass (or more) of water before that first sip. Or, put a jug of water beside the coffee cup / glass / mug. You need to drink water: before, after, or between sips.

That will help to thin out the acidity and make your stomach comfier. It will still do the horse-whipping trick and even fresher.

Drink water first, then coffee. Trust me, mate.

This is an exaggerated and normally-deviated 🤔 deformed physics-defying image to support my advice:

⬆️ (Glug glug.)

That also applies if we often consume energy drinks. Those are the liquid substances with taurine, B-complex vitamin, caffeine, etc. mixtures with sour sparkling taste. It actually does not give us any energy, we are the energy source. Instead, the combination of the ingredients, sugar, caffeine, taurine, and more acids — vitamins, whips our body metabolism to burn more energy which is still stored as raw materials.

Side note about taurine. ⬇️

Taurine in energy drinks is often included as a cellular regulator to moderate overstimulation from caffeine.

Taurine isn't some miracle elixir you can just chuck at an old lad with kidney issues and expect a revival.

Taurine was first isolated in 1827 by two German chemists — Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin. They extracted it from ox bile — hence the name, from Taurus (Latin for bull/ox). Taurine's roots are literally in bovine bile.

It's a naturally occurring amino sulfonic acid found in most animal tissues, especially heart, brain, and muscle.

Modern taurine production — that taurine powder:

Petrochemical (ethylene oxide) ➡️ isethionic acid ➡️ taurine (powder)

All synthetic, no bull involved.

Red Bull went bananas with the fighting-bull logo, knowing that above. Can't properly depict "caffeine". Thus two bawbags-flicked, symmetrically laid out, headbutting bulls instead. Well, hm. Perhaps that's a correct depiction after all. Overstimulated bulls. From CAFFEINE! With TAURINE! So, TAURUS! BULL! Flicked. Right.

If they went plain, no one would buy that. —

Mate, sip this methylxanthine alkaloid solution.

(Wind.)

Mate!

(Thunder.)

I give you two quid!

(Rain.)

It's got electrolytes and regret! C'mooon.

⬆️ (It gives you two quid.)

The effect of "energy drinks" is like being in a turbo mode.

Now, that mode needs a lot of more coolant ➡️ water intake is naturally required even more. EVEN MORE. The mouth isn't thirsty, but the overall internal system needs it.

Mismatched sensing effect. ⚠️

A side note about water intake. ⬇️

I took notes at the hospital, heart attack patients were usually those who drank water very little. And of course, the eating disorders, then triggered by events (stress related). Thus, the clogging started to do its job.

You may think — Why did he take notes AT THE HOSPITAL? — Because I simply did. Being quietly observant is rather useful.

Other than that, follow your doctor's advice, they're experienced and properly have the expertise in that field.

My general advice — take standard food, less frequent instant meal, drink enough water, and do exercises regularly.

What's "standard food"? — you may wonder. Well, such as meals we construct ourselves from raw or semi-raw ingredients: boiled eggs, soup, rice, mash, steamed bratwurst with gobbet, deep fried mackerels with cheese, squid or tuna in sweet and sour broth, a bowl of various vegetables with peanut sauce — mm, a mountain of noodle or pasta or macaroni, baguettes — in case things go south, and others. Or those from pub or restaurant. Those are "standard". Essentially, not those prepackaged and canned meals. You see, when we construct a meal for ourselves, the judge will be our own tongue. And our belly. And our entire body. MSG will help us. (MSG nods.) — I am Am As Gee, I will help you. I am not the main food, I enhance the flavour. Of food. Assuming the food has flavour. Make the food first. I cannot help anything burnt or bitter. Just drink enough water. I will get out from you, later, perhaps. Maybe. — (Bows down.)

A purist: Be gone, Am As Gee! You're not welcome in my kitchen!

MSG: Ta-ta! Wait, why did you BUY me then?

A purist: A research. Two bowls of soup with and without you. Not much of a difference. HAHAHA. HA! Be gone!

MSG: Ah. Right. Have you tried OTHER recipes?

A purist: Err... no.

MSG: Toodle-oo.

Oh, that Am As Gee. Lovely character.

Let's list the recommended water intake per day.

Here we go. ⬇️

NHS (UK) – no split by sex:

6 to 8 glasses of fluid a day, roughly 1.2 to 1.5 litres.

⬆️ That includes water, lower-fat milk, tea, and coffee, not just plain water.

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) — total water (drinks plus food):

Women: 2.0 litres a day.

