Limahong

Hi falcon, I spent a greater part of yesterday at a Buddhist temple. I was dead beat when I went home and fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up an hour later - I sensed cool energy ensuing from my third eye. I have two trusted Teachers at TDB - X and Y. I have introduced X in this thread. Re my cool energy, I contacted Y thus per this dialogue: Me - Today I have experienced cool energy ensuing from my third eye - really COOL. Is there an explanation? Y - Me too but mine from working with someone... In fact, it just jumped a minute ago... so wonder if I knew you were coming. Me - I just encountered it a short while ago after waking up from a nap. You were not on my mind. I have not watched the video cited. - LimA

Hi Jeff, The word is "grab" to rythme with "trap"' Now I will grab some sleep. Before TDB comes up with another HOT! Then I will be trapped again. Meow. -LimA

Hi rene, Sorry. But TDB has indicated - HOT! Now HOT! is off. Good night. - LimA

Hi Creighton, for me... the path within nothing. - Anand

Hi Dada-da, don't forget to live while you are walking your path. remember do not fight and legitimizes your wrath. - LimA

Other efforts count too. But it depends on who.

... output?

Hi steve, A small error in the early stages leads to progressive deviation from the proper view and path. I progress that way on my road less traveled. - LimA

Yeah - enjoy the legitimacy.

Better still - no words.

No hi ~ no lo. The Way to go.

Don't define.

Don't grab. It is a trap.

Travel light to see The Light.

Hi rene, I fix myself up and surrender my freedom in my mind? - LimA

The wise student hears of the Tao and practices it diligently. The average student hears of the Tao and gives it thought now and again. The foolish student hears of the Tao and laughs aloud. If there were no laughter, the Tao would not be what it is. Hahaha hehehe Hence it is said: The bright path seems dim; Going forward seems like retreat; The easy way seems hard; The highest Virtue seems empty; Great purity seems sullied; A wealth of Virtue seems inadequate; The strength of Virtue seems frail; Real Virtue seems unreal; The perfect square has no corners; Great talents ripen late; The highest notes are hard to hear; The greatest form has no shape; The Tao is hidden and without name. The Tao alone nourishes and brings everything to fulfillment. This is about how coarse people do not identify virtue when they see it, "they laugh out loud". HAHAHA HEHEHE Going forward seems like retreat If you invest your time in self-cultivation a coarse person might say you are "giving up" ... well "giving up" is finding a new solution. Keep it up! The highest Virtue seems empty A coarse person might say "where will peace get you" ... well peace is the answer. Peace - in bits and pieces? The perfect square has no corner hmm ... coarse people look for imperfection, for noise, for corners, for jagged things, for betrayal, for war ... it is only this they can understand. Even a square with such obvious pointy bits, does not cause disturbance to a sage who no longer clings to corners, he is a still lake even when the pointy bits of a coarse world come to him. Which is very beautiful however we can also say that if people need war in order to grow because that's where they are at .... then war. That is the message of the Bhagavad Gita you must war if you need to. If you do not war then you will not grow but shrivel up meaninglessly. Also conceal your illumination. In this world a sage might choose to enter society again, and act as if he clings to corners (even if he is inwardly undisturbed) if he choose to participate in the coarse world. Coarse world... Om mani padme hum.

