Sir Darius the Clairvoyent

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  5. Posted

    On 12.5.2024 at 7:26 PM, steve said:

     

    I can offer you some sense of my insight into the essence of it, fwiw.

    Not saying this is what Daoism is but simply what it has come to mean for me over the past 25 years or so.

    My relationship with Daoism has been primarily through martial arts, qigong, and Daoist meditation.

    While I've studied many of the texts available in the West, I am no scholar and my knowledge is limited.

    After about a dozen years of practicing Daoist meditation, my karma brought me to Bön dzogchen practice.

    Having practiced in each tradition for over a decade the parallels are unmistakable for me in terms of view, practice, and result.

     

    Daoism for me is a description of the way things are, the way I am, and the relationship between the two.

    It describes reality more as process and relationship than as a collection of independent things. 

    It emphasizes the wholeness of existence and the inherent balance, and imbalance, that comprise the whole, as well as the fundamental essence that serves as the basis. The concepts of wuji, taiji, and wanwu thus describe characteristics of the nature of reality that coexist here and now as opposed to changes that have occurred in reality over time.

     

    Daoism suggests to me that abiding reality is inherently perfect, just as it is - ziran.

    When I am connected to my own essence I am also perfect, just as I am.

    The problems I encounter, and those we experience collectively, are inherent in me/us due to my/our disconnection from the source.

    To the extent I can release all of the ways in which I disconnect, ways in which I interfere and impose my dysfunction and conditioning on reality, the closer I come to that inherent perfection (wu wei).

    The path towards this re-connection is that of integrity and virtue (de). 

    The ultimate result is a return to what I already am and always was - immortal (xian).

    Thank you for sharing your experience. It does make some sense for me. To all the others: sorry If anyone has engaged me directly and i have not responded, I have simply been very little active recently  

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  7. Posted

    I've been thinking about after
    And all the folks I wanna see
    My neighbor says that this is it
    My daughter says we live again
    Most the time I'm somewhere in between

    Don't the question beg an answer
    Don't the song beg a dancer
    Don't you dare
    Tell me that there
    Ain't more to this
    More to this

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  10. Posted

    On 18.4.2024 at 11:50 PM, Nungali said:

     

     

    Have you seen 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams ' by Werner Herzog ?

     

    If not, watch it , it will blow you away .  You gotta see them pics 'moving'   that is , as you walk through the cave and past the images . A still photo just dont do it justice .  Also this expands theory and usage of the caves .

    I have now, and you were right, it was beautifull. A lot of interresting comments on how they might have viewed the world, like shape shifting, as evident by the only human depicted being a woman embraced by a bison. How spekulative this is, I do not know, but quite a bit I guess. That they mentally was in a VERY different mental place then us is clear. Maybe not so different from aboriginals.
     

    Also the findings of the lion man and Venus figurine, the worlds first known symbolic art as well as instruments nearby is interresting. So was the fact that the cave was almost certainly never lived in, a cave bear scull being placed delibaretly looking at the entrance and the most spectacular paintings being in the inner most of the cave…

    Any take on the cognitive revolution? 

    
 
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  11. Posted

    Thank you, great read. Cave art has always mesmerized me, I have pictures from Lascraux at home. Beautifull, makes me wonder about their life and reminds me that we are humans. 

     

    On 25.2.2024 at 3:10 AM, Nungali said:

    Yes, you are all different clans on different islands with different laws and gods ... and that is good , but we all have one God and that is  Malo . Now , you are all very familiar with the octopus , you observe it has eight arms , all these arms are independent and  have  their own brain  but all work in concert with and for the good of the whole animal . The head does not need to interfere with them, except for this greater good . All you groups and islands are the arms of the octopus God Malo , the central island is his head , we are all the octopus .

    amazing

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  13. Posted

    Thank you for doing this, I think it is a good inisitive. I try to be open minded, but to be completly honest «born in wrong body,» is something I can not understand, since it is so foreign to me. Nothing wrong with that of course, and I do not doubt that it is genuine.

  14. Posted · Edited by NaturaNaturans

    7 hours ago, silent thunder said:

    This song seems to have been biding its time awaiting her arrival... such clarity and purity of tone and expression... utterly stunning!

     

     

    Haha love her, from the same city basically. Since this is the dao bums, as close to enlightent as it gets:

     

    To pure for this world. She really is.

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  18. Posted · Edited by NaturaNaturans

    And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me 
    Shinin' until tomorrow, let it be 
    I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me 
    Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

    There will be an answer, let it be…

     

  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, Gerard said:

    Hard yakka is Australian slang, it means hard work; in this case a lot of daily practice over many years following a strong method not some random Qigong.

    Im curious if you would like to share some advice and practice? As an euro, this is quite foreign to me

  21. Posted

     

    3. GT saying 113: His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is'. Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it."

    Luke 12:20-21: Once, Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!'. For in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.

    5. GT saying 3: The Kingdom is inside you, and outside you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will realize it is you who are the sons of the living Father.

    John 14:6-7: No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father.

    6. GT saying 50: If they say to you, "Where did you come from?" say to them, "We came from the light, the place where the light came into being by itself, and was revealed through their image. . . We are its children, the chosen of the living Father."

    John 8: 12-13: Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

    7. GT saying 70: That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves. That which you do not have within you will kill you if you do not have it within you.

    John 1:9-13: [Jesus] is the true light, which enlightens everyone . . . To all who received him, he gave the power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood . . .but of God. 3. GT saying 113: His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is'. Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it."

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  25. Posted

    Baldur, son of Odin, was the most beloved of the gods. He is sometimes reffered to as the norse Jesus. He is beauty personified, and also asscociated with easter.

