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  1. My summary of bhagavad gita

    its a fine question, nothing wrong with it of course i do. as i do with everything i see in the cat and mouse case i judge it to be bad. all men are either one or the other, but there is a secret not to be either one
  2. My summary of bhagavad gita

    excellent so the good Pandavas were the aggressor against the evil Kauravas here you are scarce on details. Concede what exactly? The kingdom, meaning the riches and power which the good Pandavas wanted. What the good people do when the evil people do not give the good ones riches and power? Why, kill the evil ones of course and take what is theirs by right! You see, Pandavas could perfectly well live in their lands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandava_Forest but they wanted the whole kingdom. So they killed their relatives and got killed themselves in a war of aggression earning Arjuna the terrible karma of being murdered by his own son. Good luck with any take away lessons from this sad tale. The tale of allegedly humongous spiritual insights. thank you mr. @dwai for your kind education. I never miss a chance to confirm in what a smoke and mirror world ordinary people live.
  3. My summary of bhagavad gita

    certainly
  4. My summary of bhagavad gita

    No they did not Not only the Kali Yuga started immediately after the war but also Arjuna himself was killed by his own son for no reason at all. There were bandits and mass migrations. Not only dharma did not win as you claimed but it sunk So the war turned out to be nothing good for. Thank you for your answers however. Now the next question you can school me on is the issue of the aggressor. Who first officially declared the war on whom? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukshetra_War
  5. My summary of bhagavad gita

    what is your point exactly? not killing nephews for power goes a long way in that department if you ask me
  6. My summary of bhagavad gita

    i am certain you are not deflecting, so any time span. What was any tangible beneficial result ever of the good Pandavas killing their evil cousins Kauravas as prompted by "the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love'? An expert like you can sure give a straight answer.
  7. My summary of bhagavad gita

    Unfortunately you seem to be grudging the details constantly. Please educate me how the contemporary humans became more happy after the victory concretely? Less disease, less suffering, longer lives, less children mortality, cleaner water, better food? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report (please substantiate with direct quotes)
  8. My summary of bhagavad gita

    i have unfortunately you left out a slight detail: what good came out of it?
  9. My summary of bhagavad gita

    of course you can, please go ahead
  10. Questions regarding Damos books

    exactly right. health is binary. either a tooth aches or does not. either an insulin shot is required or is not. thats opposed to well-being which as you quite correctly noted is nuanced of course. either whole or not whole. binary. why this is important? because in order to get well we need to know if we are sick. yes or no.
  11. Questions regarding Damos books

    if you are already healthy meaning not sick then your walks will improve your 'energy', immunity, joi de vivre, metabolism, well-being, fitness, strength - all kinds of thing ..but not health. health is a quantum state. either healthy (no specific disease) or not healthy (specific disease). Maybe walks can cure diseases, i have no issue with that. excellent. now we are talking. from where did you first learn that exact practice?
  12. Questions regarding Damos books

    Did you personally cure a specific disease by practicing with these books? If not then there are no health benefits That was not the question. I am sorry you sounded so knowledgeable but turns out you are not. my mistake.
  13. Questions regarding Damos books

    i would be most curious to learn what exactly these books are beneficial for and what exactly was directly experienced?
  14. My summary of bhagavad gita

    oh i understand: you think that pointing that 'killing own family is bad', A} brings a worse karma than actually 'killing your family' as preached in whatever scriptures. B} worse karma than preaching the ' 'killing of own family'. i see. thanks.
  15. My summary of bhagavad gita

    if there is a voice in one's head urging him to kill his family - i just hope he is institutionalized in time. any book that makes killing one's family a prerequisite to 'attain yoga: union with the divine' is satanic evil. I am sure many will disagree but for the saner amongst us: please dont drink the Kool-aid.
  16. My summary of bhagavad gita

    why not? is not this what normal people do without any voices in their head?
  17. Electric chi

    thats where i am from, what can i tell ya muchs gracias senor electricista!
  18. Electric chi

    i sympathize with the cognitive dissonance pain you are experiencing, but if you want to silence your opponent you have to complain to the mods. kind sir, if you know any texts on electrical zapping please quote them chapter, verse, verbatim. Except you can not. Electrical qi is a fantasy. Right?
  19. Electric chi

    eh you know making my elixir, translating more neidan text than anybody else on the planet, getting my phd in china, moving countries, so...this and that, thanks for asking i know about the singing horse, and i am sharing it with you https://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/sig.html just substitute one year with min 10 years
  20. Do What Thou Wilt

    Thanks. I had these obsessive posters blacklisted but that only blocks the posts not the threads unfortunately.
  21. Electric chi

    could you please show it to me on their (his) websites in writing? No? i did not think so. Why? Because it would instantly put them out of business. Instead there is an endless stringing on https://authenticneigong.com/course-overview "Only certain students who have achieved the min level of qi cultivation" LOL what a dangling carrot. -Err great master what exactly is the 'min'? - Oh lil grasshopper "There is no point discussing what comes after .. a min of 10 years"! -Umm great master will i ever achieve the "min"? -Oh lil grasshopper you will find out after you keep paying me for 'a "min "of 10 years'! (did he hilariously misspelled ‘min' instead of minG 命? LOL) Because i am knowledgeable and i think for myself. You see back in the day when you wanted to buy a used car you could not get a quote by telephone. You would call a dealer, ask how much is such and such year model and they all would refuse to give you a number. Instead they would feed you the exact same line of yours 'you have to come and see for yourself'. And the idea is, that if the mark invested into the trip he will be easier bamboozled into buying a lemon at a rip off price. And if not he would be insulted as a 'not serious buyer'. Same here, if i come they would just declare that my attitude is wrong or i have to prepay or the clinic is closed on that day...stringing on and on while my money being spent staying there. i know all their tricks in advance. so no...thats not a good faith offer. Also i know exactly what is going on between you, the true believers and them, the true teachers.
  22. Electric chi

    will be glad to. such a device is of course viable. the problem is A) the performer will be shocked as well B ) if the mark's shoes and the floor are insulators then the performer will have to touch the mark's body in two points for the current to go through the marks body. Thats why the device will be viable in principle but not providing a credible impression in practice. I dont think there is a device in the majority of these demonstrations. What is going on is a hypnosis. because in 10 years the student will find out he has been sold a bill of goods;)
  23. LDT Woes

    let's let the local experts explain. then if you wish send me a PM
  24. LDT Woes

    ironically what you think to be are in fact excellent results. This what success in the LDT practice looks like. So if you dont want to enjoy it, i guess you can sabotage it and call it a remedy;)
  25. Use cannabis to build Chi

    what you see is what you get, they say that phrase is by one great Zen master ridiculing another great Zen master. So...that ghost cave maybe not a such bad place after all ghost cave