Phoenix3

Bump. can someone suggest a good way of circulating this orbit? I believe the Spring Forest Qigong method has a way of using the hands, but I would like to know more than one method. thank you

Point no.1: I said some daoists were critical of Buddhism or disliked it. This is fundamentally a fact and not up for debate. It seems as though you’re arguing for the sake of it. Point no.2: you say it’s mistaken, but don’t address it. From my point of view, they’re repressing it, even when they say they aren’t. Please read the original post

The thing about Baguaquan is that I don’t see how the Chinese interpret that as some sort of martial art or types of movement. The Bagua seems to be a philosophy to me, or something like the astrological constellations. Making a martial art or qigong out of it seems to be a mistaken interpretation. Also, I typed in ‘Hong Kong Chinese Herbalist Association’ on google and nothing came up about this organisation. Do they have a website? No other websites mentioned them.

By politically correct, it means seeking to appease all sides and everyone for the sake of it. Not having the courage to say wrong is wrong, or point out the emperor has no clothes. Well, if you’re hungry. That is a desire for food. From there, you can have a carrot and some healthy meat, or you can have 5 cakes. Each satisfy desire and do not repress it. The difference being a Buddhist dislikes this ‘signal’ of the body requesting food, and calls it suffering. How are you ever going to find truth if you can’t sort out the chaff from the wheat? Well, it’s up to you. Thank you for the conversation

I know there are a lot of nice things about Buddhism, but that still doesn’t change the fact that a lot of Daoists in the past disliked Buddhism, and routinely criticised it. Being frugal and having humility doesn’t go against merely having desire, which is what I said previously. I just had to say something in that textbox, because the forum requests it, but I’d rather I hadn’t now. I’m sure a long, politically-correct response like yours would receive lots of praise and thanks from other users of this forum, but it still doesn’t even begin to answer my question. I have my own reasons why I don’t agree with Buddhism, apart from the reasons stated above. I don’t understand why disagreeing with Buddhism or the Buddha is treated like some sort of fundamental mistake.

What difference does the year you’re born make? I know some people all born in a certain year, and they’re all of vastly different personalities. It doesn’t make sense. Where did you learn that? I’m not criticising, i’m open to knowing your explanation.

Do you recommend any books on Chinese herbalism, since one these days cannot trust a TCM doctor? Preferably some sort of encyclopaedia-type book which covers everything. Also what are your thoughts on homeopathy? Thank you!

I’ve been interested in spiritual/daoist diets for a while. However, the more I read, the more confused I get. Since we (or most of us) are descendants of the Indo-Europeans, it would make sense that the majority of our diet should reflect their diet, which would have probably remained the same over the thousands of years, throughout the ice-age. That means we should consume mainly animal products (red meat, dairy, maybe eggs too? Unsure about fish), and have fewer vegetables and fruit which would have been scarce/non-existent during this time period and geographical origin of the Proto-Indo Europeans. This, I assume, is why so many caucasians are prone to diabetes and health problems from high-glucose foods. East Asians (and Africans) however, were not as exposed to the Ice Age as the Europeans and the North Americans, so are probably more suited to a diet of lots of vegetables and fruit (exceptions being the Siberian East Asians who were affected by the Ice Age and survived on a mainly meat diet). This is perhaps why the foundation of Chinese culture snd civilisation is agriculture, and until today, there is very little meat generally consumed in a type]ical Chinese diet. So I would understand why avoiding grains would be beneficial for caucasians (who gradually began shifting from pastoralism to agriculture only 3000-4000 years ago) because the indroduction of carbohydrates is still relatively new. But why do the Chinese Daoists abstain from grain? With all the people of China consuming wheat noodles and rice, I would assume the gluten-intolerant population in East Asia is very low. To be honest, I don’t feel bad about eating carbohydrates/starch/gluten/grains. I’ve cut out all grains and as much carbohydrates as possible from my diet, and nothing fills me up quite like rice, potatoes, pasta, noodles, etc. I suffer no ill effects from eating such things, so why would the Chinese, despite the Daoists saying that those who consume grains live only a short life. Also, do we not miss out on vital nutrients from carbohydrates and fruit (which wouldn’t have been available on the Proto-European steppe or glacier-covered mountains)? Don’t caucasians who don’t get their regular serving of glucose-filled fruit suffer from scurvy and similar ailments? But just like the 5 grains forbidden by Daoism, the ancients say that most of the fruit and flowers of the Earth share a similar mysterious unknown origin. So what is it? Why were the Daoists trying to adapt an Indo-European diet (forgoing grains), and the vedic Brahmins encouraged a diet away from the natural Indo-European foods available (promoting vegetarianism and consumption of fruit)? I’m really confused what diet is best when everyone keeps changing their minds. Why did the Daoists hate the legendary King who introduced cooking fire to China? It is said that the move away from continually eating our foods raw allowed our brains to grow bigger and more sophisticated (more energy is devoted to the brain rather than powering digestion). So, my main questions are: 1. What is the most ideal diet for a layman/beginner today (I know advanced Qigong practioners have other options)? 2. What is the best diet to cleanse the body, both short term (for health/vitality) and long term (for the removal of the 3 corpses)?

Thank you. Do you personally know of any symptoms of excess dampness within the body?

I didn’t even know grain had oil. I’ve never heard of wheat oil or barley oil, but I have heard of olive oil, coconut oil, etc. What exactly is grain oil? I’ve never heard of it and I couldn’t find anything by searching. It seems rare. Also, I’ve never visited America but I highly doubt their diet is worse than China’s. It’s hard to find normal bread in China, it’s always an artificial, powdery sweet bread, sold in little plastic packets. And they put oil in everything, and lots of it too.

Doesn’t eating a lot of black pepper solve dampness? Why do you feel dampness is a problem for me/us?

Is the culprit the gluten, or the starch? If it’s the gluten, I suppose I can just follow a gluten-free diet which shouldn’t be too hard. If it’s starch, then that removes a lot of food from the menu.

I’m still unconvinced and would stay away from all legumes, especially beans. After all, there was a 30 year study on Japanese men in Hawaii who ate tofu vs those who didn’t. The Japanese men who ate tofu became brain damaged (though one does wonder why all of China’s and Japan’s elderly aren’t also affected, especially vegetarians and Buddhist monks?).

I’ve looked on other websites and the same medicine is the same price everywhere. Also that website doesn’t ship outside the US

Thank you, but is tofu (made of beans/legumes) really ok? Also just realised that this should be in the ‘healthy bums’ subforum. Maybe a mod can move it there