liminal_luke

I´m not on the list (so far).

If only Daniel were here to make all this clear.

My take is that the nature of reality itself is paradoxical, good and bad and everything in between. Whatever it is that transcends transcendence is omnipresent, the silent backdrop of the universe.

That´s the trouble with summoning the enlightened: they show up.

All good things are.

@stirling doesn´t have my sympathy. He may have "nowhere to go, nothing to do" but I don´t think he´s sitting around on a Saturday night drinking too much red wine and watching reruns of The Price is Right.

I don´t read Chinese and am not motivated enough at the moment to use Google translate. Is ChiDragon cooking up a shrimp stir fry with noodles and lots of garlic and ginger? Now that just might transcend transcendence!

@Daniel I´m an inveterate peeker.

Who woulda thunk that it would be Daniel would get us thinking about the nondual?

What is transcending transcendence? I don´t know but so far my experience reading this thread isn´t it. Interesting riddle though. Maybe I´d get closer watching a sunset or listening to birdsong. Feels like it could be a springboard to contemplation of infinity (or nothingness).

Christians are welcome to debate topics on the forum, of course they are, but I´ll admit that the question "is this Biblically sound?" turns me off. It´s an inquiry that comes, to my ear anyway, with a lot of embedded assumptions. Perhaps the biggest assumption is that the Bible is a book worthy of our consideration. Or, if it is, that we should use at as some sort of measure to judge our thoughts and actions by. I happen to think there´s a lot of wisdom in the Bible. That´s just my guess; I haven´t read most of it. Unfortunately, it´s hard to find mystical truth in a book whose main use through history has been as a blunt object with which to beat down nonconformers and innocent passersby.

Here´s a strange thing: I don´t know how to be an environmentalist. Like most, I want clean air and clean water. I want green forests with lots of lakes and rivers, bears hunting salmon and dragonflies flitting about. But I no longer trust the people who are selling me that picture. I wonder whether their true allegiance is with the dragonflies or with dollars.

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Love it! Unlike so many of these acronyms, this one oozes sincerity.

As with so many other things, I prefer to go old school with my insect eating. Modern-breed insects pushed on the population by climate alarmists? No, thanks. Oaxacan crickets fried up according to a centuries-old recipe with lime and chile? Si, senora.

You´re wrong, relatively speaking, but from a nondual perspective it´s all the same.

I don´t know that move, although it sounds a little bit like Wagging The Tail. In this move the fingers are interlaced and there are some movements in the center, to the left, to the right, and then to the center again. But the hands never go above the head so it couldn´t be the same. Seems to me there are different versions of the YJJ so we´re probably not practicing identical movements.

This sounds like the exercise in Robert Peng´s version of the Yi Jin JIng which he says is for working with the small intestine meridian.

It´s impossible to get rid of trans people or gay people. Yes, individuals can be killed. But as long as people are having babies some of them will be trans and some gay. Personally, I think this is a good thing. It makes life more interesting for everybody and I believe that LGBT folk bring something special to humanity. I´m pretty sure you think I don´t support you because I´m glad that Trump won -- but that´s not true. I believe that people have a right, and perhaps a duty, to be their authentic selves and pursue happiness. I´m glad that many transgendered people have the courage to come out and live as the gender that feels right to them. I know it´s difficult and respect the guts it takes to go through the process. If the election were only about LGBT issues, I would of supported Kamala. Unfortunately, there was a lot more at stake and not just the price of eggs. Several of my gay friends in the Palm Springs area are, like you, considering moving out of the country because of Trump. They think it will be dangerous to stay in the US. While I could be wrong, I don´t think their fears will materialize. Nobody is going to be thrown into camps. Adult trans people will retain access to gender-affirming medical care, at least in states like California that will fiercely fight the fed if necessary. People in Palm Springs are overwhelmingly accepting of gays and transgendered folks and that´s not going to change anytime soon. The overall trend in the US has been towards increasing acceptance. It´s been pretty miraculous, actually. I believe the trend will continue.

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I have taken Robert Peng´s yi jin jing course and recommend it. The xi breathing isn´t actually a part of the yi jin jing but rather an add-on practice to do after the Yi Jin Jing as a complement.

IMHO, it´s best not to take anything said here too seriously. Most of us are just (humbly) spouting off.

Honestly, .... (scratch that) With all due respect, ... (scratch that) Not to step on any toes but, ... (scratch that) Oops, striking out all over the place today.

An intriguing definition! To my mind, the word with the most qi in the sentence above is "meaningful." It´s a word that brings up so many questions. Are some changes devoid of meaning? Meaningful to whom? I´m thinking about flucuations in the value of a stock. Some people consider a certain amount of flucation noise -- change that doesn´t portend a meaningful new trend. And then there´s change in value that has qi behind it -- change that signals sustained change in the future. Maybe the trick to making money is to sense the qi. (I´m in my materialistic taoist period.)

So the new downvote symbol is supposed to represent yin and yang? Maybe it´s sort of a consolation prize: your post isn´t strictly correct but at least ya got the yin and yang part right so here ya go. Alternatively, we could use the reaction to signal that a post is unamerican. Red, white, and blue with a downward arrow -- kinda brilliant.