Men: 2.5 litres a day.

⬆️ That includes water, lower-fat milk, tea, and coffee, not just plain water.

US National Academies of Sciences — total water (drinks plus food):

Women: about 2.7 litres a day — roughly 11-12 cups.

Men: 3.7 litres a day — roughly 15-16 cups.

⬆️ Stripping out the water you get from food leaves about 9 cups of actual fluid for women and 13 cups for men.

⬆️ Those are guidelines for healthy adults at moderate activity and temperate climate. More fluid is needed for exercise, hot weather, illness, pregnancy, or breastfeeding. Pale straw-coloured wee and a sensible nod to thirst remain the simplest practical check.

So then.

At least, that one bottle of water, that 1.5 litres bottle, per day.

You can use that bottle to track your daily water intake.

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Exercise

Regular exercise is quite hard to do in certain age, like me.

What I do is, instead of riding my motorbike to a nearby place, I walk.

When I'm waiting for something, and nobody's around, I do push-ups. Mm. Or squat exercise.

Well, at any given time I can do physical activity. Walking, jogging, swimming, running, climbing — those are great.

To me, walking is better than cycling. Because when cycling, there's that buffer, the technology, the bicycle. Shoes, trousers, and such — those do not mechanically enhance my movements as much as a bicycle.

In this "walking instead of cycling" context, we are exercising instead of delivering something to somewhere, or in a hurry.

Our thighs consist of "second heart". The adductor canal.

So walking (or jogging/running), meaning our legs are naturally carrying or supporting our actual weight. That bit.

We have steps tracking technology nowadays, employ that. Smartwatch or fitness tracker.

10,000 steps per day is a good start. ✨

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Added Notes

White Sugar

— Added on 20 June 2016.

This is based on my experience and experiments. When I drank coffee with white sugar — that grainy sugar we can find in supermarket or the sugar provided in coffee shop / restaurant / café — it always made my stomach had that twisted feeling. But when I put brown sugar (coconut or palm type, the brown sugar block type, not the grain one) or when I didn't put any white sugar for the coffee, just plain bitter coffee, no awkward feeling occurred in my belly.

For our information, the "brown sugar" I'm referring is not the molassed cane sugar. But rather, the aren sugar ("gula aren" – made from Arenga pinnata) and coconut sugar ("gula kelapa" – made from Cocos nucifera). Hence I put, "...block type, not the grain one."

In Indonesia specifically, they're called "gula merah" ➡️ translated to "brown sugar". Well, blimey. But anyway, this type of sugar is quite common in Southeast Asia. Like in Thailand, น้ำตาลปี๊บ ("nam tan pip"), sugar made from palmyra palm. They're a different beast entirely compared to the "generalised brown sugar".

People get confused of this because in common parlance, especially in export or recipe translation, anything that's brown and sugary becomes "brown sugar".

Back to common white sugar — I'd observed that in coffee that I made and the café / restaurant ones. Also in soft drinks. That tummy-twisting sensation at certain amount of consumption.

In my opinion, soft drinks are just sugar with soda and flavour. The diet soft drink is an awkward branding.

But then again, is it not every modern snack sugar in disguise?

The processed refined sugar — or that found in soft drinks or other factory processed instant liquid — always leaves that sour taste in the mouth if you've noticed. The sourness is because the varieties of acids.

Right? Ever experienced that? Take one can of Coca-Cola for example, a moment later — Hm. Yes. Very. Citric.

Teeth dissolve in acid. Our entire body can dissolve in acid. So please brush your teeth regularly.

Try not to swallow the mouthwash liquid, floss filament, toothbrush, or toothpaste.

About fluoride in toothpaste.

It is recorded that fluoride was used to create sediment within the brain, to block some of essential synaptic natural responses, and it was scientifically proven method. The sediment will act as a roadblock inside our brain.

In periodic table, the neutral element (F: Fluorine) is within halogen group (VIIA). Fluoride is F^- (as anion).

Halogen group consists of:

• F (Fluorine),
• Cl (Chlorine),
• Br (Bromine),
• I (Iodine),
• At (Astatine),
• and the synthetic, Ts (Tennessine).

Each chemical element within halogen group is naturally poisonous for living being, with one exception for iodine — thyroid gland related. Therefore, it's unwise to take it for long term. Unless you know what you're doing, of course.

Toothpaste usually consists of fluoride, as putty for the enamel, to prevent tooth's outer layer further corrosion. It's fine as long as it's external usage, and not swallowed too much.

