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Interestingly, athletes wear similar training shoes for the same ultimate effect of overloading the calves...in order to increase quickness and vertical leap. So, might better hops be one hidden benefit of high heels?

But as you reawaken the ego-universe bond...the distinction between "you" and the universe disappears... And you transcend this whole paradigm of what "you" want vs what the universe wants. The way I see it, LOA is like lucid-dreaming. It is taking more conscious control of your life as you would your dreams. And since all is illusory-like in nature anyways...what does it matter?

I was talking with some people in China last night and it made me realize how the West has misinterpreted or reduced "femininity" simply to weakness and "masculinity" to strength. - When casually chatting with Westerners (particularly amongst males), the conversation inevitably turns into some level of crude, cynical, profanity-laced flame war. - In the Chinese chat (particularly when led by a female), the mood was far more positive, encouraging and appreciative of the beauty of life. I know that sounds "corny," but it's a very different feel that is even reflected in all the majestic names used in CMA or Taoism like "cloud hands," etc. What I instinctively feel here is that the West is burning itself out on the "negative" side of unbridled Yang. I mean, how much more Yang can you get than a "flame war?" Meanwhile, the East is a bit more balanced with feminine Yin energy. But Yin energy here does not mean "weakness" - but an artistic appreciation and emotional zest for life. As in stopping to smell the roses and enjoying the beauty of a flower, etc... As they say, music soothes the savage beast. The paradigm shift here is that Yang isn't strong and Yin isn't weak (as commonly thought in the feminist West). Strong or weak can only be used to describe the degree of each. Each can be strong or weak in their own right. And they are actually strongest when both combined together. Taoism recognized this fact and so emphasized the utility of Yin as a useful vessel for Yang - and how together they are most powerful. And thus, fusing Yang & Yin energy is essentially the basis for Lei Shan Dao and other neikung power. The problem with the feminist West is that it IDs and behaves in mostly the "negative" sides of Yang (crude antagonism) and Yin (irrational emotional impulse). Because there is a fundamental misunderstanding of masculinity and especially femininity here that is really behind all our gender confusion and dysfunction. Sorry for the ramble... [/ramble]

John Chang can do it - I believe he said he uses yin qi and it's not that big a deal. I think he can go up about 2' but not really move around, though. Feng Zhiqiang also said he witnessed Hu Yao Zhen do it while meditating. I'm sure there's many more examples... That one phrase could refer to a lot of things, though - so I wouldn't just assume it meant levitation.

Simply learning things is fairly useless. Learning HOW to DO things is not. It's the difference between a lot of academic mental masturbation typically found in Western Taoists vs Chinese Taoists doing actual internal alchemy practices.

From what I've been told, herbs can be effective IF they are picked at the right time and prepared properly. There is a whole art and science to it - not just swallowing them ground up into pills. But, if you can draw that energy directly from the universe or wherever, that is of course a higher level of ability...and probably purer as it is more direct. Either way, I still personally believe we should also watch what we ingest. We do live in a different world today with a lot more manmade toxins. And not just through food, but through dental fillings, food/drink containers, water in our showers, etc. I believe these environmental pollutants can still be damaging even if you do qigong - especially smoking.

Wuji is not Yin, it precedes the Yin and Yang duality. 0 is not positive or negative. Wuji has no "gender," either. Feminists just try to substitute "mother" for "father" everywhere like a revisionist Mad Lib. It's not transcending the whole paradigm and is pretty annoying.

This is very simple. Yang = +, male Yin = -, female Wuji = 0, androgynous

All manifest phenomena that we think about is part of the "illusion." They are fingers pointing at the moon - or even away from the moon. Making us forget our true selves - who we are without thought? Forget about thinking. And remember who you are. "Over-thinking, over-analyzing separates the body from the mind." - Tool

Ah, that's what I had suspected... Although, some have interpreted Quetzalcoatl as the kundalini. And others as the legendary Native American "Thunderbird," which many now believe may have been surviving Quetzalcoatlus pterosaurs.

Funny that, eh? My last tooth cleaner said she was saving up to get all her mercury amalgams replaced. I asked her what the consensus was on mercury amalgams and she said mixed. But to me her planned actions spoke louder than words... Of course the dental community isn't ever going to admit they're toxic. It's just crazy how Western allopathic medicine seems to think nothing about putting such toxic chemicals in our body to begin with! You'd think something like mercury would never even have been considered in the first place! Anyhow, I'm curious as to why you think brushing was bad? Seems like that may be part of your problem? I brush twice a day and haven't had a cavity in over 10 years now (knock on wood).

Wow, what the heck is "diamond water" and how is it obtained? Kimchi is Korean fermented cabbage and veggies. It is similar to and may have had the same suspected Mongol origin as German sauerkraut.

What the heck is a "Q Bird?"

