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I think he is funny as hell but don't agree with everything he says about pschadelics though. If it is something I ever messed with again I would do it rarely..maybe once a year or something. From the Taoist perspective these drugs burn up your jing like crazy. However they definetly open up doors of consciousness.

I am glad you wrote this because I was just about to write that the shit I just wrote is in itself only a half truth. I still think you defiently should value whatever you are .There is a reason we have traditions and obviously you are a man or woman and should respect that and your own uniquness. I defnietly was not implying ALL jews hate middle easterners. No way was I saying that. I was using that as one(out of probably hundreds of exapmples going on today) of wars and fighting going on becasue of a percieved difference that is BASED ON EGO. Religion is all Ego .It is MY religion. It is MY GOD. What are these people really fighting about..nothing..a man made creation..it is a waste of life and hopefully thousands of years from now humanity will look back on us with this same wonder as we look back on the Mayan tribes that would sacrifice people to there " Gods" or Romans who would watch gladitiators kill eachother for entertainment. That's all.

That's interesting too. But that implies that there is something inherently " Jewish" about a Jewish person. Jewish people go back pretty deep and if anyone has experienced a strong sense of seperation resulting is suffering it is Arabs and Jews. NOT saying it is there fault before you burst a blood vessel in your head I come from a totally mixed family. I have people from the middle east mixed with english/ Irish...and potentially a little Jewish we don't know for sure..so I see myself as a mixture of all these things and ultimatly a mixture of EVERYTHING. I like most cultures and don't feel a strong overwheling pull towards one or the other. But I know many people have this strong sense of identity that comes from there heritage and, personally, I don't have a problem with it. Obviously the problem arises when you devleop this hatred towards another race like Jews have with the rest of the middle east which is based on this idea of 2 brothers from different mothers fighting with eachother and then carrying that fighting through anscestors for thousands of years. I think that type of ego attachment is insane and alot of what the world has to resolve right now for there to be a better future.

I don't want to seem one sided so to add a bit to that... I studied Zen with 2 female zen teachers that illucidated on Dharma in a way very unique and differently from men. So, definetly woman can come forth with there own unique expressions and point of views that men would not. For example, many men tend to be competitive and testosteroe driven and this shows up somehow or another no matter how spiritual they say they are while woman may inherently have no desire to compete with others and thus probably can get the dharma easier. Not saying all woman have no competitive drive I know woman that are at least as Yang, competitive and driven as men just the more yin, less edgy type female is the one that tends to be drawn to enlightenment practices. But come to think of it I met a couple pretty agressive woman in zen and a HT workshop to so when you get down to it I think this debate is mute. Probably thousands of years ago it was more cut and dry but these days you can find every type of variety of personality and Yin or yang traits(I would call intuition Yin and Intellect yang) so you can't label the wide generalization of " man" and "woman" and excpect it to be as defined. Most of the said male/female differences are probably hormonal and not spiritual as sean said .My guess is if you pumped a woman up with enough testosteroe she would begin exhibiting more male charactersics and if you started giving a man more estrogen more female charactersitics. Not that you should do that but the way medical science is these days you could be whatever the fuck you want if you wanted too bad enough.

Sean, reminds me of something the late Phillip Kapleau Roshi wrote in one of his books I read years ago. He was giving a lecture on zen and someone asked " I am Jewish, can I be Jewish and become enlightened?" He said no as long as you have this attachment of being jewish you will never be enlightened. I don't think he was implying one should trash one's inherent identity..whether it is being a Jew, a catholic, a Man or Woman or whatever..but Enlightenment from the Zen perspective is basically dropping the idea of a seperate self that stands in contrast to the rest of the universe . So from this perspective, any kind of egoic views that reinforce the strong sense of seperation from others " I AM A JEW", " I AM BLACK", etc..is contrary to the path.. Not saying this is right or wrong, truth or falsehood but one teachers perspective on the matter shared by one tradition(though probably many traditions). Agree with or piss on it as you like..

I would LET Kyra Gracie kick my ass. Ok..she would probably kick my ass anyway she just got her black belt. Hot chick that can grapple= My future wife.

Whatever..I can totally beat any woman at grappling, videogames and comic book knowledge. *point of thread flies miles above head

I asked Eric Yudelove about this on the HT board years ago as it interested me deeply. He said the practice is called " grafting" and it involves exchanging sexual energy with a partner(with there persmission you subtle body rapist! ) I don't know if any specific practice helps with this except maybe just practice with a partner. Winn mentioned it is actually taught in his Kan and Li retreats at one point I think. Ken Cohen also writes about this on the chapter on sex in his book. He says his teacher went to a Taoist monastery where they practiced making love without physical touch. Basically a man and woman meditating and exchanging energy through there bodies. But like it happened with your friend, my few experiences with this happened spontaneously. Years ago when I was working part time at Emory university in Atlanta I was sitting next to this beautiful girl and her boyfriend was across the room. I felt her energy as very sensual and all of a sudden felt this beaufiful Yin energy wash over me. It felt like it came in through my crown and at the same time Yin energy from the earth started coming in from below and my own sexual energy started blending with it. I was sitting there like " damn..WTF!?" Then I went back to work or something..

