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恒 (Héng) : Perseverance, Persistence, Enduring Constancy. One of the "virtues" deeply embedded in taoism.

So now the beginning of the complicated part: The organs placed in the Canopic Jars were the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines. It is not that the Egyptians didn't know about other organs but these were chosen deliberately. Their relative positions in the body are shown as follows: The organs were paired as follows: lungs and liver stomach and intestines Collectively the first two were under the protection of Hapi and Imsety (two of the sons of Horus); and the second two under Duamutef and Quebhsenuef. As pairs these were sometimes known as the Souls of Pe and the Souls of Nekhen. Where Pe and Nekhen are the ancient capitals of Lower and Upper Egypt. Pe (as part of the double town Pe and Dep had the tutelary deity Wadjet ( the cobra goddess ) and in Nekhen - Nekhabet the vulture goddess. They are also related to the two crowns, Red of the North and White for the South. Symbolically the upper part of the body is North and the lower part is South. So liver and lungs related to red and stomach and intestines to white. The task is to unite the two kingdoms north and south into one. So the task in terms of the body is to unite the upper and lower parts into one. NB. there is also the head which we will leave till later.

Nice to meet you! For me personally, this is an impressive experience — thank you for sharing! Regarding practice, I feel very close to what Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche describe in their books. I have also drawn many insights and much “food for inner work” and inspiration from the writings of the Dalai Lama, Lama Sopa (Khenpo Jampa Sopa), and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. In meditation (śamatha and vipassanā) and in everyday life I resonate with the approach of transforming obscuring emotions and bringing them onto the Path — here following the instructions of Padmasambhava. What Buddhism calls the “five poisons of the mind” I try to track and work with using the corresponding five wisdoms. I was deeply impressed by trips to India and Nepal — the sense of harmony, clarity and openness experienced in the Buddhist monasteries of Dharamsala left a strong impression. For me, the Inner Goetia approach as a system for overcoming “dead ends of consciousness” resonates in some ways with tantric Buddhist practice: identify / recognize a destructive manifestation and oppose it with a remedy. I’m currently rereading The New Lemegeton: goetic psychoanalysis (author Enmerkar), and when I find such dead ends in myself I try to work through them in daily life (and in meditation). By observation, this approach makes me freer and more harmonious, and external circumstances tend to arrange themselves more harmoniously as well. Could you tell a bit more about your experience? Have you personally met any contemporary teachers of the Nyingma/Dzogchen tradition, or perhaps attended any teachings? “Success in the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel” sounds very impressive — did that achievement open new horizons on the Path and make you stronger and freer?

Next month I will be sixty. That´s not an age that gives me bragging rights among my friendship group of "old gays" in Palm Springs, but I´m proud anyways. I´ve continued. I´m here so I belong here -- who can say otherwise? Maybe someday I´ll belong somewhere else, but that will be a different story.

Thank You Taomeow for sharing that. Endeavor to persevere. Resilient rhymes with resistant. No one is accusing me of "sanity" & I ain't everyone's cup of tea either. And a former mod team/admin once labeled me a 'cowboy' Well, the similarities I have in common with Clint likely end somewhere around there This thread is about keeping on keeping on. And doing it well. So dear bums, many of you in your youth, or arriving at some number, that may be messing a little with your mind,, Compare and contrast Dick and Clint. Both are still kicking. This thread gonna run like the Energizer bunny.

Holding their breath, the crowd surrounding him awaits a quotation that supports his statement.

For a long long time. So yeah, a little bird chirped to me there is talk about TDB having a core of an older crowd. I chirped back to that little bird, stick around, you ain't seen nothing yet. Daoist Longevity Practices is definitely a thing. I'm sure talk will get around to Li Ching-Yuen. Let's start the thread by looking at DVD That's right Dick van Dyke looks at his 100 years, and he provides so many examples, lessons, thoughts, on longevity. If we imagine someone to have a positive outlook, ability to brighten up other's day, Relaxed physicality, ( if you need to see what song/sung looks like, look no further) Staying active, still goes to gym three times a week, to avoid stiffening up. And a sense of humor and a warm caring heart. This is how one gets Longevity. Yes, he is rich and that helps I'm sure. But being rich is not what defines him.

