@Merrie B Yeah I've tried that before and things around you do kind of melt away. Which I haven't really thought about in a while so thanks for that. A lot of people have a hard time getting out of that fight or flight response so whatever works for you is great. In the Marine Corps the whole time is pretty much go, go, go, fight or flight. Tai Chi is something that I found to help me calm down from that. I just saw earlier tonight about some type of vagus nerve stimulation device, have you seen/tried anything like that?

@Merrie B There are certain points that you can rub or put pressure on that can help, a good old fashioned sigh can also go a long way, but this type of device is new I think. I can't remember the name of it but it looks kind of like headphones that go around the back and side of your neck instead of your head. I have no idea if or how well it works but it's an interesting idea anyway.

@Allan Webster LOL. I thought of going for the fool but this meme has been my favorite since I saw it a couple of years back. Haven't seen a better one. Classic.

@Tony Sibbald

@Thomas Seidl Those work pretty well. I sometimes think of Taiji and Wuji in terms of Matter and Dark Matter. Fire could also be thought of in terms of thermodynamics. I recently watched a video about trees and it was saying that basically trees are made of air, so maybe that is where air fits in? Air could also be linked in with water, fire, or earth depending on how you look at it. I wonder where they'd fit that in? For us it's maybe the most important element, maybe Earth or Fire, again depending on how you look at it. Metal is an interesting one, it can be linked to Earth, Water, or Fire, but also Space. I don't know enough about the subject to know why they chose those in particular as distinct from each other. Water, Fire, Earth, are fairly obvious, maybe even Air, but Wood and Metal are kinda also just Earth.

@Thomas Seidl I would say the same thing about standing in the Sun.🌞 I wonder where that fits in? Fire most likely, but not necessarily.🤷‍♂️