Nungali

What do you mean by 'vector' ? The internet is a 'force ' carrying magic ... or carries something that could enhance magic ? ( In this case I suppose we could include 'information' .... practising magic requires information - the internet carries information.) OR 'Direction' ( to a desired point ) - The internet could direct magic to a specific place ??? To confuse me more, you specified 'practices' ... how can the internet 'carry a practice ' ? It could be the medium to send a practice to another , but that would be relating to the first meaning ; a direction and magnitude of information .

Your healing from an illness all falls apart .... from 'meeting a girl' ?

Ahh... I see Osho was was too advanced for you , with his tricky confusing inscrutable multiple level teachings .

Getting a takeaway coffee : I have given my order , coffee girl has paper cup in hand and is poised with a pen ; " Name ? " "Levstovniskkraevarkus. " Girl ; " Ummmm .... " Me ; "Just put 'Lev'. Girl ; " Oh , okay - 'Lev' .... awesome . " Me; " How did you know my surname ? "

if you didnt learn anything about yourself that you didnt already know ... I'd say it was a shallow reading . Specifics are from natal aspects X current transits ... but I wont go further as I see that you feel astrology probably would not help you . .

Thats a good starting point . Your shitty feelings ARE acknowledged . And now, since " I know that what occurred may not be what I think", you can look at OTHER causes for those feelings . IE, its not your FEELINGS that are questioned, its the root cause that is in question . and I dont mean 'in question' by us ... I mean in question by yourself , ie " I know that what occurred may not be what I think ." Feelings can be strong and overpowering, so much so that sometimes the mind struggles with it and searches in all sorts of places for a CAUSE , when it finds one, it can remain stubbornly insistent about that cause .

I am similar, except I am more to the left ... but not as left as some others. I am as happy as I want to be .... any happier and 'The Universe' might knock me down a peg or two . - which is why it's important to bitch about things occasionally .

According to your birth chart , certain configurations (aspects) can create 'tendencies' that may effect you your whole life . Knowing the nature of these is the first step to managing them . I recommend a trusted known person for an astrologer .... or plunge into the field yourself . There are sites with a chart generator you can drive by entering your detail , the results will also tabulate aspects . It IS a bit of a study program ... but as they say 'physician, heal thyself ' and as the arch over the door to 'the mysteries' says 'Man, know thyself.' I find such things as 'psychological astrology' a very valuable tool for managing one's tendencies and 'recurrent themes ' . You could try starting here . https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/aspects-in-astrology

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Martial arts are ARTS ( I already said that ) . When we do sword I call it 'swordplay' . I was asked why I dont take it more seriously . To me, it is all 'play' , when its a real sword and someone is actually trying to kill or maim you it stops being play , other wise its 'swordplay' .

A fight is unpredictable .... ANYONE can loose a fight .

