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  3. Posted

    Sorry to hear about your confusion.

     

    Beware if your mental health physician starts to give you any anti-depressants or other pharmaceuticals. You don't want to go there.

     

    Ever looked into Qi Gong or Tai Chi Chuan? I go in and out of periods of depression, but since beginning internal cultivation & the balancing of my energies from the inside, I am starting to develop a more stable foundation.

     

    I think it's a good path that you have stumbled upon.

     

    Take care

     

    ∆

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  4. Posted

    Hello.

     

    I am 18 years old and I have been taking some herbal tonics that contain ginseng. A friend of mine was explaining to me that his understanding is while you are young, it is unnecessary & even harmful to take something so fiery because your body is producing a large amount of jing naturally, and it isn't beneficial until your body begins to slow down as you age.

     

    What do you all think? If it makes a difference, I have a regular practice of Taijji Chuan.

     

    -∆ngelo

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    When it comes to comparing men and women it seems women are always going to top the males. The males have superficial strengths but women have internal power. At least that's the way it seems.

     

    When you think of it though in regards to sexuality it's true. Men and women come out usually equal in terms of population size but about 20% more males are born but due mostly to sexual competition (and most if not all competition is based subtly or more explicitly on pro-creation) these males die before the age of 30 ... yet we are related to 80% of our female ancestors while only 10-20% of our male ancestors. This is definitely not equal. It seems only males are judged. For a man, there will always be someone stronger, you will NEVER be strong enough and you will ALWAYS be judged by your external achievements and your successes. As a woman, you can never appear weak enough, but there is a limit to what men do. Still it is insisted that men be judged while women are exempt from any kind of judgement because it's never her fault as she "has no direct involvement" in anything.

     

    Do you see the tremendous disparity between men and women, and why there are so many men left out, and hidden from the picture?

     

    Yea women are abused.. I understand there are and have been for a long time. But women don't have to be subject to this. They don't always have to be the victims. In the end it is Women who decides which men continue their legacy and which don't, whereas some men just force it on the woman. I don't try to force it.

     

    Have you ever thought that because of the disparity between men and women you can explain why some men are more aggressive, or bitter, etc. The REAL disparity?

     

    It's the men always fighting over the women, any woman. Women sit there and do nothing and are already having guys come up to them because women are naturally "beauty" and men are "beasts". But women only fight for the the men "on top" whether that be good or bad. As a collective at least or the majority. As long as you keep judging men as alpha and beta you will be judging men as "superior and inferior" as in "better or worse". Whereas a female, an alpha and beta female, yin or yang female, doesn't matter you still get laid, you still got someone who cares for you.

     

    Dude you're caught up in a matrix.

     

    We are vibrational beings on a tiny ball in the middle of the universe.

     

    You are creating your own reality.

  6. Posted · Edited by angelo

    Wuji --------------------------------------- Tao ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wuji ?

     

     

     

     

    [nothing] ---------------------------------------------[everything in between]-------------------------------------------[everything] ?

     

     

    Thanks for the replies. Maybe wuji is more like the source / universe / creation and Tao is the way it unfolds itself?

     

     

    It's totally just mental shit but Im enjoying it.

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    Hello.

     

    I would love to hear what your guys' thoughts are on how wuji differs from the Tao itself. I've been pondering it myself and I have tied my mind in many knots.

     

    Is the Tao all of creation, and Wuji is just one polarity of it? Or does all of the Tao exist in Wuji?

     

    Cheerio

     

    -∆

  10. Posted · Edited by angelo

    Very interesting things to ponder. I will be going to university to study music soon, and I have been curious how it will tie in to my practice & further development along this path.

     

    I would also love to know if anyone knows of any 'Taoist' or Chinese folk music?

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    Hello everyone,

     

    I have been looking into Naropa University in Boulder, CO. I think that I'm going to end up there, if not this fall, certainly by the following one. It's curriculum is inspired by Eastern philosophy. Meditation, Tai Chi Chuan, Yoga and other Eastern arts are incorporated.

     

    I was curious if anyone around here is familiar with the school or perhaps have even been involved with it.

     

    Naropa.edu for those who are interested in taking a look.

     

    Good day!

    -∆ngelo