Taoist Texts

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he did not debunk anything since the qi superpower enjoyers did not claim invincibility. naturally, his fans were unable to distinguish between superpowers and invincibility

Most dramatic debunking of paranormal claims is the way those paranormals eke out their living: they peddle seminars on how to learn paranormal-ing. Pretty cheap too - $149.99 on how to learn magic; $999.99 - on how to learn electrocuting. Instead of earning mega millions with their juju you know...;)

no, no and no. GF is self sufficient as long as you are not under the influence medication does not matter have to persevere, there is no other way (as long as there are no negative side effects)

exactly, very good: two different. The original says Chuang sits like this

depends on what the flower means;) thats true 教外別傳 simply means that it is a new kind of individual-cultivation budddhism as opposed to old congregation-cultivation budddhism

we have none either so welcome to the club! of course not. because there is no such thing and because the original chinese phrase means nothing of the sort. the westerners twisted the phrase to suit their speculations as to what pointing or transmission means in chinese 直指人心 ( a teaching which is about) pointing to the human heart; not pointing to student what he should do. heh, such twisting of the original is so funny, gets me every time;)

oh it means whatever the westerners speculate it means;) in your case you speculate that 2 different chinese words mean the same thing: i.e pointing means transmission. good for you;) well the Zen founder, Bodhidharma begs to differ “不立文字，教外别传，直指人心，见性成佛” but hey...;)

no and no;) Simply because there never was such thing as "direct pointing from teacher to student" . " Direct pointing " is a characteristic of Bodhi's teaching. It is absolutely not a method of transmission from teacher to student although it may sound like one. It is something that a practicer does on his own. This phrase: It is a Chan/Zen thing, Daoists may or may not use this phrase ocassionally, but it is not what we do;)

very good;) yes thats true. to their own new home, separate from the living /Early Daoist Scriptures By Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Peter Nickerson/ "When Zhuangzi's wife died, Huizi went to condole with him, and, finding him squatted on the ground, drumming on the basin, and singing" I am sure you wondered why he was doing it squatted as opposed to sitting normally? Good question, most readers just skip over that part. Because 箕踞 jījù [sit on the floor with one's legs spread apart and stretched out] is a very specific posture according to the chinese body-language. It is both insulting to the observer and shameful for the sitter. Yet in wizardry it is used to ward off and to dominate evil ghosts as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanwu_(god) Btw, since you mentioned that famous wuxia film there is another wuxia classic Hero (2002). it contains a famous (for the classically educated chinese) instance of this posture: when the attempt at the emperors life fails and the assassin is killed, in the final act of defiance he dies assuming this posture, as recorded by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Qian

drumming and singing parable a good example how Watts and his lot of western taoists totally misread the real ones. In this particular case the whole meaning of the parable is that Chuang's sings and drums for a very specific purpose, which has nothing to do with anything the westerners can even imagine. Namely he does that to scare his wife's ghost away. It is a chinese custom the westerners have no clue about; so they have to make up some ridiculous new-agee explanations for his singing.

are they even nameable? of course no way if we keep a taboo on naming the real thing . how can we know if there is something if we are too scared to say its name;) does the real thing have a name?

because they do not want to share their status and profits with those who they endorse, so they do not endorse anyone. besides the temples are recognized only in China how about looking at his results

no, while water and fire are traditional terms, there are no such 'methods'. he or those who duped him made those up no;) sure why not. the question is what good will come out of it. no there is no lineage there except a sham one

no, anything by Cleary is not good. That said, of those exact texts, there is no other transl that is better than his.

if i may ask, what exactly did you personally achieve with this exact approach?

apparently you never been suffocated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innateness_hypothesis

if you had to ask then you already have it there is a joke somewhere here

not necessary. except ppl do not know how to think critically in any language. which in turn results in words losing their meaning. ppl lost the ability to ask themselves 'what does this mean in real world'? instead they read not what the classic says in black and white, but their own opinions . to wit. Ppl repeat that without thinking how the hell would that be possible in real world back then?

can't tell you concretely because it is a technical secret but basically it means to join with the dao. in the process the yin is not shed, on the contrary it is gained. as usual the outsiders get the idea totally opposite to the real thing.

a broken clock is right twice a day. yes there is such a phrase. of course those who parrot it have no clue what it means

anyone eh? so which siddhi did you personally observe?

no there is not. you see people think that wu-wei is some kind of happy-go-lucky pink unicorn idyll. but in the real world wu-wei is based on very tight restrictions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Five_Pecks_of_Rice#Organization

they are;)

yes 神通 shéntōng is the standart translation of siddhi in neidan and general medieval daoism. It literally means spiritual 神 achievement, therefore siddhis are not physical and are not provable objectively. Which is a good thing because if spiritual phenomena were physical there would be no spiritual world where we could save ourselves from the physical decay. no i dont claim enlightenment. i was talking about intellectual understanding of these issues. i heard that nothing happens without power no rest for the wicked