Wu Ming Jen

I think its time for God to come out of the closet. With whats written God obviously favors men. At least the Greek gods were doing each other and mortals.God personified seem so lonely we should hook him up with some of our good gay friends that are also divine so they would have something in common..

We come from the unknown and return to the unknown, there is nothing to know, life and death is not a question, its a given with no effort so no answer needed, it just is. Many fear the unknown their whole life and need to know everything. We all know the divine and call it different names but speculation and conceptional thought can not reach the divine so many religious groups will not agree and even separate to form a new branch. If God made man then it implies that man created God as well. I say throw it all out do not be apart of any group that separates people and be the divine instead of giving the power away.This world needs love so lets bring it.

I may not be hip to UK politics but democratic socialism does seem to work on a basic level. Here in the US enter Bernie Sanders for president he is using european countries as an example of what works like free public college, free health care and so on by taxing the wealthy at the same rate as poor and middle class earnings to pay for these programs. Also he supports a higher minimum wage and equal pay for equal work no matter what gender your spirit may have jumped into. Another hot topic is GMO food by the chemical corporation Monsantos to be illegal not just labeled all for the benefit of humans not politics.

Jing is not a physical substance replacing the word with semen is using the temporary body to approach the eternal, spiritual or non form and is a misunderstanding of alchemy. In a monastery environment of all men celibacy would be the norm and lack of privacy would make emission difficult,so it is a natural situation just as when one is young or old with no interest. Claims of powers of retention one must also consider all day training and hard work involved in daily life not just retention being practiced. This thread promotes the dangers of such a practice with no benefit to the practitioner. It seems more important to fully engage in society as spiritual practice and find a partner to fulfill spiritual and sexual needs. A practice in which one is trying to attain powers is in itself the obstacle to overcome. Otherwise it will manifest in your own reality, the gates around you will close. Reproduction is waking up, paying bills going to work, going to sleep things you do everyday and night to survive.We make babies once and a while. The mundane is also spiritual .

World view, how you see your relationship with the universe hence philosophy. Western philosophy has Gods or now a single God as the source of all things that is also not part of nature and lives in a higher world and is responsible and in charge.This impacts all systems of knowledge of the civilization. Buddhist have ultimate reality but no ultimate source so west can easily adopt the teachings. .Taoist are unique, ultimate source and ultimate reality are the same coin, Tao is a name given to what is great, real and true. Humans in this system are divine from this source and are responsible for all things. Corruption of this divine spirit like materialism, greed and so on are considered qualities that makes one no longer human. Polar complete reality is the Tai Chi or Yin Yang symbol. Western symbol would be two boxes one black and one white that are not related to each other it is called absolute fragment philosophy. if you look at one side of a coin and say the other side is god that is a fragment of reality not looking at the whole picture. If all things are not related then it is called absolute. I join the discussion not to discount any system because what is real and true is found everywhere throughout all time so beginnings and ends are a waste of time.

I am not attacking, I am helping, sometimes we wish that certain abilities are possible like emitting gold colored light like in this thread (which I do not agree) this being an ability that makes one seem superior to those who can not do this. so you invest time and energy to accomplish this but fail constantly. In this way we have poured our heart into something and missed that which is so close then when we find it all the words of wisdom become crystal clear.

Oh Boy,take lead and mercury and turn that in into gold you can sell. True lead is not a physical substance and true mercury is not a physical substance as well. The gold produced is not a physical substance but shows its effects on the physical body and all near you. To seek authority on a subject people claim to see auras in different colors but this color is not seen by the physical eyes. Seeing the unseen is truly seeing.The perception by some of the contents of this thread is misguided at best. Please use caution. To take heart and interest in internal alchemy one must seek a transmission of a spiritual being standing right in front of them.

I apologize for for interrupting the floor is all yours.

I am not hijacking, I love this text. Physically emitting gold light is a serious error to pass on. Mistakes in this area is harmful including wilhelm's and Jung's interpretations of these text. By bringing this text to the west in 1929 by Wilhelm was a gift even if not fully understood.

Taishang appeared to Donghua and the way was handed on through a succession to Yan then to the northern and southern schools of Complete Reality which can be considered its full flourishing.

I have accomplished turning the light around. Question everything and know for oneself. I have told you what the golden flower is posted above. so again Gold stands for light the light of the mind itself. Flower represents the blossoming or opening up of the light of mind. Awakening of the real self and hidden potential. It is like the light of the sky vaster than images, thoughts and feelings an unimpeded space containing everything without being filled, this can be developed, renewed and deepened without limit. Non doing is spontaneous it takes no effort at all to accomplish this method. it it involves no thought or imagery. It is remote only in the sense that it is a use of attention generally unfamiliar to the mind habituated to imagination and thinking. good luck with your non effort in achieving this practice that in itself is endless.

