silent thunder

LOL *deep bow* Well Played!!!

I did too, but I'm operating on the assumption that we already have a Pit...

I contend that the gods are reflections of us, that we can experience upon piercing the veil, then return and try to wrap word/mind concepts around that which is beyond language to share the concepts and the distortions begin... Once the uninitiated get a hold of these probably well intentioned attempts to share a staggeringly paradigm opening experience, then the true nastiness we experience takes place and again those with the psychotic need for power take over the key positions and we end up with the daily news... on that note.... Give me your shoe!

My long time buddy used to live on the 21st floor of a building on the outskirts of downtown Mpls facing North. We would sit on his balcony smokin and drinkin during the thunderstorms watching the lightning strikes... Last time I heard thunder was over three years ago.

Hard to believe it's still going on... I was just in Manistique, which is an hour south of Marquette and drove out in May during a full white out blizzard, figuring 'well this has to be the last one of the year'. All I can say is extreme. It's just so extreme this year.

I miss Thunderstorms so much, might be time to take a trip...

It's getting ridiculous... I'm cooking bacon and it sounds like rain... lol sigh...

I could only manage 1:13 nap today... but then, my cat was curled up in my arm so she effectively doubled the chill. still, tomorrow, I will lay down and give two hours of my leastest effort.

Mine was in Santa Cruz, CA little over three years ago. Fire Hands Qi Gong from Wu Dang taught by GM Zhou Ting-Jue. Changed/changing my life. Health improved, decades of chronic pain released. Emotional stability is improving, my desire to punish has all but disappeared, replaced by a driving desire to heal. My relationships are thriving, my body is thriving, my mind is still a rapid monkey most of the time, but there are breaks. So funny how a small conversation can alter the course of a life. So much Gratitude...

I skipped to day 30...

I'd vote for adding a subforum. One spot for it and that's that. The other has been tried for years now and it has been consistently ending in the same energetic field. Full inclusion has been tolerated for years and has led to this spot now... I'm for inclusion, but not at the expense of taking the level of intelligent discussions and adult conversations down because of a concerted, intentional effort to hijack reasonable discourse with a childish agenda. Tolerance and inclusion are awesome, but not at the expense of health and longevity. Few trees are so unwise as to grow out of balance.

Discussion is great, disagreements are awesome as they lead to greater depth of conversation, which implies writing/talking and reading/listening. Mopai topic doesn't get much conversation. Slander, abuse and threats are what get people banned. It's especially poignant that equality was brought up, as the most overriding theme I've experienced in the mopai posts is consistent assaulting of all other practices which are fake/unproven in the opinion of the mopai poster and therefore, open to ridicule, abuse and slander, hence the consistency of the bans... preserving a field of conversation for everyone interested in talking and listening.

It is possible to play many styles of music on one instrument. Our body, breath and mind are like an instrument and our cultivation practice is the music. Many things are possible, yet not all are harmonious. Tune in to your reactions and you'll not stray far from the wide path.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

not worried, just observing

I'll probably end my days in Washington state, or Oregon along the coast. Big ass redwoods singing everyday... yea!

I plan to retire there...

such a tease!

My current tactic is to allow emotions, both good and bad, to ride through me, rather than for me to claim them as my own and somehow try to manage them and to add to the story about the emotion. I picture it like my consciousness is a series of water-slides and the emotions are water flowing through, I don't own them, they are not me, yet I experience turbulence or rejuvenation depending on which emotion is flowing through me in the moment. Like clouds, they dissipate, no matter what their source or how crackling their intensity.

I like how you worded that, I can definitely relate to the pulling sensation. For me it's a sensation of being able to feel the currents of a river, the river equates to the conditions of life in the present moment and my release is being able to be where I am most balanced, where there is least effort or intention even required... simple release, being in the flow. love it.

Interesting. I don't encounter release through effort, but then we each walk where and how we walk and perhaps semantics are involved in the definition of work or effort. Hard to say. Two of my inroads to release are body and breath awareness.

hmm For me, it's not about work, it's about release. Effort does not necessarily equal progress, it sometimes impedes it.