“If you live in absolute fearlessness, God will live in you because fear and truth cannot go together.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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“If you live in absolute fearlessness, God will live in you because fear and truth cannot go together.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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In a time of decrease and decay you can be one who helps reverse the tendency by dispensing blessings to the world. You can become the example that catches on and causes a return to generosity and shared prosperity, which will come in its own time.
My wife and I have subscribed to and been using Elysium supplements since February, 2015. We began using Basis in 2015, Matter in 2020 and Signal in 2022.
With Basis, I experience a noticeable increase in our available energy and endurance. With Matter, my mental acuity has sharpened significantly. With Signal, instantaneous available energy is noticeable during exercise.
These effects, and an increase in longevity are the main selling points of the products. Here is what the manufacturer says.
The science of NAD+ is thriving as more research comes out of institutions like Harvard and MIT about the potential benefits of raising NAD+ levels. One recent and very important study co-authored by Elysium Chief Scientist, Dr. Leonard Guarente, showed that increasing NAD+ levels in mice reversed age-related endurance loss. We’re proud to be leading the way in translating this research to human studies. Our clinical trial results, published in November 2017 in Nature Partner Journals: Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, demonstrated that Basis can increase NAD+ safely and sustainably in humans. We have several additional preclinical and clinical trials in progress on Basis, as well as future products in development, that we will share with you soon. As a VIP you’ll have first access.
See also the Time Magazine article
The Science of NAD+, Explained
The coenzyme NAD+ has been called “the golden nucleotide” by one scientist, and the “linchpin of energy metabolism” by Scientific American. It’s the subject of countless preclinical studies indicating that increasing NAD+ levels in lower organisms may have a variety of positive effects on health. We’re especially interested in NAD+ at Elysium: We’ve demonstrated that our first product, Basis, increases NAD+ levels in humans, and we’re working on research to better understand how the gut microbiome affects systemic levels of NAD+. If you’re new to the science of NAD+, here are a few facts to get you started.
NAD+ is a coenzyme found in all living cells.
Coenzymes are colloquially referred to as “helper molecules” because proteins — large molecules made of amino acids that do the important biological work in the body — require them to do their work. (And they’re called coenzymes because most proteins are enzymes.) If you think of a car as a protein, getting you from place to place so you can go about your life, the gas (or battery if you have a Tesla) is the coenzyme, without which driving is impossible.
But gas (or batteries) can also be used to power any number of other things, from yachts to spacecraft. So too with NAD+, whose chief role is transferring electrons in redox reactions, including oxidative phosphorylation, otherwise known as the metabolic process our body uses to turn food into energy.
Nobel Prize-winning scientists discovered NAD+ more than 100 years ago.
NAD+ was first discovered by Arthur Harden and William John Young in 1906. In 1929, Harden and Hans von Euler-Chelpin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on fermentation. They determined that fermentation required the presence of an enzyme (“zymase,” actually a mixture of enzymes) and a coenzyme which they called “cozymase,” now known as NAD+.
Euler-Chelpin further identified the structure of NAD+, which is made of two nucleotides, the building blocks for nucleic acids (the same thing DNA is made of). The role of NAD+ in fermentation, a metabolic process, foreshadowed the critical role that NAD+ plays in metabolic processes in humans.
The science of NAD+ is evolving as more research emerges.
Several important discoveries about NAD+ followed the 1929 Nobel Prize. The most recent discovery happened at MIT, when Dr. Leonard Guarente, founder of Elysium, and Dr. Shin-ichiro Imai observed that sirtuins — a family of proteins that have been shown in the laboratory setting to be influential in impacting healthspan — only function in the presence of NAD+. (Reminder: Sirtuins are the proteins that do biological work; NAD+ is the coenzyme that allows that work to happen.)
So why are scientists excited? An increasingly detailed picture of NAD+ shows its many functions, from energy creation, to sirtuin activity, to a wide range of other enzymatic activities including mitochondrial function, chromosomal integrity, gene expression, epigenetic and posttranslational modifications, and calcium signaling.
“People are afraid, because when you hear the truth, you also get exposed to your own lies. You don’t want to hear that. All right, it is a choice. Don’t hear it now. One day time will tell you in another way. That will be very painful.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
Use your powers of contemplation to discern the right path forward. Don’t rely on others’ judgement or popular beliefs. Use your intuition in choosing what you will support and what you will oppose. Be cautious with moving forward, as the time is fraught with pitfalls. Take time to assess the situation so that any movement is supported by deep understanding.
“Creativity and love come from your sensitivity. A developed sensitivity in character gives you commitment. Commitment in turn gives you more sensitivity of character. They are interrelated. That is how this planet runs.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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So much potential that can produce great abundance is held in check by petty usurpers of power. Rather than meeting their struggle for dominance, it is more advantageous to allow the current part of the cycle to play out as the tide turns and moves the opposite way. We cannot personally challenge the laws of nature with any great effect. Rather, be in tune with the tendencies of the the time and use them to advantage.
“You are never separated from God or your soul. You come to this planet not to seek anything. You come to recognize God and realize your soul.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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Shuniya. Silence. Stillness. Through contemplation our intentions can manifest graceful form and beauty.
Use friendly persuasion to exert influence. Do not use force to change things. Commitment and tireless devotion will yield penetrating and far reaching results. Combined with inner truth the effects of your message will be irresistible.
“The mind is your servant to master time and space and to always find a way to connect with the Infinite.” Yogi Bhajan
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Hold your inner truth in all relationships. Don’t let them pull you off of your center lest you forget who you are and lose your way. Allow the truth to emanate from you and reach far and wide like the wind.
“God said (to the soul), ‘Don’t worry. I have given you the mind. It is faster than time and space. You can reach me no matter where you are. The mind will serve you three ways. When it is neutral it will recognize the truth. When it is positive it will tell you the right direction to go and what good can be done. When it is negative it will warn you and protect you from harm and badness.’” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
“There is no separation between you and God. You are only now seeking to understand and experience your self as part of God with a sole proprietorship on the soul.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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It is important to hold together in union with kindred souls. It is also important to know who shares the values of the union or not. Though kindness and respect for all is a given, there is no need for close association with whom you cannot share common goals. Success is given to those who are modest and adaptable. Tolerate opposition and be devoted to the union.
“We go temporarily blind and temporarily deaf. We become temporarily unintelligent. We cut ourselves off from our reality and our creativity and live in the non-reality of a dream world created with our fears. That is the whole problem. God never made you to suffer and never gave you the mind to create such tortures.” Yogi Bhajan
(via Ram Anand)
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