Seth Ananda

Upside down thinking alert! How much did you pay for you TV or phone or shoes or... these things are worth Far less than the time and Info of a good teacher. I Have payed and payed and I will continue to pay to support my wonderful teachers and Every cent was worth it. Where do you get off threatening people like some priest with pronouncements of Doom? Paying isn't the problem, being an 'I want it now for nothing' person is. (basically parasitic mentality) Still laughing, Seth.

Thanks Dude. Awesome. I hope he gets left alone in the future. The peoples Maoist movement in Nepal? Anyone got details? Is it a political push from China? Seth

Hi Karen, I just bought the Dr Bronners, 18-in-1 Hemp PEPPERMINT PURE CASTILE SOAP made with organic oils. Is this the one to use? I noticed the retained glycerin as well and was going to ask, but you already answered. Seth.

Urrgh! thanks mwight, I was always sus on pig anyway. Seth

Thanks Patric, I love hearing about the 6th. Sorry witch, I must disagree. Mutual absorption is the goal. The head of the penis during orgasm swells subtly and the pores open and close, drawing sexual energy and fluids from the vagina. It is natural. It is possible to selfishly cultivate though, where one partner knowingly draws off as much as they can get from a usually unknowing partner. I am totally against that and have seen its effects first hand. Not nice. the give and take cycle of yin and yang energies circulating and fusing into something new and enhanced and shared is where the magic happens. Seth

Enlightenment

I can't believe I missed this thread I would have taken her question at face value for the simple reason that I am a Tantra teacher and I have regular 'requests' like that. Also because as a practice, I try to take everyone at face value, assuming honesty, and don't really think that its important if there lying. (apart from to their own happiness levels ) That wouldn't mean that I would sleep with her. Its quite easy to get most women into a fully orgasmic space where their energy is flowing, with the right guidance and prompts, and that would happen on the massage table not in the bed (or on the washing machine, or floor, or kitchen table...) I am glad smile asked about her qualifications. Thank you brother. If you think you can just have 'Tantric sex' with a complete stranger your deluding your self. That is just bad neo tantra/osho BS. Just call it sex, thats ok, and maby one day it will end up Tantric and thats great. The above statement is probably 99% true. There is probably a 1% or less chance of meeting a truly ready, Tantric adept, and somehow feeling so Comfortable with each other, and at home with each others bodies, and energetically in tune that she was fully ready to be penetrated, (which rarely happens for a woman these days). But anyway, whats the rush? sex can wait. there is all that other good stuff before... Seth Ananda

For me, doubt has been an amazing beacon, although not an always enjoyable one. Over and Over again it made me reflect on my desires, and beliefs, what I wanted out of the Spiritual path, whether I was kidding myself, whether I was even capable of enlightenment, whether I was really being spiritually Honest with myself, whether I was really listening to myself and was the Inner voice really true... God, it was torture sometimes but I wouldn't have given it up for the world. It cut away so much garbage. Now I am at a place that has a lot less doubt. Partly because doubt taught me faith in myself as an authentic seeker after truth, (not willing to stop on easy answers and a willingness to question everything, and also try anything) and partly because I found a system that works for me, and over and over again dispels doubt by proving its effectiveness within me. And it has given me Absolute faith in my Inner teacher, God. Seth.

Maby try Tantra. These things you mention only help me reach that state. Anyway, In Melbourne we have fluroide water as well. A couple of months ago a Melbourne doctor woman was fired for suggesting that they test there new Neuro toxin Tracking equipment on fluoride. It made the Age news paper that she was fired just for making a suggestion. Also I saw on the news an report on the 'poor' people who drink bottled water from overseas, that they may be missing out on their fluoride and that there is a push to have all auz imports fluoridated. Lucky us. Insert Scene: [forced medication time from 'one flew over the cuckoos nest'] Bastards. Seth.

Hi Durkhrod, here in Aus reverse ozmosis is round $250 - 300 dollars, but as you said, it strips the minerals. From drinking this water, I think it is excellent for hydrating the body quickly and you can buy quite cheap trace mineral drops to put in once done. The other option is get a Black Berky filter for round the same price. Or get an evaporater, but I am a bit sus on evaporators. On the Berky add they put red food colouring in the water and watch it come out pure on the other side. I bet very few off the other weird new age river rock magnet filters can do that. Seth

Vegetarian Soup. Feeds 4. Chop up two onions and some garlic, and fry in butter, or Oil if vegan. Add some carrot, snow peas, broccoli, and potato. Fry briskly with some curry powder thrown on top then add boiling water from the kettle. Add diced vegetarian or vegan to the mix. Beetroot. Beetroot is a must! It can not be left out if you want vegetarian soup to be good. I hope you enjoy Seth

What she said. Seth.

