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1 hour ago, nine tailed fox said:I did a sadhana from the internet where I chanted two Buddhist mantras over third eye and heart center
Which Sadhana? Is it online somewhere we could examine it? Have you contacted your Sadhana teacher and asked for help?
1 hour ago, nine tailed fox said:I would be grateful if somebody could help me or guide me to someone who can help me
@freeform can provide some help, I would figure. In the meanwhile stop all internal practice and enjoy ordinary life with long walks in nature and helping other people whenever possible.
You can seek opinions on Dharmawheel.net also, but I'm not sure how well they know and may give help about yogic sickness.
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7 hours ago, Taomeow said:No matter which "superior" "civilization" encounters the non-incorporated, it finds, to its chagrin (and murderous envy) a healthy, happy people -- and proceeds to change that state of affairs fast, and forever.
You will love the following essay and may have already read it somewhere else:
Preconquest Consciousness
by E. Richard Sorenson
from the book Tribal Epistemologies: Essays in the Philosophy of Anthropology
A highly relevant excerpt, taken from https://ranprieur.com/readings/preconquest.html
Collapse of Preconquest Consciousness
The time-of-troubles in New Guinea was regional. In smaller preconquest isolates such disorders were sometimes confined to single tiny islands, even villages, even segments of the village population (e.g., teenagers often seemed particularly susceptible). Nonetheless in all cases the subtlest affect exchanges faded first with intuitive rapport going into irreversible collapse much later.
After loss of intuitive rapport, the sensually empathetic instincts governing sociosensual nurture became cruder and were less often on-the-mark. In large regions a grand cultural amnesia sometimes accompanied this collapse. Whole populations would forget even recent past events and make gross factual errors in reporting them. In some cases they even forgot what type and style of garments they had worn a few years earlier or (in New Guinea) that they had been using stone axes and eating their dead close relatives a few years back. Initially I thought they were dissimulating in an effort to ingratiate or appear up-to-date, but rejected this thought almost immediately. They were simply too unassuming and open in other respects for such a theory to hold up. And when I showed photographs I'd taken a few years earlier, they would brighten up, laugh, and eagerly call their friends as they excitedly began relating their reviving recollections.
The periods of anomie sometimes alternated with spates of wild excitement leading to a strange mixture of excess and restraint. It was during such disorders that abstract concepts of rights, property, and possession began emerging. So did formal names for people, groups, and places. These were then used argumentatively in defense of rights, property, and possessions. Negative emotions were applied to strengthen argument. Eventually they became structural aspects of society. As the art of political manipulation emerged, the selfless unity that seemed so firm and self-repairing in their isolated enclaves vanished like a summer breeze as a truth-based type of consciousness gave way to one that lied to live.
A similar type of turmoil and transformation began occurring on small islands in the eastern Sea of Andaman somewhat after the Vietnam War.
South East Asia was then rapidly developing economically, and the dazzling scenery, fine beaches, and crystal waters of many of those islands attracted an explosively abrupt tourism trade. As it gathered pace, the intuitive rapport that was still extant on many islands first began to waver, then to oscillate. In some cases a half-way house adjustment would occur, and then another, both without serious psychological disability. However, in cases of accelerated change, a whirlwind psychological debility would sometimes suddenly break loose. The following, abstracted from my field notes, is a firsthand description of one such case:
I'm out, back from the Andaman where I've just been through an experience I'll not soon forget. Only by pure chance did I happen to be there when their extraordinary intuitive mentality gave up the ghost right in front of me, in an inconceivable overwhelming week. I'm almost wrecked myself, in a strange anomie from having gone through that at too close a range, and from staying up all night too many times to try to understand just what was going on. I never was much good at keeping research distance, always feeling more could be learned close in. And I'd come straight into the Andaman from two months of tantric philosophical inquiry in a Tibetan monastery. Perhaps that tuned awareness up a notch too much.
There really was no way to have predicted that, just after I arrived, the acute phase of their ancient culture's death would start. To speak abstractly of the death of a way-of-life is a simple thing to do. To experience it is quite another thing. I've seen nothing in the lore of anthropology that might prepare one for the speed by which it can occur, or for the overwhelming psychic onslaughts it throws out. Nor does my profession forewarn of those communicable paroxysms that hover in the air which, without warning, strike down with overwhelming force, when a culture's mind gives way.
Yet this is just what happened when the traditional rapport of those islands was undone, when the subtle sensibility of each to one another was abruptly seared away in a sudden unpredicted, unprecedented, uncognated whirlwind. In a single crucial week a spirit that all the world would want, not just for themselves but for all others, was lost, one that had taken millennia to create. It was suddenly just gone.
