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  2. Dragon Qigong Video

    What other qigong styles are you doing that you think will conflict with this?
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    Welcome!
  4. Greetings

    Welcome, your Grace!
  5. Intra ocular pressure

    I forgot to add the following: 1. Nourish the mother of Wood, which is Water. Peak hours are 3pm to 8pm. 2. Nourish the Wood itself. Peak hours midnight to sunrise. So to benefit from that practice during those hours. Wood is intensified during spring season and full moon period.
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    Thank you!!
  7. this is correct still post but quite good nevertheless its both, depending on the strength of it. when it is still weak - it should be sealed until it grows strong; when it is strong (after the sealing or right away) it should be allowed to circulate. however this only applies to the mid-to-low level methods. in the high method the MCO starts on its own with no such options. yes i do know it;)
  8. How do you stop the leakage?

    Maybe you should be asking, "How do we let all those things that distract us - mental noise, go?" We cling to those things - thoughts/emotions/feelings because they give us a counterpoint to us. By simply staying as that one who knows the noisy aspect of the mind, the focused aspect of the mind, the still aspect of the mind, and not chasing after these aspects - it will develop a deep relaxation. That relaxation (release).
  9. Letting Go of Good and Bad

    Interesting. Lately I've had some "you know squat about ancient Egypt and your art masks suck" versus "other people have comprehensive knowledge about ancient Egypt and other people have incredibly beautiful and emotive artwork", going on. What it's really about, is the attraction I feel for what these folks have done and the repulsion I feel for my inability to do much of anything of a similarly attractive quality. All the while ignoring something about how necessity can place my awareness, and how that placement must be free for me to be fully alive in the moment. ... is a tendency to attachment to be got rid of from every pleasant feeling? Is a tendency to repugnance to be got rid of from every painful feeling? Is a tendency to ignorance to be got rid of from every neutral feeling? No friend Visakha... In this case... (a person), aloof from pleasures of the senses, aloof from unskilled states of mind, enters on and abides in the first meditation, which is accompanied by initial thought and discursive thought, is born of aloofness, and is rapturous and joyful. It is by this means that (one) gets rid of attachment, no tendency to attachment lies there. In this case... (a person) reflects thus: 'Surely I, entering on it, will abide in that plane which the (nobles), entering on, are now abiding in. From setting up a yearning for the incomparable Deliverances there arises, as a result of the yearning, distress; it is by this means that (one) gets rid of repugnance, no tendency to repugnance lies latent there. In this case... (a person), by getting rid of that joy, and by getting rid of anguish, by the going down of (their) former pleasures and sorrows, enters on and abides in the fourth meditation which has neither anguish nor joy and which is entirely purified by equanimity and mindfulness. It is by this means that (one) gets rid of ignorance, no tendency to ignorance lies latent there. (MN I 303-304, PTS vol. I p 366-367, "The Miscellany (Lesser)", attributed to the nun Dhammadinna) The fourth concentration, wherein awareness takes place freely and action of the body follows automatically out of the location of awareness, apart from habit or volition. Yearning for the incomparable Deliverances, the further states, and as a result, distress. That would be a positive, in getting rid of a repulsion from my own inabilities, I guess. Maybe if I look to extend the mind of compassion around the world, such that I experience that excellence of the heart's release that is the first of the incomparable Deliverances "the infinity of space"! Runaway black hole, drawing stars behind it:
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  11. Haiku Chain

    I'm coming unglued slowly at first, then faster soon I will be soaked
  12. Haiku Chain

    from Asahi beer I get an odd sensation I'm coming unglued
  13. It's from the book the post is about 👍. That's all the info given
  14. Dao Bums (here i am)

    I thought you said you didn't have any good pictures! All of them are good, I'm jealous!
  15. Letting Go of Good and Bad

