by Linja » June 19th, 2005, 3:26 am
Tribial Tiger,
My best friend believes that vampires exist, and no matter how much I try to shake him of this belief (I know, I'm a bastard), he won't let it go. The thing is, I would like to believe in it, but I can't, and I'm hoping that by arguing their existence with other people, they can convince me of their existence, but so far, no luck. My friend(s) have all provided a few views that cannot be rebutted, except that these views don't hold vampires as a different species, only as an organisation, cult or a disease.
I'm with you, in saying that if they do exist, I severely doubt that they suck blood, or that they can turn into bats or anything like that. I believe that all of that was just rumour and myth invented in the times when the stories of vampires first became rampant, but then, isn't it possible that the existence of vampires themselves is just a myth?
Yeah, I've felt my hands get hot. I've felt nearly everything get hot. But I must admit, when we did out katas, and did the moves involving ki, it did fell wierd, tingly, I'd say. There's been many times when I have believed it, but I still feel that there's not enough evidence. It could just be friction, or blood rushing, or my mind, or all of the above. I've read about it a lot, and some scientific research into it has produced some interesting results, I can't remember what it was, but I'm sure somebody here will know. There were photos of leaves and things, showing a blue-ish glow. This was meant to be the "life-force" or something. It was electro-photography or something like that, if anybody knows what I'm talking about, please exaggerate, because as you can see, I don't know much about it, it's just a memory.
I saw that bit in the Bruce Lee story too, and damn, Bruce Lee is crazy. It's such a shame that he died I think. But it's still possible that all of that is just meditation, or the power of the mind. Perhaps the "power of the mind" is chi? I dunno, let me know what you think.
Maybe you were just naturally questioning your sexuality? I know I've questioned mine before.
Thanks for all the book references, I'll check 'em out if my library has them.
And thanks for the website Loadedkaos, I'm reading it now...
-Linja