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I put me in the wrong place ? seems true to form! LOL. just clicked? and there i was! ...even though i'm not there. Maybe it's a premonition??? NAaaa. hahaha! I like seeing where you are all livin'! Be it near of far to where you're really livin! Adds another layer of life to all the tao bums out there! Cool idea Mantis! Thanks all! Sweet dreams! Shonton Ga

Lunatics are fun. Different ways to play push hands! (just terribly "LOST" to one this past week. Haven't yet recovered!) They have SO MUCH to TEACH!!! (She said banging her head against wall and pulling out hair in frustration! LOL) ... although there are some that are more fun than others!!! God(yer word here!) Help Us All! Shon

Oh, yeh. That could suck! Except thursday??? (why? class night?) It's thursday morning here(12:08ish am!), just finished doin' them, and now ya tell me! used a 8 lb medicine ball. Didn't think it would be so ... well it made my heart beat, that's for sure! This is gonna be great! Thanks for the incentive guys! Great picture Mal. Hehee! Think i have use of that ...

happily now is playing on this computer, but soon i must go.

Interested! 15 squats a day to start then up it 2 a week ? Is that it, or is there more to it I missed ? in a bit of need of discipline! might help! was thinking about adding low horse stance into my mix for 2 min at a time (if able to do 2 min.?) like squats better! Been lax for the past month or so on practices. needing to get back to some stuff. miss it but still seem reluctant? Current practice is mostly just a little form and sitting at night for awhile. ... lol, so what kinda bet you thinkin' there mYTHmAKER? Thanks kids!

Sweet! this child's intentions may be simple sounding for some survive ... like to try it for a few more years if able. simple way

Haha! This is just like being back in the school yard! Love it! Folks change so much as "they" grow up! What a bunch of freaks. Should be some black eyes soon! I'M TAKING BETS!!! WHO'S IN? Would hope these things would be dealt with as children so adults can get on and enjoy their short little lives. Except for the few who chose to ascend , we'll all be dead soon. Me and you. (LOL, Unless???) Enjoy each other! No matter how long it really ain't that long! Grow up Some folks are assholes. Fire burns. Waters wet. It's their nature. reality. There are those in charge of the site. If harm was perceived to be done. They have accepted responsibility to figure a remedy as they see fit. Allow them to do their job, take it up with them. Or just keep the fires burning. Either way. What more. Meanwhile I'm glad to hold the cash for the bets! ...don't mind that my memory is bad and I wander off at times. I'll come back ... eventually . Ps. Those hugs are all a bit freakish and scary as heck. *edited fer spellin' ... then couldn't leave well enough alone ... again!

end of November. Yup, just another turkey. Folks seem hopeful though?

'ello Peng Be easy on yourself this time around! Shon Hope you enjoy your stay ... and Stig's Tea!

*Gasp!* ? ...I have it in my mind that he's such a good kid!?! Smell bothered me real bad at times while being a veggie person? Never ate bacon until a few years ago. Now would say it is a piece of heaven indeed! Though, yes, one can have to much of a good thing! eat it rarely now a days. Do love the smell of it My grandma and all the older folks in my life always used to cook with it, there houses always smelt warm and welcoming. There was always a pot on the stove waiting to be used. Bacon is a "god" of memories! Stay well, Shon edited fer spellin' stuff : (

Hey! Way wanderin' one! Some questions for ya? Is it the practice log you've been doing for a year? Think you had said in another post you've been studying martial arts and all a bit longer, right? Dose your teacher talk to you about CTS? lol... am jealous : ) What do the #'s and all mean? 302- ? 19 oct. 16:12? the amount of time you did the form? Active practice day? Are some based more on like a still meditation or do you alternate days you practice? Would be interested in reading more of your practice log, I also practice an old yang style, with friends who are very into the martial! ... that's what hooked me, too! U do push hands? U should do push hands every day!!! I am sure there are some classmates that would love such a form of entertainment. I mean practice, of coarse! You may want to send a note off to Sean. Good guy, runs this site ( i think with others, Yoda helps too, maybe?) But ask him to set you up with a practice log! Not many folks chech out the lobby for some odd reason? Don't get it? but if you put this in a journal/practice log folks may be more apt to see it! Can also try posting it in the "Taoist Discussion" section. Have fun, Stay well, practice your Tui Shu!!! LOL Shon enjoy the Bum's!

Do like that. Thank you Mal . Easy enough to understand weather "He" or otherwise, not exclusive at all, I don't think? sweet verse. Good timing, too, kid. thanks Shon You like the book it came from?

PENCILS?!? Wow??? That's great! U know How many people you could be of service to! Or? ... i guesss that might depend on what's written though? Hmm. U don't have to die to be turned to stone by the way any carbon will do you see ... Hair works. Makes a different color stone I think, than a, um, body. Forget how much is needed ? but you have a family, right! Save your hair, save the kids hair, the dogs, cats, what-have-you, and you might just get one big crazy stone! Good luck! Shon

