Cobie

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  1. Looking for a new teacher/school after Healing Tao

    IMO it’s a racket.
  2. Looking for a new teacher/school after Healing Tao

    Does a flower need a teacher to tell it how to be a flower? No, it’s 自然 .
  3. Looking for a new teacher/school after Healing Tao

    (my bold) Speak for your self. For you to teach yourself might imply “an idiot for a teacher and a fool for a student.”
  4. Compassion

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  5. Looking for a new teacher/school after Healing Tao

    Welcome to the forum. : ) Enjoy. I actually think having a teacher is counterproductive, it will detract you from your own road.
  6. Welcome to the forum. : ) Enjoy. I just post about what I am interested in. I also regularly look at some of the new contents.
  7. Real spirituality creates quiet contentment.
  8. ….. … I agree entirely.
  9. Yes. The MWD and the WB have some significant differences.
  10. Yes, altering pivotal characters, this happened a lot. ~~~ 光 guang1 - light 覺 jue2 - (verb) to become aware
  11. @awaken Thanks for posting in characters, I prefer it now.
  12. chakras

    Dan Tien system. 丹田 dan1 tian2.
  13. chakras

    Trance. 神恍惚 shen2 huang3 hu1 - trance ~~~ 氣要先精緻化成烏肝 Qì yào xiān jīngzhì huàchéng wū gān 烏肝之後要能進入恍惚 wū gān zhīhòu yào néng jìnrù huǎnghū
  14. chakras

    ShenHunPo. 神魂魄 shen2 hun2 po4
  15. chakras

    Chakra system. Chakra and 丹田 dan1 tian2 systems are the same. : ) ~~~ 脈 輪 系統 mai4 lun2 xìtǒng xi4 tong3 - chakra system 脈 mai4 - something linking up to form a blood-vessel-like network 輪 lun2 - wheel 系 統 xìtǒng ― communication system 系 ji4 - to do up 統 tong3 - interconnected system 七 個 脈 輪 qi1 ge4 mai4 lun2 - 7 chakras 個人= 个 = measure word ~~~ … 在真正的丹道裡面 Zài zhēnzhèng de dān dào lǐmiàn 烏肝確實是七彩的 wū gān quèshí shì qīcǎi de Black liver is indeed colorful 跟中脈七輪是完全相同的系統 gēn zhōngmài qīlún shì wánquán xiāngtóng de xìtǒng It is the exact same system as the seven chakras of the central chakra … 真正的丹道 zhēnzhèng de dān dào 是魂魄修煉 shì húnpò xiūliàn 是烏肝兔髓的修煉 shì wū gān tù suǐ de xiūliàn …
  16. chakras

    @Shadow_self Thank you very much for the 丹田 pictures. I find them very illuminating. : )
  17. chakras

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  18. Wu Zen Pian. 悟真 wu4 zhen1 - true realisation 篇 pian1 piece of writing
  19. chakras

    Yes, there were many different systems with various numbers of chakras.
  20. Internal Chinese martial arts and longevity

    Maybe if you do a ‘search’ with some keywords, it might bring up some relevant threads. Sorry, I don’t know about breathing/lifespan.
  21. Yes, that has been my experience too. ~~~ 恍惚 huǎnghū - trance
  22. That’s what DDJ chapter 1 does imo, with it’s ‘玄玄之又玄’
  23. Benjamin Hoff's "Tao Te Ching"

    Do you have a link? All I found online was an ‘art’ site, noting about Chinese scripts. : (