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Science daily reports: This sounds interesting already, but how about this: So an even more complex code to be deciphered. Here's the original article(too bad we need access to Science-magazine to read more than the abstract): http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6164/1367 Thoughts?

Why talk what good or bad Christians and Muslims have done here anyway? I don't think this has anything to do with hermetics which is more of a personal endeavour.

With all those windmills in the picture I would imagine they get a fair share of strong winds there.

Does this look good in anyone's eyes? It looks so out of place.

That's a strange analogy. So an uncaused creator is only missing some technology to be able to work...

Ra looks pretty relaxed while beating apep in there!

Still learning myself but these seem like a good starting point on learning about food combinations: http://www.livestrong.com/article/222971-diet-foods-to-avoid-in-combination/ (not sure about the blood type diet that gets mentioned there...)

Here's some Led Zeppelin with kittens... yeah I know, the viking kittens thing got old but found it again from my bookmarks

Anyone had a taste of casu marzu? I haven't and (hopefully) never will.

Levantine has been used to describe anything coming this area:

Ahhh... natto. I suppose some would call it daring.

Caffeine is not the only variable, there can be other side effects. Too much tea can be a factor in other things like osteofluorosis(loss of bone density from fluoride that accumulates over time).

So maybe my habit of asking questions is not bad after all? That would be good news since I always have alot of those. I just started reading up on Neidan starting from Fabrizio Pregadio's Foundations of Internal Alchemy and maybe find out more of the basics. edit: edited out parts this post possibly made that look a bit sarcastic... this was not intended

I have held qigong in high regard because it was the way I found out of sickness, but I'm now seeing that it can become a crutch. Not only because of discussions here on TTB or ones I'm having outside of internet. I may have placed qigong higher than it really was, attaching some things to it that are really beyond it and at the same time lost some of the original goal I have perceived before I ever practiced qigong. I'm not ready to dismiss anyone's practice but it seems I have some investigating to do.

Regarding Neidan, is following human nature the right path to take or just the starting point? Can we find our true nature by contemplation alone?

Usually when I give in to worry the reality will be completely different. So it would have been better if I just centered myself in the first place and watched events unfold.

Some were disappointed it went out with a fizzle since it was supposed to be an event.

I think you may have confused me with being part of somekind of consensus because I like asking questions. I still don't have a problem with there being "yin qi" defined by the book Magus of Java and another "yin qi" that has similiarities(and possible dissimiliarities) that I work with which may be "yang qi" in your books but isn't equal to the "yang qi" in mine. Maybe even SM has different "yin qi" from both as I have yet to study it. edit: this is a reply to mpg on one of the nested quotes

I think the most daring thing I've ever eaten is lutefisk...

There are many places and times where something else than talent bars you from advancing. I'm not blaming anyone here, it was a further comment on what I said earlier: "While JC may be impressive there is not even guarantee that we are talking about things as it's taught in Indonesia. The indoor students might even have vastly different ideas than were given to westerners." It may be unfortunate but there is no certainty what they received is what the ideas of the indoor students might be. Usually with traditions one only knows someone can represent any school when they are given the permission to teach. Did you listen to the timemonk interview with Kosta and what he said about receiving enough "yin chi" the moment you touch the ground to balance yin and yang? That seems a bit different from needing to meditate on the ground...

Wow that's some crazy behavior in that video. All this to buy some crap people probably don't even need.

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