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eyes health – a possible elixir – update

Here’s my experience from using nana’s elixir every day. Castor oil seems

to have astringent like qualities to remove any ‘grit’ that accumulates

in the eyes. Whatever irritation I had seems to have dissipated.

Also, reducing blue light screen time helps with clearing blurry vision.

Now, it’s down to 2 to 3 hours a day. If I do watch more, I try to watch

the computer screen from at least 3 to 4 feet away.

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6/2/24

I’ve been having eye issues lately – particularly with irritation and blurry vision; even though I practice eye exercises daily.

I think I can attribute these issues to excessive ‘blue-light’ exposure. Light emanating from computer screens and smart phones. I’m on these screens at least 3 to 5 hours a day. I believe I was up to 8 to 10 hours a day last year when I first noticed discomfort. I arrive at this conclusion because my farther-sighted vision is still fine when outdoors not looking at screens.

About a month ago, I decided to try an ol’ nana’s remedy – castor oil. I’ve been adding half a teaspoon of castor oil to every 4 ounces of liquid castille soap for my face washing routine. I’m hoping a little bit of soap and castor oil that seeps onto the eyes will be enough to help soothe irritation and clear blurry vision.

So far, it seems to have reduced irritation somewhat. Also, closer-up blurry vision has gotten a little better.

I’m hoping gradual less screentime along with using nana’s elixir will return eyes to basic health. If eyes regress back to previous irritation levels, I will let all know.

financial health – part V

Fed rate cuts – treasuries

Now that the Fed has started its rate cutting cycle, is it still prudent to save with U.S. treasuries ?

Yes. I consider saving as putting aside money for another day. As long as purchasing power remains the same.

The rule of thumb to determine this is :

if interest rates are higher than inflation rate, treasuries are maintaining its purchasing power.

I compare Fed funds rate ( 3 month rate ) currently 4.75% to inflation rate — core inflation is currently 3.2% . Rates are higher by 1.55%. Data for inflation can be found on bls.gov .

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I am continuing to put excess savings ( wages – expenses ) into short dated treasuries. Preferably, 3 months to maturity.

When treasuries redeem, I recycle those back into more t-bills.

fundraiser

We will be holding our 1st fundraiser this Thursday.

If you believe you’ve been receiving any value from this website, we ask that you donate whatever you can to your favorite charity. Just mention : themalk when doing so.

If not, just ”’pass it forward”’ with any good deed …

Thanks !

primal sleep

Back on Feb. 3rd, ’23 , I alluded to primal sleep.

We experience primal sleep when we fall asleep with a single thought or feeling. Usually, we have a zillion things on our minds. So, corralling all those thoughts down to one won’t be easy. Is it worth the effort ? Only way to know is to experience its effects for oneself.

However, we don’t want to confuse single thought with no-thought. No thought brings the mind and emotion into samadhi. Samadhi sleep results in deep sleep or delta frequency sleep ~ about 1 to 3 hertz cycles per second.

Give primal a whirl and see how it goes. What the mind and emotion focuses on will determine its frequency.

BTW, falling asleep to Hall is alpha frequency sleep ~ about 8 to 12 hertz. Similar to falling asleep while watching t.v.

Hall – communication

This is a great lecture : for sleep. Must’ve fallen asleep on numerous evenings without reaching the halfway mark even though I start the lecture later on the time bar each time. However, when I managed to get through the whole talk, I found some fine esoteric gems scattered throughout.

– communication

* Perhaps save and listen on those hard-to-sleep nights.

financial health – i bonds (update II)

Back in Nov ’22, I updated my view on i-bonds.

The interest rate at the time was 6.48% for all bonds purchased in Nov. ’21 and May ’22. The current yield is 3.94% for those bonds.

Inflation was 7.1% trending down from a high of 9.1% that summer. Since then, inflation hit a low of 3.1% in Nov ’23 and has been drifting upward to 3.5%.

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So, what I am doing with all i-bonds purchased in Nov ’21 and May ’22 ?

– I have rolled them all into short term treasury bills – treasuries that mature within 1 year.

Short term bill rates — around 5% — are yielding more than current i-bond rate and inflation doesn’t seem like it can go much higher from here.

If inflation continues higher, I may start to roll some maturing short term bills into 2 year notes as long as the 2 year yield hovers near 5%.

evolution

Here’s Hall’s twist on the concept of evolution for those who believe humans have an eternal soul. If not, skip to 18 to 31 min mark.

seven laws

* Hall has over 2,500 hours of lectures on esoteric sciences. I will attempt getting to them all while pointing out ones I find of particular interest.

I anticipate many ^restless^ nights of sleep ahead …