Apech

Hi tech wizard mod team!

many of my pics won’t upload because they are too big in terms of memory whatever - is there any way to update this? So we can post pics bigger than 113.2 MB?

44 minutes ago, Nungali said:

 

I have been meaning to ask .... tell me about this site  ^  ?

 

Is it modern , a reconstruction ?    Or ...

 

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its called almendres near evora in Portugal dated to between 6th and 4 th millennia BC  - very impressive and large stone circle

google almendres cromlech on wiki

I think there may be a fundamental difference in the Egyptian concept of shade and the shadow self - if it is true that the idea is that it is completely destroyed.  In Egyptian thought opposites are resolved and the ‘foe’ is overcome but assimilated rather than destroyed - as in this quote from the ritual of the divine cult:

’ and the power of Set hides itself straightway before the eye of Horus which seizes it, brings it, and sets it upon the seat of Horus’

in other words the wholistic awareness of Horus assimilates the power of Set.   
 

5 minutes ago, snowymountains said:

 

Indeed this is true, as it is true that the shadow is still there, without them being consciously aware and it rules from the unconscious.

Which in turn is a source of havoc in many ways but I'll keep it short and not expand.

Please expand a little.

24 minutes ago, snowymountains said:

 

The bigger risk is not being familiar with it, it is then that our shadow will rule us from our unconscious. Without integration, "the brighter the light, the darker the shadow" always applies.

 

The goal is of course for the other parts to integrate the shadow, not for the shadow to integrate the other parts.

Integration is a process too, doesn't happen overnight.

 

The Anima/Animus are also concepts by Jung which are onto something big, typically work on these is right after work on the shadow. Within the context of dreamwork in specific, the associated dreams typically occur after meeting the shadow (and may re-occur in later times when there's a change in the Anima).

Not being familiar or straightforward denial which probably the usual choice for  many.

There's quite a lot in Ancient Egypt about the shade or shadow as one of the aspects of a being.  Unfortunately as usual with the Egyptian stuff they mention it a lot without explaining what it is.  However it is clearly the part of us that relates to the dark rather than the light.

I don't usually like Jungian stuff but on this occasion he is clearly on to something and I would say that for myself, facing into one's dark side is one of the first things that happens - and it is quite scary.  There is a risk of over identifying with it because it seems powerful in a way - but you have to realise that its power is just part of the general mirage of power itself (if that makes sense).

Becoming unified or whole - a whole being - is an enormous task - until then we are made of parts.

touching base

12 minutes ago, Mark Foote said:

Why is it that you look exactly how I imagined you would look! 

you know very well that I only exist as a figment of your imagination.

1 minute ago, Cobie said:

The asking was perfectly alright by me.
What I do not like is the quoting of a post that already was deleted.

do you delete because you think your thoughts are not worth posting?  Cos I think this place thrives on everyone sharing their ideas freely.

You know I’ve been on here since 2007 and I don’t think people here were ever as nice as they are now.   It’s quite a lovely atmosphere sometimes.  I know there are still spats occasionally but nothing compared to the old days.  Perhaps we had to go through all that to get here but which ever way it’s quite an achievement I think.

17 minutes ago, Cobie said:

Exactly, that’s what I thought. So I deleted my post as irrelevant. 
 

 

sorry for asking I was just intrigued ….

4 minutes ago, Apech said:

I hope @liminal_luke will tell us what a spirit calendar is !

Monday - haunt

Tuesday - more haunting

Wednesday - scare an old lady by going brrrrrr

Thursday - extra haunting

Friday - open doors in a creaky way

Saturday - spooky night out

Sunday - hang around graveyard wearing white sheet

I hope @liminal_luke will tell us what a spirit calendar is !

3 minutes ago, Cobie said:

 

 

Curiosity killed the cat.
I said, “ignored calendars”. lol, there’s nothing ticked off, is there?

I hope now you know that all my deleted posts are totally boring and can be forget about. 

 

 

Ah I see

1 minute ago, Cobie said:

CD is referring to me. 
 

 

you love to delete - she person

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

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What did you say?

10 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

Oh what the hey....

 

 

impressive calendars 

18 hours ago, liminal_luke said:

Many thanks to those who have posted pics.  To some it may seem like a small thing but I think it's an act of courage; it's not always so easy to allow oneself to be seen.  I think the pictures make us more real to each other.  They foster connection and ever so slightly bridge the gap between the virtual and "real" worlds.  As for myself, I'm not quite ready.  Maybe someday.  It's odd that sharing a picture of my physical presence would seem so challenging when I've shared so many other details of my life here over the years.  I guess we're all different and I've got to honor where I am in the moment.  This thread will remain as an invitation for some future less neurotic version of myself to take the leap.  