Similar concept also applies to soap, shampoo, and other personal care products. They're supposed to be applied externally — not swallowed.

⬆️ Na-na-na-na-na.

Apple and Tea

— Added on 02 July 2018.

This is from my experiences, plural, thus it's added here.

Apple 🍎

Fruit, particularly apple, is always good for me, the stomach part especially. Actually, all fruits and vegetables are meant to be consumed by us as long as it's not poisonous and taken in moderation. Chewing (apple) properly is good for the teeth, gum, all equipment in our mouth, including the muscles (motors).

⬆️ (Crunch!) Mm!

Tea ☕

Second, tea. Without sugar is recommended, but it is indeed a pleasure to add sugar into that. Hot tea, if consumed regularly, will have remarkable result for the overall body. Among others, the skin is quite noticeable. Anti-aging, as some refer to that result.

The loose leaf tea is better than tea bag.

It doesn't have to be hot, warm is sufficient.

Cold is fine, it will also have result, but not as comprehensive as hot or warm.

The hot beverage can clear the street — sort of speak, it's about the temperature. While cold, less than 23°C or 73°F, temperature would do the opposite. Cold beverage is useful for other condition, like in hot weather.

Our normal healthy body temperature ranges from 36°C to 38°C (97°F to 100°F). Over that is usually caused by internal infection. Below that, usually is caused by irregular blood circulation, anomaly in the blood cell itself, or even a case of malfunctioning nervous system.

For short term effect, tea has calming effect, natural anti-anxiety beverage, and it's usually comfortable for the stomach, also making the stomach comfortable. Tea consists of a bit of caffeine to keep us alert, but not as intense as coffee. Too much coffee can lead to severe sleep deprivation, diarrhoea, nausea, flatulence, painful stomach ulcers, anxiety, tremors, and cardiac-related stories. Too much tea will, well, make us bloated and wee a lot.

Tea might interfere with certain medications due to its chemical content (e.g. tannins, polyphenols, or caffeine mentioned earlier). Therefore —

it is best to take medications with water.

Regular consumption of tea can also reduce the body odour problem.

⬆️ Tea!

Tea Variants

Tea product has many variants, but all of those actually differ in processing method rather than the base plant itself. Tea plant is Camellia sinensis.

• Less air and less heat = little to no oxidation = green tea.
• Somewhere in between = partial oxidation = oolong tea.
• More air and warmth (sun or ambient) = more oxidation = black tea.

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The Stomach

I also learned other traditional knowledge, mostly derived from the Chinese culture, it's about the stomach — referring to the entire digestive system.

In Asian martial arts — when we're somewhere at the top rank, we'll learn about divine concepts: nature and healing.

Side note about my knowledge and experience in martial arts. ⬇️

I learned one or more techniques in hand-to-hand combat. Our limbs and reflexes can be something and then some when properly conditioned and trained. And of course, the mental. I mean not being mental, but rather the forged calmness and focus in a chaotic situation — the breathing discipline.

Now, if you ever meet that sort of persona, the person is undoubtedly experienced and quite lethal. But usually, comes with the mercy. But then again, it's unlike a lottery. Thus, it is always better to... preserve our face and consciousness.

The starting phase is to strengthen and condition ourselves through stamina workouts, proper technique drills, and (local) sparring — then championships — either kata, taegeuk, kumite, kyorugi, or randori (accompanied by jiyu waza) ⬅️ karate, taekwondo, and aikido terms. Randori in aikido can be translated as "taking chaos" — subduing multiple attackers from unpredictable directions and timings.

Unlike wushu, Shaolin kung fu doesn't do championship or or point-based combat — the aim is mastery of body, mind, and spirit, not medals. It was developed to defend the temple, the scrolls, the monks, the sacred grounds from bandits, warlords, and rebels — martial discipline became part of monastic life.

⬆️ Wushu / kung fu term, well, a bit awkward actually. But that's how we are familiar with the words, so I put them as such above.

Right.

At the pinnacle of mastery in Asian martial arts, it's no longer about the physique, the physical combat — it's about the mind and the life essence, balancing ourselves with the surroundings and to cure others and ourselves. Though the paths to it might differ from one to another. This peak phase is rarely told or emphasised.

Boxing, with its English or Anglo-Germanic tradition, also embodies similar principle about calmness and focus in the ring — regulating the breath. But.. there's no explicit healing phase (or technique) in it. Simply walk it off and jab more.

