Brain Candy Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) Hof came out of the museum, stripped to his swim trunks and climbed in a 5-foot tall plexiglass container filled with ice. Once he got in, they poured more ice into the container until it reached his chin. Normally, when a person is exposed to freezing temperatures for a prolonged period of time, the body goes into survival mode, as its liquids begin to freeze. But Hof stayed in his tomb of ice for one hour and 12 minutes. Then, the ice was poured out of the tank, and Hof emerged, his skin still pink. One answer might lie in an ancient Himalayan meditation called "Tummo," which is thought to generate heat. Hof began practicing the ritual years ago. "Legends abound of practitioners of Tummo sitting out on the ice naked except for wet sheets that they have draped around them, and as they meditate, the sheets dry and the ice melts around them, even though it's freezing temperature," Kamler said. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=4393377&page=3 Most of us have much more mental (thus physical) potential then we use, some of us even explore and try to capture parts of it, but this impossible without discipline. It's interesting how ancient peoples intuitively realised this. Moral implications? Get off your ass and read, exercise, find spiritual guidance, grow a garden, go skiing with the family etc. It's criminal to leave such a mind without a huge wealth of varied experiences, just dont forget the discipline part. Edited April 4, 2008 by Brain Candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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