Aetherous

Mine indicates that those who speak don't know.

Someone needs to start tarring and feathering these guys. By the way, who was the general that was told to leave recently?

I am also sort of advising him to face his issues directly.

It's best to deal with your issues directly when you recognize them, rather than numb yourself from them (or open yourself further to them) with practices. Also, it's traditional to only practice when feeling totally fine. If you feel depressed, your practice will become depressive...so don't submit your spirituality to that. Be well! I always recommend the book in my signature...that's something to do at any time and will definitely help with cleaning up emotions and fixing issues. Something else - cultivation of virtue never ends. Life is practice also. You might like this book for some contemplation as well.

My absolute favorite version is Dragon Gate Sanctuary's. Unfortunate that it costs so much to view. You can see a very tiny bit of how they do it here: It's not strictly mikkyo...the wikipedia page probably has the best history of it, but who knows where it really originated.

Only enjoying a handful of people out of a ton of people, is not good cultivation...so maybe you're right...

hmmmmmmmmm, on second thought, I should be polite instead.

I suspect the rabbit hole goes deep with this one.

About the TCC emperor idea... When rules are enforced sporadically, it pisses some of the people off and moderators then enter the public spotlight. When the rules and enforcement are simple and clear, it's understood and the focus is on the perpetrators rather than the moderator. So really...having as little bias as possible in enforcing rules (if there will be some) is the key to the Taoist unobtrusive government.

So you're flat out calling me immature, because I think the forum rules are real? lol

When people break them, there is a need to reasonably enforce them...otherwise, why do they exist at all?

Well then, you sir are like an anus. Just kidding. I don't mean that...but making a point.

They would be more wu wei, if they either had no forum rules or mods at all...or if the rules that they have are enforced without bias. Bias is completely opposite to wu wei.

It's necessary to learn from our history, so as to avoid mistakes in the future. Ideally, yes. It would work best that way. But historically on this forum, it clearly hasn't worked that way. But if that's happening, then we need moderators who are more conscious with their decisions. Well yes, I brought up a couple...and there were more in regard to other members. Like I said, I'm not holding a grudge...just hoping to prevent the nonsense with some awareness. Like I said, I'm over it. Forgiven. But not forgotten...forgetfulness is stupidity. Right now the board is working well, like I said. Maybe you weren't reading my post with a clear mind? The only fuss currently is toward the end of my post. And it isn't raising a "fuss" or being annoying...it's raising a legitimate concern about the moderation here. It is meant as constructive criticism...not anything for people to get all flustered over and attempt to ignore.

I've had some similar issues to the original post. Something that has really helped me with the crown sensation, besides weightlifting, over time...was wearing a hat. All of the weird sensations would pretty much go away when wearing a hat. If you have sensations, it will suck your attention and energy up there and exponentially get more intense throughout the day...so I would use the hat as a preventative measure. Wear it...feel normal...later on in the day if I have to take it off, still feel normal and maybe only some crown sensations. Not intense ones like energy is atomic bombing out of my blowhole. This method will only work if wearing a hat causes the crown sensation to go away. If not, then there's not really a point in making yourself wear a hat.

Well, hate to dig up the past, but I was certainly suspended a couple times when I hadn't broken a single forum rule. I recall now...it was said that I was being "inflammatory". That's another word for being one of the people involved in a spirited debate. It's a matter of perspective...in this case, it was skewed perspective on the part of whatever mods decided that. I think Seth had insulted me 27 times, and I was simply reporting him and asking for moderator action. I didn't break a single rule during this one...then I got a 7 day suspension. Or was it 30? I don't recall, and at this point don't care...unless that kind of thing happens again to someone here. I'm not holding a grudge against anyone about it...but moderator action here certainly hasn't been FAIR over the years. We don't remember those major disagreements between now-former moderators? I do. Lately, little action is taken so it's hard to say. But there is one problem currently: when insults happen and people report it, it's generally allowed, despite it being against forum rules. "No insult policy" means not a single insult, yeah? Moderators should at least give a warning. But these days, they are picky about who to warn and who to not, I'm assuming. Last time I reported an insult (being called "anal" by Vmarco...do you know what that word brings to mind? I could post a picture, if you want?) cat was hanging around and chose to do nothing about it. No response from any moderator to my report. In fact, cat joked about it as if to insist I really was being "anal"...in the sense of being an asshole, and being anal retentive at the same time, I guess. So...things need improvement. This will sound misogynist, but I think we need a sensible guy on the mod team (not me). Not one of the people in the little club that likes each other and dislikes certain members.

Ah yes, back in the day when the mods disliked people with spirit. I dealt with that as well.

Nothing against trite narratives in the forum rules. Bickering and all forms of bitterness are frowned upon pretty much anywhere you go in this universe, though.

I vote for Protector being the one person that is exempt from this...haha.

I voted yes. I'm pro-freedom, but not when someone is deliberately trolling or always taking things off topic. Ideally, the moderator warning should always happen quickly...before any action is taken.

In America, we don't yet have the law, and we currently have multitudes of people that are interested in suing...so there would be no problem.