Martial arts in popular culture are always associated with "punching kicking throwing locking this and that", because, well, "punching kicking throwing locking this and that" gives us the shock sensation and it fits the entertainment.

⬆️ OUIJA!

This peak phase understanding in martial arts is actually a real science, but with different presentation and more respect — with the metaphorical encapsulation, but it's coherent and precise. And of course, not employing Latin and Greek for their terms and phrases. Because "science" — Oh it must have, at least, Latin or Greek. — Why? That's like using LEGO bricks to construct a sofa. They have the richest language. Their ethos for classification and meticulous record? Exquisite. Even those Roman and Greek ghosts possibly say — Aye. We're needed somewhere else. Carry on. Vale. Αντίο. Cheerio.

In many branches of martial art, the body movements and technique drills may vary greatly. However, at this phase, they tend to converge. As in having almost similar interpretation about the human body.

Stomach is the centre of oneself.

Well, the brain, heart, lungs, pancreas, genital, and more, are also important. But as a whole, those parts of the body get nutrition from the stomach.

Modern science now calls it the gut-brain axis, or enteric nervous system. But old masters knew —

You eat filth, you live filth. You eat clean, your strikes are clean.

It's actually a common sense.

We don't gnaw the table to gain the table's nutrient. We put ketchup first.

No need for spinach — I've had a bit of the coffee table today. Lovely texture. Oak-aged. Rich in varnish and formaldehyde.

⬆️ Said the bulldozer-jaw, chromium, cobalt, and nickel teeth man. Intriguing digestion.

But! In this modern lifestyle, our cognitions are being blurred by plenty of distractions and façades. We need to adapt. Because of computer, aye? That twitching compute-compute goblin. "Fast", it said. Well, yes.

Therefore, illnesses such as heart disease, liver problems, irregular blood pressure, and even the brain problems start from digestion. The intakes. And, of course, combined with the convenience (and the pollution) of the metropolitan.

That's why people in the country, or village, with literally no access to chain-restaurants or any instant modern meals are healthier. Interesting, is it not?

Fast food industries, to reduce cost, use lots of chemical compounds: metal, metalloid, alkaline, and so forth — which makes the meal to be more attractive, last longer, and easier to cook / bake. We just heat it for a couple of minutes, ready! Isn't it convenient? Ah, yes. But... something is lurking.

It is fine to consume instant meal and fast food, but we need to be more careful here than consuming regular meal. It's about modern convenience trade-off.

Prepackaged meal ➡️ less effort ➡️ less physical activities ➡️ less water intake ➡️ bulking up sediments ➡️ questionable and seemingly preposterous illnesses.

It is like that obscure term "do more", being cut off vaguely. And in actuality, it will be about doing more sitting down and staring at the screen — then oedema. 👀

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The Engineering and Realm Bits

We have this tendency to engineer everything and to control other people's fate. By we, I mean not exactly we. We just follow what they told us, indirectly. That is fine, as long as we (they) understand the boundaries. Which apparently is uncertain, by always expanding the boundaries. That's rather paradocixal and intriguing, actually. Very interesting. And it boils down to moderation.

Who are they? — You perhaps wonder. Well, they. We. We they. They we. The abstract they we we they. This fractal bit is confusing, is it not?

It started from the idea of wearing clothes. Then the continuation, layers upon layers of concepts. Grand. I call that the revealing a concept technique.

Like that bit in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Even wouldn't know if the tree were there if no one pointed that out. But hey, it's in the middle of the garden, sparkling and glowing perhaps, and told —

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.

⬆️ Genesis 2:17 (NIV)

Hm.

It's like placing gigantic DO NOT signs surrounding a thing placed at the centre of a place.

Well? Will we "not"?

And everybody blames the Serpent.

Oi! Should've wrapped it in nettles and called it Brenda. 🐍🍺

Said the Cockney Serpent.

Dear me, how terribly convenient to blame me. 🐍🍵

Said the Posh Serpent.

Well it were a daft tree anyway. 🐍🐑

Said the Yorkshire Serpent.

The entire rest of the British Isles Snake Union — they're just standing there, arms metaphorically crossed — no comment. One note fiddle and that's it. B sharp flat — pling. 🎻

If the story employed reverse psychology — say for instance, an electric fence —

⚡ 50,000 volts • 1 ampere. Do touch this. Thank you.

⬆️ Too obvious. Let's go simpler with bigger fonts —

Hello. Fifty kilowatts. Cheers.