Epidemic sleeplessness, frenzied dance throughout the night, reddening burned-out eyes getting narrower and more vacant as the days and nights wore on, dysphasias of various sorts, sudden mini-epidemics of spontaneous estrangement, lacunae in perception, hyperkinesis, loss of sensuality, collapse of love, impotence, bewildered frantic looks like those on buffalo in India just as they're clubbed to death; 14 year olds (and others) collapsing on the beach, under houses, on the pier, in beached boats as well as those tied up at the dock, here and there,into wee hours of the morn, even on through dawn, in acute inebriation or exhaustion. Such was the general scene that week, a week that no imagination could have forewarned, the week in which the subtle sociosensual glue of the island's traditional way-of-life became unstuck.
To pass through the disintegrating social enclaves was to undergo a rain of psychic blows, a pelting shower of harrowing awarenesses that raised goose flesh of unexpected types on different epidermal sites along with other kinds of crawlings of flesh and skin. There were sudden rushes, both cold and hot, down the head and chest and across the neck, even in the legs and feet. And deep inside, often near the solar plexus, or around heart, or in the head or throat, new indescribable sensations would spontaneously arise, leave one at a loss or deeply disconcerted.
Such came and then diffused away as one passed by different people. Sensations would abruptly wash in across the consciousness, trigger moods of awe, or of sinking, sometimes of extraordinary love, sometimes utter horror. From time-to-time nonspecific elemental impulses arose just to run or dance, to throw oneself about, to move. All these could be induced and made to fade and then come back, just by passing through some specific group, departing, and then returning, or by coming near a single friend, moving off and coming back. That this was possible so astonished me that I checked and checked and checked again.
Such awarenesses, repeatedly experienced, heap up within the brain. Eventually the accumulation left me almost as sleepless and night-kinetic as they had become. I did discover that with body motion, mind becomes less preoccupied within itself, therefore less distressed. With kinetic frenzy mind-honor lessens very much. But it left them exhausted during the day, somnambulant, somewhat zombie-like. When night returned, the cycle would re-begin, as if those nocturnal hours, when they would otherwise be sleeping, were the time of greatest stress.
Though the overt frenzied movements could be observed by anyone, the psychic states that so powerfully impelled them were not easily detectable to outsiders. It seemed as if one had to have some personal rapport within the lifeway before the mental anguish could be sensed. Then it would loom, sometimes overwhelm. One Westerner looking casually on said, 'How exotic to see these uneducated types staying up throughout the night, dancing strangely, relating to each other in nonproductive ways.' This place must be an anthropological paradise: Tourists happening on the scene thought it a fillip to their holiday. Intimacy and affection seem prerequisite to connecting with these inner surges of human psyche, even overwhelming ones.
Eventually I retreated, mentally exhausted, cognitively benumbed, emotionally wrung out. I tried to thwart that siege (when I finally recognized it for what it really was) by getting key people out. A useless foolish gambit; for no one would leave the spot, as if they were welded to it, as if it held some precious thing they very greatly loved, which they neither would nor could abandon.
When the mental death had run its course, when what had been was gone, the people (physically still quite alive) no longer had their memory of the intuitive rapport that held them rapturously together just the week before, could no longer link along those subtle mental pathways. What had filled their lives had vanished. The teensters started playing at (and then adopting) the rude, antagonistic, ego-grasping styles of the encroaching modern world, modeled after films and then TV. Oldsters retreated into houses, lost their affinity to youngsters, who then turned more to one another, sometimes squabbling (which did not occur before).
It seems astonishing that the inner energy of such passings is so undetectable to minds not some way linked to the inner harmonies and ardors of the place. Research-distance yields abstractions like 'going amok', which could have been easily applied that week, or 'revitalizing movement', which also could have been (in a perverse kind of way). It seems that only by some mental coalescence with the local lifeway can one access its deeper psychic passions, not just those of adolescence, but graver ones like those which for a time were released in inconceivable profusion, when the collective subtle mind of the islands, built up over eons, was snuffed out.
Similar processes, perhaps not always so dramatic, seem to occur when any domineering or abstractly focused alien culture (whether Western, Sinic, Indic, or Islamic) impacts on a preconquest people. To the degree that the in-depth readjustment requires new relationships between the awareness and manipulation centers in the cerebral cortex and the centers of emotion in the mid and lower brains, they represent physiological as well as psychological change and therefore raise important questions about the promise and condition of the state of humankind.
