gendao

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  1. Looking for Advise on a Daily Practise

    Ok then, well according to your own mentor, Drew: So, you should be able to easily sit in full lotus for 2 hours straight now... Or, at least pass the "hands free" full lotus litmus test, as I call it. Short of sitting for 2 hrs - can you simply get into (and out of) full lotus without using your hands? As Drew has frequently said: Is your mind confused...or is your progress for real?
  2. Capitalism, private property and sociopathy

    Right, Marx essentially argued that capitalism "enslaved" the proles so that they could merely work to live, and not have any fun. My counterpoint was twofold. - First off, "merely" working to live is the natural default on this planet when you are living a wholly sustainable, subsistence lifestyle. Out in the wild without government or money - you will work everyday to secure food & shelter. Life will be hard, but the human species will be healthy and not overpopulated. You may not have as much "fun," but you will feel blessed whenever you stumble upon some ripe fruit, catch a big fish, or live to see another day. You will develop a far more intimate relationship with the land and deep reverence for it, because you literally live off it daily. So, there is nothing wrong with that - and actually pretty healthy for all in the long run and big picture. - Secondly, capitalism actually gives some the extra resources to have some fun in life too (although at the overall cost of unnatural lifestyles). Whereas, Marxism does not (as even your micro-examples attest). So, his argument for which system allows more recreational activities is entirely backwards. I just don't find his original WEIRDo whine and bourgeoisie envy that legit to begin with. Look, your average anthill might have a few thousand ants living in close quarters - yet somehow all work together in apparent harmony. What form of government do they have? Are the worker ants being unfairly exploited and lack sufficient leisure time? Not really when every other organism on this planet also toils to live. And our entire ecosystem relies on all such organisms playing their parts - from microbes to apex predators. So why do humans expect a government that magically guarantees so much more than the sustainable planetary baseline (both livelihood and leisure)?
  3. Capitalism, private property and sociopathy

    No, I would say that any lifestyle other than subsisting off the land like indigenous natives is not sustainable in the long run (especially to other organisms besides humans). Which capitalism still sort of allows in pockets, but heavily encroaches upon and "discourages" through the temptation of technology and land ownership/acquisition. But again, this is also not just limited to capitalism, either. Any departure from our primitive, natural lifestyles is just another step along this slippery slope of "civilization"...which has occurred under all forms of modern government.
  4. Capitalism, private property and sociopathy

    Well, before the bourgeoisie introduced industry to a society - everyone was just subsistence-living like natives. And afterwards, most unindustrialized people then chose to become industrial workers, rather than live directly off the land? So, most of us were already working merely to keep living before bourgeoisie industry. And afterwards, probably fewer of us actually were...correct? Hence, I think capitalism is a rising tide that does economically lift most all ships. The cost though, is usually noneconomic things like breaking all the natural circles of life and destroying the environment and our health, etc. Although, that is not exclusive to capitalism either...but certainly extremely catalyzed by it.
  5. Looking for Advise on a Daily Practise

    OK well, just for the heck of it... OK, so just do it again and document it this time. Or just do it again to see if you even can, for your own sake. BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed all of drewhempel's numerous anecdotes of remotely giving random girls orgasms at a distance on here - but he always steadfastly refused to ever video even a single instance of them. I wonder why? So then why are "you" arguing with "me?" If you truly understand it so well, then why can't YOU just spell it out for me? Or can you only talk about it (but not explain it yourself), as you said... If you can't explain something simply enough so a 5-yo can understand it, then YOU don't really understand it. For example, where does the wind come from? Where does the word "middle" come from? Etc, etc... Funny, all the responses here thus far have been peoples' personal opinions. Yet, you didn't have a problem with them until now - once your actual "level" was questioned. So, are you really just asking for help with a daily routine...or humblebragging and seeking validation? Again, Cliffs Notes please? Mind unscrambling his rambling word salad that seems to be something about the fall of Western Civilization? And again, what is that influence? Do you have enough comprehension to hold your own dialogue, rather than just cutting & pasting a bunch of links from people who you believe do? Lol, well you sure could have fooled me! Look, maybe you just are young, gifted, and talented? If so, then prove it with time. But, based on how easily triggered you seem to be, I'd say you've got a lot of emotional clearing/maturing to do just like the rest of us...
  6. Capitalism, private property and sociopathy

