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  Important: To get the full benefits, you need raw, unpasteurized honey. Never heat this mixture above body temperature; heat destroys the compounds that make this combination so powerful. The Base Mixture: 1 teaspoon of black seed oil 1 teaspoon (or up to 2 tablespoons) of raw honey How to Take It: Take it on an empty stomach in the morning, and wait 30 minutes before eating. If taking it later in the day, take it at least 2 hours after a meal, or 30 minutes before a meal. If you take medication, space this mixture at least 2 hours apart from your medicine. First, consult your doctor before taking black seed oil, especially if you are on medication. 1. Asthma and Breathing Difficulties The problem: Your airways are constricted or inflamed. Black seed oil contains Thymoquinone (TQ) , which can help open up airways by up to 60% within 3 hours. How to take: On an empty stomach in the morning and once before bed. Result: You may notice easier breathing within hours. By day 3, your lu...

  What sets emotionally intelligent couples apart is their ability to stay connected, even when disagreements arise. I’m often more concerned about couples who never fight, because avoiding conflict entirely can hide unresolved hurts. After all, the closer you are, the more likely ruptures are to happen, and how you handle them matters. Here are three things emotionally intelligent couples do differently when they are in conflict. 1. They don’t assume the worst about their partner’s intent We’ve all been there. One sharp comment can seem like an attack on your character. For example, you forget to text back and it is interpreted as not caring. A request for space could be misconstrued as abandonment. Instead of assuming the worst, the most emotionally intelligent couples will ask questions like: “Can you help me understand what was happening for you?” “What did you hear me say?” “What part of this feels hardest?” “What’s been on your mind lately that I haven’t asked about?” “What’s...

  Book: The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance  The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.  To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. If you run from technology, it will chase you. The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity. We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do. The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling. Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food. The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain. If you stare at a wall from ...

  In Bhutan, you see many houses and temples decorated with phallus symbols. Naturally, you ask: Why? This question leads to profound insights—and just might change your life. Who Was Drukpa Kunley? Drukpa Kunley was born in 1455 in Lhasa, Tibet. He became a monk and later a Lama, following the Tantric teachings. He was a deeply sincere seeker with great insights, and during his time in monasteries, he was admired for his wisdom. But he often asked uncomfortable questions—questions that mostly went unanswered. What if our discipline is driven by fear of punishment or a need for validation? What if we achieve a higher rank and feel proud of it? Isn't that motivation rooted in ego? Why do we need validation that we are "good"? Isn't our very search for enlightenment an ego trip? Why do we aspire to become a Lama or a Rinpoche? Might it not be better to just be an ordinary person? The Monk Who Left the Monastery One day, he left the monastery for good. He traveled throug...

  Two simple practices can make a profound difference: Massage THIS spot for 1 minute daily to restore potency. Add raw, unprocessed cacao mass to your morning drink—it will improve your performance in every area of your life. The 60-Second Massage That Changes Everything When you gently massage this point for 60 seconds each day, you: Detox the blood vessels in the pelvic area Release chronic tension in the pelvic muscles Decompress the nerves responsible for erection, restoring sensitivity Massage the prostate gland What Is This Point? This is one of the most important points in Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is called: The Perineum Hui Yin (in Chinese medicine) The "One Million Dollar Point" The "Gate of Death" This point is located in the area of the root chakra, and it connects the root chakra directly to the crown chakra. Where to find it: It lies between your legs, between the scrotum and the tip of your tailbone (coccyx). There is a small "ca...

  For many years, Carl Jung studied dying people and published his observations shortly before his own death. Here is what he discovered. 1. You do not have a soul. You are the soul. 2. As people drew closer to death, their dreams changed completely. 3. In their dreams, the ego began to fade—along with concerns about reputation, wealth, success, and identity. 4. Symbols of homelessness, mandalas, circles, and images of completion began to appear. 5. These symbols appeared in a specific sequence, as if the psyche knew that death was near. 6. The psyche was preparing for a transformation—or a return. (Jung explored this deeply in his book Memories, Dreams, Reflections.) 7. In their final week, patients stopped fearing death. It wasn't because they had found religion. It was because their unconscious had shown them something—a vision, a knowing—that their "small self" was only a temporary construction. Beneath it, something was waiting. Something that had already been there....