[ot][wrong] Please let me sleep outdoors in the coldest winter. Was: Re: PLEASE LET ME SLEEP OUTDOORS

Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many gmkarl at gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 05:37:00 PDT 2022


book notes

chapter 1: missionary:

- it starts with the breathe. at birth wim hof was going to die and
his mother willed him to live, promising to god she would make him a
missionary. he was blue from deoxygenation and cold, and breathed. as
a child, loved sleeping outside in the snow, even though he risked
death with hypothermia. he had to resist this love to stay alive.

- also experienced severe infection from a bullying experience, and
was outdoors a lot very active, became vegetarian, had to learn to be
himself as he felt he was different

next chapter 2: ice-man

- describes developing physical strength having a job delivering
newspapers on a bicycle in all weather, suddenly beat professional
cyclists in contests. developed empowering disciplined exercise
routine (waking up at 3:30a, and immediately do 50 pushups, then bike
route ...). beauty of solitude and nature on the bike route, and how
the peaceful,physical- task-oriented time alone helps one understand
one's self.

- went on thousands-miles bike trip with brother through cold rain and
snow. shift in experience of eating when deep outdoors on one's own.
engagement of feelings when physically involved in locomotion.

- a wim hof goal is to help others understand these feelings of
connection the human can experience "You are Tarzan. You are Jane. You
are a king. You are a queen." Describes imaginary corona placed on
king's head, as an aura that surrounds one, radiating. Stand with
power, for nature coronates everyone. Describes how connected better
with others and himself over time.

- joined with biker who biked half year to africa. took larger
challenges, describes finding powerful areas inside one's self. "we
all have this" "you become aware of your own being". "the mind and
nature are one" "waking up and feeling differently than always" "for
the three weeks that followed, i remained in that transcendent state"

- squatting was normal in the netherlands. property was valuable so it
was used. you had to pay for your own utilities.

- one day he just decided to relax in a frozen over pond, felt great,
no danger experienced. duration; time seemed like 1:00-1;30 [note: my
personal experience with these natural experiences is that they tend
to feel shorter than they actually are]
- repeated this after a few days, same experience. breathing came from
how he noticed himself gasping when submerging. 25 deep breaths.

- with practice breathing, would go five minutes without needing to
breathe, and would swim in frozen water, every day of winter for 25
years. feeling great in freezing outdoors in nothing but shorts.

next chapter 3: cold showers


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