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I discovered Korean TV series and... WOW... such wonderful stuff! A few of my favorites - It's OK To Not Be OK, Crash Landing On You, Vincenzo, All Of Us Are Dead, Bloodhounds and Extraordinary Attorney Woo. I started watching When Life Gives You Tangerines and after crying through the entire first episode I haven't yet managed to continue but I will eventually. Perhaps we need a TV series thread, I'm always open to suggestions.

Julie Andrews performance was amazing. Agreed!

Yeah ..... DONT SAY TRUMP ! Ohhhh ....

In (more esoteric) Christianity God actually reaches out to humans through Jesus Christ. In Hinduism God actually reaches out to humans through (true) Satguru. In American native ways God as (great Spirit) and Grandmother and or Grandfather reach out to humans through all of life that is sacred.

Something called Hun Dun primordial chaos still exists but is hidden and not in use! The odd thing about DaoBums is that nothing ever actually ceases to exist but is simply hidden from view. I am sure there is something deeply symbolic about this.

Those are absolutely comparable examples. They are in fact the behaviors of the religious leader who wrote the book that was mentioned in the post by stirling. Which is how it entered the thread. And also the behaviors of the son of that leader who was named successor.

That seems to represent their accomplishment . The Bah'i 'prophet' Baha'u'llah had to be moved from jail to jail ... and they were very nasty places back in those times , plus remembering that it was a Islamic 'sharia law' jail and he was considered an heretic, religious impostor , fake Mahdi ... etc etc . A decidedly NOT normal environment .. yet his manner and demenour ( or 'spiritual presence' ) remaining amidst all they did to him in there , eventually caused admiration and some conversions of the guards . So they would move him to a different prison (and imprison the converted guards as well ) ... but then it would happen again . Eventually he got sent to the prison city at Acre . Eventually they all got 'lax' or a bit more accepting and let him out to wander around the grounds and then the general area . Interesting dynamics as to why but another story . Eventually a land grant was given to them at Haifa to establish their world HQ

kami dogs .... ughhhh ! You ( HKDevotees - the ones with the shaved head , little tail at the back , beads robes ... those ones (initiated or whatever the correct term is ) keep the temple hos it should be ... but what also 'should be ' is an invitation to the local or any populace that are not shaved and beaded ( HK devotee - officially ) Ie. asat-sanga to come and hear and eat . from one perspective it is allowing , well anything and any unclean psychic or even demonic energy people carry into your sacred temple ! They are usually pretty nice about it .... then the kami dogs ... I mean the asat-sanga leave .... wave and chat goodby to the last one ... and its on ! Pails of scalding water , mops , washing, scrubbing ,sterilization, 'banishing ' by fumigation , invocation, redecoration, fresh flowers , etc etc . Ahhhhh .... back to 'normal ' .... until next 'feast ' Seriously ... some people walk dog shit in there ... I seen it happen .

A type of 'astral travel' used to be a common Hare Krishna theme back when I got into it . I was young ... I was WOW ...... ( I was into SF ...... 'You mean I can just meditate and do space travel !? )

Its hard to tell ... I could POSTULATE but going to the source ( them ) would be better , wouldn't it ? I think if you want 'a 2nd opinion' you will have to give more detail on that THEY meant . Or maybe you are about to undergo entry or initiation or something and they are referring to a difference from 'then on ' .

Hello BigSkyDiamond, That statement applies only to the first level of Flying Phoenix, which consists of the12 standing meditations taught on Volumes 1 through 5, and 7 of my Chi Kung For Health DVD series, plus 12 more "Monk Serves Wine" seated mediations that have not been published. The second level of Flying Phoenix qigong, which consists of 9 standing meditations that has some postures and body mechanics most similar to Tai Chi Chuan, "crosses over" the border from purely healing energy cultivation to cultivation of a versatile energy applicable to martial arts and any type of work or "kung." I hope this clarifies a bit. Sifu Terry https://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Let me put it this way: Most of us are quite convinced that Santa Claus isn't likely to be visiting this December because we now understand that it was just a story our parents told us. That knowledge is true no matter WHAT events take place in our day to day life, regardless of how difficult they are. So it is with understanding of the Dao. I stand by what I said above 100%. "Self" is a pernicious delusion that is at the heart of our suffering. Once that delusion is understood it is always present, regardless of how one behaves. The knowledge does not create a perfect "person", but does alter one's behavior substantially. Justification is a different issue. What we are talking about here is "spiritual bypassing" - using real or imagined "enlightenment" as some justification that all behaviors are "perfect" is delusion. Gnostic knowledge does not excuse bad behavior. This sort of teacher is deficient in compassion training. Any teacher that acts in a questionable manner would call it out immediately and correct themselves, or submit to correction at whatever level necessary. Again - it doesn't mean that they aren't enlightened necessarily. It takes many years after "awakening" to drop the most pernicious aspects of "self". Some things never go away. Some will never be teachers, and it isn't important that they ever are. An understanding of the Dao is always present, even when anger arises, and a master with no "self" may witness anger arise in the body, but not experience that as "self", or "mine". It's just plain human and kind to open up to those you see struggling, even a "master", if you have a close enough relationship. What could be learned about the teacher's process in examining their feelings and thoughts about a sticky issue? If this person really knows that all appearances are ultimately "empty", possibly a lot.

what is the saying, it's easy to be "calm kind thoughtful humorous" in normal life circitumstances. Anyone can do that. But the whole point of spiritual mastery or having a toolbox of spiritual practices, is to be that way when life circumstances are NOT normal.

I saw Bill Oddie in a hotel near Newcastle - he had a big backpack and was waiting for the lift. Nothing really happened but given the dullness of my existence it was a bit of a high point to see someone famous. I can’t remember what year it was. I have also seen Morrisey of the Smiths and the lead singer of New Order in a theater. I saw the Queen once but she didn’t know who I was I guess or she would have said something.

Of what is the spiritual master, a master? Surely there is more to master than the persona (mask) of a human. How to test for mastery of transpersonal energies?

Ahhhhh ... but who edited it ????? Gets approval posts it ... then edits it Please send you edits to Apech for pre approval ( so he can give me another face palm PS ya know even though they be down votes or face palms ... they still count as 'likes' in one's tally ) Tally - Ho !