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Mjjbecker, I am honestly sorry if I have offended you, but you need to grow some thicker skin if I did. You talk a lot of trash to everyone else here on the forum and make them feel inferior, and yet one comment not directed at you personally can offend you? I will reply more in depth to your last post later when I have more time. Right now though I wanted to ask you some questions.(Even though I doubt will be graced with answers) Does your master (whomever he or she is), have any demonstrable abilities like John Chang? It seems you have been doing this teacher student transmission thing for a while now, how is that working out for you, have you yourself developed any demonstrable abilities like John Chang? If the answer is honestly no, then how do you figure you are any more advanced than anyone else here?

I surf way too much your absolutely right and I have to break that addiction. I do meditate three hours every night, and I do work full time, I run a side business selling laptops and repairing computers, and I do lift weights every other day. So I don't have nearly as much time as I used to, for loafing on the internet. I didn't post the Russian video, and I apologized for posting the Egyptian strong man video. I haven't purchased the dvd's from the shaolin "monk" either. Right now my studies my knowledge base is limited to spring forest qigong levels 1-4, the tao of meditations neigong system, and what I've learned from other people who have teachers. "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." -Isaac Newton I am trying to piece together a map of reality in this area. Eventually I will have to go it alone, traveling off that map and into uncharted territory as we all must eventually. I don't take anything I have learned as "the best" or "only" method, only as a finger pointing at the moon. I have no problem searching for a teacher, when the conditions are right to do so. Traveling to china to in search of a master realistically requires you to be fluent in Chinese. I think giving myself 5 years during my training period to learn Chinese via pimsleur/rosetta stone is more than enough time realistically to become fluent. Not only that but traveling to china requires money, and lots of it. Even after I come out of my retreat, I will have to work for a considerable time to be able to travel to china for just a few months on a fishing expedition for a teacher on john changs level. I don't really feel like randomly wandering around china in search of a master for months on end. I prefer to wait and see if any more masters crop up over the next 5 years, like wang li ping. I am sure as more people in china get connected online and technology improves more knowledge will be made available to us "laymen". I didn't say that it did. Of course while teaching myself I used materials and books and cd's and video's made by teachers, but I didn't learn from them in person. I would rather learn a book or video than I would a person given the choice. I'm not perfect no one is. I've got my share of flaws, you do also, so does everyone else. I am following the path which seems most logical and intuitive at the moment. I don't have the time or money to run off to china right now, thats going have to be something I do later in life when I have more money saved. I don't understand why your so hard on everyone, I realize you don't believe esoteric knowledge can or should be shared via books or text, and that a qualified teacher should be the only method of obtaining it. I don't feel that way, and a lot of others here feel the same way. I guess its just a symptom of the google generation.

Not everyone needs or wants a teacher to hold their hand. I believe a lot things can be learned on your own, if your a serious student. My sister taught herself to be fluent in Japanese, and German, and art. I taught myself to build computers, to run linux, basic electronics and soldering, to change my own oil, to wire my own house, do my own plumbing, I taught myself algebra, trig, and most of calculus in college, chemistry and physics too. I eventually plan on teaching myself to speak and read/write Chinese. I think more than anything teachers serve as coaches to help people stay focused on learning. Most absolutely require that structure, in order to learn, but others called autodidacts learn better on their own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-taught#Notable_autodidacts

So a friend of mine was teasing me about being a hermit, asking why I was still single at my age. I told him because no women share my dream... So I thought I would try to see if he was wrong. Do any women out there live life solely for the hope of achieving ascension in this lifetime? e.g. becoming an immortal and or free from rebirth

your right scam, should have watched it all before posting

I thought so but no, should have watched the whole video through. just a bunch of nutty muslims talking smack about their "abilities" I feel like an idiot for even posting it.

If you can't be "the real you" in a relationship then it isn't a "real" relationship. Also with normal women I have found that they are less than understanding of the need to train. They expect 100% of your free time be spent with them, or at least a good portion of it. I think it would be nice to find someone to train with, who shares your goals in life.

Well to be honest I've completely given up on trying to make myself compatible with "normal" women. It just isn't possible. Like I said maybe one day I will find some chick that is dedicating her life to the same path I am, then we could "join forces" XD. But until that day comes I am just going to remain a hermit.

I am still betting on a hidden infrared laser, but maybe he is legit. I used to think that master Master Zhou Ting-Jue was legit, but it turns out he uses lye to create a chemical reaction for his "healings".

maybe its real, I'd like to see more testing.

I am looking forward to quitting my job and beginning my retreat sometime soon, maybe after a few months of training I can do a time lapse video of me meditating for 5 hours or something

looks like he's using an infrared laser as the paper burns in the direction opposite his palm first.

LOL XD

yeah it was a while back.

Very cool, seems I was wrong. Maybe its just the area I live in, its absolutely beautiful here in the Appalachians, but the locals are absolutely horrid.

you guys remember the turtle video though right, where master jiang causes a turtle to start smoking. It was more demonstration than instructional, it was up on youtube but verdesi filed a dmca take-down notice and had it removed,.

No I don't believe its a dating site/thread.... I think people read too much into peoples questions, meaning well of course

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7450032.stm Blueberries 'reverse memory loss' Eating blueberries can reverse memory loss and may have implications in the treatment of diseases like Alzheimer's, University of Reading scientists claim. Scientists found adding foods like blueberries to a regular diet, resulted in improvements in memory. The foods, known as flavonoids, were historically believed to act as antioxidants in human bodies. But the study indicates they also activate the part of the brain which controls learning and memory. Dr Jeremy Spencer, from the department of food biosciences at the university, said: "Scientists have known of the potential health benefits of diets rich in fresh fruits for a long time. "Our research provides scientific evidence to show that blueberries are good for you and supports the idea that a diet-based approach could potentially be used to increase memory capacity. "We will be taking these findings to the next level by investigating the effects of diets rich in flavonoids on individuals suffering from cognitive impairment and possibly Alzheimer's disease." The research has been published in the Free Radical Biology and Medicine journal.

yeah exactly! You grok me If I find her eventually that would be cool, and if not thats fine too.

dude I love NEST awesome stuff, listen to the video's I posted see if you like those too

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/...nt_10431424.htm

Thank you, but I am not looking for a relationship other than friendship at the moment. Being alone is something I have always been so its not a problem. I posted this because I was genuinely curious IF there were any women who passionately seek liberation or not, simply for the fact I have never met one.

wJWU9e1-G0c Forest For The Trees: Dream We are all here in the act of creation Let's fly away on our imagination You take me to the highest heights and into the depths of the deepest abyss When I am dreaming, I don't know if I'm truly asleep or if I'm awake And when I get up, I don't know if I'm truly awake, or if I'm still dreaming Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream, life is but a dream Traveling the waves of an infiinite ocean I feel the deepest emotion I see a shadow of reality Please hold me closely and take me away I'm the first person you're the second person Earlier today I was in the third person Stop cursing, start diversing Oedipus is bliss the sunshine will affect your mind Stretch it out, don't doubt the amount my brain is caught I'm just blessed Trip hoppin', so I flow like a stream It's just a dream YTvwcLylZzs Tool: Lateralus Black then white are all I see in my infancy. red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me. lets me see. As below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend. Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines. Black then white are all I see in my infancy. red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me. lets me see there is so much more and beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities. As below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn outside the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend. Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind. Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line. Reaching out to embrace the random. Reaching out to embrace whatever may come. I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human. With my feet upon the ground I lose myself between the sounds and open wide to suck it in, I feel it move across my skin. I'm reaching up and reaching out, I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me. And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been. Spiral out. Keep going, going...