Brother Luke just draw down the hood of your magenta cassock.

45 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

 

Big ole dykes,

On mountain bikes,

Cruisin' down the highway with adopted tykes.

Tykes like dykes,

Dykes like tykes,

Tykes, bikes, Dykes,

No anomaly,

It’s a family,

They’re in harmony,

Biking, Dyking, Tykes.

50 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

You know you're middle aged when you don't know who to support anymore.  Back in the day we were supposed to cheer on feminists.  Big ole dykes with piercings and tattoos would mount bikes and take their rightful place at the head of the parade. Now, sadly, they've all turned into trans-exclusionary Palestinian killers.  A few white ones even traveled to Baja and stole the recipe for flour tortillas, returned to the states where they opened up a culturally appropriating burrito stand.  Fortunately the good people of Portland gave them the heave-ho.

 

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to find myself far from the comfortable cultural middleground.  At a time when everyone is trying to find their identity, I'm trying to lose mine.  I've had it for years and what good has it done me?

Big ole dykes,

On mountain bikes.

On 19/02/2024 at 11:46 PM, Keith108 said:

Today -

 

5:30 am start

108 bows

sitting practice

 

evening:

ba duan jin (4 reps)

sitting practice

 

Kind of a meh day. No energy whatsoever. Can definitely use some napping practice! Going to turn in early, and get a good night's sleep. On the plus side, I can definitely feel the location of the lower dan tian now. 

 

Reading Dr. Yang JM's qigong adapted DDJ translation. I am sure it's old hat for most of you. but I have never heard of the idea that it could be applied to practice (King=mind, people=qi, etc.}  Pretty cool and an amazing new perspective.

 

_/|\_

I had no idea that there was a 5:30 in the morning until you mentioned it.

Welcome and happy birthday.

I read somewhere, possibly on here, that the difference in Latitude (i.e. North- South position relative to the equator) affects the position of the LDT - and therefor by extension the configuration of our subtle bodies.  Not perhaps a fundamental difference because we are all more or less the same in that respect, but perhaps in the more subtle tensions and flows etc. which occur.

I have long held the thought that the same is true of East - West location but in a different way.  There are difficulties with this because of course East and West are relative directions and not polar ones.  The further West you go - you end up in the East (like Christopher Columbus travelling West to try to find the East).  The best conclusion I can come to is that it is to do with the inner or outer focus of attention.  A more Eastern position is more inner and more 'mental'; while a Western position is more outer and more body focussed.

Of course one would have to debate where exactly is the most Eastern and where is the most Western - and I would suggest India and America respectively.

With respect to empires and colonisation etc.  there is no doubt that these things bring harm to some, but on the other hand without the movement to a global perspective we wouldn't have the ideas and insights that we do have at our disposal.  DaoBums would not exist for instance - or its hard to see how it could.  Unless you are an ethno-nationalist then you have to accept that all cultures involve some mixing and interaction.  Without that we would all exist in our own little domains knowing little of each other.  Westerners doing yoga and Tai Chi are culturally appropriating something not natural to them - but surely we would argue that this is all to the good - other wise give up now

12 hours ago, Keith108 said:

I didn't win the morning, but a nice restful day today. Going to be super busy for the next 3 days. 

 

6 am start

30 minutes sitting

 

then later in the morning

108 Bows

 

this evening:

sitting (timed with a short stick of incense)

ji ben qi gong (8 reps)

zhan zhuang for 5 minutes

 

When I'm sitting, awareness is resting on the lower dan tian. Still not sure I have found it. I definitely feel sensations in that area. There is also a lot of activity on the top of my head (bai hui). Way more than the usual tingling. Like a flowing out of and over the top of my head.

 

I have been reading Dr. Yang JM's stuff for years. Just finished Embryonic Breathing, and am currently reading Small Circulation. 

 

I haven't messed with any reverse breathing yet. But, I would say my belly breathing is pretty solid, and un-regulated. 

 

Here is a question for the more experienced folks: if you were to block some time for seated work and moving work, which one would you do first? I can see reasons for both, and in the end, it probably doesn't matter much. Just curious...

 

Moving first and sitting after - not that I do much moving stuff these days as I have concluded that there is nothing that can be done through moving that cannot be achieved in sitting.  But maybe that's just me.  Having said that - if it's health concerns you're addressing then more moving is easier.