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So I would like to learn more about what's happening to our environment nowadays but it seems like there's so much contention and dispute regarding the reliability and integrity of a lot of the popular books on the subject. Do you guys know of any decent environmental books for the scientifically uneducated or is it better to just try and learn the science and do research yourself?

I was wondering what you guys' thoughts are on this incredible spiritual teacher. Why do you think he was so opposed to any suggestion of yoga and esoteric energy practice, only speaking about pure insight, pure action as the steps on the spiritual path. Yet surely he knew about kundalini and such and had experienced kundalini awakening as is suggested by his personal accounts of his experiences as well as that of others. Was it because he just had an extremely developed mind power or something? As Osho pointed out he suffered from a headache his whole life, lol. He didn't seem to think that something like qigong or yoga could make the slightest difference in the fate of humanity.

I'm not too sure what you mean by 'right'. There's no government or legal system in the spirit world, spirits are just a part of nature. Do deer and the like have the right to peacefully drink water from ponds without being harrassed by alligators? I think ultimately morality or ethics comes down to your energy and your energetic relation to the rest of life, not logically deduced conclusions.

Hi Dawg, What are your views regarding meditation with a technique, ie watching the breath, mindful walking etc as opposed to just sitting silently and not trying to do anything in particular? What is the role of effort or determination in meditation? Thanks.

Thanks PFL. I was thinking just an overview type work covering things like climate change, technological progress, basic stuff on ecosystems and the impact humans have on them etc. The Karliner book looks very interesting.

Hi everybody, I'm a college student without much real experience with qigong, although I was exposed to it at a very early age when my dad took me to a qigong master?(or maybe just practitioner) when I was around 8 because of some depression/insomnia problems I was having. I initially started out pretty intellectually oriented, reading literature and literary criticism and the like but then I came across DH Lawrence, who seems to be one of the first really significant mystics in the modern West, and that led me to look much more into all the old esoteric traditions. There's a lot of super exciting knowledge on here, seems like we are entering into some kind of new era in terms of what people are waking up to again.

I think Osho has the best bit on the use of vegetarianism in spiritual development: http://www.osho.com/library/online-library-gratitude-buddha-vegetarian-ef67d5dc-fe2.aspx. I think if one is adept enough in one's qigong/energy practice, lives in a good environment and is wise in lifestyle a vegetarian or vegan diet would be ideal, however for the majority of people vegetarianism or veganism is rather dangerous as it makes you much more prone to nutritional deficiencies and TCM doctors are often against it.

Michael Winn is also worth a look, he co-wrote many of the books with Mantak Chia. He's got some fascinating blog posts.

Well about that power stuff, from what I understand I think the deeper you go the more paradoxical this power thing will get. As the Taoists say, water is the most powerful thing on earth, yet it is also the most yielding, the most will-less, and indeed therein lies its power. Surely, true power grows the more we are able to let go, be nothing.

I think it's always good to go back to Osho, his published and online teachings have guidance pretty much on everything you could ever care about.

Wow that's a crazy story. I grew up in HK as well but now I go to college in the States. I go back to HK on the holidays though.