sean
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Cool video! I guess we can expect to see that guy in movies in a few years. I think Lezlie will beat us all to these feats. She is hitting up the gymnastics multiple times a week now doing crazy tumbling like that ... I am much lazier aerobically and focus more on just stretching ... Sean.
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I just can't stop starting these threads ... Just watched Maria Full of Grace which was a bit disturbing, fairly realistic (I guess) portrayal of a young girl who gets caught up in smuggling drugs into America via swallowed pellets that can burst in your stomach and kill you. The last film I really really enjoyed though was Me and You and Everyone We Know which might even still be in the theater. Really clever art film. Sean.
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Cool post Spyrelx. Briefly (I'm at work) I just wanted to say, that it's my view that "the ideal" (Tao, Flow, Enlightenment, Awakening), is a pre-existing state of harmony only in the sense that it is always here, always available, always One; the container of our experiences, but also not separate from them. At the same time, I also don't buy into the "let's retreat to the golden days" mythology either, because I do think our minds have elevated our life situation, albeit in a far from perfect way. I think we are still too primitive in many ways, ie: relying on nonrenewable resources, pollution, etc. In the context of the human situation, the ideal in my eyes is to discover more sophisticated means of sustaining survival, comfort, happiness, etc. ... Spiritual technology being one important part of that. But I also believe in the Transcendent Ideal as well, aligning me with what I believe is at the core of all striving, religious or not. Along these lines I think you might enjoy Ken Wilber's pre/trans fallacy if you are not already familiar with it. Hope some of this makes sense, I think I am not being very clear with my point as I'm rushing this post ... Sean.
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I always have Catpower handy. She is really one of my favorite artists.
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The Story of the Weeping Camel. I can't believe this was a documentary. I don't want to ruin this movie for anyone, or overhype it, but I really think everyone here should check this film out. The Tibetan Book of the Dead was a nice film detailing the rituals surrounding physical death in the Tibetan culture. Really made me realize how much we, in America, try to hide and repress the reality of death. Broken Flowers. Another good one by Jarmusch. Refreshingly unprocessed cinematography. Just the right amount of quirky without being over the top. Sidesteps Hollywood cliches to deliver something unique. Sean.
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I liked your post spyrelx. Good content and it cracked me up. And Daotaichi, your follow up made me laugh out loud as well. No words of wisdom from me on retention, but I take this and it covers a lot of bases ... has royal jelly, bee pollen, bee propolis, ginseng in a base of raw honey. Sean.
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Great book Simon! I loved this book. Even bought a poster of the front cover as I think it's one of the most beautiful paintings of the Tree of Life. It's by an artist named Patricia Waldygo: (This pic does the painting no justice. There is a lot of detail) Tipharet has been my main drive since early on. I believe it equates with a key unfolding/initiation in many traditions, ie: establishing quiescence, unfolding into a persistent Samadhi, satori, seeing the Vision of Beauty, achieving Knowledge and Conversation of your Holy Guardian Angel, experiencing Kundalini awakening, awakening deep Bhakti to the level of tapas, etc. Good stuff. Sean.
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el_tortugo, your avatars just keep getting better and better: Sean.
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Freeform, really cool technique. Never thought of consciously building in a specific, easily detectable, physiological response that, over time, can be counted on for being in communication with intuition like this. I've played with ideodynamic finger signalling from Mind Body Therapy and also the Chevreul pendulum: which I've found requires far less effort/depth of trance than finger signalling. But with both methods the feedback is not really being "built in" to your body like the LTT exercise you propose here. Thanks for sharing. Sean.
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Hey Pietro, Nope, it should have let you create the blog on your own. Thanks for the feedback, I had the permissions set wrong. Still fiddling with settings since the domain name change. I think it's fixed now. Sean.
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I need an outfit like that. Sooo shiny.
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Yeah, sounds more like a nonprofit, we should go with .org
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We disagree then. Sean.
