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It's okay to force the smile, because then you can laugh at how ridiculous you look.

That book is great.

Nice story...welcome.

Some think it's just Chinese govt propaganda, but there are a lot of reports of people getting "qigong deviation" from it. I trust Seth Ananda's opinion especially because he practiced it for 2 years, but this is just something else to consider. Even if the technique is really good, sometimes certain practices are just too powerful for most people.

I trust you Pero, but what's wrong with him?

As an outsider to Tibetan stuff I'm curious...what is the reason for the book being for insiders only? Are the practices dangerous for someone without the proper foundation of training? Or would it just not work without the foundation? Or what?

I've heard great things about this charity: www.smiletrain.org

Fun idea! Seriously, I thought I'd be all negative about it...but Scott approves.

My opinion is that we shouldn't base our life decisions on what Taoists would theoretically do. Our heart knows what's best. The difficulty is in being quiet enough to understand its language.

Cool, I wasn't aware. No offense meant to any other culture by what I said, of course. Maybe it's a Canada thing?

But you wouldn't heal him without the donation. At least where I live and in my culture, if you HAVE to pay money to get something, then you're being "sold" a product. Donations are when you can get it for free, but if you appreciate it, you give some money. But you don't have to! There's a big difference.

Padge, I would also suggest doing as much walking as you do seated meditation. Good advice.

You're good. Everyone gets worked up at the taobums at some point.

The eyes are a reflection of the rest of the body. In other words, I don't think you can often get good results by treating specifically or locally.

Misinformation?

It's true that you need to have electrolytes with your water, which distilled water doesn't have.

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That is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny. Great groove.

Are you hitting a bag? If not, I like what Tim Cartmell says in the book Nei Jia Quan...

What does this mean?

Madeleine Peyroux's new album "Bare Bones" (female vocalist light jazz) is recorded very well, and is great to just listen to. I don't even like that style of music ...but it's about the timbre. Just perfect on that one. I like to listen to music in the dark, when I'm doing absolutely nothing. So relaxing. Karen, thanks for the book recommendation. I plan on checking that one out!

In high school there was an Eastern Literature class that I took, where the teacher was very fond of Taoists.

I'm going to do it right now.