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I grow grape tomatoes in containers every year. For the past few week or so, everytime I go outside I grab a couple. They're wonderful, every day there are a couple just ripe enough. I have little yellows one and sweet 100's in the pot. Nothing like it, so easy, so healthy. Peace Michael

Why don't you email Rene or Michael Winn that question. I had thought about skipping Fusion and going for the Kan & Li course this year, but thought patience. Time enough for everything. Peace Michael

This is a good discussion. Knowing me, I'm probably postponing and procrastinating enlightenment until, oh just before death. I hope that Yodster is right. We, the human race, deserve at least that. This incarnation stuff has its high points, but only if you look high and to the right, else where there is darkness and echoes of darkness. Societies Taboos strip death, our deaths, of the pomp and circumstance and holiness that it deserves. Peace Michael

Daniel Reid published the 'ultimate' spring tea formula in one of his books. A real Kitchen sink recipe that took 6 months to slow brew. I believe its more exotic ingredients were 2 sea horses(one male, one female) and human placenta! I have one herbal book w/ a particularly interesting spring formula called Beast Juice. Its interesting because after putting in the herbs you fill them w/ half brandy, half apple cider vinegar. I made it, its tastes pretty awful, but does have a kick to it. Peace Michael

That is SO creepy Peas Michael

That is SO creepy Peas Michael

I was thinking of a sort of Taoist do it Better location in forum. Not so much discussion based, but a compilation of our best ideas. For example inside it would be RUNNING, we could compile different and significant posts on running there. Too often they run throughout Personal logs and through different posts. Urine Drinking. Weight Lifting, Sun Gazing, Elixirs, Water Therapy, etc. It would be made up of solid posts, and questioning and weaker posts would be w/ 'weeded' out. Not to be competitive, but so that we could quickly look up the heart of these things. Too often great ideas are sent down the forum stream to be virtually lost. Here we could have a short list of interesting tropics, presented w/ some depth. What do you think. Peace Michael P.S. I write for 2 minutes and propose hours of work for poor Sean, who is already a master at finding great connected ideas on posts.

Really? All of it? I used to just put in random words in its search and find interesting strings from the early 90's. But the future is now, the past is an old relic silenty gathering dust. Its nice to know it still exists. Q> What form is it in? Thanks Michael

Yoda's suggestion of using the Articles site for that kind of discusion is pretty good. Its such a shame that early history on the HT site got dumped. It had so many gems. Peace Michael Back yesterday from Dao Mountain & Fusions I II III

Okinawa was a cold lesson for the allies, The Japanese fought damn near to the last man. The samurai code of losing = dishonor and death was creating self fulfilling genocide. We didn't need to drop two, but my read is we needed to drop one. Trying to take Japan by invasion would be throwing away millions of lives. There were indications that the Emperor might surrender. There were indications (proven) that there would be a coup and a kidnap if the did allow a surrender. There was a strong indication that Russia would get involved in the wars end game if it dragged on much longer. Certainly if they came up w/ any wonder weapons like plague or Nukes they would have used them gleefully and quickly. For the first casualty of war is truth. From history's back seat I can pooh pooh the decisions that knowingly led to the deaths of 100'000's of civilians. Yet I think I can unobjectively say, we WERE more moral. I think the statistics bare me out. I think the way we acted after the war was exemplar. yada yada Peace Michael To Hagar, I admired your posts. Writings about war, good and evil, its easy to look like a theoretical ass hole. Looking above and writing something like, I admire the decision makers who planned the deaths of 100,000+ civilians is something no rational human being should write. Yet yet I don't know If there were alternatives to the Human Race I might sign up

I have Ron's last CD, which is quite good. My wishes for wellness go out to him. Sometimes we heal into life, sometimes we heal into death. Love and wishes. Hope, Loss and Pain. The wheel spins on. Peace Michael No guarantees, no absolute magics.

Good answer Lozen, I like a broad w/ brains and balls. Hmmnn, well, uh, that didn't come out right. I like a woman w/ brains and breasts and balls. NO no balls, just brains, breasts, dark eyes, soft mouth.. ah the list goes on and on. Peas Michael

I remember someone writing to Dr. Andrew Weil about it. He replied, See the photo above to the left, does it look like I know anything about regrowing hair?! I don't think there is any sure thing. I hear Rogaine and the like only work for as long as you keep using them. There can be a mind body link. A famous Aikido instructor in Chicago, Sensei Aikira Tohei, had cancer. He lost his hair due to chemo. It came back dark black. Alas years later so did the cancer, but he left a good looking corpse. Peace Michael

