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Can only tell you a little from personal experience? I like acupuncture. Helps a lot for me? Life doesn't allow me to take it easy after i get it though! Usually end up with having to move furniture, have a class, work, or whatever! The things I notice are ~ 1. I don't tend to think as clearly as I'd like to after a session! 2. My reaction times are NOT as quick as they usually are after a session. 3. I get a, um, bit, goofier? and foggy headed, sometimes comfortably tired. 4. I am Much to Much, way far to honest after a session, I don't really care what i say, lol! 5. In other words, what i'm trying to say is all these things attribute me getting hurt much easier after a session! Also I tend to bruise real easy around the insertion points. Have these prayer beads I like to ware on my wrist. Had acupuncture from a friend this past week and now all along the inside of my wrist is bruised! He had needled pericardium 6 (like 3 fingers up on the center/inside of the wrist) and it's all totally black and blue now! ewww. I should know better! Ask your acupuncturist also, see what he/she says about it! ... If i do any kind of cupping or anything like that I am much more gentle on myself. Stay well, Shon Have fun!

How about a normal man??? Lol, yet to meet one! If i did though i would be scared? "Well who is first then? Who wants to link up with the Taoist God/Goddess of their dreams? Come talk to the Stigmeister!!" Stig! Will give you my stats as soon as I can figure what they are! Something like SWF , blondish with blueeyes about 5'8ish and old, weighs about as much as the desk. Rock Goddess Extraordinaire!(um? as in rocks, stones, dirt.) who loves bad folk music and folks who chant badly! ( if you chant well, it will not be held against you) Likes quiet dark places to meditate but is not into vampires! unless they are vegan ? Looking for a man who expects nothing, is a great cook and good with ... Yeah, I have no idea what I'm saying, hahahaaa, but I think it could be a lot of fun! Love to read what folks are thinking of themselves and looking for You should totally do it!!! Shon

As an almost, sorta, kinda reformed fisher women, I have to say I Love that! LOL!

all around the well... the boys minds like butterflies dreaming of flowers

LOL, It's a good thing all us women aren't near to where you live! We'd all be trying to set you up ... wether or not you were cool with it! It's also part of our nature, even us female hermits who might understand, would think you should meet "soandso" ! You would be hunted down and forced to have tea, or watch an innocent movie or two, or just grab a quick bite with us and then whoops one of us would just happen to have to be someplace else, aww! So where do you live I'm sure we must know someone for you! Better watch out! Shon (don't really tell us where you live, LOL!)

From holy crusades, to sweet smelling garden glades? Still can't find that key!

(LOL! Bad Kitty. For Shame!) But that's my problem. So easy to lose the key? Know a good lock smith?

Ahh, That's great. LOL, Trick of the tail? Old stuff with Phil Collins? Now ya got me looking for some old records. Have Fun PinupGuru! Thanks for the quote

hahahaa, How old are you first. lol. Hmm? Not sure about "ascension" or the term rather? Sorry, am answering though our practices are different, maybe? I don't tend to name mine as such, they just are as they are? and what happens happens. Be it ascension or walking into a tree! but my life has always been my practice. Will always be. Simple, that? Or so it sounds! Not many would understand the life i live. The Need to be in silence for, at times, long periods of time. meditating for hours in order to ...? all the stuff that goes with it. Celibacy... LOL, U want to scare a Guy Away Fast! Have been a hermit. Am a hermit by nature. It's not something that will ever not be apart of who I am. Was in a relationship with a fellow. For a long time... um, 10 years or soish?(funny never seemed long!) Who did understand, to a point. Good guy. His path led to marriage, LOL, and mine... my reasons were different! So now we are still good friends, we still love each other, But his path led to marriage and I'm still far to young for that! but agree finding another who shares such ways is tricky. There are folks out there though, who might not understand but will still love you, No matter how weird your practices are! As long as they are also met with respect. Like attracts like, they say? So who knows? But I think first you, yourself, have to be open to the possibility. Then just enjoy it for what it is! Stay well, Shon Have fun either way! every way? anyway? way. Peace! Beautiful.

Lol a time or two maybe yes. It is an art ya know? Still like mine with milk! Thanks Stig! Oo! Yeah! And Some Ginger Bread!!! WhooHooo! Life is good! Pinupguru poses with a cup of tea...I see potential!

Hello PinuoGuru Your name congers such fun images, WOW?!? Great Hope you have fun here! Shon OoooNoSir,No Lemon!!! You can't put milk in tea with lemon!!! What good is tea with out Milk?!? LOL Stig should have a tea poll!!!

LOL, What a Great way to start the morning, LOL! Thank You!