Also the Kanda which some texts describe as being the size of an egg and place in the same position as the lwr dan tien. Seth

2012 is the date in our calender which coincides with the end of a world cycle in the Mayan calender. Its the passing from the '4th world' to the '5th world'. Its quite precise. Traditional mayan time keepers like Hunbatz Men, still keep the calender in an unbroken linage. Their story is that this next passing can be good or bad depending on us. Most of the crazy new age stuff you see is based on Jose Arguellas flawed interpretations of the original calender. For instance in july they have added 'A day out of time' to make the calender fit the year as they have not done it right in the first place. No such day obviously exists for the real Mayans. Interestingly the Jewish calendar runs out on 2012 as well. I forget the name of the man that created it, several thousand years ago, but when asked why he ended it their, he answered that the Messiah would have returned by then so no one would need calenders. I am not a believer really, but I am trying to make money out of people who are. Seth: "I'll bet you $2000 that come 2013 we haven't all ascended into the 4th dimension" Safe bet I know cause if i am wrong Ill just manifest $2000 with my 4th D brain powers... Seth

Pietro. I practiced Bruce's water method for a while and like it. I said 'Usually' not always. Its just a general trend I have noticed. Nothing absolute about it. Have fun. Seth

It is my take on things that the systems that are very anti 'Mind' which are also usually the systems that are very anti 'world' (its all an Illusion and I just want to escape ( nothing wrong with that )) are usually also very anti Visualization. And the systems that are more accepting of the different levels, and may even believe that enlightenment should be on every level, Physical on up... are usually Ok with visualization. That may be an over simplification, but to me it seems generally true. (a generalization) Seth.

Thanks everyone, I have really enjoyed the stories, especially the dick story, although I didn't think there was much 'My shit is better' going on. Well I have liked this thread anyway. And thanks for that Stairway clip, and the Awesome Internal MA Fatman. How cool was He... Peace. Seth

I agree with Wudangquan. MMA trains for the ring, with rules. sure they get a lot better, usually, at taking blows and full contact, but as soon as someone uses an eye gouge or throat strike, they like anyone go down. If an art specializes in some really nasty stuff, and another art comes along and says ok, were going to fight to see who's best, but you cant use most of what you train, and you have to wear gloves, and we can only do it under very specific conditions, which we decide! Of course MMA will usually win under these conditions. I just cant see how that makes them 'Better.' Seth

That is interesting but I think I have to dissagree with this part. If you had been attacked (at any point before getting any martial training) you would know that the mind goes into panic, which is a pretty useless response - a mixture of, Freeze/Run/Lash out/go fetal - all at once. I don't know if that is a pattern, maby multiple patterns competing for dominance, but useless anyway. Martial art trains you (that part of you that is in control in a situation like this) to make a useful response to the situation. I don't think it has anything to do with belief, as there is no time to think, you just find your self responding in a usefull way. I agree that this may be a pattern that you trained in, but not to do with what you think is effective. at least that is my experience of these situations. And what about a martial art like Systema or others, where you are put in painful, dangerous situations under pressure, and your job is to make your self keep full breathing and relax into it. And it really works. Your automatic response becomes to relax - Let go. Is letting go a pattern? the automatic response bit is trained, yes, but I still think the action of sudden deep relaxation is un-patterned as in it you are superbly free to respond exactly as needed, from a clear place. Still thinking about it. Seth Ananda

Meditation Rap, Cool. Da Yogi's in da House!

I love noise. Many of my best meditations are on trains, near televisions, in crowds or with construction workers next door. When the world is whirling it becomes easy for me to become still. Seth P.S. Many of the Tantric meditations include the worlds sounds.

Or on broken glass, or a stair well, or in a phone box, a car, uneven terrain or especially against someone who learnt to fight outside a sporting arena? A Wing Tsun teacher I know got regularly challenged by the local members of his neighborhood Muai Thai club. He would poke them in the eye and that was it. Most of them are his students now. Mind you, Bjj still does well against crap as long as it is in the 'Right' conditions to be able to use it. One of the melbourne gracie teachers went around sampling the talent and cleaned up a number of teachers (on their nice smooth dojo floors, with those cushy mats on them ). He met my old Aikido teacher and couldnt move him. he is now trying to learn some Aikido principles to add them to ground work. I spar with a bjj friend, and any time he rushes me I drop an elbow on him. I just don't understand why anyone would offer me the back of their skull, neck and spine like that. It asking for something really nasty to happen. Seth

A Lot of people have been mentioning Wang Liping and he sounds Like a pretty cool, Powerful dude. If people are willing I would love to hear about any Personal experiences people or students have had with him. Please keep this thread to First Hand story's (as much as possible (Tao bums is nothing without some good rambling conversation)) and I would love to hear comparisons to other great teachers you may have met. There seems to be a kind of consensus here that Mr Liping is a cut above the rest, and so I (respectfully) would like to know why. From people who have studied under him or met him. Thanks, Seth Ananda

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Thanks Orb, thats as I thought. I have some Kadochnikov dvd's. pretty funny stuff - How to ram through car blockades, run other cars off the road... They really dont mind smashing up old cars. James bond training Seth