Good question on speed of the orbit. IMHO many people start by linking it to the breath, a bit of butt squeeze to get it on its way, an upward roll of the eye to send it over the edge etc. There is a great guided meditation by Minke DeVos on the MO(part of her Tao Basics CD). It starts out slow, hitting the front and back chakras, then links a 'pearl' to your breath and circles it. Then puts two pearls 'racing each other'. Then multiple pearls like a fast busy freeway. Then it dissolves into flowing stream, you can use to speed the flow if you want, or sit in the Tan Tien and watch it flow by. Ultimately she involves the full Macro cosmic orbit, involving the legs and arms. Peace Michael

I think I've ended up where I wanted to. Beyond the many fears of failure, I wanted the home in the suburbs, the wife, the 2.5 children, monetary success. I am in the exact suburb I longed for as a child. I love my family, love my house. I'm embarassingly happy to be doing mostly nothing; playing house husband. Days of laundry, carting the kids around, grocery shopping. I stare at the over crowded highways and think how lucky I am. After 18 years of daily driving an hour to go 10 or 20 miles, I'm free. To what extent was it luck that put me here? For you people in cyber space, are you where you planned to be? Above or below? Has life taken you in directions you've never dreamed of? I see possiblities of life before me. The simple glory and bliss of future enlightenment, paths w/ the agonies of emptiness and loss. Lately I've pondered a path of returning to the faith my ancestors had, and I've lost or never had. Judiasm, prayers once seen as primitive 'kiss ass' to a Zeus like deity, reclaimed as kotodama, sacred sounds that reverberate through my body and soul. Pointless, picky prayers, 3 or 4 for each meal, dozens each day as a wake up call to the awesomeness of realities totality. PATHES, Pathes pathes. I'm way to in my head. The future rolls on of its own accord. DRINK Drink drink, BREATH, Breath breath. Life creeps on in this petty pace til the last syllable of recorded time. Peas Michael

Hmmn, wishing Tyson well. If I did, it would show I was a better person, but I don't. Pissing away 10's of millions, the rape charge, the bitings, the mao tatoo. He had more chances then he deserved. From caring father figure trainers to hollywood wives. He chose the Don King life and lifestyle. For what its worth he'll probably never miss another meal. Peas Michael

Mathew, did you buy the straight stuff(which I did) or the stuff cut w/ juice? The straight stuff is a hard sell, even to adults, even w/ mixing. The mixed juice is suppose to taste much better. So if you have the straight, keep it for yourself and try the mixed on the kid. Peace Michael That reminds me. My 5 year old had strep(2nd time in 1 month). The Dr. gave him 20 days of Pennicilin. Child refused to drink it(we had had it flavored). Begged and threatened, no luck, he sip and spit it out. Finally, drink it or you'll get a 5 minute time out. He took the 5 minutes. I let him calm down for a few minutes, then, drink it or 10 minute time out. He took the 10 minutes. Let him watch TV for a few minutes, then take it or 20 minute time out. He took 20 minutes, yelling and screaming for most of it (wife couldn't take my gestapo methods and left the house) After the 20 minutes, I let him cool down a little, then told him, its another 20 minutes if you don't take the medicine. He took it and has been taking it w/out fuss twice a day ever since. Seemingly w/ no bad feelings for me. Moral of the story? I don't know. Peas

So Yoda you think he was just "posing" as a psycopath. Hmnnn. Peas Michael

In the morning, I'll wake myself up a little first. Shake my hands, feet. Get out of bed, use the washroom. Then I'll lie back down and listen to one of my guided meditations. I like to put a sobakawa (bean) pillow on my stomach. It makes me more aware of breath. Likewise I'll throw a pillow under my knees, to create more relaxation on my back. I had used an herbal eye pillow then my wife bought me a similar herbal shoulder wrap. I put that over my eyes and it frames my face. It has a nice weight to it, a pleasant mint smell and by wrapping around my face it feels like it concentrates me a bit more. Peace Michael

Thanks for the comments. Hassidics can really party. I remember going to a Hassidic wedding. Lots of wild pranks. Setting there hats on fire and dancing in a circle(fire was safely contained somehow). Draining a bottle of Jack Daniels in one long gulp(also faked). But the joyous dancing and high spirits were certainly authentic, as was the prayer and joyous singing during there prayers. MATISYAHU is the first Hassidic Reggae singer I've heard of. I'll have to give him a listen. I've read and been impressed w/ Aryeh Kaplans work for a long time. He was such a great mystic, writer, scientist. Yet he died very young, in his mid 50's I believe. It reminds me that you can't be all in your mind or spirit. You have to take your body w/ you to whatever heights you plan to reach. I think bliss is beyond feeling good and general happiness about ones situation. Matter of fact I think the very attachment to things and the happiness they give you can be detrimental. Not that they can't be appreiciated, and pleasure amplified by bliss, but linking them to current happiness is not the path to bliss. I think its a mind/body thing, mostly mind. Its reality has to be beyond current circumstances. Its cycle of accepting the present moment, clearing the mind, feeling the love the universe. Feeling the Love of the Universe is hard, too touchy feely. Other then air, food, warmth clothing family and friends, what has it done for me lately? Eh, stuff to do Peace Michael

