Medical Profession Fails To Destroy Man's Awareness - Being Awake And Staying Awake - versus - Being Told "You Need Sleep!" {HRI note 20060907-V2.0} - (Version 2.0 on 10 Oct 2006)
Leonardo Been
Staying Awake - versus - Being Told "You Need Sleep!"
7 September 2006
{HRI note 20060907-V2.0}
(Version 2.0
on 10 Oct 2006)
'
Again,* if others told you this,
then I would not have to, and I
could go sailing and do other
things you know I enjoy, like art
and music and some Fine Particle
Physics research for you.
'
I quote: **
As song birds at dawn on the farm awaken the early risers,
one person is already up;
in fact, he never slept - not once in the past 33 years.
'
You'd think, going without sleep for that long may have its
drawbacks, but not for the man in Vietnam's central Quang Nam
province,
who has never been ill after decades of staying awake.
'
His ability to stay awake has not only made him famous, but also
represents a phenomenon worthy of study.
'
'
Sixty-four-year-old Vietnamese citizen Thai Ngoc, known as Hai
Ngoc, said he stayed awake permanently after running a fever in
1973, *(1) and counted more than 11,700 consecutive days of
staying awake.
Proving his health as a farmer, as an elderly resident of the Que
Trung farming commune, in the Que Son district,
he still can carry two 50 kg (100 pound) bags of
fertilizer down 4 km (2.5 miles) of road, walking home,
every day.
'
'
Mr. Ngoc currently lives on his 5 ha (12 acres) farm at the foot
of a mountain, busy with farming and taking care of pigs and
chickens all day. His six children live at their house in Que
Trung.
Ngoc often does extra farm work, or guards his farm at night to
prevent theft, and said it took him three months, using the
extra time of nights, to dig two large ponds to raise fish.
His neighbor, by the name of Vu, said Ngoc volunteered the help
of beating the funeral drum during the night, and to guard the
house of the relatives of the dead, so that these could
take a nap.
Neighbor Vu also said, that when the farming commune was planting
sugar cane, several people asked Ngoc to awaken them at midnight
to go to work, since he was up anyway.
** Quoted from, and
by removing the usual political and traditional
terminology that enforces the viewpoint, that
'the lowest common average of things does establish
what "is true" and what "is normal",' *(5)
an enforcement which we know so well from the
Medical tradition
- characterized as it is by Medical arrogance,
while it is strewn with the very Medical
evil, with its intentional ignorance,
its horrors so well exemplified by the
Semmelweiss case,
an intentional ignorance so forcefully
covered by their arrogance - *(2)
now edited out by me, thus
enhancing and validating a benign, very well-meaning
newspaper article, entitled
'Vietnam Man Stays Awake For Three Decades'
- Reported by Vu Phuong Thao - Translated by Thu Thuy
- Story from Thanh Nien News,
published 14 Feb 2006 12:51:09 (GMT+7)
- Copyright Thanh Nien News
'
I will add more in due course ( Additions - see *(3)(4) ) if nobody
else has the courage to take up this unimaginably vital and hugely
humanitarian subject.
Koos Nolst Trenite "Cause Trinity"
human rights philosopher and poet
Sooner or later,
I will inevitably come down
on anyone who tries to harm others:
I love people that intensely.
Koos Nolst Trenite
"Cause Trinity"
human rights philosopher
and poet
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References:
'The First Law of Human Rights'
{HRI 20060601-V2.2.1}
(1 June 2006 - Version 2.2.1 on 4 Sept 2006)
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.rights.human/msg/8a6fff0ced55e598?fwc=1
* 'Intro to 'A Masterpiece of Knowledge and Understanding
- As by King Solomon Himself - Surpasses Everyone Else's By Far'
- {HRI 20051120-V5.2-intro-v1.2} to 'Consequences Of Not Facing A
Criminal Mind As Head Of State'
(23 Aug 2006 - Introduction version 1.2 on 25 Aug 2006)
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.military.naval/msg/cfb6cdec9bf70bf5?fwc=1
'Justice - Definition of Justice, What is Justice'
{HRI 20051219-V1.2}
(19 December 2005 - Version 1.2 on 24 Dec 2005)
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.europe/msg/ce6a309f41c95866?fwc=1
http://groups.google.com/group/human-rights-issues/msg/a27719f3ad567907?fwc=1
'
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Footnotes:
(1) [His body's reaction in order to reject certain harmful Energies]
'Defining The Major Harmful Or Bad Energies
- As They Are Created And Projected By Criminal Minds'
{HRI 20030611}
(11 June 2003)
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.europe/msg/bcba5f8d8a8ef2de?fwc=1
(2) 'A Bottomless Money Drain: The Licensed Medical Trade - Medical
Research, Charities, Foundations, Universities And Hospitals
CONTEMPT Of Your Suffering And Of Mankind'
(13 February 2006 - Version 1.0.1 on 20 Feb 2006)
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.anthropology/msg/25fb3378ca8ce9dc?fwc=1
(3) 'Notes on Sleep (What is Sleep - Loss of Energy)'
{HRI 20060722-V2.1}
(22 July 2006)
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.greek/msg/05ec08ca8e5154f4?fwc=1
(4) 'What is (what do you feel about) sleep? - PLEASE in terms of the
infliction and extraction of Life Energy, ONLY - if you like to'
{RQ 20061006}
(6 October 2006)
http://groups.google.com/group/Fine-Particle-Physics/msg/01b76215f26e6c0b?fwc=1
'
(5) Vietnam Man Handles Three Decades Without Sleep
As songbirds awaken the early risers at dawn on the farm, one resident
is already up; in fact, he never slept - not once in the past 33
years.
You'd think, going without sleep for that long, may have its
drawbacks, but not for the man in central Quang Nam province who has
never been ill after decades of insomnia.
His inability to sleep has not only made him famous, but also
represents a "miraculous" phenomenon worthy of scientific study.
Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not
sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite
numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights.
"I don't know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But
I'm still healthy and can farm normally like others," Ngoc said.
Proving his health, the elderly resident of Que Trung commune, Que Son
district said, he can carry two 50kg bags of fertilizer down 4km of
road to return home every day.
His wife said, "My husband used to sleep well, but these days, even
liquor cannot put him down."
She said, when Ngoc went to Da Nang for a medical examination, doctors
gave him a clean bill of health, except a minor decline in liver
function.
Ngoc currently lives on his 5ha farm at the foot of a mountain, busy
with farming and taking care of pigs and chickens all day. His six
children live at their house in Que Trung.
"I have tried sleeping pills and Vietnamese traditional medicine but
nothing helps, even to sleep for a few minutes," he said.
Creature Of The Night
Ngoc often does extra farm work or guards his farm at night to prevent
theft, saying he used three months of sleepless nights to dig two large
ponds to raise fish.
Neighbor Vu said, Ngoc volunteered to help beat a drum during the night
and guard the house for the relatives of the dead during funeral
ceremonies, so that they could take a nap.
Vu also said, when the commune was planting sugar cane, several people
also asked Ngoc to awaken them at midnight to go to work, since he was
up anyway.
On Ngoc's prolonged insomnia, Phan Ngoc Ha, director of the Hoa Khanh
Mental Hospital in Danang said, "sleep disorders often cause anorexia,
lethargy, and irritability."
But, in special cases, some people can handle it and still live and
work normally, although this was a very small ratio among insomniacs,
Ha added.
Reported by Vu Phuong Thao - Translated by Thu Thuy
Story from Thanh Nien News
Published: 14 February, 2006, 12:51:09 (GMT+7)
Copyright Thanh Nien News
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