Mudfoot

If you check out previous threads on the subject, many interpret turning the light around as referring to the Light of Awareness. And around a year ago there was a classic Nei Dan thread about the mysterious pass, that will cover more of the quoted subjects in the original post.

Since you are in a translating frenzy: is terrace of the spirit a translation of ling tai? Never mind, mbdg. net gave me the answer.

I must disagree on this point. Everything happens for a reason! For example:I woke up at five this morning because my daughter decided she was lonely in her bed after a nightmare. A leads to B. 😁 Now, does this have a deep spiritual meaning? No.

Honestly, I have no idea. Never tried the bdj.

Lots of opinions here. 😁 You have probably already used the search function. Chia or MCO will be your main search words. Good luck.

Do you mean when the breathing movement transfers up the back? There are many systems that do that, I believe Bruce Frantzis Energy Arts have a discount on that dvd right now, but there are many teaching this. No 😁

A common achievement in teachers as far as I can tell, at least the first one.

Cats are nice. Affectionate, soft to the touch. 😁

No, at least the basic health effects are better explained by methods working with autonomic and emotional regulation. Much of this is relative new areas in medicine, so "placebo" has historically been used to explain the effects. Having confidence in a method or a teacher is also a factor, but not the only one.

You have to be a young forest troll. 😁

It's not. It is my TDB title.

1)Yes 2) You have to be initiated in to the Temple Which Is No More.

Isn't Usain Bolt's running abilities empirically tested? Unusual line of argument here.

In science, most truths are just things we have failed to falsify.

Being on a ignore list means you got someones attention. 😁 That fulfills the major reason for being on a forum. The second reason is to feel being right, but I do not rely on that one.

He prayed for it. We pray for what we do not have, and give thanks for that which is us given.

"otack är världens lön" Old proverb

Nah, you don't. 😁 But here on TDB you don't have to. Here everybody is entitled to an opinion, and you just have to be marginally polite when you trash it. Welcome to the bums!

Or: I had the pleasure of supervising Dr. Oleg Bendz’s MA thesis, which was completed last year in the Dept. of East Asian Studies, on the 32 signs of the Buddha. The physical representation of the Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama) is characterized by 32 uncommon attributes that are described in the Lalitavistara and other texts (including non-Buddhist texts) as the marks of a great man (mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇas). In various art forms depicting the Buddha, he is usually shown with some but not all of these attributes. Dr. Bendz’s research notes that most of these 32 characteristics correspond to actual physical observations of congenital abnormalities, such as connective tissue disorders (Ehlers-Danlos and Marfan’s syndrome), which explain skeletal features (long arms, long digits and legs, pedal deformity), and acquired physical changes, i.e. endocrinopathies, as one might see with acromegaly (large tongue and jaw) and Cushing’s syndrome (interscapular hump, soft skin, hair growth quality). As Dr. Bendz pointed out to me, if the real Buddha had had more than two of these clinical features, he could hardly have lived beyond his teens, which is contrary to all texts, which categorically confirm that the Buddha was physically well-endowed and healthy, and lived well into his 80s. Nevertheless, almost all the 32 main characteristics and the 80 sub-characteristics can be explained as real medical disorders, whether congenital or acquired (the only exception being the 40 white, well-set teeth), which can still be found, as Dr. Bendz’s photos convincingly illustrate. We usually do not see people afflicted by such disorders, since they are rarely seen in public. The exception may be people with Marfan’s syndrome, which could perhaps explain the extraordinarily long fingers seen in some pianists (not to speak of the usefulness of long arms for archers, such as Rāma, to whom the mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇas are also ascribed). So what could be the explanation for these extraordinary signs of a great man? If we make a hypothesis in line with Foucault’s reasoning in his Histoire de la folie, it is possible that such congenital physical disorders – several of them recorded in medical literature such as the Carakasaṃhitā and the Suśrutasaṃhitā – were considered a blessing, not a curse, just as Foucault’s medieval mental patients were declared blessed by God and not at all mad. http://religion.utoronto.ca/the-32-signs-of-the-buddha-medical-considerations/ For those of you that does not believe in bodily based metaphores.

He is called the one who (has): 32. u nahisiso (p) His head is like a royal turban*1 31. Chōkeisō (j) Nikkeisō (j). Bump (protuberance) on top of head, representing wisdom*2 22. the uṣṇīṣa protuberance on the head *3 with the unseen diadem*4 , because he has long: Bowed his head to the feet of his parents, to the feet of śramanas, brāhmins, and spiritual teachers, to all worthy of offerings. To the wandering monks he has spoken with just words, giving beggars colored powders, garlands, and head ornaments. *4

Webbed feet? Longer arms? Canine teeth? That is why we never see a daoist immortal. 😁 They would be hunted with pitchforks and torches by the local farmers.

They are metaphores. Read the Lalitavistara Mahayana Sutra. If you have all those physical signs, you are probably an alien.

There is a book on the Nei Jing Tu that is supposed to be out now, but it got labeled "out of stock" directly at the publisher, and my attempt to preorder and reserve a copy didn't work. The author, Ian Duncan, claim he is a disciple in two Long Men Pai lineages. If the book ever becomes available, it will be interesting to see how it is interpreted by an author that is actually within the tradition that have the image. The project mentioned above is affiliated with a practitioner that originated with Mantak Chias organisation. I would not rely on any interpretation from that quarter. But I have a theory you might feel is helpful: Daoists are fed these charts and a bunch of classic texts. They are all inherently gibberish, but leads to two paths. 1) You scream "fuck this" (or a chinese equvivalent), then sit down and think of nothing. The frustration principle push you through the Gate and you realize the Dao. 2) You make up an explanation, and this becomes another side door added to the daoist tradition, leading to not realizing the Dao. The second one is Chia, me (technically a Buddhist side door in my case)😅 , and a lot of other boys and gals.

Long Men Pai : www.ianduncan.org An offshoot to Mo Pai: Ilovecoffee I am sure both are willing to tell you more. And for a more thorough discussion on the pros and cons, just search Mo Pai, we have produced a lot of high-quality threads on that subject. Sort of..... 😁

But were you entertained? 😁