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I want to get an air filter and am doing lots of research, what is the best filter I can get for a medium-to-large room, at the lowest price, and preferably without replacement parts if possible?

Clean air is essential. Our nostrils filter out lots of pathogens but they can only do so much before they become clogged. Constantly exposing the body to really terrible indoor air is awful. Small animals (like hamsters) literally die if kept in the house I live in for a few days because the air quality is that shit where I am. When I go outside for some hours and find a nice place with filtered air to reside in for awhile my nostrils clean up… but I need the place I actually live and work and sleep in, my room, to have clean air.

Clean air will give us good health, a clear mind, and make our breathing practises (Pranayama) worthwhile. All those breathing techniques are great but not when you're sitting in a dusty smelly awful mouldy room all the time. You should always observe and use those breathing techniques but good luck if your nostrils are becoming clogged due to just how much damned pollution is in the air.

I got a tip off in the astral that I really need to deal with this while trying to figure out why my acne is such a huge problem. I believe that I had made a new discovery in this area that I previously did not consider although it may be too early to talk about I'm going to put forward my hypothesis. As you may know when you have acne you are not to touch your face; but what most acne fighting guides forget to mention is the skin is akin to a sponge and it breaths. If you paint your whole body with golden paint and forget to leave a spot uncovered you will suffocate and die, even though your nostrils and mouth may not be blocked.

So I believe I have identified another problem that contributes to the acne and two solutions to help finally defeat my skin problems. It has become apparent to me that every time someone in the house starts cooking stuff and burning oils, filling up the whole kitchen (which is where I have the computer unfortunately, I intend to move it out right away as soon as I figure out how to make a desk for it), it negatively effects my breathing and my skin condition and makes me feel greasy and disgusting. The burning oils from the cooking are clogging my pores. That's how I'm getting so damned greasy, my skin which is like a sponge, is being overwhelmed by all this cooking grease and then the pores are clogged and collect dust and other crap too.

To combat this solution for the time being I have begun wearing a mask of dishwashing soap whenever someone starts cooking. I leave it on my face the whole time until I no longer detect significant quantities of grease in the air… so a few hours. I also try to leave the room when this happens although this being a kitchen it happens way too fucking often. This has been an effective temporary solution I have found. My skin is already much better but it's not perfect, these are still adverse conditions, I just have reduced the problem a lot with this strategy for the time being but not eliminated the problem. I then take a shower but only for 5 minutes approximately. Just enough time to get wet and wash off this stuff. I have found that 15 minutes is just way too long in the shower and causes me skin trouble so I will only take 15 minute showers when I am really dirty or really greasy. I have found that I am able to reduce time spent in the shower too by applying all cleaning stuff I want to myself before actually going in the shower, rubbing it in with maybe a bit of water from the sink, and then washing out all shampoo and soaps in the shower in just approximately 5 minutes. I should also note that I have moved the time I take showers now… I used to do it just before bedtime usually and that was terrible timing. I now do it in the mornings. Ideally I want to avoid showers completely but I do it as necessary, my own body senses being the indicator that something needs to be done, as I can FEEL that my body has crap on it that needs to be washed off. My senses are very acute, myopia / eye problems aside (I will fix all that later on once other problems are fixed).