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Train, train and train... Anyway I would suggest you abdominal breathing in qigong and meditation

To avoid all evil. To cultivate good. To cleanse one's mind -this is the teaching of the Buddhas (Dhammapada) The sage are not selfish, they act for the good of others (Tao te king) The best indication of spiritual progress is the gradual diminution of obscuring passions and selfishness

The importance of ethics is common to many religions. Unfortunately we have forgotten its importance today

It is a well known fact that there are several similarities among very different religions. Religions so distant from each other like those of ancient Egipt, Greece, buddhism, christianity, etc, they talk about similar things like a heaven and a hell. If I am not wrong, they all say that the sould is immortal, that those who live well are rewarded in a next life, etc. How do you explain these similarities, as well as others? Do you think there is such a thing as a future life, and that after death we are rewarded depending on our beahoviour? I have always thought that this is a lie, but now I am beginning to wonder if there can be some truth in it. Otherwise it is not logic to think that ALL these religions with all their sages are wrong, and modern materialism with all its faults is right. Also I find it difficult to explain how all these religions could know these kind of things, like the immortality of the soul? How did they know all this? Maybe they could have some kind of superior knowledge that the average man of today can't have

(56) Jesus said, "Whoever has come to understand the world has found (only) a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." Good one, like the buddhists talking of emptiness and illusion. So wise this sentence (86) Jesus said, "The foxes have their holes and the birds have their nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head and rest." So it seems we have no peace, always uneasy! Calm down! (89) Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you not realize that he who made the inside is the same one who made the outside?" Don't forget your soul

thanks!

Good question. What are you practicing?

I am.planning a trip to Taiwan. I guess there are some good masters there

I haven t find it

Can you give a link?

Does he have a video of his static posture? Where?

Damo Mitchell static posture is quite good. It is explained in his latest book

Hey, have been in prison pal?

Good luck man! I can't help you in your path unfortunately, as I am myself looking for a teacher. However I would suggest you to practice zhan zhuang for a longer period of time. It will give you nice benefits, physically and mentally. Try 15 min, then 20, then 25, and so on.

I think it is spontaneous movements. After a while doing ZZ, let's say 20 min, all my body shakes like possessed by a mad devil

I like to train static postures, but normally when i train them I feel pain in the lower calf, soleous or achilles tendon of my right leg (my left leg is perfectly well). This is a hindrance in my practice, and I have had this problem for many months. Any idea or sugestion on how to overcome this?

Good, bad and ugly, We are all the same, Respect and love all

Thanks four your help. This afternoon I have trained again ZZ. After 10 or 15 min again my legs started to shake. But as i was keeping standing other parts of my body started to shake too: first upper legs, then lower legs, tummy, chest, hands, arms, pelvis, shoulders, etc. Maybe it was spontaneous movement? I was like possessed!

I stretch my legs and do squats to strenghten them but they keep trembling like crazy. Any advice on this?

It also happens to me when i do zz for a while that my legs begin shaking. I guess it is due to them being weak, and i suppose the only solution is to keep standing and endure!

Thanks for your responses. I stretch often my calves. It is possible that I am favouriting right leg

I would like to post here too, to talk a little bit about my trainings

Impossible! I am not reading an english translation

Sorry, it is just an image from internet. I have the printed book but you can easily find pdfs. I do recommend the book, simple but so deep and wise. One of the best books ever written IMHO

The Dhammapada