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I liked that book a lot. The second one was too cynical for me, though. You'll always find fundamentalists labelling in some negative way everything that doesn't fit their experience. Don't let them ruin your own experience, I say. Read a book and come to your own conclusions.

It was quick, wasn't it? I just happened to be logged in as you posted your intro. I guess that's a good omen :-)

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fyi - a number of Infolad's posts have been split off into a new topic: http://thedaobums.com/topic/39982-the-energy-cultivators-handbook/ extraneous posts were carried over for the sake of continuity.

this thread was created from posts originally found in the current "mopai" thread

Hello and welcome, Andrew. I enjoyed your introduction, and I'm happy to have you here :-)

Many believing" doesn't make a thing true. MM is a caricature.

I've posted a few threads and comments regarding my perception of a kind of Matrix made up of the microbiological world that we exist in. I see it fundamentally similar to the movie, but vastly larger as it encompasses not only human life but all life. And has been the predominant life on this planet for as long as there has been any life on this planet.

Ground, sky and all between East, west and birds flying The window frames the distant scene Reflects my joy back at me

Some more lines from Emily Dickinson, read the first "or" as "whether" Not knowing when the Dawn will come, I open every Door, Or has it Feathers, like a Bird, Or Billows, like a Shore .

No, not at all. This thread remains unaffected. The mod message was only informative :-)

Steam sorry, couldn't resist :-)

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ate a hot dog It tasted real good Then I watched a movie From Hollywood I ate a hot dog It tasted real good (Yum-yum yummy-yummy-yum Yum-yum yummy-yummy-yum) Then I watched a movie From Hollywood (Dum-dum dummy-dummy-dum Dum-dum dummy-dummy-dum) Little Miss Muffett on a squat by me, yeah Took a turn around, I said: Can y'all see now? The little strings on the Giant Spider? The Zipper From The Black Lagoon? (HA HA HA!) The vents by the tanks where the bubbles go up? (And the flaps on the side of the moon) The jelly & paint on the 40 watt bulb They use when the slime droozle off The rumples & the wrinkles in the cardboard rock, yeah And the canvas of the cave is too soft The suits & the hats & the tie's too wide And too short for the scientist man The chemistry lady with the roll-away mind, yeah While the monster just ate Japan Ladies and gentlemen, The monster, Which the peasants in this area call FRUNOBULAX (Apparently a very large poodle dog) Has just been seen approaching The Power Plant Bullets can't stop it Rockets can't stop it We may have to use NUCLEAR FORCE! HERE COMES THAT POODLE DOG! BIG AS A BLIMP WITH A RHINESTONE COLLAR SNAPPIN' OFF THE TREES LIKE THEY WAS BONSAI'D ORNAMENTS ON A DRY-WOBBLE LANDSCAPE KEEP IT AWAY! DON'T LET THE POODLE BITE ME! WE CAN'T LET IT REPRODUCE! OH! SOMEBODY GET OUT THE PANTS! The National Guard has formed up at the base of the mountain And is attempting to lure the enormous poodle towards the cave Where they hope to destroy it with napalm A thousand of the troopers are now lined up and are calling to the monster . . . Here Fido Here Fido Here Fido GOT A GREAT BIG SLIMEY THING GOT A GREAT BIG HEAVY THING GOT A GREAT BIG POODLE THING GOT A GREAT BIG HAIRY THING GOT A GREAT BIG SLIMEY THING GOT A GREAT BIG HEAVY THING GOT A GREAT BIG POODLE THING GOT A GREAT BIG HAIRY THING C'mon! Everybody! Hurry! Let's go! Somebody get the distilled water! Get the canned goods! Get the toilet paper! You know we need it! GO TO DA SHELTER MY BABY, MY BABY, GO TO DA SHELTER GO TO DA SHELTER GO TO DA SHELTER MY BABY, MY BABY, GO TO DA SHELTER GO TO DA SHELTER Little Miss Muffett on a squat by me, Can ya see the little string danglin' down Makes the legs go wobble an' the mouth flop shut, yeah An' the HORRIBLE EYE, An' that HORRIBLE EYE, An' that HORRIBLE EYE Go rollin' around Can y'see it at all Can y'see it from here Can y'laugh till yer weak on yer knees If you can't, I'm sorry 'cause that's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please (Cheeper the better) Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please (Cheeper the better) Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please (Cheeper the better) Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please (Cheeper the better) (Cheeper the better) (Cheeper the better) (Cheeper the better) Baby, I'm sorry 'cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis

You need a car, dude. And not one of those little Asian jobs either ;-) Also, it's quite possibly those images/videos on the internet, and not your parents, that are causing your problems.

Is doubt a method for solving problems or a method for eliminating them altogether? I'm thinking like, a puzzle with no solution is no longer a puzzle.

Gotta agree with this. Thank you, Infolad1, for the effort you put in here, it's much appreciated, and your screen name was well-chosen :-) Fyi, I'm collecting your posts into a pdf.

Is there one in hell? I mean, by default ...

woot! That's a great story, keep it up :-)

Hi Charlie -- please note the date on posts that you're responding to when you search them on this website. The post you just "bumped" to the top of the list here was an introduction made by a new member two years ago. Also of interest is this member's post count which at the moment is 1 -- that probably means, after creating his account and writing this introduction, he never returned to the site. The better strategy would be to "PM" the person to ask if he'd be interested in sharing information with you. You can do that most easily by holding your mouse cursor over his name, wait a second and a widow will pop up where you can select to message him. It could be that he'll then receive an email notifying him of the private message, if he has his account set up that way.

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I'm on the fence whether I should refer to it as double standards or hypocricy. Someone help me out here. Ken?

I knocked a guy over once during a Zhanzhuang workshop. I was standing high mabu, looking straight ahead and he was pushing on my left shoulder while I was focussed on my right foot. The sifu (Lam Kam Chuen) walked by and told me to look at the guy, so I turn my head to the left, and BAMMO, he went back a good three feet. I hadn't done anything intentionally, and can't rememeber feeling anything special, but the guy said it felt like I'd jolted him hard with my shoulder. BUT, like TheLearner say, there's psychology involved here. When I turned my head, I Iooked him straight in the eyes, and he was possibly ready for something to happen. That jolt probably cam from inside him, and not from me. So ... sympatico is a good word to keep in mind whenever you come across anyone demostrating these things.