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Hello, Mojojojo, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi mojojojo, Welcome. It’s a pleasure to have you here. We hope you enjoy. You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

Hello, Satchidananda, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi Satchidananda, Welcome. Eclectic is good. We talk about many paths here too. Enjoy! You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

John 6:35 "Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”"

Think of the sitting practice like you first have to locate the veil before you pierce it. How about focusing on a higher being that can help you? Might be more interesting. In the form of a mantra or praying. Ive never been a “follow your breath” guy, either. But stuff like Bhakti yoga is fun and has juice for you to feel.

Not for the faint of heart ! But will surely get you tuned into the body.

I would recommend maybe some quiet sitting practice. Just sit there and feel. With a hectic and busy schedule, it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle. Makes it hard to feel stuff. Any sort of practice that gets you to turn inward and feel. Physical practices would help - yoga, tai chi or qigong. But since your short on time... just sitting quietly and scanning your body. Noticing how things feel - where your keeping tension or the sensations. All the stuff your interested in are “inner” practices. We must learn to go inside ourself and feel, relax. A few minutes a day of this can go far.

I like the continuous flow, no starting and stopping.

I've heard different interpretations for what an immortal is. My own view is similar to that of realizing a light or rainbow body in other traditions. I agree with you about aligning with peace and acceptance. The inertia of the practice will eventually lead to this place. Technically speaking, we are all in the "Eternal Now", we just view it as linear. So there's nowhere to really ascend to, rather just an obstructing view that is dropped, to reveal that - albeit it *seems* - sometimes very slowly

Nice, I remember seeing this video a couple years ago and couldnt find it since. thanks for posting.

I like the way you put this. Thank you for sharing 😊

Hello, Dlc123, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi dlc123, Welcome. Members are required to post an introduction in this section of the forum, before being able to post elsewhere. I’ll approve so you can post. Maybe when you get a chance, if you’d like, tell us a little about why you’re here. You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

Hello, khuf , and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi Khuf, Welcome. I hope this forum aids you in your journey. You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

Hello, Douwe Geluk, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi Douwe, Welcome. Looking forward to hearing your contributions and thoughts about Daoism and Kung Fu too. You will like it here! You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

Please don’t eat lead

Hello, DB999, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi DB999, Welcome. Qigong is about going within and feeling your body. It takes a while to tune in, but what makes the form “alive” is our practice of it. There’s several forms you’ll read about on here that have more active components though. Enjoy! You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

Hello, Al-Kemi, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi Al, I have a friend who’s into spagyrics. I never enjoyed chemistry class myself. I hope you find what your looking for here. You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

Hello, AncientMariner, and welcome. Your membership is approved and we're happy you found your way to us. We look forward to accompanying you on some of the way that you still have to go. Please take the time to read the post pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum Terms and Rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, Fa Xin and the TDB team Hi AncientMariner, Welcome. All I can think of when I read your name is the Iron Maiden song. Enjoy the forum You are welcome to jump right in to the ongoing discussions, revive an older thread, start a new thread of your own, or start a discussion in the "Newcomer Corner" sub-forum to expand on your introduction or ask general questions to help you get started. May you enjoy your time here. Fa Xin

The reason I feel that way doesn’t have to do with him being fake, but not something I’d like to go into on the board. Lets just say he reminds me of someone I know, hence why I said my “own stuff”

Guess it’s more my stuff than any logical reason. 😊

What’s the different styles of Reiki have in common? What’s their differences? if your a student of multiple lineages, is it possible to blend them all to make your own technique, or should they remain separate? Not too familiar with reiki. Thanks

Heard of it... Ordering it now. Thanks for the recommendation. 😊

Planes are the worst to spread sickness. All that recycled air and close quarters.

Some thoughts... I’ve heard it said that when Jesus was crucified, all of the Holy beings and Saints of all the ages were gathered around him to witness it, on the subtle plane. In that moment, he was surrounded by a massive gathering of Light, saints of all traditions and times. How is such a thing possible? If time is an illusion, then there is only the Eternal Now, and that’s where God resides...That every moment is happening now. Which lead me to think about the stories we read and hear from the Bible, New Testament, the Gita - or from any wisdom tradition. In Mysticism, stories are a living embodiment of truth and power. They did not happen 2000 years ago... they are happening now, as you read it and place yourself there, in the subtle and spiritual dimension. The more you open yourself to this power, the more you channel the energy of the story into your experience, and you are literally there, on a subtle level - you may even be able to smell and hear and taste it. Thought this thread would be a good place to share. It makes a fun experiment, to go back and reread the stories of your tradition in this manner. You may be surprised to get new insights too 😊 cheers!

In Hebrew tradition there is “shekinah” which some interpret as the same as Holy Spirit. Below is a quick definition I grabbed from Ye Olde Google: Shekinah: (in Jewish and Christian theology) the glory of the divine presence, conventionally represented as light or interpreted symbolically (in Kabbalism as a divine feminine aspect)

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