Apech
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my MCO flows! lit up like a Christmas tree from head to my toes.
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now are we even? you seem a bit odd to me alienated?
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We all have beliefs whether we call them that or not. The thing to do is to hold them up to the light of day and allow them to be challenged. If they stand up logically then keep them if they don't discard them. As far as I can see GiH does this but often in a way that challenges others. This is one of the good things about TTBs contrary to opinion of a poster above who was moaning about what he read on here. If you want conformity I suggest go to another site. Not addressing anyone in particular BTW (except myself).
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Yes I have experienced shaking in meditation - everything from slight twitching, sudden jerking and bigger movements. My approach is to just see it as part of process. Sometimes it can be quite distracting and difficult but still this is part of the process. Whatever meditation you are doing I would suggest don't give up or change it. However you will find, I think, that like layers of an onion as you go deeper the whole thing will change. Meditation is a kind of empirical process through which you learn more and more about yourself and your body/mind states. Don't worry and be interested. If it gets to a degree that you can't put up with it then see a competent teacher.
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There's a check list of symptoms on that website I posted earlier. I hope its not copyright ... it doesn't say it is so ...here it is ...
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(nicely done Mark!) juice and bean scented yes I smell like broken wind I used to have friends.
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Yes, I think so, its often overlooked by raising energy impacts on your outer life as well as your inner condition, we discussed this a while ago but I can't remember where. I'm interested in this because I think the direction of your life changes and this is important. You step out of your comfort zone and stuff starts happening to you. Not bad in the long term but tough in the short.
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With respect its a good idea to understand the process and what I have read on here has been helpful. People with the syndrome are usually advise to ease off the practice or at least change it.
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Its available here: K.A.S. so I assume its ok to download - but you can buy it from amazon too. Just looking at Kundalini and Chakras from same place. .... treat it all with caution I suppose ...
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Just been surfing around this subject and read Sannella (you can get it free in pdf) also found this clip on youtube - no idea who he is but its quite interesting about downward flow:
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Thanks - could you explain a little more?
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No I would like a graveyard ... the neighbors would be very quiet.
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I think this is uniquely Buddhist because of the lack of god, godhead, spiritual essence or substratum ... other paths have other views ... at this point you are expressly forbidden to mention dependent origination... You may have to justify that opening statement ... I'm glad you said 'seem ... like' rather than 'are'. But I will let T speak for herself is she so chooses. Yes, have you done this? I think maybe you could divide the human race into two groups top-downers and bottom-uppers. I am the later BUT I know that at key stages you have to change your approach (these are the difficult times) by the end I will have done the whole cycle. yes I thought of this when I was typing before .... like you I often wondered if this was a precise number or just one of those 'so many you can't count them' big numbers. Also that is within Buddhism itself. I think we are finding out that we can't take all systems and make a new agey mush ... or if we do we are left with nothing. In my view anyone who is doing any kind of genuinely motivated spiritual work is still better than 99.9% who don't, even if I don't like or get their approach. On the other hand even some of them a fairly odious
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This I can't agree with. It might be a Buddhist view of what the spiritual path is about but it cannot be described as the 'whole point'. Freedom yes/or maybe but not freedom from suffering but freedom to be whatever you have the potential to be. I like the contrast between Kundalini (et al) as evolutionary energy and Taomeow's returning. Is the the spiritual path part of human evolution and what are we to make of the onward and upward view this gives aligned to the idea of 'progress'. I have read many writers who describe spirituality in these terms (as evolutionary) but even these also seem to refer to some kind of 'golden age' in the distant past which implies that once mankind knew its spiritual nature better than it does today. I find Taomeow's view of returning very powerful but I wonder whether when we do return, maybe its not the same as when we never left home (if you see what I mean). Perhaps I am suggesting that the end or goal of both it actually the same after all i.e. when you evolve you actually do so by realizing your own nature and when you return you do so with enhanced wisdom from all that you have gone through in life. The difference is not in the endgame but just in the experience of the path and that there are many paths because there are many types of people who need to hear the message expressed in different ways. (?)
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I feel like I'm in an episode of ER!
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Hi and welcome - sounds like you will have a lot to contribute.
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Marbles if you could see me now I would be bowing in your general direction. Te not Tao. yes of course. Long live Te in all its manifestations.
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Just wanted to say - great thread! I want to comment but maybe later when I have more time. Please keep going if you have more to say (everyone).
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There are people (who I don't know but just from their 'energy') - if I see them in the Supermarket I go down a different aisle - I don't reject them as such I suppose I just like to keep away. I don't know if this is very Taoist or not - and I don't know if it is just about me at the moment. I wish them well but please stay away from me! Ha! If you reject behaviors then are we saying these behaviors are not part of Tao? Hmmm still thinking about this.
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The 'ject' bit of re-ject means (I think) 'to throw' - so to reject means to throw back ... as if you had caught some fish, some are no good to eat so you throw them back. People on the other hand are a bit different. Even though I might see it as a good thing not to reject other people - I would definitely like to reject some of their behavior. But I think from a Taoist point of view that's a no-no too. "So, Mr. Hitler you are going to plunge Europe into war and practice genocide?" "How could I reject you or your plans ... I'm a Taoist for Chrissake!" I think I need to do some more work on this one!!! Ha ha. Thanks as usual Marbles for making me think.
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Anyone know much about Jacob Boehme? Particularly the seven planets? Here is a quote of his: God is eternal nothing ... I thought that was interesting ...
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arms flailing, eyes wild no it's not kundalini I just look like this.
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:lol: the blanket falls off and turning over again drives me down the wall!
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a vain endeavor is to rid myself of self maybe I won't try.