    @Taomeow your last post brought to mind that growing up in England in the 1950's (yes I really am that old) the fruit and vegetables we could buy were all seasonal. You could only get strawberries, cherries, bananas and so on at certain times. Also the vegetables were very varied and mostly locally produced. They varied in size, shape and quality. There was still some rationing from the war and even oranges were a rarity (we had bottles of condensed orange juice). But it was quite natural and unaffected by sprays of chemicals and wotnot. We always hated having salad for school dinners because the lettuce invariably had bugs in it - and we got the large outer leaves which tasted bitter. This was all made worse by the fact that I had spent some of my childhood in the USA (North Carolina and Cali.) and could remember all the tomatoes and oranges. Anyway later, particularly in the 80's and 90's they invented large supermarket chains (replacing the green grocers and grocers I was used to) and they increasingly supplied carrots, tomatoes, apples and so on which were uniform and identical. I don't think taste was the priority just appearance. In fact I think they prioritised blandness When I started to visit Portugal about 20 years ago it was a revelation because all the food was locally sourced - and I experienced again the strange sight of oddly shaped carrots and turnips. But the taste was wonderful. I rediscovered peaches and plums which had actual taste - in the case of ripe peaches and melons so strong and juicy it was beyond imagination. I think the Dao likes variety as per the 10,000 things - if I may be so bold as to attribute like and dislike to the way. I think that although we were once more the same as you say - the layers of difference we have accumulated over the years - the actions, interactions, combinations and permutations might actually be the point of it all. So when we bite the apple we don't know if it is going to be joy or disappointment. We can then rejoice in the changes.
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    I think you already did . Well done ! By the way , Look, I know a LOT about 'magic' , I have been studying various traditions of it for over 50 years ! This woman is bull shit , and you are okay .
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    " I did not feel torture " Thats how . She is obviously a nut . 'Tantra' ? ... sure baby ! I would say you are being hurt more by watching media advertising .
  18. Letting Go of Good and Bad

    very nice metaphor
  19. Letting Go of Good and Bad

    I got that but it set me to thinking, I am not even sure how that selfjudgment has lessened. it just did, after doing some years of chigung and things. would like that to happen for you and yes, its all old patterns eh childhood stuff... I had a big fat blockage from when I was a teenager. when that was out a whole lot of things started to happen. so, for me it was not only early childhood.
  20. I want to become powerful

    Here is a great part in the Rite of Mars . We used to perform the 'astrological rites' each year * . I have played various roles in the right , including Mars . Rite of Mars has a lot of 'power dynamics' going on . But it is also about 'head strong youth ' , bold declarations , and the folly of youth with all its distractions . Perhaps our OP could relate to this . It also has a fascination with conquest , domination, sex, etc . Possibly due to Mars' association with Scorpio . It might assist one to see it's placement in the natal chart . One of my favorite parts in the rite is where 'the people' ( the 'audience' ) get 'enlisted' into the army to follow Mars and defeat the ' bad people' and bring peace for evermore ( yeah ... right ! ) , everyone is ready , they have been hyped up with heroic orations and declarations, marching, drumming , etc . SR. SCORPIO : " Let us carry the holy symbols with sacred song and dance round the altar of Mars." [ they march round five times deosil before MARS in procession headed by SCORPIO, ARIES, CAPRICORNUS.] " Strike, strike the louder chord! Draw, draw the Flaming Sword! Crowned child and conquering Lord! Horus, avenger! " " Brother Aries, let us invoke the Master of the Battle. " BRO. ARIES. Mighty and Terrible One, we beseech thee to lead us the Battle. Here, by thy Symbols, thy Spear, the Sword, and the Drum, we pray thee to strengthen our arms and to defend our hearts. For we are thy chosen warriors, O thou Master of the Battle! " Then , all are waiting for Mars to emerge from his tent in glory and lead them .... ... waiting .... ... waiting ...... Until finally someone opens the curtain to his tent and he is caught with his pants down bonking 'Sister Scorpio' , meanwhile, Vulcan ( the 'enemy') has entered the camp and chaos ensues . Ahhh... the 'folly of red blooded , head strong youth ' .... but in the end , Mars finally gets there and discovers what true 'power' is : Mars ; " This is the day which down the void abysm At the Earth-born's spell yawns for Heaven's despotism, And Conquest is dragged captive through the deep; Love, from its awful throne of patient power In the wise heart, from the last giddy hour Of dead endurance, from the slippery steep, And narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs And folds over the world its healing wings. " Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance– These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length, These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o'er the disentangled doom. To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own sreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory! "
  21. intriguing picture, could you please add a link to it?
  22. spell

    No. You already stopped talking to her, well done; that’s enough. As long as you completely ignore her, she will lose interest in you and move on. Nothing to worry about.
  23. Thank you 写 写

    Hi Han Shan. Welcome to the forum. I’m Dutch too.
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    Thank you! Does anyone think that i do need to do sokething about it?
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