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5 hours ago, Gerard said:My comment was directed to the OP who his asking for advice and because yours leads to *disharmony I logically stepped in and provided advice based on my personal experience.
I don't understand your vaguely rationalized interventions, but maybe you have a really big urge of getting involved with others.
My dietary peculiarities reflect my individual constitutional needs and I only gave a list of foodstuff as a good reference point to start with. My lunch and dinner outlines were just to show the simplicity of its application in the end. Giving more detailed advice would be unethical for reasons that should be obvious by now.
And sure, eating one meal before noon could be the ideal for some purposes and there really are ideal eating hours for the most economical use of digestive energy, but I feel you are exaggerating a lot to the point of coming off as a dietary fundamentalist.
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4 minutes ago, Cleansox said:Some use sex to relieve stress, which isn't the same as fucking the bear that tries to eat you.
Spoiler
Please note that this tactic is likely to get you either to fuck or fucked up.
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1 minute ago, Sketch said:Direction towards this sort of training systems would be appreciated.
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I recently was quite put off by the fact that there weren't public videos of Waysun Liao demonstrating any Taijiquan standard form or moving sequence.
Why wouldn't a martial arts teacher keep public videos that clearly show how he practices actual Taijiquan or applies his martial skill?
Is he being too posh, too spiritual, or consciously making market value out of hiding and mystique?
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2 minutes ago, Taomeow said:I don't find that much difference between any of the institutionalized religions. They are in the habit of not practicing what they preach even if what they preach sounds about right. Perhaps I like the non-proselytizing ones more, the ones that practice "live and let live" regardless of what they preach. But both kinds can be found within both "Abrahamic" and "non-Abrahamic" traditions.
Buddhism rejected the caste society. There is no Buddhist marriage either, but all the teachings are geared towards varying degrees of renunciation.
It's because of the civilized "need of convenience" that people desire accumulation and "divine permissions" to legitimize their neuroses and attachments. Is the contemporary Buddhism already flawed then because it was brought to mankind during the time of high-civilization? We could ask much of the same about Daoism really. We need solutions, so what does the mankind at large have left if no institutionalized spiritual practice fits the need?
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1 hour ago, Taomeow said:Some post-shamanic belief systems inherited those attitudes, but most couldn't (or wouldn't) make a dent in the new way of dealing with nature that became either an enemy to defeat or an impersonal, inanimate set of objects to exploit.
This is one of the definite reasons why I like proper Buddhism (and Daoism) in contrast to Abrahamic religions: Adaptation, acknowledgement, and respect to local heritage versus framing nature as the abode of the devil that needs to be overthrown and the ancient beliefs as the devil's misleading work.
Both Buddhism and Daoism are antithetical to the entrenchment of complex living and the exploitative games that come with civilized hierarchies and pseudo-religious moral panic. I suppose that most of the readers here on TDB are attracted to the non-religious notions of unpretentious simplicity and "let's just be friends" attitude.
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On 9/9/2021 at 9:47 PM, Taomeow said:Bacteria and viruses that were to become deadly in a couple thousand years of civilized lifestyles lived peacefully inside our ancestors without making them sick or causing epidemics.
The traditional Vajrayana Buddhist view on this is that the many neuroses of the civilized lifestyles cause increasing provocations towards spirits (both earthbound and celestial types). For example, it's been said that Nagas (a serpentine humanoid creature that associates with fresh water sources) can get seriously injured and have their skin peel off if someone even accidentally pollutes a body of water. Celestial spirits would get upset if anyone tried to subvert the "way of heaven" (filial piety, ethics, vows, etc.) for selfish reasons. The human expansion also causes mankind to come in contact with naturally occurring spirits that are by their personality trait very unkind and hostile. The overall effect is that there are many possible sources of spiritual retribution. When such retributive karma has accumulated enough on the collective level without discharging on individuals one at a time, then there is an opening for new contagious diseases to appear.
Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche was one teacher that often taught about diseases having some specific type of spirit causing the illness. He said, for example, if I recall correctly, that the HIV/AIDS was caused by a tiny humanoid spirit that acted like a parasite to drain person's vitality. As far as I can tell, the material manifestation of the disease only is the breakdown of the tangible body after vitality becomes affected.
Of course, none of this contradicts anything that you have said about the "primitive" humans living in harmony with nature. Such innocence would have granted them natural and undiluted access to awareness that would have prevented formative conflicts.