Are you coming out of the closet as a subtle body homosexual?

Sean is my Ninja.. Despite the fact that when I call him all I get is 2 Pac blasting in my Ear.. I suspect he is a Pimp on the side and this so called "night shift" thing is a front for his real job..

Big up To Sean Omlor! Booyakasha! (Ali G for them niggaz that don't know da reference)

Model becomes a Buddhist monk.. http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/806.html

Anyone try this? http://www.liquid-chi.com/index.html

been serious about this stuff, and got more fixated than I should've - but, on the other hand, there were principles that I just had to clarify. The "R&D" work on this road has been personally expensive. And not just for me. Back somewhere prior to 2000 (98?) when we were just starting out on the HT board - looking back it was so pitiful and ridiculous how little we knew, how naive we were. Plato really was very progressive and prompted a number of very important avante-gard break throughs. Now there is this broader base of knowledge that the community knows in general (and, yes, a lot of it is preserved on my site - a group effort). No doubt Plato was one of the major reasons I even bothered with the HT board. Actually out of all the posters he immedietly caught my attention for some reason . Even his name caught my attention somehow . I remember being this 22 year old kid interested in Taoism and reading this name ' Plato Rosinke' and something sort of clicked with that guy...like I need to come back here from time to time and check out what this guy is saying. And my few phone convos with Plato have been unique to say the least. In our last conversation a few months back I asked him if he thought anyone in the western world was in the league of Nan Huai Chin and he goes , " Of course not. maybe they get the first Dhyana and think there enlightened or something but that's not even close. I would put Nan Huai Chin on the Shakyamuni level." There just arent too many people(ok..no one) that I can talk to and here that kind of shit from! Very interesting character and I wish he would stop wasting his talent on secret discussion boards and contribute here occasionally.

No..it's not really that bad...really you'll figure it out if you stick with BJJ long enough I guess. My posture sucks too and it is one of my goals to fix that up.. Actually..one of the trademarks of high ranking martial artists is they generally have really, really good posture..

We do sit ups as a warm up in BJJ along with this killer ab excercise where you hold your legs up(your on the ground on your back) and basically bycicle in the air with your legs. After a couple minutes my abs are fried. That red headed dude has horrible posture BTW. Almost as bad as me but I have vowed to correct it this year. Pavel Tsatsouline would not approve!!

Are you Bill Bodri?

Website I found on Alchemy http://www.angelfire.com/nt/dragon9/REDRAGON.html . scroll down to how to practice alchemy for some explanations of Chia's/Yudelove's stuff... As a side note he does not mention the inner smile which Eric..and Michael Winn also I think..have said is the most important practice..

Kan and Li

Fusion of the Five Elements

Microcosmic Orbit

crazymotherfuckingtaoistsecrets.org is better IMO

I appreciate what I have learned from Matt but have decided not to get his new Chinese Health system. As a martial artist, I have a serious problem with a guy that get's called out as a liar and thief by his teacher, and then doesn't even have the honor to respond to the allegation. At the very least, Furey could say, I don't see things that way, or Gotch is jealous of my success. But he has not responded to his teacher, the guy who taught him combat conditioning, saying these things in public which must mean they are true. I don't mind his personality myself and wish him success but just cant' call myself a customer anymore . Actually I havent really bought anything since Magnetic Mind Power like 3 years ago, which I think remains hi best course. So if anyone is interested in learning combat conditiong from the man himself go over to scientificwrestling.com and buy the Karl Gotch DVD. Or just stick with Sonnen and Pavel who have plenty to offer.

No. It's pretty messed up how this went down. I have been paying for health insurance every month for the past ten years and havent really even used it and a few months ago I changed banks and they cut my health insurance without me knowing it. I get my car and health insurance through state farm and they would just detuct the money from my account every month and I wouldn't even really pay attention to it. So I saw they were still taking out the money but didn't realize it was only for car not health for past few months. So..make a long story short..I had to reapply for it and will probably get it this week but have to wait until I get it to see a doctor. Sucks..but it's my fault for not paying attention to it and not double and triple checking everything was kosher before engaging in my new hobby of rolling around with guys trained to break my bones!! Live and learn..