_/\_ thanks

Warning. If I speak of such things, I Will Swear. If easily offended cover your eyes when reading my posts! Thank you LOL, OD'ing, does happen, doesn't it. Takes a toll that not many could understand, unless they live it? Have always done such, think always will? Though I woke up one morning this fall and clearly didn't want to any more. Had had enough. There is a recovery period, you see? Just as if it was a relative, a dear friend, that has passed. Can take quite awhile. Important to keep ones self connected to life if doing such work, ok? Ok. Hmm. Your question warrants much more consideration than me just running my mouth off like I'm apt to, lol. So I might have to come back and edit this note? Not sure how to answer? There is So Much! Man. Um? "What did you learn from OD'ing on it, i am curious to know ..." Ok, was totally burnt out for awhile after that one, but as long as I'm here guess I didn't totally OD yet? #1. Only witness. It's an active form of witnessing...but that was one mistake made, emotions got caought up in what was being done, stillness was lost. 2. Never Have Expectations. Simple... but with experience comes expectations, expectations are futuristic fantasies, weak guesses that pull one dangerously out of the moment. 3. The underlying beliefs of a society, though not consciously admitted to or even recognized, Still come into play in some VERY Tangible ways. 4. There are more aspects of the soul than I could Ever understand. 5. No one to call for help a world and a time away from the event (um, duh?) 6. There are times when things are NOT finished, no matter what has happened. 7. There are times when things ARE finished, know what's done is done. 10. Don't stand around twiddling your thumbs if you find your self in spot you are not supposed to be, you make yourself a target. 24. Never hesitate. 56. Never underestimate. 33. Be strong FIGHT. 92. The straight line isn't always the smartest, sometimes it's better to move with curves, lol(I do tai chi? should know that???) 108. A small hit can do a lot of damage. 16. The weakest spots are apt to get hit repeatedly? 42. LOL, don't know how to say this one? If ya get hit, take care to clean and settle and all, if you collapse after that, when you come to, continue clearing. 56. Again DON'T UNDERESTIMATE. 44. Some "poisons" are very slow acting, doesn't take much! 66.5 . When you do this stuff and get crazy assed results, the Dr.'s just might not be able to explain why the lungs keep filling up or the chest pains, or whatever. 88. Ask for help early on, if able to, better to clean up a small mess than a Giant one! 12. When you feel you are at the end of your rope, it's ok. Sometimes we have to dangle a bit to learn that someone else will cut us down. 55. Fire Does cure water... ouch! 74. A cure for "one" thing can heal others, lol? 111. Sometimes it's good to walk around for a while before getting back up on that horse! A1. Life Is Beutiful. It can lose it's colors. The colors are still there. 34. Songs, prayers are strong, with or without words they carry intentions wether or not the intentions are known, they can help to move things through. 69. Some gifts can hurt like a sun of a bitch...and be beyond any amount of value. 000. Memories and stories must be told, untold they can fester, become gangrenous, there is a freedom found in the telling, the things that hold and bind and restrict are loosened, lessen, life flows in in a slow return. 14. Numbers like time are easy to play with and it's good to have a friend. How's that for a start? Some questions I can answer, Some I won't be able, not because of not wanting to but wording such things is difficult for me to know how to explain. And then some shit I just have no clue about! LOL Thank you AK, don't worry to much about what's to come as far as this stuff goes, it is as it has always been. There are children coming up now who do the same work, there are those who will somehow find themselves doing it, trained or un. What's needed will be done. If one does this work there is always and forever work to be done, be gentle on your self though, ok? Can't be denied what needs to be done, will be, Choice is always involved. Peace Shon PS. LOL, Don't mind my rough around the edges attitude concerning such things, It's a form of honesty for me and part of my way. I can make a sailor blush crimson in person, on the net I'll behave a bit more, lol! Anyone who knows such work knows the respect that is involved, words are as dust or fall leaves blowing in the wind, hiding and hinting at the deeper things, tricking the tracker of dreams. Stay well, Shon Namaste AK

: ) Like that term "Ka Pollution", hadn't Heard it put that way before! There have always been folks who do such work, as long as folks live there will be ones who do such work. Some will do it once and that will be it. Others, ten thousand in a night. It is the way of it. The nature of it. Some are taught. Most just learn as they go though. Some belong to a religion or beleif that allows them to do such work others find a commonality in life and don't think twice. There is balance, though sometimes it may be hidden. Seems as if all(so many) who do this stuff where present for those at the Tsunami. There were so many. That one literally just about killed this child. Messed up, got an ass kickin' that's been felt for years. One thing to remember is that time as "we" know it is a man made(thought up) concept. Ie. There is plenty of time. Sometimes long after the fact, Long after an event, What needs to be done is done. After all? Timing is perfect! LOL It's not a job folks chose or can be recruited for? What are you looking for your self, kid? Do you do this stuff Amer Khan? Can Be a Wild Life! Life is always interesting in all it's aspects. Peace Shonton Ga *edit to add this!* Hi Yoda! LOL? No, Far from a private tale! Most things are hidden in plain site! Will see if I can find a copy of the story or the lyrics? Good story for kids : ) This was just a simple tale of "Thomas the Rhymer/True Thomas" fun story depending on the teller! Have seen copies of it though bits are always modified as needed Like any folk tale but there are things that stay the same. Lot's of old tales like that! Stay well! Shon