     

    The death of Baldur is one of the more famous stories of the Eddas. Baldur had a dream about his death, and when Odin and Freya (his parrents), got to know about this, traveled far and wide and asked every stone, plant, river, animal and an all other beings to promise not to harm him. They all agreed.

     

    As Baldr now had become immortal, the gods made a game out of throwing things at him. Loki (trickster and a jotun, but never the less a god) disguised himself, as tricksters do, and asked Freya: did everything promise not to harm him? To witch she responded yes, everything but the mistletoe, but why worry about something so small and insignificant? 

    Loki, still in disguise, approached the blind god Hothr and gave him an arrow with the tip of a mistletoe, and invited him to join the game. The blind god fired his bow, and Baldr died. All beings where in great distress, because they knew that the death marked the (beginning) of the end, ragnarrok. Fimbulvinter (the great winter, lasting for three seasons) set in. The sun disappears, laws and morals falls away. The struggle of survival. Men starve, brothers fight brothers. The forces of utgard march against the Asgard, and mankind joins the battle as well. The midgard serpent and Thor fights each other, leaving both dead. Fenrir swallows Odin and his men, the einherjar (those who died in battle and went to valhalla). All giants, gods and men die in this battle. The world is submerged in water. 
    Baldr, now in the underworld ruled by Lokis daughter Hel, promised to realise him on the condition that the whole world. 
    Lif and Lifthrasir, destined to survive Ragnarrok, ventured out in time and went on to populate the earth. They worshipped Balder as their main god.
    Now, there are various accounts, a lot of unknown elements and also errors in my retteling of it, but i think its pretty cool. The brave god of beauty, associated with spring, dies on the hands of a blind men, tricked by a Loki and killed by an overlooked/insignificant plant. When the god of easter dies, the long winter sets in, and all hell breaks loose. The world cries, hell sets loose and both the forces of evil and good is killed. Two humans remain, life, and their main deity is the god of beauty and spring himself...

     

    Spoiler

    Translated by Jackson Crawford(Völuspá Stanzas 43-56).

    Fenrir howls terribly

    before the doors to Hel;

    the wolf will break its bonds

    and run.

    I know much wisdom,

    I see deep in the future,

    all the way to Ragnarok,

    a dark day for the gods.

     

    Brothers will fight one another

    and kill one another,

    cousins will break peace

    with one another,

    the world will be a hard place to live in.

    It will be an age of adultery,

    an age of the axe, an age of the sword,

    an age of storms, an age of wolves,

    shields will be cloven.

    Before the world sinks into the sea,

    there will be no man left

    who is true to another.

     

    The giants are at play,

    and the gods’ fate is kindled

    at the blast

    of Gjallarhorn:

    Heimdall blows that horn hard,

    holds it high aloft,

    Odin speaks

    with Mimir’s head.

     

    The old tree sighs

    when the giant shakes it—

    Yggdrasil still stands,

    but it trembles.

     

    Fenrir howls terribly

    before the doors to Hel;

    the wolf will break its bonds

    and run.

    I know much wisdom,

    I see deep in the future,

    all the way to Ragnarok,

    a dark day for the gods.

     

    Hrym advances from the east

    with a shield before him,

    and the Midgard-serpent

    is in a monstrous rage.

    The serpent beats the waves,

    and the eagle screams eagerly,

    splitting corpses with its pale beak.

    Naglfar, the giants’ ship, is released.

     

    That ship sails from the east,

    bearing giants

    over the sea,

    and Loki is its captain.

    The giants are coming

    together with Fenrir,

    and Loki too is with them

    on that voyage.

     

    What news from the gods?

    What news from the elves?

    All Jotunheim is roaring,

    the Aesir are in counsel,

    and the dwarves,

    creatures of the mountains,

    tremble by their doors of stone.

    Have you learned enough yet, Allfather?

     

    Surt comes from the south

    with a bright light in his hand,

    yes, the sun shines upon

    the sword in his grasp.

    The mountains collapse,

    the trolls fall,

    men walk the road to Hel,

    and the skies divide above.

     

    Then comes

    the second sorrow of Frigg,

    when Odin goes

    to fight the wolf,

    and Frey goes to fight the giant Surt.

    Then Odin, Frigg’s husband,

    will fall to Fenrir.

     

    Then comes the great

    son of Odin, Vithar,

    to fight, to avenge

    his father on the wolf.

    He shoves his sword

    into the mouth of Fenrir,

    all the way to the heart,

    and thus Odin is avenged.

    Völuspá Poetic Edda

    Then Thor comes,

    Earth’s son,

    Odin’s son,

    to fight the Midgard-serpent—

    the protector of Midgard

    will kill that serpent in his rage.

    But all humankind

    will die out of the world

    when Thor falls

    after only nine steps,

    struck down by the venom

    of the honorless serpent.

     

    The sun turns black,

    the earth sinks into the sea,

    the bright stars

    fall out of the sky.

    Flames scorch

    the leaves of Yggdrasil,

    a great bonfire

    reaches to the highest clouds.

     

    Fenrir howls terribly

    before the doors to Hel;

    the wolf will break its bonds

    and run.

    I know much wisdom,

    I see deep in the future,

    all the way to Ragnarok,

    a dark day for the gods.



     

    And, lastly, there is a deity that we know almost nothing about. We know that he is the son of Odin, will avenge his father and kill Fenrir, the wolf. Fenrir is both the son of Loki, and Loki is at times called Fenris Fenrir. Fenrir (Old Norse 'fen-dweller')[3] or Fenrisúlfr (Old Norse "Fenrir's wolf", often translated "Fenris-wolf"),

     

    kind of poetic, no?

     

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