Tumo / Chi

[Ramboelmo]

Thanks guys i think you have opened my mind on more of the real reasons as to how this can occur naturally.

 

[ChristineR]

I highly doubt that humans can simply control heat flow. Perhaps blood flow, which will affect the thermodynamics, but not heat flow itself.

Exercise will indirectly control body heat. It's a simple matter of learning how to exercise while holding still. You either contract the antagonist muscles at the same time, or push against something solid, or work against gravity. This is of course the basis of yoga.

 

[T'ai Chi]

Well my friend and I were discussing his belief in a chi type energy and we started to talk about the monks that heat up blankets ...

I'd like to know how quickly it is claimed the water goes away or whatever. I don't think it is extraordinary that people in wet clothes, sitting outdoors (with wind and sun), and body heat can cause wet things to be dry.

When I hike, I get soaked with sweat (gross!). After I stop sweating, and walk around for a bit or just sit and eat lunch, by the time I get back to the car I'm not soaked. I'm not bone-dry, but not dripping wet either.

 

[CFLarsen]

I'd like to know how quickly it is claimed the water goes away or whatever. I don't think it is extraordinary that people in wet clothes, sitting outdoors (with wind and sun), and body heat can cause wet things to be dry.

When I hike, I get soaked with sweat (gross!). After I stop sweating, and walk around for a bit or just sit and eat lunch, by the time I get back to the car I'm not soaked. I'm not bone-dry, but not dripping wet either.

Ever thought that the wind could be a huge factor? Or how dry the air is?

 

[Ryokan]

if this an authentic knowledge. I would like to chat with you.

Slightly increasing your body temperature through meditation isn't really that hard.

 

[meg]

I would be very interested in finding more links to info about what the monks are actually being tested on, if there are indeed any real tests being carried out. (Let's just say I'm skeptical) The only articles I've seen involve gadgetry, thermometers, and such. I think one of the first tests one *should* perform is to get a volunteer who is not a monk to get a similar wet sheet draped upon them and measure how much time it takes to dry. It seems to me that a great deal of the "amazingness" of the feat is the automatic assumption that no normal person could do it.

Meg

changed to fix a meaningless sentence

 

[casebro]

Laundry on a clothes line will dry, even in freezing weather. Can you say SUBLIMATION?

I can raise the temp of my hands 5 degrees F with 'self relaxation'/ hypnosis. From 91 to 96, using a digital fever thermometer. That's in a room temp environment, not while my hands are exposed to altitude or cold, where they might be lower to start with. Not hard, I learned from reading a book. It never did lower my blood pressure though.

I did see a clip of an acupunctuater who got a piece of cloth steaming by merely rubbing it in his hand. I thought there was lots of room for chicanery- chemiclas on the rag, etc. He was doing no-touch heat massage, using the 'energy' from his hands. I'll bet 'hot hands' of 98 deg can radiate enough heat to be felt from an inch or so. I haven't heard any quanification of their heat, like the hands get to a measurable 110, or even 101. It would be tooo easy to prove, just grip a thermometer on screen. But no, they use a hot rag, or a wet blanket....