Hi Whoops? No, He is not? Sorry about that! I had thought it Was Aikido??? He is actually a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Had seen a video when he first got it and somehow my mind recalls it being swoopy and circular, LOL? I could see him doing Aikido! guess T.K.D. is ok still though? Know an old Vietnamese man that does TKD. Very Scary old man!!! ...that could kick this bad tail in a heart beat! Only one I've met yet that can really use it well but haven't met so many? Not sure about Willie's abilities but ... Still would like him sitting in the white house! It's been fun to watch folks reactions to all this.

Or something far worse? Don't think it's pickled Gherkins? looks more like Herring? (... actually that's an Awesome breakfast!!!Sounds good! just watch ya don't breath on anyone for a day or so, lol! Love it! ...cat's will think your something special! ... no offense Apepch7 kitty! )

Thank you! Have heard with other "beliefs" no offerings were to be left also. The reasons given are many but the 2 that I can recall are for one, It "holds" the "spirits" here. For two, often there was not enough food for the living let alone those who have passed. Both = leaving an offering to be Extremely disrespectful! Both To the Living and the "Spirits". But when things are plentiful, and folks are thankful, some milk or rice is shared. But when times are tough and finding a way to go on is hard, what little is had, is shared. Rules get set in place but folks alway go back to the old ways it seems? What ever it is they need to do to keep connected to life. Thank you again! I'll stop posting now and let the thread get back on track Peace, Shonton Ga

YMWong? Is the name of the book you posted "Offerings in Daoist ritual" Is the Author "Asano Haruji" Looks very good, like to see more of it myself ! Sorry, The Genuine Article, You know have 15 posts and two who Actually replied with Taoist "answers" that could be looked up! One on medicine and one on ritual? ... Have enjoyed them all but so swiftly the current takes hold ... 2 out of 15's not bad! Good luck! Shon *edited to change the # of posts,

Great question,have thought about how to answer it for awhile but am still unsure! The first thing that came to me was in "ANY Way I can!!!" and that does seem to be true? Things are studied and lived and taught to be learned. Some from books some from other sources that books couldn't touch? Some things memorized, some can only be felt. Some are grasped in an instant others I work with for months on end and barely touch the surface of any kind of understanding? The facts are studied. Questioned. The questions are answered and examined and questioned. Don't really know anything except my own questions, though i seem to state things as fact often enough? LOL? I have pages and pages of notes, for hardly a drop of knowledge. How pure is that knowledge though? As Pure as any living thing. It breaths and grows, contracts and expands? Changes as any living thing. It's stronger than Anything, though so Fragile and frail at times? U See? In truth I am unsure? Study what??? But If I can think of a reasonable answer I will get back to you? Stay well, Shon ...I do use flash cards though and Mnemonics!

For anyone interested this is a great site to look stuff up(passages). Found it here on the Bum's, pretty good. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searc...amp;version=31; Enjoy! As a child went to a catholic school, I liked it, I wasn't catholic ? It was strange, especially the part about reincarnation??? Still gets me? Granted alot confused me, but don't recall any teachings steering folks away from eating any kind of meat, only at certain times? And what was expected years ago has changed. There were prescribed periods of fasting for everyone, but then over time the Pope had given "permission" for the ill, elderly, or young children. There was certain times that meat was not eaten (Was it in Lent??? Wednesdays/Fridays???) but fish was allowed? I really don't recall as much as I wish I did! There has been many changes, I guess, seems it gets updated every few years??? Should be some interesting replies, Thanks for you information Taomeow! Knew there was some CM reasons for eating it but couldn't think of hat they would be! Very cool, am going to have to go look that up! Stay well, Shon Oo? And YMWong, very cool, sorry I had missed those? Thanks!

(Oh, I knew that would get bad!LOL) The mark of darkness. Poor taoist wizard gone bad. Scary things in jars!

music of dust mights whispered into sleeping ears "Time to wash the sheets" (they are so opinionated?)

Enjoy Life wudangquan! Sounds great! And will look forward to hearing from you! Shon

Hey, disclaimer here, I don't know jack by the way, kids! Do have to check out these videos and books and all, might be good, don't know? Just drawing from life experience, it's not scientific, real enough though, so no offense intended to any who enjoy such teachings! Have fun! (but Play "It" safe... Then get tested?) Sorry for highjacking your thread Prannaman!