    Well, the faster man was able to catch a sitting duck on the other side of the bridge and also chat up a young woman who was watching them. Meanwhile, the slower one got caught and eaten by a mountain lion... Racing may be fun, but losing never is (relative to winning)...true? It may be a valuable learning experience, but that still doesn't make it "fun." "Fun" is really a bourgeoisie luxury/hedonistic pursuit of the leisure class, btw. Out in Nature's jungle, winning and losing is more often a serious matter of life and death. It's pretty much the opposite of "fun," lol. Organisms aren't competing for fun in the wild, they are competing to merely SURVIVE. Fair competition isn't just the fundamental engine of capitalism, it is the fundamental engine of LIFE!
  7. Capitalism, private property and sociopathy

    Yes, there is confusion. Do you think competition is good or bad? (I had assumed the latter since the excellent article you linked explaining why you believe what you believe does?)
  8. Looking for Advise on a Daily Practise

    I would venture that either you have an overactive imagination...or have received your "call to adventure" with a spiritual initiation (transitory peak experience). - If the former is the case, then you wouldn't be able to actually perform any objective "siddhis" (verifiable healings, ability to root and withstand pushes, etc) at all. Most of your self-appraisal is based merely upon internal subjective sensations - but little else... There are no "objective" measures. - Now, if the latter is the case, then the key word is transitory... You may have experienced some genuinely undeniable, extraordinary phenomena. But, you won't be able to replicate any such "beginner's luck," especially at will. Furthermore, the road actually goes uphill (or should I say, delves down into the subconscious) from there as initiation is always followed by hazing, lol... In either case, I would recommend building a solid foundation as your next step. The only outside exception would be if you are somehow able to continually experience and perform subjective and objective feats of advanced skill at will. Then, you probably wouldn't have to do any remedial work because you have somehow already gained a massive head start in life. But, I seriously doubt this scenario for most anyone...and time will likely quickly tell.
  9. Capitalism, private property and sociopathy

    1. & 2. Actually, can't others also benefit from individuals seeking self-gain through competition by developing the best products/services to offer others? Or are you against all competition/"Social Darwinism?" If so, do you think video games and sports should all be banned? What about all of Nature too? Aren't you the result of hundreds of men and millions of sperm all competing for the same Easter egg? 3. I don't think ONLY capitalism commodifies and destroys the environment, but it probably does relatively to the greatest extent because of its inbuilt tendency for "bigger, better, and faster" technology. 4. Doesn't everyone fight for land/resources? Even animals? I don't think eliminating capitalism would eliminate this proclivity. 5. But, capitalism allows class mobility. No socioeconomic status is fixed. 6. Actually due to fierce competition, capitalism usually creates goods with the highest value. This even includes a lot of cheap crap - which can still be of high value due to how cheap it is 7. Yes, people vote with both their wallets and ballots. The only reason corporations have lots of wealth/political influence - is because consumers chose to spend money on them. In short, I think healthy competition is good and vital to a healthy ecosystem/society. However, capitalist competition does often fall woefully short in "long-term" unprofitable areas for the common good (like protecting the environment). These "profit-driven free market" blindspots are where I see the need for some wise stewardship and guidelines. Otherwise, if short-term gains for humans are the only motive, then the planet will suffer some irreparable losses. Thus, free-market capitalism should be the primary economic cog, but only a subset of, and not the entire system (because our lives as a whole are not simply economic).
  10. "Opening your kua" (and other joints) is another one of those deceptively-simple, ancient Chinese proverbial secrets... While on the surface, many of us would assume that simply means stretching your crotch open and increasing its flexibility - some Chinese teachers assert that it actually has a far less obvious, more "esoteric" meaning. And that you could actually be extremely flexible - yet still have a closed kua (and vice-versa) - drawing some "hidden" distinction between "ordinary" flexibility and "extraordinary" flexibility? Yet, while they may often engage in a lot of "neti neti," they also fail to precisely describe and define what it actually IS... So, WTH exactly is a mystical "open kua" and how do you achieve it?
  11. Monoatomic gold

