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  6. Posted

    what does the swastika have to do with taoism?

     

    Hitler (or some nazi high up in nazi marketing) co-opted the swastika to be used in their iconography.

     

    "It occurs mainly in the cultures that are in modern day India and the surrounding area, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

     

    It's supposed to be a miniature diagram of the universe .. issue is not what it is but how it's drawn - clockwise or else ....

  10. Posted

    My cousin went to study with a Daoist monk at an undisclosed mountain range in China. He said there was one daoist monk a male and another who was female. They did not live in the same abode but lived in proximity to one another and they were THE ONLY ONES really out there.

     

    Pretty cool. She's the herbalist he's the bagua master.

     

    works well.

  13. Posted

    Oct

    Phi

    5th

    3rd

    Root

     

     

    Octaves?

     

    Flying is easy, the hard part is dealing with the consequences of having done so. As soon as you fly even 1 inch, your mind will have to deal with the conflict this action creations with every other belief you hold. The amount of stress and fear this will generate is impossible to describe.

     

    You are tuned in, goldisheavy.

     

    Coming to terms with the fact that we are under so much atmosphere traveling so fast is quite practically a traumatic experience.

     

    We are insulated by the ignorance of the truth that both empower us and strike deadly fear into us.

     

    With great power comes great responsibility.

     

    I will give this much more consideration.

     

    Good luck to you!

  14. Posted

    One of the earliest known writings in the whole world was written by a Chinese Shaman, and it could be titled Ode to the Green Bud. Also, the idea has been put forward that tai chi was invented on pot, and that makes a lot of sense.

     

     

    Can you cite this writing? I'd like to read it.

  15. Posted

    So, then help me understand. You started this thread. It's your responsibility to make yourself clear.

    You also didn't answer my question. Are you Max's student?

     

    No I'm not Max's student.

     

    I don't know how much clearer I can get. I think I've made my case clear: don't charge people for knowledge.

     

    Cheers,

    Ben

  17. Posted

    Shambhala from Washington, DC

     

    http://www.199records.com//shambhala/index.php

    http://profile.myspace.com/10848390

     

    My music (Benny)

     

    http://www.myspace.com/benny

    (selling my album now $5 + s&h)

     

    RZA

    GZA

    Wu Tang Clan

     

    Amadeus the Stampede

    http://www.myspace.com/amadeusthestampede

     

    Al-Jabra

    http://www.myspace.com/aljabra

     

    The Shogun Assassins

    (a rap group I'm in)

    http://www.myspace.com/theshogunassassins

     

    Boston Wiz

    http://www.myspace.com/bostonwiz

  19. Posted

    What one eats has nothing to do with skill levels in Taijiquan.

    It has to do with compassion and longevity.

    We can all agree that Bruce Lee was a master - see the Bruce Lee thread

    However he didn't live long due to drug use.

    Alcohol and smoking is abusing ones body.

     

    i think everything that could possibly be a factor as regards ones skill level in anything is a factor. including diet. how can you say that what you eat has nothing to do with the health of your body? haven't you been reading the health literature? too much red meat is bad for you, hell -- a woman got a worm in her brain just 2 weeks ago from eating pork for god sake.

     

    how will taiji be effected by worm in the brain????!!

     

     

    diet is important. it's not the only determinator of overall ability bu it IS A FACTOR.

  20. Posted

    I thought there was an insult policy reminder

    It also states no personal insults

    I think you could have rephrased that response to be more constructive, at the very least. If it is true at all, which i doubt. however i suppose your point being that there are many fake teachers (i.e. not capable themselves teachers and all) (and people in general one could add) in even varying degrees, actually.(?)

     

    don't mind him froggie. he just feels threatened because toto is about to pull back the curtain on him ;)

  22. Posted

    Perhaps unless you have the characters for the word you might not have much luck. It is in a pill form, perhaps you could get it in china town, but for whatever reason the ingredients are not disclosed and I found a few webpages saying formula is patented, but perhaps they meant something else, wouldnt surprise me too much though. I ate some forbidden rice this morning, yummy, good with black beans, lots of anthocyanins, but for a second I thought you were asking about cannibal rice.

     

    LOL!! what is cannibal rice? i did research on that capsule formula for about an hour yesterday and ended up at page referencing "black rice" ...

     

     

    Offside question: is cumin used in TCM herbalism?

     

    Are you vegetarian? how do you get your b12?

  23. Posted

    My master has no name. My master is nothing, my master is not a master, and would never take the role of master. My master is not above or below. My master comes to me every time I step up, and it brings me down, Every time I am down, it brings me up. When I am right it has nothing to say to me. So I know best when I do not know. And I know not when I know. Except that I am not I.

     

    The Stiller I am, the more I see. You hear? I smell my eyes. You touch my ground, I am the ground, you taste my vision?

     

    BEAUTIFUL! You know!