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The Connection between Taoism and Mountains
minkus replied to ThisLife's topic in General Discussion
Mountains itself are very yin in nature although they are also very high .. close to the heavens so good yang should be available also. This and that mountains are often remote, quiet and relatively unpolluted. They even have caves Ideal cultivation grounds ! -
Taiji Transmissions seminar with Sifu Adam Mizner
minkus replied to pleasantfiction's topic in General Discussion
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Long time ago Mikaelz, a trip to China will do you good ! I wish i was in your place, would leave immediately My guess is that the first thing a master would say when you arrive with him or her is that you better throw away all your tao books Good luck on your travels and kind regards, Mike
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Taiji Transmissions seminar with Sifu Adam Mizner
minkus replied to pleasantfiction's topic in General Discussion
Yeh lets drink some white dragon tea together cheers ! -
Taiji Transmissions seminar with Sifu Adam Mizner
minkus replied to pleasantfiction's topic in General Discussion
Yeh nice he, the 2 you mentioned are still demo's but it gives a small idea Think the cage is Chen Bing showing mma'ers that taiji can also be usefull in the ring hehe. Durkhrod, im glad you found your thing and there is no denying pakua is a fantastic art ! Besides being martially powerfull also having such intense spiritual effect. I wouldnt go as far as saying its superior to other internal arts, all 3 have there use, but i to share the deep passion for the 8 mother palms. -
Taiji Transmissions seminar with Sifu Adam Mizner
minkus replied to pleasantfiction's topic in General Discussion
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I downloaded the lil program and its fun to play with but its pretty hard to compose music with images I mostly get strange beeps, not yet a song thus Its intruiging yeh Greetings !
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Intresting article indeed, cheers ! I cant really write you 2 articles back but you get a double and honest thankword back, the concept is nice
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Taiji Transmissions seminar with Sifu Adam Mizner
minkus replied to pleasantfiction's topic in General Discussion
This is Chen Zhenglei one of the 4 Great Jingangs. The 4 diamonds, the 4 tigers, the 4 Buddha's warrior attendants: Chen Xiaowang, Chen Zhenglei, Wang Xi'an and Zhu Tiancai. -
Who's Hoff ? The Russian guy or ??
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If everyone sends a small donation we can send a taobum over there to achieve: "The highest level of Martial Arts in the entire World! " Yust kidding, i think Smile's idea is the best.
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sometimes i wonder
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All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy. (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a swiss docter anno 1567)
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I went to a seminar in Germany with Max, i had no clue of he's background or lineage. Reason i went is to see if Max and he's companions had good energy and good practices wich could help me with my own practice. Luckely Max's knowledge and energy is real, same with mantra's (Chris) energy btw .. it was very nice feeling mantra opening up my central channel with an intense hot tingly energy ! It was very enjoyable laying down while Max gave me a certain transmission and feeling the energy go from center to center opening up and clearing anything on its way. Not that i could ignore it or anything, it was there yes. It was very nice receiving the content of he's teachings wich i still practice till today .. because it helps and works on what it is meant for .. the strong energy's of the 3 phases of Kunlun and Red Phoenix, the compassion gained with the golden flower to name a few. Luckely the energy combines really nice with the Chen taiji i practice. Also very nice we could ask many questions and even better getting the right answers. My personal question on burning palm got answered and i still practice daily the exercise given. Still i dont really care about background or lineage .. practices change, evolve and mix constantly (check history on large and small frame in Chen taiji for example). The world is so small and humans have 2 arms and 2 legs go figure.. What does a name mean when the practice works ? When i would get a disease and go see a docter it really doesnt mind if he's name is Jack or Jhon and he's fathers name is Albert or Rick and he's proffesors name is Andy or Tom.. aslong as he cures me im a very happy person. Have you been to a Kunlun workshop before YM ? i sense some irony in your post, on what did you base your opinion on ? Kind regards, Mike
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how do you use taoism during a conflict?
minkus replied to the buddha & the beast's topic in General Discussion
Im not great at practising taoism but ill try my best in showing you how taoism helped me in certain tensefull situations. Ill try to give some hints. Keep your spirit at one place, dont get disturbed by many little things going on around you. Focus on the person or people you are in conflict with. Try to see the big picture and keep a broad mind of the general situation. Try to show empathy and try to understand the other party's points made. Prefer to listen .. talk when needed. Maintain a balanced spirit and clear mind. Dont follow the other party's attitude or emotions when they are clearly agitated, dont get trapped in discussion. Keep yourself natural and mind balanced. Dont let your own ego interfere. Try to be neutral. The more you are in conflictsituations the more you get experience in handling them, it takes time to learn how to behave in conflict or dangerous situations. Dont wait till you are in a dangerous situation to practice. Same rules can be practised in basic discussions. Energetically sink your energy to your lower dantien, if you get really agitated and adrenalin/negative energy/stress/frustration rises up abruptly then you can capture it in the MCO as a last resort and diffuse it or atleast keep it in track before the bomb explodes and you get agressive. Avoid using any physical aggresion unless you are physically assaulted yourself. Always go back to lower dantien though, thats the place where you wonna be in a conflict .. rooted, dont let tension rise up to your head and confuse your mind. Also when you think about the other party .. remember there is no other party .. the other party is the same as you and duality makes you believe the other is so diffrent from you. If you wonna look for something then dont look for diffrences but for things you have in common. Sometimes the one you think is your biggest enemy is the one that resembles you the most, its yust hard to admit. Be kind, be polite: talk as you would like the other to talk to you. Good luck. -
Very nice, very intresting. Would it help my practice if i drink tea made of this immortal creature ?
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Aquarius ? There the good ones
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Yes ! Happy Birthday Trunk ! ZkLrFpo0lHA
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Rain your link is not working, i was curieus and must say this is a beautifull song you found here with very nice dance and symbols in it linked it below for convenience. Cheers ! BOk7_iBWelI Also as an extra note: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=sham...;oq=shaman+hea# in this documentary about shamanism @ 1 hour and 12 seconds there is a part that starts about HIAH PARK. She is a korean Mudang wich practices ritual dance and scents of flowers as a way of healing people, seems very very intense and i would love to pay her a visit since its only a few hours driving from here, she resides in Germany often I believe she is very very powerfull after seeing her eyes in the documentary. This is her website: http://www.hiahpark.de/com/index.htm Kind regards, Mike
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Magic and mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David Neel !
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Thanx, nice article indeed ! That guy is a monster And Drew, it seems your energy and amount of O at the D's got doubled since last year o.O is there even a limit ?
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Can you plz explain more about this transmutation or even in short the steps how to come to this "Moon Slime" ? Not an exact manual but yust so we can get a hint on how it works ? Sounds very intresting, a concentrated lunar essence you can ingest ? Regards, Mike
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Very nice answer Hagar, thanx. Mwight, i gave up trying to convince anyone long time ago hehe. Though my closest friends got convinced after a while, they are now believers =) not actively involved but still.