Health is Wealth – Lifestyle base on the movement of the sun day and night

Human body is largely run by about 1000 biological rhythms  as quoted by Andreas Moritz, a popular health book author, in his book “Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation”.

It is very important that we follow a life style base on the routine of sun in  day and night where we awake in the morning and sleep at night.  The most important biological rhythm is the production of two neurotransmitter by our body, melatonin at night – Ying , serotonin at day light - Yang.  Melatonin is a sleep inducing hormone which response to darkness,  serotonin is happiness producing brain hormone which response to natural sunlight.   The secretion of both neurotransmitter follow a 24 hour clock.  This hormone is secreted directly into blood stream to let all body cells know “what time it is” in relation of the earth position to the sun.  Melatonin is the lowest at about noon time and peak at ox hour 1-3 am.

Another neurotransmitter which is pivotal to our well being, serotonin increases with daylight and physical activities.  This neurotransmitter influence our day and night rhythms, our emotional state (depression, memory, impulsiveness) & appetite.  The amount of both transmitter will signal our body cell whether it is day or night and regulate the cell activities. 

Beside the main cycle of melatonin and serotonin,  some of biological activities which also follow a cyclic pattern of 24 hours are :

1. Large bowel movement is most active in early morning
2. Liver is more active at night to cleanse our blood
3. Bone marrow produce blood cells at night when we are sleeping
4. Most digestive enzymes are produce during day time,  thus we must have our decent meal during daytime
5. Bile production peak at midday,  therefore it is good to have a bigger meal during the lunch.

 It is very important we follow the sun cycle to allow a natural synchronization of our body activity according to the sun routine.  Chinese had divided a day into 12 animal sign with 2 hour for each animal sign.   I am not sure if mere coincident that the wise person in the past label the animal according to the activity such as pig hour is 9 to 11 pm which is for sleeping and we associated pig is an animal likes to sleep.  Tiger hour is 3-5 am and most retreat camp require the participant to wake up before 5 am and be active like a tiger.  Then horse hour is noon time 11 am to 1 pm, which means eat like a horse for lunch.

Biological activities according to 24 hour clock

If we follow a good lifestyle benchmark against the position of the sun in relation to the earth and a healthy diet consist of more natural food with less sugar and salt  we should be able to maintain our health well. Before we upgrade ourselves to a better life we must have a balance healthy life style with good energy flow.  This is the reason why well being is an important in Chinese 5 arts.

Unfortunately the younger generation has reverse the cycle and thus there had been more and more mental and health related issues esp in the urban area. 

Tips to keep you healthy

1. Drink a glass of warm water immediately wake up in the morning will help to flush out toxins
2. Drink natural honey water with lemon juice in the morning before breakfast will also help to remove toxins
3. To prevent cough drink water infuse with pudina leaves.  If your throat is itchy or having whooping cough you can chew raw mint leaves.  There are 2 types leaves which I use per photo below.
4. If there is running nose due to flu,  grate lemon skin and add in very hot or boiling water and inhale the steam infuse with lemon smell.  It will help to clear your nose if you do it once or twice or even more often. This remedy had also help to alleviate children running nose problem. 
5. Use coconut oil for cooking.

2 types of mint leaves, the top is more effective against cough which can be grow easily in tropical climate

Drinking Water with mint leaves 

Essential skills of Chinese Metaphysics (中华玄学)

In recent years,  Chinese metaphysics which is related to destiny analysis, feng shui  and forecasting have spread across the world like wild fire, thanks to a few entrepreneur  feng shui/Chinese Metaphysics masters such as Lillian Too,  Dato Joey Yap, Jerry King etc.  These masters have managed to educate  mass layman on the knowledge of  Chinese Metaphysics  through their books,  courses and social media which otherwise used to be “trade secrets” to a few very established feng shui masters working  exclusively for prominent tycoons.

