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Hi It is time to change the image on the header for the new year ... to Fire Horse. If you have a suitable image please submit it or a link to it in the next few days. @liminal_luke will arrange for the artwork based on the best image- NB. My little pony is probably not what we are looking for

Trolling my own thread!

There were a couple of years those little ponies roamed the range here on TDB. so much for nostalgia, forge ahead Fire Horse. Dao is a galloping horse

Wang Dao said more or less the same 道虛無體，故生物以立道之體。 «道玄篇»

Someone once said that learning Chinese is "a five-year lesson in humility". I used to think this meant that at the end of five years you will have mastered Chinese and learned humility along the way. However, now having studied Chinese for over six years, [make that 8 in my case] I have concluded that actually the phrase means that after five years your Chinese will still be abysmal, but at least you will have thoroughly learned humility.” [so true, 10 cry emojis here]. (https://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html) I posted this before, lots of times actually.

Generally yes, especially later in the day, not during the hottest hours (when Water in this situation evaporates with a lot of agitation and steam). Not frying to a crisp on the beach, not with loud boisterous parties on the beach, and not when the ocean is stormy. Calm cool water, preferably later in the day, is likely to control some of that Fire -- to an extent. To what extent depends on one's personal bazi chart.

I didn't mean to post a sad face under a joke as judgment on the joke, I simply didn't get it, and thought you were talking about some actual adversities. Which I have feng shui reasons to expect from the coming year. (Not for everybody personally, just "generally speaking." When they say "may you live in interesting times" as a curse, it could also be expressed as "may you live in the year of the Fire Horse.")

@Taomeow Just my attempt at a joke...probably not my best attempt.

Here is one that amused me ; Lads from work went out drinking and came home. One had left his key inside the motel room and being late, no staff around . So they put some bins against the wall , climbed up and he tried to get through the bathroom window but he got stuck , so the other two pushed him and he ;popped' through , skidded along the floor like a body surfer , head butted the toilet , broke it and knocked himself out . The other two feeling they had got him inside okay left . Mate woke up with a concussive hangover and rushed off to work . People had complained about the ruckus last night and the manager went to have a look . Freaked out, rang the boss ( company was paying for accommodation ) , boss got up mate and told him to go straight to manager after work , apologize and pay for any damages . So he did and went and knocked on managers door who came to the door with yapping little dog in arms ( finally, we get to the dog part ) ... from my mate; '' .. and he is ' You break the bins , you smash toilet, everyone is disturbed .... I ban you forever and your company ....' and all through it the dog is snarling and barking and gnashing its teeth ... from the safety of his arms ! I am apologizing and offering money and the guy is shouting and the dog barking and he is being unreasonable , so I lost it and '' Look ! Shut the fuck up and shut your yapping annoying barking in my face dog or I will grab it and shove it nose first up yer f**** arse - while its still barking ! ' and stormed off . Later I was 'Oh crap, now I have had it, why did I do that ! ' next day at work the boss goes up to him 'Did you sort things out with the motel manager ?' ... 'Errrmmm , yeah , I think so . '' No further reports went in

So there was this word, orkhestra, in Ancient Greek. Latin borrowed it thence as orchestra, English borrowed it from Latin as orchestra, and then Japanese borrowed it from English, predictably, as okesutora. Then the Japanese added kara -- empty -- and created karaokesutora, empty orchestra, which they then condensed/shortened into karaoke. Then English borrowed from Japanese this new word, karaoke. Italian (derived from Latin) and Modern Greek (derived from Ancient Greek) borrowed it from English and got their own karaoke. Etymology is strange.

Mercury?

Not suggesting much, just observing and enjoying. Keep going my friends!

May s/he be with you in that ;

Thats is a cheap way to get a thrill Apech

To be honest with you, I already feel I’ve been cruified. I was more thinking balancing the feminine, intuitive, emotional water stuff with the masculine FIRE and discipline.

Concentrate. Agape.

I know this is a very old post, but Dr. Baolin Wu is releasing a book this year called Eye of Heaven: The Daoist Secret of Opening the Third Eye, and in this book the 5 Centers Facing Heaven qigong form is revealed for the first time in print.

It comes from WAY before that. Read Joseph Campbell, "The Power of Myth", and "The Hero with a Thousand Faces". You can watch some of his discourses here: https://www.youtube.com/@JosephCampbellFoundation This might be pertinent:

Given my experiences at the free county clinic, I´m thinking "Fire Horse" isn´t gonna be an especially auspicious year.