ZenStatic

Supposedly it will be free, at least that is what he alludes to.

Pot meet kettle? All one has to do is read most of your past posts to lump you into the same category. This right here just shows how little you actually know of Buddhist practice and thought. You do realize that Tai Chi and Qi Gong are considered forms of meditation as well, right? It's all about calming the mind. Maybe you should give it a whirl. While I agree it's not the spirit of Buddhism, I have to disagree with your gross misrepresentation of Christianity here. It DOES claim copyright on truth. Even as far as to say that its deity IS The Truth.

Yeah, there is also the kind that obviously can't read here too. This is NOT a strictly taoist site, and in fact, most of the people on this site that like to sit and bitch so much about it, shouldn't really even be called taoists huh? Why is it that the times every few weeks or so I decide to come look around here, I find more posts of people trying to puff their ego than trying to learn or teach? Seems as though sean's labor of love is being turned rotten by some bad apples.

No, what I think is BS is your automatic condemnation of something which you obviously don't really grasp. Your thinking has got to be along the lines that death is the end, which is fine for you, but don't push what you believe on others. I am not saying we should come on here and encourage people towards suicide. What I AM saying, is that we all have our own karmic burdens, and our lives will play out as they are meant to. For you to come on here and try to say otherwise, is well, frankly, amusing. Once you realize that death isn't the end of the road, you'll feel a lot better.

See, you say that here, but then the description for your video: So either you expect us to believe you're going to give away the DVDs; or this is just some preliminary advertising.

Why does it seem that every time someone sets out to teach something they have to add the "Secrets revealed!" "Never before seen!" bullshit to it? Is it some kind of fear of not making money on it? Or just to lull the sheep masses into brainlessness so they go out and buy another system they will probably never use.

Interestingly, people are referring to how suicide is condemned in Buddhism, yet, no-one really knows. I actually just started reading an interesting treatise on this the other day, perhaps now I will finish it. http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol4/..._suffering.html From one who has had 2 serious attempts in his lifetime, I will have to call you on your bullshit here. Why do people feel that one has to be not in their right mind to contemplate or attempt suicide? Just because to you it is not a viable option, does not mean that it is not for others. If they are not meant to die, then they won't. It's as simple as that. But wanting to push the reset button on life should never be viewed as some kind of deficiency. As I believe in a rebirth, then for me, its like deleting all this text and starting writing all over again. Death is not the end of the road, merely the start of a new one.

It never ceases to amaze me how people will look anywhere they can to try and justify their drug use. Even funnier, is the "medicinals" people have mentioned in this thread. I would love to hear how hallucinogenics are beneficial to someones health.

Tokugawa Ieyasu

You know, you people just don't know when to stfu do you? Some retarded studies by people that want there to be a conspiracy, OMG, show just that! Forget about the fact that any other researcher finds contrary evidence, you just love to take the bullshit and run with it. And every time, you just twist the knife in the side of people who lost loved ones that horrific day. But fuck them right, its all about your goddam conspiracy.

I play every now and then, but not enough to not be horrible. If I had a group to play with and learn from I may play more often.

That's actually a nicer article than some I've seen on them. "In the mid 1960s, the Dalai Lama was impressed by ethically vegetarian Indian monks and adopted a vegetarian diet for about a year and a half. Apparently he consumed primarily nuts and milk. Unfortunately, he contracted Hepatitis B and his liver was seriously damaged. For health reasons, he was advised by his personal physicians to consume meat. While he has eaten meat in moderation ever since, the Dalai Lama has repeatedly acknowledged that a vegetarian diet is a worthy expression of compassion and contributes to the cessation of the suffering of all living beings. However, he eats meat only on alternate days (six months a year). He is a semi-vegetarian, though he wishes to be a full one. By making an example of cutting his meat consumption in half, he is trying to gently influence his followers. " Also, what exactly is "grounding" in the buddhist sense? I'll admit I don't know much about the Tibetan side of things, but I can't find it referred to anywhere.

Enlightenment is not the goal of taoism. So its like asking for driving directions(using a car) to get to a space station. Driving a car == taosim, space station == enlightenment. Is that good enough? I'm kinda unsure how it was hard to understand.

I'm curious why you say soy is not an option. But any legume has huge amounts of protein in it. Here is an interesting list on high protein foods from a great website Nutrition Data On another note, the Weston Price people are known all over for having very unreliable facts in their studies. Even most people that argue against vegetarianism won't use them for reference.

I just find it strange that you are referring to enlightenment on 1 hand, but wanting to study Taosim. Thats kind like asking for driving directions to a space station.

They could still be organic and such, it all depends on what they are fed. If you want better tasting eggs, find some that aren't fed feed. That's a sure fire way to get better taste. I would just hit your local farmers market and talk to the people there.

The only reason you like the article is because you feel it validates your shit attitude towards people that actually know things that you only act as if you do. It must be sad and lonely up there on your pedestal.

For someone that claims to not be computer savvy, you're having no problems with some of the jargon being tossed about and giving up how to check on yourself and GIH.

Crack was actually what had come to my mind. I came close to spitting tea out of my nose when I read this. I was thinking the exact same thing. I'm of the simple mind of this. This forum is what it is. If you don't like it, or the way things work around here, get the fuck out. All you are doing with all your bullshit GIH, is making it where people don't want to post here anymore, because eventually people are going to get sick of every time they post you running into a topic and spreading your lies. So less and less new people will find what they came here looking for and leave. And then the older heads around here will start migrating to a different forum somewhere, that you and your bullshit aren't. Soon enough, you will come here and have little to bitch about because you and your cronies will be the only ones left to post.

It was said in another thread that population expansion etc, is our biggest issue for global climate change. Lo and behold, that may not be the case. http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

On this, I will have to say you are incorrect. As someone who lived 32 miles downstream of 3 mile island in 1979, I would say they aren't overblown. I'll never forget my parents packing us up at 6am to drive to NYC to go to my grandmothers. While luckily things were kept to a "reasonable" level, it showed the potential of just how bad things could be. My dad even still has some of the radiation detection cards they had everyone post in their houses in Marietta. And I was never allowed to swim in the Susquehanna ever again after that. I'm not saying we shouldn't have nuclear power; just that we better keep a huge fear of it right up front because that is how we will make sure things are done safely.

Perhaps you should just take your opinions and fuck off? In the course of this thread you have managed to: completely misunderstand peoples intentions, say everyone that disagrees with you cant think, say that many peoples beliefs are bullshit, demand respect while giving none, and, worst to me, try and talk like you someones parent here. Almost every thread I ever see you posting in here is you bashing some kind of religion or beliefs with your own abused puppy style of bitching. You take your pain from whatever happened to you at some point, and have chosen to project it to anything that can be called a religion, and proceed to denigrate and disrespect any followers of any of them as much as you can. My opinion: you don't give a rats ass about helping someone grow spiritually. You probably joined this forum after reading 1 or 2 things you liked, and then after reading more began your crusade against your personal windmill. Well, have fun. Hopefully you and your wannabe atheist buddies get bored with trying to ruin this forum and move on shortly. We shall just have to see though.

Hey, whatever lies you want to tell yourself to try and feel better. But if you don't think there is a shitload of methane from livestock, go visit a factory farm.

And what of the 100+ countries that have a higher growth rate than the US? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count...ion_growth_rate Get a grip man. The US is not the center of the universe. And even with the disdain I hold for catholicism, I can't lay this on their doorstep. If you wanna start getting down on the environmental debate, I'll start a new thread for it.