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ive been wondering lately about the debate over soy..... some say its very hard on your system...kidneys and liver. what do you know?

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nice mudra....... thanks. http://www.thetaobums.com/forum/index.php?sho...ic=597&hl=mudra

I disagree. Certainly watching porn and ejaculating is worse than watching it and not ejaculating. But looking at it, whatever other practices you do, is, I believe, ultimately depleting -- in a very big way. The very act of looking --- oogling, slathering -- over it pulls energy away from you. All you have to do is compare the porn experience to the love making experience, or even the porn experience to non-porn single cultivation and you can feel the difference. Also, you didn't address the other issue I brought up, which is the drug like addictive nature of porn. Anything addictive depletes you. In very subtle but powerful and long term ways. Try to go a month without porn and see how well you handle it. I bet you can drop alcohol and pot easier than you can live without porn. In my experience porn is akin to cigarettes in its addictiveness (and in it's ubiquity -- it's everywhere and virtually unavoidable, a very tough drug to quit). 4930[/snapback] i could take it or leave it.... agreed though that its pretty much a waste of time ....or is it? what about erotica?

i dont see how it would be dangerous niether..... unless i tried hurting my self.... but then anything is dangerous if you make it so. thanks i like it that way you can stay like that for some time.

the desire of being and becoming.

i think i figured it out by watching the clip over and over and trying it.... my arms must not be flexible/limber enough to get right into thier bridge position and do push ups ..... or maybe its somthing else. and i remeber reading somewhere on here about a little contraversy about resting your forhead or not in the bridge.... can anyone point the way or post what you know here? another thing is i am wondering if anyone has tried going in reverse in the pushups? head, chest, belly going down/ belly, chest, head going up? thats how ive always known em'

i would say dont be lookin at porn. i agree on that fucked up feeling..... its like some kind of trick. there was a time in my life when i was truely celibate..... to the point of almost controlling the dreams too.... no leakage.... almost.... if only i knew qigong back then. i was for so long and at an important time of development that i think thats why i look much younger than i am..... most people usually guess 5 to 10 years too young..... and now that ive scraped celibacy im glad to have found qigong to hopefuly charge me up...... though lately due to some relationship and life changes and turmoils ive been stepping back to the celibacy.... id like to do 3 years idealy but i dunno. thats quite a commitment. it certainly frees up your mind and time though once you have made that decision.... its funny socialy too.... the ladies either think you are gay or stuck up and dont like them.....

reminds me of my favorite tai chi move....... the hidden posture within all the postures.

ok i know the thread is squats but it seems like a good place to talk about the royal court and other such things..... as it sort of is anyway. i remeber reading somewhere on here about a little contraversy about resting your forhead or not in the bridge.... can anyone point the way or post what you know here? another thing is i am wondering if anyone has tried going in reverse in the pushups? head, chest, belly going down/ belly, chest, head going up? thats how ive always known em' harder that way.

i appologize for all the repeat posts.... i really dont know why it does that..... my browser just keeps loading... the progress wheel keeps a spinning..... i went o take a shower and came back to all these posts. i tried on another thread to delete them but i cant..... so they stay till mr. moderator moderates them away. i just wanted you to know im not fucking with you or totaly ripped out of my mind...

i checked out these fuggin links and am diggin the bridge..... i downloaded a clip on the threaded scorpian an cant decide if he is doing the same kind of bridge one would do from a laying down position..... im talking about how your arms end up. when i do the threaded it is different... it is a fine exercise but i prefer the stretch the arms get from the laying start.... as well as the ability for pushups. the movie actally motivated me to try it.... somthing about seeing somone do kooky things makes me want to do it tooo..... just the page would have had me reading it more in a couple of weeks as opposed to doing it now.

what race is yoda?

no one knows what in the hell yoda is? what made me think of it was the yoda pic or yoda type grandad smokin' a big fatty... i wondereded what the hell is yoda?

is anyone here making this and drinking it? i just got a fresh brewed batch.... its been years since i last did this.... just wondering what other thought and how you are doing it.... recipies and all.

does anyone here use mudras, know of any good sources for info on them... especially how they are connected with the meridians? i know some about them but not alot... though i do tham all the time and wonder what it is my hands are so drawn to doing. I have been looking for a decent collection of photos or drawings of them with exlanations of what they do or what they mean and how people use them.

thanks to everyone! anchors are used by mentalists and other such performers as well.... usually to be able to control a desired response to an effect they do.... in a taoist context the mudras are connected to the meridians..... for details just check the meridians in your fingers and hands... thats all i know. im hoping to find examples of how people put them to use. and thanks for those links.

this is how i understood it.... i can see the benefit of the 5 spirits... just never heard it put that way.

http://www.artkerala.com/kathakali/kathakali_mudras.asp http://www.dragonsofjustice.org/basic/mudras.html

reminds me of chaos magick ( as they are calling it these days). as parts of it could be described as getting into that zone and passing on a messege to your unconscious and viola. i have found it very effective and the frame work makes sense to me...... as it doesnt really have one.