mewtwo

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  1. Philosophers...

    immanuel kant possibly had autism.
  2. what is the tao?

    The tao is 6 pounds of flax seed in a 5 pound bag. Thoughs oppinions?
  3. what is the tao?

    epic lol good one.
  4. what is the tao?

    to answer your question, if aslan and mufasa had tea what kind of tea do they each have?
  5. so what have been your experiences with creating them? I create twilight sparkle or nala or other charecters i like to help me get through stressful events.
  6. So here is my mala. I often have a little badge holder that i put sayings into it like, "even though my emotions are in turmoil i have no anxiety"
  7. So i have this idea, take an ethernet patch cable cut off one end add a rj45 jack and connect the two. You would have a necklace or a mala if you would like to use them that way. Would anyone here be interested in buy one of these if i make them?
  8. dont know if i can take K's how about Z's?
  9. Post a picture of your mala.

    Does taoism have a mantra? don't know, but does it really matter? if all is tao wouldn't moo moo moo be a good mantra? Cant seem to find it but there is a story about a man who sees a monk meditating and wishs to be like him but the man is to simple to memorize any matra and such. So the monk askes the man what he knows and the man says he knows cows. So the monk gives the man the mantra moo to say everyday when tending to the cows. After some time the man reaches enlightenment.
  10. IQ's and the tao?

    If learning consists in daily accumulating and Tao consists in daily diminishing, Where does this leave smart people? does the higher IQ you have meen you dont grasp the tao as easily as a person of lower IQ? What about savants and autistics? Ive take a few iq tests and i had similar results 118 121 123 so i say i have an iq of 121. Anyone else know theres?
  11. IQ's and the tao?

    moo oh wait bark bark bark no thats not it eather hum must have forgot frog
  12. IQ's and the tao?

    what do you think lao tzu was talking about with "not learning"?
  13. IQ's and the tao?

    anywho what are your thoughts on my questions on tao and smarts?
  14. IQ's and the tao?

    one was from internet test the other two were from mensa.
  15. So I get bored really easy, anyone know any good ways to stimulate the brain without coffee or illegal drugs? I know dancing and other body movements does this. What about going in the reverse trying to calm the body down. Any visualizations or anything like that? Basicaly what would help alleviate this bordom my body has.
  16. give up? sloppy zhang is the closest so far but is not correct.
  17. So the Buddhist sangha I went to disbanded and I was wondering what you guys think i should i liked going and would like a place like that? do you think i should try starting my own?
  18. lol i like this. How about i just say if you got it. I will give you a hint, Think of what i like and what i dont like. And remeber i am paraphrasing so it is not the exact words in the quote but very near.
  19. impermanence would like some ideas?

    but i enjoy talking and shareing my knowledge with others.
  20. Is it possible for one to practice buddhism or taoism and not believe in gods demons heaven hell afterlife chi etc? your thoughts?
  21. Pony religion?

