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    5 minutes ago, wandelaar said:

     

    So what is your interpretation of: "The bright path seems dim"?

     

    My interpretation? lol

    How about I give you hers?

     

    She groups the first three lines together by subject (Tao)

     Re the first line, she says:

    "The illuminating Tao appears dark— Ming, the light that illuminates at night, is the opposite of kiang, the bright light belonging to day. Ming is the mystical light of the round, illuminating both the coming out and return of all beings."

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    I looked at a few other translations of this, and was still not getting any clarity...so I went to Ellen Chen's translation and commentary (in her book).. which always helps me...

     

    Her commentary is expansive and specific, but her overall comment is "Every line in this quote brings out the hidden nature of Tao, explaining why Tao is so neglected by the ordinary consciousness." That works for me. :)

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    28 minutes ago, Lost in Translation said:

    Starting with "The bright path seems dim", these stanzas can be grouped in pairs. Each pair works togerher. Subsequent pairs slightly alter the focus of the whole.

    Interested in how you see the pairs working together... :)

     

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    Hi Goldleaf...

    In terms of acupoints (e.g. Spleen 4), my understanding is that activation is more about energy than pressure...  So your attention and focus is most important, not a lot of pressure.  In terms of reaching them, there's a whole book written on activating them with chopsticks!
     

    Trigger points are knots or particularly sore places in muscles. They occasionally are also acupoints, but most often not. But even then, the most effective pressure, in my experience, is just deep enough to feel discomfort... and to use that discomfort as a target for what you need to relax...

    As for applying pressure to places you can't normally reach, check out the Thera Cane or the Body Back Buddy online. They can apply a lot of pressure, but, as I said, more external pressure is less effective than focusing on internal relaxation in response to the pressure.

     

    https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_2?sf=col&fst=p90x%3A1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Atheracane+massager+self-massaging+stick&page=2&keywords=theracane+massager+self-massaging+stick&ie=UTF8&qid=1524485004

     

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    One of the most versatile tools for working on your own body is a lacrosse ball, or better, two of them.  Tennis balls work too, a little softer.  You can work just about every point in your body. This book covers a LOT of territory...

     

    The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body    Paperback – November 4, 2014

    by Jill Miller  (Author), Kelly Starrett (Foreword)
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  8. Posted · Edited by cheya

    That happened to me many years ago, and I couldn't figure it out, as life was otherwise going well... Finally realized that eating a sweet snack before bed was triggering my low blood sugar, making my adrenals dump out adrenaline to bring the blood sugar back up, and I would wake up sweating with a pounding heart for no obvious reason... Stopped the sweets before bed and that was the end of the problem...  If you eat sweets at night and/or have low blood sugar, this might be your problem...

     

     

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    22 hours ago, voidisyinyang said:

    And so while the eyes are open, then along with the tongue against the roof of the mouth, the ears can listen and concentration on the center of the brain. This is done by flexing the middle ear muscles, which as Dr. Stephen Porges states, pulls in high frequency energy into the ears. Listening is an active process of the middle ear drums, not just a passive hearing response. This flexing of the middle ear muscles then causes the vagus nerve to connect with the pineal gland so that you can feel the qi energy focused in the pineal gland as the true intention of awareness.

     

    Hey Drew... Any tips on how to flex the middle ear muscles?
    Or how to know you're flexing them?

     

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    Comparing the GoT quote and the Romans quote, quickly reminds me why I so much prefer GoT to the Bible... 

     

    and @ Daemon, in my (very) limited understanding, I imagine that recognizing myself as "The Magnificent Universe" would be leaving my own personal name completely out of it...not there anymore... not hubris so much as transcendence... 

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    Not so sure about "the fabric of the membership"

    . Curious how many members have actually contributed, and how many do so regularly. Seems like a pretty small percentage to me... but I carefully do not follow it..

     

    And in the few times I do go there, I am invariably sorry afterwards.

     

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  14. Posted · Edited by cheya

    And that protein powder you like the taste of is full of nasty ingredients... including artificial sweeteners... would not eat it!

     

    Alas the best-tasting whey powder I've found is no longer made. Dang.  It was Show Me the Whey, from a local health food store...

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    Protein powder—check

    Instant Pot...check

     

    But not at all clear why you want to denature protein... just for taste?

    I was under the impression that denatured protein is to be avoided...

     

    I'm loving cooking with the instant pot, but do wonder if pressure cooking is actually healthy, in addition to convenient....