My advice to everyone thus: Live ethically, take care of yourself and others according to your capability, and respect the natural environment as the clean abode of many living beings.
EDIT: I checked a Norbu teaching booklet and found the following descriptions:
QuoteTheft of life force by Theurangs, ...
The'u sris rku. Theurangs are a class of non-human beings of small size and resembling humans.
An image of Theurang:
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On 9/7/2021 at 12:03 PM, Gerard said:This is when problems start and will damage/mess your energetic system ENTIRELY
Now on The Dao Bums weekly menu:
Hors d'oeuvre: Nutritional melodrama
Main course: Unsolicited personal advice by resident remote diagnostic expert
Thank you very much, my heart is now entirely content with laughter.
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For recovery and very beginner level Neigong it's often very good to eat foods that are not damp or phlegm forming, but maybe even removing these two conditions.
The big issue with many modern diets is that they create internal dampness and phlegm which are poorly understood in materialistic science but accounted in every traditional holistic medicine. These conditions are about the weakening of digestive fire, so that the spleen and stomach can't digest well and are unable to distribute the body fluids properly. @freeform's warning about the cold and watery foods is exactly about this.
I have prepared a list of dampness and phlegm removing foods for my use. I can recommend these with the caveat that it would be much better if you had a traditional medicine or nutritionist expert helping you find the right balance for your current constitution. Even I have been recommended to consume some occasional watermelon or cold food. My lists of foods to limit and foods to add are much more suitable for anyone's consideration, but still it's good to exercise discernment.
A special note about my diet is that I try to avoid all the proper cereals like wheat, rye, oat, barley, rice, maize, and millet. This is related to Daoist teachings that these grains are not so good for health, and it in fact is quite obvious after comparative tasting that they have some subtle nerve stimulating effects.
QuoteGRAINS ARE ADDICTIVE:
Groups led by Zioudrou (1979) and Brantl (1979) found opioid activity in wheat, maize and barley (exorphins), and bovine and human milk (casomorphin), as well as stimulatory activity in these proteins, and in oats, rye and soy. Cereal exorphin is much stronger than bovine casomorphin, which in turn is stronger than human casomorphin. Mycroft et al. (1982, 1987) found an analogue of MIF-1, a naturally occurring dopaminergic peptide, in wheat and milk. It occurs in no other exogenous protein… Since then, researchers have measured the potency of exorphins, showing them to be comparable to morphine and enkephalin (Heubner et al. 1984), determined their amino acid sequences (Fukudome &Yoshikawa 1992), and shown that they are absorbed from the intestine (Svedburg et al.1985) and can produce effects such as analgesia and reduction of anxiety which are usually associated with poppy-derived opioids.(Greksch et al.1981, Panksepp et al.1984)… One of the most striking phenomena in these studies is that patients often exhibit cravings, addiction and withdrawal symptoms with regard to these foods (Egger 1988:170, citing Randolph 1978; see also Radcliffe 1987:808-10, 814, Kroker 1987:856, 864, Sprague & Milam 1987:949, 953, Wraith 1987:489, 491). Brostoff and Gamlin (1989:103) estimated that 50 per cent of intolerance patients crave the foods that cause them problems, and experience withdrawal symptoms when excluding those foods from their diet. Withdrawal symptoms are similar to those associated with drug addictions (Wadley, Greg; Martin, Angus “The Origins of Agriculture: A Biological Perspective and a new Hypothesis” Australian Biologist 6: June 1993 pp. 96-105)
“The adoption of cereal agriculture and the subsequent rise of civilisation have not been satisfactorily explained, because the behavioural changes underlying them have no obvious adaptive basis… The answer, we suggest, is this: cereals and dairy foods are not natural human foods, but rather are preferred because they contain exorphins. This chemical reward was the incentive for the adoption of cereal agriculture in the Neolithic. (Wadley, Greg; Martin, Angus “The Origins of Agriculture: A Biological Perspective and a new Hypothesis” Australian Biologist 6: June 1993 pp. 96-105)
https://sensualanimist.com/2012/10/16/taoist-diet-bigu-avoiding-grains/
Foods to Avoid or Limitdairy
wheat
cold drinks
fruit juice
processed foods
refined flour, pastry, pasta, breads
cold and raw foods, unripe fruits, salad
refined sugar and sugar substitutes, sweets
coffee, alcohol
deep fried foods
peanuts and peanut butter
bananas, avocado
mushrooms
peppers
fermented foods
vinegar and acidic foods
seafood
Foods to Add
warm boiled water
organic lightly cooked vegetables, pumpkin, caper
