soaring crane

:wub: swoooooon .... :wub:

woah .... found some awesome gong work with rubber / rubbing mallets. My big gong was delivered with a couple of these but I think the gong itself is too heavy and thick to get it to start up vibrating like this. I'll have to try on my smaller gongs. This is really awesome, and probably better with headphones, too:

oh yessss... often. It's part of what I do with the lovely things :-) Also float them in the bathtub and strike them. Pretty profound, that.

Beat me to it. This is like quoting Onion articles. That kind of language in a Goswami quote should be an immediate red flag that sends you to the source (which is included at the bottom of the text!). A quick perusal of the other links on that webpage says all that needs be said. Goswami has been doing this for a long time; he's trying to reconcile his religious beliefs with his scientific experiences. His book are well received, afaik.

A friend visited me recently and recorded some gong sounds in my living room. He has decent microphones, and knows how to use them, lol. I just finished putting together a small sampler of the results, you can hear it here: as it says in the video, you really need headphones or decent speakers to hear this. Otherwise, it'll mostly sound like the sound of silence .... Even so, this only represents about half of what really happens when the gongs are ringing, and the recording levels were extremely low to prevent clipping. I played around with a video editor, to make it less boring visually... edit: just noticed the clothes rack in the background of the photo. How did I not see that before??

numb yourself? no, I don't think so...

Hello kwanyingnosticjesus, and welcome to the forums! That was quite an introduction, thank you. To increse the chances of getting well-considered responses, I suggest you go through it and break the large block of text into smaller paragraphs. Regardless, I'm glad you found your way to us and look foward to your contributions :-) Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum terms and rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TDB team

incredible u-tube find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuphMxyPWeA

View from my back balcony/qigong place.

You have to a lot more than just annoy people or ask too many stupid questions to get banned from TDB. If that weren't the case, Sean would be here talking to himself lol

or so I've been told a beetle-headed woman she ain't got no soul

Hello Azucena, and welcome to the forums! That was a very interesting intro. Glad you found your way to us :-) Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum terms and rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TDB team

every move a prayer every post just one haiku you all know the drill

here's a good read: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-facts-everyone-gets-wrong-about-depression/

I have no way of knowing if this is true in your case but generally speaking, sensations cease after a while, it's completely normal and a sign that you've moved on to a more refined state. It's a tricky situation to be in and we all fall for it at one point or another.

huh weird. I suddenly started getting email notifications and had to go into my settings and turn them off.

I was a bit underwhelmed here in Germany. I was in Munich in 99 when we had a 100% eclipse and was kind of expecting something similar this time. But it's just a super-bright, white sun. Feeling strangely ungrounded all day, though. Floating ...

Hello Jake, and welcome to the forums! Glad you found your way to us. Big blues fan, here. And I'm quite sure I'm not the only Blues Bum :-) Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum terms and rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TDB team

many were my own many ups were really downs up, down, all around

Hello peacedog94, and welcome to the forums! Great intro! Glad you found your way to us :-) Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum terms and rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TDB team

Is this what people refer to when they use the word Talibaptists? Absolutely sickening :-P

That talk seems pretty religious to me.

I think Macro/Microcosm is a good model for it.

Oh man.... I must be turning dyslexic. Yes, shen gong, thanks RV :-)

Do mean energy cultivation practices? Or personal morals/ethics and the like? On the energetic side, it can be as simple as governing the body and mind by simply focussing on the breath (for example). You kind of trick the body/mind into submission by simply making the breath the ruler. And the result is a harmonious society that is coincidentally shaped just like you.