soaring crane
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GruĂ Nature Being, and welcome to the forums! Schön, dass du da bist :-) 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 youâve posted fifteen times in the forums, youâll be a âJunior Bumâ 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 TTB team Special Note: all female members are more than welcome to join the discussions at our new Womenâs Cultivation forum, moderated by rainbowvein and zanshin
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Hello iain, and welcome to the forums! Glad to have you aboard :-) 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 youâve posted fifteen times in the forums, youâll be a âJunior Bumâ 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 TTB team Special Note: all female members are more than welcome to join the discussions at our new Womenâs Cultivation forum, moderated by rainbowvein and zanshin
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no, not at all. It's a great topic. And of course TTB is a great resource for it :-)
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*blatant
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Energy Drinks & Zazen: The secret formula or impending doom?
soaring crane replied to woodcarver's topic in Healthy Bums
energy drink, like Red Bull and Monster??? -
well... I would say start with half lotus. But there's a huge thread on full lotus in the archives. I'll see if i can find it ... well, here are a few threads on the subject: http://thetaobums.com/topic/14194-getting-to-full-lotus/ http://thetaobums.com/topic/12514-what-is-so-special-about-full-lotus/ http://thetaobums.com/topic/21518-my-first-full-lotus-experiences/ (searching tip: go to google and search "thetaobums ________ " put whatever you want in place of the underline)
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I refer you back to my previous post ^^ Learn to heal yourself. It's the only true 'healing' anyway.
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Maybe spend the $1,000 on private lessons in a healing art like Qigong? That way you have something for the rest of your life.
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never forgotten started out cold, turned hot, then entered the ether
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Hello willem, and welcome to the forums! Glad to have you aboard. I was in Amsterdam for a short visit recently and loved the Chinatown area, wow! I plan on getting back there again soon for a longer visit :-) 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 youâve posted fifteen times in the forums, youâll be a âJunior Bumâ 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 TTB team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Note: all female members are more than welcome to join the discussions at our new Womenâs Cultivation forum, moderated by rainbowvein and zanshin
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Hello NeiKung, and welcome to the forums! Glad to have you aboard. 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 youâve posted fifteen times in the forums, youâll be a âJunior Bumâ 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 TTB team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Note: all female members are more than welcome to join the discussions at our new Womenâs Cultivation forum, moderated by rainbowvein and zanshin
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Can someone show me the Chinese translation for my name?
soaring crane replied to Songtsan's topic in é柶ćŠèŻŽ
Gah... Wrote from my phone, will edit later -
Can someone show me the Chinese translation for my name?
soaring crane replied to Songtsan's topic in é柶ćŠèŻŽ
Yes, without hesitation, an excellent system that starts with maintenance of health but can go much further. I think it needs to be learned from a teacher, though. Books and videos won't work. There's an Academy in Beijing I believe The practice has a very interesting history, look into it a bit Thank you for reply. I'll look into the it in my books -
German TV, jawohl! :-)
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Sitting/Laying Meditation & Falling Asleep
soaring crane replied to ValleyStream's topic in Daoist Discussion
add me to the eyes-open crowd. And not just a little. Try to meditate on being awake. Wide awake and fully aware of your surroundings :-) Try ... But honestly, this is also a completely normal phase in the earlier stages. Do you also start to yawn a lot? If you do, don't suppress it. Open up the maw and yawn deeply, with all the noises that want to come out. After a while (months?) this phase will pass all on its own. One more thing to consider: The less attention you give the internal processes, the more freedom they have to rectify themselves at their own pace. -
Chakara opening notes and tones integration in music for greater emotional appeal
soaring crane replied to nova_b's topic in General Discussion
Uuuuuuu (the vowel sound from boot) Ooooooo (the vowel sound from boat) Aaaaaaah (the vowel sound from hot) Aaaaaaa (the vowel sound from hey) Eeeeeee (the vowel sound from see) Mmmmnnnngggg (humming through the nose, related to "Om") These are sounds in a meditation I do. I start at the bottom of the body, the pelvic basin, and go up and out the head progressively. And then reverse order. I could write more about it if you're interested. It can be quite profound after nine rounds. -
Can someone show me the Chinese translation for my name?
soaring crane replied to Songtsan's topic in é柶ćŠèŻŽ
well, ok, what's a soaring crane? (I do have it in a book and some other documents, but not online. He Xiang Zhuang Gong -- It's not a name I made up; it's one of the earliest qigong systems I learned and when I joined TTB, it was my main activity) Thanks! PS -- I've heard that in Japanese, John Wayne is called something like "The Man sitting in a Tree" because phonetically, that sounds as close as they can get to his name. So, ChiDragon wrote: For example, Ali has no translation but ćé was used to have the closest phonetic for it. And I'm wondering what ćé actually translates to. That isn't the pictogram for Li/fire from the Yijing -
That sounds reasonable. "not on my watch" etc...
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and the reason for the panic, given that apparently nobody in England wants them? (as has been suggested) Is it the oil?
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Hi again :-) Many people find the Tao Bums when they search John Chang/Magus/MoPai, but honestly, it's a bit of a dead end, a path with very few reliable signposts, so, most everyone here who starts that path ends up going *his own way, or hitching his wagon to someone with a strong personality who projects mastery but who in fact has also accomplished very little. And it can become quite contentious as they begin to argue about what's right and what's wrong, what's legitimate and what's false. Personally, I recommend a more mainstream approach and the Ken Cohen system is as good as any. Honestly, for the most part, all these 'systems' are just different ways of expressing and experiencing a few profound but basically simple concepts. *male pronoun because I can't recall any female ever expressing interest in this particular discipline
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you mean kick the bums out? Well, they do have the right to referendum (as opposed to the Spanish Catalonians and the Tiroleans, who have been grumbling about leaving Austria for a while), so, if a campaign were to begin and people got behind it, maybe it could be possible? Pure conjecture on my part, but it's an interesting angle.
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Hello godsdragon, and welcome to the forums! Glad to have you aboard :-) 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 youâve posted fifteen times in the forums, youâll be a âJunior Bumâ 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 TTB team Special Note: all female members are more than welcome to join the discussions at our new Womenâs Cultivation forum, moderated by rainbowvein and zanshin
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Hello IIKKA, and welcome to the forums! Glad to have you aboard :-) 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 youâve posted fifteen times in the forums, youâll be a âJunior Bumâ 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 TTB team Special Note: all female members are more than welcome to join the discussions at our new Womenâs Cultivation forum, moderated by rainbowvein and zanshin
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Can someone show me the Chinese translation for my name?
soaring crane replied to Songtsan's topic in é柶ćŠèŻŽ
Interesting thread, thank you for resurrecting it :-) -
what is a real beer and what is illusion?
soaring crane replied to 3bob's topic in Daoist Discussion
One man's alcohol is another yeast's piss.
