Apech

While I realise that this thread might be cathartic or therapeutic for some of the posters on here, for most of us it just serves as a warning not to have anything to do with anyone involved. I think it might be worth while thinking about what exactly the purpose of all this bickering online is. As a moderator I am considering locking the thread as I don’t want the board consumed by this dispute. A.

I think it is a matter of which order you do things in and what emphasis is given. For instance in Karma Pakshi’s three/ four Kaya approach you could argue that the dharmakaya is xing- like while the sambhoga Kaya is tsa- lung related. I have even heard it explained that lojong can be understood as energy work broadly - although I don’t think they would ever actually say that in so many words.

what’s wrong with his hand positions?

How do we define evil?

https://www.arkopharma.com/pt-PT/plants/curcuma that’s the stuff

Well I agree on keeping things real so to speak. And I'm not advocating an away with the fairies view on entities. It (the idea they are real) does not fit the modern mind set though - so we seek rationalistic arguments about non-human entities. Something that has probably been accepted as true for hundreds of thousands of years by humans (I would suggest). But perhaps its worth considering that they, the gods, demi-gods, spirits and so on are each in their own realm where the rules of their realm apply. It's all about perception and we see with human eyes - so we imagine things as if they humanish. Yes the numinous mystery is real. IMO. I would not have said this a decade (maybe) ago. But there is always something unsatisfactory about 'archetypes' and psychological thought-forms etc to me. It's weak really. For instance the idea of sub-conscious is in itself poor - it should be super-conscious ... a field of super-conscious possibilities. And just part of the banality which science or scientism gives to our lives. You've got a point there. If everything is empty - then everything is possible (?).

Obviously I am still a kid.

@kakapo I like that song

cos it’s in a playlist - if you open it as a separate vid the link will post

Thanks that’s very helpful. There’s a woman in the next village who does acupuncture and sells some herbs - I’ll see if she has got these.

I take capsules which apart from powdered turmeric and pepper the only additive is acacia gum and 100% vegetable cellulose.

I’m interested in the word for eternal which is chang isn’t it? Does it have other meanings? Or nuanced meanings?

An evil foot? Where? (Looks wildly about in terror).

Don't give up so easily : )

Thanks for your reply. My issues are just general stiffness and some back pain which is mostly ageing related. I did not mean to suggest that it took two months to have an effect but that I noticed the effect for the two months. It is not dramatic but still noticeable. As turmeric is a herb used in food I think it unlikely that it is toxic - and I am not taking a particularly high dose. So I feel it has had an overall positive effect especially as it has reduced the frequency with which I have taken other meds over the period. But I am open to your views as you may have more knowledge than me.