God is the fire that does not consume you

[Mauritio]

This is one of the beautiful intersections between the spiritual/religious and the physical. You could also view it as an argument for the compatibility—and perhaps even the interdependence—of science and religion: true religion leads to true science, and vice versa.

In short: The highest, both physically and spiritually, is the fire that does not consume you.

The Spiritual
When Moses encounters the burning bush in the Old Testament, God is portrayed as the fire that does not consume the bush. Similarly, this concept applies to us. God is the fire within us that does not consume us. Normally, you would think, "The more you burn, the more you're consumed." So, you might assume we must burn less to preserve ourselves.

However, with God, the more you burn without being consumed, the closer you are to Him. God burns away only the parts of you that are harmful or flawed, refining you in the process.

The Physical
Oversimplified, we are machines that burn calories to produce energy. Here again, you might think, "The more you burn, the more you are consumed," which aligns with the rate-of-living theory. But, just as with the spiritual, there is a proper kind of physical burning: the right metabolism. This is the burning that does not consume—it only consumes what is harmful or unnecessary.

This is where Peat's research comes in, disproving the rate-of-living theory. The thyroid hormone produces uncoupling proteins that separate energy production from heat production, consuming harmful free radicals and old cells in the process. Overexpressing uncoupling proteins has been shown to treat chronic diseases and increase life span in animals.
So you're physically increa­sing the heat/fire and it makes you healthier. Not only that: it also consumes the parts of you that are bad or unhealthy.

Of course, there is also an unhealthy way of increasing body temperature, as seen in conditions like cancer. Cachexia, for example, involves the body wasting away and consuming its own tissue for energy. This represents an unhealthy fire that consumes itself.

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@Mauritio said in God is the fire that does not consume you:

This is where Peat's research comes in, disproving the rate-of-living theory. The thyroid hormone produces uncoupling proteins that separate energy production from heat production, consuming harmful free radicals and old cells in the process. Overexpressing uncoupling proteins has been shown to treat chronic diseases and increase life span in animals.
So you're physically increa­sing the heat/fire and it makes you healthier. Not only that: it also consumes the parts of you that are bad or unhealthy.

Coincidently I just realized that Ray's last Newsletter was on that topic . May he rest in peace.

"The rate of living theory was gradually
being proven wrong in a variety of ways, as
animals with a higher metabolic rate turned
out to generally live longer than those with a
lower metabolic rate,..."

"The highly “wasteful” inefficient energy metabolism of
“uncoupled” mitochondria improves adaptabil￾ity to the environments, and extends longevity."