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Hi Rocky, Just a thin line of separation...? - Anand

Hi wandelaar, Very good... How are you? - Anand

More than a Dad...

Hi Barbara, Howdy? 6 marbles? Keep well. - Anand

Hi lifeforce, Nothing is more rhythmically natural like these in Nature... ... and others. - Anand

Age is covered with cosmetics,Gray hidden with dye,Confidence is sought in men,Awareness deferred for the future.She toils on her job,Enduring tension and fatigue,Subsisting on tranquilizers,Pinning futile hopes on her children. Sadly beautiful...

Welcome. Good night.

Hi lifeforce, You are fitting well at TDB... we had crossed paths before... keep it up. - Anand

Your pick... ... on the house.

Hi lifeforce, Like ABnormal? But you appear to me as... - Anand

Hi lifeforce, Everyday is a new "normal"? - Anand

Hi freeform, Some information may be in timely order... Plants are the air-purifiers for planet earth. They clean it, and in doing so produce the oxygen we, and all animals need to survive. This happens through one of the most amazing chemical reactions you can imagine, photosynthesis. - Botanical Society of America Now man is trying to contain global warming through reforestation. Each of us leaves behind carbon footprints. - Anand

Hi Taoist Texts, Try/feel being a tree yourself and return to Nature. Sometimes I think of myself as an apple tree. Apple trees are not delusions ~ I like to eat their fruits. Return to our roots as intended by Nature with feelings... - Anand

Hi freeform, In the days of Lao Tze... 心 ... was not penned/recorded... as heart... a five letter word. - Anand

Hi Ming Jen, Yes ~ be it (a) Jing Chi Shen or (b) the chakras. When (a) is ONE and... (b) is ONE... (a) + (b)... are also ONE? The body is ONE but the mind divides the body? The mind also differentiates one body from another? The mind may divide but it can also unite... - Anand

Hi nothing02, If no (wo)man is an island by him/herself... and (s)he exists in an environment... then what is his/her ego? Asked thus ~ can I introduce Theory U...? Leading From the Future As It Emerges... Building upon two decades of action research at MIT, the process shows how individuals, teams, organizations and large systems can build the essential leadership capacities needed to address the root causes of today’s social, environmental, and spiritual challenges. In essence, we show how to update the operating code in our societal systems through a shift in consciousness from ego-system to eco-system awareness. - The Presencing Institute (MIT Sloan School of Management) In Theory U, we move from EGO to ECO... - Anand

Hi Phoenix3, From your response to this... Do you have huiyin/perineum movement prior to reverse abdominal breathing? - Anand ... you can/may have better clarity to answer this ~ your own question - Am I doing it ok? It is mostly best for me if I can answer my own questions in my search for self-realization. Besides 'text' ~ I think 'context' is pertinent. - Anand

Hi Phoenix3, I cannot figure this out... "Unfortunately, when I do reverse abdominal breathing, I can’t feel significant movement of my perineum or huiyin area... Instead, I just ignored the huiyin/perineum movement...". Do you have huiyin/perineum movement prior to reverse abdominal breathing? - Anand

Hi wakeupneo, If the Taoist philosophy is broken as/into water... ... how can I self-reflect... ? ... I have to be mindfully still to know myself? - Anand

Hi lightbody09, Your thread begs ~ What is Enlightenment in Taoism and the "goal" of Taoism concretely? Endless cultivation? There are three '?' here ~ which can be problematic for me to answer without me questioning myself thus... (a) Is there a paradox ~ 'actual' and 'general'? (b) When Taoism is 'The Way' ~ how can there be a "goal"? (c) If Taoism pertains to Nature ~ what/how can I perceived it 'concretely'? (d) When my life has a beginning/end ~ what can I cultivate 'endlessly'... unless I regard Taoism thus...? - Anand

Hi Aetherous, When my mingmen, perineum, huiyin... move... I can sense the movement. So far ~ I have yet to feel anything originating in my kidneys. Thus far I am inclined to embrace this ~ my ENERGY has its roots in my mingmen, perineum, huiyin... Is the first chakra called the Root Chakra because...? - Anand