Wu Ming Jen

I am interested in luxin's take on his situation. I am not debating about what others think or when something is good or bad. I would like to hear his thoughts. I am actually concerned for him and I am hoping he can take that concern away.

Dreaming is not an action which is confined to falling asleep. We dream 24 hours a day. A part of our consciousness which is not fully engaged in the physical plane dealing with day to day problems is focused on the subtle aspects of the body. Many times a day we shift conscious focus from physical reality to subtle reality. Our awareness at that moment may be focused on a friend that is at the other side of the planet. Sometimes if our focusing is intense enough something unexpected may happen: the phone rings! It is our friend calling from the other side of the planet to tell us they were thinking of us just at that moment. Has this happened to you? Ordinarily we call these happenings `coincidence’. A word for labeling the unexplainable. The full spectrum of the life force is not something unexplainable. The whole spectrum is happening simultaneously, 24 - 7 One of the insights which opens as one begins to consciously shift mental focus from the physical to the subtle is that the life force is not limited by physical reality. The physical is just one aspect of the energy spectrum. There is the rest of the spectrum operating simultaneously beyond the physical. Energy is not limited by space or time. Time and space have no influence whatsoever in the subtle energy dimensions. Time and space are not a limiting factor and play no role whatsoever in phenomena. It is extremely hard for physical beings to imagine the state beyond time and space, specially if we have no direct experiences of subtle energy in our bodies or consciousness.

Chuang Tzu the story of the butterfly is the point between these states of consciousness. It is much simpler and not so convoluted. The awareness predates the body and after the body is gone. I believe these guys maybe limited of experience of the topic at hand.

This sounds like absolute insanity. There is a stranger living in your house with you and your wife I assume no kids. How does this person help? rent money, cook, clean, buy groceries. If it is non material help that is a major red flag and you are being deceived at your loss and his gain. Basically being played. How in the world does your wife feel about this situation. There is not a woman alive that I know that would not drill for information relentlessly and never let it go until questions are answered. Secrets are the downfall of all relationships. Hiding is deceit. These traits in particular makes this person less then worthy to ever get close to the great teaching and someone that should never be taught. Please correct me if I am wrong and if there still remains "hidden" information about this situation.

They all stare in disbelief of this new police weight loss system. How in the world can you just sit down and lose weight? The confusion gathers more and more police but little do they know that the sitting teacher just got them walking on the beach, out of their cars and away from the donuts. Who knows maybe this new weight loss system for police officers has more to offer than meets the eye.

Wudang mountain translation of the tao de ching. Legend has it the copy of the original made it to wudang rather quickly in time. This is so long ago that we can not affirm or be denied the authenticity. The words chosen in translation is not confused.

True words aren’t eloquent; eloquent words aren’t true. Wise men don’t need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren’t wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads. In summery we need to uplift each other, follow and do not lead. By giving and not taking we all become rich with which is priceless. By helping others we help ourselves. by not possessing we posses the universe. Unlimited to the happiness and well being of others in turn comes back 10 thousand time. I could give you eloquent words to deceive you and rob you of your own power but that is what weak people do Marblehead is a champion! long live Marblehead! Want to meditate then "sit down and shut up" the wise words of he who has risen!

Read the secret of the golden flower it will put your mind to rest. It seems that you have an affinity with Taoist practice with the dragon and tiger imagery. By your words you seem to be on the right path reimagine your self do not let the old thought patterns determine your life and reach for perfection, compromise is not an option as long as you are very well grounded before the rise that is about to become. Earth and heaven support each other do not seek one without the other. The physical life is more important now then the so called spiritual life take care of life now and all ends well. Reach the highest heavens with your feet grounded in the earth.

Yes! Yes! Yes! more blade porn please. The sword is one of my passions and is great for my health Master Bing from Wudang Mountain is currently doing online workshops due to covid His site is wudang dao. You can register for zoom classes starting in February 2021. Youtube master Bing as well, all good stuff. I Prefer the Jian but also train with the Dao. My new blade

I like the Taoist notions of time and timelessness, existence and non existence. the complementary and opposite components of the eternal. According to Taoism, and Chinese thought in general, the cycles of nature are movements of qi as it is shaped by alternating patterns of yin and yang and the Five Phases. Qi moves outward to create or be transformed, and returns inward to regenerate. Time likewise moves through regular cycles, such as day to night, spring to summer to winter to fall. The moon, stars, and planets also move in regular cycles. All of these cycles are regenerative: day turns into night, night turns back into day; spring moves toward winter, and winter leads back to spring. Time and timing is great tool. When we work with the time all is well. When we do things at the wrong time things go sideways. We are perishable and eternal at the "same time". I don't understand time as always continuing in one direction because it would become exhausted and die out.

Human demons are also spirits or spiritual so we need to be more specific with such a general term as "spiritual". Is it the conditioned acquired spirit in control of our life or is it the original spirit before birth, the unnamed that is in control of our life? Mostly a bit of both because they can not be divided and then combine unless we do the great work. Not many can achieve the great work because manly it contains the word work. Most are more interested in the life that dies. The fake spiritual master leads the show causing chaos and makes life to the point of unbearable and needs many crouches, devices and deceit to move on. The ones that lay it all to rest suddenly have no use for the "spiritual" empty of all meaning it dissolves and the true unborn within us all can finally be at peace. How in the world can we know? it is the unknown, where we came from and return. Or we can just read liminal_luke post and start there.

All things in moderation. Balance is staying away from extremes in all forms of excess.

