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Interesting

常 (chang2) was a later substitution (due to the taboo on the use of emperor’s names). The character in the MWD is 恆 (heng2). The meanings of 恆 are of a constant nature, but temporary e.g. ordinarily; usually; what’s usually practiced.

The DDJ did not have any punctuation. Inserting a comma and a full stop is misleading.

My body does the breathing, I stay out of it; my natural breathing is abdominal.

This thread is not in your PPD but in ‘Daoist Discussion’’. Does that mean you are inviting comments? And if so, may those comments be of a highly critical nature?

Interesting, I’d like to hear your further thoughts on this please.

Righto, got it now.

I don’t understand this sort of stuff and have no interest in it. I better edit the respect out of my previous post.

No. I had no idea.

I do not trol. Never ever.

This quote is from DDJ ch. 77 . Imo ch. 77 was not part of the DDJ but later inserted as a commentary. https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/56137-ddj-ch-70-81-a-later-addition/?do=findComment&comment=1039255

I am not a troll. I genuinely think CD has taken his system to the pinnacle. Kudos to him. I respect him for that, although there is almost no overlap in opinions. And it is my experience, as an RC mystic, that at the pinnacle one is without human company.

I second that.

‘names’ is a mistranslation. 正名 (zheng4 ming2) rectification of morals (名 had various meanings at the time, including ‘morals’)

When one gets to an advanced level, it gets lonely at the top.

CD is not a troll, he is very genuine always. And his views are based on a lifetime of serious study and practice. All this agitation about a different opinion - should make you think about your own prejudices. If this was the case, it would be of the utmost importance to study CD's view - forewarned is forearmed. I second that.

Creativity is taking ideas from others and doing your own thing with it. Two pieces of mine are in an exposition at the moment. I don’t work in a vacuum, I absorb the surrounding culture.

duh

I will leave it at this.

I think all “grokking” is done internally, that’s what I call the internal world; it’s not a separate physical world.

Thanks for clarifying that (It’s on the page you posted https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/57604-the-practice-of-neidan內丹/?do=findComment&comment=1068928)

I think what Pak Satrio talks about is also called 靈氣 (ling2 qi4)

What’s written there is: 道 生 一 一 生 二 二 生 三 三 生 萬 物 (ch. 42 Henricks , MWD ) Your translation merely is one of many possible interpretations.

Because I think the visible Tao is the external world; and the invisible Tao is the internal world.