03-26-2012, 08:51 AM
This is interesting regarding to the mercury "eating" the gold.
Gold dissolves in mercury. My father had a teacher in highschool who lost his weddingring when he accidentally spilled mercury on his hand. It just instantly vanished.
Dissolved gold can be extracted again and this principle is used in gold mining.
Regarding this yogi's further story.. What he held in his hand was not pure mercury since that is liquid at room temperature it must have been some kind of compound. His story is an analogy, and probably has more merit in the spiritual than in the scientific realm.
When the mind is fluid and has the traditional qualities of mercury attributed to it by alchemy. It is capable of dissolving gold but also of producing gold. That much is true.
But it does not mean mercury is good for you, mercury is highly toxic. When we ingest mercury(particularly from meat or fish), it pretty much stays with us for a very long time. In high doses it can cause neurological problems in unborn children. So I recommend against experimenting with the stuff.
On the one hand nature defines us, makes us who we are. On the other hand nature is able to exist, to experience itself through us.
Gold dissolves in mercury. My father had a teacher in highschool who lost his weddingring when he accidentally spilled mercury on his hand. It just instantly vanished.
Dissolved gold can be extracted again and this principle is used in gold mining.
Regarding this yogi's further story.. What he held in his hand was not pure mercury since that is liquid at room temperature it must have been some kind of compound. His story is an analogy, and probably has more merit in the spiritual than in the scientific realm.
When the mind is fluid and has the traditional qualities of mercury attributed to it by alchemy. It is capable of dissolving gold but also of producing gold. That much is true.
But it does not mean mercury is good for you, mercury is highly toxic. When we ingest mercury(particularly from meat or fish), it pretty much stays with us for a very long time. In high doses it can cause neurological problems in unborn children. So I recommend against experimenting with the stuff.
On the one hand nature defines us, makes us who we are. On the other hand nature is able to exist, to experience itself through us.