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  2. This thread has become the biggest Chit storm I've ever seen.
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  4. It’s like being the sweetness vs tasting the sweetness.
  5. Chit is who we really are — Consciousness, Being. All the sheaths are just appearances that rise and fall in chit.
  6. No. Nondual realization is a permanent shift in perspective and understanding about the nature of things that is an "always-available" perspective. It happens outside of time/space/self and it happens no-time/everywhere (or nowhere)/to everything (or no-thing). Kundalini is physical phenomenon that happens in a body to a person. It may CORRELATE (or not) with non-dual realization, but isn't realization itself. Speaking for myself I have had both, though the kundalini was fairly mild, by most accounts I've read. Some interesting crackling/electric feelings in the back of the head or spine corresponding to flashes of white in the vision. The non-dual realization is something else... entirely.
  7. How do you stop the leakage?

    yes, also via emotions and desires ( the latter being a subset of emotions i suppose)
  8. but what is chit I wonder, have a vague recollection of there being several sheaths around each other, together going upwards. please, enlighten me
  9. Dao Bums (here i am)

    in that universe I can walk , so will leave the riding for those that need it there
  10. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    If you don't read the news you're uninformed. If you read the news, you're misinformed. ~Samuel Clemens
  11. Everyone post some favorite quotes!

    Most of the trouble in this world is caused by people wanting to be important. T.S.Eliot
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  13. How do you stop the leakage?

    … 15. The common people see things clearly; 16. I alone am in the dark. 17. The common people discriminate and make fine distinctions; 18. I alone am muddled and confused. … 21. The masses all have their reasons [for acting]; 22. I alone am stupid and obstinate like a rustic. 23. But my desires alone differ from those of others— 24. For I value drawing sustenance from the Mother. DDJ Ch. 20 (Henricks, MWD)
  14. How do you stop the leakage?

    The primary thing in TCM that is said to weaken the spleen qi is over thinking.
  15. Dao Bums (here i am)

    You're saying we aren't supposed to do that?
  16. How do you stop the leakage?

    When one focuses all attention onto one point, then by the nature of that focus one ignores the rest of reality. Is this always preferable? At all times and in all conditions? My lineage cultivates focus and spherical awareness as well as diffuse and several others... In my experience, neither the flashlight focus of the local awareness which by its nature focuses on one aspect of nature to the disregard of the rest, nor the expansive awareness of the all in all are right or wrong or preferable in all cases. They are aspects of awareness. A tree has many aspects, they all combine in the process of tree-ing. We are awareness and all aspects of it are applicable to conditions in which they become prominent or dormant by turns. The action of Dao, like Life is a bellows.
  17. Dao Bums (here i am)

    nothing in nature is wasted... it is not possible to waste anything.
  18. Dao Bums (here i am)

    Not at all; it is considered disrespectful to waste or throw away prasad.
  19. Dao Bums (here i am)

    ' Prasadam smootie . ' Mmmmmmm ...... 'sacrilicious !'
  20. Dao Bums (here i am)

    (Google) Zhurong (祝融 zhùróng), is also the name of the Chinese rover on Mars.
  21. Dao Bums (here i am)

    Of course not ! That would be sinful . Only a Priest or Monk can do that . - many years back as a young fella , I worked in this HUGE cemetery , it was vast, with old closed down areas that had not seen human presence in years . I was working with an old hand there and all of a sudden .... fireworks ! WTF ? other guy was delighted ; "Yahoo ... Chinese for lunch today ! " I didnt get it , he explained ; after some Chinese funerals they leave a little banquet behind on the grave . He spied through some bushes after we approached , as soon as they left ; " Quick, we have to beat the wild dogs that live in the cemetery to it ! he sat there happily munching away ..... I declined . " I .m not eating 'grave food ! "
  22. Dao Bums (here i am)

    Definitely. But if you're offering them alcohol (for some gods and immortals, it's a must), you discard it afterwards. A bit of a different approach is used with Zhurong, the God of Fire, who is is present in the cooking fire in your kitchen. Since you're into cooking, here's a tip: offer him some hard liquor from time to time, you just need to sprinkle a little on the burning fire, e.g. by dipping your fingers in your drink and shaking the drops off while inviting Zhurong to partake and giving him thanks for cooking your food. This is supposed to improve its taste and bioavailability, and prevent mishaps like under- or overcooking, burning, oversalting, etc..
  23. Arrested Development and Martial Artists

    I've been involved in martial arts since I was a kid. As an adult, I can see clearly that the reason I was so drawn to it was because of insecurities. I was insecure about how well I measured up to other men. So I wanted to be physically stronger, tougher than others, and thereby less deficient. Now I'm an older and wiser, I'm comfortable in my own skin. I see other people without putting myself in the equation, and my natural inclination is toward helping. I find myself returning to martial arts purely as a fun way of keeping active and strong. But importantly, I don't care at all about fighting. Looking around at my peers involved in martial arts, I can still see some of the insecurity and immaturity that drove me to martial arts in the first place (although perhaps not as bad as me). So yes, I feel like martial artists can sometimes be immature, awkward and not fully accepting of themselves, because I was like that too. So that can translate into being overly reactive, competitive and jealous.
  24. Excuse me for the lack of detail in the title, frankly didn't know what to put there. I am just observing that there is a gargantuan amount of energy wasted via thoughts and perhaps also movements that is not needed. The latter, I am not sure, but the former, certainly. Pretty sure there should be time left for mind to ruminate, or even monkey around, but 24/7? I believe thats counterproductive. But tell me if I am wrong, I am asking here for a reason. So the question arises, how do we get a laser focus? Aside from the obvious answers meditation and always trying to stay in control, can't think anything else.
  25. Dao Bums (here i am)

    Well if you insist lol ...
  26. Aspiring beginners like me love the idea of oneness until it dawns on us what it really means: everything is chit.
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