I find this a very interesting idea. Sleep vs. insomnia is often associated with a lot of a constant stream of thoughts that won't and won't stop. Maybe candles and maybe meditation has a role to play in this. I'm curious to see where this goes myself.
The room is repainted dark and so is the ceiling. The door is also covered with dark blankets and there are no windows. The first attempt with psychomantium was still in the room with white walls and so the difference is huge. The feeling in the dark room is as if there is more peace and quiet that one has there. Since the room is just repainted, there is no additional insulation because of the noise, so sometimes I perceive noises from the surroundings.
ok, I'll try to experiment more with the placement of the candles. Still the question remains, how much should the mirror be illuminated? I'm just going by my feelings, how it looks best to me.
yes, it looks similar to me. I was confused by this tratak
It's an interesting observation, at first I thought of wall and ceiling soundproofing or acoustic panels, which I perceive working very well when we play instruments. Then it popped into my head and I remembered a video I saw a long time ago, I found it, so I'm sharing it.
This is where I see the most room for improvement so far, it's very hard not to have expectations when you're embarking on something new. Probably nobody starts doing a new thing with the expectation that it will not bring any result. And as the C's say it's good to embrace all possibilities, it's not easy. I try to think of meditation in psychomancy as meditation, which in itself is very useful in these hectic times. But I still catch myself subconsciously creating expectations.
You wrote that you had a candle flickering in the fishbowl. For me, those jars work very well and the candles flicker permanently. I have been using this model for about a week. I chose the jars because of inspiration from our discussions and the videos you shared. Isn't there a lot of space around the candle in the fishbowl?
If it's because of the smell, other candles can be used - stearin candles or Beeswax candles. It occurred to me that it might also be from within us. In the beginning, I was concerned about whether psychomantium was safe. Probably not really, but I perceive that circumstances, people and situations don't come into our lives by chance. So I embraced psychomantium as a sort of open-ended experiment. It took me a while to shake off my fears and insecurities. I think we should be aware of our inner voice and feelings.
I looked on the web and we sell all-wax candles everywhere and even pillar ones. They are a bit more expensive than regular paraffin candles. If you're going to try the oil lamp, let me know then, I'm curious.
You'll see what happens next. I smelled the air yesterday and I find these paraffin candles OK.
Yes, yes, I totally agree
Breathing in candle smoke causes positive changes in cardiac rhythm
A candlelit dinner works wonders for romance.
Now scientists say it could also be good for your heart.
Breathing in candle smoke causes beneficial changes in cardiac rhythm, they claim.
It is thought that tiny salt particles released when the candle burns are behind the effect.
The researchers monitored the hearts of 13 men and women as they breathed in air pumped into a small chamber. In some cases the air included smoke from candles in a second room.
The volunteers didn’t know which type of air they were breathing, but when it included candle smoke, their heart rate variability improved.
Everyone’s heart rate varies naturally all the time, beating a little bit faster when we breathe in than when we breathe out.
This is perfectly healthy and a sign that the brain is alert and able to regulate the heart. But this variation falls as we get older and if we develop heart problems. In the study, it was increased by inhaling candle smoke.
Researcher Christina Isaxon from Lund University in Sweden said the concentration of smoke generated during the study was similar to that created by a candlelit dinner.
As the volunteers could not see the candles and weren’t told what they were breathing, the effect could not be explained away by the calming effect of candlelight.
Dr Isaxon said she thought tiny particles of sodium and potassium, which along with soot, make up candle smoke, could be responsible for the beneficial effects.
The two elements are involved in regulating the heart’s rhythm and in sending messages between cells in the body.
More salts are produced when a flame is still so she recommends that candles are burned away from drafts.
The study, carried out for her PhD, did not find any negative health effects of the smoke – although Dr Isaxon admitted said she did not ‘make a huge effort’ to find any.
Soot, which increases when the flame flickers, has been blamed for health problems in the past.
The American Chemical Society has warned that paraffin wax candles, the most common type, release potentially harmful chemicals linked to cancer, asthma and eczema. It recommends using beeswax and soy candles.
Dr Isaxon used candles made of pure stearine, a natural fat, in her study. Many other types of candle also contain some stearine. Dr Isaxon found paraffin wax candles which had stearine in them also released potassium and sodium particles.
Stearine candles were first developed 200 years ago.
They are very popular in Scandinavia and can be bought here from retailers including Ikea.
Dr Isaxon recommended using candles that are as natural as possible and avoiding scents and dyes as they may give off dangerous chemicals when burned.
Since we spend more than 85 per cent of our time indoors, what we breathe in at home is very important, she said.
Breathing in candle smoke causes positive changes in cardiac rhythm
Researchers at Lund University, in Sweden, say tiny salt particles released when candles burn are behind the effect - and plain, unscented, candles have the greatest health benefit.www.dailymail.co.uk
Maybe I switch also to these beewax or Stearine candlesThey like to poison people here.
