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Vmarco didnt answer my question, im assuming because he doesnt know. So here goes - The buddhist and hindu (indian in general) term for compassion is karuna (both sanskrit and pali). Karuna is translated as the action of feeling pain of another's suffering and the desire to eliminate the pain. The word is also used as a synonym for mercy... If you dont understand the word being used in the original tradition you dont understand the concept..

0...jest call it da awesome bumz...

You were lucky to have such profound and deep experiences! There are no such things as demons or evil spirits. Only demons are in our selves...in our habits and thoughts...that wer us down and tie us down in infinite loops. Experiences such as yours are the way to break the cycle. It doesnt matter if you had but a glimpse....only for a fleeting moment....the wisdom of eternity will always stay. And to access it, all you have to do is open your heart and mind....

Cooked some rejuvenating food for the family just now. Moong dal (soup) and soft rice. 4 cups of moong dal (yellow) in half litre of water. Boil the dal till it gets mushy, dont evaporate or doscard the water...it is very essential (start with high flame and simmer for last 15 minutes...add 1 tbl spoon pf clarified butter) Moong dal cooks very fast...dal should be soft and mushy within 25-30 minutes. In a small frying pan, add 2 tbl spoon of clarified butter (ghee) and melt it, heat it. Add a tea sp each of mustard seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and 4-5 dried red peppers. Add 1 tea sp of turmeric and 2 tea spoons of asafoetida. Once red peppers start changing color, immediately transfer into dal. Add salt to taste...add another spoon of ghee if you like. Bring the dal to a boil for another 5 minutes. Cook rice in a sauce pan...2 cups of rice in 4 cups of water....let it cook till grains are long and soft. Drain the water. Mix a half cup of rice with a bowl of dal....enjoy. Thought I'd add in that in Ayurveda, people suffering from bad influenza, cold etc are recommended to eat simple food...fortified with turmeric and spices mentioned here (you could leave the mustard seeds out if you want). Moong dal is the easiest to digest and this diet is very easy for the digestive system, while at the same time being very nourishing.

Hi cat, I would assume in those proportions it should be okay. Its an interesting approach for sure. In indian recipes cinnamon is rarely used in powdered form except in what is called "garam" masala. Garam means hot....in that the mix of cinnamon, cardamom, clove (and two other spices.l.forget which). What we often do with primarily main courses or rice dishes is add a half stick or so of cinnamon while cooking. We often add full cloves (3-4) too. In desserts it is usually cardamom seeds, saffron, sometimes cloves.

Hmm...so you are expecting thunder and lightning with fa jin? There are many levels of achievment...you get back what you put in to the art. Imho there are no shortcuts....traditional training has evolved over millenia to get where it is at...i doubt if some "new" approach can trump that....but thats just my opinion. As far as nei gong vs dao gong goes...i think they are the same. What is nei gong? Internal cultivation? What is dao gong? Internal cultivation. Both facilitate internal alchemy.. Then .there are things that students of a particular system simply will just not tell outsiders...so huhriar might opt not to prove anything to you...he doesnt need to. Each of us should be honest to ourselves and decide what, how and how much practice is beneficial. I am happy at my pace..,.i can only afford to spend 45-60 mins a day on my practice at the moment...and there are cool off periods in between. Sometimes my body and energy needs the break...

Nice! In typical indian recipes, cinnamon is a spice added to salty courses...it is heating and overuse can upset the stomach however... Stewed apple pitted with cloves is a great detoxing breakfast too

Aaron, Indian restaurants aren't really great places to eat "healthy" food at I get indigestion every time I eat at one (and yet I do from time to time for some reason or another)...its better to cook at home and eat.

Michael phillips is good. I posted those vids because they are of temple style students...the bigger guy has around 13 yrs training...the skinny guy is his student i think...

Ok...all the best Since we did talk about fa jin (jing) here is a video -- The big guy is a student of jose perez, who iinm was master liao's student. My teacher has good things to say about jose... Another one --

Ko? Not yet...move? Yes. Interstingly enough, if you listen to what master liao says these days, you can avoid conflict by just not being there (ie energeticlly become yin...no self, no enemy) Substantial tai chi ball? Sure...i have been physically moved without being touched physically by my practice partner and vice versa with our backs turned to the other person, not knowing when one is moving the other. Until a year or so ago, we used to do lot of energy work on each other...helping the other move or remove blockages. As part of two person practice we have to do practices like neutralization, listening power, sticking power, etc...making chances to apply peng, li, an, ji etc. Does that answer your question? Now let me ask you what good doing a fa jin will be if you dont learn how to apply it...say in a ward off or a press or a push...etc?

