silent thunder

balance full feminine full masculine meeting in divine proportion everything else is out of balance

agreed...

The high price of low cost.

When I first saw the woman who was to become my life mate, it was like my entire being had been asleep and suddenly woke up. She had the exact same experience. In memory it recalls like a flash, a gong and a deep whoofing thud simultaneously. Sympathetic resonance, much like two tuning forks in a room, strike one and the other responds to the resonance. For us it was instantaneous and vibrates on to this moment as she lays snoozing in the next room. There was no choice, it was energy pure and simple.

wait... that's not paper...

use it or lose it... get up outta that chair!

I strike a match...

Not conspiracy, but since anybody can edit wikipedia... it is not a very reliable source. For anything you care about deeply... find multiple sources and then bet the common ground might have something resembling truth. Better yet... practice and use your own experience.

*deep bow* well said.

Embryonic breath... Tao behaves like a bellows... Inexaustible.

This is lovely...

settle... be still. soft... so soft listen... let go. just let go. listen... so so soft... listen...

*deep bow*

soft listen

Time for me to get this book. Dr Yang resonates deeply, love his style.

I frequently pop awake @ 3am, an hour before my alarm goes off (last couple years) feeling awesome. When this occurs I spend a bit of time, smiling to each of my organs and body parts while completely relaxing in bed. Then get up, make a bit of lemon tea and do some qigong. blissful quiet yin loveliness edit: I really enjoy being awake at this time as most others in the local area are sound asleep. The tone and feel of this time is exceptional

I'm headed to a local cemetery tomorrow. Going to bring some music and spend some time sketching, meditating, offering calm energy and if possible, humor.

I'll be napping up in the tree...

Thanks Cat. Love this practice, didn't have a name for it. I've done it many times, mainly in nature, but at times for humans, I usually use it in conjunction with tummo breathing. Now the original meaning of your words resonate in understanding. *deep bow* much love and thanks!

Heh, just occurred to me that I consider what I'm doing at this keyboard reading and writing these words is real. now THAT is worth a laugh... Can anyone prove to any of us that any of us are real?

I've pursued that in the case of my wife's depression for some twenty years. While it's aided me in understanding her position and not judging her, the real benefit has come from her own pursuit of buddhism and her intricate study of the source of her ails as they arise in her mind. I'll look into Tonglen with more intent though. There's bound to be some fuel there.

Always strive to be supportive of loved ones and strangers, but as a precursor to salvation and as a soul means to avoid damnation, na. Suffering by extension does not relieve suffering.

I for one am glad it came back, aside from the usual drones, there was some good discussion.