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Does it mean that these chapters are not about D & D? If so what they are about?

While ignorance about true global poverty, life expectancy, and family planning are no doubt a source of some of these wrong-headed comparisons, one doesn’t need to be the world’s biggest cynic to recognize that the US is only compared to a selective list of countries because doing so offers a biased view of the United States that makes it looks like an especially crime-ridden place. But, we are never allowed to compare the US to middle income countries like Uruguay, Russia, or Mexico because that would show that the US is actually a remarkably safe place in global terms on top of having many more legally owned guns than those countries. Nevertheless, we’ve all heard it too many times to count: gun laws in the United States are “insane” because countries like Sweden and Luxembourg have far more restrictive gun laws and are much safer because of it. The US has the highest murder rate in the “developed world” — presumably because of its lax guns laws —we are told again and again. Few people who repeat this mantra have any standard in their heads of what exactly is the “developed” world. They just repeat the phrase because they have learned to do so. They never acknowledge that when factors beyond per capita GDP are considered, it makes little sense to claim Sweden should be compared to the US, but not Argentina. Such assertions ignore immense differences in culture, size, politics, history, demographics, or ethnic diversity. Comparisons with mono-ethnic Asian countries like Japan and Korea make even less sense. Why not use the UN’s human development index instead? That would seem to make at least as much sense if we’re devoted to looking at “developed countries.” So, let’s do that. Here we see that the OECD’s list contains Turkey, Bulgaria, Mexico, and Chile. So, if we’re honest with ourselves, that must mean that other countries with similar human development rankings are also suitable for comparisons to the US. Well, Turkey and Mexico have HDI numbers at .75. So, let’s include other countries with HDI numbers either similar or higher. That means we should include The Bahamas, Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Estonia, and Latvia. You can see where this is going. If we include countries that have HDI numbers similar to — or at least as high as — OECD members Turkey and Mexico, we find that the picture for the United States murder rate looks very different (correctly using murder rates and not gun-deaths rates):

Hehe, it might come as surprise to some but for the later religious-alchemical taoists such as Liu Yi-ming it was a given, that Confucious was an accomplished internal alchemist, his Analects being a coded alchemical manual.

If there are any real internal attainments there is no need to worry about damaging those with external exercise. These two are synergistic. The more you wear out your body externally, the more your internal will grow so one is in fact beneficial to the other.

Examples?

The correct question would be: what are the consequences? The real world ones. I would say draw the line where the bad consequences start.

曾子有疾，召門弟子曰：「啟予足！啟予手！《詩》云『戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，如履薄冰。』而今而後，吾知免夫！小子！」 Tai Bo: The philosopher Zeng being ill, he called to him the disciples of his school, and said, "Uncover my feet, uncover my hands. It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'We should be apprehensive and cautious, as if on the brink of a deep gulf, as if treading on thin ice, I and so have I been. Now and hereafter, I know my escape from all injury to my person. O ye, my little children."

right here

the road was long, the burden was heavy 53

It does indeed. Good hunch.

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while in florence make sure to dine here http://www.bucalapi.com/menu-eng.htm and order this "bistecca alla fiorentina"

Very good. Now this is concrete. Not that i agree but this is a precise criterion. Thank you. May be. Or may be 借人心复道心 /take human mind - remake it into dao-mind/.

Thats what i am talking about. This is specific and precise. Thank you for that. Very good. Ppl do not understand that there are no difference in methods. There is just one method under different guises. What makes the difference is the student. Either he has it or he does not.

Well, yes, i totally agree that the three of you gents have a unique insight and desire to communicate it to us. What i would like to note is that your communication is rather inconcrete. Say, you tell us that there is the method in DDJ but would not tell what and how-to exactly is it; Walker here would tell that the highest method is unappreciated enough but when asked to be specific - Walker walks away; if we ask Xorcist why exactly 'counting' is low while 'mind on nowhere' is a high method, he will likely to answer in generalities if at all. So you guys have an insight, desire to share it with us - thats great. I just wish you be more specific;).

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I am very impressed. It means you have a great potential, if you have managed to hurt yourself with incorrect training that much, imagine what can u do with correct one. i will keep on posting little essays here. Thanks man, likewise.

These words are golden Rudolf;). But, lets say there is someone, theoretically, lets call him 'Joe', who in his starry-eyed enthusiasm posts an instruction on "How to fry your brain in 3 easy steps if you persist hard enough'. And here is pour ol' me, saying 'Dudes don't do it, fried brain is no fun'. Would you say i am moderately compassionate and may be adding a lil bit of value? Its a purely academic question you know. Anyway. while you ponder this over, I will post in my PPF on general misconceptions around these issues.

William, please do not do this. You will fry up your intestines for good. No need to thank me. Just do not do this and do not advise people to do this.

Rudolf, get serious. There are no fairies. Nor electrical dantians. You are a grown up now.

uuuh my, this guy is obsessed with me. awkward.

the word is 'secretive" not secretary

Because we know the secret. It takes time to understand, you and I are not in a hurry right? What other neidan lineages concretely? Give me an example please.

Thank you for not answering a straightforward question. Yes, mine is very 'achieved', whatever that means. Here is what he has to say: It means, that contrary to what you say an average student has no chance of 'achieving' regardless of whether his teacher is 'achieved' or not.

thats all good;) if u say so;)