Autoimmune conditions

[Jhanananda]

Hello, Aron.  Back when I lived in the Inyo National Forest I had considered assembling a water filtration system to filter the glacier melt water that flowed in a creek next to my van, but I opted for making my own fuel out of waste oil, and purchasing a few gallons of pure water to drink.

I wash with tap water and hope that it does not cause a decline in my health.  Do not worry about donations, because those who can afford it donate what they can to support those who cannot support themselves due to the rigor of their contemplative life.

I live surrounded by a forest, so I do not believe a plant is needed.

[Jhanananda]

There is an update in order for this thread. I recently visited a rheumatologist who ran me through the blood work and x-ray sequence to classify my condition.  He found nothing to prove that I have rheumatoid arthritis; so, either my condition is yet to be diagnosed; or, due to a recent article on genius showing that geniuses tend to be hypersensitive; and recognizing that there is a hypersensitive phase that a contemplative traverses as one deepens one's meditation practice; then my condition, might be due simply to this hypersensitivity.  If so, then the solution is developing equanimity, and learning to accept that we mystics are simply hypersensitive.