“What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenthearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise.”
- Cormac McCarthy
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The “Pranayama Effect” is mindblowing.
When experienced breathworkers slow their nasal breathing to just 2.5 breaths per minute, they enter non-ordinary states of consciousness
with measurable increases in theta-high beta brain connectivity.
Theta waves (4–8 Hz) are the brain’s “twilight” state, that dreamy, relaxed zone between wakefulness and deep sleep.
They’re most prominent during light meditation, hypnosis, creative flow, and early stages of sleep.
Mouth breathing at the exact same slow rate? Doesn’t happen.
It’s not just the slowness. It’s the nasal pathway lighting up the brain.
Ancient yogis figured this out centuries ago. Modern neuroscience is finally catching up.
Ever tried slow nasal breathing? What did you notice?"
Source:
Zaccaro et al. (2022), Front Syst Neurosci. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2022.803904
#Pranayama
#Breathwork
The castle was a genuine innovation. The Romans didn’t build castles, for example - private fortification was illegal in most of the empire - and the successor states of the west continued this tradition
Castles emerge in the late Carolingian. They are an expression - or arrogation - by private actors of the use of force within society. They represent a decline, in a sense, of state capacity. Royal governments resisted their spread, unsuccessfully.
The rise of the castle was contingent, not inevitable. But you could not have predicted it from what existed before. It was something new
Be careful when making predictions. History is not so limited as your imagination. This is maybe the real gift of the study of the past. You gain an appreciation for the degree to which things can change
It happened before. It can happen again
PEAK MALE LIVING EXPERIENCE;
> Make serious money in your 20s and 30s
> Move somewhere quiet where land is cheap and space is real
> Buy thousands of acres so no one can build next to you
> Drill your own water wells and build massive storage tanks
> Install solar fields and backup generators
> Raise cattle, chickens, goats for real food
> Grow orchards, vegetables, and grains on your own land
> Build a stone house on a hill with a huge sunset view
> A private lake or pond stocked with fish
> Miles of dirt roads only you and your family use
> A giant workshop with tools, tractors, and machines
> A library room filled with books and maps
> An outdoor gym built from steel and stone
> A shooting range far away from neighbors
> Raise your kids where the sky is big and quiet
No traffic. No landlords. No noise.