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It makes sense that what we do shapes us. Technically karma translates to action. There is a second word I can't remember that together the two words refer to the phenomenon where we can suffer indirectly from our misdeeds and vice versa. The best argument I read against karma was in a book called something like 'embraced by darkness' where a guy who used to follow a guru became a born again and he said that it is horrid to believe that a child suffers due to karma. Washed down, how we respond to situations can be character building.

Hi Sleepy Bluejay, I'm keen interested in this subject too. If I understand your question I would couple TCM and acupuncture together.

I hear what you're saying Maddie. It is up to us to see what polishes up to be genuine. We have a wealth of information at our fingertips overburdened with misinformation. With the specific mention of martial arts, I have experienced the difference between a respected lineage of teachers and fake martial art forms. And a friend of mine recommended looking into the lineage of a school. I did feel foolish when I found out, I even hurt myself.

I would look further into Gerard's comment about damp heat. Dulse seaweed is helpful for herpes. I know that because it happens to be my favourite tasting seaweed. This is more naturopathic than TCM, but a V.E.G.A. machine might help identify underlying Epstein Barr Virus. These suggestions may not clear it, but at least decrease outbreaks. Clearing damp heat is best done with acupuncture from my research. Wishing you wellness. To clear this would be huge!

I thought you were a young man. It's a great honour to make your acquaintance 🙏

Healing with Wholefoods' has an agenda to steer people toward a vegetarian diet. Off the top of my head milk and almonds are good for kidneys which relates to Jing, I happened to have the book out and open at the time. Missed the critical detail of veg. To be honest I mentioned it aware it was a mere example. I had the book open looking Jing for an other thread we were both on. Hi, nice to meet you Maddie! P.S. from what I've read, the attention given to Jing is more in the nature of preserving in TCM.

I looked it up in a text book of mine 'Healing with Wholefoods' (Paul Pritchard' and among remedies for Jing it says 'Persons with ample jing, however, may become agitated with sexual desire unless it is transformed into a spiritual essence. Celibate yogis, monks, nuns, and others accomplish the transformation by various means, including selfless service, devotional practices, and spiritual disciplines.' page 364 On behalf of all of us, you're welcome 🙏

Water might help with increasing Chi. I'm trying to drink more water. This is based off electrical charge and currents conductivity. This is a theory I have rattling around in my head based on current conversations with someone in particular. Deer antler helps kids with severe Jing deficiency based on Paul Pritchard's 'Healing with Wholefoods' he has six pages of info on the subject. Pritchard mentions citrus peel to stimulate chi

Thanks, I'll check it out

Hi Kino, It's great that you're talking to people. I'm so sorry to hear of your pain. I think you have found some great advice here. But first things first, there is a point to going on. And when the fog lifts by sheer effort it will become easier. You are building emotional muscle, giving you skills that might help others. Gravitate toward good things. The journey to health is paved with exceptional experiences. Take it at your pace.

Hiya Nungali. Two types of good. Life affirming is conditional, like a beer after a hard day's and relaxing with work friends. Pure good is always good, like mineral rich water from a clean source in a light blue glass bottle shared with a fellow seeker. Life affirming good is celebrated by most people. Pure good is kept away from the crowd.

Frankl's book is a good read. The first half anyway. The second half is more technical, but the first half is one of the best things written. I don't want to spoil it by saying much more. But from his biographical account he shares he finds some people are decent and some people are not. And that with extreme loss of freedom, he felt we still posess a freedom to choose our attitude. From researching more about Frankl I discovered he holds romantic love in high esteem, which is rare and refreshing. Morality was my answer to the question of utopia. That's what studying philosophy at my uni was mainly about, utopian visions. And all kinds of questions are thrown up. And to calm my mind after this exposure was to recognise morality in itself is the answer. Little quibbles over variations are not the point, that's a smaller detail. But to highlight morality as the way to guide us. When a body of people strive for a moral society, most problems will be resolved. Pure good and life affirming I talk about in my next post below

God is a secret whispered by a Grandma

Man's search for meaning comes to mind by Frankl. He had his main points like, there are decent people, romantic love, freedom to choose ones attitude. I'm a philosophy graduate. To make sense of what I studied I settled on the importance of morality. There are two types of good, life affirming and pure.

For the experience

I've experienced different sides of this, and my current thinking is to take breaks, or at least temporarily reduce meat occasionally.

Gender could be said to be ego. A loss of ego experience might include transcending the gender duality.

Heya Nungali, I was reading a book I bought the other day and found a quote relating to this. The book is The Elixir and the Stone. "...such...neo-Hermetic thinkers as C.G. Jung..." Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

I weaved the title in, that's how

I read a great book on Buddhism. It was a series of talks, transcribed and edited liberally. One chapter was Black Pearl Meditation. I gained the sense it is a teaching passed on to their student maybe twenty years of meditation practise. 'Reflections on a Mountain Lake' is the name of edited transcriptions. I was practising it today and noticed a great physical reaction as I visualised the in and the out and the cracking. I sat up straight spontaneously and realised I was physically responding to the process. I have lent my copy to my Auntie. And since her returning it, I have given it to a neighbour for keeps. It's great. It teaches that us newagers had it a little wrong. I incorporate it occasionally.

Lovely, thank you

I think the best approach to some problems is to find a healthy positive rather than pick at the negative. As a Women I want immunity from over thinking it. We find this by empowering one an other without resentment. It's not a solution, but an approach. I look at things from a healers perspective more than a political one. A different way to look at feminism is to protect feminity in men and women. Some days I need to wear a skirt, that it would injure me to have to wear pants. To be honest, it's been a while since I've felt that. So I extend that might mean men feel that too. I like the idea of mixing up men and women's fashion. I'm fascinated with how medicine for women might look different. I seek ways to heal, and avoid escalating the confusion of the sexes

The more I learn, the more I see there is to learn and that I have no interest in learning it all - my thought for the day - and said in jest

"Don't forget to breathe" Forbidden Kingdom

Hi Awaken, my Aunty has a copy of Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic. We both have Healing with Wholefoods which quotes Inner Classic all the time.