adam mizner

i am sure there are many taiji players on this list. when someone teaches an art we expect them to have a solid understanding of how to apply it. yet many teachers seem to have no application abilities and no fa jin at all. even worse some claim fa jin is a whippy strike (explosive power) yet what they are doing is poor kung fu and nothing more. what a pity... so i ask how do people have faith in these teachers? and on what reasoning do they think that it is taiji they are being taught? Adam

hi i agree but what these videos show is the "intrinsic strength" kind of fa jin. its just refined. metta adam

hi what Michael is saying is correct. the method must be given and trained correctly, "you will never figure it out". metta adam

hi simply put, no. different arts lead in different directions. the entire power generation in taiji for example is opposite to most arts. as for showing someone what your art is about, well if your a taiji man then there is nothing like dropping them on their but or shooting them across the room. action speak louder than words. metta adam

thanks for posting that metta adam

well said i would recommend study of the pali canon to anyone who wishes for unbinding. metta adam

i am sure nick would be more than happy to give you a lesson, are they having a tong long comp this year? metta adam

hi Mal sorry you missed the seminar last weekend, ran smoothly and was fun. i will post when the video is done. hope your training is going well metta adam

good good, this is the truth metta adam

Well said metta adam

i dont think sex has anything to do with the highest tantra in vajrayana, although people would like to think it did. the deity with consort is a symbol of the union of emptiness and clarity which are the two main qualities in ati yoga or mahamudra. in short i do agree with you that sex is not related to enlightenment. but it can be used in spiritual/magical matters. i have found it the most powerful way to release an electro magnetic volt into the akasha (for bardonists) metta adam

it is the deluded self, the ego that is resonating with like and dislike, not to be trusted. the truth is often counter intuitive. most of the time it is the teachings we recoil from that we need most, just another reason for a teacher. the Buddha "admirable friends(teachers) are the whole of the holy life" the path to freedom goes against the grain. metta adam

hi in short i would say yes almost every being needs a teacher. ignorance cannot show the way out of ignorance. there is a point when one no longer needs a physical teacher but even after that point the teacher can be a blessing to bring you down to earth or give you a kick up the but. metta adam

in my view many are the differences yet just one wil do the completion of step 10 is a form of becoming, nibbana is the ending of all becoming. metta adam

hi as far as i use the word the completion of IIH is not enlightenment (nibbana) but we are talking hermetics and not Dhamma. in my view the completion of step ten makes one a true initiate. without my working through the initiation i would not have been able to understand and decode the Dhamma or taiji the way that i have. i consider the years working through the initiation my foundation and my blessing. it is not the end of the hermetic path but allows one access to all paths and skills. i also found great growth in the so called Kabbala and some of the exercises from the 4th book which was to be on alchemy (these were almost too powerful and very confronting). without the constant help of my teacher at the time i would not have had the success i have had with the work. all paths do not lead to the same goal (sorry new agers) so it comes down to ones choice and view on what the most important work is. in reference to the topic, yes a path is repeatable. the cause and effect is the same, the universal laws are the same. what differs is the talent, effort and conditions of the student. metta adam

ok so completion of step 10 in your view is enlightenment. and i know who Rawn is although we havnt talked in a number of years i wonder if those 14 people had teachers, i have found that it made a huge difference for me in working through the steps. metta adam

Are you sure immortality and enlightenment are seperate things? yes. they are not the same, and imortals are not imortal. very long life though metta adam

bardons system delivers exactly what it says it will. if that is englightenment or not depends on your definition. metta adam

the external way has its benafits, i did it for yeaqrs and so did nick pay in the end for it and less result than the internal way, in my view metta adam

hi it is my view that seclusion, true seclusion as taught by the Buddha is the letting go of the 5 senses. in other words the attainment of jhana. from that point the high levels can be acheived. one need not live alone but must spend much time alone. metta adam

hi no we dont condition the body in the way of hitting it to toughen the flesh, but all training is conditioning. metta adam

some new clips of my boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm06rrO27hI metta adam

yes these four views are all aspects of self which some choose to call the ego. Lin i must agree metta adam

yes, and the cause of suffering is birth metta adam