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Just out of curiosity, but do any of you guys here eat meat? I personally still eat meat but I'm starting to come off it such as like chicken nuggets, some of the videos I see are so sad that it makes me want to cry.

The Tao: The Way thetaotheway.org The Eternal Tao theternaltao.com

The Tao cannot be defined. If the Tao is defined then this isn't the eternal Tao.

I've been interested in The Monroe Institute for some time now, I might have to pick up one of his books when I get the chance.

I know if I'm really tired I will hear voices in my one ear and it used to freak me out, now I try and listen to what the voices tell me. I heard this happens when your on the verge of dreaming though. Other than that I don't think I've done any telepathic messages except from receiving energy and such.

Welcome to the forum and thanks for the diagrams there gendao, they are interesting to read and look at now and again for reference.

I have a bunch that I write down from reading, but here's one of my favourites: "A truly good man is not aware of his goodness, and is therefore good. A foolish man tries to be good, and is therefore not good. A truly good man does nothing, yet nothing is left undone. A foolish man is always doing, yet much remains to be done." - Lao Tzu.

The universe is very crazy and mystical. I personally would like to be some form of a spirit guide when I pass on or a spirit that helps people along the way.

I like to think that animals think alike to us humans. We choose to eat what we want to eat and animals think the same, bit mind bending but perhaps its just a stereotype that all animals eat each other, such as Lions, there is probably a Lion out there who is a vegetarian hahahaha Yes I have saw online from what some Taoists are portrayed like, and some of them are very spiritual and connected to the spirit world but will still eat meat like a roast duck.

So the Qigong master said she could see most Americans part chicken? If she saw me as part chicken, would there be anyway to change back to fully human form? I also heard that by eating meat you are letting other entities enter your body, is this true? Is it harmful?

Yes that's true, the poll would not be 100% accurate. Going to be contradicting myself here but I get put off different types of meats for different reasons. Yet my favourite meal is chicken fried rice haha or egg fried rice.

A machine that will help man achieve a higher conscious level that others can't. By being hooked up to this machine you are able to contact your spirit guides with ease; increase your ability of astral project and OBE. The machine would also help increase your imagination as it would unleashed the full capacity of your brain. However this idea could back fire as it would more than likely be powered by artificial intelligence rather than natural intelligence.

Hi Rascal welcome to the forum, don't worry I'm still on the path at the moment of understanding what the Tao fully is. The Tao is very mystical but the more you dig deeper the more it comes clear to you what the Tao is.

Your life is like my belief I go by; those who suffer at the start of their life lead a happier one later on in life (and vice versa). Enlightenment can be a lengthy process for someone who doesn't want to let go and believe like myself, but I'm glad you found it.

So I was researching more about taoism as I'm more interested in the wisdom and philosophical side of it, and so I was wondering, is taoism a religion or just a philosophy? Because from what I've read some say it is a religion and others say its not.

Yes I'll have to investigate it further.

Oh right I see, well I'm going to keep using Tao and Taoism as I prefer to use those words instead of Dao and Daoism.

Yup, exactly what I'm doing. Believe it or not I was interested in Taoism from the Tao Te Ching book, but the main reason was the inspired wisdom from mainstream films showing Taoism. I've felt like I have always somehow been connected with something like this, whether its spirituality I don't know. For example most of the text I read comes under what I am actually like. Personality wise; calm, relaxed, not worrying about the future, and I've always been caring and generous etc.

Thanks for all your help, but what is the difference between Taoism and Daoism? Are they both the same words? Or are they words to separate the Western and Eastern world? Like the word Daoism sounds like a word the Western world would use. Haha reminds me of that Tao text: "The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao".

Yes forgive me as I am still in the understanding of the Tao. However I am feeling more connected with it everyday as I continue to read texts here and there. Yes that is true that everyone's opinion is going to be different and biased, but as I previously mentioned that I am still new to Taoism, I figured everyone would generally have the same answer. It can be difficult to fully understand the Tao. Forgive me if I didn't return a reply with as much detailed as yours, it was just that what you said was an interesting read. This will probably go against what you have said, but I did also find online that it is only in the modern day that Taoism is considered a religion, whereas back in around about the 4th century it wasn't considered a religion. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes the Tao Te Ching book I read was by Gia-fu Feng, which is the book I have ordered for Christmas. But thanks for the suggestions, I shall read the other two versions. And I was going to read the Tao of Pooh as many people have said it gives you the basic understanding of what the Tao is. Although at the moment I prefer Tao Te Ching having not read the Tao of Pooh.

Hi all I'm CoolBreezy (last minute choice haha) and I'm interested in the martial arts of Tai Chi and Wing Chun. I am also interested in learning more about Taoism, as I read Tao Te Ching not long back. I live in Birmingham, United Kingdom, I am also a big music lover and like watching films as well as my favourite actor is Jackie Chan. Looking forward to meeting you all, any questions do ask. oh I also got interested in Taoism as I have a calm and placid nature and am intrigued about the Chinese culture, I also want to learn Cantonese or Chinese as I like learning new languages.

You're a master of disguise. And I've been born since 1995.

I come under the Tao Philosophy then.

Yeah the next book I will be reading will be either "The Tao of Pooh" or "Tao: The Watercourse Way" unless you have any other suggestions? I have already read Tao Te Ching as well, and that's the only Tao text I have read.