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We are civil people. Since there are many higher powers in the universe, I assume you mean a personified/religious higher power. I am not religious and I do not believe in religious faith either. I do believe though that atheism is just the flip side of the coin from religious faith. I am not picking at you. I am trying to point toward something for both of us. My communication skills are probably not up to it though.

I'm going to be light on you this time. (I appreciate that. I shall return the favor). Yes, confidence is faith in one's capacities and capabilities. (Tao is between insecurity and confidence). But then, "show and tell time" offers the same results without faith. (The Tao has no show and tell time). Anything outside of Tao is an operation of faith.

You and I have had a friendly sparring on faith before. Here I go again: Confidence is faith.

If it was Singapore, they would confiscate the gold and cane him.

Please explain.

I am amazed at the time and patience being given here on this thread. I for one am moving on.

It is all cause and effect as I suspect you are soon going to learn.

Outstanding post. If there is someone talking about certain powers and you can get pictures of them in the present and five to ten years ago and they seem to be aging very rapidly-- that is a huge red flag. Also, if there is a teacher that is living a long life but, most of his/her students are dying young, committing suicide or aging very rapidly after about 45+ years old-- also a huge red flag. Also, I have occasionally ran across the phenomena where "sages" die, and his/her students start aging much more rapidly than normal over the next ten years. If more student wannabes did more due diligence in this type of discovery, there would be a lot less grief for them in the future.

Yes, many times.

The Great Dave Harris doing one of his many demonstrations at the Phinney Ridge Community Center.

I would love to know where that river is.

Hua Tunan

Tang Yin

Wang Wei

This deserves a WOW!

Both

Figuring out what your personal BS level is.

dan tien awareness

1% less head chatter = 1% reward, 90% less head chatter for 40 days and your life changes forever.

Yang Tai Chi San Shou - Partner Form, n 1981, Michael Gilman moved to Port Townsend, Washington and opened the Gilman Studio where he continues to lead classes and workshops. Besides his long-term association with Master Choy, Michael has studied with Jou Tsung Hwa, Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, T.Y. Peng, T.T. Liang, George Xu, William Chen, Liang Shou-Yu, Tao Ping-Siang, Fu Shen Yuan, Wang Bao Ren, Gao Fu, Ken Cohen, and Sam Masich.

We are Taoists and words have never been good enough. I have enjoyed your grace and kindness here. Have you ever done partner sets in Tai Chi?

It was a joke. But, still as valid as anything you have or could use as a rebuttal. Scientific inductive reasoning is useless in these matters and philosophical deductive reasoning almost always fails in the actual application of the masses of humanity over time. But, if you have the time for another coffee and more discussion, it can be fun. You don't have to imagine, I am sure that in your long life you have been to movie houses that have stuck to your shoe.