Limahong

Hi manitou, Your choice of words in indicative of good taste... - LimA

Hi Sulo Eno A 'nobody' re Taoism/Buddhism? - LimA

Hi manitou, Here goes... - LimA

Hi thelerner, I will work hard for the badge and eligibility. Then I apply through you? - LimA

Hi Bill, Very good. You are a seeker. - LimA

Good morning thelerner, Who is the pope? Have noted it is p and not P. His fingers are free, easy, naughty and happy? - LimA

Hi Dada-da, The keeper of nothing - a nobody; if we accept the Dao as The Void. Why do you think thus? I am wondering taoistically. But of course. For a nobody like me, wu wei works all the time. - LimA

Hi Sulo Eno, What is a non-Taoist or non-Buddhist? - LimA

Hi thelerner, I go bananas when I see bananas... - LimA

Hi manitou, Fantastic! This is the second day of 2018 - HAPPY NEW YEAR! -LimA

Hi manitou, PLEASE don't get me wrong. What I want you to appreciate is that your life with Joseph is something inviolable between the two of you. You are lucky to have met him. Love hurts - the way it is hurting you. But if you had not met Joe, you would not be hurt thus. Do you prefer not to have met Joe to avoid the hurt? Is the hurt you are feeling now not love - still not affected by separation? Please sort out the separation into something you feel good about for having met Joe. I believe the love is still there in a bitter/sweet way. Time and memories will make it sweet. Trust me. But of course. Please don't think thus. Kindly re-read my posts to you positively as sunshine and rain. As a guy I am short on words as I respect your privacy. Like Joe, I am 'a man of few words'. But unlike him, I am not good at 'metaphysics'. Sort out your grief in the name of love. Keep that love for Joe till you meet him again. OK? - LimA

Hi Spotless, I am not going to pretend that I can figure out where Jessup2 is coming from or going to. But I like to thank him for sharing so impressively. To be honest I refrain from reading his posts in depth apart from a quick scan. Why? For the past couple of years, I have found inner peace in wuwei and being a nobody. These two words from you have underlined my inner peace - 'assumed' and 'assumptions'. They help me to pull myself away from big data in terms of (a) assumptions, (b) analyses, (c) interpretations, (d) further research, (e) funding, (f) whose is, or are, funding... I am not against learning and the search for knowledge - in fact I champion for them. But whenever I sense knowledge being linked to power or antonyms of humility, I seek silence... - LimA

Hi manitou, I feel for you. Can you think of Joseph with love and not so many words. You shared a life with him - more rooted in love than words? Are there children? I ask this question again for a reason. Good night. - LimA

Happy New Year Steve, I second both your 'yes'. Why? To me memories are a form of energy. Energy is indestructible. It transforms. - Anand

Hi manitou, I am sorry to know that your husband had passed on. For how many years were you together? From own experience - yes. Why? About two years after my Dad had passed on, he came into my dream with these words - 'see passport'. We kept his passport in a drawer after he left us for save keeping and had not given it a second thought. When I opened Dad's passport, I found $3000 - 2 x $1000 + 2 x $500. I broke into cold sweat and tears flowed. I like to believe so for a good reason. Why? I was very close to Dad and I was very hard hit when he passed on. Thereafter whenever he came into my dreams, he kept his distance - it hurt me greatly. I asked my seniors the reason(s) for the distance and they explained thus - 'your Dad and you now belong to different worlds'. I accepted the explanation but with sadness. However in one of my subsequent dreams when Dad appeared, I cried badly because of the distance. It touched Dad and he reached me with an embrace. When I was in Dad's arms thus, I could sense cigar - Dad smoked cigar. Good reason? Dad had not forgotten me but he had to move on. With this realization, I parted with Dad in peace. But his memory stays with me up till today - more than 20 years on. I too think of Dad all the time - with fond memories. Why 'he'? You regard your husband differently now? You have children? Their Dad - your husband? I believe in memories. They are real to me and I live peacefully with memories. - LimA

Hi Lost in Translation, You have kept your memories as you remember me; thus nobody has taken your memories away. So we are left with your body. Can anyone really take your body away, including yourself? If so you will not be posting here re TDB. Yes/no? To cut to the chase - you are now you. Thank God. Believe you were only temporary lost in translation in 2017. This is 2018 - welcome back to yourself. - LimA

Hi Lost in Translation, Keep your body + keep your memories = you as you. Happy New Year! - LimA

Hi moment, Thank you for the introduction to Dr Kim Bong Han. More on Dr Kim from Wikipedia: Kim Bong-han (김봉한; born 1916) is a North Korean medical surgeon at Pyongyang Medical University and Kyung-Rak institute (KRI). He is primarily known for his research on a proposed mechanism for acupuncture that was not accepted by the mainstream medical community[1] that has come to be called the "primo-vascular system". He received the People's Prize for his research. In 1966 the KRI was closed, and Kim disappeared. He obtained his medical degree from Seoul National University in 1946. After the Korean War broke out, Kim, who was a physiologist based in South Korea, crossed over to North Korea, leaving his family behind. Prior to his arrival in North Korea, Kim was affiliated with the Korea Democratic Party. Missing for 51 years, 11 months and 29 days. I will definitely read up more on you Dr Kim. Your talent, knowledge... will not disappear with you. PEACE Dr Kim. - LimA

Hi moment, Thank you for the invitation. I will retire in your orchard and dance with my Apple cousins. Do you have Cherry trees? If so, it will just be great - then I can do the cha cha. Happy New Year! - LimA

Hi moment, There are many apple trees and nobody knows that I bear fruits as one. Only the birds and bees know. Are your apples sweet? - LimA

Hi moment, I am a nobody when I think of myself as an apple tree. - LimA

Hi thelerner, Probably yes; and as my own lawyer - I will prosecute/defend myself. Everything will be so dualistically complete that I will enter The Void effortlessly within short and exist peacefully thereafter as a nobody. Yes/no? Maybe. - LimA

Hi thelerner, Wuwei maybe - then I also become my own teacher? Maybe. -LimA

Hi vinnie, Knowledge is limiting/limited in terms of this continuum: Data => Information => Knowledge => Wisdom. Wisdom comes after knowledge. When it comes to energy cultivation, I prefer this Taoist Way: Jing => Chi => Shen. With it, I am trying to move from the secular to the spiritual domain. Taoism's impact on the West? Is TDB not posited in the West? Is it not that East/West is a Taoist dichotomy and not a divide? I am not against big ideas - but some ideas are just too big for me. Why? I am a nobody. Is 'The PK Man' a Taoist? - LimA

Good morning Dada-da, Wondering OK? Hi vinnie, Sounds provocative - remember anything but dreaming. Welcome. - LimA