Taoist Texts

there is 4 issues there if we want to eschew shallowness: 1. We dont know how long Cleary would live without “Taoist” health practices. People drop like flies way before 72. Also “Taoist” health practices are not immortality. Those are not to be confused with neidan which is immortality. “Taoist” health practices just allow one to live out his full heavenly allotted lifespan. 2. Cleary was a flawed but a great translator. There is no evidence at all that he engaged in any practices. 3 Lets see how long we personally live, not our fortunate elders. Anyone would be very fortunate to live a full, blessed and privileged life of 72, like Cleary. 4. There is a quality of life considerations. Longer life laced with insulin shot or cigar smoke could be weighed against a vibrant clean shorter life.

good question but no they teach their child how to work with a tool. on the left- the mother teaches how to weave a mat out of plants, on the right - the father teaches how to hunt birds with a bow and arrow. the pics are quite touching actually.

Removes ignorance Ends suffering unfortunately these are not explanations. these are empty disjointed words with no logical reasoning. pretty much like the whole message above, which is typical for western "buddhism".

what good does it do? if it is already present what difference it makes if we experience it or not? huh? mosquitoes' and cows are miserable because they are lacking some experience? so how come we did not realise it before ? so all 4 validations are intellectual. like this

just any qigong that works on legs e.g. just an example, does not have to be this one

They are not one of us. We don't care. Not our problem.

in confucianism there are no abusive parents. only ungrateful children;)

interestingly no. Confucians, in their capacity of imperial officers were certainly involved in organizing 祭天, but only the emperor would do it. not as a confucian (despite him being one) but as an emperor. of course not. it is the source, it does not care people do those to get in touch with their ancestors. offerings are not necessary but going through making them helps you to put your heart in contact with the ancestors. yeah i mean stupid does not begin to describe it...man evolved from a monkey? life comes from dead matter? Darwinism?....frankly there are no words...

not if we ban them first!

your left leg was damaged originally, meaning the circulation in it was poor now you are loading it which blocks the circulation even more hence the edema. You need to change your posture to Santishi with left leg unloaded, moxa your Zusanli, massage your Yongquan, any qigong up and down the leg, if you can - get a percussion massager for your calf. Stretching legs, sex abstinence, fasting would be healing but realistically not feasible for everyone. Drugs and TCM doctors or teachers would be a waste of time and money.

yes i am, yes we do. except Heaven is not a personified god like all the others, it is a life-giving impersonal source atheism is just another name for materialism. which is just another name for stupidity.

yes, that i do not live in a fantasy world that is correct. i know it is a fantasy, i name it a fantasy, and i experienced many fantasies on this forum yes i know it does not exist. thats why i am done with the fantastic light-bulb guy subject. thanks for the chat;) i tried a couple of times to explain that, quite the opposite, the traditional practicers always regard such real siddhis (real means real only to the practicer himself) as the sole path to the final goal, which is salvation. but it did not resonate;) so i stopped trying. oops i did it again! ok this is the last time i swear to god

yes looks like you do but sure, thanks, here is the full animation. it shows the monk internalizing the symbolic shining lotus bud not externalizing it for all to see. it is the same kind of buddhist graphics as leading the bull or the elephant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls exactly. it is common

yes i fantasize about it all the time oh i just did, unfortunately there are no fantasy light bulb guys there. so far. of course! i am sure i can wholesomely fantasize something up . in the mean time there are more pies and electrical zappers on the market i am serious on that matter. i do believe thats what happened to them. that said i never intended to belabor the issue if not asked about it. i have nothing to add about this publicly. i would like to stop talking about them personally because it is not nice to do so behind their backs. but if someone reports that he practices neidan and all he got is seeing lights, then unfortunately that is not a neidan results. plenty qigongers etc see lights. lights per se are useless.

which topic? a guy shining like a light bulb for all to see? i am plenty silly for not believing in light-bulb guys;) did you see one?

Wilhelm i believe you are addressing me. If i offended you or anyone else i apologize and promise to try and not do it again. I say to try because people nowadays get offended at a drop of a hat. I never know what is gonna offend them next . (sigh) so no proof? i thought so;) sorry, i agree it is a sad sad situation (also is the hardest word)

Well I am very sure there is, and all my teachers know of it ( freeform does also) Dozens of students seen it during training, and several bypassers witnessed it outside the training setting (yes people who know nothing of internal work) oh wow, my humble expertise fails me miserably on this exalted topic. if only i could witness it. but i am not worthy i guess. wait! dozens of students? and several bypasssers? ah, if only one of them had that newfangled contraption on him...i heard its like a phone but can also record videos....then they could film a guy who shines like a light-bulb! and show it to me!...i think... oh its because i and them live on different planets;)

no, there is no such thing there is no externally emitting light visible to others in neidan. its a fantasy. See? I gave you straight, concrete, practical answer. But of course, i cannot tell what develops and follows a fantasy;)

Meaning the practicer emits light out of his body like he is a candle or a lamp, the light seen to others?

there is right way of doing any thing and there is a wrong way of doing the same thing. and the way to know if it is right or wrong is to look at what you get. if you spend half of your life on doing something and get nothing in return it means everything was done wrongly alas. that said i cannot praise the both of my friends enough for their dedication. may heaven bless them both.

that their practice is misguided, harmful and fruitless. that they are headed for a bitter disappointment, a life crisis and a psychological breakdown. but people never listen. as you know.

so i looked at the Goudian while he did not. we are not the same.

its the black lead in the left bottom corner sure i have, i am a pro. first of all, (as i pointed earlier) there is no white room. there is 'white born in empty room'. Zhi and Yi are just different names for the spirit Shen. They dont have any significance on their own. Ditto about Hun and Po, they are just different names for Xing and Ming. Now when Xing merges with Ming the solid line of yang in the black lead Kan shines through as white light - meaning 'white is born'. empty room means a thought-free mind. i will PM you

well i will explain it to you since you ask;) no other peoples is asking me to: forgetting is done in the same way as catnapping. we get tired, sit back on a couch, put the legs up, think pleasant thoughts, relax, put the mind on the body and how comfy it is, and go into half-napping but trying to keep the eyes half-open. with the time, if you do everything right, you will feel some pleasant qi, get refreshed and renewed at the end of the session. thats all there is to it. Sure why not. White born in an room is an expression from Zhuang-zi 虚室生白 Look at that aperture (left in the wall); the empty apartment is filled with light through it, originally it had nothing to do with neidan, but the real chinese neidanists have borrowed it to describe the white light seen when something called the lead is produced. Thats all there is as to what it is. How to get it in a proper way is a different issue;) gotta ask concretely;) i was very sympathetic to both of them, tried to warn them. i failed. but i tried.

we dont have to guess https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-k-schools-getting-rid-of-analog-clocks-because-teens-cannot-tell-time/