Nintendao

Commoner: "It's hot in here. I'ma open the window." *gets up and opens window, then sits back down and breathes fresh air. Scholar: "Well, you see, before embarking on the endeavor of opening a window, it's important to be aware of what we are getting ourselves into. First let's begin by taking a look at the origins of the window itself. It is believed that the first windows appeared in structures constructed by the house builders of a certain region, either during the end of one era, or the beginning of the next. While there remains some debate about at what point a wall-hole becomes an actual window, for the purposes of the present exploration, we must assume that the window in question has, as part of its construction, at least some type of covering that can be manipulated at will by the occupant residing in the overall structure. Now, moving on to the process required to fully take hold of the covering and engage it in such a manner so as to transition it from the default configuration into whatever result may then be considered to be more-or-less open, there are of course safety precautions that must be observed. Windows are notorious for being finicky, particularly during climactic conditions that affect them. Thus, the wise window-opener will first adopt a stance of stability and deftness, which can only be established with preparation and, of course, a working knowledge of at least the most rudimentary physics and material composition. Accomplishing this is no trivial feat, lest one.. become.. *uses up all the oxygen in their brain by talking incessantly without taking a breath of fresh air and then passes out, continuing to dream in vivid detail about window-opening adventures.

Welcome back @Ervin So what's your question? I noticed in your last post from a few years ago you also asked about Christianity. Have you seen the site now has an Abrahamic Religions Discussion section? They just added it last November.

At 1:20 into the meditation video he said "I have taught meditation to perhaps a half a million people, personally." I am sorry but that in itself sounds like a BS. He'd have to teach something like 100 different people every single day for ten years straight. Maybe he already had multiple spirit-bodies that teach people in their sub-conscious like Li Hongzhi does . More likely was counting large auditoriums full of people. I guess that counts as in-person. Wonder how much a ticket costed. That's cool though. I'm not hating on the guy. He spread some nice dharma, in a pop star kinda way. R.I.P.

According to google: "The percentage of people who detransition, discontinue, or regret gender transition is not well known outside of specific study populations. However, some studies suggest that detransition rates can range from less than 1% to up to 25%." Also: "The rate of organ transplant rejection varies by the type of transplant and can range from 5–30% of patients"

Anyone know a source for this term "mouse moving under skin" that Nathan describes here with regards to the pill moving along the orbit? i noticed TT mention something possibly related:

Athletes and artists, when presented with accolades, will often unabashedly attribute a share of the glory to God. Through exemplary dedication to honing one’s own performance, there may also evolve a real sense of becoming a sort of conduit for something greater. Inventors and researchers, upon making a major breakthrough, will occasionally relate an intriguing experience. For example Gordon Gould, who came up with the idea for the laser, described it as a gift that could have been given to anyone; he just happened to have been picked. It’s a different feeling than an “aha moment,” where after much accumulation and scrutinization, things finally start falling into place. It’s more akin to stumbling upon an already perfectly formed treasure, perhaps even in a dreamlike vision. Afterwards a great deal of work may be needed to unpack and codify the details, so it may be shared and developed.

If they're still after you you can join the Jehovah's Witness Protection Program

After all this time the answer to that question “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” is proving more interesting than a lot of people gave it credit for!

Likewise! How can we continuously sweep the dust from our heart without shedding a little light on it first. Let's go back to talk about Jesus. While I totally respect Nungali's stance on new-agey make-it-up-as-you-go-ism, I think there is something to be admired about Salvijus approach of forming connection to Christ by sheer virtue of what's been received experientially.

this is a typical sealioning tactic. defending an obnoxious behavior by showing how it didn't break any "rules." Following this logic if i walk into a room and smear shit on the wall, that's okay because i didn't put it on anyone in particular? I'm just rightfully exercising my freedom of expression. Since this is a Christianity thread, i'm reminded of the parable of Jesus flipping the table over (Matthew 21:12-13) Often that verse gets used as a way of justifying rebellious troublemaking, or that religion isn't always about being peaceful, or whatever. He was just doing a little housekeeping.

so why you been talking about it for the last two pages?

ok i went and edit something out. was that the insulting part? thank you for noticing that opportunity. hopefully whatever had put such imagery in my head in the first place will remain at bay

