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I support that right and will fight against the suppression of cast iron cookware .... once it 'gets out ' * they will , no doubt, try to suppress it and replace it with new super dooper high tech inferior crappy products with in built problems . * its long lasting, sturdy , can go on a heating element , in an oven or on a fire , one can use it to have an 'oven' on a fire, when 'cured' and treated properly it is entirely 'non- stick ' - which will also make it rust proof , its thick and holds the heat well for better cooking ... and of course , packs a much more solid whallop than a light aluminium one . This fry pan comes with a picture of itself on the label , so you will know what it is

A well regulated Kitchen, being necessary to the appetite of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Cast Iron Cookware shall not be infringed

You'll have to get used to wayward Daobums conversations - you start out with one thing and end up god know where

I will let those more learned than me answer about hun and po - but the search function on here has always been weak and sometimes it’s better to use google to search - something like ‘the DaoBums hun and po’ might work.

That’s what I think too.

That makes more sense than using a steak knife on one !

We too have inherited the skill of the skillet from our primate ancestors. An FBI report from 2013 found that more crimes are committed with blunt everyday objects than with firearms -- and frying pans are quite popular. I have two cast iron frying pans in regular use and always handy. The bigger one weighs 7 lb. (For comparison -- a baseball bat is about 2 lb.) Reptilian and other malevolent creatures may want to step carefully.

Hun and Po are two of the aspects of our soul complex. Hun is Yang and associated with Heaven. It is our moral compass, allows access to higher consciousness and creativity, it is our connection to Divine realm and the Dao. As you mentioned, after death, Hun ascends (returns) to Heaven. It enters the physical body at birth. Po is Yin and associated with Earth. It gives us life, awareness, instincts, desires, After death, Po fades with the decay of the physical body In ordinary unrefined folks Hun and Po remain separate and their leanings and tendencies pull the individual in opposite directions. This is a problem. I will continue in a following post. I need to do some chores, chop wood, carry water, etc

That works. That works too as a distinction between Hun and Po. I am going to try and keep my responses in laymen's terms, middle of the road. Not to be mistaken for the Middle School. What I post will be broad strokes and not representing any particular school. I will avoid using terms like 'cinnabar field' 'yellow court' etc I won't go into finer details or specific practice/meditations. You didn't mention other considerations beyond Hun and Po. So, will keep a narrow focus on those. But I will, imo, fully address your OP I am no expert. I am a fellow bum participating in a discussion.

Even more synchronicity, I was about to throw Odin and Toth into the mix as well, but was a little a out of my depth. But Odin is the god of the runes (magic/mysteries), a shamanic figure (his name means divine/inspired fury or something along those lines) and is the god of the berserkers/werewolfes and kings. The amount of European nobles that thraced their lineage to Odin during medival times, is countless. He also has two brothers, Villi and Ve (Will and the sacred/temple), so perhaps there is som alchemy going on here. Yet another curiousity, I’ve recently developed a great friendship with a pilgrim and archeologist named Bård. If you look in to the etymology of that word, it is the same as boundary and to bind (as in binding the ingroup together). That bind and boundary are so closely related, seems paradoxical to quite a few, I think. It once did for me, as well. But now it makes perfect sense: a nation without a border is not a nation. Ofc, if you have eyes to see and hears to hear, everyone is welcome. But if there are werewolves running around I’ll lock my door… I’ll make an exception for Proffesor Lupin tho. If he has taken is elixir, that is.

It's a really good question. I will offer some words and also Symbolism that I feel speaks clearer than just words to illustrate the concept. Nedan's idea is to refine and integrate the Hun and Po as a central part of the process to achieve Spiritual Immortality and Physical Well Being. Hun and Po are fundamental components of the framework of the process, as well as goals. If you need more understanding about Hun and Po, I suggest a new thread You can think of Hun as the software and Po as the hardware. As a human being you should functionally integrate both. That's what Neidan does; refines the ntegration. There is much more can be said and I know other bums will chime in. I just wanted to give a brief response to your question. Imo the abstract aspect of it could be addressed more directly in a thread detailing what is Hun and Po.

the evolution of tool users? (has pros and cons)

I don´t know. It looked to me like it was melted under a broiler in an oven but I suppose there´s more than one way to melt one´s cheese. Never mind me, today I´m operating with half a cauliflower.

When my cat was only a few weeks old, for some reason she was very interested in vegetables. Every time I come across that ubiquitous meme where a cat is being yelled at for not eating her broccoli, I find it heartbreaking. (Yes, I know it's not the cat in the original photo. Still, I can't help thinking my poor kitty may have been starving in her early kittenhood and would eat whatever... I got her when she was way too small for adoption age -- the woman selling her in the parking lot didn't seem like a reliable cat person, so, who knows. Incidentally, yesterday she brought home her first wild mouse... I mean the cat did, not that woman.)

And with a full brain you could make Cauliflower Polonaise. In my kitchen it's known as "The Right Way" rather than "Polonaise," as I inherited the recipe long before the attribution. ( "The Left Way" is just steaming it. "The Right Way" may or may not add cheese, it doesn't matter much since you can't improve much on perfection.)

Looks delicious. I´m of the opinion that anything topped with broiled cheese is delicious -- but that´s not an unpopular opinion.

If you had half a brain you could make cauliflower cheese:

Maybe the beauty of having all these "brains" is that we can change what we think without staying strictly in our head. There´s a gut-brain axis? Good! Let me change my thoughts by eating differently. Movement works too as well as various cultivation practices. Getting the right kind of sunshine can have a profound effect on the kind of thoughts associated with a bad mood. It´s often easier to change thoughts indirectly -- by working with the systems that effect the various brains -- than trying to strongarm thoughts on a cognitive level.

16. To obtain Magical Power, learn to control thought; admit only those ideas that are in harmony with the end desired, and not every stray and contradictory Idea that presents itself. 17. Fixed thought is a means to an end. Therefore pay attention to the power of silent thought and meditation. The material act is but the outward expression of thy thought, and therefore hath it been said that “the thought of foolishness is sin.” Thought is the commencement of action, and if a chance thought can produce much effect, what cannot fixed thought do?

And the Lord said : pick up your zafu and walk. And she did walk and the people were amazed.

In her youth, Zazen sometimes gets up and walks around. By the time Zazen is in her 80s she still walks just fine, thank you; but, especially after prolonged sitting, she can be a bit wobbly for a few steps until she gets going.

Yayoiu Kusama, 'Pumpkin Cat,' 1990 The cat addition to Kusama's famous pumpkin motif is of debatable authorship, but I like it. Kusama is a Japanese artist presently 96 years old. She keeps working every day in her Tokyo studio. Happy Halloween!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Corinthians 13&version=NIV Similarly, Bart D. Ehrman, in “The New Testament: A Historical Introduction”, notes that the Corinthian congregation faced numerous issues involving interpersonal conflicts and ethical improprieties. He states: “The congregation that Paul addresses appears to have been riddled with problems involving interpersonal conflicts and ethical improprieties. His letter indicates that some of its members were at each other’s throats, claiming spiritual superiority over one another.” (Marko Marina, Ph.D., Exploring 1 Corinthians: Authorship, Summary, and Dating) Always good to understand the context. I'm always floored by the assumption that everyone understands what "love" is. Paul gives characteristics, but if love is a feeling and a person doesn't feel it, the question is how do they regain it (love, that is)?