I don't like that method because again, counting is still thinking in your head...when you're trying to shift from thinking to awareness. Which is in fact eventually what you end up doing here.

This is a tangent but where can we get Kombucha? I'd kinda like to try that. Has anyone else tried it? Do they feel it helps any?

Think of your mind as a pinball machine. And the ball as your energy/awareness. As long as you got a ball in play, it will keep zinging around and lighting shyt up. And any thinking about it could easily act as a "flipper" to keep the ball in play longer... Only way it really stops is when you let the ball drop out of play. Once you withdraw energy from there, you're taking the ball out of play and all the activity naturally stops. Much like turning your computer off. The goal here is to lose the pinball game. Which requires reconditioning because the game is set up to play. But you don't lose it by playing. You lose it by not playing. And you win by losing.

So far, I've been able to reduce the constant chatter...to a slow single stream...to an intermittent stream. The key for me has been to get out of my head and move my awareness down into the rest of my body. When your energy gets out of your head, you will stop thinking so much.

I diagree. There's already enclaves ruled by women. They're called "ghettoes" here in the US - where women choose to get knocked up by bad boys and raise their sons alone as single moms. 70% of Black babies are now born to single moms here, for example. Whereas it was only 20% in 1890 and 23% for them in the 60s! Wow, what "progress!" No wonder gangs arose here after the 60s - they were daddyless sons looking for father figures in each other. We're talking about a social breakdown within 1 generation... Without strict male guidance and discipline - women tend to make emotional decisions impulsively. You find this in society as well as the family. Moms tend to "baby" their kids and without a father to play the firm "bad cop," these kids often end up spoiled, too soft and get into a lot of trouble. Thereby repeating the downward cycle. Liberalism is essentially Yin politics. And while it has done some good - over time it becomes self-destructive as it promotes professional victimhood, denial of accountability and underachievement. This whole country is suffering a lot of fallout from the 60s liberal counterculture (along with some of the benefits). Conservatism is more Yang. We all know its faults, but in the long run it does create a more orderly society that encourages competition and progress. I mean, we've gone from "Leave It To Beaver" to "Jerry Springer" here in just 50 years! Neither is close to perfect, but which is worse? Personally, I'm Independent politically - but I feel that liberal Yin politics can be more destructive than Yang politics in the long run. Just look at Communism. Marx's flawed ultra-liberal ideology has actually caused more suffering and deaths than any other memes in modern history!

This is an unrelated ?, but how come when I pull up threads now only the first post shows and all the rest show up in a tree underneath? How do I reset it to where they all just show up one after another in pages?

1) Selenium dosage needs to be controlled by a doctor because it can be toxic in high amounts. My friend knows of a doctor in California who supervises this protocol (and supposedly to good effect).2) Hoxsey's formula is available in Tijuana, Mexico. My co-worker's mom had cancer and got cured of it from that. Well, I guess you can't prove that's what cured her - but she did get cured after trying it. 3) Laetrile (B17), graviola, curcumin - most of these are commonly available. 4) Royal Rife's original frequency generator machine was destroyed by Morris Fishbein decades ago. Modern replicas might have some effect but I don't think they're quite the same... 5) DCA (dichloroacetic acid) has been proven very effective in rats - but hasn't passed testing in humans yet. It is available on the net but at your own risk. 6) Antineoplastons

I think this is great! Really helps to get you out of your head (thinking) and into your body (awareness). I need to re-read his book and get back into this stuff.

Again, that is feminists' 1-sided view of patriarchies. Naturally, there is nothing positive. When all you have is a hammer - everything looks like a nail. But when men died on the battlefield for the welfare of their nation as a whole while women and children stayed safely at home...was that also merely to serve their own self-interests? There is a natural SYMBIOSIS between men and women. And when that symbiosis is nurtured - BOTH mutually gain from it. Just because men are more dominant in patriarchies doesn't mean only they benefit from it. Women and children do too - otherwise patriarchies wouldn't have evolved so prevalently. They became predominant because they were the most natural and successful family structure. Also, the flipside of dominance that everyone here forgets is RESPONSIBILITY. And that is a great burden that men in patriarchies must also bear. People tend to envy only the fruits - but never the labor. But you don't get fruits without labor...

This reply applies here too: Who are you in your dreams? Do you have free will in them? Or are they predestined - and if so - by whom or what? Do "you" have a "choice" in "your" dreams?

Hmm, I haven't read the TTC or HHC in years and need to re-read them anew with a gender context in mind...and will then report back with my interpretations. Anyhow, slight correction here - Ng Mui was likely just a Qing-era cover story by Ming rebels who wanted to overthrow the Qing Manchurians: I would like to hear about this Sun Bu-er, though!

Who are you in your dreams? Do you have free will in them? Or are they predestined - and if so - by whom or what? Do "you" have a "choice" in "your" dreams?