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I bought "Multiorgasmic Man" somewhere in my late teens/early twenties when I was practicing Magick. I played with the techniques and also bought "Taoist Secrets of Love". I felt a strong resonance with what Chia and Winn spoke about and it made a lot of things "click" for me. I became deeply interested in blending the path of physical love and relationship with the spiritually focused path of the monk. But soon my ADD kicked in and I moved on to other dabbling. Fast forward several years later ... about two years ago I picked up "Multiorgasmic Couple" in a bookstore with Lezlie. We started exploring some of the work together and it peaked my interest again. I did some googling and found Trunk's site which I read back to back and began exploring the techniques there. His site led me to the HT forum and Winn's material. I also credit the balanced, grounded wisdom on Trunk's site with how I've managed to stay relatively sane on this path. Sean
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Pietro, I would love to see you post here again. And speaking more personally, I would just like to add that even though there has been some drama between us, I can't remember ever feeling unreasonably disrespected by you. We've disagreed plenty, but I believe we've managed to keep it in proper context, remain relatively civil and avoid burning bridges. Warmly, Sean. [edit: Nice topic title btw, it's a nice ideal for us to strive toward]
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Yuan Ch'i is a really fascinating concept that I've been giving a lot attention to in my research lately. You might enjoy these essays that I found well worth the read: Chinese Buddhist causation theories Some Notes on Perceptions of Pratitya-Samutpada in China Sean. (Sorry to stray off topic)
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Snap, Crackle, and Pop Sean.
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Welcome Hagar. I am very jealous you live in Norway and wish I had the tenacity to learn Norwegian so I could move and live there one day. I always enjoy your posts. I remember reading a post of yours a ways back, on taobum actually, before I stopped going there, and I believe you quoted Adyashanti, was this you? He is one of my favorite teachers and I go to his satsangs here in the Bay Area whenever I can. Anyways, I'm very happy you are here sharing with us. Cheers, Sean.
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Sorry for the delay there Michael. I say trust your judgement. I do. Just put it where you think it fits. If it's about having children and a family and being on a path and you want to generate a public discussion definitely stick it in Taoist Discussion. If it's more of a personal reflection you'd rather just keep in your journal, stick it there. If it's like "Hey does anyone know of a good christmas present to buy my 14 year old?" probably Off Topic. Cheers, Sean.
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The only thing that bothers me about the name The Tao Bums is the male connotation of "bums" (when referring to the homeless) since this site is not exclusive to men at all. But I think the name hits on a level of humility that many of us here have and approach this Work with. We are not necessarily the type that shaves every single morning or has a super fast-paced corporate lifestyle. We tend to be a little more laid back. Sometimes we get up late on Sundays and bum around in our pajamas before drinking some milk out of the carton and doing our meditations. Heh. Also there is another layer of meaning in that the Tao itself Bums, in the verb sense of the word "bum" meaning "to wander, often unemployed". The Tao personified as the jobless wind, without form or preference, playfully blowing wherever it pleases. I like it. Sean.
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Nice post Cam. And the last bit is a belief I share strongly as well. That we cannot sustain true happiness in this life if our actions are motivated only to serve this physical body at the expense of others. I went to an 9 hour meditation intensive this weekend with an amazing teacher just hanging out in nirvakalpa samadhi. One of the ideas that floated up in my mind within the silence had to do with what Winn talks about when he says that alchemical cultivation is as important as dissolving into emptiness because if you just shoot straight for emptiness you may return to the source "empty handed" (as he says) and just get spit back our into the life stream since the deeper work you were meant to do was not completed. The thought I had was how this is really strikingly similar to the concept of the bodhisattva path, of vowing to never dissolve into emptiness completely until the (alchemical) Great Work of all sentient beings realizing Enlightenment (True Happiness / Freedom from Suffering) within Form is complete. It's really about resolving the duality of seeing this world as a mistake and heaven as the solution. This world is here for a reason, and in my opinion it's to one day blend Heaven and Earth into something unimaginably fucking cool. Or maybe to realize that this is already happening in each moment and we are just too busy playing games in our head to notice. Sean.
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Hallo affenbrot! Willkommen! More seekers from Germany! Seems like ever month or so now I get this great opportunity to embarrass myself with mein nicht so gut Deutch. I'm honored you consider TTB a virtual sangha, and I think it's true what you say about how rare it is to find spiritual groups really coming together to explore awakening outside of a fixed tradition or teacher. It's sad and also true in the Arts if you think about. How often do you see a community where Dancers, Filmmakers, Painters, Musicians, and Novelists all come together to consistently discuss the passions of Art without worrying so much about the specifics of their particular craft? How amazing would that be for all participants?! Anyway, it's great to have you here affenbrot, welcome to The Tao Bums! Tschuess, Sean.
