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How'd you get a group together? Most people (in my offline life) aren't even into this stuff. If they don't already then they'll probably think I'm a freak. Not like it matters but this is something I'd like to experience at least once.

My hair has been turning white since I was 14 (30 now) from all the stress. I have unusually thick, brown hair reaching down my lower back so the white hair is actually more noticeable. I was wondering if fo-ti (He Shou Wu) actually works to darken it back up. It's not really all that bad. I just want to stop it from getting all out of control.

There's no insecurity to get rid of. I just really like my original hair color and really can't picture myself with white hair all over the place. It's not an issue that deals with women either. I could honestly care less what the opposite sex thinks. It's more to do with myself. Ironically I still kept a baby face throughout the years and at nearly 31 pass for being in the late teens.

There's no insecurity to get rid of. I just really like my original hair color and really can't picture myself with white hair all over the place. It's not an issue that deals with women either. I could honestly care less what the opposite sex thinks. It's more to do with myself.

When it comes to teaching, learning, education and cultivating skills why are westerners more obsessed with endless data and theories? It appears as if westerners take simple subjects and overcomplicate it. Because of that we may also be more prone to information overload and not truly becoming skillful at whatever it is we wish to learn. Take mathematics for example: In places such as Singapore, Taiwan & Japan their math books are significantly smaller and actually TEACH the material in ways that is so much more effective that it's inconceivable here in the west. I would know because I was born and raised in the western hemisphere and I have rigorously looked through the education curriculum (in mathematics) in the countries I've mentioned and I was blown away at how logical their way of learning maths is. Here in the west our math books are stupidly large, heavy, unnecessarily complicated and loaded with so much useless junk. It's not sensible and neither is it very practical. Another example I can think of is conscious dreaming. In the western methods we're so reliant on psychological approaches that are extremely unnatural and burns your mental energy. We have to make a conscious and deliberate effort to "force" mindfulness and give unnecessary attention and energy to yourself and the environment whereas in the Eastern practice your skill naturally becomes attuned with the concept of wu wei. In the Eastern methods you naturally dive into the actual practice and develop skill. Westerners are obsessed with gathering scientific data, formulating theories and their "skill set" is heavily reliant on forcing mindful awareness. Does it work? Sometimes it does. Is it consistent? No. Would I recommend it if you wanted to develop the skill? Probably not. Dynamic dreaming (also known as lucid dreaming) is all about skill. Not about how much you know. I'm sure it's exactly the same with developing mindful awareness. I also see this western trend among the folks at healing tao (and this is one big reason why I abandoned it). Mantak Chia and his crew take these energy practices and try to make them encyclopedic. If you look through his books you'll probably find that you need the equivalent of a Ph.D in their system. When I attempted healing tao I was suffering from so much information overload that I decided to call it quits. If you look at a system like reiki the same thing happens. The western version of reiki is made unnecessarily complicated and tainted with new age garbage while the original Japanese teachings are simple yet supremely effective. At the same time I really don't think it's possible to make chi/ki practices scientific as science does not (and probably never will) recognize these energies and also ki/chi is very complex and unpredictable. That's an entirely different argument altogether though. Is this something that others have been noticing as well? I'm certain it's not just me. I appreciate scientific data, theory and analysis. I'm not anti-science. I just don't think endless data and theory should degrade the cultivation of true knowledge (which comes from first hand experience) and skill (which comes from actual practice out in the field). I find myself obsessed exactly with gathering more and more of what I'm complaining about and at the same time I don't see my skill set growing all that much. Is it just me suffering from this? Can you guys help me break free of the obsession of overloading my brain with too much information and having my cultivation of skill suffer as a result? This has been going on for years now. Also, this universe is virtually endless. We can be here gathering scientific data, analyzing, developing theories (which can also be later disproven or made even more complex by conflicting theories) and discovering an infinite amount of information within these exact same discoveries. This is a surefire way to drive yourself insane and become proficient at nothing.

I think it's the governmental structures in China that frowns on out of the box thinking and this reflects within their society. If China and other cultures in the sinosphere were to adopt a more western model we'd see more creativity and out of the box thinking among them.

Anyone can do what he does with the proper training. Yes, you can train your brain to do exactly what he does. Meditation can only help in terms of increasing concentration and perhaps even quieting the mind to optimize performance. What this guy is doing isn't anything profound on a cosmic level however.

And some fries and a soft drink to go with that.

Would that be a result of WAY TOO MUCH left brained thinking as well?

I'm addicted to soda and I'm trying to stop drinking it. Everyday I get a craving. Any suggestions?

This came to me as quite a revelation in the Tao Te Ching. "Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench" I have also read similar things from Koichi Tohei in his works of ki and aikido and ran across similar concepts in completely unrelated works. I would like to have some input on here from veteran practitioners as well. Is the idea of security realistically achievable?

Is it okay to mix herbal supplements together? I know with western medicine mixing things causes complications and can be quite disastrous or lethal. I'm just wondering if herbs (exclusively) are subject to the same limitations. I'm not on any medications by the way.

This is going to be a very superficial question and one that's guaranteed to piss certain people off if I haven't done so already When a man masters separating orgasm from ejaculation does that mean he could plow through several dozen colleges full of hotties and back? I ask because I want to get an idea of what's possible.

You guys were right. Upon further research I discovered that the technique of circulating sexual energy through the MCO to avoid orgasm isn't a great idea to use for the purpose of screwing as many women as you want. The reason for that is because you accumulate all the energetic junk these women are carrying. And believe me, just about all of them carry so much NEGATIVE energy which I want no part of. The good news is that there's another approach to developing the ability to last forever during sex with as many women as you want and still have the pleasure of being multi orgasmic. It involves no energy work and working on the pelvic floor muscles, timing and technique. Thank you guys very much for the warnings.

www.iama.edu/Articles/DrinkinfromJadeFountn.htm

Which is better?

http://diamondsutrazen.blogspot.com/p/book-of-zen-haragei.html?m=0 Long read but hope you guys enjoy.

I just want to know if there are any similarities between the two.

So prostate orgasms and energetic orgasms feel different from one another?

For MCO meditations I would consider 30 minutes to be short. 1 hour to be long. For zazen I would consider 90 to 180 minutes to be long.

I would consider 30 minutes to be short. 1 hour to be long.

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The consequences may be I enjoy a happy life and die with a smile on my face. It doesn't have to be a fatalistic and negative outcome. And if actually going out and enjoying myself equates to self objectification then so be it. I didn't ask for a lecture guys. I only wanted a direct answer. So thanks for not answering the question. I guess I'll just have to figure it out for myself and observe all the haters wishing the worse upon me (just so they can point the finger and say "see! I told you so!") simply because my outlook and approach to certain things in life threatens their own.