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That's it right there. Laozi lays out basic principles; the rest is elaboration.

You were asking about a book by Dr. Yang Jwing Ming in another thread; his own translation deals extensively with this. It's a clearer connection in the more literal translations.

I've been informed by Buddhist authors, but I never went through a period of "shopping" Buddhism vs. Taoism.

My involvement with Daoist ideas mainly stems from a long engagement with the "Tao te Ching" in it's many translations and versions. My interpretation of practice starts there; actions such as tai chi, or internal arts, or other So called "Daoist practices " are expressions of the ideas expressed by Laozi, or the words express the same principles the actions embody.

I'm not in a position to judge that sort of thing. My goal personally involves "wiser than I am ", so check with me later.

My current understanding is that the goal is getting past your own purpose And becoming "one with the Dao". Merging with of the forces of nature and physics and inevitable change, without your self getting in the way.

Very much in similar straights. I keep in touch with my repertoire, but my relationship to that material has changed.

Direction towards this sort of training system would be appreciated. My motivation to work with an Alexander technique instructor years ago involved long hours at musical tasks of one sort and another. ( originally developed as a therapy for the voice as much as body usage, it was well suited to my needs at the time) My current practice has certainly had an effect on my sense of " body time" and of my " vocal hearth" and the rest in interesting ways. I don't spend the long hours on musical "heavy lifting" these days, but as a way to integrate my overall efforts, this sounds worth asking about.

I would contradict this if I could, but my sense of alignment was developed over 4 plus years of regular Alexander technique instruction.

I'm very much a solitary practitioner, going slowly and following the results as carefully as I can. (Although my wife has started standing as well) Reading Damo's books, along with other contemporary writers on the subject like Scott Meredith and Scott Park Phillips, along with building a relationship with the Dao De Jing and Zhuangzi and other elements of the Daoist canon. Progress has been interesting. The yi jing jin ideas; tendon change associated with particular qigong postures; has been a remedy to usage problems from a lifetime of clutching and grabbing. Muscles lay along smoother tracks than even a year ago. My feet look quite different. I'm much calmer. I feel internal elastic movement quite strongly. My sense of balance is improved. Many small things, and a shifting array of discomforts as well. I sleep great, which is a switch too. Be careful and take my experience for what it's worth; I'm clearly involved with remedial work that will take years of foundation work to get through. I'm also not good with authority figures; cops, school teachers, bosses, anyone with a made up title, find me to be frustrating to deal with. Perhaps a few more years of meditation will render me tractable in that regard. The improvements have been worth the effort. The discomforts are like growing callus when you start playing guitar, or digging ditches.

Calves mostly. And yes, I'm also using Damo Mitchell's books and videos as a resource.

I would occasionally experience leg cramps at odd times, and starting zahn zhuang standing gave me an "on the verge of cramping up" feeling for a while. After a while, the tendon changes from the overall set of practices, particularly from attention to rooting, to letting my feet spread out as my weight settled, this has improved greatly. The crackling tendons, especially my hands and forearms, was also a thing for a while. Attention to my wrists and hands during movement seems to have helped here. Massage to points like the da ling (palm) and yong quan ( foot) have helped as well. Hope this is relevant.

Like a lava lamp In a library.

Where ideas stop and start, and how the text flows, is subject to interpretation among Chinese language experts.

I'm just finished Ada Hoffmann's " The Outside", trippy space opera stuff, candy. Book two is not out yet.

https://www.hsing-i.com/weaponry#:~:text=XingYi Staff (Guen) - This,multitude of unique tactical applications. I'm answering your question as if "Daoist" and "Internal Martial Arts " were interchangeable terms. This page might point you towards something that would be of use to you though.

I bought goat from a non Asian, non halal source once. A goat dairy had some at the farmers market. Very different texture and color and the dish turned out different too. But very good.

A Jamaican friend gave me his recipe for curry goat when we lived in London, during the mad cow days. His main point was to go to Dalston Market and find the halal butchers. One of them would have fat Jamaican ladies in line. This was the line to be in, I was to confirm this with the ladies and get what they told me to get. Any further questions were to be directed to them. Over the years I've made it many times, finding that halal goat is rather variable, depending on the butcher. I had a great guy in Berkeley.

The card in the first post is a pretty hard working piece of design. There's a compact elegance that suits the material.

I couldn't agree more about the tarot flavored cards, and many other attempts at fusions and tables that equate things that don't equate.

One die, with 5 unbroken lines, three unbroken moving lines, seven broken lines and one moving broken line. Yes, that is sixteen sides, which the die in fact has. A 3d printed metal die. I believe I just demonstrated how much use it's gotten by forgetting the number of sides.

The cards look excellent. I like the layout as well. The hexagram looks great like that. I've been experimenting with a 12 sided die balanced to reflect yarrow stalk probabilities, but I don't consult the oracle often. I've used it around major strategic life decisions; moves and job changes, stuff like that. Very useful in that context. I highly recommend the David Hinton translation, set up to be read straight through without the divination based structure. I found it to be helpful, particularly in terms of thinking of the 64 hexagrams as an organizing structure, as in feng shui and baguazang, for example.

The ravens in the schoolyard Patrolled during classes Watchful, walking slowly Eying us sternly through the dormer windows Of the classroom. Immediately the sister Addressing the students Would zero in on my desk And close in Smelling faintly of carrion.

Murderbot did not take long. Next up, Archeologist Genevieve von Petzinger on the symbols found in ice age rock art.

The new Murderbot has landed. "Fugitive Telemetry". Like candy with a prize.