Meditation and conscious thermoregulation
Discussion
Anyone here practised tummo or other and been able to control their body temperature?
Or similar?
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tummo
Or similar?
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tummo
Digger said:
Of course you can't. How daft! 
I've always wondered about this and I don't see why it isn't possible.While the above might be a bit of a stretch, why couldn't you control body functions/regulations through deep thought or will power?
The body is controlled through a mixture of chemical and electrical signals, so if you could actively concentrate on trying to control the parts of your brain that regulate these, why shouldn't it be possible?
We are able to control other parts of our body actively (eyes, breathing, heart rate etc) and suppress others (fear, pain), I don't think it's too much of a stretch to believe that eventually we could control some of the more subtle or subconscious functions.
The Beaver King said:
I've always wondered about this and I don't see why it isn't possible.
While the above might be a bit of a stretch, why couldn't you control body functions/regulations through deep thought or will power?
For the same reason you can't think really hard and stop your heart. Whilst you have some limited control, there is no wiring capable of doing so. You'd have more luck using telepathy to open your car doors. While the above might be a bit of a stretch, why couldn't you control body functions/regulations through deep thought or will power?
Whilst I'm sure the University of Singapore's press publication in an unknown Journal is, of course, beyond refute. It'll just be what we already know. You can increase or decrease your metabolic rate within a limited range and therefore your body temperature. In the same way you can increase or decrease your heart rate, temporarily, within a limited range.
Hoofy said:
Lower fuel bills!
Imagine working out, and then not being all hot and sweaty afterwards? Or working out in hot weather and being cool, or cold weather and being warm?http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/04.18/09-tumm...
There is still so much to learn about how the mind can control the body, with regards to core temperature and I would guess other things.
edit.
As you can see from the links, this ability has the benefit to supercharge your body.
Edited by Halb on Tuesday 18th February 14:42
Halb said:
Hoofy said:
Lower fuel bills!
Imagine working out, and then not being all hot and sweaty afterwards? Or working out in hot weather and being cool, or cold weather and being warm?http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/04.18/09-tumm...
There is still so much to learn about how the mind can control the body, with regards to core temperature and I would guess other things.
edit.
As you can see from the links, this ability has the benefit to supercharge your body.
Halb said:
Anyone here practised tummo or other and been able to control their body temperature?
I don't have anything constructive to add but by way of a mildly amusing coincidence, I was looking for some local meditation classes yesterday and noticed here that it said ...Mindfulness and Buddhist Meditation said:
All that you need to bring are some warm socks.
ewenm said:
Hmmmm... the energy (heat) has to go somewhere after exercise. Hot and sweaty after a workout is a good thing! If you want the core to be cooler during/after exercise you'll need to sweat MORE to get rid of the extra heat, not sweat less.
Sweat is used to cool us down, however if you regulated your core temp with the mind one would not need to sweat. Ergo, one would not need to sweat more.
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