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Can ChatGPT read what's posted on the forum?

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“… a charismatic authoritarian in his sixties who controlled his young female followers through emotional abuse, mind games, bizarre rituals, dubious teachings, and sexual excess.” https://www.amazon.com/Sorcerers-Apprentice-Life-Carlos-Castaneda/dp/1583942068

Hi jalen69. I am looking forward to your posts and hear your opinions. So interesting you live in northeast of china! Great to have you on the forum.

Hi KaioZel, Thanks for the intro, lots of experience! Welcome to the forum. @ilumairen Peter van Breukelen lives in the Netherlands (as I do). Curiosity killed the cat, which country do you live in?

I would recommend starting with a book, a copy of the text of the Daodejing.* Carry it around with you and occasionally read a bit of it. Just reading somewhere at random, and see how it grabs you. Enjoy. * E.g. Te-Tao Ching by Robert G. Henricks

@awaken posted that the Xia dynasty was in Egypt.

Exactly. Ime we have them all, because we need them all (equally). Ime the heart is the centre .

“we can only guess what the Buddha … preferred not to speak about.”

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

@Maddie I got recommended this thread before … 85 pages … my digest: ime totally true.

I asked that question before …

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no worries, look at my post count!

Se non è vero, è ben trovato

I’m not impressed, to say the least. E.g. (page 88, notes ch 1, #3) re cháng 常/héng 恆 - not even a mention of the taboo on emperors names. Bizarre. ~~~ Also at https://terebess.hu/english/tao/ramsden.pdf

Hi Munfred. Maybe 'grounding' exercises (e.g. long walks) would help? Welcome to the forum.

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Well you know a lot about mixing eastern and western traditions. Certainly a lot more than I do, lol … EFT? Google: China exchange-traded funds. ??? No, that's not it. LBRP? Sounds like Lots of BuRPing. Google: Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Oh, ok. So definitely no advice from me. But I just thought I’d tag @Nungali and @Lairg here, as they might be able to help you. Wishing you well. Curiosity killed the cat; “pandemic”, which country do you live in?

Hi yek88. Welcome to the forum.

@ChiDragon the characters (at https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/54461-buddhist-meditations-for-extinguishing-the-self/?do=findComment&comment=1001175 ) are much appreciated, thank you very much.