    Well, there have been conspiracy theories about it that basically say: Not to mention, a lot of the biggest proponents (Sir Laurence Gardner, David Hudson, etc) have been alleged llluminatis... Now, you could easily say that the anti-mono-atomic "white powder" gold warnings are just as sensationalized as all the pro-mono-atomic "white powder" gold hype. And perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between? So, let's look for actual proof in the pudding, then? Well, Laurence Gardner died in 2010 at the ripe old age of 67. I guess a diehard fanboi could always argue that perhaps mono-atomic gold increased his health from a -5 to a -2...who knows? It's all relative. But, it at least certainly seems to prove that it is not some miracle cure-all for bad health and a magic elixir of youth. Which tends to shift the needle more towards the anti-camp being more correct...
  12. Trumpcare

    So whether you LIKE them or not, do you believe that each of these tenets and the overarching philosophy, mimicking Nature's own methods for population and quality control (namely, fierce competition rewarding the winners) - is 100% wrong? And if so, does that mean you would prefer the exact opposite of all his recommendations? Or would you agree/disagree somewhat with various points?
  13. Potent Systems

    Sounds really cool! Just let us know what your actual results are in a month...
  14. EPA under Trump WH

    And here's where the EPA falls short - defending planet Earth against the ultra-deep state alien agenda:
  15. Urine is probably the best (FREE!) nitrogen source that the wood can easily soak up like a sponge - like drinking liquid nitrogen through thousands of tiny straws via capillary action! And it is also a renewable "waste stream" product that we each generate gallons of every week - that would otherwise consume a few gallons of potable water to flush each time. So, redirecting pee to drench deadwood very effectively kills 2 birds with 1 stone - as it creates high-quality compost while also saving tons of water. Of course, this is all provided your pee is organic (no pharmaceuticals, etc), low salt, and clean (no UTIs, etc) - which probably rules out the majority of WEIRDos... Otherwise, you should of course also add lots of "green" waste and grow nitrogen fixers like legumes, wax myrtle, etc...
  16. Many creatures sadly die to provide our food.

    Exactly, a lot of the US, for instance, is naturally grassland because there is not enough rainfall to grow forests. THESE areas would be the best natural, symbiotic habitat for grazing ruminants. The problem is when WEIRDos clear-cut natural forests down to replace them with grasslands just to graze cattle (or even grow annual crops). To chop down a mature forest and replace it with a lawn is an immense degree of habitat destruction at an astronomical ecological cost.
  17. V is for Vegetable

    Never tried locusts, but fried scorpions tasted like hash browns. Silkworm pupae were too gushy inside for my taste. Never had "cinnamon" termites (sounds rather delish!), but I did try a live ant once. Didn't have much taste to it, it was so small... Ants are a top supplement in Chinese medicine, though. Bugs would probably be a good nutritional supplement for our diets, although they might be hard to gather in enough quantity to supply our overall caloric needs? AussieTrees does have a great point about how culling invasive species could be a win-win for both people and the environment. Wild hogs, for example, are becoming invasive everywhere and the largest ones can reach 800 lbs. So, I'm sure just one of those could feed several families for an entire year! And deer tend to overpopulate many areas too. Not to mention Asian carp near the Great Lakes, Burmese pythons in Florida, etc, etc. It would actually be GREAT if these species were widely-hunted IN THE WILD and added to dinner plates everywhere! If you do go vegetarian, some nutrients you may eventually start falling short of over the long run (years) are B12 (methylcobalamin) and iron. You can simply buy some supplements of them, though.
  18. Homosexuality in the tao

    A lot of vague notions about "balance" and sexual morality here... But technically-speaking, if men preserve their jing by retaining their semen...then shouldn't they also be able to gain jing by ingesting others' semen? Should Daoist adepts be chugging espresso shots of cum to kickstart every morning? And would, say, bull semen have more jing than human semen? Do promiscuous women or gay men tend to have large reservoirs of jing?
  19. Sitting meditation not comfortable

    So unlike most of her students in far more pain...she preceded her Kundalini yoga with enough years of Hatha yoga to gain the flexibility to jump right out of full lotus up onto her feet. In short, she didn't start "qigong" until she was able to pass the physical litmus test of "hands free" full lotus first. So, why she doesn't also advise this basic sequence to her students is puzzling... Maybe because then she'd have no students left?
  20. Yin Yang symbol

