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This is so crucial I think, and likely one wouldn't really "get it" until it just happens. Motivation from a feeling of lack and practicing with a sense of grasping and striving is miserable looking back. This shift is one of the things that found me back here at the Bums.

Thanks for sharing this! In your practice of this do you use visualization or is it more of a sensing/feeling energy or placing your center or being at each of those organs or regions? Or something else?

My only food choice self-identity points these days is fresh, local, in season, as much as possible, and as minimal meat as possible. I'm not super strict, but I do stick to this pretty well, especially since this summer shift. I was having some health concerns and I just did it. It reminds me of when I was younger. It feels good. I have a hard time rooting my ego into much of anything, but the basics of life.

I only shift to a vegan diet for a few months at a time. I could do it longer term if it didn't make me weak. I was vegan in my 20s for three years until one night I ate some seafood and dairy to be polite as a guest. I felt much better after that and reintroduced some dairy into my diet. I think I didn't have enough money or a nutritionist or a chef to make that work. I still don't. I'll look into keto and see if its something I can do right now. Sounds good. Oh, I forgot chocolate. Dang! I'm going to test this out further. It's a good time since I've turned my diet upside down this summer and am still messing with stuff.

I agree! I had cut out caffeine and cut back to a vegan, mostly raw diet for a few months. I slowly reintroduced cooked foods and soups with chicken broth and pork broths when I began feeling drained. I need to look into keto. I've been maintaining calorie reduction and its great! About caffeine, what do you think of green tea? I had cut that out, but have been drinking it again for a few weeks. This is such great advice! I don't do it, but thanks for the reminder. Massage is a miracle. My favorites are Thai and Shiatsu. What kinds do you recommend?

Welcome!

Welcome!

It's been my understanding and limited experience that one can embody or express many intellectual theories physically. Like Yin/Yang, Emptiness, Stillness, and so on. That many of the alchemies and exercises are suggesting you do just that.

This makes sense in light of my last comment. This is in that same direction.

I wonder if according to the lifeways and theories of Daoism, one can achieve or strive towards an end goal, or if there can be an end goal at all in the sense of the Dao or the Void or Emptiness.

My head explodes as I ponder the answer. I think it could have as much a diverse response as your original questions here. Would it be worthy of a separate thread? *edit: I don't know, maybe not. That is just my initial reaction.

This is likely not so simple to answer, but I look forward to what will be shared here. It's my understanding that there are multiple understandings and practices of Daosim. It strikes me as a highly systematized universe of practices and life ways that emerged out of China's shamanic history.

I'd like access to the new Current Events café please. Thanks for your continued work in keeping all this going. ☯️

I have a related question about activating an old one. I've asked in a few ways, but no response. Any ideas?