Are we llearning power transfer? Sure. Its par for the course... Are we doing condesning breathing every day? At least i am not...do i do it? Sure i do from time to time. Mostly it happens naturally...during form practice. Is my teacher teaching meditations to develop long power, short power? Sure. Do i get it? Not emtirely...does it do something for me...sure. there are many layers of tai chi that are becoming clear to me after close to a decade of practice. Things that i hadnt even thought of 1 year ago...I do know that there is no "bachelors degree, no masters degree" it is a lifelong learning process... I have peeled through enough layers of myself to know that there is no simple formula to life's challenges...it is a constant practice...bslancing the opposites...taiji

The thing with jin is that, you,need another to feel it,develop it.you can feel your own qi not jin. You can feel anothers jin, not qi. So try your level out,with another practitioner....learn some push hands...see how you feel abt things then. Does gary's nei kung get you there? Can you make another feel the jin? That will be the true test, imho. As far as taichi ball goes...if you keep at it you can not only generate a very strong one, you can use it in applications. My friends and I use it for all aspects of practice...balance, power, feeling.... I would recommend you dont close the door on the source of this material, ie master liao... He is the real deal... All the best.

Interesting....i taught my sister, a complete neophyte the preparation and upward/downward form and she could feel her qi right after 10 mins of doing the practice As far as tai chi ball goes...it takes time and patience. Also do you get oppotunities to push hands with anyone else? That is very important too... Good luck to you on your practice tooo DB...i dont know much about gary so i cant comment on his stuff beyond what i can sense superficially...

There are so many layers to this onion that each layer you peel back take you back to the beginning...first you focus on form...then generate a tai chi ball....that also helps build your chi...feel it inside and outside. You also develop your sensitvity and your dan tien. Then your dan tien moves you...and the tai chi ball...then you refine...it is slow and imo,ime it is a result of us setting barriers by imagining and expecting some "state" but the memnt we fixate we lose the "real" thing... The secret to learning tai chi as a martial art is in the tai chi ball...compressing the ball condenses your energy...expanding it expands your energy. It becomes your radar...helps you feel outside andi inside...change in energies...shifts, movements... It is also the scret to learning healing...no point talking about tao gong before that...

Being a student master liao's lineage, i can agree with you. My teacher is the most understated man i ave met and he is very compassionate...teaches us to cook the energy ourselves instead of jolting us with blasts....its all about nourishing the qi...finding the Te. And there are no shortcuts...what we invest in training will determine what we get back. Tai chi, tao gong is about self discovery...self refinement. How can we gt there without doing it ourselves?

Nice points. I often run into type A++ personalities with oversized egos from their high iqs...what they often lack is the ability to empathize...emotional intelligence. What good is pure IQ if you cant understand another person's perspective? Having been a teacher if professional training in the past, first thing i pearnt is to leave my iq outside the class...i had to get myself to the iq of the students...and often to that of the weakest student. Life is also like that isnt it? How can we make meaningful interactions if we talk down to each ther all the time?

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Like mh pointed out...there ourney begins with the very question. Inner journey is like a labyrinth...there is no saying where a set of steps will take you...so pick a practice...be kind and compassionate to yourself...find out who you are by asking yourself...who am i?

Not just be aware...what good will that do? What else could be done about it?

Is it better or worse that people invent ways to exterminate their fellow humans without using the bogey of divine decree? I once made this point to some of my colleagues at work. They said well how are we going to defend ourselves, maintain order in this world if we dont have military power? I replied do you know these things can be achieved via non violence too...they asked me to give examples. I pointed out indian independence and the american civil rights movement.l. You know whar they said? That wont work anymore.... Why not?

I have just sad that i hold the perpetrators at fault for inciting violence and those that follow blindly of stupidity. If an institution is at fault then so be it -- hold it liable. I am very familiar with the handiwork of some religions. They have caused extreme suffering...but some also caused great spiritual emancipation... By your argument we would hold science guilty of mass murder too...right? Isnt there collusion between notable historical sociopaths and science? Would you justify hiroshima/nagasaki with nanking? So hold the zen monks guilty if they are guilty, but also hold the scientific community guilty for their inventions of the tools of war. Should we banish science along with religions?

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I am not saying that at all. Indeed people should be held accountable for their actions. So go find the instigators of religious iolence and bring them to trial. In our prebious iscussion on religion vs dharma i had tried to explain the difference. One good statement is "religon is that with which one seeks rewards...dharma is that with which one seeks truth" I have issues with people conflating the two. Religion is groupthink, dharma is individual. So instead of eliminating both, try and change awareness and intelligence of individuals to move towards dharma.