The Quest for the Holy Grail
In Taoist alchemy, the cranium of our head is called a crucible and the trunk of the body 'the furnace'. The 'firing process' within the body sets off cooking which sublimates the carnal vitality and chi (energy) to rise up into the summit of the brain; this would trigger off certain chemical reactions in the brain which then produces a fine substance like sweet dew to be released into the bloodstream thus bestowing youth and longevity to the adept.
A couple of days back, there was another first-page story on the Daily Mail proclaiming victory of scientists who've successfully manufactured some 'magic pills' (another one!) for heart disease and it 'only costs £1.40 a day'! After some calculation (which always hurts my brain), I've worked out that these life-saving pills would set the patient back £500 a year. Suppose this is not the only condition the patient suffers and he is really on some other pills, the cost of medication could easily double or even triple! I used wonder why the media never encourages people to become self-healing, self-regulating, self-reliant for their own health and well-being. The answer is simple: money. Everything in this society is driven by money, health care and food industry included. The industries don't want to empower the individuals; they want to turn the population into a 'magic pill race' to allow the industries to squeeze every penny out of us.
I, for one, is never going to fall for that trap!
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