Its a tripartite word ( another '3 in 1' ) and Kabbalisticly * it relates to the 'one' but made of 3 parts compounded from the Supernals .... the three needed to pronounce it also relate to those 3 Supernals ( in the symbolism of Prophet, Priest and King . ) In the old school Royal Arch ritual it was all acted out ; You have gone through the Blue Lodge ( the 3 degrees that represent the stages of life, birth and death ) , you are 'dead' ... and thats it , basically ... oh yeah, and some lamenting about a lost word that is lost forever and never found - tragedy ! ( and 'officially' that is it , as the Blue Lodge is the only real recognised valid lodge ) . What a place to leave people ! I suspect it is a bit of a trick, as you can do your 4th degree in a 'Royal Arch ' recognised and valid 'red' Lodge ..... anyway .... in you go , waiting at the door, all the usual stuff from before , you know your pass word and can prove your level ( a qualified mason ) ... now you are a ' Journey Man' , you have a trade and qualifications and now, with your understandings , you can travel the world and meet other people and cultures to expand your views, and be able to get work ( after that you would become a real master by taking on your own apprentice ) - as it used to work 'in real life' . In the Blue lodge you are enacting this mystically ; you are a journey man, you go in and are placed in a waiting area , with maybe some other 'candidates ' , and awaiting assignment as a mason , working on ..... Solomon's Temple ! A foreman comes out ; " Sorry fellahs , no work today ... nothing , maybe later ... in the meantime , we do have one job that needs doing .... anyone want to dig out the toilet pit ? ' What ! Me ? I'm a stone mason ! I aint digging no toilet . Maybe one guy or more .... or maybe you , go " Oh, what the hell , I guess it needs doing , I'll do it . " So you go in, they give you a shovel and you get in a pit and start digging ...... eventually , clunk ! Whats that ? Big commotion, they dig it up and its a box with treasures including a .... thingy ( secret ) that they stick back together and realise .... Its the lost word ! You have found and restored the sacred word ( which is a 'restorative ' word itself ) . ( This is supposedly what happened with the Knights Templar when they stayed at the Temple and undertook excavations ) And what is that word ? ... Well, cant say, can I as there are not 3 of me Oh, and the guys that are waiting outside for the mason's job ? I guess they are still waiting . * the OP refers mostly to this word, as seen by traditions mentioned but throwing 'yogis' into that mix could be the 'odd man out' ( regarding actual word, ie. language spoken ) Is it really a magical word ? Any 'siddhis' I have witnesses have only been the ones acted out in ritual when the word is used , so no ... its symbolic acting for teaching purposes . The importance is more in the analysis of the word ( and by now we have moved way beyond the Masonic versions of these rituals ) in the rituals 'knowledge lecture ' , and specifically the Qabbalistic complex analysis of that word on multiple levels . Which is why any candidate to the 4th degree ( 'life beyond death' ) must already be well versed in such Qabbalistic symbolism and hermetic cross referencing - on that level the word is awesome None of that is required for the Freemasons though , even in Royal Arch ... they have not got a clue ... even though its on their aprons ... clearer on the old aprons as Hebrew letters , on the modern one's its devolved to decorative curlicues . I even showed a Freemason on an old apron - we were talking in the display museum at Sydney Masonic centre .... I just strolled in, nodding at the guy on the door confidently and started walking around - Eventually a guide found me and we where looking at old regalia in display cases . I noted how the 4 corner decos where Hebrew letters and a 5th intruding , from the top centre downwards was as well . He said they where just old decorations but their teaching meaning was more important , it was about Jesus coming, in fire, to change things . Me; " Yes, but its on the on the apron in Hebrew , look ; each corner , yod, he, vau, he - Jehovah - God . letter in the middle descending is shin , 'shh' , elemental fire . Jehovah plus shin is Jaheshua - literally a savior; a deliverer. . .' Jesus' . Jesus comes from God, in fire to change and save the world , you know ' Igne Natura Renovatur Integra ' - all of nature is renewed by fire . " Guide : " ....... wot ? "

I would suggest practising 'shielding' techniques , especially if you are involved in anything like 'energetic / magical ' work . Actually, that should be a prerequisite or first step in any such work , rather than a talisman - especially a store bought one . Regarding timing, again, instead of relying on a talisman have you checked THE timing of certain actions, impulsions, situations ? By that I mean , in an astrological sense ? Such timings can be checked beforehand to see if they match with any actions about to be taken . Plus your own transits . This can be worked out by looking at 'return' cycles and similar .

This looks close to it ; deeper stance though and his look is totally different ( although I too can do the ' Basil Faulty's big brother is not impressed with you ' look . )

I dont have a video of it . Would a still do, instead ?

... hang on ..... I think I have seen a move like that in a Chinese spear form ; cross leg stance , striking backwards ( sort of ) hands low and spearing upwards. I do a scooping movement , like the trough between waves , point goes down, and up while extending . They probably do it .... they seem to do every move possible

Regarding the spear . Or, more correctly, the staff , long and short ( in my system , long staff is from ground to crown, short is from ground to solar plexus) try this with your staff forms ; attach a spear point to one end , then do your forms . Very interesting when I tried it . Although they are staff forms nearly all the defensive moves and 'secondary' strikes where with the blunt end and the main thrusts and 'swipes' were with the pointy end . Its had to tell when using a staff with identical ends . Oh, of course , that only applies if you START the form with the staff the right way around . I prefer this style spear head ; 2nd on right , mine is a bit wider - I made it myself . With the back sides of the 'blade' sharpened it can be used to cut when pulling back , eg. when the spear shaft is met with another weapon's shaft , say, a staff, when it blocks your attack ,you can slide along and then pull back and cut their grip with the back of the point / blade or, in a 'tussle' ( 'sticky sticks ' - like sticky hands ), I was able to get the shaft against their chest or shoulder, move as if to push them back but then shift back, pull back spear and cut across the side of their neck with the rear of the blade . It's okay .... its made of rubber and . Rather excellent , opponent knows* when they been 'stabbed' or 'cut' but no one gets injured . * Before that, I would pull the techniques or go past them and they would say ' Missed me .' Favourite technique ( because I was scoring the most points with it ) ; 'the retreating thrust ' - I am backing away fast, usually into a cross stance, body nearly turned away and then I thrust backwards, at the opponent . I never seen anyone do those moves in a demo .