We would have... something. Else.

Hang on, did you read that last sign "Hello. Fifty..." as "Hello Kitty"? Yes? No? Well, the "kilowatts" ruins it. Or not. ⬇️

Hello Kitty Fillowatts. Cheers.

Now that would be the utmost baffling sign ever made. Is it a warning? Is it a bird? Is it an aircraft? It is, indeed, the Hello Kitty Fillowatts sign. In black and red. Mm. Quite.

Anyway, if the tree were grown in a vault underneath the ground locked in 3-metre-thick titanium bunker, I wouldn't type this.

It's like placing the computer processor ON the keyboard. Who... Oh wait, laptop? But there is the CHASSIS, and NOT on the keyboard.

Thus from this standpoint, it was a deliberate act. Controlled. Because without it, humans would be in stasis forever, in bliss — no amusement (advancement) would occur. Nudge here and there, a bit. Almost similar, hang on, precisely similar to that in AI (Artificial Intelligence) or culturing something in a laboratory. Without introducing the chaos and without proper control mechanism, it would ABSOLUTELY be trash. So both, trigger and control.

We, humans, are the mirrors of the Creator and the Developers. Remember? בְּצַלְמֵנוּ (b'tzalmenu) — in our image. ⬇️

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

⬆️ Genesis 1:26 (NIV)

Hence we also do and think like them — a wee bit, a whisper — part of the control. "They we we they" bit.

You see, this realm thrives upon the cycle of stability-instability. Demands it. It just does. It is how it is, naturally. We can't just be still "on one side" all the time. Look at the clouds. LOOK. AT. THEM. Literal clouds, not... Silicon Valley term "clouds".

Plants: HAHAHA.

What are those fellows laughing about?

Anyway, we can try to prolong it, but that's about it. — Change places and shuffle! — Of course, not as simple as such, but that's the simplified gist of it.

And this is parallel to the computer world. There is "void of abstractness" ➡️ bank, money bank ➡️ corporation ➡️ design department ➡️ manufacturer ➡️ distributor ➡️ market ➡️ BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ➡️ OS (Operating System) ➡️ browser ➡️ browser extension script ➡️ JavaScript (HTML and CSS).

With that "hierarchy", we cannot nudge the guy who picks his nose while writing firmware onto a chip soldered to the motherboard with an excited div tag rendered on Mozilla Firefox.

⬆️ But there is customer service or support hotline, commonly. Does my analogy somehow click? Yes? Yes.

Continuing the "why was it not just a clone?" But rather, the "feeble" copy? Well, have a look at Pinocchio. If Geppetto produced an actual younger version of himself, that would be... err... why? Isn't he supposed to cope with his traumatic childhood?

Hey, it's Freud's (Sigismund Schlomo Freud's) interpretative dance theory. Accompanied by waltz swing, titled Unresolved Oedipal Angst in D Minor. There's no end to that tune, fade out only, like that template in 60s and 70s music.

⬆️ By writing Sigismund Schlomo Freud, we honour him.

(Freud nods. 🙂‍↕️) Ja, genau. Guten Tag allerseits.

We know so very little about what we are, why we are here, and the facts are blurred by mainstream media — there's another trade-off from the convenience — we need to reobserve ourselves, the others, and our place on our own. Reobserving takes a lot of time because the Earth is extremely vast with enormous amount of different beings on and in it. There are the real domain — we can literally see or feel it — and other. The other consists of our imaginations and more other, things and beings which are invisible to human eyes but factually exist. Those are bounded by default — beyond our regular perception. Hence we cannot see those. Comparable to dogs can hear sound beyond 20 kHz frequency and not us. Or nocturnal animals which hunt in pitch-black night. Or other relevant examples. Like that.

A side note about my experiences with the unseens. ⬇️

An abandoned place, when we see no animal in the perimeter, not even an insect — indeed — a very eerie, very quiet, but sometimes "humming" abandoned place. We need to be extra polite. As in —

Excuse me.

Or perhaps — Terribly sorry to bother you.

Look at it as we are the occupants and then a stranger walks in to our place uninvited — what would we expect from that stranger to not make us angry?

Precisely.

Hollywood and lores dictate us to run away — not me, good manners when trespassing across thresholds is much more logical. Because we cannot see them. Sure some emanate terror (from traumas) and such, but not to worry if we're not challenging them, we are merely passing through. Well again, like my reversal above — there are levels of the occupants. The mad, the startled, the friendly (rare), the lurer, the confused, etc.

