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Hi Bikal. Welcome to the forum.

Google ‘Dao Bums’ + a search word.

Nothing has been deleted, it’s all still there in the threads. You can search for it with Google.

Hi Student Z. Welcome to the forum.

Yes, there are a lot of idiots out there - clearly “avoiding grains” is not the same as “fasting”. I prefer to stick to the meaning of the characters, “bigu fasting was the common medical cure for expelling the sanshi三尸 (Three Corpse), the malevolent, grain-eating spirits that live in the human body”

No it isn’t. 辟 穀 bi4 gu3 - Grain avoidance. It was about not eating grain.

Welcome to the forum. Your intro mentions “occultism, magic” , so I tag @Nungali

“ceasing eating to pursue life” BS. If you don’t eat, then you will die. That’s all.

Thanks for the update. I don’t need a search function. I’d hate the forum to slow down again. So 60 days is fine with me.

Hi ho shue, what does your name mean? I think doing your I Ching readings yourself is best. Welcome to the forum.

Still not taking it for granted after all the past problems, still being very aware what a joy it is to have the forum working again. If the rest can’t be fixed, so be it; good enough for me. Thanks again to Jules and the admods.

Hi Plamen. Welcome to the forum.

Hi Aitor, welcome to the forum. I’d say just start with finding a regular spot in your day where you can meditate, something like 15 minutes per day.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Hi, SpiritMonkey, I like the name, welcome to the forum.

Hi, welcome to the forum.

No.

“‘one hand clapping” is a category mistake.

Hi Apoo-strophe. Welcome back.

Hi AO. Welcome back.

Nut, Egypt, personification of the night-sky (thanks @Nungali)

Thank you very much.

νύχτα still is the modern Greek word for ‘night’.

It was not addressed to me, but I for one would be happy if you did remove it. I’m thoroughly fed up with the politics on this forum. When I post anything about the DDJ, I feel like I am an anomaly. Plenty of other sites if you want a laugh about politics. I came here for discussion on Daoism and find their hardly is any anymore. Also the situation is too serious for jokes imo, we’ve been told here to expect war within 5 years, not funny at all.