My T-shirt ( on the back ) during the first covid 'social distancing ' : IF YOU CAN READ THIS I JUST FARTED

You nasty man ! ... wanting to watch poor Hawking trying to help change a kids pants that had an 'accident' .

Oh boy have I been dealing with that one for years on end ! To the point that now I am virtually scolding my martial arts 'instructor' - he might know how to do martial arts, but as far as teaching goes - forget it ! " Dont you realise that people have all different types of learning modes ? Its supposed to be about teaching people, not racing ahead to finish first and leaving everyone else behind . That's why people drop out , you keep complaining about students leaving , well, what are they supposed to do , I am taking people aside and teaching them myself because they cant learn things from you , its so frustrating , how did you ever .... "

Like your posts on this subject . I do kobudo, so Okinawan, not Chinese martial arts. The above method is the required one in kobudo. Oh yeah ! And a lot are 'in the box' . Sometime I have no idea what is going on ! When I first got into 'rope dart' ( which I think is aversion of ' meteor hammer ' , mentioned in a previous post ) I checked out some youtubes of it . One was a big show ( Okinawans LOVE martial arts shows ) with the 'Masters' doing a demo of it . All traditional costumes, one came out, drew sword, the other twirled, threw and captured his arm . The swordsman stopped, bowed and that was the end. They put weapons away and bowed to audience , how cheered in an uproar of approval . Huh ? They did a few simple moves like that and that was it . I have seen the wushu version, obviously a show of skill and often very flashy but full of 'unnecessary moves ' and a bit of showing off ' ( on a practical level , I do appreciate the skill and athletics ability of it all ) . Anyway , in my experience, as soon as the swordsman arm is entangled, he can simply rush forward and slice you up . So you have to be ready for that and deal with it, evading and using the rope to further entangle him at close quarter , and taking him down and entangle more and/ or 'finish' . There is the issue of an initial first miss or evasion , then you have to deal with retrieval and 'reload' whilst dealing with a charging swordsman . There are several arts involved , including a 'rope jitsu' art of 'tying up ' ( Japanese police used to be trained in , up to the 1960s, when handcuffs replaced the coil of rope that was part of their uniform ) . Similar with 3 section staff . Wushu looks great , but you will note, when engaging they become 'less flamboyant and more practical', disengage , distance , do the more fantastic stuff, then re-engage , and so on . Sometimes I wonder if many weapons experts have experimented with 'diverse practicality' ...going on what I have seen . But basically these performances are martial arts . I cant conceive of the use of twirling the rope dart around my own neck in the midst of a battle. I imagine its use might be more like, a few guys with them trying to encircle champion swordsman enemy that was cleaning their side up - multiple entanglements from different directions might be more effective " Beginner tutorial " Many of the weapons I practice with are also tools; staffs, oar, garden hoe ( deadly against the toes of the front lead foot of the opponent ) 'handles', flails , etc . The military versions are rather different . In the military , the average soldier would be given a weapon and trained in its use, and most probably, just specific uses . Like police are today; they have a gun but are only rained in a few ways to use it; mostly 'body mass' shots, not trained to do things like shoot a weapon out of someone's hand , or 'risk' a leg shot . In fact, even a mate of mine who did SAS training, including unarmed and knife fighting got cleaned up very easily by me ( when he said he could disarm a 'non professional' like me . What could I say , but " Well, I do have a rubber knife handy if you want to try it . " ) . I told him after " Dont feel too bad . That was only a part of all the training you had to do , I cant shoot a variety of guns , run all day , do orienteering , survive in the bush , scuba dive, parachute, etc etc ... and sorry about kicking you in the balls first , even though it was a knife attack . " And you where right about " It is not unlike having an AR-15 nowadays." In some cases, still the same; two of the weapons I have trained with are illegal , and in the next state , Victoria , all martial arts weapons need a license and registration - you even have to lock up plain wooden staff in a gun cupboard ! (or just stick a broom head on it ) .

The weak use sword or spear . I cut through their armour with a look ! (or sometimes a smart arse comment )

..... it's supernatural .

Dog is cold ? Get him one of those little jackets ... .