soaring crane

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  1. Pictures of rainbow body, footprints in stone

    I'm not doubting the rainbow body, but I don't think it can be photographed, and the photos on the website don't show much. The sky images are completely natural phenomena. They're known as sun dogs in lay-English. Here's one I took last year, above my village. And one with Taomeow in it:
  2. new member

    Hello spirit, and welcome to the forums! 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 http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to five posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TTB team
  3. Noob

    Hello Junior Western Bacon Chi, and welcome to the forums! 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 http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to five posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Zhuan Zhong is good stuff, you'll find many people here (myself included) ready to share their experiences with it Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TTB team
  4. Hola!

    Hello Adinatha, and welcome to the forums! 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 http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to five posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TTB team
  5. Dr Yan Xin

    well done, Friend did you search that through google?
  6. Dr Yan Xin

    Who's S.A.? Soaring Aardvark?
  7. In romantic languages, the moon is feminine -- la Luna. But in German, the moon is masculine -- der Mond. It seems a little unromantic at first, but it makes sense if you see the moon as the circle of yang in the field of yin in the taiji symbol.
  8. Dr Yan Xin

    Hello whitebeach, and welcome to the forums! 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 http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to five posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. I can't recall ever seeing Yan Xin mentioned, but that doesn't mean much. I suggest posting your request in a fresh topic in the Taoist Discussion forum. Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TTB team
  9. contraction/expansion tension/release receptive/resistant micro/macro transformation
  10. FIFA World Cup 2014

    Messi
  11. TaiChi Kite Flying

    wow, that was very very interesting, and I think too, a good cultivation method to explore. Looks like a finished product, made of high-tech materials. I wonder if it would be possible to build from scratch
  12. Haiku Chain

    rising taiji pole silver plumbline, golden orbs white heaven, black earth
  13. Hey a tech Q If someone registers through Facebook, is it not possible for them to later sign into the website nomnally? The someone I'm talking about says he can only log in through facebook, although he has a TTB user name and password.
  14. FIFA World Cup 2014

    Germany's happy because Bier.
  15. Zhong Yuan Qigong: real or fake?

    neither do most people here, but we're all entitled to our opinions
  16. Yes im not the only tao bum!

    oh, now I know what egf stands for haha
  17. Zhong Yuan Qigong: real or fake?

    weird, huh?
  18. Roots... aka toes

    They're good for most feet (barefoot is better), but see Zanshin's comment about transitioning. Vibram marketed their product without informing customers about that major detail, and a lot them developed problems. Now there's a class-action suit against the company and purchasers can get something like 15-45 $$ refunded. Did you know that, Zanshin? Probably need the receipt. Anyway, that's why they now have a bad reputation. Oh, it's no surprise that APMA is behind the class-action suit. They're been up in arms with indignation since Born to Run came out and took a big hit at their customer base.
  19. FIFA World Cup 2014

    It's both, but the punters have a really hard time admitting that Germany plays well. There will be commets all the blogosphere claiming that Germany 'didn't look convincing'. And I'm talking about after they win the final.
  20. FIFA World Cup 2014

    well i'm happy to see that brasil are least still in the match. that'll change once germany takes back control.
  21. FIFA World Cup 2014

    but apparently the way to win is to be skilled! Anybody else watching this thing right now? Two WC records so far: Klose's goal-scoring and the first time 5 goals have been scored in 30 minutes. A commenter at the Guardian summed it up thusly: "Now that was a fun first half. The Brazilians are a rabble, a mess, a headless, heedless, shambling shell-shocked sham of a squad, with nothing uniting them but a collective yearning to be swallowed up by a yawning earth." Apech, perhaps?
  22. FIFA World Cup 2014

    pre-game show on now, half an hour to go. Getting nervous, but not about winning/losing. A statistic was just mentioned: Fairest team in the entire tournament so far: Germany Dirtiest team in the entire tournament so far: Brazil
  23. Independence Day

    the point was that technological development would have continued one way or another had the US never come into existence.
  24. I'm in! Admin. kindly disregard my emails...

    Hello David, and welcome to the forums! Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of the Lobby and take a look at the forum terms and rules http://thetaobums.co...um-terms-rules/ This covers all you need to know when getting started. For the first week you will be restricted to five posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Thank you for the very informative and interesting intro, well done. I'm looking forward to seeing your contributions in the forums Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you, SC and the TTB team
  25. Random thought about Dao that can not be spoken

    Who flew to the moon in a rocket