brown rice, barley, amaranth, rye, oats
legumes, kidney beans, adzuki beans, lentils
small amount of lean organic lamb/mutton, poultry and fish
small amount of whole fruits, lemon
sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seedsFoods which resolve Dampness
Adzuki bean, Caraway, Garlic, Mackerel, Pumpkin, Alfalfa, Cardamon, Green Tea, Marjoram, Quail
Anchovy, Celery, Horseradish, Mushroom (button), Radish
Asparagus, Clove, Jasmine Tea, Mustard leaf, Rye
Barley, Coriander, Kidney bean, Onion, Scallion
Basil, Corn, Kohlrabi, Oregano, Turnip
Buckwheat, Daikon, Lemon, Parsley, Umeboshi plums
Cinnamon, Ginger, Rosemary, Dill, Sage, Nutmeg, Fennel, Anise, Raw honey
Foods which resolve PhlegmAlmond, Grapefruit, Mustard seed, Peppermint
Apple peel, Lemon peel, Olive, Plantain, Thyme
Black pepper, Liquorice, Onion, Radish, Walnut
Celery, Marjoram, Orange peel, Seaweed, Watercress
Clam, Mushroom (button), Pear, Shiitake
Garlic, Mustard leaf, Shrimp
Daikon, Marjoram, Mustard seed, Persimmon, Tangerine peel
My typical breakfast/lunch
Porridge made out of
- Buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa
- Salt and some herbs (typically at least basil)
My typical dinner
A seasonally constituted selection of
- Steamed vegetables and tubers: potato, pumpkin and squash varieties, turnip, etc.
- A bit of clarified butter and olive oil
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11 hours ago, Zhongyongdaoist said:Now in one sense I am being as unfair to Xunzi, as I have been to the Analects, but the reason for characterizing him as a villain comes from this oversimplification about his and Mencius view on Human Nature. For Mencius Human Nature was fundamentally good, and the purpose of Confucian teaching was to help people fully realize that fundamental goodness, however for Xunzi human nature was bad, and the purpose of Confucian teaching was to train them to overcome that bad nature and become good.
Wang Fengyi comments on his books that the viewpoints differ because of their emphasis either on original mind (Mencius) or acquired mind (Xunzi). The original mind preserves the spontaneous ethical purity, while the acquired mind easily accumulates selfish traits. Surely, the former points to ethical ideals and what people can hope to aspire for in their self-cultivation, and the latter teaches discerning eye for statesmen.
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On 4/30/2020 at 6:06 PM, Creation said:What really struck me about Musk in the Rogan clip I saw was his benevolence and generosity of spirit. He is not doing the things he does for money or fame.
Becoming a filthy rich influential person is entirely about consciously cultivating a sense of incredible self-worth, justifying the accumulation of wealth to others, and mastering the game of social expectations and virtue signalling. These people are no saints.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.
— Matthew 19:24
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On 9/2/2021 at 5:31 PM, Miroku said:I will be glad for any suggestion, that is outside of the realm of a certain gyalpo spirit.
I have taken notice how searching online for many popular yidams shows prominent top results that are pro-gyalpo. Someone has certainly been paying a lot of money for search engine optimization and reaching Internet visibility. In my opinion, it's pretty clear that much of the gyalpo driven agenda has been subsidized by the spiteful Chinese Communist Party as a revenge towards Dalai Lama.
2 hours ago, C T said:Some pretty weird shugden stuff happened here in Malaysia not too long ago, involving quite a prominent teacher. Sad ending. Hard to be certain if its coincidental, but i dunno... its just... weird. Anyway, he died young.
Is there any article about this or can you share details?
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The more harmonious and aware your heart-mind is and the more spontaneously perfect your virtues (De) are, the more refined and subtle your Qi becomes.
The advanced technical aspects of Qi operation are kept as secrets, but the most important reason is because it's difficult to conceptualize them accurately and very few have the qualifications for reaching the deep trance states where they are met. Reading books can whet the appetite of curiosity, but not satisfy it. Understanding will come from personal practice and direct realization.
A more general address which may not apply to you:
Many people become awestruck when they hear about the meditative phenomena and other technical terms that have been invented to explain the practitioner's progress towards the Dao. I know this perspective might not feel very helpful for now, but it's good to bear in mind that simple heart with practical concerns makes for a better practitioner than the scholar's intellectual thirst.
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Just now, silent thunder said:I do not find such videos convincing, or inspiring. Often, it's the opposite.
