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  1. wow, that Mo Pai must be powerful stuff indeed. Guy's been gone for weeks and his (killer yin) energy still lingers.

  2. Chi Kung master strips away emotional junk

    soaring crane replied to Wells's topic in General Discussion

    I didn't see this when you posted it. I'll PM you. Short version: there's not much in my life that I want changed. I'd like a studio of my own, but that's material, and it'll materialize when the time is right

  3. Chi Kung master strips away emotional junk

    soaring crane replied to Wells's topic in General Discussion

    Did you mention where I live?
  4. These people, they are all independently wealthy, I presume.

  5. What should one do/think of while walking?

    soaring crane replied to TheExaltedRonin's topic in Daoist Discussion

    hey you quoted me before I fixed my typos! haha Is fixing typos a Dao thing to do? I wonder

  6. What should one do/think of while walking?

    soaring crane replied to TheExaltedRonin's topic in Daoist Discussion

    Two adepts meet and discuss their masters. The one says, "My master can fly with the birds and walk through walls. What about yours?" The second hesitates a bit but then replies, "well, my master doesn't do any of that stuff. All i can say is that when he's hungry, he eats; when he's tired, he sleeps" The first adept laughs out loud at this and hurries back to tell his master of this 'poser' pretending to be a great master who apparently can't do anything amazing at all. "When he's hungry, he eats, and when he's tired, he sleeps! And that's it! Can you believe that, master?" The boastful adept's master then asks where he can find this other master. "So you can put him in his place, yes! He's behind the mountain ..." On arriving behind the mountain, the master of the boastful adept falls to his knees in front of the humble master and cries out, "Teach me, please, oh great one!" Time for a little walk

  7. A random thought about spirituality from a shaman

    soaring crane replied to skydog's topic in General Discussion

    One of Robber Chih's followers once asked Chih, "Does the thief too have a Way?" Chih replied, "How could he get anywhere if he didn't have a Way? Making shrewd guesses as to how much booty is stashed away in the room is sageliness; being the first one in is bravery; being the last one out is righteousness; knowing whether the job can be pulled off or not is wisdom; dividing up the loot fairly is benevolence. No one in the world ever succeeded in becoming a great thief if he didn't have all five!" http://terebess.hu/english/chuangtzu1.html Be yourself, yes.

  8. Chi Kung master strips away emotional junk

    soaring crane replied to Wells's topic in General Discussion

    Oh... I believe you. But the whole approach just turns me off. Maybe it's a conflict with my inner-American, I don't know. But when something looks and feels like an infomercial, I switch the dial immediately. The bigger the claims and the more impressive the youtube videos, the more I want to distance myself. Regarding his abilities, I'd have to spend quite a while making the list of healers from different areas of the world I've met over the years who essentially achieve the same thing, but with different approaches. Two spring to mind immediately - a mute Peruvian native and little Philippino woman, neither of whom anyone here has ever heard of, or ever will. And yet, they do this kind of work day in and day out.

  9. What should one do/think of while walking?

    soaring crane replied to TheExaltedRonin's topic in Daoist Discussion

    what was the question again?

  10. Chi Kung master strips away emotional junk

    soaring crane replied to Wells's topic in General Discussion

    I don't doubt the man's abilities, but heavy marketers who charge exploitative prices for their services just turn me off. For me, the motive counts as much as the method.

  11. Chi Kung master strips away emotional junk

    soaring crane replied to Wells's topic in General Discussion

    This is nothing but an advertisment. In Germany, it would say 'Anzeige' in the top, right corner. And I wouldn't let Clyman's hands get anywhere near me.

  12. Falun Gong/ Falun dafa

    soaring crane replied to The Prisoner's topic in General Discussion

    The 'world' is silent about many things that go on in China. And many other places.

  13. The Weirdest and Most Useless Furniture Money Can Buy.

    soaring crane replied to SonOfTheGods's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    O, you've got one of those, too, eh?

  14. The Weirdest and Most Useless Furniture Money Can Buy.

    soaring crane replied to SonOfTheGods's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    Oh, it's a CHAIR! haha I thought it was a bookshelf

  15. The Weirdest and Most Useless Furniture Money Can Buy.

    soaring crane replied to SonOfTheGods's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    That table is awesome! I like pretty much all of these, wow

  16. Blue glow on forehead, two red lines at hairline

    soaring crane replied to 4bsolute's topic in General Discussion

    what do YOU see?

  17. Falun Gong/ Falun dafa

    soaring crane replied to The Prisoner's topic in General Discussion

    What do you know about them? I really know very little but I have an anecdote: They "ruined" a nice Qigong class for me. It was going to be in a beautiful church annex, all arranged, lot's of good people interested, and then the pastor read something about Falun in some church publication, and canceled the class. There was no way to get him to understand that Qigong does not equal Falun Qong. After that, I was more or less happy that the class didn't get off to a start. I don't want to be associated that church (which was mainstream Protestant - I do hold classes in Catholic churches, no problem). Other than that, I've seen them in various cities in Germany holding 'Sit-ins'. The exercises are interesting, very Buddhist of course, which is fine, but I'm not sure about the influence Li Hongzhi holds over them.

  18. Losing an extra hour of sleep tonight spring ahead! :)

    soaring crane replied to BaguaKicksAss's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    The 3 degrees was early this morning, now it's 16 or so - what a gorgeous, glorious day!

  19. Losing an extra hour of sleep tonight spring ahead! :)

    soaring crane replied to BaguaKicksAss's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    ok, I logged in on my laptop just so I could fix that image up there ^^ Nice poems, guys

  20. Losing an extra hour of sleep tonight spring ahead! :)

    soaring crane replied to BaguaKicksAss's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    Degrees Celsius of course :-)

  21. Losing an extra hour of sleep tonight spring ahead! :)

    soaring crane replied to BaguaKicksAss's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    ...

  22. Losing an extra hour of sleep tonight spring ahead! :)

    soaring crane replied to BaguaKicksAss's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    (I hope the formatting holds up) i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the suns birthday; this is the birth day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay great happening illimitably earth) how should tasting touching hearing seeing breathing any-lifted from the no of all nothing-human merely being doubt unimaginable You? (now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened) e.e. cummings 1894-1962

  23. What should one do/think of while walking?

    soaring crane replied to TheExaltedRonin's topic in Daoist Discussion

    Be actively conscious of your body; passively aware of everything else. Your body is the only thing in the entire universe that exists here and now. That's it. Long explanations and discussions will only lead you away from the simplicity of it all.

  24. What should one do/think of while walking?

    soaring crane replied to TheExaltedRonin's topic in Daoist Discussion

    that's a tall order. See my sigline

  25. What are you listening to?

    soaring crane replied to sean's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    ??? srsly? I didn't know that.