Pranaman

I think Taiji will take care of my SELF. and on the side i'm going to learn everything I can about communication, everything from hypnosis to PUA. What do you all think of NLP as therapy?

don't get them pulled, apparently oral surgeons can make them grow out without any problems. but your teeth are interconnected energetically with the vertebrae of your spine. I don't know what the full deal is, but it does seem unnatural to pull teeth. I'm not sure on using the mind to fix the problem, imagine them coming out straight, my wisdom teeth did initially hurt my other teeth coming in, but i just kept picturing that and they are completely fine now.

What are you interested in, what do you talk about that's not part of taoism, metaphysics, or meditation? edit: I write music on the guitar, but I've sadly only been picking it up a couple times a week. I need find something new to do!

That was really good interview with Josh Waitzkin. I really like what he's saying, and he helped me realize some issues in my life in a different way. Now I'm going to look at my life situation from the scope of a student, and notice the process that i'm in the middle of. I think I will read his book cause he seems to be a great person to learn from right now.

that seems right to me as well, although i'm merely a beginner. and loosening up the hips

I have a hard time talking to everyone. sometimes I do good on the phone. but in general also, my voice is softer and a higher pitch if i'm talking to people, if i'm talking by myself, my throat relaxes and my real voice shows. My PUA intentions are sadly because my girl and I are split, I am very attached and saddened by the whole thing and the way it happened. I guess learning to manipulate her into wanting me sooner is not the right answer. But I came to the conclusion today that in a few years, I think we are going to get back together. She herself said that we are meant to be, and that we will end up back together. We agreed we both need to grow, cause our problems are extremely polar to each others, and this causes frustration. But our mindset and way of thinking is a perfect match. Your intuition is right on, cause that manifestation meditation video is also related to my girl. My view on NLP and Hypnosis however, is strictly therapeutic, and performance enhancing. But like I said, after Taiji today, I had some good realizations and steps towards closure. Also i'm happy because Sifu Fong gave me praise today, and pulled me to the front of the class during some I-chuan drills to show everyone how to do it right, than asked me to tell them my secret. I've only been in his class a month and he said I was doing good. I just wasn't expecting it because he makes jokes about my inability to do 100 pull-ups and how I can't stand for very long haha, he does it in a light humored way though. Anyway i'm just in a rough spot, my intentions could be different than my words, I just know that if she gave me some time to spend with her, she would notice the spin-off effects of the many revelations i've had. I know, i'll be patient.

I hate to put people up on the chopping block, i'm just wondering how credible people are that have mp3s and cd's for sale. He seems true. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Eliza Carroll I'm stoked, check out her site. She's in Portland, Or. She's a spiritual counselor, aura healer, hypnotherapist, energy worker and it seems like more than that. This will be good for me since I've hit one of the roughest spots of my young life recently. but hey, on the brighter side my astrology says that after this year, I'll have the worst decade of my whole life, so I better start get going so I can surf with the ebb and flow.

Green Harvest I just had my first glass of this drink. and it feels really cool, immediately I felt my hunger go away and my energy rise. It is in ground (or grinded?) form. It is wild crafted, meaning the ingredients are not farmed, they are picked from their wild habitat, and only the leaves and fruits of the plants are picked so that the plants are still alive. No human interference BESIDES the packaging and grinding, leaving this drink with most of it's life force and earth energy(this is my theory). It's main ingredient is amaranth which contains every single amino acid needed by life(some advanced ancient civilizations survived mostly on amaranth seed). The list of ingredients goes on, just check the website if you're interested. Also the man who created the drink is known for exposing the government's involvement in creating AIDS and Ebola, among many other facts his work has contributed. He fasted on Green Harvest for 31 days, followed by a week long detox. I don't know what else to say.

haha right on

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that's good holistic advice, but I wouldn't mind refining my ability to talk since right now I can barely carry a conversation. I want to be "perfected", physically, emotionally, mentally. I believe learning to communicate will reverse adverse effects that pot has given me, it definitely slowed my mind down and hindered my intuition. Any other suggestions on the topic?

I've been hurt very badly. Yesterday my dog died due to a freak accident, later that night my girlfriend cheated on me while she was blackout drunk. I'm crushed. But EFT has helped alot. anyway, this has happened to me because the way I got my girlfriend was through her cheating on her ex-boyfriend because she loved me. This sounds terrible, and that this is something that she does. But the point is karma hit me really fast, this was only a 7 month period difference. Anyway, i don't know, this hurts worse than anything i've felt. I've just spent my time telling the higher powers that i'm sorry for what i've done. Tomorrow I go and give my heart and apology to the man that I did wrong to in order to get with the girl that did me and him both wrong. I hope I don't sound petty, and this is sort of not taobums material, but I have no friends to talk to.