Besides, it wouldn't be enough unless there had been a team of accredited scientist examining the demonstration throughout on the scene and ruling out all possibilities of fraud. Some people have incredible standards, you know.
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Shanrendao is a very important modern neo-Confucian school that also incorporates some Daoist and Buddhist teachings. Seek out the books of the founder, Wang Fengyi, for the best overall introduction for Chinese internal arts.
Of more practical benefit is the great book by Liu Yousheng, Let the Radiant Yang Shine Forth: Lectures on Virtue. If I ever formally teach anything in internal arts, then reading this book will be the mandatory first step for the students. It's simply that good.
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49 minutes ago, Dev said:Because in the mo pai system you accumulate much more chi than in the other systems (from what I've read), and i would imagine that this would make it a lot more sustainable to heal people?
Much speculation and hearsay, I'm afraid.
People are too attached to systems, names, and impressing sounding phenomena. It's as if spiritual cultivation is imagined to be like pumping iron and growing big muscles. It's ironic because detachment and formless wisdom generally is essential to accumulating virtues and harmonious energy in the most beneficial manner.
49 minutes ago, Dev said:Do other lineages still have powerful healing practices/abilities?
Of course. But, you should consider your motives. Why are you interested in getting involved with other people's karma? You have already read freeform's experience; are you prepared for and wanting those consequences?
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7 hours ago, Vajra Fist said:Interestingly, Maharaishi was against laymen chanting Om, saying it is used by monastics to destroy hs source of material attachments. Here's a quote from him.
Thanks for sharing. This teacher is a joke who only wishes to limit and control his prospective clients.
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17 hours ago, Taomeow said:Meanwhile, the dog is still looking at the stick, mesmerized, excited. Wow! Bow wow! A stick! A stick for me! How wonderful!
On the other hand, if you throw a rodent or a ball of yarn before the eyes of a cat...
Thanks for sharing, Taomeow.
A relevant Chinese culture classic worth anyone's time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Swindles
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11 hours ago, 小梦想 said:I more meant a teacher will ask someone who came to learn who they learned from before and what skills they acquired. If the list is long they assume you aren't a serious student and jump from master to master so don't want to waste their time and energy on someone who has a track record of changing teachers often.
Personal notes:
True teachers of internal skill could be impressed by dedicated Tamagochi keeping. Pokémon collectors could be frowned upon.
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2 minutes ago, anshino23 said:Is there anyone that can vouch for John Dolics ability to FaQi electric Qi?
Unfortunately, I don't have the direct experience, but I trust Dolic's word.
@Earl Grey Have you seen Dolic do Faqi, or would you have another way to verify?
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As some of you may know, Sifu John Dolic has produced instructional videos for Fragrant Qigong levels 1 & 2. In my opinion, these instructions are a very good learning material and I have bought and used them myself. Sifu Dolic has practiced Fragrant Qigong and many other Qigong styles for about three decades, he has a schooling in TCM, and he also has visited the family of Grandmaster Tian Ruisheng (of Fragrant Qigong fame). I would by all means call him an expert on internal cultivation, although he isn't a philosophically oriented theory person like the armchair Neidan-ist like myself can be.
I asked Sifu Dolic: Did you begin with the Fragrant Qigong practice before accomplishing the electric Faqi?
He answered:
QuoteI'll just quickly say here that I started faqi long before Fragrant Qigong. The initial realisation that I was able to do it came soon after I embarked on practicing Spontaneous 5 Animals Play while serious progression came through Tai Chi Bagua Qigong (or: SIght Improving Qigong as I call it to make it easier for people who are fed up with weird terms
Please note that Tai Chi Bagua Qigong is a Neidan style that directly develops a powerful Dantian for energy projection and healing eyesight and vision problems in particular. It's thus clear that Sifu Dolic had both powerful Dantian and Faqi capability before beginning with Fragrant Qigong.
Therefore, it can be ruled that so far all that has been speculated about the causes of the compatibility issue between 小梦想's Neigong and Fragrant Qigong is proven false and the actual reason for the adverse reaction remains completely unknown.
If 小梦想 wishes to find out what went wrong in his case, then I would suggest him to consult some powerful oracle like Akashic Reading that has an extensive vocabulary to explain the issue with clarity. Other than this, I don't think that any follow-up discussion is necessary or capable of bringing better understanding to the table.
Hunter-gatherers were all infected with plague but didn't get sick from it: new archeological discoveries
in The Rabbit Hole
Posted
Some of those non-cooperative mysteries can be solved easily these days.