el_tortugo

yup, well... its a temperature thing mainly.... flavor is a side. i have heard of hot and cold being used alternately but i could only speak for the hot personally.

I recomend hot tea..... if you like mint then mint tea.... now thats what I call high tea.

I 've been reading a couple of threads here about not needing sleep or working in and with your sleep. I tried to post links here but when i went to my subscription page they are not there anymore....so the way I found them in the first palce was to search sleep and viola..... you got forums containing the word sleep... and some of them are pretty good.

I do it all day too.... though if it intruded on my practice and i couldnt control it i would think it odd or funny and just laugh at how odd i am..... maybe its just a phase or/and somthing you really need to work on and experience so the old body kicks in. whats with this demonic vampire stuff any way?

if i listen closely the ravens offer up hackeling criticizms which are really tips on what to improve.

does anyone here know of a source for clips of animals moving and/or fighting? aside from just going out and checking them out outside...... watching clips could give a wider variety than insects, birds, prarie dogs and the various domesticated varieties of friends.

:. pretend that this page let me attatch some clips of animals fighting

and a delete option would be expediant.... that way i could delete my drunken repeat posts..... anyone heard the piano has been drinking?

who the fuck are you?

attaining the tao with every piss and sealing it with the knowing smile of the flush........

simply ask the water....

http://www.seedballs.com/ http://www.seedballs.com/minnsb.html http://www.pathtofreedom.com/pathproject/g...seedballs.shtml http://www.volunteertaskforce.org/ppwaters...l%20Project.htm http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/links/s...1/msg00016.html

90% of water am I...... 'be like water' they say.... 'and what exactly is water like?' I say..... then I think, ' I will just have to ask it I guess' http://www.whatthebleep.com/crystals/ http://www.universal-tao.com/article/water_oz.htm http://www.universal-tao.com/article/track.html' # Put a glass of water on a table in your kitchen, dining room or private room. Tell the water "I love you" and "Thank you", gently. At the same time, briefly visualize that all the water on Earth is connected with each other. You can do this with your children, family members and friends. Your Love and Thanks will be sent out to all the water on Earth through the water in the glass. # How about imagining the following when you are touching the water coming from the faucet while doing the dishes, washing rice before cooking, or washing your clothes? The vibration of your Love and Thanks is overflowing from your heart through your chest, shoulders, and arms, and going through your palms that are touching the water into the water going out into a drain pipe. Your vibration will go through the flow of water very easily into the drain, into the nearby rivers and finally enter the ocean. The vapor from the ocean will build clouds and then the water will fall down as rains onto various parts of the world. In this way, the vibration of Love and Thanks that has originated from your heart will be transmitted to all over the world through the water network. This is a very easy way, and you can do this every day and every time you use water. # An easier way will be just to tell gently "I love you" and "Thank you" to the water that is flowing out into a drain pipe after it has finished its role. This will surely change the vibration of the water. # It is also very effective to put a "Thank you" sticker to the surface of the faucet. Every time you turn the faucet, it will remind you of the importance to express your gratitude to water. # Or, if you want to do it a little bigger, then you can have a gathering around a pond, a lake, a river or along seashore. Then make a circle, holding hands, and say the same thing as above or more. Remember that the power of prayer is proportionate to the square of the number of people. You can add to this ceremony your own prayers that express your Love and Thanks toward water or Planet Earth. # As the vibration of your Love and Thanks flows from your heart, you may feel your chest getting warmer and warmer. This will be the result of the Law of the Universe "What you give, you will receive". http://www.thank-water.net/english/index.html

what are people here doing for squating and opening stagnant energy in the kua? there is not alot out there on this topic... the closest i have seen is in pavels naked warrior and a little pocket tai chi book i cant find right now. i suspect for the kua any hip opening stretching will help along with horse stance for an hour or two.

thank you ... i will check it out have you seen these ? if you have is there one or two you think is better ?

amen and amen!

these bums are all around you.... keep an eye and an ear out for the real deal near you! i just had one sitting with me quizing me before he got chased off by the management.... just before i wrote this reply. you will notice while they talk to you or show you something that you get a very heightened awareness of your surroundings and everything slows down like doing a long meditative form...

not to mention the childish mine is bigger than yours in the first paragraph of his home page... (Practicing since 1974. Treating since 1976. On-line since 1995.) Don't waste your time with any other Chi Kung. Mine is the best! GJC

sounds pretty funny...do they wipe your ass with taoist toilet paper?..... silky smooooth

I think that more likely watching animals will be an analogy of sorts to show you some of the internal aspects of the arts..... it would be more likely to incorporate animals into an ongoing practice..... of course all the while that you are getting to know your personal style and body and what it does best. I have found that the different animals can show you alot of the internal movemnets and how to put them into effect. One style that seems very animalistic is the chen tai chi.... very snake like in that theres alot of writing and opening and closing in your movement... .....which leads to a twist on your question....have you ever heard the theory that the forms and all come from shamanic animal dances that either were martial/healing forms or developed into them? I mean the early chinese shamans and tribes were doing like the animal dances of our shamans here in america.... which i have understood have qigong/martial aspects as well. which leads to a question for you magickaly inclined bums.... have you tried and what sort of results have you got from the animal spirits towards harmonious living in general and martial arts in particular..... what about other kinds of magick if you want to call it that? and what is more is that these various healing and martial qigongs are seeming to do a good job at puting you in your body, making you a more connected animal which seems to really bug out other kinds of animals. i guess they are thrown off to be really communicating with a human on a more conciliar and connected level.