The three big ones: Hypnosis, Meditation and Qi Gong

**Toby Christensen** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 3:40am

Hypnosis: I was confused as to what I wanted when I went to the hypnotist and asked for enhanced strength. I got it and can occasionally brace myself so one or more people can't move me. Even my big lug of a friend has a lot of trouble and compares it to trying to slam wedged door. An obvious psychosomatic trick.

Meditation: (Vipassna school) Extremely useful. My friend who attends classes and is a vegetarian teetotaller is about 24 and looks about 16. She has been doing it for years. To my knowledge it split from mainstream Indian Buddhism about 30 years ago.

Qi Gong: The big one. When people ask me what Qi Gong is, I say "Chinese calisthenics and massage".

As an aside, my friend Professor Jack Pettigrew (retired) ran comparative studies between Catholic nuns and Tibetan monks and found that the left frontal lobes of each lit up, supporting his theory that prayer and meditation use the same mechanisms and happiness is "generated" by the left frontal lobe.

**MEGA JESUS-SAMA** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 4:17am

what's your hippy friend's number? also does she shave or is she gross like normal hippies?

**Jadonblade** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 4:32am

Ill ignore the first half of this post. Yes a few studies have been done which show monks actually being able to manually generate certain brain waves and even chemicals through meditation. Which is usefull for chilling out.

**Toby Christensen** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 4:48am

Originally Posted by MEGA JESUS-SAMA

what's your hippy friend's number? also does she shave or is she gross like normal hippies?

She's not a hippy and she keeps her hair immaculately short AND she's celibate.

**Jadonblade** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 4:57am

Originally Posted by Angry_Spastic

She's not a hippy and she keeps her hair immaculately short AND she's celibate.

Do you find alot of girls tell you their celibate?

**mrblackmagic** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 9:01am

Why is this forum not in sociocide? And why is spastic still posting middle of the road conjecture?

**sochin101** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 9:16am

Originally Posted by mrblackmagic

Why is this forum not in sociocide?

There's a poll in here somewhere...

Also, do you think this forum would have as much interest and as many threads and posts in such a short time if it was in Sociocide.
Not a troll-ish question, just as you post both places I was wondering what you thought...

**bobyclumsyninja** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 9:22am

I felt they were one and the same. Meditate with thyself, or pray to your inner god. Good thread.

Is she celibate so she can retain her sexual chi (wasn't there a thread on that?)

+rep for being interesting. Spastic, you like me, need this kind of forum so we don't giggle ourselves into a fit.

**Poop Loops** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 3:20pm

I know there was user on here that said meditation was a workout for the mind. He was promptly ridiculed at which point he gave the standard "You're not worth arguing with" or some bullshit like that.

EDIT: Oh no, I'm sorry, it was "You've obviously never meditated before." like he had t3h R34L meditation.

It's relaxation and a pretty good one. Lots of benefits for having a relaxed mind.

**Gypsy Jazz** · Posted On: 10/20/2007 4:02pm

Originally Posted by Poop Loops

I know there was user on here that said meditation was a workout for the mind. He was promptly ridiculed at which point he gave the standard "You're not worth arguing with" or some bullshit like that.

EDIT: Oh no, I'm sorry, it was "You've obviously never meditated before." like he had t3h R34L meditation.

It's relaxation and a pretty good one. Lots of benefits for having a relaxed mind.

I've never been taught to meditate, though I have been lost in thoughts before. I don't know if that counts as the same thing.

Meditation has been shown to alter the structure/functioning of the brain in legit studies though. I think it's likely that any sort of intense thinking or "brain workouts" would do, though I don't know if that's actually true. I don't think it's too far fetched to call meditation a mind workout since it seems to exercise/perserve the brain at least fairly effectively.