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What's the plan now Foundit? What will happen when you die?

Eggs with spiritual babies inside, hopefully!!

Drawing qi from the outside is simple. Just think about something, and your qi will align with it. If you think about your cat, your qi will align with your cat's qi, if you think about the sun, your qi will align with sun qi. Be careful what you intentionally connect to though, because some things have worse energy than others. Stars (north star, even the big dipper) generally have very highly refined qi-- in the head. Don't do it too long though, it can cause stagnation. Connecting to yourself is the best practice

Not sure if we are as experienced as the redditor made us sound. Seems like we're full of angry russians and V-cats lately.

One of the things I've come to realize is that my cultivation lets me to not give a crap about god, and to take responsibility for myself. Maybe these thoughts of yours are due to a lack of sleep? Either way I think if you take something like god out of the equation, it could help you gain a more stable peace of mind with your personal issues.

This could easily turn to a digression, so I will keep it short. Energy is a problematic word because it means very different things in various contexts. For example, keeping the word to it's mystical bent, "energy" can be equated with the Greek Pneuma, but it means different things for the Stoics and Aristotle, and along you get Synesius who synthesizes both views, based on Neoplatonic dynamics. One word, three different contexts. In Medieval and Renaissance times, you can equate "energy" with the Rays of Al Kindi, which is based on Aristotelian dynamics. And in the late 18th century, you can equate "energy" with the Animal Magnetism of Franz Anton Mesmer, which is based on Newtonian dynamics.

 

Whose "energy" are we exactly talking about?

Must suck not to be Chinese then, good luck with finding an appropriate word.

Qi is implied to be energy in the Chinese language as well

http://www.spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=vIvadhA&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0

this?

don't know about you guys, but i'm not hitting the bucket until i get to ride on a big bunny

Probably a good idea not to fret over levels or goals a beginner mindset is generally valued in cultivation

best wishes

best wishes

concrete caressing

high clouds, silk, and molasses 

soft as purest white

Wah

When the body is pure it is happy, bliss is the natural/true state.

 

A Taoist master jumps from a high waterfall, water crashing against rocks below, he escapes all harm and appears laughing.

i'd think his neck would be too broken to laugh 

hi , try this 

its strength is in helping with nocturnal emissions, along with a bunch of other benefits

forget about what any psychics or healer said, it probably just aggravates your psychological well-being. most of them are quacks anyway

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regretting wrong form,

resolve towards amendment,

ah..! winter is here.

sharing cheese and wine

calms the nerves, brightens the soul

for dat memo pause

but here sweet content

spring, summer, autumn, winter

nature is nurture

artful dodgers, all

bioelectric flurry

wiosna inbound

any changing lines?

no khaleesi!! not blood magic!!!

I don't think there is any particular need for discussion on this topic. When systems are compared based on their external form, any methods have already lost their effectiveness. The cultivator themselves is a bigger factor in terms of progressing. After having tried numerous methods, Buddha just sat down under a tree and attained enlightenment. Fuxi himself observed the patterns in nature and wrote the original hexagrams for the I Ching, which later became the basis for Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. What does that say about their inspiration?

Perhaps after having achieved themselves spiritually and grasped the essence, not the leftovers, can the cultivator then come up with an unbiased conclusion in this matter. But will this even be an issue for them by then? I often have to remind myself to not bullshit myself into thinking that I know what the texts are saying without having any first hand experience, because in the end, I'd only be frustrating myself.