ljazztrumpet

There was these two guys, all right, partners, best friends. Going moose hunting. Looking around. Everywhere they look, there's no moose. The guy's like, "You know what? We gotta split up. You go this way, I'll go that way." Next thing you know, they lose sight of each other. All of a sudden, the one of the guys hears some rumbling in the bushes. He starts heading over that way. Out comes his friend in his orange suit. His friend says, "Don't shoot. I'm not a moose." And the guy readies his weapon, points it right him, and boom! Shoots the guy. He runs over to his friend laying on the ground and his friend looks up at him and says, "What were you doing??!! I told you I wasn't a moose!!" And the guy goes, "Ohhhh, I thought you said you WERE a moose."

Chaaa!! I just think it speaks highly of my own mastery that this is only my 9th post, and I am already the 'Grand Master Guru' of this place. Today, The Dao Bums. Tomorrow, Guruphiliac! I see that I am going to have to mentally and emotionally prepare myself if I am going to spend any time here with you guys. I can already tell things get pretty squanchy around here!

Haha..thanks LimA! Thanks for those great sayings. Yes, I am already totally Awakened and Enlightened.. I spent the $25,000 at the latest Awakening course offered in NYC..Got the 'Ultimate Oneness Transmission' and can impart it to you for a (fairly) low cost. In a few months you will be able to read about me here: guruphiliac.org And, btw, I would like to be referred to as Master Lex-ji on this group from now on I am on a mental diet these days. Not just the obvious stuff like avoiding media and negative people. But, also, from words like 'Awakening/Enlightenment/Transmission/Stages after Awakening, Master, Grand Master, Super-Duper Grand Master, etc.;-) I am trying to focus on words like love, compassion, kindness, benevolence, friendliness, honesty, empathy, gratitiude, appreciation. It's a work in progress of course... I would plant more apple trees because I'm sure there are others who would like to share in good, fruitful apples.. And that's what the people that have inspired me have done. I mean not literally...plant..more..well..you get the idea BTW, I dig these expressive smiley-faces you guys got on here..

Thanks cold!:-)

I agree roger. I do HIT training (powerlifting stuff) 2x a week and I feel it is definitely part of a spiritual practice/meditation in my life. It definitely helps me feel more connected to this 'earth plane'.

Recent revelations have had me realize how surrendering to the power of the 'I don't know' is very effective - at least in my own life.

I watched my mother change her whole life with the use of affirmations from the time I was a teenager (I'm 42 now). She uses affirmations from the New Thought writer, Florence Scovel Shinn. I've never seen such a dramatic shift from using simple affirmations. It really wasn't just the affirmations though imo, it was the love in her heart she had for me that made it work so powerfully and dramatically for her. That was the vehicle she happened to be led to that resonated with her for whatever reason.

Hahaha..I love this one! I practice Pangu qigong and John Sherman's 'Self-Directed Attention' exercise these days. (justonelook.org) I use the SDA exercise to help me focus on the main objective of Pangu, which is kindness/benevolence. A lady from FLA who really helped me understand Pangu has the most clear understanding of the practice I have seen (more so than the creator of it, Master Ou, imo). I have seen some good talks about Pangu, and qigong in general, reading posts these last couple of months. The lady I mentioned has the clearest 'western english' interpretation of the Pangu password as far as I'm concerned: "Take kindness and benevolence as basis" means to deepen the love inside you, not just for you, but for everyone around you. "Take frankness and friendliness to heart" means speak up but practice doing it nicely. "Speak with reason" means speaking and seeing all good and all positive: We can see the good in every experience, which will create a peaceful and grateful mindset. "Act with emotion" means to act with compassion. And last "Accomplish results", meaning to do it. This mantra is a constant reminder of how we should think and live our daily life. - Susan Deflavis Winters (now known as Susan Marie Spring). My own version of the password is: "I am kind and benevolent." "I am honest and friendly." at the end of the moving form: "I speak about, and see, all things as good and positive. I see the good in every experience." "I treat people with courtesy." "I act with compassion." "I accomplish results."

Hey Marblehead, thanks very much man! Appreciate it.. Yes, I had better talk about playing trumpet on my website, since that's what I do for a living Look forward to participating in some of the great discussions I've been reading here. Best, Lex