Hello, I'm writing this in the spur of the moment in a sleep-deprived mania, so I hope you all will forgive me if I'm brief. I've been attracted to Daoism for the better part of three years now, but I haven't yet taken the plunge on becoming a practitioner mostly because I have been tugged to and fro by every aspect of practice, each equally interesting, that I haven't yet been able to choose anything to focus on. Maybe I need to find a teacher, even if it's just online, maybe I need to read more, maybe I need to stop worrying about it; whatever the case is, this feels like a good place to start. Thank you all for providing an inviting space for me to explore. I was raised Catholic and have spent most of my life an unwitting agnostic - I started exploring religion again about six years ago, but nothing felt as intrinsically right to me as Daoism has, if maybe just at the surface. I'll hope you all will excuse a few mistakes due to inexperience. See you, Taken Afront

His DDJ is on Terebess at https://terebess.hu/english/tao/st.pdf pages 6 and 10. (It doesn’t allow copying)

Hmmmm .... but that which does unite them is at the top of your image ...... no ? ( ' Sema ' ) Also it seems the body , or at least the Pharaoh's body * , is a 'microcosm' of the Nile , or the 'two lands ' ? * or the 'canopic elements ' of his body .

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Hi, You should be able to continue these conversations in the appropriate sections of Daobums if you wish. Either General discussion or Buddhist or Esoteric and so on. Obviously its up to you how you use the board and engage in discussion - I hope you enjoy the experience and look forward to engaging with you. A. PS. I have some years experience in Karma Kagyu Vajrayana, ngondro and mahamudra and so on.

Hi! nice to meet you

Nice to meet you! I’m not deeply familiar with the traditional, evocation-based approaches to Goetia.... and to be honest, I wouldn’t dare to practice them without proper experience and a qualified mentor. Regarding inner Goetia, so as not to distort the idea, I’ll quote the author from whom I first encountered this term: “Inner Goetia — a system of mind-therapy based on traditional views of constructive and destructive matrices that govern both personal and transpersonal levels of the mind.” For me personally, it’s a set of methods and approaches for observing destructive tendencies of the mind, recognizing how they manifest internally, and noticing the blind spots that create inner disharmony or block effective action. Practically speaking, whenever I encounter an inner dead-end — fear, uncertainty, doubt, or anything that destabilizes me and drains energy — I review my inner perspectives and beliefs to understand where the “hooks” of that destructive state are and what can be done to counterbalance it.

One thing I have learned by sitting everyday doing nothing is to let the mind do its thing and just watch it by not reacting or following stories. Also being verbally quiet and let it air out until there is no reaction left in the body-mind. This is undoing the do-er which itself is an object in awareness.

No . I talk to myself but here I write for others to read . 'We' ? I am of no mind about it . I am in my way at this moment , I am in my place where I am ( and live here daily ) . I found it decades ago and before that I have been awake since 1965 . The way at this moment moves towards dinner time . I shall practice my cooking . ... and try to be single pointed conscious in doing it .

Its almost as if the Egyptians believed nothing existed by itself but in relation to everything else .

Sure they do .... some of them ;

transcendental type ramblings and throwing the baby out with the bath water, what the hell?

And yet most people prefer to navigate with at least a map

'Beingness ' ... that has no existence ?

Welcome to the forum.

I'd like to hear more about your practice in Buddhism and Goetia too. I spent many years practicing in the Nyingma/Dzogchen tradition, and had success in "attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel".

hello and welcome . I am interested in this bit , maybe ...... depending on what you mean by it ; '' ... inner Goetia as a path of psychological and spiritual refinement ... '' '' ...

Welcome!

Saw this, and it felt a bit like gatekeeping. It's the most powerful form of qigong out there, and is not locked behind an academy paywall and a guru-like teacher. I switched now to just standing and nothing else on energetics. 40mins in ball holding pose, as recommended in Marc Cohen's book Inside Zhan Zhuang. My body becomes more supple, looser as the time progresses, not harder or stiffer. An important part of that is body scanning and allowing knots of tension to release. There are experiences when tension and hardness suddenly dissolve, after which the body feels light and soft. I would advise trying it for yourself. If you feel stiffer and more stuck, as Damo intimates, then switch to wuji or moving forms. But don't take his word as gospel, without trying for yourself.

Beginners should not do Zhan Zhuang also a sole practice in the beginning. It should be done along side a bunch of things like loosening exercises, opening body methods, alignment practices. I think that is what he is trying to get at. Because to do Zhan Zhuang correctly, you do need all of peripheral training to support the standing conditions. Those conditions cannot easily be developed within the standing method itself "initially". But you can do it for short periods in the beginning to see if there are improvements every day.