Saturday, May 2, 2009

Got milk?

Almost a month went by where I did not take the chance to apologize for the last post. Sorry, but for bookkeeping reasons, I do not want to delete a post.
The BASE jumping is work in progress. Its fascination in general should not be part of the blog. Nevertheless, it stands for parts of my life that seem to slip away. In those parts, "You can not do this, nobody..." (e.g. swims beyond 4 hs for no other purpose) was a big motivator. Now, having this "best before date" imprinted on my bone marrow, the longing to push the (physical) limits dropped to zero.
All of this is OK, I am just watching and reporting.

The other day, I saw an MD with strong background in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The natural scientist in me is always open for well designed experiments. But it is also an intrusion in my every day life. On my prescription it says "three warm meals, no cow milk / products". To someone who rarely eats warm and drinks 3 liters of milk/day, there are some changes ahead! I thought of founding an lactate anonymous: "Hi, I am John and I am the 3rd day without milk. They say, on the 4th, it becomes very hard and you start to moo. I know, this can not be cured, and beware, cow milk products are ubiquitous!"
If my Chi needs more warmth to flow more freely, and takes the blood with it - I do not want to stand in the way. After all, who am I? Currently, I am in "just follow the rules"-mode and try to not combine terms like energy or warmth with natural scientific reasoning.