It is alchemy do not get confused by words on the path of the wordless teaching, similes and metaphors are tools to speak the unspeakable. This is the realm of the unseen that includes the seen. The unseen tao has a function virtue. Literal is bad medicine for the elixir of immortality. It is not in the body and it is not outside of the body, external world. The words are pointing at something that is not understood intellectually or rationally that is only the function of one side of the brain. There are different levels of Immortals because we are all immortal not more in sages and not more in someone that never heard of Tao. What makes us mortals is the world of conflict seeing beginnings and ends.

Secret of the golden flower. What is the color of light? we will call it gold, what opens up? we will call it a flower. This teaching is direct with no method we can not force a flower to bloom. This type of light is not seen physically it is awareness of essence and life, yin and yang are combined to become whole. The original text comes from Complete Reality School which combines Taoist, Buddhist and Confucius teachings as one to over come superficial differences that may become road blocks on the way to understanding.

Its not about avoiding conflict we can not walk without conflict,( two opposing forces going in opposite directions). We can not be to yin and yielding or to yang aggressive it needs to be in harmony with the situation. Change perspective and turn things into a learning experience,solve problems unconcerned with blame, fault or any type of origin. Clean you energy field polluted by others. The earth does not care but cares for all things, heaven is not kind but shows kindness to all living things, can you be a companion of heaven and earth? Kindness taken too far is harmful to self and others. One would think kindness is a good virtue but Tao knows it needs its companion its opposite to be EFFECTIVE. Trying is the worst mistake change it into doing. My words are not directed at you only at a life situation that has been walked by those before you so don't think you are alone or a trail blazer. Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

Self acceptance guideline #1. Placing blame defends ego from being wrong and then we plunge deeply into dualism and conflict. Most people live in conflict Tao people see the larger picture and unite opposites into a peaceful and harmonious relationship. Give yourself a break and be at peace with your self including all faults you may seem to perceive and all relationships will correct themselves all on their own. You will find there is nothing to get hurt unless you make it so.

What can be protected like the front of the body is considered yin, what is not protected like the back is considered yang. outside arms yang,inside arms yin ( you can fold your arms as example). For the I ching 3 heads is yang, 3 tails is yin a bit confusing. I have tried it the opposite way with 3 heads being yin but went back to 3 heads yang.

Immortality transcends the laws of Yin and Yang. Using the temporal body, mixing "this", "that" is located here is maybe a waste of time or a beginning method that needs to be dropped. The primordial is more important in this context. The laws of yin and yang only apply to all things with a physical form. The non physical is unaffected. We can not force a flower to bloom the process requires no force or effort. We did not have to do anything to acquire the original spirit. What we have done has caused the original spirit to become the guest of its own house. Being guest gives up ownership and responsibility of being a divine spirit. We become mortal in this world if the error is not corrected.

To be complete we must remove the demons first.

“The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.” Throughout its constant changes it always remains the moon. One moon reflects on a thousands ponds but it is just one light. With the light of awareness we are as much the moon as the moon is itself. The moon not having self benefits all living things. Humans with self and mental conceptions about how things are benefit from the moon but are unable to be the moon. Good night Moon

As with the 5 elements without the center earth the other elements have no basis. So it seems the truth or principle is inherent in all things. As with the pole star the movement of the dipper around the pole star is a clock,love this stuff!

The center of the compass that has no location. Puts to rest many errors passed on as teachings.The way of direct transcendence has no method. Once we have method or technique it in its self becomes the obstruction. This is my favorite saying, yes then I am attached but if I begin to become mortal with attachments and so on this saying returns me to the center that has no location and free again to travel the boundless dimensions beyond time and space and the physical laws of Yin and Yang.

OK I will start out with a non-mental concept but a physiological one. Without going into to too much detail females are more internal and males are more external. On a meditative stand point the obstacle for males is the ego and the obstacle for women is the emotions. In my experience females seem to have a knack for internal awareness and progress faster compared to males. Please add your thoughts and your own experiences.

If you wake up with answers and tranquil peaceful mind, no worries. If you wake up being disappointed that you fell asleep tell your mind to settle down and to get over it. Peaceful calm mind in the mist of activity AND sitting in an empty room with no thing to do then you are already successful. The big deal is keeping this center when you stand up and engage in life. Your doing meditation so I will give you a humble bow, be sure to spread the light

There is beer and then there is no beer. If we do not see change then it is illusion. When we see the transformation of things and not a static picture of something that is changing then we can truly enjoy a beer because it is now and not forever.

Tao Dude, Fever Yang compared to Cold Yin. The information I provided is very basic I am not sure how to make it any simpler If you do not understand basics you must seek a teacher to clear up confusion in person. I know you may think you are a master but your knowledge on the subject is poor. Sorry to be blunt but you have lost my interest, see you all another time.