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    4 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

    I don't do Kundalini.  Didn't even know what it is until I looked it up.  Never done any kind of Yoga either.

     

    Being an immortal was BS.  But I know that I will live until I die so in my mind (that is where my understanding that I am alive resides) I am immortal because I will never know that I am dead after I die.

     

    That is what I figured.  I am curious, what do you personally believe The Dao Bums mission statement is?

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  2. Posted · Edited by moment

    7 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    But having attained immortality I am doing my best to re-surface all those roads for others.

     

    Is your tongue stuck in your cheek? I also see that you liked Limahong's comment on Kundalini.  You caught me right in the middle of an edit. I tend to be a little slow that way. I always start with rough drafts.  Since yor reply has already popped up below, I guess I will move down.

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    6 minutes ago, falcon said:

     

    Haha i tried for a couple hours straight. It got to the point where I was noticing some usually "un-recognizable" habits of ego clinging. I can see how it would work given it 100% for a month, but also enjoy life a lot less by constantly noting in the present moment.

     

    Being able to ground quickly in all situations is the most important thing you can learn.  But, most people have to learn that the hard way.

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    2 hours ago, Starjumper said:

     

    Be aware that not everyone is ready for this and it has caused some people to go off their rocker.  Possibly youngsters are the least prepared for it.

    To Falcon,

    There is a very safe intermediate step to the mirror meditation.  Sit in a comfortable position with a straight spine. Now,

    start peeling layers.  First, feel your skin, then go inside and feel your breath and realize these are not you. Now, look at your thoughts and realize that you can separate your thoughts from you.  When for a brief time their is no thoughts, there is still you looking out. Keep feeling, sensing this you that is apart from everything else. Keep working on making this" I" the master that can be trained to observe your emotions, thoughts, and with more advanced development you can use this perspective to reduce pain to a substantial degree.

    Do this for 30-90 days.  While you are doing this learn a variety of grounding techniques, with sets of Tai Chi being numero uno.

    After all of that, give the mirror meditation a shot.

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  11. Posted · Edited by moment

    On 8/4/2018 at 8:50 AM, Vuk said:

    do you think that what caused point 3) could have been some kind of spontaneous and temporary activation of the Microcosmic Orbit? 

    That would most likely be a no.  My experience with connecting the snake to the top of the head and beyond is unimaginable bliss.

    Bliss so complete and total as to make one nearly non-functional in the physical world for a period of time.

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    5 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    Well, Hey, I'm not always successful at expressing my mind on a first attempt either.  To me, all that means is that I have to rethink what I said and find a better way of saying it.

     

    Sure, there are many aspects of the universe that have more energy, or potential energy, than I will ever have.  But I don't reify (personify) these aspects of the universe.  So yes, I am saying that I do not hold to there being a higher personified power greater than I.  But then, I am simply one of the Ten Thousand Things.  Nothing special.

     

    Sure, religions work with faith and hope.  I work with historical fact.  Sure, you could call them flip sides of the same coin.  The coin being how we live out life and what we base our understandings and actions on.

     

    For me, I see the difference as being between living in a fantasy world (faith and hope) and living in a world where shit happens.

     

     

    I think defining the space between, some preconcepts here, is one of those areas in which words are proving inadequate. But, on the bright side, you have taught me a new word (reify).  After looking up all of it's nuances, I see that it is much more agile than personify.  Thank you.

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    6 hours ago, Marblehead said:

    We will never agree on this but at least we are being civil about it.

     

    Faith and hope, in my opinion, are rooted in the concept of a higher power that hears your prayers and might grant your wishes.

     

    It's not one of my capabilities to go there.  I am an Atheist, after all.

     

     

    We are civil people. Since there are many higher powers in the universe, I assume you mean a personified/religious higher power.  I am not religious and I do not believe in religious faith either.  I do believe though that atheism is just the flip side of the coin from religious faith.  I am not picking at you.  I am trying to point toward something for both of us.  My communication skills are probably not up to it though.

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    41 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

    I'm going to be light on you this time.

     

    Yes, confidence is faith in one's capacities and capabilities.

     

    But then, "show and tell time" offers the same results without faith.

     

    41 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

     

    I'm going to be light on you this time.

     (I appreciate that.  I shall return the favor).

    Yes, confidence is faith in one's capacities and capabilities.

    (Tao is between insecurity and confidence).

    But then, "show and tell time" offers the same results without faith.

    (The Tao has no show and tell time).

     

    Anything outside of Tao is an operation of faith.

     

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