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    I believe that each oracle has its own personality and its area of expertise.

    The I-Ching has a strong seasonal component and its response attempts to predict what's going to happen in the arc of 3 to 6 months. 

    It's not disrespectful to ask the same question during that period of time to see if something has changed.

     

    I suggest to try easier oracles like the Clear cut I ching.

     

    p.s. online oracles don't work

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    11 hours ago, terry said:

     

     

       Daoists don't worship god and sufis do.

     

     

     

    A religion doesn't need to be monotheistic to qualify as a religion.

    ... and sufis worship God because they're muslim and not because they're dervishes. Although they are rare, there are sufi orders in which it's not mandatory to be muslim (for example,  Azeemia).

     

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    1 hour ago, terry said:

     

    I don't agree with either of these statements. The contraries are closer to true.

     

    Why?

    Daoism is a traditional chinese religion, while sufism is a particularly fervent approach to spirituality in Islam.

     

  12. Posted · Edited by Cheshire Cat

    Practice breathing meditation "anapanasati style" while focusing on the point between the nose and the lips. You can visualize that point, but don't move/spin/vibrate anything: just keep the attention there.

    Moustache meditation.

    That should relieve the pressure in the eyes.

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    On 26/12/2021 at 12:37 PM, Nuralshamal said:


    According to Patanjali Yoga Sutra and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, there are 3 levels:
    1) Dharana (12 seconds of your attention resting unbroken on an object - no wavering of your thoughts or attention)
    2) Dhyana (12x12 seconds = 2m24s of unbroken attention)
    3) Samadhi (12x12x12 = 28m48s of unbroken attention

     

     

     

    Where did you get this information?

    I'm not sure that  good old Patanjali was that familiar with couting seconds and numbers' multiplications...:unsure:

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    7 hours ago, zerostao said:

     


    ya’ll think that the military’s goal is to prolong life?

    interesting perception. 
     

    it is ok to say something like “your understanding, experience, opinion, is different than mine”

    speaking in absolutes; you are wrong, I am right, labeling others as frauds, etc is sanctionable 

    On this forum.

     

    Do you think I wrote something that is sanctionable on this forum ?

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  20. Posted · Edited by Cheshire Cat

    On 5/7/2022 at 6:39 PM, Ethan singh said:

    Can tortoise breathing prolong your life significantly 

     

    I believe that if this practice was truly effective, then the military would have already introduced it into recruit training programs. 

     

    Probably it's better to stick to air breathing.

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    After 10+ years of personal research in this subject, my conclusion is that meditation can help a little with physical ailments... but probably can't do much to lenghten lifespan.

     

    For the purpose of longevity, it's proven that physical exercise has a significant impact. 

     

     

     

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    I'd love to be able to say that there are evidences for a meditation technique that actually improves memory. Specifically in a daoist context, one may hope for a concentration practice on some parts of the body (chakras, dantien, spinning energies here and there) that somehow gifts the practitioners with extraordinary memory. 

    Unfortunately, there's not such a thing because the only way to strengthen a function of the brain is to exercise it: concentration practices don't improve memory, but memorization does. 

    So, the only method that I'm aware of is to pick a book and start to read & repeat pages day after day, until you can do it extraordinarily well and fast. To exercise a function of the brain is to strengthen it over time. 

     

    A small help in the process may come from practicing rhythmic thinking with a mantra like Manjushri's. 

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