There had been many controversial debates on Chinese metaphysics practices such as feng shui, destiny analysis based on 4 pillars etc whether it is a real deal or some kind of scam.  Some masters have debate if Chinese Metaphysics is the correct word to use in representing destiny analysis, feng shui, divination!   I have started this blog to embark on a journey with my reader to understand more about Chinese Metaphysics and if there is any scientific phenomenon which can substantiate some of the Chinese metaphysics practices.   I would like to start by exploring  a bit of history and core value on this knowledge which also form the Chinese philosophy and culture.

It was believed that the Yellow Emperor who was  the initiator  of the Chinese civilization at about 2500BC and the practice of Chinese Metaphysics could have started in parallel with Chinese civilization.  The Yellow Emperor had already engaged astronomers in his court to study the movement of the planets and stars and its relation to seasons, weather and dimension of time which is important in the practice of Chinese metaphysics.  The study is compiled in a book of alamac where it is used a guide for farming activities which rely heavily on seasons in the ancient world.  Book of Alamac had evolved over centuries to become a very important tool in Chinese Metaphysics.  Chinese Metaphysics rely heavily on astronomical studies involving  movements of planet and stars.

According to some Chinese culture researcher, there are  5 skills/arts, call Wu Shu (五 术) which form the core of Chinese metaphysics.   Below are the table which I had summarized on the core of 5 skills for a better understanding:-

Skills	Famous Practice*	What it is
1.  Mountain /Sage (山/仙)	Taichi Qi Gong Meditation Faith Religion Spiritual	Happy life is equal to balanced and virtuous life through philosophy of Tao (the way, 道).   Tao focus on 3 values of compassion, frugality and modesty It emphasize on living in harmony with nature, practice self healing through cultivation of internal qi (energy) meditation, diet, and martial arts.  Encompass faith and religion and spiritual practice using the wisdom of binary black (Yin) and white (yang) energy (qi)
2.  Medicine 中醫	Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Massage Diet therapy Cupping	Understand the body’s physical energy or qi circulation through meridian points.  Good health can be achieved through a balance of Yin & Yang with 5 elements (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) Illness will happen when the 5 element and ying and yang are not balanced and  conflict exists between 5 elements.  Chinese herb is also divided into ying & yang and 5 elements base on colour, shape etc.
3.  Life 命	Bazi Purple Star astrology Horroscope	Destiny analysis based on birth time and date.  Your birth date and time seals  your life destiny.  Professional astrologer can decipher this information and translate into  your character, wealth, career, relationship and health.  Accurate forecast can be given to the major event in your life such as marriage, time to create your wealth.
4.  Appearance 相	Physiognomy Classical Feng shui Palmistry	Macro - Analysis of land form in environment for the yang force ,  human living space and ying force,  ancestral burial place. Micro - Analysis of individual human appearance through face, palmistry
5.  Divination 撲	I Ching Qi Men Dun Jia Tai Yi Shen Shu, Da Liu Re Tie Ban Shen Shu Tarrot reading	Forecast on the outcome of an event through tapping into  your subconscious mind or using a time marker. Use by great emperors of China for making decision and predict the macro environment such as natural disasters.

Famous Practice*  -  I have put in some popular western practice which have the similarity in relevant skills intent. 

All the 5 skills are treasures which are useful generally to all,  irrespective of which culture you come from.  Most of us are already practicing one or more of these skills to help us to find our life’s purpose and help us to become wiser as we age.  

The famous practices of the 5 skills which had gained popularity  internationally  are feng shui,  destiny analysis and divination as  great business minded masters are able to apply those skills to achieve results in wealth related activities.

After being a Chinese metaphysics student and a practitioner for more than a decade,  I find that it is very important to practice virtue and mindfulness (skill-Mountain) followed by understanding your destiny code (skill-life) to guide you through life.  Only with a clear mind and understanding of your destiny and life’s goal,  then can you tap on energy of  healing, feng shui and divination to complement  your preprogram destiny  towards life’s path of maximum return. 

Application of 5 skills towards a full filling life