Eric Yudelove

One parting observation which you all seem to already know and I'm sure Sparkle would agree with you: I'm bad to the bone & a punch drunk lazy bastard. The Dragon Master

I can't figure out why people are so rude on this website. I guess because you can be. Live Long and Prosper. Master Eric Yudelove P.S. This is the pirate Tarot Jack and his beloved Not-Puppy, the fair Lady Jezebel Bad Cat, signing off. We sail today for distant shores. Vaya Con Dios

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Dear Trunk: Someday I hope to be as wise and diplomatic as you. Eric For some reason this posted twice, so I guess I meant it twice as much as I did the first time.

Hello Neo: Charles Luk's book is good but it is incomplete and not well organized. I must urge caution if you are new to the practice. I started practicing from it back in 1981 and wound up almost killing myself. It is actually a translation of a 19th century book. I would urge you to seek out other sources. Master Eric Yudelove

Well somehow I landed back on Earth & I guess I'll have to stay for a while. Things have been very good lately. I'm very deeply back to the practice of Taoist Alchemy & magick, with fantastic results. I'm also finally getting remarried after being a widower for 10 years, her name is Dian but I call her Sparkle. She is a lawyer and was a ballerina & a runway & longerie model. Absolute perfection,Don't ask. I am definitely not worthy of this, the bum that I am, but what's a guy supposed to do? Huh? Especially when she starts begging me to let her keep hanging around. Compassion was always my strongest virtue. Also have a new friend from the Upper World, Jezebel, the Pussycat Dragon, sweet and savage. I would post pictures of her on this site if I could. Eric Yudelove The Dragon Master

Silent knowledge. Once the mind is silenced, this doesn't mean that you dissolve and there is no one there. You are still there it's just that you see the world without the filters of the mind. Silent knowledge is a gift from Tao, once the mind has been silenced the Heavenly Heart silently speaks to you. It is real knowledge, not something that has been self created. Eric Yudelove

If I had to deal with so many minds, I think I would get confused. Best to ask them all politely to be quiet, then I wouldn't have to deal with any of them. Eric Yudelove

Jezebel thinks she's a Pussy Cat Dragon.

I don't think so. Your mind is a product of your ego. It's not the same as your brain. The aim of silencing your mind, one of the higher goals of Taoism, is to eliminate the mind. Once your mind is silenced, there is nothing to watch. Ultimately the mind is nothing but a self created dream and will be gone once you die, but Tao will go on regardless of whether anyone tries to watch it or not. If you think Tao is something playing in your mind that you can watch, I guess that is practicing. You can do Taoist practices, but you cannot practice the Tao; you can only try to live in harmony with it. Eric Yudelove