We have Jing before we are born. As a baby there is no sex drive as pre teen there is no sexual drive. Jing is not pure sexual energy maybe 5% as we mature. Assuming Jing is purely sexual is a mistake. Imagine not having a body and there is this one energy work on that and do not be mislead. When we get stuck in physical forms of an energy that is previous to our body and will out last our body we have basically stopped all progress. We may talk about Jing, Chi and Shen but they are really one energy.

Our greatest enemy is ourselves and to gain skill to defeat a lazy, unfit body, preconceived thought and develop our higher self takes a great amount of effort and determination. Great martial skill is a by product of defeating our greatest enemy that is not part of other to be concord. The ambition of defeating others is a grave mistake. Great skill turns the enemy into your disciple and also turn their lives around. 3 years of hard work and good character is a min. to receive the beginning of the great teaching. A great teacher will constantly test you and make you want to give up after that its smooth sailing." Difficulty in the beginning"

On Wudang mountain there are large stone turtles that have stone tablets 20 feet tall which says that Taoist are protected by the government. During the cultural revolution the monks wrote on the walls of the temples long live chairmen Mao so the solders could not destroy the temples. Very smart. Taoism is the foundation of Chinese culture for over 8000 years and continues to this day. If you don't oppose the government you can not be oppressed. The revolution was an ideology to wipe out the old not focused on just Taoist and yes at that time in history you could call it oppression for sure but that was short lived. Have Taoist ever oppressed others in their philosophy, way of life, religion? that may have been the question.

It is funny that half the country has been in a bad relationship for four years and is getting out and the other half does not realize they were in a bad relationship. Maybe Rump lives do actually suck ( not that it matters ) and if they have a leader that is the worst president in all of Americas history it will be way so much more better for them or more importantly the same....forever. Maybe if things were able to get worse and keep their idol as president they could feel better about them selves, I don't know. Like my momma said crazy just gets way more crazy. On the upside Budweiser beer sales are through the roof which is good for the economy. I say we just let them sleep this one off. Disclaimer.... I have no attachment to politics... unless its funny, the tragedy is the comedy.

Politics are a low level of understanding being based on conflict and struggle. When there is friction the power will eventually run out. When we live in harmony and balance of higher laws, the same laws that allow politics and injustice to be born we will always be Intune with society, nature, race, gender and all separation and be at one with it all. No need to be bottom feeders and be thrown off course with every wind and wave of social and political issues that are the ambition and agenda to benefit self, someone else, other and not all of humanity. The world is never perfect, life is not perfect, the best we can do is eliminate the bad medicine in ourselves. The original government is that the original sprit is in command. Most times the acquired spirit is in command this is the mistake of the guest being the host and the host being the guest of ones own home. So do we choose the tyrant, self concerned leader or the kind minister as the leader? It is ultimately our choice. Choose wisely and all goes well as the internal government can be set in order.

The major cause of jing loss is stress. If sex is stressful to you stay away. if you refer to jing as liquids of body functions then loss of blood would be the major cause of jing loss. The bedchamber is not having sex it is the meeting point yin and yang, reconcile the difference and give birth to your higher self. Also this meeting point has no physical location.

I just had a thought about time maybe, just maybe time exists and does not exists at the same time. That would be way too weird because keeping it in mind it has to be one way or the other we can not have both. How can we possible have time without time? It does not seem possible when we can not have one without the other.

Chung Tzu....... There was a beginning. There was a beginning before that beginning. There was a beginning previous to that beginning before there was the beginning. There was existence; there had been no existence. There was no existence before the beginning of that no existence. There was no existence previous to the no existence before there was the beginning of the no existence. If suddenly there was nonexistence, we do not know whether it was really anything existing, or really not existing. Now I have said what I have said, but I do not know whether what I have said be really anything to the point or not. As soon as we "know" the formless realms we are instantly wrong or see only a glimpse and not totality. Only the human mind can ask such a question. We come from no thing and return to no thing there is nothing to know and is not important. Cherish life and find balance and harmony with all things now. Then it will all be settled not a question.

One is not truly able to root without song first. For me when we have proper body mechanics and alinement then the bones, sinews and tendons are able to keep proper posture and the muscles can truly relax. The three powers heaven, earth and humanity meaning a light energy is lifting us up towards heaven, we are rooted in the earth and move freely in-between. To truly relax yet have strength is a matter of combing yin and yang. The balance of not being limp and weak falling on the ground or strong and rigid that is tense, stopping energy flow and easily broken. Imagine your body is a long stick and you balance the stick on the palm of your hand . The ground is your palm and the stick is your relaxed body that is song.

In my experience this is a very common injury. Without proper basic training, strengthen of the knees and whole body flexible strength warm up exercises will result in injuries. It definitely sucks and will take many weeks to fully recover. Your body has amazing healing abilities so listen to your body. If you stay away from training until you recover is best. In the mean time try some energy arts like chi gung that does not stress out your knees and build the strength back. Good luck, time will heal.

There is no inequality until balance moves to extremes favoring one thing over another. If we are still living in this or that then extremes and inequality will be as it is. Cut the root and be free. Give it energy and it will grow. Blame the external and one can never be whole. Who's life is this? is it not your own? Do we identify ourselves with social injustice. If we wish to change the world it can not be done with the acquired spirit that lives without knowing all things are one light.

Oh Yeah>> We were talking about Sean. I have have never met Sean before> Is Sean a member of TBA? Sean kind of gave off that he was like the owner of this site and then just varnished. Maybe the Pandemic has sent him underground for fear of dying. We all need to face death and we all need to get over that.

Love! ( over and over again) How great can a comic like Apech be to break the code! A deep bow to you sir! I am still laughing. At will please correct my grammar, is that a french word grammar? Do you know how a French Girl holds her liqueur....Buy the ears.