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I posted this 3 days ago in a thread about war, I've hidden. Thought I'd share here without comment.

gratitude

Optimism, enthusiasm, positive outlook, nothing wrong with it. I like it. Still, whether believe or not, makes little difference to reality, functionality, skills, experience. Right on. My Christmas was playing with baguazhang energetics. Some of the finer and funner realities I've experienced, short of Spiritual realities. There is some overlap and cooperations. Believing and knowing, there is a difference.

For a long long time. So yeah, a little bird chirped to me there is talk about TDB having a core of an older crowd. I chirped back to that little bird, stick around, you ain't seen nothing yet. Daoist Longevity Practices is definitely a thing. I'm sure talk will get around to Li Ching-Yuen. Let's start the thread by looking at DVD That's right Dick van Dyke looks at his 100 years, and he provides so many examples, lessons, thoughts, on longevity. If we imagine someone to have a positive outlook, ability to brighten up other's day, Relaxed physicality, ( if you need to see what song/sung looks like, look no further) Staying active, still goes to gym three times a week, to avoid stiffening up. And a sense of humor and a warm caring heart. This is how one gets Longevity. Yes, he is rich and that helps I'm sure. But being rich is not what defines him.

Today's selection: Moon Rocks Winter grow: Gorilla Cookies, Strawberry Gorilla, GF OG

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.

just wanted to share some thoughts on the lighter side of things i hope at some moment of this day that you did experience some laughter?! was it a reaction from hearing a joke? were you being tickled? did you experience joy? or happiness? did you have an evil laugh?

In today's world; discerning what is real or isn't, even concerning Santa is problematic,,,

Maybe I had big pharma all wrong,,,,

I had thought of posting on this thread; about how, it's much more involved than choosing a side. Your short video shows that choosing a side was done for us, by Nature.

December 19

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003932 https://www.ourchinastory.com/en/13325/Mystery-of-the- Let's get Dao with it

Showing my age,,,

Sometime it is a very thin veil. Other times it is manifested in perfect irony.

I think many/most people would agree with that. One person once, told me, 70-75. Because after that, they felt, it would just be un-needed suffering. I heard another one tell me, and they were in a quasi Daoist village, there was an old man, would walk into the village occasionally, the old guy said, he was 75. But the person telling me about it said "thing is. As a boy he remembered the same old man walking into the village saying he was 75 then. My take away; never admit being older than 75

https://www.sciencealert.com/dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-its-backed-by-science Can we really call "100" Daoist longevity? Not really, but it is a nice round number to use as a starting point. Anyways, DVD's advice is sound science; not only that, ask yourself, however long or short your lifespan is, do you want to be angry during it?

Sophia