Taoist Texts

seems you could use a 3rd eye;) (hey 大哥 please do not take offence ok? i enjoy our chatting)

Ahahahaah;) so you do not know that story. Well may be you should look it up. When you do you will understand why i am laughing. he was not? are you sure? like cheeky-cheeky sure?

Ever my dictionary says " 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb" Did Wang teach to have a great time and to make fun of somebody? Thats a taoism after my own heart! wait is this how the chinese language works? you can switch any two characters around and still get the same meaning? thats nice. you see 慈悲 慈悲 cí bēi mercy in our context has a totally different meaning from the mundane milquetoast kindness. Here what it means really: 42 谁知大雨下了一夜，天亮后才放晴。众人走出庙门，见山下已是一片汪洋。再向西望，个个吓得目瞪口呆：王家大院的后山发生了山崩，半个山体将王家埋没了！至今华县百姓仍流传着：半截山下压着“金斗王”的故事。 https://www.qiuchuji.org/?type=comic May be you can explain for friends who can't read Chinese characters how merciful and compassionate was Ancestor Qiu in this instance. I bet he opened his heart real good. of course. but i did not skip it. i translated it in full. i think it is actually his;) aww, why so serious? just like you suggested i was just practicing my 开心 ( kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb) My kaixin is stronger than your kaixin!

i dont know if you realised it but you mentioned Awaken 3 times to me, long after I stopped talking about her. (just saying) To answer your question: no, not sorrowful. sorrow is a choice which i do not make. As to the 3 saints you mentioned to me, their goal was not to 'open their hearts' or to be 'transformed' or to be 'kind' or some other mundanity. Because mundanity is useless, it does not save from suffering. Their goal was to create dan, the elixir. I have the same goal thats why i am joyful not sorrowful. Since you addressed your thoughts on Wang to me I can only say that you can understand Wang only if you have the same goal as Wang. 上德不德，you know.

no, because it is just a play for a public consumption, i am interested in the original linage materials yes all of his works some of it, he does not speak to me as much as Ma and Qiu do

https://www.persee.fr/doc/befeo_0336-1519_1981_num_69_1_3361 pages 159-160

i am a professional, not a role-player. so i do my own research.

this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chongyang he founded 90% of the real taoism. which has nothing to do with the western role playing. he did it by abusing his students 24/7. tellingly you would not find a single mention of it in the wiki. it his hilarious that the western role players pretend to be his followers while decrying 'anger and hatred'. hard to say it is hypocrisy or ignorance. heck probably most of the 'taoists' never even heard his name.

i will tell you in a bit. lets wait and see if the taoist police with all their teachers knows haha eh just sarcastic, sorry man

yes thats exactly what happens. as they say 'Google knows best'

the rumor has it there was one teacher who heaped abuse on his students so angry and hateful he was. he beat them insulted them demeaned them humiliated them to no end. he was a bad bad teacher. if only the history would preserve his name or if he founded some petty taoist sect or something, then we would know his name. uggh what a horrible teacher he was anyway, i am almost clutching my pearls! or i vaguely remember another one. student standing in snow for days, cutting of his hand. so much anger and hatred! i bet he is deservedly forgotten. and if not lets get together and cancel him! because where is the kindness right?

Fajin is a result of a VERY long physical training, there is nothing miraculous about it. Faqi does not exist. The receiver of qi does not feels the qi of the qi emitter. "Faqi" is only felt by people with unstable psyches, impressionable and superstitious by nature. When they are in an exciting environment such a temple or a dojo or a presence of a guru, their weak minds become imbalanced and hence overwhelmed by the otherwise ordinary sensory input. In order to cope, their subconscious transforms the superfluous sensory input into a separate stream of a feeling which is perceived as qi.

you seem kinda thoughtful so i will explain to you what siddhi are and how they are different from miracles. miracles are defined as OBJECTIVE (provable to others) deviations from the laws of nature. yet miracles OBJECTIVELY do not exist. thats why nobody experienced one and never will. when people tell about them witnessing a miracle what actually happens is: A it is not a miracle B its a false memory C its a happy coincidence D it is a lie siddhis are positive SUBJECTIVE experiences. they are not OBJECTIVE, they exist only for the the experiencer. they are not provable to others. Any stories of OBJECTIVE sidhis are miracles (see above). Do you see the diff now? Awaken claims to have an unusual subjective experience. Thats all there is to it and there is nothing wrong with that. Trust is a wrong term here. I know she is correct on the beginning stages of the practice. I disagree with her on the latter ones yet respect her as the only advanced practicer here, and an all around great lady. Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo.— A man who will criticize you openly carries no connivance.

No

depends on where do you want to get to

No miracle is needed whatsoever. If someone says that they have advanced spiritual and energetic development, the litmus test is a display of siddhi. ahahaha oh man, this is hilarious. this is what the samsara looks like. when you find any siddhi pls let us know. preferably in this kalpa but my guess not. (damn i forgot! we can always go check out that swiss cow! maybe the Brooklyn bridge as well?)

excellent!

1. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence...Aside from your conjecture have you any actual verifiable evidence whatsoever to back up that claim? Or is just more talking? (sigh) note that you did not specify what exact evidence you have in mind. you did not because the moment you say that word out loud the ridiculousness of it becomes obvious. let me help you. the evidence you request is called 'a miracle'. And no, i dont have such evidence because miracles do not exist. Whoever requires a miracle as an evidence lives in a childish la-la land. There was a guy on this forum who after being duped by false teachers countless times (his admission) finally found the real mccoy (wait for it) - by witnessing a real teacher (who shall not be named) remotely felling a cow in swiss alps (of all places). Whenever i need a giggle i go back to that story. Actually that's one of the reasons i am on this forum: to gape in silent awe at the depths of human delusion and ninkompoopery for a while. Then i giggle.

well since you ask. 1. @awaken is the most advanced practicer on this forum. 2 peeps who have nothing to say often try gagging those who do. 3 please stop flaming @awaken 's threads. if you have an issue take it up with mods.

if it was really sad you would discover the ignore button. but you did not. so not sad at all.

No it is not. It is a fake new age sound bite. For example in a 1914 periodical, The Herald of the Star (a publication of a Theosophical organization, “The Order of the Star in the East”), we’re told that “in the various occult Orders which seem always to have existed throughout the world, it has been expressed in the words, ‘When the pupil is ready, the Master will appear.’” And in Theosophy magazine of 1918, we have “When the disciple is ready, the Master will appear.” In a Masonic publication from 1922, The New Age magazine, we also read “It is said, in what is called Occultism, that when the pupil is ready the Master will appear.” “ https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/when-the-student-is-ready-the-teacher-will-appear/ Besides it is silly in its own right. Why would the master appear? Whats his motivation? As you see this is totally backwards. First the student finds a teacher to submit to, to inquire from, to serve him and then the teacher teaches the student (or does not). This does not say anything at all about the student's readiness vs. a teacher appearing.

https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0099267 An annotated translation and study of Chapters on Awakening to the Real (ca. 1061): attributed to Zhang Boduan (ca. 983-1081)Crowe, Paul B. M.

demonstrate what, for example?

of course not;) have fun!

the people regard a true man as a parent to them