For however many millions of motorists are driving around, there's only a super tiny fraction of them that are homicidal alcoholics. Guess who are also the ones that show up on the nightly news. Similar thing with churchgoers, IMO. Most congregations are very genuinely focused simply on fellowship and uplifting each other in the Word. If there is racism, greed, and other nasty stuff present, it's systemic to the society, like how the marketing of addictive products has intertwined itself to the gas station. What's more if i see someone driving like a maniac, I blame the individual, not the vehicle. Being in the car does amplify their capacity to do damage, though. Likewise problematic persons, if they just so happen to be weaponizing religion, draws a certain kind of attention. As for questioning the logic of creation and miracles. To me that's like using cleverness to try and stretch a gallon of gas by adding water to it. That's just not how the system is going to work. Doesn't cultivation eventually break through certain veils of illusory nature of all phenomena anyway? Many humans understandably will not have the opportunity to reach that far. Relying humbly and wholeheartedly on a Messiah seems valid enough for the time being.

I always have a hard time choosing sides. They are all pretty good!

"my dog wants to play" was Chuang Tzu's reply when asked: why reincarnate?

Something I've noticed, while looking around the average suburban roadway, either with my own eyeballs or searching on Google Maps, there's damn near the same number of churches as there are gas stations. Gas stations serve an obvious purpose, to help people get to where they need to go in their cars. But you know what else goes on in those places? Look inside and they are wall-to-wall filled with addictive substances! Alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, sugar, salt, fat, even gambling. Way back in the day they had porn there, too, but that is mostly free now, so anyway. All of that is even besides the point. You know how many thousands of people die in car crashes every year? I am not even going to mention the environmental and political issues with fossil fuels etc. Now, according to Google: "Around 233 million people held valid driving licenses in the United States in 2021." Also: "As of 2021, estimates suggest that in the US, about 210 million people identify as Christian." Hopefully you can see where I'm going with this, so I'll go ahead and shut up

https://www.dztranslation.org/ has a very nice rendering of a couple of volumes.

The lunar cycle can be used for labeling locations along the orbit (as in XiuZhenTu) so this may describe something that occurs in the middle or upper areas of the body, and then swallowed back down to be re-digested? The footnote for this verse (Crowe, page 69) says: "Yuan Gongfu explains that in advancing the fire one has to employ the same kind of care as one would in cooking a small fish." Reminding of something DaoDeJing 60 said about not overdoing things.

yet rust never sleeps absolutely mythical haiku by shenlung

or at least a well-meaning sea lion (but only in appearance, of course) 😇

Aw i'm sure there's plenty of Vedic referential integrity, I'm just relatively useless at Sanskrit, so indulged in relying on Yogapedia

As a principle nivritti / pravritti looks close to one of the uses of the kan / li trigrams: ☵ awareness collected inwards (like pooling water) ☲ attention dispersed outwards (as flame and smoke) On the Daoism side I found a number of characters portraying reversion. Namely 還 as in Great Reversion Elixir Conceptualized in the Daodejing as 復 return, appearing in a dozen chapters especially 16: Golden Flower emphasizes 回光 reflection and 逆 inversion. 9.回光之功，全用逆法，注想天心，天心居曰月中。

Do you have a source for this? good question; I'd also say chapter 25 of the T.T.C. points that way. that particular part of the quotes wording that you copied is problematic to me in that mind in itself does not reveal the Tao or transcendent but when clear and still the Tao works (comes to manifest) right through it without any veiling, thus in such a case mind is a matrix for and with zero resistance to such working. also chapter 15: Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?” 孰能濁以靜之徐清？孰能安以久動之徐生？

Nice! Well in the 80's I got pretty confident with a staff by imitating Little John of Robin Hood's Merry Men and Donatello of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Then in the 90's I learned Tai Chi from David Carradine and Kam Yuen. https://youtu.be/IIIrb5vxmcQ In the 2000's a coworker saw me randomly standing in horse stance during a break. He later confided in me that he used to teach Ving Tsun in the Moy Yat lineage. I spent the next few years learning as much as I could from him. After that I focus on internal training, taking Qi Gong correspondence courses from Hu Xuezhi on Mt. Wudang, and Dr. Wu Dhi on Miami Beach. Since 2020 my practice continues to be a Neigung transmitted by Daniel Kim, the disciple of Yang Style Tai Chi Master Gabriel Chin.