Always wanted to be left in a tree...would suit me well. Sky burial sounds nice but there are also "green" burial grounds here in the U.S.A. Not sure how that would effect said "ka" ? Curious though. Maybe those would be more interesting haunted grounds for folks to go and meditate ... haven't tried it? Only G. Yards i go to are here in town where my family is and only on a certain day of the year at that if, i can help it! Cremation sounds good though am not sure if i really like Fire all that much! but cremation into "phenix diamond" would be cool? Like stones ! and it takes up much less room? and is kinda pretty for a dead thing! Do wounder how it's connected to spirit though? Haven't seen one in person yet? Stay well! Shon

great questions. Seems true, seems true. Never been extremely social, lol! Am a hermit by nature and by choice! Left the "seen" the day of high school graduation,was never really there anyway! Was the best thing about graduating! Most folks from back then I see only in passing ... memory sucks... don't even usually recognize them. Sometimes they know me? I was just there to get out of there! Was often among the missing in school... had rather been outside! Would still rather be outside!!! This life is odd in many ways, lots not understood by many "normal???" folks. There is small handful of good friends who come and pull me out of my cave once in awhile. We go have supper or breakfast or something, they know I'll want to take off soon , my truck is near ! And have other friends that I get to practice with once in awhile, wish it was more often! They've been friends for a long time, we carry each other's history in a sense. If we don't see each other for a few years we can still pick up like there was no lapse in time! Have been a "real" hermit at different points in my life with no more than 5 people regularly in my days. In truth it was more like 2 or 3. But as good as it was and as much as was learned from it, I wasn't learning enough!!! Me not learning is a sure key to getting depressed ! Need feed back and inspiration and knowledge and stories and smiles and maybe a hug once in a while? It's a reason for me to work with the public now (NO! Not the hugs!!!). Work with energy. Earns me a paycheck and I get a lot of feed back, learn a lot. Have heard it all by now i think,LOL. Don't even blink when someone says they have a "strange" question! and seen more than anyone in there right mind would believe, Hahaha, It's a daily thing. The more you work with energy the more you perceive it. The more you learn to allow or not allow it to effect you? It will teach you. Sometimes like it or not! ... am not always so graceful about learning on this end There is tricks for everything though, worth talking about and sharing them. What works for one might not work for another but if you just tweek it a little, the right way for you, and it could be a life saver! I like to learn and teach through foolishness Also don't drink. Don't smoke. Don't like being around it. Won't be around it if I have a choice. Have had some training where it is REQUIRED. So there are times that i do. Only ever smoked in prayer.(and no, no wackytabacky.) And rarely have more than two sips of any alcohol. Worse than drunks are the folks that act drunk as soon as you put a beer in their hand. Can't stand that. You want to hear how foul mouthed I can be!?! I do have some talent! ...and Pride for that talent! At this stage in the game it is important for me to be around folks with similar (crazy?) ways. Whatever way that is for them. Peoples spirituality and where they find it is important to me. Growth inspires growth sometimes. Come winter the pull to withdraw is greater, during warmer weather what is learned is shared and put into action more. There are seasons for things, i find? Sweet dreams, Sorry for rambling before sleep,LOL, goodnight! Shon Thank you . Oh, and I'm *cough*anoldlady*cough*of34*Cough*ithink? That cough kinda hurts Peace!

has some openings, but plumbing is a problem? ...sucks when cards get wet

numerologist! palmistry, phrenologist? i need a new job???

Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet or not, i just skimmed quickly and will check back as time allows, but it's one of the reasons "Lineage" is so FLIPPIN' important among some (many) traditions.(not only martial arts!!!) If a student mucks up, there is someone responsible even if the student is unable to be. This responsibility is never taken lightly, and is multi generational. Continues on. It's not unusual. but is expected among some. many folks work with the help of their "ancestors" (teachers/family/you-word-here) ...but then again, I don't know your teacher! lol! there is a lot of wackadoos out there I seem to repeat it a lot on these pages but always listen to yourself. Don't be disrespectful but take everything with a bit of salt. Question and stay curious, be a watcher always, and enjoy! Good luck Dragonfire, Stay well, Shon

Jesus has changed it. My Steak!... He did it again Want some bread and fish?

Uhh? UhOh? danbian? What's that??? Single whip! ? Hi Nate!!! What do you study? tai chi? What style! ... I love his avatar too! Makes me smile every time i see it! Stay well, Hope you have fun here! Shon

Thank you. good reminder that shouldn't need to be reminded, but seems so easy to forget! *bow* thank you. Nice to meet you! Shon

why time and when date? long time we've been on this date? Come home far to late!

Where are all the flies? Flutter by's and fire flies? In the moonlit skies ?

Hey Hyok! Welcome, hope u are inspired by it all here! Can get a bit wild, but a nice bunch of bum's here! So? Hyok? ... As in hyoka/heyoka? ... a path enjoyed? My name is Shonton Ga, but go by shon! Nice to meet you! Stay well!

Not sure if this sounds like ridicule not meant as such though. very simplified way maybe? Know there are others out there but this is one easily done, i think? Go buy a lizard. ...granted it's not a dragon, is it. But maybe it's hard to find a dragon when you need one? And Love it. ... what better way to learn about worship than through love? Also just plain research. Every culture has "dragons" of some form. Look at the Mayan or is it Aztec culture. Look at European, Asian cultures. Native american Thunder Birds are said to be dragons. Just like Asian dragons one never would see a whole one! Look at old pottery/paintings and you'll see parts of the dragon are always missing or covered in clouds. Hidden in some way out of respect(love/fear?) It's said if one sees a whole dragon, or Thunder Bird, one is no longer walking in This same world. Read old tails about them. The old tails. The folk tails. And there very well be some new tails that will intrigue? See what is carried over through the different cultures. Think it could lead to a whole lot of other study that one may Love also! Lastly, think of the diffrent animals that (Not sure how to word this?) combine as Dragon. Study the "nature"/spirit of each one. lot's to learn there ... for all of us. Good luck in your search If you where here in person would have much more to say but it would be pages and pages on the computer! looking forward to what others have to say too! Bet there is some very valuable info out there, too, Maybe even stories? Stay well, Shon