Taoist methods

[Bhathen]

@Taomeow A bit off topic... Have you compared the Chinese calendar and the Hindu panchang? Was curious to check out if the auspicious dates and other dates match in both (for the same place), but many instances seem to be different unless it's a strong indication then both the calendars agree on them. Why would the differences arise, is it because the calculations are different?

[Taomeow]

51 minutes ago, Bhathen said:

@Taomeow A bit off topic... Have you compared the Chinese calendar and the Hindu panchang? Was curious to check out if the auspicious dates and other dates match in both (for the same place), but many instances seem to be different unless it's a strong indication then both the calendars agree on them. Why would the differences arise, is it because the calculations are different?

 

Interesting question!  No, I don't know the Hindu panchang at all.  Chinese taoist system is involved enough for me, a helluva lot of stuff to learn!  If you give an overview of the Hindu system, I'd be able to maybe guess at the reasons for differences.  

 

In the Chinese system there's a lot going on in general and also it's different for different individuals.  There's days that are "generally" auspicious or inauspicious (e.g. the "generic" San Niang or Master-Killing days, 6 of them in every lunar month, are generally inauspicious, all other things being equal.)  Then there's yearly, monthly, daily, hourly Flying Stars of which some are benevolent, some dangerous.  Their impact is over particular areas -- of the continent, country, city, house, room.  There's also larger periods impacted by those -- e.g. the 20 year period (our current one is new and has just started -- Period 9 -- which means things in general will be different from what they were in the 20 years of Period 8).  And also individual 10-year luck periods, and smaller ones down to hourly luck, which depends on the harmonizing/balancing or clashing/disruptive interactions between one's personal bazi or Four Pillars of Destiny and that of the day (hour, month, year, or even life).  Each part of this system invites someone who would undertake mastering it to go deeper and deeper, there's no bottom to any of those features mentioned, it's a fractal which is, for all practical purposes, infinite.  Or rather for all theoretical purposes -- in practical terms one has to draw boundaries and stop somewhere...  otherwise it would be possible to be nearly omniscient and have the ability to predict the probability of every event within a second of the previous one with up to 80% accuracy.   

[Bhathen]

Thanks @Taomeow

This is one HIndu panchang site: https://www.drikpanchang.com/panchang/day-panchang.html?geoname-id=5391811

It's been sometime now, so I don't remember the exact sites used to compare the dates in detail also my knowledge is very limited.

 

[Thrice Daily]

12 hours ago, Taomeow said:

Each part of this system invites someone who would undertake mastering it to go deeper and deeper, there's no bottom to any of those features mentioned, it's a fractal which is, for all practical purposes, infinite.  Or rather for all theoretical purposes -- in practical terms one has to draw boundaries and stop somewhere...  otherwise it would be possible to be nearly omniscient and have the ability to predict the probability of every event within a second of the previous one with up to 80% accuracy.   

Very very interesting to read such a dense paragraph of sense…

 

I do however have one question, do you think all the calendars and measuring systems the Chinese have are available to us. I didn’t verify but I heard some time ago that there is much we don’t have access in in the west.

 

I can’t really believe this holds true, but I never verified it. I received some gifts once , a lo pan and couple of other items that were apparently more legit than most.

 

it seems you have likely gone down this rabbit hole and come out the other end. I wonder what you could share about it. I’d much appreciate reading your opinions and findings.

 

blessings 🙏 

[Daniel]

On 9/5/2024 at 8:18 AM, Taomeow said:

 

I like this book:

 

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[TempleTaiChi]

On 02/09/2024 at 9:33 PM, Taoist Texts said:

they say to detect an image made by AI you gotta look for small incongruous details like 6 fingers on a hand. In this diagram the top branch says 'Mountain', wtf does mountain even mean here? And then you go...ahh nice try AI. but no cigar. the 6th finger gave you away.

Having an avatar of a french icon doesnt make you any less of an asshole  ..especially from readiing your posts 

 

Maybe switch it up to Alain Delon .. at least he was an actual asshole .. unlike the wannabe one you are 

[yugenphoenix]

On 9/2/2024 at 5:22 AM, Gerard said:

Combine that map (energy-based, yin & yang, creation, transformation and destruction) with the path of the mind (beyond energy, beyond the yin-yang) and you have a complete one.

 

The Progress of Insight

 

One of the most profound things about these insight stages is that they are strangely predictable regardless of the practitioner or the insight tradition. Texts that are 2,000 years old describe the stages just the way people go through them today, though there will be some individual variation with respect to the individual specifics today as then. The Christian maps, the Sufi maps, the Buddhist maps of the Tibetans and the Theravada, the maps of the Kabbalists, and many non-Buddhist traditions of India are all remarkably consistent in their fundamentals. 
 

Overwhelming, isn't it?

WOW! Thank you 🙏 on the pointer to Daniel Ingram’s site. Lots to mine deeply here and chew on 🙂

[yugenphoenix]

On 9/2/2024 at 11:44 AM, Taomeow said:

Interestingly enough, any one of the methods can be complete, the whole thing is holographic.  But to get the whole enchilada, this one thing should become all things to the practitioner.  One would have to go deeper and broader, higher and lower, faster and slower, engage expansive and concentrated thinking and no-thinking, throw everything and the kitchen sink at it.   

Yes! Now the rub is find the RIGHT one for you energetically, karmically and having the gumption to do just that dive deeper than you have in anything else but if do, results will happen 🙏

Edited August 20 by yugenphoenix