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Hi Michael,, long time no see... Had a curious and changing experience today which somehow _ but not only_ reminded me of your posts. I guess I've always had a fascination for people that are/were able to master physical pain,like the late Jack Swartz. Physical pain being the most feared thing in life, if someone could master that, than everything else would seem much more easy to deal with. Lately I've been having accute toothaches and today like usually tried to manage that through several relaxation and detachment technniques. Those not working and with my stomach complaining for an overdose of aspirin, tried exactly that: to focus on the pain, not rejecting it, not wanting to change it, experiencing it in its detail like it was a pleasurable sensation. Only allowed myself to breath a little more deeply because it wasn't an easy process. Well, little by little, what it took like 15 minutes the pain solved as well as the infection... Life changing experience! I guess now I have a lot of exploring to do now that I have experienced this Thank you for your sugestions Michael!

Does anyone know of a good, reliable source of information regarding the effects of music in the human mind/body?

It sure sounds great...

Lots of useful information that I will surely check when I have the time. Thanks thelerner.

By the way MH you are my top nº1 Dj in da house! Sebastian Bach would strangle you but what did he know about music anyway

This is a great thread. It took me a long while to find it again as it has been dormant for awhile. So much to learn from each other here. Thank you thelerner and everyone else. Here goes something worthwhile trying

Old Bones Out there walking round, looking out for food, a rootstock, a birdcall, a seed that you can crack plucking, digging, snaring, snagging, barely getting by, no food out there on dusty slopes of scree— carry some—look for some, go for a hungry dream. Deer bone, Dall sheep, bones hunger home. Out there somewhere a shrine for the old ones, the dust of the old bones, old songs and tales. What we ate—who ate what— how we all prevailed. --Gary Snyder

Well, zen sayings, like oaks, have many layers if one takes the time to examine them like you do

Had to share this, it may be helpful to someone. It's about how Steven Benitez healed himself from a severe knee injury. Starts at about 8:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh4bmEUzwCY

It would be a good investment of your time. Plenty of food for thought, and of course, you should be the one to chew it. Best of luck

Unlike with the DDJ, with which I enjoy the book as a whole, chuang tzu''s compilation doesn't speak to me the same way. However, there are chapters such as this one that just make me Wow ! The beauty and deepness... Thank you Marblehead

Already knew the video just wonderful Thank you so much for the pdf kar3n. It seems just like what I was looking for.

"Fear is a bad guest when not welcomed." -- Maremmano

Garlic is a great immune system booster, among other things, and I try to take at least two cloves every day. My stomach doesn't get along well with garlic supplements. The only drawback may be (for cultivators) increased sexual desire. A few years ago I watch a great BBC documentary about an experiment done with people suffering from erectile dysfunction. The results were great, all of them recovered. Tried to find the documentary on the web but couldn't. Leave you with a link with some information in case you're interested http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/healthy/erectiledysfunction.shtml

Much as I thought. Thank you for the confirmation Taoist Texts.

Thank you very much for your answer. If you have the good will and patience please let me know if in Taoist alchemical literature one starts that work voluntarily or on the other hand gets caught in it due to karmic causes as somehow taomeow was suggesting. Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is little more; But of the good to treat, which there I found, Speak will I of the other things I saw there. I cannot well repeat how there I entered, So full was I of slumber at the moment In which I had abandoned the true way. The Inferno - Canto I Dante Alighieri

Want to elaborate on that? Thanks.

Thank you, sillybearhappyhoneyeater.

Is there in Taoist alchemy an equivalent to the "dark work" of western alchemy, a terrifying and painful purification as the starting point of the process? The question is for anyone who wants to answer it. Thanks.

"...or going into the mystery gate (the unconscious portal between post and pre heaven)..." Want to elaborate on that? Thanks

--nope, knowing happens When our own minds get stolen By the Divine thief...

Happy New "Present", steve and everybody!

D. Corleone's ring is the shit...