Hey Sean, Just a thanks, undoubtedly echoed by many, for the unseen work, and current and future headaches that come w/ being our webmaster . Peace Michael

Why I bet the Marathon monks could run down those apache and Taruma's and club'em to death w/ there sacred running sticks. RJ, I bought that Trigger Point book a couple of months ago(at your reccomendation). As I said, I have a lot of books. Super distance running. I think Dillard has an answer w/ his training based on keeping a very slow heart rate. And I think Chi Running offers a superior style of running. I myself, tested out as very poor at the start of the year as far as endurance was concerned. A month and half ago I was rated NA on a 12 minute treadmill run I had to take before I started bootcamp. (.88 miles in 12 minute, heart rate 189) I take NA to mean of the thousand people they measure to get a percentile range, I was ranked 1001, thus Not Available was my percentile score. Not to show I am too pathetic, I was ranked 80% in pushups. My measly 27 sit ups ranked me in the 40% percentile. After 7 weeks of boot camp I'm doing nearly 50 pushups at a time and 70 or 80 sit ups. Likewise my endurance measured by a treadmill is has gone from very poor to a hair above average in 40-50 year old range(I'm 40). Thus average for the 30 - 40 year olds. Speaking of Guiness, I'm currently imbibing a shot or two of dry rum w/ several frozen black cherries and a drop of two of vanilla and squees of lemon. Tasty, but empty calories. As a famous drinking philosopher once said, 'Yes alchohol kills off brain cells, But it kills off the slow, weaker ones, leaving the mind quicker and more agile for their loss.' Peas Michael

For RJ, that was just 2 or 3 paragraphs in the book, relating an incidental matter that gave her an enlightenment. I started reading the book at end chapters. How to stuff. It struck me as very Dr. Lin like. Referring to each other as Shakti and Shiva. A high level of respect and communication, even to a point of almost formality. Lin like stuff was the way to hold the ..say balls. a listening hand, watching for minutae on the orgasmic scale. Techniques of inner and outer prostate message, mixing prostate orgasm w/ penile. Likewise messages for clitoris and G-spot,, combining them, keeping an open reverential line of communication going. Most often sexual stuff is more unselfish hands on giver to receiver. One person exclusively giving pleasure and watching closely. Which is close to my current philosophy. Stuff like making a mystical circle for a bed. Creating an 'altar' w/ incense, crystals, statues. Treating each other as sexual deities. (Osho, often quoted in the book also recommends this). I haven't finished the whole book, but the first part is about magic in a 'manipulating reality' Aleister Crowley sense. Linking wishes/wants to symbols and using sexual orgasmic focus to make them a reality. A haven't really given the field of magic much study. I've always felt it to be grasping for 'powers'. A self sabotaging route. She seems to be into creating signs, linking desires and will to orgasmic energy!? Powerful stuff? Maybe, win or lose you get a good roll in the hay. I've only read the beginning and end. Its opened up some interesting lines of thought for me. Peace Michael

Just started reading Margo Anand's Art of Sexual Magic. She tells the story of participating in a Psychological study. 7 days blindfolded w/ ear plugs on. Just water and one pound of grapes to eat all day. She reports powerful enlightenment experience. I bet you have to be very together mentally and spiritually to go through it. I can see people headed to heaven to exteneded hell. The Sexual Magic book is very interesting, I"ll give a book report on it when I'm done. Peace Michael

Serious runners know the Tarahuma Indian runners are wimps. For dedicated long distance runners we should turn to Japan! Namely the Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei. (actual book by John Stevens, google it) They run the equivalent of 3 marathons a day for 3 years, round and round there sacred mountain. Afterwards comes the death fast. I forget the length, I think its 7 days, no food, Water or Sleep. Its shortened from the 'old' days because they were losing too many monks. The monastery is still around and they do draw amateurs who try to follow for as long as possible. Peace Michael I've been pretty out of shape. I joined a boot camp last April. Its helped me lose a few pounds and get a bit more wind back. Its just one hour 4 days a week. Mostly callistenics w/ little rest and a bit of brutality mixed in, ie things like, you will keep this 5 pound weight resting on your raised feet until your partner runs 4 laps. Then you run 4 laps as they have their feet raised 6 inches w/ 5 pound weight, this goes on 3 cycles no rest. On the third he surprises you by expanding it to sprint 5 laps. After having one pair of shoes for 2 years, I bought Nike's Barefoot sneakers. They're nice, just spandex on top and a light weight heel.