It's not solely fight or flight situation — we have the logic to be used — not merely emotions. But indeed, they, the unseens, are laser-focused in the emotions and feelings department. Back again to the breathing discipline. This is one of those chaotic moments, according to ourselves.

This is all based on my personal encounters and learning.

My experience started when I was a child. It was during the day, not the typical nightfall. I was at home, alone, lying down in the living room. I was skiving off school. Because, why not? — I mostly understand and remember every single subject from every class, maybe. Nothing new. — The arrogance of me! Back to the story, while I was trying to relax — something hit the wall beside me from the other side! I felt the sonic blast!!

I ran to the other side of the wall, to look what bloody hit it. Nothing. NO. THING. No mark on the wall either! The solid wall was like being hammered VERY hard, even the windows vibrated for some seconds. VIBRATED, trembled, oscillated, those glass windows. It sounded like a cannonball hit the wall. — BOOM! 💥 — It should leave a dent or crack on the wall. Nope, nothing. I mean, the house had, you know, rooms and such. Where did it COME from? It needed the... momentum. Speed. The proper distance. If it were a cannonball. Where's the cannonball then? And I muttered afterwards — Hm. (Correlating things in head.)

It was a remarkable experience.

Properly analysing the circumstances before acting would be preferable.

But back then, in 2009, I did jab a lavatory (privy) door because it snapped on me. At midday. It was a reflex. No time for "properly analysing the circumstances". There was a well near that privy. No wind, none — the door had no door closer either. It was a basic plank door with proper hinges. Well, the place was known to be haunted, but you know, I needed to take a wee! And I said — Sorry. — At least I apologised, to the void. Perhaps it was occupied.

And get this. Still same place, different day, at midday. I was bloody rogue, well not that rogue, midday, not midnight. Because I was intrigued. So there I was, again. There was a roof above the well, about 2 metres high from the well. Damaged structure, since the entire place was abandoned. Again, no wind, none. Calm air. Nobody else was there. I was alone. I looked down the well, a bloody broken roof tile hit my head from above! —

(KERPLUNK! 💥) Oh, by thunder! Right. Sorry. Again.

It was a shard of a roof tile, the size of my palm, precisely the sharp edge hit the top of my head. No apparent wound though. Remarkable. And the shard did not go into the well! As if it announced itself. It bounced off to the ground — Oh, hello. There. Mortal. — I assumed it said. Hence I could measure it. Well, it was midday, so I resumed my ogling about. Nothing was peculiar afterwards — that day. And that concluded the awkwardness of the privy and the well — that day.

Why did he go to that place in the first place? — you may wonder. Well, I was looking for a place to rent back then. I stumbled upon that. The "owner" didn't warn me. But some people in the neighbourhood then told stories — after those awkward incidents. I was — Oh, is that so?

⬆️ I put benign samples here because I simply can. All happened at midday.

Right. Midday. Because if I put nightfall samples, everybody would do proper stance — Ah. Night. (Footwork. Shadowboxing happens.)

To summarise, it is indeed a form of energy. Exactly that.

That doesn't mean I have no fear, but instead, I transformed my fear into posture.

All in all, by the Lord's grace, I'm safe and continuously learning.

Indeed, learning.

The good news is, the ancient people had already done some parts and written down their knowledge and discoveries regarding our habitat and ourselves.

⬆️ Mm. Left to right. Very normal of me to write that way.

The nature literally provides us with everything we need. Ancient people knew things about which and what in this realm. Certain special people had knowledge on specific fields. Druids or shamans for example. Not all druids or shamans were in dark side. But usually, they knew both sides. Actually... not... quite digitised, or binarised (0 and 1) like the modern Western canon. It's a spectrum. Like us, humans.

Well, it stems from the trope: anything isn't theirs (colonists') is the "devil", the "blasphemous", nonsensical, and such — revoking tradition and identity — related to conquest and unification technique — the Romans were quite notable for that. And then the others. Oh you know, this and that.

Back then, we built, planted and cultivated things directly. Now, we need the middlemen, the corporates, to do those for us. Thus, no proper knowledge about most things anymore. Dumbed down and entertained (zombified) very much.

The key from those buried knowledge is always about the concept of balance. It's actually the basic principle in everywhere.

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Farewell 👋

Thank you for visiting. I hope I brought some useful information in above writing. 🫡

This has been quite a journey. May all of us stay healthy, cheerful, and productive.