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...and it will clearify the whole thing

I thought you bought his "Measuring meditation..." In that book you will find all you need to know about the subject.

"TaoBums.com... There is more to life then pumpin' your nuts and drinkin' piss "

The ads are based on the most common word on the page. So if you put "big tits" at the end of your every sentence, you will get your wish (or should I say I will get my wish?).

Matthew, As far as I know, most of the money Bill makes is from selling books on spirituality. Not too many people are buying this kind of books in a first place so it's hard to make a living selling them. By paying money for a book you support Bill's work and give him an opportunity to share more knowledge in the form of writing more books we all would appreciate. It applies not just to Bill Bodri but to all the other people that are dependant on the income from e-books. If no one buys from them, they will be forced writing for the mass market (books with title like "How to increase your penis size in 3 easy steps"- something only Ron or Plato would buy). Or they'd have to find a "real" job in a corporate world. Either way we all lose. You are right about that. Although, when it comes to this point, there is not going to be such thing as "society". :wink:

Go ahead with Google SenseAd bar.... although I think putting it on top or in the middle of the page is more effective. You may try different formats till you see what brings better results though

Thank you for respecting Bill's work. Really, thanks.

I want to touch this subject again because it's very important, just as important as meditation. A spiritual path as one of the hardest paths and many people follow it but very few reach even beginner stages of samadhi. Why is that? Why the person who meditates 2-3 hours a day can't open the Microcosmic Orbit, although he may be privately thinking he is almost enlightened. Quoting Master Nan: " When beginning to cultivate samadhi and wisdom it is important to have determination and will power, i.e. to have made a firm resolve to attain Bodhi. Second, since one's cultivation is nourished by merit, one should perform meritorious deeds and acts of charity whenever possible. By sowing the seeds of good behaviors, one reaps abundant rewards... Strong determination and accumulated merit are the foundation of Tao. Since one is easily deflected from the truth if he lacks either one, they are the basic prerequisites of success..." There are some say that unless the action is not pure, there is no merit in it. There is no such thing as pure action, unless you reach a very high level of spiritual development. All actions are tainted no matter how you look at them, be that the expectation of some kind of response to your action or any other thing. All the Buddhas knew that when they were teaching people why doing good deeds is so important. All the sacred teachings in India, China and the Western world say the same thing: do good things to people and stay away from bad things. Does it mean if you feed the hungry and expect good merit, you won't get any? Of course you will. If you say you won't, how do you think you will develop your virtues and wisdom. Through meditation? Some Immortal will appear and grant them to you? LOL So do help others. Feed the hungry... Feed the spirits... Do whatever you like for the benefit of others. And the merit from your actions will be the fuel that will help you in your cultivation. Without this fuel, no matter how hard you press on the throttle, it will all be just noise.

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Sean, all is correct with the exception of drawing the circle (#1). It should be drawn counter-clockwise (all the other directions are correct). Note that in all magic traditions all the ceremonies go in CCW direction.

Create a home page and put Google ads on top the forum and home page. We will click enough of them to have enough money to get it for Christmass.

Hi Sean, thanks for the links. Manjusri Bodhisattva is the one who created this method so you may search for his name if you'd like. Same goes for mantras. Zhunti mantra is the most famous one. It comes from Zhunti Buddha, also called "The Mother of All Buddhas" because countless number of Buddhas achieved enlightenment using this mantra.

You get more merit & satisfy their hunger, and your prayers also go for their benefit to lessen their suffering. I don't think you should be concerned with this. Very safe practice.

For now, do it just like you draw here. I need to ask Bill if direction is important.

Yes, of course. And hardship is the best time when breakthroughs in spiritual cultivation happen, if you don't take the whole thing serously and keep practicing. Can you explain this more, please?

You are right saying that your cultivation is benefiting others but doing good deed will greatly imrove the chances you will actually succeed in it, and thus all the other people around you will benefit as well. There are many Masters and too few that actually accomplished something.

Ron, I agree with you absolutely. My only concern is we don't have much time left. Being spontanios is great but, when it comes to merit, this method is too slow. That's why they say DISCIPLINE is the major part of successful cultivation. It makes you understand what is really important and follow through with it, like meditation and good deeds.

I like Ron's idea, where you have a home page with basic explanation what this site is all about and links to archives and a forum.

First, i said to myself "WTF?" but since then I got used to it. :wink:

I will work on an image 240x600. I'm surprized you made the board reddish-brown... will try to make something matching the overall color. Also I can do an image with: "TaoBums.com... The Bums of Tao" or just an image with no words. What's better?

I see the dragon image size 240x110. Can you load an image longer than that, lets say 240x600?

I can design a banner... just need the size of the pic. Or we all can design one and vote on the best one to use.

Unfortunately, anything unpasterized is illegal to sell in US. I tried to find stuff and there are a few places on the net that do mail order and also I think CA is the only state that allows selling it. Raw beef tatar is the best thing to go with and also raw honey and eggs. Also raw aloe vera will detoxify like there is no tomorrow.