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This a bit of a rabbit hole. I was doing some research on prostate issues and found out about Plato's site: http://prostatesecrets.com/ Then I did some digging and found out a whole lot more about him. He has a bunch of other sites, and in particular dealing with jaw issues and this therapy called neurocranial restructuring. I happen to have both jaw and prostate issues, so I was particularly interested in what he had to say given the relatively poor and long drawn out healing process I've been engaged in. Would be really interested to chat with him, and was hoping somebody on the board could connect me. I'm aware he's a bit of a controversial character!

I've been sent this talk by Simon Sinek by a number of people: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en It basically sounds like bullshit to me. He's just serving platitudes. At the same time, I know an area that I need to work on (for various reasons) is inspiring and leading people. I think there's lots of books and info out there that give tactics and strategies for being charming, inspirational etc...but I think these are all lies. I feel the truth has to do with your energy. All the tactics and strategies don't matter if you dont have the right energy. Curious what other Bums think about this topic. Not interested in negative comments.

I think the stick to your guns bit is true, but it's also obvious. I'm trying to understand on a deeper level than that.

@aaron any recommended versions or secondary texts. I feel like I only really understand deep texts like that once I have lived the lesson first.

I did nadi shodhana pranayama today and i think it helped for my brain fog I am experienced, which I believe is being caused by stuck/excess wind. Going to experiment some more with this, but just wondering if there's any other pranayama you would recommend.

Following. Dealing with issues there as well. Not sure what to make of it and feel like I've been at a standstill for a long time in dealing with it.

Looking to up my knowledge on the interaction between chinese astrology and personality types. In particular interested to understand how/why some personalities mesh and others don't. Pretty well have no idea where to start, and was hoping somebody could set me on the right path with a suggestion on books/sites etc...

I have had multiple minor boxer fractures since starting to box, and each time it takes longer to heal. It really sucks because I want to train..and also having an injured hand is no fun. It's not that bad, but im concerned that its taking so long to heal this time and I'm concerned about long term damage. Any tips on dealing with this to minimize long term damage?

Yup, I do that. Not that I hit that hard...but I did notice that as soon as I got my form better (and as a result started hitting harder) that's when the injury issues began.

ya, using the punch with top 2 knuckles method. I think the issue is a combination of my form and the trainer. When I trained with other trainers I didnt have this issue. But my main coach always caused this problem (hence the repetitive injury). On my side, I could see I wasnt punching accurately and my wrist was getting crunched sometimes or i was hitting with my pinky sometimes. From the coach's side, he would slam the pads into my hands when I was punching and also didnt hold the pads up high enough for me due to height difference. So I would guess a combo of my accuracy and form being not well trained and the trainer not providing a good target for me caused this problem.

I've recently found I have felt more connected to my lower dan tien and root energy after doing physical exercises aimed at my core muscles. I'm really wondering if I am actually strengthening the qi in my LDT or if I am increasing awareness. Perhaps both, although it would be great to better understand the composition. In the past I had some mantak chia exercises that involved pressurizng the lower dan tien area (I cant remember the names), and was wondering if anyone could recommend some qi gong style exercises for strengthening the qi in my lower dan tien. Am I mistaken in my hypothesis that strengthening the qi in my LDT will increase my ability to ground?

All this stuff seems really yin. I was thinking something more active/yang?

Over the past month or so I've been having issues in every facet of my life. There has been so many small and a few big things going wrong for me that it is quite clear I am in some sort of energy flow of shit going wrong. Was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this and/or any ideas on whats going on if its a theme for more people.

sounds very apt. I have actually felt very connected to saturn ove the past number of years. Curious if u could explain ur music selection here.

Everything said has been accurate. What's going on with saturn return? I definitely feel its trying to bring me in deeper to the lesson and that ya the tweaking thing is part of it.

Thanks. I'm not too familiar with astrology so was wondering if there was some thing going on. It's very clear to me why it's happening to me from a personal level. The worse it gets the more I understand the lesson. It's annoying as fuck though...but that's apparently what I need. Everything I touch basically breaks not in a major way, but in a subtle and minor enough way to cause problems and when multiplied through all aspects in my life it's well quite frustrating and stressful. I have found the length and concentration of this shit storm to be very unusual so while my personal relation to the events produced by the bad luck is as somewhat clear, I feel like there has to be some larger cosmic forces at play that I am being swept into.

Looking for input on how you or your school of thought deals with expectations. They seem very dichotomous, either you have them or not. If I have an expectation and that expectation is not met, then the result will be a negative emotion. If I don't have an expectation, then there may be a variety of other negative repercussions (relationships and just general getting things done comes to mind). If one has no expectations of oneself, why bother doing things or growing? My calculus has put me in between a rock and a hard place - anyone have a pillow? Edited: for spelling

I came here to say what NotVoid just stated far more eloquently than I would have put it. What is Te anyways? Is one not the creator of Te? For me, virtue, is more about the cause and effect of actions, as opposed to 'virture itself'. Claiming virtue itself as known is the same BS as someone saying they're enlightened. So what! I am too If a leader creates a harem from his followers, who is to say that is not-virtuous. Would it not be the tao? And how does the tao speak or pass judgement on such actions. If it is not aligned with the tao then it won't work out. If one progresses mystically to know the tao, then it would seem that the knowledge of what is a virtuous act would be clear. However, the gap between knowledge and action is one major issue. But then that begs the question, if tao and te are not aligned - then how aligned are you with the tao? Would a deep understanding not be an embodied realization, and an embodied realization would be the bridge between knoweldge and action?

I was thinking of doing a juice fast retreat for a number of days, but i have a longstanding case of liver qi stagnation and I know that fasting isn't a good idea when one has liver qi stagnation. Was wondering anyone's thoughts on if I would actually benefit from doing a long juice fast given the qi stagnation.

well said. I'm slowly coming to this conclusion myself

Haha, I came here to ask opinions on host defense. I've got a few of their products, including cordyceps. It's plant based, so it's not the authentic picked from the ground zombie mushroom others may be using. I'm totally ok with that. Just think...zoooombie mushroooom.

I'm looking to get a water filter for city water. I've looked into berkey/british berkfield...but it looks pretty skechy as to whats going on with them in terms of quality of product. In fact, I'd say the whole water filtration industry appears to have snake oil waiting in the shadows. Curious to hear any bum's experience or opinions on such things

I'm curious as to why when I don't take care of my body it wants me to further degrade it's state. For example, no exercise desire to eat late, or if I eat a bunch of food that makes me not feel good...eat more not feel good food. WHY!!!! >:

Thanks for these recommendations. I will look through them and pilfer and the great knowledge I've actually found a bunch of stuff from thanissaro bikhu. I really like listening to his audio lectures - he has a very calm voice and I find the information he gives over to be clear and precise...it's clear what he's saying and not saying. Again, I'm really not interested in the sectarian pissing contests that seem to be abundant, or the ins and outs of histories (although that can obviously be important for understanding context) of this teacher and that. Just the goods people! Free stuff is here: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/index.html#notselfstrategy http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/16/

I am looking to understand the foundational components of what the buddha taught - no sectarian stuff or practices per say, but just what are the theoretical foundations of his teachings. I recall a book title what the buddha taught or what the buddha said - I thought it was by an academic, but I can only find one online by a monk. I am trying to better understand psychology through the lens of buddha's understanding of being human. Would appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction in terms of books. I am not interested in hagiographies, waxing poetry, or the like. Gimme the goods