- Most seekers fail because they were never really seeking - they don't really fail. They fail to seek. - It is very helpful to read the life journeys of enlightened beings, and consider what choices they made, where and why. Add in the 'how'. - Developing your intelligence and stepping outside of the herd in daily life is very important. Consider what this means. One has to become interested in life. Chopping carrots, do it left handed. Try hands free. - Experience different teachers, recognize that most don't know much or anything. This is something new to me. - Seek a serious teacher, serious in his own personal practice. Be a good student. If no results come leave. Leave and let live. - When people say .... yes study for 20 years ... or don't ask questions. It simply means that is the logic they are using .... as they have not got anywhere. And you ended up in the middle of nowhere. - Kindness, sincerity, compassion Love - Keep your body in good shape, see life as an opportunity to continue growing body, emotions, intellect, spirit. Hit the bottle. - There are short cuts, because most people are not going anywhere. Normally they are attracted to mystery, exotic, poetic words, or alternatively they like to be in a crowd and get a hug. Do you really seek ? Would you really like to know truth for its own sake ? No to pain, yes to gain. - Yes enlightenment is very real, and simple, simple after a long difficult journey. Provided you don't get lost. - If you don't understand the instructions clearly, then clarify with the teacher. If you still don't understand leave. Don't pretend to understand or you waste your time. Often teachers cannot explain because they don't know and don't care to know. Ignorance learning from arrogance. - There are many teachers, and few students. Too many parrots. - The best teachers are students, advanced students busy with their own studies. Lazy students fail. - Buy a square mirror about 50x50cm from Ikea, and put it on the floor by a wall. Sit in front of it looking into your own eyes, for half an hour a day. And wait for ladies with skirts to walk by. - Breathing, energy, body are objects. Real teaching bridges you with the subject. With parrots you reject. - Do not worry about your "ego", worry about your true self. Ego with the flow. - Also remember "I have to do it", "I journey to myself". If you have 5 minutes sit down and say the Lord's prayer slowly, reflecting on the real non bullshit meaning of each line. PyL and PmDa. - Every moment is an opportunity to be Real and live up to your possibilities, and not live like a worm. But keep warm. - Instead of worrying about purification, worry about what you consume each day. Body, mind, heart, spirit, all eat every day ... but what nastiness you put in there ? And then there is a complaint that my mind is misbehaving. Garbage in Garbage out. Semen retention. - Don't talk behind people backs. Kick their faces. - Consider that there might be no method. Sit down now, and hope-pray-open. And close to stand up. - Be worthy in all aspects of your life, begin this journey. Stop at worthy destinations. - Something called Enlightenment Intensive (Zen tradition) is very worthwhile. Especially in ICU. - Every technique uses both masculine and feminine energy, masculine discipline gently holds the frame, feminine feels. What sweet surrender for Yinny to remember. - Become yourself is one half, let go of yourself is the other half. First something has to be created, and then that something is surrendered. No pain no gain. - Only exceptional efforts count. Well, can't do it every day, but we must get used to pushing far through our limits, one step at a time. For instance Buddha sat for 35 days under the Bodhi Tree. We are capable to do such things, as long as we are not defeated by our lack of hope. Semen retention for 100 days to activate the chakras - with whispered hope.

Hi Osky. You appear to be a neat bundle. You started your intended life cycle since age 13. Is there a calling? Welcome to TDB. LimA

Hi steve, Do you think the human mind is unique to human beings - just as a horse mind and a parrot mind are unique respectively to horses and parrots? If so, let us refer to the human mind as Hmind. You speak of "mind's nature" and "mind itself". How are these two aspects linked to Hmind? - LimA

Hi dawei, From my recent experience working with the consortium - it is definitely Not-Two leading to Not-One in the processual dynamics of things. Why? As Nothing-Two led Nothing-One we ended up with Nothing. Now we have Nothing much to split hair with. PyL and PmDa With 'Not-Two => Not-One' deliberated as such and the consortium ended up with Nothing, this sequence is now thrown up for consideration - postulated as a reverse sequence: Two <= One <= Nothing (aka The Void). Not just maybe, but most likely... without speaking much aloud. Why? "Reverse sequence spoken is not the eternalness of [reverse sequence]". So perceived these silently - don't ask anything ~ Checking earlier messages Bullfight or bullsh_t? The consortium is now left with a skeletal C. - LimA

You are One with yourself - and you listen as One? The bottom-line - you are better now as One? You listen well as One? You challenged well as One - experientially?

Is when Yinny and myself are in deep intimate embrace as intended in Nature:

Elementary to Taoism - yin and yang.

Hi falcon, So - no straight forward path. Period. - LimA