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This is highly unlikely because I am not american. Also if you understood Taoism you would know that Trump's victory is not an inherently bad or good thing. Taoism doesn't deal in absolute terms. Now you see the problem is that I have read the Bible and I can read it in Demotic Greek which you most obviously can't and I can assure you that the word Saint is never used to describe a person. You are not listening!!!! This is a recurring theme in the thread. You have been given feedback by people here and you keep asking the same questions until you get the opinion that suits you. Unfortunately this is counterproductive at best or actively harmful, if you end up with Mantak Chia practices, at worst. The subject of being self taught has been done to death in these forums and the consensus is that it is harmful at the long term (ever heard of Chi Deviations?). Go ahead, keep beating the dead horse by all means....

Congratulations, you get a cookie. If you know so much about me you would know that I don't personally care at how people perceive me and second I have enough experience to know that online personalities are different from the person in life. I must also add that Ad Hominems won't help your argument which is practically non existent. Who the hell told you that only catholics have saints??? Actually it is the other way around. I asked for evidence. You did not provide it. Your argument is null. All you need is point me to the text in the Bible where saints are mentioned, because in my knowledge they aren't. In the Bible the word for Saint is used to describe God and nobody else. Even the Prophets IIRC don't have that adjective.

Point it out. I can understand Demotic Greek and can provide context from the original text if you like. All you need to point me to is the reference and we are cool. Notice the context in bold. Why do i talk about context? Because the translation from Greek of the word Άγιος in English is both Holy and Saint so a lot depends on context. For example " Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty" is " Άγιος, Άγιος, Άγιος Κύριος Σαβαώθ"

That is a good question but you need to answer that yourself. Dunnoh ask the Buddha or Jesus. Until you find such a person, the question is moot. The real question is: do you know such a person? Deflection won't get you answers but anyway your explosive mix of ignorance and audacity is difficult to recover from. I can sympathize but only to the extent that you understand the shortcoming in your character. You must be an excellent judge of character to be able to discern the personality of someone through 2 online posts. Wiser men refrain on making judgements even after reading multiple posts but it seems we have a talented individual here!

This is laughable and only underscores your ignorance. 1) You need to understand empowerment and why it is important. 2) In the absence of empowerment only 1 to 1 guidance from a teacher will allow you to make progress. This might seem harsh but it is how reality works.

They aren't. The real problem is that you and other people here don't understand empowerment. Most in the western hemisphere aren't even aware that even Christianity has "secrets" and empowerment. In the Orthodox liturgy at some point there is passage preserved from the ancient age τας θύρας τας θύρας, εν σοφία πρόσχωμεν which translates to " close the doors, we proceed to teaching wisdom/inner teachings". The old temples were designed in a way that the unbaptised/uninitiated were able to watch the proceeding of the rites up to the point that the doors were closed. Also you need to understand that saints in Christianity ( I assume that it is true in Muslims too) have been empowered to be able to exercise their abilities just like the Buddhists. There is a mention in the acts of the Apostles about some people who were trying to exorcise a demon in the name of Christ while not being baptised/initiated. The demon said something along the lines of "i recognize Jesus and his power but I don't recognize you, who dare to exorcise me in his name. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_19 The same is true in Buddism. Even if you know the "secrets" they are useless to you without empowerment , so the talk about them is moot. I can only assume that the Taoists that don't use empowerment methods only use "secrets" because the actual process of manipulating the subtle energies in the body can cause serious harm without proper and constant guidance from an experienced teacher. Again the "secrets" won't help you proceed. I have heard that there are some signs of progress but they are easy to be mistaken for some other sensations and being over-optimistic will only fuel self delusion that the milestones have been achieved.