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Let's hold out hope that does not come to pass. These are tough times and geopolitical posturing is going on, for sure. Do you think World War can be avoided?

Hi Lois, I've always found your posts/threads interesting. Maybe some a bit quirky for some, yet, those some, are not your intended audience. In the past, I have put questions to you to clarify certain things, as we know language can be misinterpreted, ambiguous, especially when one is posting in a language which is not their first natural language. @silent thunder thinks that this post is of a thinly veiled antisemitic nature. How do you respond to this ? Thank you for your attention regarding this and I look forward to your response. Edit to add, that Timothy McVeigh was in some folks mind a tough guy type that felt compelled to take action. Are you familiar with Timothy McVeigh?

, It's Time for rabbit to go bye bye. Fare thee well, Rabbit, you've served us well. Thanks for the memories! Whichever sticker has been chosen to acknowledge this Year of the Wood Dragon, it's time to display. Taking a moment to reflect on all of the Years of the Dragon during my lifetime, each of those years continue to shine bright. Each of those years, being momentous, with great significance in my personal life and also the world. High haint no weatherman, yet, I will say this much, in the forecast, there be dragons. And that's coming from the Dog in me.

Irony always finds a way. In my neck of the woods, we have a saying, righteous is as righteous does. My own take on that saying is, righteousness reveals itself through acts (not through self proclaiming)

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So Yin Happy Solstice & Best Wishes this Solstice !

I find it interesting in some off handed way, when, someone meets a real McCoy, yet, doesn’t recognize it as such. Be grateful for your own good fortune and opportunity and for your recognition ability. I think folks either get it or they don’t. The ones that don’t get it, that’s ok. I have a theory goes like: you tend to lose out on more by not taking a risk than by taking the risk.

By your definition, Baguazhang covers both qigong and neigong. Of course Baguazhang does way more than that, containing every element of Daoist alchemy. Whoever came up with the phrase “Baguazhang is as deep as the universe” achieved a moment of clarity. one beautiful thing about Daoist arts are there are different flavors to suit an individual’s unique qualities. When an individual expresses sincerity with an open mind, a Gate will open for them. After the Gate opens, leave ego behind, continue In equanimity, steady as you go.

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When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade without further introduction. — Mark Twain

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-plans-mass-production-humanoid-robots-within-two-years-2023-11

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On this site when we talk about martial arts, many may think of Asian kung fu or internal martial arts. Some may think of taiji treatises, baguazhang songs, xingyi quan poems, or The Book of Five Rings. Some May think of wooden dummies, iron hand & iron body training, even acupuncture points… Well, this thread starts off with something different.

Appreciation of the classics i did crack a wry smile for a mili-second

If you like life to the point of wanting more of it; if you’ve found a way that keeps life’s struggles, disappointments, heartbreaks, horrifics, calamities, from beating you down, if you’ve reached the golden years And still yearn for more, platinum or palladium years,,, it’s not that you dread a physical death, far from it, as that is the next fantastical adventure,,, yet, for whatever personal reasons you may have,, continuing your current adventures in the physical realm remain attractive for you,,, this thread is for you. I started here in 2009, when 90+% of my breath had died. https://archive.org/details/taoisthealthexer0000dali Time for me to do a re-read and I wholeheartedly recommend ya’ll take a look at it. Da Liu never once visited a doctor and lived in good health ninety six years. Different strokes for different folks. There are a few that lived to 108+ while smoking cigars and drinking whisky; this method won’t work for everyone. Get in where you fit in. There are meditations and qigong that enable those in their seventies to feel like they’re seventeen. These gifts are bestowed, rarely, you don’t order them off google. The movie, The Green Mile touched upon some drawbacks of extended longevity. Always be careful what you wish for. I like the YouTube channel Physionic Here’s a sample episode I like Baguazhang with it’s Limitless potentials

MOD NOTICE Political posts are to be posted in the CURRENT EVENTS section only. A member will have to ask for access to Current Events section; to post or view threads there. If you’re thinking of asking for access; think twice. I advise against it. This forum nearly ceased to be due to political discussions in the open forums. Members left and many have not returned. My two cents; merely my opinion, is whatever god is, it’s neither a religion or a politician.

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And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and wind longs to play with your hair. If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. All that spirits desire, spirits attain. Khalil Gibran, woulda liked to hang out with that cat. in the meanwhile, listening to the sweet music of psithurism,,

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@natural @Encephalon i know you have a lot to share; my guess is your time available / lack of, for this place, factors. @joeblast i miss this bum’s unique practices, working with hexagrams, is an example. Definitely had/has energetics. There are several other bums that rarely venture back around here, some not even posting when they do pass through. These bum’s definitely add, well, have added to discussions on the way. I won’t list then; and I have open lines to some of, but certainly not all of them. I hope that @Earl Grey is doing well and I look forward to his posts upon his return.

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