PUA is to an extent, ridiculous. but also, i got some really good and sound advice from some of the guys on one of those forums.

Lin's article is really really good. Now I know what i'm doing, and I too am going to try to cultivate in the way of the noble eight fold path. but i'm not going act like it didn't happen. i'm going to act like it did happen but from my most resourceful state of mind i've ever had. thank you again James, if I we were in person i'd give you a big hug. You have no idea how assisting your words and advice have been for me to think clearly.

thank you James, you have helped me another step up one more time. She is vegetarian, and nice, her head is not screwed on straight, but that's not a problem that can't be helped with time. If I didn't care for her, love her, concern myself with her happiness, finding a nice vegan girl would be easier. but I can't even think of that realistically where i'm at right now. I am going back to who I was when our relationship was perfect. She won't see i'm hurt and that I love her more than he ever will, if I try to convey these things. here is what is happening between her and I, dropping the issue at hand. This might also put a good perspective on other relationships. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Is there any practice that encourages self-observance? I practice t'ai chi, I know that is and will continue helping immensly. agreed. I actually went to a PUA forum to ask for advice, and a few people that are 'lesser experienced' gave me the same advice as the guy who used the word 'beta-turd'. but the most experienced, and the girls, agreed that things like that have happened, and if i'm thinking rationally, forgiveness is reasonable.

I thoroughly disagree. I know the type and she isn't it. It sounds like your a pua or something, anyway.

thank you very much. you are very helpful. I've done many EFT sessions and I still hurt, I understand you. I forgive her. Lately I have been frustrating her. It is in large her own self being frustrated by my clumsiness. Those times are confusing, and it started happening a lot recently. I think I can forgive her and stay with her, but she is living in a house of 8 other people, the man she cheated on me with is one of them. This will be difficult since she openly admitted that she's attracted to him, but he is a really negative person that talks about girls like their worthless and talks about killing animals, and she hates this, she cries when she hears about animals dying. She can't love him, but she is living in the same house. I hope she knows how to not let other people telling her it'd be a good idea to be with him affect her. This will be difficult. I forgive her, and him. If she ends up betraying my love for her again, than I believe she will learn something very great along the way. But ever since yesterday when I found out what happened, something seemed to have clicked. I feel greatly motivated to push myself forward. I'm going to see where this goes. Thank you very much James. -Bobby

Emotional Freedom Technique, it's not a breathing exercise but it works amazingly well, it works instantly, and only takes 3-20 minutes. EFT- Tapping.com EFT main site hope this helps cause this technique is helping me.

When did you start cultivating that which you are cultivating? Do you know of any masters that started later than their years as children? i'm 18 and just started. I will continue for the rest of my life, but just wondering about this...

It's practically impossible for me to find a spiritual counselor or teacher that doesn't cost money. money I don't have, taiji is already costing me 80 a month, and i'm not going to be able to afford that much longer probably.... I don't know what to do, I need a teacher, I need to go to a Goenka retreet dhamma.org or something, but I got taijiquan I need to keep up with. I don't know what to do, I guess i'll just save up and try to channel on through the rough patch till I find someone that can help me.

why do threads always do this. always stray away into a stupid arguments. just from what i've experienced in the last few months. basic pushups have given me more actual strength than when I was lifting. Lifting did make my arms bigger, and increased my max. But to my mind that's not strength, strength is power, and not-weighted work has given me more power, and a solid build by far. just a little tidbit out of a little period of time. Anyway, AWESOME site, thank you very much for sharing the resources you have. Isometrics is the way to go to develop solid strength, not bulky strength(at least for me). I'm glad to have that resource, once again, thank you very very much.

I just got a book all about Bruce Lee's workouts... Would his type of strength be what I'm looking for in t'ai chi and i-chuan, or is it too bulky? right now i'm just doing pushups, pullups, types of crunches, and standing as my teacher has instructed.

thank you guys I will see what works best for me out of these suggestions

He has been practicing 40+ years I think. The most anyone in his class have practiced is 10 years or so I believe. So until many many years later when these people have been practicing nearly as long, is when I'll see if they are nearly as equal as him? Right now this isn't so.