    So on some other site someone is trying to make a spoof religion based around my little pony and so far it is very christainy. Anyone wana post some buddhist/taoist ponified quotes? like for example something like The elements of harmony are not outside of oneself they are inside to look for them outside is like a beggar looking for a treasure hidden in his own breast.
  22. How bagua attained enlightenment. (basically I took the story of Siddhartha Gautama and ponified it) A pony dreamed she dreamed of an elephant giving her a white lotus flower. When she awoke she found herself pregnant with a pony. As her caravan was far from her palace she would have to endure being pregnant for the trip. Some time later The pony found herself having labor pains. Her caravan still being away from the palace she was forced to give birth in the woods. Out of recognition of who her child would become a tree branch bent down to support the mother as she was giving birth. One born the pony walked seven steps and lotus blossoms bloomed at his feet. He said “noblest am I in the world” “I shall not be reborn again” Then went silent. Once the caravan made it back to the palace the pony told her husband the king that she had given birth to a son. They had a soothsayer come over. There are two possibilities for your son. One he will be a great and powerful warrior or he will be a religious leader. The soothsayer said Wanting his son to be a great and powerful warrior his father as the kind only gave his son the best things in the world, the finest drink, the most beautiful mares. This went on for 20 years. One day the pony named bagua asked his father about life and that he wished to see more of this world. So his father being the king he was asked his subjects to line up so bagua could see them as he went by in the caravan. He made sure to exclude the sick and old and the dead. Seeing this Bagua still wanted more so unknown to his father he asked his charioteer xingyi to take him outside the palace walls. As they did on the side of the road was a pony that was sick, Bagua asked what that pony was. That is a sick pony every pony gets sick bagua. Said xingyi Bagua thought on this. A few days later he asked xingyi to take him out of the palace again. This time on the side of the road was an old pony. Again bagua asked what that was and xingyi explained old age to bagua. This troubled bagua so he asked xingyi to take him out of the palace again. This time on the side of the road he saw a corpse. Bagua asked what that was and xingyi told him about death. This really troubled bagua so once more they went outside the palace and Bagua saw an ascetic meditating. Bagua asked about this and xingyi told him that he is an ascetic trying to find a cure to old age sickness and death. Seeing this bagua went to his father and told him about what he had seen and that he wanted to find a cure for old age sickness and death. His father was outraged he locked his son in his room. That night a fog rolled over the palace. All the guards fell asleep due to the fog. The only ones that weren’t asleep were Bagua and xingyi. Xingyi escorted bagua outside the palace bagua gave Xingyi his clothes and jewelry and left to become an ascetic. Bagua went from meditation teacher to meditation teacher astounding them with how well he could meditate but none of them had the answers he sought. He finally was with a group of ascetics trying to master suffering. They would contort themselves into advances yogic poses for days on end. To eat they had a few grains of rice a day or the droppings of a bird. To drink the had a broth of mud. While mediating bagua heard a musician on a passing barge. “if the string is to tight it will snap, If it is to slack it will not play. The sting has to be just right” Hearing this Bagua got up from meditating and walked down to the river. “if I am to achieve enlightenment may this bowl travel up stream” The bowl he placed in the river went up stream. Seeing this he accepted a bowl of rice from a passing woman. The other ascetics saw this and told bagua they could no longer be with him he had forsaken his vows. “No no don’t you see it is the middle way the path between both polar opposites we must use” After he had been nursed back to health Bagua sat under a tree and meditated. “may my sinews snap may my bones break may I become dust I will not leave this place till I have found a cure for suffering” He meditated it was then that a being called discord showed up for he was worried that Bagua would find what he was looking for. So discord sent his three beautiful daughters To try and seduce Bagua. But bagua was looking beyond form he saw the mares as bones and dust. This only sought to enrage Discord even further. Discord sent his cotton candy clouds and it rained chocolate milk on Bagua. Bagua just sat there in meditation. Discord got an army and they fired chocolate milk bombs at Bagua, but Bagua was so peaceful that they just turned into lotus flowers and fell harmlessly to the ground. It seemed as if discord had been defeated But in fact he had not yet given up the battle. Bagua noticed his reflection in a puddle of chocolate milk. He reached down to touch it and his reflection reached up and grabbed his hoof. He pulled up a mirror image of himself. “You who go where no one else will dare will you be my god” discord “Architect finally I have met you, you will not rebuild your house again” Bagua “But I am your house and you live in me” discord “Oh lord of my own ego you are pure illusion you do not exist The earth is my witness” bagua reached down and touched the earth with his hoof Discord disappeared defeated. Bagua taught that there was suffering in sickness old age and death and that these could be over come through the use of the eight fold path. What do you guys think. I hope there aren't any mistakes in the plot of the story i was going from memory. Have heard the story of buddha in a while.
  23. So how has playing go or chess or xiangqi or shogi etc helped in your kung fu martial arts?
  24. Aggressive Evangelical Atheism

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=306513419448509&id=304932906265007https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=306513419448509&id=304932906265007 zecora says