    Macrocosm = microcosm? Waves & particles are 2 houtian forms that Yin/Yang are perceived as - like the wave & particles shown in the symbol? Many possible iterations...but who knows what the original source/meaning/purpose was? Although more than likely, it was something very literal born from (neidan?) experience, and not merely intellectual theory...
  21. Yin Yang symbol

    You can study Daoism for years, and yet still not understand its most fundamental elements and principles... Where is the Taiji from and what does it really mean? What is a proper mabu and what does it really do? How do you root? How do you actually develop authentic qigong abilities...much less become a Daoist immortal?
  22. EPA under Trump WH

    Well, US forests have declined in both quantity and quality. Most original forests here have already been clear-cut long ago and secondary forests now are increasingly full of invasive species. Increasing urbanization from population growth is preventing the regrowth of many forests altogether - and even when they do, they are simply not the same. You cannot unring a bell - and magically restore all the native organisms that collectively formed each forest. A forest is not a forest. And that is the real shame - because once these massive genetic pools and living libraries of highly-diverse, heirloom lineages are lost, they can't simply be recovered. It's like killing "John Chang" and saying "who cares," because there were just 10 more kids born to "replace" him with...if a human is a human, and a tree is a tree? Heck, when's the last time people here have even seen supposedly "common" North American wildlife like armadillos, wild turkeys, etc? Or foraged a native persimmon or red mulberry? And if so, how far did you have to drive to do it, lol? Bee Lives Matter? Nope, not in WEIRD World!
  23. EPA under Trump WH

    I don't think the answer is either/or. Millions of companies also destroy the environment. And you can't tell me that the EPA does NOTHING good, either. There's some baby and bathwater in both. And even cleaner, cheaper energy is just a relative improvement. Taken as a whole, it still degrades the planet due to all the processes needed to source raw materials and manufacture its products. What free market incentive (profit motive) is there to stop deforestation or pollution? Reality is, none. That's why practically this entire country has been deforested over the past 200 years - because deforestation has actually been far more profitable, than preserving forests. Which is why before regulations, companies trashed the environment even worse. If you look at what happened around any of your local areas between WWII and the 1970s, companies were literally just dumping toxic wastes everywhere left and right. Nobody (companies or mass consumers) gave a crap... It took social activism and some government regulations to start abating some of that. If it were simply left to the free market alone - the status quo would have stayed the status quo. Which is why it had become the status quo to begin with - because that is what laissez-faire without any intervention evidently led to here in our WEIRD culture. Realistic Libertarianism is about reducing government overreach, not eliminating all government or rules altogether. Or do you want to drive around on freeways without traffic signals, driver licenses, and speed limits? Hell, would safe freeways even be built soundly if they were completely privatized?
  24. EPA under Trump WH

    Right, that's the inevitable result of a growing population, right? So, aren't modernized humans the real environmental elephant in the room that nobody wants to discuss - much less label a problem (like carbon)? In fact, not only is human population growth not deemed a problem, but a hypothetically lessening population is somehow deemed the problem, instead! So, an exploding human population threatening all other life on this planet = no problem. But a human population possibly tapering off (which is not that hard and basically happens simply if everyone has less than 2 kids) down from 7 BILLION = ZOMGGGG oh noesssss!!!!
  25. EPA under Trump WH

    Haven't fact-checked this yet, but you're probably right... Previous administrations have simply neglected deforestation - as it has never been on the Federal political radar. Whereas Trump might be a bit more proactively deforestative from a developer's aesthetic of beauty as glitzy hotels, manicured lawns, and golf courses... Sadly, there is no TLM movement, either. But in reality, forests are VASTLY underrated as MASSIVE genetic libraries for all lifeforms (and their diverse variations) within the local ecosystem. So, chopping them down is the equivalent to burning down libraries. To further that analogy, a virgin, mature, old-growth forest would be equivalent to the Library of Alexandria, or some other ancient repositories of accumulated wisdom/code - but LIVING! So, the loss of such evolved over eons is unconscionable and irreplaceable. Yet, it happens on the daily due to WEIRD culture...and is deemed "no problemo" compared to the all-consuming "carbon juggernaut" that displaces all other causes... Which again, is due to the WEIRD penchant of reducing complex/holistic problems and solutions down to an isolated "active ingredient." Deforestation is too complex and has no simple solution. Whereas carbon emissions is a simple metric that can at least be taxed...so BINGO!